The Klaw

Keith Law scouts the San Jo Giants and comes away somewhat unimpressed especially with Crawdaddy. Also, Buster in the bigs by labor day?

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by leftymalo on May 6, 2009 11:50 AM PDT reply actions

Crawford swings and misses at pitches out of the zone. Posey has a great setup and swing and is likely on his way to Double-A or Triple-A. Villalona didn’t give a lot of effort on defense, but he smoke a fastball to left.

by Dan from NM on May 6, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Well, of course he’s going to be unimpressed if he saw a game where they sucked. lol.

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by jponry on May 6, 2009 12:17 PM PDT reply actions

I can’t click on the link because ESPN.com is blocked at wark. What game did he attend?

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 6, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions

This one. In case you can’t go to that site either, the game against Modesto that Odle started where he got knocked out in the 4th. SJ lost 6-2.

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by marcello on May 6, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Thanks

Too bad he wasn’t at the game Monday night. Although I would have been all OMG ITS KEITH LAW!!!!!1 at him. He’s a superstar to me.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 6, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions

KLaw is the baseball nerd's rockstar

his chats are probably my favorite thing about espn.com — he’s snarky and knowledgable all at the same time. it’s awesome.

Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...

by Smoke on the Water on May 6, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Agreed with both of you on the KLAW.

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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by marcello on May 6, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions

So instead of throwing underwear at him

We throw stat sheets?

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 6, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions

I used to throw protractors but that never ended well.

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.

by marcello on May 6, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Here are his points on Giants players

• Posey was 0-for-4 but did have some good at-bats. He’s got about as good a setup and swing as you’re going to find: hands in good position, short to the ball, good extension, keeps his weight back and transfers it with the swing with great hip rotation. I imagine he’ll be in Class AA or even Triple-A by the second half of the season, putting him in line for an August or September callup.

• I was asked in chat last week if I thought Crawford’s hot start was for real, but ran out of time before I could answer. With what I saw Saturday, I’d say no; he has some bat speed, but his approach is rough; he was all over pitches in the zone, but Billings got him to expand even on 0-1, with Crawford chasing fastballs down, down and away, and up and away.

• Villalona smoked a 90 mph fastball from Billings to left for a single, and later showed zero effort whatsoever on a hard ground ball two feet to his right. He’s going to make someone in player development go gray prematurely.

• Former first-round pick Craig Whitaker threw three-plus innings of effective relief for the Giants after starter Oliver Odle was knocked out. He tops out at 88 from a near-sidearm angle, but he was very tough on Modesto’s right-handed hitters and actually threw strikes, something he had trouble doing before San Francisco dropped his arm slot. There’s some hope for him as a specialist in the back of a major league bullpen.

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by PAWarrior on May 6, 2009 12:33 PM PDT reply actions

He’s mentioned Angel’s lackadasical defense before. I saw him make a non-effort to get to a liner down the line this week too. Hm.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 6, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, I’ve heard both sides of this though. I’ve heard about quite a few very nice plays, and quite a few lazy plays. I don’t really know what that means, other than he needs to give more effort.

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.

by marcello on May 6, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions

He can be brilliant on defense, but the problem I’ve seen is just not having his head in the game at times. I mentioned the bad decision to cut off the throw from right field on a sac fly on Monday. There was some rumblings in the crowd about the bad play.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 6, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions

He's 18

He’s probably thinking about girls and food while he’s in the field. Cut him some slack!

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by thehavenot on May 6, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm 41

and that’s still about all I think about.

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by WTF on May 6, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions

was gonna say

How many of us have our minds on sex and grub at any given time?

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 6, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions

But while we think about those things 90% of the time

He’s thinking about them 200% of the time (both at once).

"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.

by thehavenot on May 6, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions

I’m thinking about having sex with food this very moment.

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by xanthan on May 7, 2009 5:25 AM PDT up reply actions

Brings new meaning to food porn.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 7, 2009 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm very encouraged with what he says about Whitaker

I was fairly impressed with him when I saw him in Stockton earlier this year. It would be good if we could salvage a useful MLB relief career out of him.

by FluLikeSymptoms on May 6, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions

Big V

Looked like crap at first on Monday too. Not good that he is slacking in the field twice in three days

by m34josh on May 6, 2009 12:39 PM PDT reply actions

It amuses (and bemuses) me that some people still hold out hope of him returning to 3B. These people need to lay off the happy grass. I think it’s an open question whether he can even develop into an acceptable 1B.

by FluLikeSymptoms on May 6, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Anvil at third, Buster at short and Gillaspie at 2b, tell me I’m wrong! I dare you!!!!!!!

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by TexasRanger on May 6, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions