Who Do You Root For?
by giantsrainman on Mar 17, 2009 2:47 AM PDT
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Who do you root for in today's WBC Game between the US and Puerto Rico? Jonathan Sanchez will be the starter for Puerto Rico. Personally I am rooting for "Dirty" and his relievers to shutout and eliminate the US.
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U.S.A. #1
Other countries, not so much.
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below.500
We are at war with Los Angeles. We have always been at war with Los Angeles.
by S.F. Giangst on Mar 17, 2009 4:35 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
But In This Case Whom Do You Cheer To Fail? :-)
by giantsrainman on Mar 17, 2009 5:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I feel like a curmudgeon, but I haven’t watched any of the WBC games. I’m interested in seeing Yu Darvish pitch, but that’s about it.
I guess I hope USA wins.
by xanthan on Mar 17, 2009 5:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yu Darvish?
Is that guy like Pedro Feliz?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
by baetown415 on Mar 17, 2009 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like a good insult
Adoptive parental unit of Kevin " 2007's Most Spectacular Pitcher" Pucetas.
"I'm a Giant now... I like watching the ball get up there" - Wendell Fairley
"I'm really proud to be on this team." - Nate Schierholtz
"Woo hoo" - Tim "The Kid" Lincecum
by obsessivegiantscompulsive on Mar 19, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The WBC is a great idea for baseball, in general, but lousy for the MLB in particular because of the timing.
That said, I wholeheartedly support Jonathan Sanchez in his quest to show the Giants just how badly they screwed with him in 2007.
Sergio Romo: striking out professional hitters since 2005.
by Lyle on Mar 17, 2009 6:19 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Screwed him? I hardly knew him?
Hard to say a player got screwed when his overall ERA was 5.88 and even split was not so good:
Home: 6.21
Road: 5.30
Apr: 5.40
May: 5.68
Jun: 1.74
Jul: 6.75
Aug: 10.12
Sep: 7.16
Starter: 7.16
Relief: 5.30
So where exactly was he screwed? He got paid $350,000K or so, plus per diem, enjoyed major league life, and his numbers don’t exactly scream “hey, I should be treated better”.
Adoptive parental unit of Kevin " 2007's Most Spectacular Pitcher" Pucetas.
"I'm a Giant now... I like watching the ball get up there" - Wendell Fairley
"I'm really proud to be on this team." - Nate Schierholtz
"Woo hoo" - Tim "The Kid" Lincecum
by obsessivegiantscompulsive on Mar 19, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What? They moved a highly regarded pitching prospect from the bullpen to the rotation like 7 times in one season, but you don’t think they screwed with him, because of his…home/road split?
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Mar 19, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So, Martin, did you approve of the Giants’ handling of Jonathan Sanchez?
Sergio Romo: striking out professional hitters since 2005.
by Lyle on Mar 23, 2009 6:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
USA! USA!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Mar 17, 2009 7:07 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What’s a fanshot?
Don't think, it could only hurt the ballclub.
by ResDog on Mar 17, 2009 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It may be better that way
I can only imagine what would happen if poll-shots were to be a reality…
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 17, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I voted for the comeback against the puerto rico bullpen. That would also get sanchez back to camp, which is probably a good thing anyway (although it would be cool to see him keep pitching there).
Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Mar 17, 2009 9:11 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I want Jonathan to do well. In a perfect world, he’d pitch five strong innings, then give way to the bullpen, and they proceed to blow it so USA wins.
Almost all my teams are out. Mexico was bounced last night, Nederland couldn’t keep the magic going, South Africa is long gone, so it’s just USA and Japan for me.
"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 Mar 17, 2009 10:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
you are rooting for 5 different teams? those are good odds
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by Headhunter Rollins on Mar 17, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am really rooting for everybody
I love this event. Anybody can win and I’ll still consider it an excellent tournament. Last time I was also supporting Korea and even now I am, because I wanted the world to realize that Asian baseball is pretty good too. my (Canadian) best friend married a Korean last summer and now she has bragging rights over me since Korea walloped Mexico. :(
"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 Mar 17, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m rooting for Korea too. I wanted them to beat Japan. I love Japan, but sometimes they can be a bit too cocky when it comes to their mad baseball skillz.
by Natto on Mar 17, 2009 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but Canada got their sorry maple-leafy butts whipped by Italy, a team that barely knows what to do with a ball that’s too small to kick. So she really shouldn’t be gloating too much.
Adoptive father to the All-Father. Does that make me the All-Grandfather?
by EliminateMe on Mar 17, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
mostly … iawt …
except for the Japan part
and that’s only because I’m sick of this RedSox fan friend of mine drooling over “Dice-K” and not knowing diddily about Timmy. So nyah!
by Merope on Mar 17, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My best friend is a Red Sox fan
And she likes Okajima way more than Matsuzaka. She jokes we should double date; her and Okajima, and me and Matsuzaka, because the pairings are closer in age.
"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 Mar 18, 2009 12:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A vote for America is a vote for the Giants
Puerto Rico needs to hurry up and lose so we can have our pitcher back
by dogdays on Mar 17, 2009 11:06 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t really see a benefit to having Sanchez pitch Spring Training vs. the WBC, but ok.
by cheno on Mar 17, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I see the benefit
You would rather let some one else handle your players? Puerto Rico doesn’t care about Sanchez mechanics as long as he’s successful.
by dogdays on Mar 17, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They can’t make him throw more than 85 pitches. It doesn’t matter.
by cheno on Mar 17, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
exactly
I hope Sanchez pitches well and then Puerto Rico loses and is eliminated so that Sanchez can return to the Giants and get ready for the MLB season
by FluLikeSymptoms on Mar 17, 2009 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Master Plan
— Dirty goes 5 strong, gets W
(proves to everyone he’s a winner, increases confidence, win lust for season)
— USA eliminated this year
(embarrassed, next team will be vastly improved, managed competitively, ie no vanity appearances, better players more willing to step up)
— WBC reformatted like World Cup/Euro Cup
(games/rounds spread out through year, 2 year (intermittent) regional tourney qualifiers?, USA East/West teams?, mid-season/all-star break games so pitchers not on auto pitch counts?)
— Bud Selig chokes on own vomit
(why not?)
by KrazyKrabMeat on Mar 17, 2009 11:15 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
— USA eliminated this year
(embarrassed, next team will be vastly improved, managed competitively, ie no vanity appearances, better players more willing to step up)
USA was eliminated early last time. Why should this early elimination be any different?
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by groug on Mar 17, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ideally
Dirty throws 5 no-hit innings with 16 Ks. The only baserunner he allows is on an SO E2 on a slider in the dirt. Then USA rocks the pen and wins easily.
Baseball is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base hits. It's an unfair game. -Rod Kanehl
by j14 on Mar 17, 2009 11:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Always had a soft spot for the Netherlands, mostly out of habit from rooting for them when the World Cup and Euro Cup come around.
by Scottsdale on Mar 17, 2009 11:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i was in amsterdam
during the first week of the world cup ’06… a sea of orange jerseys and shouts of “Hoop. Holland!”
Dodgers fans eat their young.
by redhornet78 on Mar 17, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I voted for USA.
Sanchez, can do good or bad, whatever. U.S.A. just needs to win. Quite frankly, we invented this game. To not win this year would be a huge disappointment to me.
Keeping on SWOOPing in the free world! Also, by the reflexive property of the rubber/glue playground comeback, I enjoy wearing hats on my ass.
by SneakToBetterSeats on Mar 17, 2009 1:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
America
I don’t see how Sanchez reflects on the Giants unless he’s pitching in a Giants uni. Just get him back to camp, and hopefully the U.S. wins. If Sanchez does well, that adds up to pitches he doesn’t need to throw.
Here’s hoping he gets knocked out early, then wins the Cy Young for us.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
by giants9107 on Mar 17, 2009 2:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t he likely to pitch the same amount in the WBC as he would with the Giants?
by chilibean_3 on Mar 17, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wouldn't you rather have him pitch for us
With the training staff who knows him? And less stress pitching?
Insanity is just a state of mind.
by giants9107 on Mar 17, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't have strong feelings either way.
Meaningless innings for us or meaningless innings for his country. I think I’d rather him pitch in the WBC in a competative environment.
As far as another staff goes. I don’t know. When a pitcher plays in a winter league I don’t really have a problem with him being under another staff. He may even learn a few things with these guys that he wouldn’t from Rags & Co.
by chilibean_3 on Mar 17, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would rather have him prepare for the MLB season in a normal fashion
rather than forcing him to pitch in games that “COUNT” in early and mid March. I don’t see how this is even really a debatable point, if you think he should participate because you think this WBC is important then that is one thing, but having a pitcher’s preparation routine disturbed is unquestionably a bad thing for the pitcher.
by FluLikeSymptoms on Mar 17, 2009 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn’t he start preparing to pitch in the WBC pretty early in the year? I don’t really know what makes an increasing pitch count in the WBC different from and increasing pitch count in spring training. What is he doing now that he would be doing differently if he was with the Giants?
Like I said, I don’t have strong feelings in the argument, I’d just like to understand this complaint better.
by chilibean_3 on Mar 17, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My main problem with the whole thing is that if he was with the Giants he would pitch in a fashion that they controlled, probably every 5th day gradually building his pitch count from something like 25 to 100 in a very relaxed Spring Training environment. With the Puerto Rican team he threw 56 pitches last Wednesday and the around 60 today in an environment that could not be more different than Spring Training. To you and I these games might be just as meaningless as a Spring Training game, but when you are pitching at a Major League park with a crowd of 30,000 (versus about 5,000 at a Spring Training park) in a game that is televised all of the world and is (at least in his mind) “pitching for his country” that is totally different than the gradual preparation of Spring Training. All of this wouldn’t worry me so much if Sanchez didn’t have such a history of fragility. To dismiss it as “pitching is pitching” is pretty silly.
by FluLikeSymptoms on Mar 17, 2009 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe a game like this can toughen the guy up a little. Like wilriv said in the gameday thread, the mental part of his game was very lacking, and if he can get that out of the way now before the season starts, it can really help him during the season. I don’t see what’s wrong with actually getting accustomed to competitive baseball before the season starts.
But if you’re worried that playing in a competitive game might ruin his mindset, i think it’s time to give up on Sanchez, because he’s obviously not tough enough to be in the Major Leagues. That’s silly.
by cheno on Mar 17, 2009 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not worried at all about anybody’s “mindset” I’m worried about his “physicalset” or whatever is the physical equivalent of a “mindset.” I’m worried that the different environment causes him to approach it differently which effects him physically. Would you think it a good idea if a guy pitched a couple weeks or Spring Training then pitched 2 major league games then pitched a couple of week’s of Spring Training? (I guess you would probably say “ah, pitching is pitching”) That is essentially what Sanchez is being asked to do.
by FluLikeSymptoms on Mar 17, 2009 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is no difference. This isn’t pitching or football. You don’t need to work with your teammates in order to gel. And it’s not like there’s a new catcher to get acquainted with. Pitching is pitching.
by cheno on Mar 17, 2009 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want the US to lose
so I don’t have to hear those so-called “analysts” say how the US relievers are so great. Really?? Matt Lindstrom, Joel Hanrahan, Latroy Hawkins and JP Howell are great??
by SFGuy on Mar 17, 2009 6:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Just imagine
A world where Ted Lilly wasn’t a starting pitcher for an All-star team. In a perfect, non-injury filled world, Tim would be pitching.
Insanity is just a state of mind.
by giants9107 on Mar 17, 2009 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
love to see solid first few innings from El Gaupo… Dont care about too much more than that. Their all winners in my book.
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Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Mar 17, 2009 6:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I wasn't really rooting against the US
until I saw Shane Victorino pull his usual bullshit that allowed him to take third. He cheated like he did many times. After that I rooted for PR.
by SFGuy on Mar 18, 2009 1:02 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
No, not technically. But that is Victorino: its cheap, and its unsportmanlike, but it is all in the name of winning. It wasn’t as completely asshole-ish as some of his other acts (He was more ‘not trying to avoid’ the ball than he was kicking it (but he sure did seem to mean to hit it)…
Adoptive Parent of Francisco Peguero. He can throw, he can run, he can hit(fastballs), and he's Dominican. What else do you need to know?
by haverecords on Mar 18, 2009 4:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Victorino is a jerkface but I’m glad David Wright won it. I like him.
"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 Mar 18, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t get too jingoistic about sports anymore, unless the US is a big underdog like during the World Cup.
Billy Ripken is not a fuck face
by Karlifornia on Mar 18, 2009 2:42 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Fixed
I can’t get too jingoistic about sports anymore, unless the US is a big underdog like during the World Cup.
Even though we (Americans) may not be at the height of our popularity with the rest of the world, it is still OK to take immense pride in the achievements of our countrymen as they compete against others who, coincidentally, take pride in representing their country, without being racked by guilt. Furthermore, we don’t have to provide disclosure for taking pride in America with anything other than, “Because I’m an American.”
Stupid is as Ruben Rivera does...
by bkrhater on Mar 18, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1776
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below.500
We are at war with Los Angeles. We have always been at war with Los Angeles.
by S.F. Giangst on Mar 18, 2009 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
USA! USA!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Mar 18, 2009 7:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Cookyman being a dick in 3..2..1..
It’s whom.
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Mar 18, 2009 2:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Rain delay in Florida. Unfortunately, I think that might drive away what was sure to be a capacity crowd.
by Lars The Wanderer on Mar 18, 2009 4:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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