Post-Game Fun Chatter!
by Grant Brisbee on Apr 10, 2009 10:46 PM PDT
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PrintPart of me wants to make excuses for Barry Zito. Seriously. He didn't help himself by walking David Eckstein on four pitches or getting behind Brian Giles, but he was the victim of quite a few bloops and dunks.
Still, he was up against a pitcher who was released by the Nationals. That's like a girl who can't get a phone number at Comic-Con. And yet I fully expected that the Padres would win. Sad, that.
Add in the unexpectedly subpar performance from Madison Bumgarner -- who allowed two hits while striking out less than a batter per inning -- and this wasn't a good night for the Giants' organization.
Also of note: Scott Hairston is a bad person who laughed a lot during Schindler's List.
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Schooner
If you kind of stare through it, you will see it.
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Apr 10, 2009 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha ha ha...
You dumb b@#$%^*. It’s not a schooner… its a sailboat.
Everything's gonna be okay
just giving them a head start in the series, right?
I still believe in Bowkermania.
by rightcenterfielder on Apr 10, 2009 10:48 PM PDT reply actions
Post Game Hate on Scott Hairston Thread
Proud adoptive parent of the set-up man.
This is Howry do it!
srsly
FUCK SCOTT FUCKING HAIRSTON GODDAMNIT
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Jon Rauch Pancake Batter!
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Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Apr 11, 2009 2:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Looking forward to whatever mental excuse Zito pins his performance on. It’s never, “I had no command.”
He just needs to refocus his chi
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McCC = McClain Chronicles
by Useful_Idiot on Apr 10, 2009 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
he can’t command those 87-88 mph super mega fastballs he was throwing
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by nostocksjustbonds on Apr 10, 2009 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
"That's like a girl who can't get a phone number at Comic-Con"
Ka-burn
Proud adoptive parent of the set-up man.
This is Howry do it!
+1. Classic.
"[Greg] Vaughn is in a funk so deep, George Clinton wearing a miner's helmet couldn't find him."
- Jim Baker, ESPN.com, May 2002
by achiappanza on Apr 10, 2009 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I am not happy with the Giants right now!
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
Gregerson
/giggles
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
This is my first time seeing the SportsNet HQ. Everything looks like a DS Lite.
Judgment Day is coming
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That game reminded me of watching the 2008 Giants. Ugh.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
Schindler's List and Scott Hairston
One is all about the epitome of evil, wickedness and murderous savagery.
The other is a holocaust film.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum" = TENSE, CLIMACTIC, TRIUMPHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Apr 10, 2009 10:51 PM PDT reply actions
I can't stop thinking about how much I hate Scott Hairston
10 of 42 career HRs vs. SF
This infuriates me.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
Remember when the Giants had the bases loaded and nobody out?
I still believe in Bowkermania.
by rightcenterfielder on Apr 10, 2009 10:51 PM PDT reply actions
ishi does
so does bochy. get ready for more richie!
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by bondslegend on Apr 10, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Never mind that Ishikawa almost tied the game. Bochy’s memory is very selective.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
I heard these lyrics
Ishi, Ishi, Bochy, Boch
hopefully that at bat dosen’t change anything, i realy like this line up. i dont even want to see richie against lefties.
by shaolinironlion on Apr 11, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, I had a scary thought
Imagine if Khalil Greene was still on the Padres. With Hairston. The Giants would never beat the Padres again.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
I am so glad Khalil Greene is no longer there.
by sfgiantsgirl on Apr 10, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
the fact that he still remains somewhere is annoying
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Apr 11, 2009 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s at least within the realm of possibilities.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
PRO TIP
For the postgame, always turn on the radio.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
I miss the televised Postgame Drinking Show.
I still believe in Bowkermania.
by rightcenterfielder on Apr 10, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
One of my favorites as well !
"One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other ninety-nine percent are followers of women."-John McGraw, NY Giants Baseball Club
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
SCOTT HAIRSTON JOKE THREAD
What’s the difference between Scott Hairston and a pothole?
You swerve to miss a pothole.
What’s the difference between Scott Hairston and a bucket of steaming shit?
The bucket.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum" = TENSE, CLIMACTIC, TRIUMPHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Apr 10, 2009 10:56 PM PDT reply actions
Sad attempt at optimism
1) Burriss finally got a couple of hits and has a good OBP thus far!
2) Ishikawa and Molina almost hit those balls out!
3) Miller was okay!
4) Um….
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
The soft bigotry of low expectations.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
Oh, and Fred Lewis is hitting .500. SUSTAINABLE!
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
Add in the walks...
And the OBP is 1.277!!!
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
Heh
They left off the Ishikawa out that Miller called as a home run from the recap.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
Yeah, that was a rare bad moment from Miller.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
Perhaps you should substitute Ishikawa for McCovey in your sig.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
I lol’d, I cried, I died a little, inside.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
And then, as a true Giant fan, I ate my young, cast aside my dead pancreas, and started chanting: “Sanchez….Sanchez….Sanchez”
I love Richie, but I think this will get plenty of use this year.
"One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other ninety-nine percent are followers of women."-John McGraw, NY Giants Baseball Club
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
that call got me so excited for a few seconds :(
by sfgiantsgirl on Apr 10, 2009 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
And That's Your Giants Erased Highlight
Miller’s got a Fred Frick award to gun for soon.
Predict the next time the Giants are in first place
I’m thinking 2011.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
Giants fwill be 4-2 by the Sabbath
I say they take the next two from the transgender Madres.
Flemming with the Fred Lewis love!
Thus making me like Flemming even more.
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Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
You’ll have to defeat both me and jpon in a knife fight.
"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 Apr 10, 2009 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
BVCE seems pretty serious about this
"One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other ninety-nine percent are followers of women."-John McGraw, NY Giants Baseball Club
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
You need to give it up
Had about enough
It’s not hard to see
The boy is mine
I’m sorry that you
Seem to be confused
He belongs to me
The boy is mine
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
well played
"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 Apr 11, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
This is not fun. I demand a refund.
"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 Apr 10, 2009 11:17 PM PDT reply actions
Strange that they left out the picture of Hairston’s catch among the AP photos. Luckily, I found it on Yahoo:
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by Natto on Apr 10, 2009 11:18 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Needs more K from Men In Black
with the little tiny gun
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
That's kind of a weird picture
I mean, Bonds is hitting.
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I agree
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by nostocksjustbonds on Apr 11, 2009 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Nothing weird about that
I still love that swing
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by bondslegend on Apr 11, 2009 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions
"One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other ninety-nine percent are followers of women."-John McGraw, NY Giants Baseball Club
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
if you look reeeeally closely
at the stands in the lower right… you can Juuust make out Rich Aurillia hitting into a double play.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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by merkin on Apr 11, 2009 1:07 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Geez, Damon Bruce is annoying
Scott Harriston?
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
Damon Bruce is an idiot.
Hi, I am Johnny Disaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 11, 2009 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Good thing Dave Flemming is replacing him during weeknight home games!
by sfgiantsgirl on Apr 11, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I missed the first inning
but during the rest of the thought game I thought Zito looked much better than the last two season. His curve had a steeper dive, his fastball had some hop. His command was really pretty good (for Zito) the umpire was calling a tight zone to everyone. His change up looked different … it looked more like a slider to me. I’d say it’s reasonable to hope that Zito puts up an ERA between 4.25 and 4.5 over the season, which I’d consider a very happy development.
I sure hope so. I’m starting to think that Magowan got run out by the other owners after that signing started rotting.
"[Greg] Vaughn is in a funk so deep, George Clinton wearing a miner's helmet couldn't find him."
- Jim Baker, ESPN.com, May 2002
by achiappanza on Apr 10, 2009 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
It is true that Zito cannot succeed with a tight strike zone. Him and Rueter.
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by Johnny Disaster on Apr 11, 2009 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
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by SoFa King Mike on Apr 10, 2009 11:34 PM PDT reply actions
*sighs*
Can’t believe I missed Zeets first game of the season……oh well. This is the time when I look at him and say “you’re the best player on the team. the rest of them are jealous.” All with a straight face mind you and send him on his way. Maybe throw in a cookie or two.
Don't worry
The Giants didn’t show up for it either.
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If you pretend the whole “First Inning” didn’t happen, you actually have a descent start. 3 IP, 4K, 1 BB, 1 ER.
Now I know thats not how baseball works, but if you squint hard enough, and look at the fact that his fastball was hitting 88, and his changeup was below 75… with location he could do ok.
“Besides that, Mr. Lincoln, how was the play?”
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 11, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
No no no no no, It's
"Besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"
Way funnier.
Adoptive parent of Noah Lowry. Because he was awesome once, and, goddammit, he shall be awesome once again!
I hope.
Madison Bumgarner
Disappointing outing for “MadBum”? Are you kidding me! 6 shut out innings, 62 pitches, 48 strikes, 2 hits, no walks and 5 strike outs. Fast Ball from 92 to 97 mph and the change at 83. You try to hit it. I do agree that he needs to not rely so much on his fastball; but when you can locate it like he does…well he is 19! Zito’s problem is he is looking over his shoulder at the train on the tracks and see’s himself ending his career with someone like ……. San Jose!
Josephs117
He certainly pitched well
But it came to turn water in to wine, he failed miserably……
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is it time to start worrying about Pablito?
He’s striking out a lot.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
Define worry
I think he’s probably our 3rd baseman of the future .. but it seems clear that he was rushed to the bigs. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a position player with a less effective approach at the plate. Now that major league pitchers have figured out how to pitch him (eye level fastballs and low and away changeups) he is going to have to change to keep up.
no
4ks through 4 games is nothing to worry about. If it’s 50ks through 50 games, then it might be time to start worrying.
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you know
Adam Dunn hits 40 home runs like every year, and strikes out like 350 times.
Aurilia sounds like a planet out of StarFox.
by Gabafnerhagen on Apr 11, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
but he also walks like 745 times
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Question???
Why is it that we Zito has a bad start and we want his head, and Timmy has a worse start and we just look away. Trust me, Im no Big Zito follower but it is only 1 game and there is time for improvement. Remember Zito started 0-8 to begin the year.
I think that last sentence answers your question.
by AngelWillSaveUs on Apr 11, 2009 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
It's about the hope
3 RUNZ IN ONE INNING VALDEZ MUS GO!!!!!
It’s true that if I put Zito’s name in there, I would get a lot more agreement.
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by Johnny Disaster on Apr 11, 2009 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Again
track record vs potential. We know what Zito is, we don’t know what Merkin is yet.
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You're kidding, right?
Did barry zito win the cy young and lead the majors in Ks last year? When he does that, then he’ll earn himself some leeway. With Tim, that performance was an aberration. With Zitlol, that’s what he does pretty much every time he pitches.
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Two things...
Is it me or if Harriston played the Giants every game he’d be in the Hall of Fame? Why not just go out and get the guy so he doesn’t KILL us anymore.
Second, how can you go two for two, 4 games into the season and only raise your batting average to .167, how sad is that?
I was at work and I didn’t get to see the game.
Don’t get hung up on BA – if he has a .375 OPB at the end of the year, I’ll be quite happy.
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by Johnny Disaster on Apr 11, 2009 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Lame joke for today
Our guys may have been pummeled last nite, but at least they weren’t “pummeloed”. The latter happens when we lose and irate fans hurl pummelo fruit. This would more likely occur at AT&T Park anyway.
LOL ZITO!!
thanks you guys, tough game. I felt great out there. Time for a nice homecoming to LA, show my dodger fan friends that the Giants mean biz!
32 minutes ago from mobile web
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 11, 2009 12:07 PM PDT reply actions
by "dodger fan friends"
he means “alyssa milano’s vagina”
Aurilia sounds like a planet out of StarFox.
by Gabafnerhagen on Apr 11, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Can’t stop laughing.
"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 Apr 11, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
The laughing will stop when his next start comes up.
:(
Aurilia sounds like a planet out of StarFox.
by Gabafnerhagen on Apr 11, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
After all the guys she’s been with I thought it would have disintegrated by now.
Extremely proud parent of Barry Zito. :D
by giantscatcher on Apr 11, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
oh please
disintegrated?
she hasn’t even hit the paris hilton threshold of “Mighty Sarlacc in the Great Pit of Carkoon” yet.
although she was way past the whole “hot dog down a hallway” thing by the end of high school I’m sure
Aurilia sounds like a planet out of StarFox.
by Gabafnerhagen on Apr 11, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Baggs has today's lineup
RF Winn
SS Renteria
LF Lewis
C Molina
3B Sandoval
1B Ishikawa
CF Rowand
2B Burriss
P Sanchez
No surprises.
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 11, 2009 5:05 PM PDT reply actions
Is Oprah going to give me a cookie?
by Lars The Wanderer on Apr 11, 2009 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions
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