Giants Win! Giants Win!: Post-Game Recap
by Grant Brisbee on May 12, 2009 10:12 PM PDT
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PrintBlame Bobby Howry if you want. He was on the mound when all sorts of runners got on base.
Blame the ineffective hitter of your choice if you want. That particular hitter had all sorts of chances, and I'm sure tired of his ineffectiveness. Blast you, ineffective hitter!
Blame Travis Ishikawa if you want. He should have let Manny Burriss get that bases loaded grounder in the eighth. He made a heck of an effort, but the blame is yours to distribute as you see fit.
Blame Pablo Sandoval for taking pitches in the bottom of the ninth, trying to work a better hitter's count. AND OH MY GOD HE JUST WON THE GAME WITH A THREE-RUN HOME RUN. I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW. HE WORKED THE COUNT, AND A PITCHER ACTUALLY THREW HIM A STRIKE!
AAAAAAAH!
Ahem.
My point was that you should blame the game of baseball, because there's no way you can assign blame for the dinks and dunks that put the Nationals ahead in the eighth.
But, yeah. I think we'll go for a different theme for this post-game thread. Whoop!
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SNOWMANDOVAL!
They say you're a pitcher; you sure aren't much of a dresser.
by CystedTwister on May 13, 2009 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Hear that noise, dodgers?
that’s us coming to destroy your hopes and dreams. FUCK YEAAA SON
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Could you say that again?
18-14??? Are you SURE that’s legal?!?!?!
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
That was a lot of fun. I wish we played the Nationals more often.
Osiris, lord of the dead, and relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.
We're the Giants
And we average 10 runs per game!
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It’s much more eloquent.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
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But I likez pikchurrzzz
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
Oh whoops
I wasn’t around here tonight. Not to stop onyer toes or anything marcello
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
No toes have been stepped on. I think Natto had been posting them in other game threads before me. It’s such an awesome graph, it can’t be posted enough.
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Hmm
Someone had been posting them other days, but I can’t remember who.
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kenshin1 I think.
Still in despair.
BRING BACK MARMOL!
konakona:「つかさに教われと...なんか非常に負けたような気がする。」
Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
by Zetsuboushita on May 13, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Ah, that’s probably it. I thought it was one of the mod overlords.
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That graph is spectacular.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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Its like a movie plot
Starts out OK, then gets good for a while . Followed by the lowest point, then the happy ending
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This is definitely not Howry do it!
Good point
It really maps out a romantic comedy perfectly. Except I usually hate the happy endings in those movies.
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I’m just glad that baseball games can finally be expressed in graph form.
I LOVE BOXSCORES AND GRAPHS AS MUCH AS I HATE WATCHING BASEBALL GAMES
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I know, for some reason I really, really love the WPA graphs. It’s just a great way to express the crazy swings in games.
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Fact
Giants dont win this game any of the last 4 years
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This is definitely not Howry do it!
TRUE
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fuck no
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
First game of the year to make me yell at the television
Baseball is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base hits. It's an unfair game. -Rod Kanehl. Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis
I wanted to yell
but it’s 12:21 AM and I live in an apartment, so…Yeah. I was yell whispering.
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
you have more self control than I do. I yelled, scared my dog and he barked at me
Baseball is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base hits. It's an unfair game. -Rod Kanehl. Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis
I was just so goddamned shocked
I didn’t know if I was dreaming or what. It was just so awesome.
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I yelled.
I’m pretty sure I live downstairs from a herd of Elephants, they can deal with MY noise for once.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
I was asleep. It was not a good sleep. And then I woke up and Pablo had hit a walk-off.
Joe Martinez: My fingers are crossed and my palms are together for you.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Me too
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High Fived My Cat !
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NO WAI
Me too, He just walked in when Pablo came to the plate
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This is definitely not Howry do it!
How do you know Natto’s dad?
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yeah, baby!
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
by greatgiantfan on May 12, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
This team may eventually kill me, and I am a healthy 24 year old male. BUT BY GOD, I LOVE EVERY FUCKING MINUTE OF IT.
I didn’t love that top of the 8th to top of the 9th stretch, but yeah.
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EVERYONE’S EXCITED AND CONFUSED
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
sounds like a SoCal party
Dodgers fans eat their young.
by redhornet78 on May 13, 2009 12:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Just got here, what’d I miss. Kidding, saw the end of the game. Awesome Giants win! Pablo FREAKING Sandoval.
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w000000000000t!
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
This feels a little like 1997
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This image is seriously awesome. Did you create it, or find it?
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It’s so fucking perfect.
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Is that Dodger blood on that Panda ?
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they bleed blue they bleed blue
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as suggested, with a little help from photoshop and a lot of credit to Natto
Lucky Giants shorts from Target > Jobu
by AXmrdrir on May 12, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
YES
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
can someone with better photoshop abilities add a Blake jersey
Lucky Giants shorts from Target > Jobu
I wanna turn your shit green, wait…
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If I remember my biology, Dodgers bleed acid.
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I went from happy to content to sad to depressed to sheer jubilation all in the span of about 45 minutes.
BASEBALL!
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Got to love it.
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by Giant among Angels on May 12, 2009 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
it's beautiful
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by greatgiantfan on May 12, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
I didn’t think Sandoval could hit it out. I knew he could hit line drives, but i hadn’t seen any homers
by HeMissedTheTag! on May 12, 2009 10:18 PM PDT reply actions
Have you ever watched the video of him winning the Venezuela home run derby?
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Go to YouTube and see if you can find a clip of the Dominican HR derby in which he outdueled Magglio Ordonez. He was swatting out balls at will from both sides of the plate, and they were bombs. I tried to find it but the title is en espanol.
I know it’s glorified BP, but it has me thinking his stroke is good enough to do this more consistently during games.
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
so maybe it was Venezuelan, Tomato, tomatoe.
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
our Mexican friends in Columbia
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
They must miss decent tacos, living in uptown Manhattan.
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I thought it was Miguel Cabrera
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 12, 2009 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
It was.
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by Giant among Angels on May 12, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m totally retweeting that one
Baseball is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base hits. It's an unfair game. -Rod Kanehl. Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis
AUGH
I missed the bottom of the ninth because I was out taking the trash to the curb. :(
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Wow, that's rough.
I saw it while I was drinking heavily.
More booze, fewer chores.
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On the other hand, the score went from 5-1 to 7-5 while I was walking the dog. The results while I’m absent doing chores was decidedly mixed tonight.
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throw your dog in the trash
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
When she was younger, she was deathly afraid of dumpsters (and tunnels, trains, and busses). I don’t think she’d appreciate that.
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i stopped watching after the 8th.
i hate myself
by wanna Ishikawa? on May 12, 2009 10:20 PM PDT reply actions
ill quit after the 8th again. I WAS SO FUCKING PISSED after that 8th inning.
by wanna Ishikawa? on May 12, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I gave up after the Nats went ahead, to go shower. I came back in time to see Pablo launch one.
Great stuff.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 12, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Im sitting refreshing MLBTV so i can watch this shit. I need to see it, like 4000000000000 times
by wanna Ishikawa? on May 12, 2009 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Me too. I saw it on the postgame highlights, but I’d like to see the whole thing without Bip talking over it.
Also, I wish I could hear Miller’s call.
WOE.
I told my wife just now that I’m never taking the trash out again.
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Of course, if I had a brain, I would’ve waited to do that stuff until after the ninth was over. I SUCK.
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seeing the hit, hearing the call, and watching the celebration wont matter to me even if it was actually over an hour ago. i just need to SEE it
by wanna Ishikawa? on May 12, 2009 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
How in the utter hell
Did we just win 2 straight games where the opponent scored 7 runs each?
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 12, 2009 10:21 PM PDT reply actions
Well, that’s how the Giants have to win. We can’t shut down the other team, so we have to outscore them.
by non sequitur on May 12, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
made me lol
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d like to say I knew we were going to win this one, but with two out and ManBurrPig up, I had finally resigned myself to the loss.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
ManBurrPig is super cereal
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by Giant among Angels on May 13, 2009 8:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Did I dream that?
Oh , the way he paused.
Pointed.
Flipped
Jumped.
Pablo got ALL of that , and he milked ALL of of that.
I , for one , hope he dairyfarms all damned year.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on May 12, 2009 10:21 PM PDT reply actions
go to knbr.com and hit listen now
The stream is working
that is one freakly looking panda
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
Just saw Panda's stumble
:( poor guy. Glad he could make up for it.
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Here his is what Joe Beimel’s dreams nightmares will look like tonight
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 12, 2009 10:25 PM PDT reply actions
Jon's call was fucking awesome
just heard it on the post game. So sweet.
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I was watching The TV
But I just heard Miller’s call. Most excited he’s been in a loooooong while
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This is definitely not Howry do it!
It was epic
I’m glad I stopped watching the TV just to hear that live
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
What are those things called that Molina and Pablo did? I believe I forgot the term for it.
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by Giant among Angels on May 12, 2009 10:26 PM PDT reply actions
i just saw the replay
that ball almost hit the cars , at least it looked like it
by sadison bummedgarner on May 12, 2009 10:27 PM PDT reply actions
I was thinking the same thing. But we still score if that happens.
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by Giant among Angels on May 12, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
L2, W3
we’re coming to get you, you godless bastards
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I really wouldn’t have guessed the Diamondbacks would be worse than the Padres and the Rockies.
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no kidding
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
They cannot be this bad all season, they have too much raw talent on their roster. Eventually they will turn it around, but will it be in time to have an impact on the division?
My fantasy team is looking foreward to this
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
JUpton is really starting to hit. I reckon they will be better.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
so fun
that was awesome, one of the all-time Giants moments.
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
In other news
Pedro Feliz walked four times against LA.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 12, 2009 10:28 PM PDT reply actions
need more replays
Kuip said thankfully they threw to third to get Winn, so I was waiting for a replay that showed if they had a shot at Bengie at home. Could be cuz it was the final out, there was no replay and none to start the next inning.
The same thing happened in LA when Pierre got thrown out stealing third for the 3rd out, no replay until late in the game, but it wasn’t in slow-mo like you need for a close play.
I guess they are unable to squeeze those in sometimes with the ads and promos, etc.
OMGOMGOMG
I go and spend time with the family for a while and miss the most epic of finishes (but also the most disappointing of middles).
I’m never spending time with family again.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
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Pandamonium in SF
I stood still in shock until the ball cleared the fence, suck it Nick Johnson and your timely hits.
Mo'ped Money, Mo'ped Problems
that’s great, pandamonium
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by greatgiantfan on May 12, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Best game: No
Best ending to a game: God yes
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+1
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Best part
I didn’t have to suffer through another Velez pinch hit
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IKR?
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
And yet he's still wrong...
Maybe he meant first homerun as a righty?
by AmorVincitOmnia on May 12, 2009 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I’ve heard him say that three times now. He did it during the telecast, the post-game wrap, and this morning on KNBR. You’d think somebody would have mentioned it to him by now.
Right now Jon Miller is somewhere wearing a flamboyant tie and thinking about me.
by Norm Median on May 13, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
BTW
over/under on games until next schierholtz start after he went 0-3: i’m going with 10
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by Speedforthewin on May 12, 2009 10:36 PM PDT reply actions
How many times do the Giants face lefties?
Fred might be banished on those days.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 12, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
But Schierholtz is a lefty, too, and lefties can’t hit lefties.
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hed splode
"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 May 12, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Well then — more OF time for Eugenio Velez!
by ho-hum baby on May 12, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously
I couldn’t stay away completely. So I switch it on in the eighth. Uh oh. Giants now only up 5-4. Then I check gameday in the bottom half of the inning and…CRAPFART, GIANTS ARE LOSING??? But Bengie homered….Then, after the kids are asleep I come down to see the inevitable bitching and moaning in the post game thread and…Giants win?
Awesome.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's contract.
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Great game.
Tough night for Nate. Only position player w/o a hit and was not the best in the OF.
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by Giant among Angels on May 12, 2009 10:37 PM PDT reply actions
6 broken bats or something
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This is definitely not Howry do it!
Your right. Could have been worse if he killed a fan with his shattered lumber.
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by Giant among Angels on May 12, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
more like joe beimLOL
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
CLOLser
"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 May 12, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
oh man
ohmanohmanohmanohmanohmanohman
FUCK YES!
The San Francisco Giants: Where old men go to die.
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 12, 2009 10:39 PM PDT reply actions
Something that seems to be missed in this post game thread
MATT CAAINN DOZNT NO HOW TO WINNN!
"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.
I was going to take a swipe at that right when Pablo jacked it.
by Grant Brisbee on May 12, 2009 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I love Kruk and Kuip
but the last 3 outs bit is BS, IMO.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
yeah
Thanks for ruining years of therapy, Natto.
On the topic though, but Benitez sucked no matter when. Oh man. I admit, If there’s a guy I ever bought the “closer” mentality with, it was him.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
Anagram of "pitcher Joe Beimel"
PLEB HIT ME. REJOICE!
Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 12, 2009 10:41 PM PDT reply actions
A+
"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 May 12, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Its like his 3rd, and first tripped double ever
Billy Ripken is a douche bag.
by kbsofaraway08 on May 12, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Kuip said it correctly after the game, but I don’t know what’s up with Kruk.
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Oh Krurk, it is painful to listen to you right now
On the run from Johnny Law, aint no trip to Cleveland, or San Francisco.
One too many Guinesses
"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 May 12, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Deep Thought
Remember a week or two into the season, when Sandoval’s average was plummeting towards .200 and people were getting sick of his hacking and we were starting to wonder if maybe he was a mirage?
Yeah.
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Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
Mmm crow
Even though I wasn’t one of the naysayers.
"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 May 12, 2009 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I wasn’t a naysayer, but I was getting a bit nervous.
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Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
I kept the faith in my boy
i was maybe starting to sort of doubt the D, but he’s definitely come around there
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Now that he is taking some pitches, pitchers have had to come back to the strike zone. I am just happy he adjusted.
Yeah, when he was at about rock bottom, he had a great at bat where he drew his first walk. That was a real turning point for him, I think.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
FYI
For my fellow dumbasses, the video of Sandoval’s homer is now up on mlb.com.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
I couldn't watch the game on TV ='(
The power button on the set is jammed and can’t be used, so we’ve been using the remote pretty much. But last night the remote crapped out after we had watched the game, so we had to unplug it to turn it off. Dad bought a universal remote, but HE WAS AT TONIGHT’S GAME, so I was stuck.
Formerly Revolution1 || Status: Worried that Giants are going to sell my wall of Ks to Johnsonville Sausages || Barry Zito: Throws Canyons Mildly Half-OK
That sucks
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Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on May 12, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Whats the plan with Guzman now? Hes tearing it up in AAA still, 3-4 tonight with 3 rbis, BA up to .359 or something like that
by i wish we were good on May 12, 2009 10:45 PM PDT reply actions
I’m not used to the Giants having multiple players with upside.
by SeeingStars on May 12, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
IT'S A TRAP
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Best Giants pitcher poll
Barry Zito got 25 percent of the vote. He’s been better but…
Also, I’m surprised that Cain got 30 percent. That was just 3 percent below Lincecum.
Also, Sanchez got 0 percent. :( Because he wasn’t on the poll for some reason.
"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.
id vote madbum and alderson before sanchez
by wanna Ishikawa? on May 12, 2009 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
If Randy Johnson is on it
Jonathan should be too
"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.
Has Zito been better than RJ?
fewer Ks, but more consistent over the last 4 starts
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
According to ERA, yes
As for actual pitching, well, I’m not so sure.
"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.
Zito's looked damn good
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t bring myself to believe in him yet.
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Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
I’m actually looking forward to tomorrows game.
by SeeingStars on May 12, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah me too. It’s an odd feeling.
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Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on May 12, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
ESPNnews fantasy guy said:
Start Zito against a pathetic Nationals Offense!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on May 13, 2009 6:13 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s odd, I believe they’re top ten in runs score in the majors.
by paboperfecto on May 13, 2009 7:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Try to keep this quiet
ESPN doesn’t know what the fuck it’s talking about.
They just see “hey! The Nationals suck! Start your pitchers against them!!”
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Just checked 11th in runs scored, 4th in OBP (.361), 7th in SLG (.448), 6th in HR (42 (ha…Giants have 18)) and pretty good about avoiding double plays. Yep, pathetic offense indeed.
by paboperfecto on May 13, 2009 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions
A side note
It is so nice to see the Dodgers at the top of the column when sorting by double plays, more than one a game. Ha!
by paboperfecto on May 13, 2009 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions
It is oh-so hard to do.
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Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on May 12, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
But so has RJ
"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.
Zito has the second best WHIP (1.245!) in the rotation.
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I was just looking at Maddux’s stats last night. He had WHIPs in the .8 range twice.
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Kevin Frandsen should be with the big team.
It’s not fair to compare Maddux with any earthlings.
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unless you count
career value (including non-Giants pitching).
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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Giants: 9 runs on 10 hits
Nationals: 7 runs on 13 hits
These are the things that separate good teams from bad teams
(and walk-off 3-run homers)
They probably had already put it together long before the Giants game ended.
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I expect nothing less from ESPN. I prefer SI…http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tom_verducci/05/12/sanfrancisco.giants/?eref=T1
by wanna Ishikawa? on May 12, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Caption from article's picture:
Gritty CF Aaron Rowand epitomizes the Giants’ scrappy approach this season.
At least ESPN has mostly gotten over it’s raging erection for hustle.
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on May 12, 2009 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
We'll have none of your west coast jibber jabber on ESPN!
probably would have made it if someone with a red sox hat had caught the ball though
Lucky Giants shorts from Target > Jobu
Everyone at ESPN went to sleep hours ago, including the LA staff.
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ESPN=Red Sox, Yankees, Brett Favre, Manny Ramirez, and A-Rod
"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 May 13, 2009 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Ultimate Highlight
A-Rod, Manny and Farve have three way while teaching Red Sox and Yankees how to inject steroids.
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on May 13, 2009 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions
brb projectile vomiting
"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 May 13, 2009 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200905124531903&c_id=sf
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Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
Amazing, thank you. I love seeing Pablo’s emotions, he loves the fucking game. GAMER
by wanna Ishikawa? on May 12, 2009 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Well , bitch. No Pablo.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on May 12, 2009 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
And just like that...there's Pablo!
Guess they add those at intervals.
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Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on May 12, 2009 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
For the record, if I didn’t start Joe Beimel on my fantasy team the Giants would have lost this game.
You’re all welcome.
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Better pick up Shairon Martis from your waiver wire.
by SeeingStars on May 12, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Also
I started J zim, but he did end up having a QS, so it wasnt that big a deal
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I just picked up Kip Wells, hoping he’d be the one who’d replace Hanrahan.
I should probably just stay away from Washington relievers.
by Grant Brisbee on May 12, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Washington Nationals:
Our closer used to pitch for the Pirates!
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on May 12, 2009 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks for taking the bullet. You’ll be given a hero’s funeral.
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I watched the video
Last year, I sat in like exactly the seat where that was hit to, and by the end of the game I was the only person sitting in the first five rows of that section. Why couldn’t this have happened then!?
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
Uh, listen, pal. This trash isn’t going to take itself out.
by Grant Brisbee on May 12, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Incidentally, I was the only one there in that game because every other seat in those five rows was occupied by 8th grade kids from a private junior high school going to the game for their graduation trip. They spent the first seven innings goofing off and not paying any attention (one kid had his back to the field for literally the entire game) and then left.
Most annoying place to sit in a ballgame EVER. And why there was one random seat in the middle of the eighth graders is beyond me.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
Must have been a terrible experience.
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Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on May 12, 2009 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve sat there myself, I’ve learned not to sit in the first 10 rows. I’m too short to see over the cars. :p
Krazy Krab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
I’m six feet tall, and I was in the fifth row – and even I wouldn’t have been able to see over the cars if I was any further up than that. It’s kind of badly designed in that way.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
I suck
I had a stupid softball game and missed it! It was 5-1 when I got there, came out and my phone starts blowing up with “PANDA” texts.
Bowker, Frandsen, Guzman > Lewis, Velez, Ishikawa
do you have mlb gameday radio?
thats the only place i can think of
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by bondslegend on May 12, 2009 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Ok, ESPN redeemed itself.
Sportcenter anchors covering the game; Neil Everett just called them the “Natinals”
I laughed.
In other news,
Anyone see the baby seal clubbing the A’s gave the Royals? It was against Sidney Ponson, but still. 12 runs in the first 4 innings. Can we get some of that?
You mean "not tim lincecum"?
yeah, he was pitching
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LOL
No need to get greedy for runs after the past two days!
by paboperfecto on May 13, 2009 7:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Tickets sold - both Bay Area teams at home at the same time
Giants – 25,701 (not close to that)
A’s – 10,156
The next home game should put the Giants over the entire season total of 1974.
by Grant Brisbee on May 12, 2009 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t know there were still that many assholes A’s fans in the Bay Area.
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 13, 2009 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Adopted Giant: John Bowker, who is currently walking wild over the PCL.
by rightcenterfielder on May 12, 2009 11:34 PM PDT reply actions
What would happen if the Nats played the Nats?
Total runs scored between the two Nats teams would be over/under: 50
Unearned runs between the two Nat’s teams would be over/under: 10
Dingerz: 9
Runs walked in + runs balked in + runs scored on wild pitches/PB: 7
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
I missed the last 5 innings, thank God MLB.tv let’s me re-watch. That was awesome! If I watched it live, and we had Uribe/Aurilia make 2 outs on 3 pitches, I would have been PISSED!
Brandon Crawford: Your 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
I sure was
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Travis IshiRO
The slide should not be forgotten. Plus by my calculations, Ishi’s got an OPS over .600. Woohoo !!
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
omfg i love panda
and i turned this game off in the 5th, cause i figured the giants had it won….
Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related
true story.
If my head is full of white hairs by the end of this season.. I blame Brian Wilson. (I'm only 22, dammit!)
Ridiculously Fun Fact:
Pablo Sandoval is only seven months older than Buster Posey, and only five months older than Brandon Crawford.
Also, if Pedro Feliz were still on our team, he’d be second in BB%.
Adoptive parent of Noah Lowry. Because he was awesome once, and, goddammit, he shall be awesome once again!
I hope.
Also, if Pedro Feliz were still on our team, he’d be second in BB% told not to walk.
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 13, 2009 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
This is all because I chose to go to bed last night...
Oh god you beautiful beautiful baseball team. I almost cried when I woke up this morning and looked at Gameday.
My face is like this :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Oh and may I also just say
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
This could not be left unsaid
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Now you need a panda tie
Brand new adoptive daddy for the Big Unit. This is one of the only ways a 5' 10" father can have a 6' 10" son.
by Speedforthewin on May 13, 2009 6:14 AM PDT up reply actions
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Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on May 13, 2009 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions
You worked your Giants tie? I thought you were married. (Notice, I refrained from using a question mark there?)
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Kevin Frandsen should be with the big team.
From The Other, Older, Norwich
Just saw it on my MLB Archive. A Giants win to start off the day. Who says it is not good living in England? Not enough game winning homers hit on this side of the pond. Panda is going global. Will lift an ale to him tonight.
I [heart] Norwich, England
Please say hello to my friends at UEA.
"Are we bad? No. But right now, we are." Boulderskull, 4.16.09
I don't know how to feel about this...
The guy doing the highlight on ESPN referred to panda as “El Toro”
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wtf?
where did bull come from?
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The Baby Baby Bull
"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 May 13, 2009 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Latin players must have Latin nicknames.
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 13, 2009 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
El Fatso.
Adoptive parent of Noah Lowry. Because he was awesome once, and, goddammit, he shall be awesome once again!
I hope.
As an aside
I was reading through the Nationals gameday thread. I enjoy the glee before the misery. I found this little gem that really, really made me laugh:
3-0 to Renteria…Trippy Sandoval on deck…
Also on true blue L.A. post game day thread of misery:
Fuck you, Pablo “Base Trippin’” Sandoval.
by paboperfecto on May 13, 2009 7:23 AM PDT up reply actions
SUCK IT LOLDGERS FANS
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Some good wrong in there
Crap Sandoval hits lefties hard!!!
Nope.
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Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at second.
I’ve now rewatched the highlight of Pablo’s HR like 5 times. I love how psyched Burriss looked.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
AUGH
I went to bed. :-(
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Just realized something
since starting the year 2-7, this team is 16-7… that’s pretty ok
Baseball is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base hits. It's an unfair game. -Rod Kanehl. Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis
Yeah, not bad at all.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Meh
I’ve seen better.
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As I commented yesterday...
…since April 16, only Boston (18-6) has a better record than the Giants. That’s hard to believe.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
by EliminateMe on May 13, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Wouldn't it be fun if the media covered that?
But, of course, nobody is. “DERR THE GIANTS SUX!!!!”
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by bondslegend on May 13, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I was listening to the Deadspin podcast yesterday, and they were talking to Matt Vasgersian and he mentioned that MLB Network was going to talk about how well the Giants were doing instead of the Mets winning a bunch of games that night.
I have no idea if this happened, but there are people trying, I guess. (Also worth listening to for the question: “So Matt, you’re Armenian. If there was a Turkish player in MLB, would you just not acknowledge him?”)
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Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on May 13, 2009 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Hope Fat Ichiro's healthy enough to play today...
Cause I’m going — 3rd row, Centerfield bleachers. Sometimes dynamic pricing can be veddy veddy goo to me.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on May 13, 2009 9:16 AM PDT reply actions
After spraining his ankle last night? Gamer.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at second.
I thought he broke both legs, then came out in a wheelchair to hit the homerun. That’s just what I heard anyway.
by paboperfecto on May 13, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I was listening on the radio last night in the 8th inning, turned it off when they were down 7-5. I thought, “there’s no way this team is coming back from a two-run deficit with two innings to play.” I love being wrong.
"Are we bad? No. But right now, we are." Boulderskull, 4.16.09
I wanted to do this, but for some strange reason I didn't.
Now, I have to stay tune to every inning possible this year, because it may have been that instead of the trash thing mentioned above that did it. And also, since I have not actually watched a game on TV yet this year, I think I will be staying with radio all season too.
Superstitions are painting me into a corner.
re: motivational poster
If you used a sonic reducer on Pablo, would it then be OK for him to play 3B?
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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Tha, tha…that’s not chewing tobacco!
IT’S BAMBOO!!!!!!!
by Bay Area Sports Guy on May 13, 2009 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I love that pic. Win.
Joe Martinez: My fingers are crossed and my palms are together for you.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
something I noticed
Bengie didn’t swing at a first pitch all day, not even the 85 mph meatball right down the middle on his last PA. Do you think he got a talkin’ to after Monday?
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No. I think he just forgot.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 13, 2009 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Da Bear: We’re on a nickname kick lately here at the Stew. What to call Zack Greinke and Curtis Granderson, when their given names just won’t do? Well, there’s no need to search for a monicker for Sandoval, the hefty 22-year-old third baseman whom teammates call “Kung Fu Panda” because he bears (Get it? Bears?) a resemblance to animated film star Po, who charmed audiences of all ages last summer with his nimble martial artistry and rapier wit.
Pandamonium: After having an embarrassing baserunning moment in the seventh, Sandoval relied not on his legs but instead on what brung him, his bat, delivering a two-out, game-ending, three-run homer against non-closer Joe Beimel(notes) in the bottom of the ninth.
“I couldn’t believe that happened for me,” Sandoval said. “In [that] moment, I’m just going to get my pitch and drive the ball. I don’t want to tie the game. I just want to end it.”
Earlier, Sandoval looked like he might not be around for game’s end when he doubled but got greedy, tripping and flopping to his face after touching the second-base bag. He lay still on the ground for a briefly frightening moment — later admitting he was simply embarrassed — before getting up and running toward third, where Ryan Zimmerman(notes) was waiting with a polite tag.
“Kung Fu Panda doesn’t get hurt,” Giants starter Matt Cain(notes) noted.
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 13, 2009 10:21 AM PDT reply actions
I love that the team calls him Kung Fu Panda.
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
Greinke should have a quiet deadly nickname: Carbon Monoxide or somesuch.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
Acetominophen overdose. Nitroprusside. Wow, I just can’t think of anything good today.
Joe Martinez: My fingers are crossed and my palms are together for you.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I’ve witnessed the first one.
It wasn’t quiet at all. (Also, not fatal, thankfully).
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
Well, it’s quiet for the first two to three days before your kidneys shut down. I couldn’t think of any other poisons that were as quiet as CO or CN, though (which is what nitroprusside produces).
Joe Martinez: My fingers are crossed and my palms are together for you.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Iocaine?
Tasteless, odorless, disolves instantly in water, and is one of the more deadly poisons known to man.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
Zach “Iocaine” Greinke.
Advantages: awesome, movie reference, Car Elwes, subtle but not too subtle
Disadvantages: somewhat of a mouthful, doesn’t quite roll off the tongue, questionable relation to Zach’s essential Greinke-ness, tendency to confuse iocaine and Locaine in sans serif fonts
Joe Martinez: My fingers are crossed and my palms are together for you.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
*Carey Elwes
Joe Martinez: My fingers are crossed and my palms are together for you.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
2nd time in 2 days the Giants game has been the game of the day.
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
If anyone else has posted this I'm sorry...
But watching former Dodger Jayson Werth steal home last night on Suck It Russell Martin is pure awesome. Four steals on Martin.
Do you think they miss Manny?
by Bay Area Sports Guy on May 13, 2009 11:04 AM PDT reply actions
You know, that chick who played left field for the Dodgers when he wasn’t busy playing power forward for the L.A. Sparks.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on May 13, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Lineup
2B Burriss
SS Renteria
LF Winn
3B Sandoval
1B Ishikawa
CF Rowand
RF Schierholtz
C Holm
P Zito
Holm instead of Bengie. Fred gets consecutive days off.
by Lars The Wanderer on May 13, 2009 11:12 AM PDT reply actions
Is Flew hurt? Like actually hurt and not just sore.
Joe Martinez: My fingers are crossed and my palms are together for you.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
Bochy said something about his toe is bothering him.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Ahh. I was worried that his other bunion was acting up.
Joe Martinez: My fingers are crossed and my palms are together for you.
When it's all said and done, America will be remembered for three things: The Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
I think Holm caught Zito in the game before his last start.
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So you’re saying the problem is Molina. Got ya.
by chilibean_3 on May 13, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
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