Jose Castillo is more valuable than Matt Cain
by Sigualicious on Jul 2, 2008 10:31 AM PDT
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So after last night's game it is very clear to me that Matt Cain reads this blog. How else can you explain last night's dominating performance? He was so upset about all the negative posts about him that it fueled his competitive spirit and he took the mound with the sole intention of proving us naysayers wrong. What other possible explanation is there? Well with that all summed up, let me get to the main part of my post:
Why Jose Castillo is more valuable than Matt Cain
- Jose Castillo has hit 3x as many homers as Cain. 3x!
- Castillo means Castle in English and that's awesome. It reminds me of Johnny Castle from Dirty Dancing. Fess up guys! You know deep down that movie is a guilty pleasure for you too. Cain doesn't mean anything!
- Jose Castillo is bilingual.
So that about sums it up.
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Matt Cain invented Esperanto.
In English, “Matt Cain” means “Carlos Zambrano sucks.”
The only reason Matt Cain has hit fewer dingers than Jose Castillo is that he doesn’t want to hurt Jose’s feelings.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Jul 2, 2008 10:35 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Just on one.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jul 2, 2008 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're right
Only 889 games until the end of Zito's contract
by thehavenot on Jul 2, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But would you trade Cain for Rios?
Castillo hits doubles.
by kennv on Jul 2, 2008 11:00 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m sensing a Jose Castillo Facts thread…
http://www.strikeoutsfortroops.org/
by Inside The Coke Bottle on Jul 2, 2008 11:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Jose Castillo went back in time and prevented the Kennedy assassination by hitting a double play grounder to Lee Harvey Oswald.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 2, 2008 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In the movie “12 Monkeys,” Jose Castillo is the original source of the virus.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Jul 2, 2008 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, what? Jose Castillo had sex with Bruce Willis?
by Sigualicious on Jul 2, 2008 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well to be fair
who hasn’t?
BROCK BOND LIKES HIS MARTINIS PUNCHED IN THE FACE, NOT STIRRED.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Jul 2, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
in fact, i think every fact should be a direct result of hitting into a double play.
that being said, jaw-dropping play last night from Jose, and Bowker gets props for the pick.
I have to be honest, that may be the best defensive play I’ve seen from a Giants’ third baseman in my lifetime. Pete Happy was great over there, and made tough plays look easy…but that was something else.
by ExcuseMeSwing on Jul 2, 2008 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fact: Jose Castillo is not good at baseball.
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Jul 2, 2008 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
your comment needs a "sometimes" at the end
that defensive play last night may have been more accidental genius than anything else, but it was still genius
¿Julio is tourist in San Francisco? Harper's Bizarre!
by hairball on Jul 2, 2008 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mrs. O'Leary's cow didn't knock over that lamp
It was actually a weak Castillo grounder to short that started the Great Chicago Fire.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Jul 2, 2008 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This, I believe, is a true fact
Your 2011 SF Giants: the 2008 Augusta Greenjackets!
by Lyle on Jul 2, 2008 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
1. Cain has fewer GIDP’s
2. I admit to nothing!
3. Cain is bisexual. I’m starting that rumor now.
by Giant Voodoo on Jul 2, 2008 11:02 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Good news
Matt Cain and Jose Castillo (along with the hitting and base running of Fast Freddie Lewis) were the stars of last night’s game.
And I have good news on each of them.
Let me start with Jose, whose news is less impressive and more an indication of a weakness on the part of his teammates. Incredibly, at 1.74 bases per hit, Jose leads all Giants in that measure of power. 1.74 bases per hit isn’t bad, mind you, and is likely a LOT higher than most would expect from Jose or even think off the top of their heads that he had delivered. But to be leading one’s team with 1.74 bases per hit speaks rather horribly to the rest of the team.
As for Matt, as mentioned here before, he actually has been good since giving up a career-high nine runs on April 18th. Since then his ERA has been 3.58, his K/BB ratio 2.75 and his WHIP 1.20.
Throw in that he has been primarily a second-half pitcher (Last night was his first start of the second half, assuming the second half starts on July 1st.), and I think things are looking pretty good for Matt. I was a bit worried after he struck out only three while walking four in his June 4th start, but he bounced back with six strikeouts and only one walk in his very next outing, alleviating my fears.
So the question is, if Matt does have a good second half (say an ERA of 3.25 the rest of the way), would you take him off the no-trade list and listen to offers? Or would he be showing that he is an ace or near-ace who is too valuable to trade?
by sharksrog on Jul 2, 2008 11:03 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
No one
Is too valuable to trade.
Matt however, if he can maintain the pace you suggest, has many intangible values to us as giants fans that increases his trade value above and beyond what his on the field performance suggests.
He is in my mind (and many others it seems) a Franchise type player. Trading him, even if we got great players in return, would make me sad.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Jul 2, 2008 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Players on the team right now that I want to see as Giants for a long time
Cain
Lincecum
Sanchez
Wilson
Lewis
Honorable mention: Bowker
¿Julio is tourist in San Francisco? Harper's Bizarre!
by hairball on Jul 2, 2008 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brian Wilson should not be on anyone’s untouchable list.
by rotorueter on Jul 2, 2008 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not this crap again.
No one is untouchable. I would trade Arod for Hanley Ramirez and Dan Uggla, for example.
But it is perfectly fine to say Wilson is someone whom you would like to see on the Giants for a long time. I agree.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Jul 2, 2008 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WTF, Arod?
I mean Lincecum. That was weird.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Jul 2, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t wait for Tim’s Pepsi spots.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jul 2, 2008 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brian Wilson should not be on anyone’s untouchable list.
Will you then settle for Wilson & Sanchez being on the " We would not get back the value it would take for what their potentional can deliver list"?
Because at this point no one is very likely to offer use the talent they could very likely be in 18 months. Yes both could burn out but both could also be conerstone type players for then next 5+ years after the learning period. Encase you have not noticed those kind of players are not hiting the Free Agent market very often these days.
" Their still Shitty" - Major Leagues the movie.
I am a Giants fan. Thus I enjoy my pain. Currently enjoying it more then usual.
by daveinexile on Jul 3, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey Sharksrog, I thought Cain didn’t have swing-thru stuff? Haha.
by Hobbes2d on Jul 2, 2008 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Most of his K's were lookers last night actually.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Jul 2, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is this some meaning where 40% is “most”?
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com and on it I make jokes about things.
by groug on Jul 2, 2008 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not to mention that counting swingthrough Ks is not the same as counting swingthrough strikes.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jul 2, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I will say this
I will say this: Swing-through K’s are far more important than swing-through strikes—although clearly the two are somewhat related.
by sharksrog on Jul 2, 2008 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Matt doesn't
Matt has above-average swing-through stuff, but he doesn’t have elite swing-through stuff, as relatively modest career K rate would indicate. I mentioned a couple of starts ago he had 14 swing-throughs, which I thought was pretty good.
What I liked about Matt last night was that he had good control and was using his curve a lot. I think Matt’s best avenue to better pitching is to eschew the slider to an extent and to load up with his curve and his best swing-through pitch (which Kruk agreed to last night), his change up.
by sharksrog on Jul 2, 2008 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The biggest problem with Cain and Lincecum is they sometimes get fastball happy. I can see why, I mean if I could throw 95 MPH gas as easily as they do, I’d probably try to blow everyone away. But they also have some potentially devastating secondary pitches, and I wish they would use them a bit more. Idk if that’s Molina’s call or the pitcher or what, but it’s no secret that when they throw more off-speed stuff (and the pitch is working for them that day) they usually dominate.
by Hobbes2d on Jul 2, 2008 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
trading Cain
doesn’t really make sense, unless it’s complete theft (Cain for Uggla + Ramierez or something).
Ironically, the Giants have gone from a “win now” situation with Bonds to a “win very soon” situation with Lincecum, Cain and Sanchez pre-free agency. The three of in the rotation at way below market is a situation that MUST be turned into soft, flakey, golden wins, with a post-season sauce.
Trading one of them for AA-level guys who are a few years away just punts the next couple years. If you are going to punt, you should punt ALL of them, and really rebuild (I don’t suggest this). Trading one of them for a ML-readly player – even a great one – doesn’t really make the Giants much better, becuase of the drop off in the rotation.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN
by zenbitz on Jul 2, 2008 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It depends on where you put the marker at
and who you get back in the trade. If you get back somebody who can contribute as soon as next year, there’s really no harm and there could be a lot of benefits.
Only 889 games until the end of Zito's contract
by thehavenot on Jul 2, 2008 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
don’t quit your day job.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 2, 2008 11:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
DUDE, I KNOW! HAD I NOT BEEN AT WORK I WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN BORED ENOUGH TO WRITE THE POST. DUH!
by Sigualicious on Jul 2, 2008 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jose Castillo saved Apollo 13 by grounding into a double play Lovell to Swigert to Haise. Without the easy ground ball, it would’ve been a routine mission to the moon.
by tyrannoman on Jul 2, 2008 1:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Jose Castillo killed the dinosaurs by hitting a massive double play ball straight into the Yucatan Peninsula.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jul 2, 2008 1:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
little know fact but most dinosaurs were Dodgers fans.
" Their still Shitty" - Major Leagues the movie.
I am a Giants fan. Thus I enjoy my pain. Currently enjoying it more then usual.
by daveinexile on Jul 3, 2008 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
With ICBM missiles on 2nd and 3rd, Jose Castillo grounded into a double play to end the Cold War.
by ExcuseMeSwing on Jul 2, 2008 1:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
jose castillo was caught trying to infiltrate the undercover workings of captain thomas henry hines, a kentuckian who rallied anti-unionites in canada during the civil war, but he regaled his captors with amusing anecdotes until he had the chance to subdue his guard and escape to alert the north to their plans. unfortunately, he was unable to score the man on third with less than two outs.
Dodgers fans eat their young.
by redhornet78 on Jul 2, 2008 1:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Add a great rack, and this is exactly what happened with Scheherazade.
Except for the Canada part. But Jose still capped King Shahryar and got her out of there. In a slight twist, she actually left HIM at third base, if you know what I’m saying.
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 3, 2008 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The absolute Matt Cain worship on this site befuddles me at times.
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Jul 2, 2008 1:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think you just misread it. We’re not blind about the possibilities of his future career path, but we’re also allowed to LOVE the guy without him having to pitch like a God.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jul 2, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or in much simpler terms
Matt Cain is awesome.
Only 889 games until the end of Zito's contract
by thehavenot on Jul 2, 2008 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn
I always use too many words.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jul 2, 2008 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We're allowed to love him without his pitching like god RIGHT NOW.
But there will come a time when the love will be conditional on pitching excellence, not just very goodance.
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 3, 2008 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
O Matt, we beseech thee...
...smite the unbeliever Karlifornia, that he may know the error of his ways.
A 97 MPH fastball to the noggin should do the trick.
The All-Father is now a Giant!
by EliminateMe on Jul 2, 2008 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or....
as Matt the Gamer says, “You gotta back that guy off, get in his kitchen”. That and the Rowand “Fight at the Safeway” are two of the better gamer commercials ;-)
My adopted son Matt Downs. Bill Mueller without the two-flap helmet .
by nvsfg on Jul 2, 2008 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's not that hard to figure out
This site’s debut? 2005.
Main Cain’s debut? 2005.
My heartbreakingly eloquent description of his first dominant start (which was eerily similar to last night’s game) on Grant’s first vacation from the site? 2005.
In short, this site has matured along with Cain, and suffered growing pains along with Cain. That, and we all had to watch last season as Cain suffered through some of the worst offensive and bullpen support anybody’s ever seen a pitcher receive—and witnessed him handle it with supreme class and maturity.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Jul 2, 2008 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cool!
That article after Matt’s first dominant start was really cool, Josh. Might have been a bit premature with the Hall of Fame topic though. :)
by sharksrog on Jul 2, 2008 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
While we're reminiscing...
I was paging through the Gameday Thread from last night, seeing all the faux Cain bashing - MATT CAIN SUCKS!!! - and I realized that’s been going on a really long time now. I wondered when it all started, and the new “Power Search” function made it really easy to find—it was more than two years ago, on the Gameday Thread for 4/24/06.
Natto is the first person to actually bash him sarcastically, but it’s at the behest of jfiddy, who didn’t want people to jinx Cain with compliments. I thought it was interesting that the tradition has lasted that long, and also that the two people who came up with it have about 20,000 comments between them—377 by jfiddy and and 19,000+ by Natto. Anyway, I wanted to post that somewhere because I thought that was kind of cool.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Jul 2, 2008 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m kinda surprised that I was the first to do it. How about that.
by Natto on Jul 2, 2008 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know. I think something like 63% of the comments from the history of this site come from you, me, and jponry. Chances are it was one of us.
Add Goofus, and we’re probably at a cool 70%.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jul 2, 2008 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember being so horrified when the site switched over and we could see how many comments we’d made in our time at MCC.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
by jponry on Jul 2, 2008 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mine have kind of stagnated with all the traveling/time away from computer I’ve had the past few months.
Need to get on that!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
by jponry on Jul 3, 2008 12:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
jose castillo hit a double play ball into Lewis & Clark’s canoe, knocking them off their intended course. Only Sacajewea’s cunning and bravery salvaged the mission.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Jul 2, 2008 1:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
true.
" Their still Shitty" - Major Leagues the movie.
I am a Giants fan. Thus I enjoy my pain. Currently enjoying it more then usual.
by daveinexile on Jul 3, 2008 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Star Wars prequels would have been superwonderful, until Jose Castillo hit a double-play directly into George Lucas’s temple.
That’s when George came up with Jar Jar Binks.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Jul 2, 2008 2:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Anikin Skywalker would have restored balance to the force if Jose Castill hadn’t hit a double play ball right into his moderately sized teen angst, swelling it to sizes unseen since The Breakfast Club.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jul 2, 2008 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jose Castillo hit a double play ball right through the Mos Eisley Cantina, hitting Greedo on his trigger finger and making his blaster go off prematurely and off-target, allowing Han Solo to shoot him easily.
Only 889 games until the end of Zito's contract
by thehavenot on Jul 2, 2008 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HAN SHOT FIRST
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Jul 2, 2008 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know
I’ve never understood this particular rallying cry. Technically, Greedo didn’t shoot at all. So han could hardly have “shot first.”
Only 889 games until the end of Zito's contract
by thehavenot on Jul 2, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Greedo was going to shoot
but he didn’t, because Han Shot First
by fwoty oz on Jul 2, 2008 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
on X-MO replay, one can see a SPLIT second before Luke fired into the DeathStar
it was a Jose Castillo groundball into the 2-meter wide thermal exhaust vent that killed the Empire’s rally.
by ExcuseMeSwing on Jul 2, 2008 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
stay on target
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Jul 2, 2008 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t maneuver!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jul 2, 2008 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Allllmoooost...therrrrrrre...
Only 889 games until the end of Zito's contract
by thehavenot on Jul 2, 2008 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmmph
Is this the part before or after the fat unshaven rebel pilot dies?
P.S. The fat unshaven rebel pilot is Pepe Castillo…....JOSE CASTILLO’S DAD!
by Sigualicious on Jul 2, 2008 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, not that guy! He nearly flew into a rebellion ending double play!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jul 2, 2008 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brian Sabean was on the phone with Vlad’s agent but Castillo hit a routine ground ball through Sabean’s office, knocking the phone out of his hand and off the hook. The abrupt end to the conversation offended Vlad and his agent and they signed with the Angels instead. So Sabean salvaged the situation by signing Snow and Tomko and Hermanson and Tucker and etc.
Only 889 games until the end of Zito's contract
by thehavenot on Jul 2, 2008 2:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if Schulman from the Chronicle reads this blog
Today’s article focused on how some people have started questioning Cain’s ability to be a very good to great pitcher. I wonder if he came across some of those Matt Cain hater weenies Howie mentioned in his cain love thread, or perhaps that thread “When do we admit Cain might not be the real deal” or whatever it was called.
Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Jul 2, 2008 2:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Asshole
Ripping ideas off of the internet. I could write a sports column too if I just copied shit off of here ! :)
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Jul 2, 2008 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Matt Cain IS the real deal
Matt Cain IS the real deal. It’s just that some have different definitions of “real deal” than others. :)
by sharksrog on Jul 2, 2008 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if Matt Cain reads this site
He mentions the Internet in the wrap-up of last night’s game.
The burly right-hander not only put the Cubs’ bats to sleep, but he also recorded his 100th strikeout of the season to give the Giants three pitchers with a 100 or more strikeouts before the All-Star break for the first time in the San Francisco era.“It’s pretty cool. I definitely haven’t noticed that until the past couple of days when stuff has been on the Internet,” Cain said. “It’s definitely something that’s good, and we’ve all been able to get deep into games, which sometimes doesn’t happen when you get those strikeout numbers up.”
I was THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jul 2, 2008 3:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I was THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jul 2, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like your average 23 year old he probably gets his news off the internet. If he’s read anything on the internet about the Giants in the last week or so he would have read about Tim’s, Jon’s and his strikeout totals. He’d have to go pretty deep into this blog to read that which has been prime Giants news in more standard outlets (we already know it and are too busy talking ‘bout other stuff).
Castillo hits doubles.
by kennv on Jul 3, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I heard something about that on the newsreel at the picture show.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 3, 2008 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s called the interwebs, dumbo.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jul 3, 2008 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought it was the blogotubes.
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com and on it I make jokes about things.
by groug on Jul 3, 2008 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually.....
“The Internet is not something that you just dump something on. It’s not a big truck. It’s a series of tubes. And if you don’t understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it’s going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material.”
-Senator Ted Stevens
Thats why he gets the big bucks.
"Forget it Donny, you're out of you're element"-Walter Sobchak
by icanplaythird on Jul 3, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My adopted son Matt Downs. Bill Mueller without the two-flap helmet .
by nvsfg on Jul 8, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The best thing about this season:
Is that we’ve gotten to see many players that look like key building blocks to the future of this team. The Giants recently have been a team overflowing with geezers. Players way past their prime at most positions, and the few youngsters were nothing to write home about (with a couple exceptions in the rotation). This year we’ve seen a team that may still be overrun with geezers, but is showing some signs of being a serious threat in the not so distant future. We all knew Lincecum and Cain were building blocks, but I don’t think that before the season started, you would have gotten many people to predict the level of success that players like Fred Lewis, Jonathan Sanchez, John Bowker, and even Brian Wilson would have. The team finally looks like it’s preparing for the future, not trying to win in the present. It’s nice to see.
by ololo3 on Jul 2, 2008 4:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
A Jose Castillo DP grounder knocked down the twin towers of the World Trade Center. The out at second knocked down the first tower, and the second one fell when Jose was out at first. What?? Too soon??
Brian Sabean's new dad: Firm believer in corporal punishment
by rxmeister on Jul 2, 2008 6:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
too soon
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
by delorean on Jul 2, 2008 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jose Castillo hit a double play ground ball that prevented several chads from being completely punched out in Florida.
Only 889 games until the end of Zito's contract
by thehavenot on Jul 2, 2008 7:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Also a hundred years too soon.
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Jul 3, 2008 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jose Castillo hit a double play ground ball that even impressed Pedro
http://www.strikeoutsfortroops.org/
by Inside The Coke Bottle on Jul 2, 2008 7:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Jose Castillo
once hit into the perfect double play. It was so perfect, that it ended the inning even though there were only two outs. It was not a triple play
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN
by zenbitz on Jul 2, 2008 10:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Jose Castillo's
Non-double play balls and non-extra-basehits actually lower gas prices.
by ExcuseMeSwing on Jul 2, 2008 11:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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