Giants/Braves Recap
by Grant Brisbee on May 25, 2009 4:33 PM PDT
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PrintCompelled by forces they couldn't understand, several members of the San Francisco Giants ran around a dirt path on Monday, ending their journey after touching an odd, white, pentagon-shaped object with their feet.
"I couldn't understand it," said Giants first baseman Travis Ishikawa. "I've had the urge to run around a dirt path and touch a white, pentagon-shaped object with my feet before, but I've never acted on the urge."
Fred Lewis, Giants outfielder, was similarly surprised. "We talked about doing something different during the game -- something crazy, like go out in the field with funny wigs, or something. Then someone said, 'Hey, wouldn't it be wild if a few of us touched that odd, white, pentagon-shaped habit with our feet?'"
The experiment was a success, as it allowed the Giants to "win" their contest. Manager Bruce Bochy says the team shouldn't get used to the exhilarating feeling, though. "It was a lot of fun, but we don't know much about that object. Whose is it? Where did it come from? So we should probably just steer clear for a while. I just got the first season of Lost on DVD， so I'm a little jumpy about strange objects right now. "
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Stay away from mirrors , Bruce.
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Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on May 25, 2009 4:35 PM PDT reply actions
So, apparently Travis Ishikawa homered?
I didn’t see it happen, so I don’t believe it did.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
It was a bombski, he should have like 3 though
Not so proud adoptive parent of the set-up man.
This is definitely not Howry do it!
There are 2-3 he’s just missed, yeah. One, Miller even called it a home run before realizing he was wrong. Oops!
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.
Where the grass don’t grow.
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by Giant among Angels on May 25, 2009 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Was it a splash landing? The highlight on SFgiants.com kinda makes it look like but I can’t really see the ball land
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on May 26, 2009 6:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Good win
Lost Rulez
Not so proud adoptive parent of the set-up man.
This is definitely not Howry do it!
Tom was a good Giant
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by Giant among Angels on May 25, 2009 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Strange Objects
Ishikawa pounds on home base when suddenly…a light from within!!!
"geez its like this site is so serious i jus wanna git mai opinyons on tha Kings out there ok" - TZ
Good think Bochy hasn't seen season 3 yet
This would’ve really creeped him out:
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, coming soon to a minor league near you.
Looks shopped
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
by bondslegend on May 25, 2009 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
This
…is funny
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by Giant among Angels on May 25, 2009 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I C WUT U DID THAR!
Best of Senator Clay Davis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI4-QyAzY64&feature=related
I’m pretty sure Krukow almost just said, “What makes our country gay…”
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Don't ask don't tell
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 25, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea, good thing he didn’t mean the other decade’s definitions of the word “gay.”
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“stupid”?
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
McCC = McClain Chronicles
by Useful_Idiot on May 25, 2009 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I demand a transcript of the conversation that would occur at this dinner
20-23 - Giants Series Record: 8-5-2, 7-1 at home
Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - 2.40 ERA, .230 BAA, 5.0 K/9 in Norwich through 41 1/3 IP.
"Hey man. thanks"
“No problem”
/Awkward 20 minute silence
Not so proud adoptive parent of the set-up man.
This is definitely not Howry do it!
El Guapo: See that tatted up white boy over there?
Waitress: Si
El Guapo: Get him whatever he wants
Waitress: Si
Miller: Nom Nom Nom
TWSS?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 25, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Best chinese food I ever eat was in Turin, Italy Find all kinds of cooks cooking everything anything anywhere at anytime
Over here, they load it up with sugar and cornstarch and leave out the odder parts of the pig, so that those Americans who love their food sweet, bland and easy will still eat it.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
CHINA IS HERE?
I don’t even know what the hell that means.
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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I get ya
I see the same things. I was making a sex joke at your expense.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 25, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
And according to my so-called accountant, not a deductible expense
(I still deduct it as a medical expense.)
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 25, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
that's what mr T was wearing at the cubs game
That should have been a reply to Barons post.
I just saw the clip on Baseball Tonight. I didn’t know Mr. T was a student of Rex Kwon Do.
Judgment Day is coming
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Rex Kwon Do FTW
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by Giant among Angels on May 25, 2009 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Oddly enough, I have those very census tables open right now. I could tell you the percentage of waitresses that are hispanic if you wanted.
In the bay area, it’s pretty large.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
that’s a bit high.
Some parts of Texas and California will get above 50%.
San Francisco county is about 12%, well above the national average.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
jesus
I was a bit off
Not so proud adoptive parent of the set-up man.
This is definitely not Howry do it!
you’d probably be right for Chefs and cooks.
But I’ve already shut down SPSS.
Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.
From the "At least we're not _______ fans" files
The Indians are already down 9-0, and it’s only the top of the fourth inning. And the Rays have runners on second and third and one out.
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.
Just put the city of Cleveland there..
It’s gotta be heart breaking enough to have their Cavs go down 1-2 (should be 0-3).. Just adding on the fact their baseball team is terrible, and the Browns always suck.. At least we aren’t Cleveland fans.
Brandon Crawford: Your 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
Also, the Indians are one of two teams who’ve gone longer than the Giants without a World Series.
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Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
yeah
But they have one playoff team in the 3 major sports, Bay area is 0-5
Not so proud adoptive parent of the set-up man.
This is definitely not Howry do it!
Yeah, but they had the best record and look terrible.. I’d rather be mediocre than be expected to win and don’t.
Brandon Crawford: Your 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
Rebuttal: Hockey Doesnt Suck
no sir, hockey is great. the only reason soccer sucks is due to the fact the pitch is so expansive. With Canadian Football, all of the decisions the athletes have to make have to be very quick, on a frozen indoor-soccer field. Put world class athletes on ice, and watch the mayhem as guys the size of Lance Niekro fore check another guy the likes of Chad Billingsly in open ice. Awesome. The only reason i hear people cant get into hockey is because the puck is too hard to follow… imagine what its like for the goaltenders.
The Sharks were a terrible, and utter disappointment. Even though the ducks were hot, and the sharks coasted to earn the president’s cup; the rationale just cant make up for the misery when the Sharks lost the first 2 home games. The heartbreaks of the Bay Area continue.
by Classy_Argonaut on May 25, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
10-0 now.
Dioner Navarro HBP with the bases loaded. Hahaha.
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Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
RBI?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 25, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
DON'T YOU FEEL STUPID NOW
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Cleveland won... Wow
Brandon Crawford: Your 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
Wilriv21: "Your" as in your SF Giants.
I can’t really believe Ishi’s Pop up hit gave him confidence, a small laugh at best.
Brandon Crawford: Your 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
I think he's been
getting confidence over the past week or so. He’s been drawing a bunch of walks and being more selective.
Like Kruk and Kuip would say, he’s ‘walked his way out of a slump’.
by AmorVincitOmnia on May 25, 2009 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
A bit late, but still apropos
Anagram of “infielder Travis Ishikawa” = TRIVIALISED A FREAKISH WIN
Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 25, 2009 4:53 PM PDT reply actions
trivialised is almost a word!
The San Francisco Giants: Where old men go to die.
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 25, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey we won!
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Kevin Frandsen, back with the big team!
That’s why I’m watching STAR WARS.
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That reminds me, the Yankees play the theme music during introductions/pregame
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on May 25, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Reminds me that K&K named Burriss’s single to score Ishi the "ford Drive of the game. Looked like it just cleared the infield. Burriss power.
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
It was a solid line drive.
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sure, I agree.
But it wasn’t a big powerful drive or a cracking shot. A good solid hit, not a cheapie,, but also not especially powerful or striking.
I think Burris must have had some similar advice to that which Kuip received (from Frank Robinson?). I think it was something along the lines of, if you are hitting it into the air, you are doing it wrong.
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
Great day from the little giants too!
Posey: 3-4 with a double
Neal: 2-4, double, homerun
Villalona: 2-4, double
He didn’t look imaginary when I saw him.
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.
His K rate was ridiculous his first month(23 K in 21 games in april). In 22 games this month he’s struck out just 10 times. His walk rate and power has always been there, but I don’t want to get too excited until I see him perform at a higher level.
Quirarte got knocked around pretty bad, though. 2/3 of an inning, 3 hits, 1 walk, 4 runs.
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Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
His ERA went from 2.25 to 4.97, it looks like. Dang.
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Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
Aurilia is too much to ask for, apparently.
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.
bet Sabes is working on a deal to trade a reliever and then Romo can slot back in nicely. Torres can replace either Guzie or Franny
And Miller
Brandon Crawford: Your 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
Wilriv21: "Your" as in your SF Giants.
But hes worth more to us then he would be in a trade
Not so proud adoptive parent of the set-up man.
This is definitely not Howry do it!
not really
He’s not as good as he’s been pitching. I’d trade him while his value is still high.
ok
If he pitches this well, then he is worth more to us. But if he has value, then go ahead and trade him. I just dont know if he has value to MLB GM’s
Not so proud adoptive parent of the set-up man.
This is definitely not Howry do it!
THAN!!! Worth more to us THAN he would be in trade!!!
Sorry. I am going on a rampaging campaign — a rampaign? — to get people on this site to use THAN when making a comparison between two things, and use “then” when you mean something happened next. It is absolutely killing me!
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 25, 2009 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
So are you going to go on a crazy FanPost about it? Because than you’d probably get some attention.
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Well
More attention then a fanshot, definitely.
"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.
What is this fanshot you speak of?
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by victor frankenstein on May 25, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s supposed to be shorter and less substantial then a fanpost.
It’s definitely further down the page then fanposts.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
Very funny, TuskerDu.
I am going pure 1-on-1, direct confrontation. I expect it to be more effective than just soapbox ranting. I’ll do a few of these, and then we’ll see where we are.
And then, of course, the world! MWAH HA HA!
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 25, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
TuskerDu
Clever.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 25, 2009 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Not necessarily
He could be complaining that the Giants’ brass will wait too long to trade him.
Once miller’s value is so high that the fans want to keep him THEN he’ll be part of a trade.
by paboperfecto on May 26, 2009 5:48 AM PDT up reply actions
after reading that article by Baggs still believe Sabean is working on a blockbuster that will have McCoven howling. Sabean will trade some big name prospect and MLB for a Miggy Cabrera or something like that
I wouldn’t trade a big name prospect and MLB for Miguel unless the MLB was Velez or Aurilia.
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Why not? Dude’s awesome.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
So you’d trade Matt Cain and Tim Alderson/Madison Bumgarner/Buster Posey/Angel Villalona for Miguel Cabrera? I would hang up the phone to that offer.
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I would trade Cain and Angel for Cabrera in a heartbeat.
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Wilriv21: "Your" as in your SF Giants.
Actually I would too, well maybe
Not so proud adoptive parent of the set-up man.
This is definitely not Howry do it!
We should have signed Mark Teixeira, then. They’re similar in value. Teixeira is 3 years older, but he’s also much more athletic, so I don’t think he’s more likely to decline. He’s a bit more expensive – $22.5M per year over 8 years, compared to Cabrera’s $20M a year over 7 years, but getting to keep Cain and Villalona/Alderson is definitely worth it.
Adoptive parent of Noah Lowry.
:-(
I’m not sure what reliever would go, they’ve all pretty much done well. It’ll be Miller or Medders though. Also probably Jesus should go down until we get the DH again.
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Whiteside will go down at some point.
The other one will hopefully be Aurilia. But I doubt it.
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Mr. T threw out the first pitch in Chicago
best
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 25, 2009 5:15 PM PDT reply actions
At least he didnt sing the anthem
Not so proud adoptive parent of the set-up man.
This is definitely not Howry do it!
Who’s gonna give Mr. T a foot rub??
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on May 25, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, Brian Wilson sure picks his spots to have 1-2-3 innings
You couldn’t do that, you know, when we didn’t have a six-run cushion?
MAH BOY Kevin Pucetas gets nothing but results, and is highly sought after by 29 other major league clubs.
Don’t hassle me, I’m local.
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by Giant among Angels on May 25, 2009 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions
this is the first season I have ever seen so many runners on second base run to third with the ball hit in front on them. In the Cub vs Pirate game Theriot got nailed attempting to advance
Spring training wasn’t long enough this year to work on stuff like this.
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by Giant among Angels on May 25, 2009 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Joe Morgan seems to be expert on this
One spring training SF had him talk to the players about baserunning technique. It could prevent things like Pablo getting thrown out at third stretching a double into a triple when the throw goes home.
Good victory, but it could have gotten bad if Miller hadn’t have limited the damage in the top half of the 6th. IMO, Bochy should have gotten the pen hot right after Sanchez gave up the triple to lead off the inning. Instead Sanchez walked the next batter and then Miller was sent down to warm up. Miller could have came in at this point, but since he was just sent down to warmup Sanchez got the opportunity to walk yet another batter to load the bases. Rags or Bochy, or even (God Damn) Mark Gardner need to recognize that at some point every game Sanchez hits a wall that he cannot get over and a change must be made before Sanchez gives the game right back to the other team. This game had the signs of a I HATE BOCHY post game thread written all over it.
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by Giant among Angels on May 25, 2009 8:44 PM PDT reply actions
Sorry, but that’s on Sanchez. He hadn’t even hit 80 pitches yet.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
I totally agree, but the coaches need to be prepared for the Sanchez inning where everything that can go wrong will go wrong. Regardless of pitch count, the coaches need to have their ducks in a row to make a change when needed and (most importantly) at the right time.
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by Giant among Angels on May 25, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
So by your logic, Bochy should have someone up in the pen as soon as someone gets a hit off Dirty? I’m sorry, but I don’t subscribe to the Felipe Alou school of wearing out the bullpen without ever using them.
I think Bochy played this one well. Sanchez will never develop if Bochy is going to yank him after giving up a hit and walk. Bochy gave him a chance to pitch out of it, but he failed. You have to take the training wheels off at some point.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
Of course I am not referring to anytime some one gets a hit off of Sanchez the bullpen must get going.
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by Giant among Angels on May 26, 2009 6:45 AM PDT up reply actions
+ mayor
Yes, when Sanchez hits the wall, he hits the damn wall. There is no slow, Shakespearean descent into madness and tragedy. It’s a quick sitcom-like shift of tone from comedy to pain. Norman Lear, not King Lear. When he gave up the triple to start the inning, I said to a few friends in 311 that this was the end, and Bochy should get relievers going NOW, but that he would wait until it got worse and would put the reliever in a position to fail. Sure enough, that almost happened.
I like Sanchez a lot, especially for a #5, but he really isn’t a 110-pitch guy (at least not yet; I remain hopeful). Around #80, the descent can come fast and hard. Which, of course, is what she said.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 25, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone remember
this used to happy to Rueter, too? Woody would be cruising along (Yes, it happened) and then when he hit the wall, he would really hit the wall. There was no gradual transition.
That’s not a good thing or an excuse for Jonathan, by the way. Someone with Sanchez’s stuff and potential should never be compared to Woody, regardless of Rueter’s adequacy.
"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.
Happy?
What was I thinking of?
Happy should be happen…
"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.
Damn you’re good. (I was tempted to bait you with “your” but decided against it.)
by Dan from NM on May 25, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I like these kinda games better
WTG, Ishi. I didn’t believe, so if you could prove me wrong that would be fun. Wish I coulda seen it live but the updates were still fun to get.
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Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
In one game he added 31 points to his BA, 25 points to his OBP and 59 points to his SLG. If he has another game like that tonight, he’ll be respectable.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
A question about earned/unearned runs
So after checking out the lines from the games today I don’t understand how Wandy Rodriguez had NO ER when (I’m pretty sure) they just made an error to allow the first runner on base.
The runs probably scored with 2 outs. The way I understand it is the inning is recreated without the error(s), and if no runs would have scored, then all the runs are unearned.
The way I understand it is the inning is recreated without the error(s), and if no runs would have scored, then all the runs are unearned.
Yeah, that’s pretty much it. Anything that would have scored without the error is earned. Everything else is unearned.
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I don’t know the rule, but the inning went:
E – 1B – BB – 1B (RBI) – out – FC(run scores) – 1B(RBI) – 1B(RBI) – 1B(RBI) – out
But from the looks of it, anything after an error is not considered earned.
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by Giant among Angels on May 25, 2009 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Well the first run that scored was the error, so it wasn’t earned. Then there was an out, then the fielder’s choice would have been the third out without the initial error, so everything during or after that play would be unearned.
So that accounts for all the runs not being earned.
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That's how I read it also.
Brandon Crawford: Your 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
Wilriv21: "Your" as in your SF Giants.
Also if you have time, here is the official scorers LINK
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by Giant among Angels on May 25, 2009 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
thanks!
that all makes sense now (that the FC would have been the third out and that the first runner scoring was the result of the E.
The best laid plans
Fred Lewis, Giants outfielder, was similarly surprised. “We talked about doing something different during the game — something crazy, like go out in the field with funny wigs, or something. Then someone said, ‘Hey, wouldn’t it be wild if a few of us touched that odd, white, pentagon-shaped habit with our feet?’”
Ironically, Fred’s first attempt fell short of executing that idea, as he touched it with his hand. But he got it with his feet on the second try.
"[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
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