Pittsburgh Pirates @ San Francisco Giants GameThread, Sep 6, 2008 6:05 PM PDT

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Matt Cain	8-11	29	29	1	1	0	0	187.2	167	81	77	14	81	164	3.69	1.32

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Paul Maholm	8-8	27	27	1	0	0	0	179.1	182	79	76	20	47	125	3.81	1.28

third best…. oh nm

by Merope on Sep 6, 2008 5:01 PM PDT 0 recs

I know Cain sucks but it’d be nice to see him not walk 12 batters tonight.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Sep 6, 2008 5:02 PM PDT 0 recs

Maholm is just the type of pitcher that will shut the Giants down

Only 835 games until the end of Zito's contract

by thehavenot on Sep 6, 2008 5:07 PM PDT 0 recs

I think we can say that about any pitcher…

by giants9107 on Sep 6, 2008 5:09 PM PDT up 0 recs

My beer pitcher can shut the Giants down.

Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 6, 2008 5:14 PM PDT up 0 recs

I almost added "One with an arm."

So, yeah, I was thinking the same thing as you guys.

But it’s especially true of guys like Maholm.

Only 835 games until the end of Zito's contract

by thehavenot on Sep 6, 2008 5:23 PM PDT up 0 recs

good?

by kingofthacove on Sep 6, 2008 5:40 PM PDT up 0 recs

here's the thing..

..the Giants are in a huge tie for 4th-worst record in the majors in the win column. Yeah, the three worst are running away with it, but even in a weak draft class (and 2009 looks weak), the #4 pick is a much better bet than #10. So right now, we want Cain to look good, get pulled early, and the ’pen to blow it.

Heck, if it were me I would shoot for the #4, then pick whatever name on the board looked the most like this year’s Aaron Crow. Then you get #4A in 2010, which is unlikely to be as weak a draft as 2009.

So, I hate to say it, but I wouldn’t mind a nice losing streak right about here.

by wcw on Sep 6, 2008 5:12 PM PDT 0 recs

we’re # 4!

"I think I was the best player I ever saw"
Willie Mays, you ain't kidding

by CB30 on Sep 6, 2008 5:16 PM PDT up 0 recs

The teams we’re tied with are the Pirates and the Royals – and the Royals are up 3-0! A loss today and we’re all alone for the #4 pick! And the Nationals are clearly too cheap for Strasburg and maybe the Padres are too and the Mariners are stupid! So exciting OMG!!!!!

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Sep 6, 2008 5:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'd be happy to win Timmy's starts

and lose everythign else the rest of the way. maybe lose one of timmy’s starts on a blown save. That should put us up to the top 2 or 3 with an outside shot at 1. I think it is very possible one of the three teams will have a hot streak and fall back while another goes dead cold the rest of the way.

by positiveuphemism on Sep 6, 2008 5:23 PM PDT up 0 recs

+1

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by Gaahl on Sep 6, 2008 5:56 PM PDT up 0 recs

Cain sucks.

Farewell, Ray. We'll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond "Eggs". Throw strikes.
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by Natto on Sep 6, 2008 5:13 PM PDT 0 recs

Wow...Gillaspie is a Giant

I wonder if he will be there by tomorrow.

by positiveuphemism on Sep 6, 2008 5:36 PM PDT 0 recs

W.
T.
F.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Sep 6, 2008 5:39 PM PDT up 0 recs

His # is 50

http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/team/roster_active.jsp?c_id=sf

by positiveuphemism on Sep 6, 2008 5:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

wait what you’re serious?

by kingofthacove on Sep 6, 2008 5:41 PM PDT up 0 recs

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20080906&content_id=3429361&vkey=pr_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf&partnerId=rss_sf

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Sep 6, 2008 5:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

Awwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah??

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by Natto on Sep 6, 2008 5:45 PM PDT up 0 recs

WTF???

Dude is MY age!

by bondslegend on Sep 6, 2008 7:37 PM PDT up 0 recs

He’s younger than me! The first Giants player to be younger than me!

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Sep 6, 2008 7:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

That makes you younger than my sister. Geez. I’m getting old.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Sep 6, 2008 7:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

Heh

can’t yet drink legally, unlike Connor. A few months older than me.

by bondslegend on Sep 6, 2008 7:39 PM PDT up 0 recs

I’m 28, and have consumed alcohol, um…three times in my life, I think. I’m kind of weird.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Sep 6, 2008 7:40 PM PDT up 0 recs

Not really

i ain’t gonna drink too often either. Just when I’m with a group at a restaurant and EVERYONE ELSE is, it’ll be nice to fit in. I wanna conform!

by bondslegend on Sep 6, 2008 7:41 PM PDT up 0 recs

You guys are all puppies.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Sep 6, 2008 7:40 PM PDT up 0 recs

Looks like he’s there today.

Just not starting.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Sep 6, 2008 5:52 PM PDT up 0 recs

This takes the cake

For strange moves.

Like, of all time.

Only 835 games until the end of Zito's contract

by thehavenot on Sep 6, 2008 5:57 PM PDT up 0 recs

Now I wonder if we’ll see Posey after the SJ Giants are done.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Sep 6, 2008 5:58 PM PDT up 0 recs

I don't think it's that strange..

He’s on the 40 man.. so might as well.

proud father of the newly acquired Brandon Crawford..

by Azmanz on Sep 6, 2008 6:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

They had to put him on the 40-man to do this. Timpner was outrighted.

And it’s weird because there’s no apparent reason to believe Gillaspie is ready, and this will start his arbitration timetable and options way ahead of schedule.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Sep 6, 2008 6:03 PM PDT up 0 recs

I thought was the one

who signed the major league contract (and I thought that meant he was auto-put on the 40-man)

proud father of the newly acquired Brandon Crawford..

by Azmanz on Sep 6, 2008 6:08 PM PDT up 0 recs

I don’t really remember, but I think that it was rumored he wanted or got a major league contract, but then it turned out not to be the case.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Sep 6, 2008 6:10 PM PDT up 0 recs

no majors contract

but maybe this was part of the deal, a handshake agreement to get him to the majors this year. makes some sense why he wasn’t mentioned when the news came out that buster was going to SJ

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by Gaahl on Sep 6, 2008 6:17 PM PDT up 0 recs

wow this is one of the worst line-ups of the year

by kingofthacove on Sep 6, 2008 5:44 PM PDT 0 recs

Here 'tis

1) Randy Winn LF
2) Ivan Ochoa 2B
3) Rich Aurilia 3B
4) Bengie Molina C
5) Scott McClain 1B
6) Aaron Rowand CF
7) Nate Schierholtz RF
8) Emmanuel Burriss SS
9) Matt Cain P

There are a couple of ways they could’ve made it worse – like starting Roberts instead of Schierholtz, or Vizquel instead of Burriss. But yeah.

Putting Ochoa at #2 instead of Burriss is all kinds of WTF. Last I checked, .354 OPS > .287 OPS.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Sep 6, 2008 5:49 PM PDT up 0 recs

Uh

OBP, not OPS. D’oh.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Sep 6, 2008 5:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

With this club

I’d almost believe a .287 OPS.

Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 6, 2008 5:54 PM PDT up 0 recs

Even Bocock managed .414.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Sep 6, 2008 5:55 PM PDT up 0 recs

Had Bocock stayed up the entire season...

Only 835 games until the end of Zito's contract

by thehavenot on Sep 6, 2008 5:56 PM PDT up 0 recs

That was an unintentional Bocock joke, by the way.

Only 835 games until the end of Zito's contract

by thehavenot on Sep 6, 2008 5:56 PM PDT up 0 recs

Just sort of slipped it in , didja?

"Ain't got a hope in Hell - that's my belief." - Bon Scott

by victor frankenstein on Sep 6, 2008 6:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

This is why I was sad when Bocock didn’t stay up. The lost opportunities. . .

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Sep 6, 2008 6:08 PM PDT up 0 recs

And you know he ain’t never making it back.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Sep 6, 2008 6:11 PM PDT up 0 recs

Bocock has seriously trouble staying up

by bondslegend on Sep 6, 2008 7:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

"Stay up"

That was “unintentional” too, right?

Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Sep 6, 2008 6:12 PM PDT up 0 recs

I’ll confess. It was intentional.

See? Lost opportunities!

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Sep 6, 2008 6:13 PM PDT up 0 recs

Maybe he’ll bulk up and make it back as an alleged power hitter, a la Cody Ransom. Then we can call him Big Bocock.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Sep 6, 2008 6:14 PM PDT up 0 recs

lol freddy sanchez

Still in despair.
BRING BACK MARMOL!

by Zetsuboushita on Sep 6, 2008 6:10 PM PDT 0 recs

Damn

The Hated Dodgers are in first.

Aaaargggh.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Sep 6, 2008 6:11 PM PDT 0 recs

duck the fodgers

by Merope on Sep 6, 2008 6:11 PM PDT up 0 recs

Ewww…..

Papa on TV.

It's my blarg! Quick Pitch

by can of corn on Sep 6, 2008 6:14 PM PDT 0 recs

and FP on the radio

by Merope on Sep 6, 2008 6:15 PM PDT up 0 recs

You mean JT?

Still in despair.
BRING BACK MARMOL!

by Zetsuboushita on Sep 6, 2008 6:18 PM PDT up 0 recs

oh is that who it was?
I have a headache and turned it off!
I switched to the tv – much easier to follow the game on tv with the sound off… than on the radio with the sound off.

by Merope on Sep 6, 2008 6:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

FP, JT, it doesn't matter which set of initials, neither are very good broadcasters

Only 835 games until the end of Zito's contract

by thehavenot on Sep 6, 2008 6:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

Could be worse: we could still employ McCarver as the backup tv guy.

What man? Which man? Who’s the man? When’s a man a man? What makes a man a man? Am I a man? Yes. Technically I am. - FotC

by jcb9 on Sep 6, 2008 6:20 PM PDT up 0 recs

Oh, there are definitely worse

Still, neither is a very good broadcaster (this is grammatically correct, by the way. Just in case anyone wanted to know. What I wrote previously is not)

Only 835 games until the end of Zito's contract

by thehavenot on Sep 6, 2008 6:21 PM PDT up 0 recs