I used to kind of like Scott...
"This season is a perfect example of how pitching and defense win baseball games," center fielder Aaron Rowand said. "Our offense obviously is not the greatest, but it's not terrible, either."
Wow. Just... wow.
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I expect him to say...
“This season is a perfect example of how pitching and defense win baseball game,” and then shut up. Trying to defend this offense – in any way – is absurd.
Still the loving, adoptive father of Hector Sanchez. And who doesn't love switch-hitting catchers with power and patience?
by tedfordfan on Oct 1, 2009 6:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
All pro baseball players are delusional about how good their team is.
You’re not going to find one that wouldn’t defend their team.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Oct 1, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some might do it sarcastically though. Adrian Gonzalez and Zack Greinke, to name two.
“No way is this a one-man show.”
"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."
by i did my job on Oct 1, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, he’s supposed to be all Gritty McLeader isn’t he — what he should clearly say is “Our pitchers pitched their butt off, and we didn’t support them well enough offensively — starting with myself.”
My Bucardo is better than yours.
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by Roger on Oct 1, 2009 7:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“I can hit that slider 4 feet outside, I swear.”
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 1, 2009 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One day he’s going to have a Tin Cup like moment and step right in front of that plate and pull that son of a bitch right into the glove in left. He’ll pump his arms up in the air as he rounds the bases. It’ll be magical.
Forget the fact that he just blew the US Open on one shot had a shitty season because he couldn’t lay off of one pitch, it’ll be memorable dammit.
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by ResDog on Oct 2, 2009 7:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess what really makes me mad
is that he’s justifying himself and the rest of the putrescence surrounding him.
I want someone – anyone – in this organization to stand up and admit that they suck offensively and are going to change that – through hard work, off-season conditioning, adjusting their approach, getting new players, valuing OBP – ANYTHING, as long as it’s a promise that they’ll try to do better.
Right now, nobody is communicating this – they’re all defensive as hell, refusing to take responsibility and doing nothing to indicate that anything will be different next year.
As an aside, just the fact that Juan Uribe is being considered as a fixture in next year’s starting lineup on a multiple-year contract indicates that NOTHING IS CHANGING.
That’s what pisses me off about Scott’s quote.
Still the loving, adoptive father of Hector Sanchez. And who doesn't love switch-hitting catchers with power and patience?
by tedfordfan on Oct 1, 2009 6:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
putrescence
Didn’t think it was an actual word until I looked it up.
by AngelWillSaveUs on Oct 1, 2009 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
putrescent |pyoōˈtresənt|
adjective
undergoing the process of decay; rotting : the odor of putrescent flesh.
by FPTV on Oct 1, 2009 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Made famous by the movie, The Princess Bride.
Still the loving, adoptive father of Hector Sanchez. And who doesn't love switch-hitting catchers with power and patience?
by tedfordfan on Oct 1, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What’s interesting to me, is that in the last KNBR podcast (and I think even in the chalk talk that Jponry and the Mayor went to correct me if I’m wrong on that), Sabean did directly say that if you look at playoff teams, they all have high OBP and OPS and that we need to get that. He also said that Lansford has talked till he was blue in the face about more patient approaches, but that players sometimes “are who they are.”
Those were both very positive things for me. However, he gave absolutely no indication of changing how he targets players as a way to fix this basic problem. He talked about definitely bringing back Freddy Sanchez (career OBP of .334 with a career .300 BA) and Jose Uribe (career OBP of .299!), he praised Bengie Molina (career OBP .308). I honestly came away with the feeling that he thinks the key to raising our OBP is to hit for higher averages.
At this point I’m just confused, I guess.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
by Roger on Oct 1, 2009 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Roger, you've found the problem,
which is that Sabean wants to get a couple of higher-average guys this offseason and believes that alone will fix the offense. They won’t go seeking a real power bat.
I think they’ll keep Bengie for one more two-year deal because he’ll put up better offensive numbers from that position than Posey or anyone else next year. And Sabean will look for a high-average corner outfielder rather than a power bat. And aside from resigning Uribe for 2 years to man 3B next year, and moving Pablo to 1B and bringing back a surgically repaired Renteria and Sanchez up the middle, that is all the change you’ll see for 2010, aside from getting Penny to stay for as cheaply as possible.
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by Al Rosen on Oct 1, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I just don’t know how he can say that and then be like “and we want Velez in left, Rowand in center, Renteria at short, and Sanchez at second and we wouldn’t mind bringing back Bengie at catcher! :D? :D?”
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by jponry on Oct 1, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Raising your average will raise your OBP…
Still. it’s not a good indication that he gets the whole ‘not making outs’ paradigm.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 1, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Quick, shoot it in the head!
and Jose Uribe (career OBP of .299!),
by hokysmksbw on Oct 1, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bringing back Jose Uribe will be difficult.
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by Natto on Oct 1, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not really
It just won’t be pretty.
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by thehavenot on Oct 1, 2009 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I suspect that applies to both Uribes.
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by Bhaakon on Oct 2, 2009 1:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sabean often says things that so many of us say: the right things to maintain our jobs. Doesn’t mean we’ll follow through on them.
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"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Oct 2, 2009 7:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just to be different and because I been surly around here lately.
For all the guff I give the Rowand contract I do have to tip my hat to him in one way. He has to know there is sizable faction of the Giants’ fans that did not like his unsound Defensive play in ’08. The hitting in the bottom 6-8 spots has to bruise the ego as well. I doubt he likes getting paid $12MM a year to be not quite excellent on defense and hit 6th -8th. Through it all, to my knowledge, Scott has not turned on the fan base once. He is the Anti Bobby Murcer. For that I do thank him.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Oct 2, 2009 9:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Aurillia for GM!
“You hope that the issue of the offense is addressed and that they can take this a step further next year,” said veteran infielder Rich Aurilia, whose active playing career with the Giants likely will end with this season.
BLING BLING
by cybermaldonado on Oct 2, 2009 12:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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