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by Grant Brisbee on Apr 13, 2009 12:00 AM PDT
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PrintThis is mostly so I can tell you to buy Grant-related items, but I'll throw a couple of Giants-related things in there for the people who actually come here for the baseball stuff.
- I'm writing a monthly column for Giants Magazine this year. Some of y'all have already noticed, as the first issue is already out. Buy two -- one to read, one to collect. I do not personalize autographs, so don't even ask.
- I also wrote a dual review of MLB '09 and MLB 2K9 for "Playstation: The Official Magazine." Buy several copies of that magazine too.
- From the Post-Gazette: the Pirates originally came at the Giants with a Jack Wilson for Matt Morris trade. While that seems scary at first, Wilson is actually a pretty good player. He would have been a improvement last year, and the Giants wouldn't have spent $18M on Edgar Renteria this year. But the Giants probably would have won two extra games, which means that they'd pick lower in this year's draft. But picking higher isn't always better, as Lincecum slipped all the way to #10. But...
- I'm endlessly amused by this story. (Link via Baseball Primer-- never forget!) Denny Neagle is ten kinds of creepy.
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wtf at that tan
I’ve said it before. I’ll say it again. Anyone who pays $40 for a BJ is just not a good person.
"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 13, 2009 12:31 AM PDT reply actions
Hey , who tells you where/how you perform your philanthropy?
$40?
Man , them’s Scottsdale rates.
What are you kids doing up at this hour anyway? Get to bed! Shoo!
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Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Apr 13, 2009 12:40 AM 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 Apr 13, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
No kidding
Fork over $200 and go all the way like any DECENT person would.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum" = TENSE, CLIMACTIC, TRIUMPHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Apr 13, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know if I am more concerned about Neagle being a creep, or the fact that the blog writer sounds like he is sharing his girlfriend:
Next thing we know he is offering up “pokes” to our girlfriend.That sort of creeped me out
Minor White > Ansel Adams
He thinks he's Leitch
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Thanks to roger
by bondslegend on Apr 13, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Wait, you’re suggesting that Sabean could have actually gotten someone useful for Matt Morris? And he turned it down? Sorry, that just doesn’t pass the laugh test. Next you’re going to tell me he declined a Lowry-for-Milledge swap or something equally ridiculous.
Jackie Wilson Says...
I’m not sure I agree about Jack Wilson being a pretty good player. Better than Bocock/Burriss/Vizquel last year? Probably, though please note Wilson’s D varies from year to year. Even as an aged Giant, Vizquel crushed Wilson in UZr/150. On offense, Wilson’s lifetime .687 OPS is nothing to gloat over.
With a healthy Vizquel, the Giants would have had D to match Wilson’s (if not better) and perhaps the O to equal Wilson’s worst years, which are plentiful. But Vizquel wasn’t healthy, which wasn’t so shocking for a 40+ YO shortstop. Then again, Wilson in 2008 wasn’t healthy either — he only played 80 games.
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Vizquel’s offense has gone so far over the cliff that he makes Jack Wilson look like Albert Pujols.
If Omar had played a full season last year, his hitting alone would have put him in the hole by -55 runs or so. Even during his worst seasons with the bat, Wilson has never approach -55 runs. That’s a pretty big gap to make up on defense. I don’t think it’s humanly possible since the range for most defense is from -10 to +10 runs.
Also
wilson is probably better than Davis
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by bondslegend on Apr 13, 2009 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
“He’s a guy who threw a decade or so in the big leagues for the Reds, Yankees, and Braves. Was a decent pitcher for a few years.”
I’m amused that he mentions the Yankees, with whom he played for half a season, but doesn’t even mention the Rockies, who gave him one of the worst contracts in pre-Zito history.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
Adopted Giant: Fred "Ruthless Aggression" Lewis
So, for those of you who weren’t listening to KNBR this morning, Kruk absolutely ripped the team another one. I don’t think I’ve ever heard him so mad. He was a little more forgiving of Lincecum and Zito, but really hard on Sanchez’ mental makeup, and just tore the Giants’ defense to shreds. I think he called it “sub-par.”
For a guy who normally looks on the bright side, this was rather disturbing.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
Re Krukow tearing into the Giants
I’m actually glad to hear this. And anyway, I can’t imagine how you can put a smiley face over any part of this past weekend.
I really have my doubts about Sanchez, too. Never have liked his makeup. Seems like the classic case of “million-dollar talent, ten-cent head.” Sanchez to me seems like the kind of pitcher who, if he ever figures things out, it’ll be years from now, and with some other team. I wish the Giants had traded him this past off-season when his trade value was probably at a peak.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
You don’t like his makeup? Really? What else has he done in the past to make you question his makeup? I think he’s just been inconsistent at times, but I’ve never seen any makeup issues.
Too much rouge, makes him look like a whore.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
But one that would charge more than $40 per BJ. You gotta give him that…
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by Johnny Disaster on Apr 13, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Dang it...I thought for sure I hit "reply"
I screw that up way too often. Bad posting makeup.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
I’ve heard like 20 people say that Sanchez blew it because of make-up problems. Am I the only one who noticed that he could barely get over 89 MPH after 3 innings? Isn’t it possible that the pitcher who has always had stamina problems just had…stamina problems?
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I hope.
NO!
That’s too factual! It has to be some ridiculous, nebulous, impossible to quantify factor!
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by bondslegend on Apr 13, 2009 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe it's Maybelline
I don’t have stats to back this up. It’s just my gut feeling, so take it with a grain of salt. I think Sanchez’s inconsistency stems from his mental makeup. Just seems like there’ve been too many games with Sanchez where he’s pitched well at first, then run into a little trouble, and then…ka-blooey. When he got off to his good start Saturday night, I said, “Just wait, it won’t end well.” OK, I’ll even admit that I often say those words, and there’ve been a few times when it did end well. But not usually with Sanchez.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
I think it’s a combination of his brain and mechanics.
Sanchez was not a great college pitcher, the Giants changed his mechanics in the low minors. I think when he gets rattled, he slips into old habits.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
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