Open Gameday Thread, 3/22
by Grant Brisbee on Mar 22, 2009 10:06 AM PDT
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PrintGiants v. Brewers on KNBR. Jonathan Sanchez is back. If he doesn't pitch a complete game, I will blame the World Baseball Classic for monkeying around with his stamina.
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VIKING AND MONKEY IN LOVE SHOCK HORROR
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So does the ASPCA.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Mar 22, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Benito Santiago, on the other hand,
he do not like-a the mon-key.
i have to say i side with him.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Mar 22, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I have one!
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Mar 23, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
BOSS IS BANNED.
I can’t tell you how sad my life is, but this goes a long way toward explaining it.
by Grant Brisbee on Mar 23, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
/ Obligatory show casing Dirty for Hardy nonsensical remark goes here.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
I read this as something about Dirty Harry.
"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 22, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
A man has got to know his limitations.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
by daveinexile on Mar 22, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I have to run some errands today that includes picking up Pokemon Platinum (!!!!!!!!!!!) There’s 1:21 left in this Syracuse/ASU game and then I’m out. I hope to return in time for the Return of Sanchez.
"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 22, 2009 11:13 AM PDT reply actions
Lunch talk
I got a lamb naan wrap from the farmers’ market.
Currently, I’m cooking crispy-skin pomfret, which will be for dinner, along with approximately 20,000 other dishes.
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still stuffed from last night's Tbone and baked potato
so, I settled for cheerios with bananasand a shot of prune juice to help the insides.
"It hurts sooooooo... good!"
Uh…mini tacos.
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It seems like there are few days when you aren’t eating mini tacos.
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I was at work, usually I just buy a box of them and keep them in the freezer there. Then I just heat some up on my lunch. Tonight will be some chicken marinated in some mango lime sauce.
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Four (4) Open Roster Spots
D Roberts
K Yabu
N Lowry
L Perdomo
Well the Perdomo roster spot is a guess that Giants brass returns Rule 5 guy back to Cardinals.
Who fills those spots?
a) Aurilia
b) Guzman
c) Medders
d) Miller
e) Torres
f) Uribe
Line-up
Winn, RF .196
Renteria, SS .234
Lewis, LF .316
Molina, B, C .262
Sandoval, P, 3B .455
Ishikawa, 1B 0 .314
Rowand, CF .205
Frandsen, 2B .315
Sanchez, P
Possible opening day line-up?
realy digging Sandoval hiting #5.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
by daveinexile on Mar 22, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I have visions of him doing well enough in teh first couple months they move Molinia out of the #4 spot. Its a vain hope but its my spring traing Kool Aid of choice this year.
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by daveinexile on Mar 22, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Getting Bengie out of 4 and into 6 or 7 is like my white whale.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 22, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Burriss has the lead in the 2nd base battle.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Mar 22, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
With their pitching and solid core of young talent they could contend if they ever prioritize defense
If they ever get to a point of retaining some of their young players that franchise could be a monster. However I don’t ever see that happening with their current owner.
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by daveinexile on Mar 22, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
It could be in another city in a few years if the crowds don't start coming.
"It hurts sooooooo... good!"
believe they finally got approval on a downtown stadium (near the arena) which should provide for decent crowds. Miami can support a team.
It’s not Miami that I doubt.
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by daveinexile on Mar 22, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
cool
a no hitter by florida. funny actually, looks like 5 shutouts going in early games today. good things ahead for el guapo..
by giantdonkey on Mar 22, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
my final fantasy draft last night...
I got Ishy but missed Sandoval. I grabbed Wilson as my 3rd closer and Randy as my fourth starter. It wasn’t to bad of a draft.
"It hurts sooooooo... good!"
stay away from Aeris
she’s quite the injury risk…
too soon?
by DividedByZero on Mar 22, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Could bode well for Giants?
Gavin Floyd signs extension with White Sox. Maybe this bodes well for the Giants efforts to sign Lincecum at reasonable dollars.
Relax Flem
while Sanchez has only thrown a few innings his pitch count has already reached 63 in real game conditions. Today the Giants brass hopes to extend him to 80 pitches
aurillia
does the play of frandsen, burress and guzman make aurillia expendable finally ?
Lewis had an OPS+ of 105 last year – a figure surpassed by White only surpassed five times in 17 seasons. And three of those times he surpassed it by only a couple of points.
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Yeah, Devon White was a fine defensive center fielder. But you were comparing them as hitters, I thought. I’d love to see Lewis match WHite’s glove.
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My point is, as a hitter Devon White seems like a low standard for Lewis to reach. Last year, Lewis already surpassed White in batting average (.282 to White’s career .263), OBP (.351 to White’s .319), AND SLG (.440 to White’s .419).
Of course, comparing one season to a long career isn’t quite fair, but even in his best seasons, White was barely a better hitter than Lewis already is.
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I’m not disagreeing with that.
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I am.
He was , by turns , an Angel , a Blank , and a Bum.
These is irrefutable fax.
OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
"What kind of a stupid question is that?"
by victor frankenstein on Mar 22, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Awesome commentary and inisght from J.T.
The Giants have a great approach, which is to hit the ball hard and take singles and doubles.
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J.T. just claimed defense wins more games than offense
I’m not sure what the number crunchers are saying these days, but that strikes me as kind of dubious.
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If by defense he means pitching and defense, than I think I agree with him. If he means just defense, then yeah, that’s kind of weird.
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
If I recall, it was in the context of Ishikawa’s defense, and how you can tell he’s a good first baseman because he’s not afraid to dive and leave his feet. Or maybe it came when he was talking about how having good defense up the middle makes your pitching better. If the second, I suppose you could interpret it that way.
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Maybe he’s taking that “Bat plays well at (position) thing” a bit too far.
OK if I adopt Randy Johnson?
"What kind of a stupid question is that?"
by victor frankenstein on Mar 22, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I get the feeling Ishi is going to be a hot or cold kind of hitter. Winn should be his old consistant self.
It’s just good to see everyone starting to hit. Still rooting for Franny to make it as the starting 2b man
Franny is one of my favorite players. Believe the current makeup of the starting team would better be complimented with the defense and speed of Burriss,
for me it’s part nostalgia, because i felt so bad for Franny when he ruptured his achilles tendon in ST last year…
by SFGAmsterdam on Mar 22, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m with Shoeless. I think the team can’t go wrong with either, as long as Burriss is given constant at bats. He’s the 2B of the future I think, and whether he’s getting ABs in the majors or ABs in the minors in AAA I’d be happy. Frandsen can be a very good utility guy, playing 2B, 3B, SS, LF, RF.
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From Hank
Cain will take the drive to Tucson to face the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. The Giants are off Wednesday, and Barry Zito will face the Cubs in a rare night game Thursday, which will be televised back home.
Flemming says “everyone” thinks Burriss is the favorite at 2B.
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I am watching the Rockies game on MLB Network. One of there sponsor is a freeway! LMAO
Minor White > Ansel Adams
actually a toll road…
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Mar 22, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Sanchez only 3.2 IP today…tough day for him? I blame the WBC.
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He pitched well for the first couple of innings, but it got choppy after that.
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Yeah he’s really amazing. I saw him play my last day in Scottsdale. He has tremendous range and a great glove.
"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 22, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
He doesn’t quite have that same effortless manner that Omar does. But he’s still excellent defensively, and he can hit and run. I think he’ll a better hitter than Omar if not quite the same level defensively.
"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 22, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Rooting for Team USA tonight but would not be unhappy if Team Japan won the game. It woudl set up the war finals Japan vs Korea
I want him on the roster. 5th OF all the way.
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Torres makes sense
The Giants will be choosing from the likes of Aurilia, Guzman, Uribe, Frandsen, Velez, Schierholtz and Torres. Schierholtz is the only LHH in the bunch. Velez and Torres are switch-hitters the rest RHH.
That leaves Bochy with about the only option of using Schierholtz when he wants a LHH off the bench. Torres is still available for late inning defensive replacement, pinch-run for BMoney or can use him to pinch-hit.
I suspect he’ll get a shot at some point, like Bowker, Timpner and Horwitz did last year.
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Reply fail
That was in response to wil.
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Steve Holm!
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I wonder if he’s adopted. Or I hope I get him in our draft if it ever does happen.
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I think he is.
I was thinking of grabbing Edwin Quirarte, but there’s the whole question of whether there’ll be a draft to redo it all.
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good thing this was an exhibition game. I’d be breaking stuff right now after having an 8-0 lead
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I remember one game back in the mid-to-late 90s where the Giants blew a lead at least that big during the regular season against the Expos. It was pretty painful.
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I think they once blew a 5-0 lead in a world series clinching game, didn’t they?
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there is some speculation that had they finished the world series in ’02 this would have been possible.
alas, we will never know.
by ExcuseMeSwing on Mar 22, 2009 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions
We had a 10-3 lead last year that we blew
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA200806220.shtml
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The Expos killed the Giants that year. For the curious…
by Grant Brisbee on Mar 22, 2009 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Earlier in the game
Jon Miller said after one inning was over “Dave Roberts will lead off, who hit a home run in the 1st inning…” rather then Brian Roberts. He corrected himself at the end.
And America
"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 22, 2009 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions
tomorrow’s game is going to be awesome. I’m calling it for Korea.
"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 22, 2009 8:25 PM PDT reply actions
Both Korea and Japan have teams named the Giants.
"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 22, 2009 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess Japan would be the Dodgers since they gave Tommy LaSorda some sort of award.
Still in despair.
BRING BACK MARMOL!
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by Zetsuboushita on Mar 22, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
D:
"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 22, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Was it for beating Kobayashi in a lasagna eating contest?
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Mar 23, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I am sorry I missed this one.
It sounds like it was a good one. The neighbors had the first barbaque of the year. I stuffed myself with brats and beer. I will be ready for tommorrow. Go G’s…
"It hurts sooooooo... good!"
>:(
Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Mar 23, 2009 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions
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