Post-Game Recap: Giants Win? Giants Win!
by Grant Brisbee on May 31, 2009 4:19 PM PDT
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PrintHands up if you expected Albert Pujols to hit a two-run homer to lead off the ninth.
This is the curse of a .500 team. After looking so bad against a good team like the Mets, they can look pretty spiffy against a good team like the Cardinals. Even though the Giants went up against Carpenter and Wainwright in the series, they still came out with a series win. Nice, that.
Jonathan Sanchez was maddening again, but a big, sloppy metaphorical kiss goes out to the bullpen for the 4+ scoreless innings.
And from the it-seems-goofy-now-but-you-never-know file: The Giants are now only 4.5 games back of the Cardinals for the wild card. Goodbye Tim Alderson, and helllllooooo Paul Konerko!
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I just saw the replay
The ORLYA homer was a bomb.
by Lars The Wanderer on May 31, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
No STATS, no analysis, no longterm ramifications.
Just commenting on the homer.
But yeah, he needs to go.
by Lars The Wanderer on May 31, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Dead Cat Bounce!
sigh…
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 31, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I looked at my dad and said that hurt the team more than it helped in the long run when richie went yard
Proud leader of the Lunatic Fringe breaking off from the Lunatic Fringe of McCovey Chronicles
20/20 foresight
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
McCC = McClain Chronicles
by Useful_Idiot on May 31, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Love ya Richie. Go out a winner.
"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 !!
Even with the ball angling downward? Wow!
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Kevin Frandsen, come back!
His “gamerness” willed the ball to elevate.
"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 !!
at least until august
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 31, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Honestly?
Probably until the end of the year until the Giants need a spot for a hot rookie. Alderson may come up, so that’s a possibility.
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Kevin Frandsen, come back!
Funny thing about .500
Sometimes we look good, sometimes we look bad. But whatever happens, it will happen around 50% of the time.
Status: So pissed that the Giants sold my wall of Ks to Johnsonville Sausages, that I'm boycotting purchasing anything at the park, or patronizing their sponsers.
i nearly fell off my treadmill when Aurillia homered
I’m optimistic about this team again! SWEEP THE NATS!
The technology now exists to power your TV from a wall socket.
My son is Madison Bumgarner, the Spacebat of pitching prospects. My other son is a Porsche.
by multiphasic on May 31, 2009 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions 10 recs
likewise
I'm pretty much a professional lurk.
way to go out on top, Richie!
Oh, wait. Darn.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 31, 2009 4:46 PM PDT reply actions
Giant-for-life:
Roving Instructor of Veteran Savvy Clutchness.
Oh, and Stank-eye.
Todos somos Gigantes
And
how to adjust your batting gloves
"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 !!
And
How to change your facial hair every three weeks in hopes that it will help you hit as well as you did when Barry Bonds was hitting behind you.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on May 31, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Richie should have retired after this game, would have been the best way to exit
The artist formerly known as Set-up man
I know Green Day has a new album, but why is ESPN playing the entire catalog of Green Day songs for all of their programs?
Judgment Day is coming
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Green Day presented by ESPN
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006, and bringing you all your California League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 31, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I would much rather hear Green Day than listen to Joe Morgan fellate Juan Pierre
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on May 31, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Great
Now this image will be in my head for the next few years.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 31, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Completely agreed.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 31, 2009 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Complete agree-edness.
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“The Dodgers could play the entire season with him instead of Manny and they wouldn’t miss a step.”
—Joe
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on May 31, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
“they don’t call him the best color man in the league for nothing”
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 31, 2009 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions
where they= ESPN
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 31, 2009 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions
The only song I’ve heard from the new album was kinda “meh”.
by Lars The Wanderer on May 31, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it is called Know Your Enemy
by Lars The Wanderer on May 31, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Appropriately, the members of Green Day are old geezers as well.
Judgment Day is coming
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The song is ok, but it’s certainly nothing original and awfully repetitive.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
IT’S NOTHING COMPARED TO LED ZEPPELIN.
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IT’S NOT AS GOOD AS SONGS THAT WERE MADE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER
Sharlon Schoop - de favoriete Nederlandse honkbalspeler van McCovey Chronicles.
You always have to be one step ahead of your drunk friends
--Daisy Owl
SONGS FROM BEFORE I WAS BORN ARE THE BEST
I SURE WISH I WAS BORN AT A DIFFERENT TIME SO AS TO EXPERIENCE THESE ACTS FROM THE BEGINNING
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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we can’t even count on them to BEAT LA. :(
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 31, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I've Seen Enough
Hockey time.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on May 31, 2009 5:25 PM PDT reply actions
According to my calculations...
the giants trail the cardinals for the wild card by only 3.5 games….so throw in Anvil and maybe we can get Dye too in that trade.
by travis j bagdad on May 31, 2009 6:08 PM PDT reply actions
I
sure hope not
The San Francisco Giants: Where old men go to die.
by GrahamCrakalaka on May 31, 2009 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Rich Aurilia hit a HR?
WTF
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
UP IS DOWN
BLACK IS WHITE
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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Mister Inside-outski
like some goddamn bolshivik taking his orders from yegg central.
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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Miller’s Crossing references are always welcome.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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So who is the grey-haired dude? Is that Whiteside?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on May 31, 2009 8:13 PM PDT reply actions
He’s just pioneering the Whitesides. It’s the new style in coiffures. A gray-rimmed mini-fro. Pretty soon the crazy kids will start calling them sidewhites and the elderly will shake their canes.
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.
Great unexpected series win.
Who is the Wilson fellow with a 13 pitch inning?
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on May 31, 2009 8:25 PM PDT reply actions
Nice Chronicle roundup of today's Giants victory... (eye roll)
I appreciate good baseball beat writing, and in my 19 years here, have loved Joan Ryan when she covered the A’s in the early 90’s, Tim Keown, Henry Schulman, Scott Ostler, etc., and I respect that it is difficult to come up with 162 different angles in 180 days. But this seems like hackery:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/31/SPKF17U02E.DTL
I like Rich Aurilia as a person and as a Giant, and when he retires (preferably during tomorrow’s off-day), I am sure we will all tip our caps to him and love him forevermore as a good Giant. Nobody here wishes him ill or dislikes him personally, I am prepared to guess. It’s just that most of us believe that he is occupying precious real estate on the roster that would be better served with any of a handful of other guys in that slot.
To suggest that everyone who thinks X player is past his expiration date now thinks differently after one game in which X hits a single and a HR either thinks fans are mindless enough to be that shallow & fickle, or else doesn’t understand baseball enough to understand that a single and HR in the same game doesn’t disprove the original point that the player is worse than replacement value.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 31, 2009 9:46 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
That is some lazy as fuck writing right there.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Straight from the article
“After entering as part of a double-switch in the top of the fifth, " Who saw that coming?
Robby Thompson "hey Hinshaw, let me see your hat for a minute."
Alex HInshaw "Why?"
Robby Thompson ,"You'll see...."
another one
“Aurilia was forced into action in the fifth” Forced?? Since when has Bochy EVER been forced to use Aurilia for anything other than killing a rally?
Robby Thompson "hey Hinshaw, let me see your hat for a minute."
Alex HInshaw "Why?"
Robby Thompson ,"You'll see...."
The one I liked was the quote from Aurilia
I think that is an apt metaphor and he is indeed a blind squirrel.
no wait a minute...
maybe Bochy WAS forced. Maybe he has a “double switch” curse that was inflicted upon him by a rabid fan when he was managing in the Gypsy Leagues. My guess: Everytime he doesn’t make a double switch – his head gets a lil’ bigger…
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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This comment did suck.
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It really did
Fortunately, I was able to use an explosion to propel myself away from the suck.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 1, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions
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