Dodgers Lose, So Why Am I Depressed?
by Bred on Albany Hill on May 8, 2009 8:07 AM PDT
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Print(Disclaimer: My Giants-game viewing this season has, with a couple of exceptions, been limited to watching 11 of their 13 losses. My perspective might be a bit jaded.)
Yesterday's news made us feel tingly inside. The first comment below the WSJ.com story about Manny was, "Let's go Giants!"
I watched a good part of last night's Satan-Nats game to see how our foes would respond to the shock. The first inning scared me--six runs for Satan. Surely the game was over, I thought, and I left to do something else for the night. The Nats, I told myself, would start hacking away and think about tomorrow. After all, that's what our Giants would do.
How wrong I was. Not only did the Nats' pitcher calm down and play well, but the Nats managed to come back. When I checked the score in the 8th inning, Satan's lead was two runs. The Nats' announcers talked about how the Nats "never give up" and applauded their hitting coach Rick Eckstein.
The Nats took pitches. They. Took. Pitches. The first two batters in the 8th were 7 and 8 in the batting order. It's not like they were looking for walks, either. The Nats got behind in the count and came back, again and again. I was ecstatic. Satan's home win streak over.
Then I was sad. Could the bottom of the Giants' batting order do that? Of course not. I realize Grant has discussed this at length. But to see a 7-18 team come back from six runs down to the Great Satan deflated me. (Even after blowing a huge lead, Satan almost came back from four down to make a game of it--also something the Giants can't do.)
Why don't Kruk and Kuip ever talk about the Giants' hitting coach Lansford? We see Righetti every game, but I don't recall ever seeing the camera pan to Lansford. I don't need to remind anyone of this, but the Giants' on-base percentage is .305 -- only the D'Backs are worse in the majors. I'm not saying Lansford needs to go, but can someone important please start criticizing him a lot?
One person who does need to go, and pronto: Ishikawa (.246 OBP, 0-for-13 in the past week). Convert Schierholtz to 1st base, I don’t care
I hope I'm wrong about the Giants. Maybe I just need to stop watching their games and Bengie will always hit two homers a game and they'll keep winning. Or maybe we can hire this guy.
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It’s not Lansford’s fault. It’s the organizational philosophy starting with Sabean. They sign hackers as free agents, and they trade for hackers. How can a coach change what a player has been doing all his life? You think Bengie Molina, for example, is suddenly going to go up there looking for a walk?
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
I believe Molina would BBQ and eat Lansford if he told him to take a walk.
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on May 8, 2009 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions
mmmmm.... chili con carney....
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on May 8, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
IAWTC
the Giants recent history of refusing to take pitches and walks has been around long before Lansford was the hitting coach.
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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which is so amazing considering the Giants had Bonds so many years – the epitome of patience at the plate and waiting for that one pitch to drive.
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 9, 2009 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Scratchy gotta go, too
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by nostocksjustbonds on May 9, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Well the Nats have OBP machines in Nick Johnson and Adam Dunn who have always been patient and overall have a pretty potent offense with Zimmerman and Dukes as well, all in all not a bad team on the hitting side.
The absentee father of Edwin "Cue Ball" Quirarte, now that he is doin well in the minors, its time to get back in his life, and in his checking account!
maybe we can contract them
and merge their team with ours!
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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“With our nations struggles, we the giants feel it is in our best interest to merge teams with the Washington Nationals.”
I wonder how that would work, who would we keep and who would we jettison.
The absentee father of Edwin "Cue Ball" Quirarte, now that he is doin well in the minors, its time to get back in his life, and in his checking account!
Well that's pretty easy
Keep the Nationals position players, except probably replace Kearns with Winn, and keep the Giants pitchers.
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.
and maybe B-money, but wow they have us beat at like every position, that is sad :(
The absentee father of Edwin "Cue Ball" Quirarte, now that he is doin well in the minors, its time to get back in his life, and in his checking account!
Personally, I’d take Flores, but he is pretty unproven at this point so you couldn’t go wrong with Molina.
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.
After reading Guzman hype, I expected him to have Todd Linden AAA numbers
his numbers are hardly impressive, and don’t seem like they’d translate well at all.
And where is MacPherson? Is he injured?
The camera panned on Carney tonight...
But he was too busy scratching his arm like he just got bit or something to notice. Must be the swine flu bugs in LA
I don’t think he is to blame though. There is a lot of work to be done with this roster and we are still only a month into the season. Pablo has made great strides so at least he is spending his time with the guys that will be around for a while
“Why don’t Kruk and Kuip ever talk about the Giants’ hitting coach Lansford?”
I already covered this three years ago.
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"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on May 9, 2009 11:49 AM PDT reply actions
If we jettisoned Ishi, I would like to see Sandy at first and McPherson at third. I’m fully aware of how much flack I’m going to get for this, but I have my reasons. McPherson’s career UZR/150 at third is 10. Now, thats in half a season, and it COULD be small sample size, but it’s 17 runs better than Sandoval is now, and even if Sandy came up and McPherson came down, McPherson would probably still be better. Sandy’s ability to get everything hit near him would play better at first, where it’s less a matter of range and more of hands, making him an above average defensive 1b, and he could still hit like the devil. Sure, if McPherson tanks hitting, we’d then give Guzman a shot, switching Sandy back, but I really don’t think this is a bad idea.
Proud father of Barry Zito. As long as he keeps throwing strikes, that is.
I don’t think McPherson is even with Fresno yet.
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