***BREAKING*** Giants recall Ryan Sadowski & Matt Downs from Fresno, Kevin Frandsen sent down to AAA, Rich Aurilia to the DL
Got this from a tweet from ChronicleLiveProd.
I've been off the grid for a week on vacay - what's Aurilia's injury? Did he pull his suck muscle?
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Kevin Frandsen, come back!
by WalrusMan on Jul 21, 2009 12:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Your son down...
my son up :-)
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by nvsfg on Jul 21, 2009 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now its time for you guys to yell at the coach and get in a drunken fight on the sidelines
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by CB30 on Jul 21, 2009 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
More linkage here.
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by can of corn on Jul 21, 2009 12:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
WTF?
Frandsen must want to blow his brains out.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 21, 2009 12:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I bet you him and Lewis what pry for a managment change this winter or a trade.
So does this mean Uribe to play SS more or Downs up here just to sweep slivers off the bench and occasionaly pinch hit?
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by daveinexile on Jul 21, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well it could have been worse…
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by daveinexile on Jul 21, 2009 12:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Could this be like the Giambi (.193 BA) to the DL move for Aurilia, made on account of inability to play without tremendous suckatude?
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by can of corn on Jul 21, 2009 12:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Aurillia's suck muscle:
Working just fine
by ryanmiles on Jul 21, 2009 12:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The hitting muscle is torn.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn’t know old age is a valid reason to go on the DL. Poor Frandsen.
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by Li on Jul 21, 2009 12:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Good that Bowker stays
But Why?
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by CB30 on Jul 21, 2009 12:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Frandsen Commits Error
Banished to Fresno. Film at 11?
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by Skaldheim on Jul 21, 2009 12:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I believe this is officially the end to Fransden’s career as Giant. He must be a huge dick or something. Let’s just hope he has some trade value since I’m pretty sure Sabean will try to get him into any deadline deal.
by AngelWillSaveUs on Jul 21, 2009 12:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. I can totally imagine Frandsen saying “screw you, I’ll just stay here in Fresno since you’re sending me back in a few days” next time they try to call him up.
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by Skaldheim on Jul 21, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve heard Frandesen is a dick actually.
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by Azmanz on Jul 22, 2009 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Kevin Frandsen as a Giant story is a sad one. I really hope he gets a chance somewhere else, because it’s obviously not happening here.
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by j14 on Jul 21, 2009 1:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Richie either on DL or DFA'd - No word
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by j14 on Jul 21, 2009 1:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Schulman says Aurilia says....
DL.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/giants/index?
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by Skaldheim on Jul 21, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe he got the letters confused?
by FairweatherFan on Jul 21, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Accidental DL
by FairweatherFan on Jul 21, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“not happy about it” – he should be glad he wasn’t just released.
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by can of corn on Jul 21, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And this from Baggs:
Aurilia placed on the disabled list
He just instructed us to talk to the manager and trainers. Not sure what his official injury is yet.
Yeah, it’s not a real injury. Just a way to get him off the roster with a little bit of dignity. But it would seem he doesn’t want to be dignified about it.
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by can of corn on Jul 21, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
torn ego
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by j14 on Jul 21, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it’s just a bruise
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by The Gene Hackman on Jul 21, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scott Downs?
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by Norm Median on Jul 21, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure how it worked
but I’m glad we got him. Downs + Affeldt is one hell of a lefty combo out of the pen
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by j14 on Jul 21, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is a weird lineup. Bowker hitting 2nd and Lewis 6th
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by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jul 21, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And BOTH playing LF.
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by Roger on Jul 21, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uhm, WTF?
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by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jul 21, 2009 1:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
PRESENT!
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by can of corn on Jul 21, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
Kevin must want to shoot somebody. Jesus Christ.
by FairweatherFan on Jul 21, 2009 1:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I doubt he’d shoot Jesus, but Sabean and Bochy had better watch their backs.
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by Kitspool on Jul 21, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope it belongs to Russell Martin
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 21, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy Shit! I like this new GINTS BRAZZ
This is the exact same solution I proposed to the Rich Aurillia problem over a month ago. What a great move……. the Frandsen thing I don’t really understand – maybe they want to showcase Downs for a trade????
Oh well I’m stoked! And I love our lineup – no Bengie! Come on TBS
by OTTOMATIC on Jul 21, 2009 1:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Or warehouse Frandsen until a trade is announced…
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 21, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Far Out.
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by icanplaythird on Jul 21, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Frandsen move is pretty dumb.
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by Natto on Jul 21, 2009 1:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Frandsen must be one unhappy camper right about now.
by Merope on Jul 21, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If the team wants to see if he can play, they need to put him in the lineup consistently for a little while. If they don’t give a rat’s ass, then they should leave him in Fresno and toss him in a trade with some big leaguers and be done with him. I’m not particularly attached to him one way or another, but he should at least be given a chance to play somewhere, if not in SF.
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by can of corn on Jul 21, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I kind of feel the same way. I’m not all that attached to him, but I do feel that he hasn’t exactly gotten a fair shake.
Last year when Schierholtz was playing minor league boomerang boy we all wondered which GiantsBrass he had ticked off. Frandsen seems to be getting that same routine this year.
by Merope on Jul 21, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Overheard in the Giants front office
“I know…let’s just shuttle Downs and Frandsen back and forth for the rest of the season. Every time one of them gets…I dunno, 40 PAs, say, we’ll switch ‘em. It’ll be a great prank. They’ll both be all, like, ‘WTF dude’?”
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by EliminateMe on Jul 21, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This
Is really the only possible explanation.
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Jul 21, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I liked Freds at-bat last night…. I hope he does well because it would be refreshing to have at least one player in the line-up that can take a pitch.
by OTTOMATIC on Jul 21, 2009 1:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Also, one last time
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by j14 on Jul 21, 2009 1:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Let’s hope it’s the last time. . .
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by can of corn on Jul 21, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(not because the graphic doesn’t rock (it does), but rather because he’s won’t on the team anymore)
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by can of corn on Jul 21, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sometimes I...
(any of you get that reference??)
…wish we were an AL team.
We could rehire that driver.
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 21, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The white guy can never dance
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 21, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really have a tough time getting upset about what happens with Frandsen no matter what happens. We can complain about his being jerked around and not given a chance all we want, but I never saw him as more than a utility guy anyway. I never saw the Robbie Thompson comparisons.
And, between just us, he does kinda seem like a self-assured, self-promoting pr*ck sometimes. I’ve never met him nor do I know anyone close to him, but when guys act like their enititled and do the “I’m a big-leaguer” thing when they’re actually pretty fringy, it’s off-putting.
I felt the same way about Linden.
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by Goofus on Jul 21, 2009 1:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t understand. Seemingly, the opposite would be to say, “Yeah, I’m getting pretty used to the 99 freeway, it’s not so bad, I have all these podcasts of ‘Prairie Home Campanion’ that I am really enjoying. Sabean must know what he is doing.”
I don’t have to like the guy for him to play for my team (Barry Bonds), but wanting to be with the big club, and thinking you belong there seems like it would be requirement for any big-leauger, right?
Then again, maybe I just haven’t heard how deuchey he is…
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Jul 21, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not upset for Frandsen's sake...
…I just think it’s dumb to keep swapping these guys back and forth. If they really think Downs is better than Frandsen, okay, but it’s hard to see how they came to that conclusion over the last 2 weeks since they last swapped them.
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by EliminateMe on Jul 21, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So Bochy’s quote doesn’t disturb you?
The Frandsen/Downs move was due largely to the struggles of Juan Uribe, who will return to more of a utility infield role, Bochy said. The manager referred to Frandsen as "more of a stopgap guy."
"When Frandsen came up, we needed help up the middle," Bochy said. "This is more of where Downsie is going to get playing time at second. He’s been very consistent with his play and at-bats. He had three hits the other day. We’ll see if we can’t get some offense going here."
Really? Downs is that much better than Frandsen?
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by giants9107 on Jul 21, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what disturbs me: “Downsie”.
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Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
by kennv on Jul 21, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe that's Kie
Frandsenie just doesn’t really work.
by FairweatherFan on Jul 21, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This. WTF ? Is everyone an “ie” to this guy ? (Sanchy, Freddie, Matty, Timmy). They only guys he does not add it to are guys with it already in their name.
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by nvsfg on Jul 21, 2009 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it surprising that the boulder-skull’s most creative nickname-giving consists solely of adding the diminutive to the name? Seems just about right to me.
And truth be told, I find it reeeeaaaallllly annoying.
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by can of corn on Jul 21, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whatever
can of corny
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by Goofus on Jul 21, 2009 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve got my eye on you, Goofusie.
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by can of corn on Jul 21, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pipe down, Larsie.
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by EliminateMe on Jul 22, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Larsie?
How did Kim Cattrall role in Porkeys get into this?
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by daveinexile on Jul 22, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stop the presses! Downs had three hits the other day!
Also, Frandsen was 2 for 4 on July 5th and was called up on July 6th. Roster management based on extremely small sample size!
It mystifies me that they think Downs is any less of a “stopgap guy” than Frandsen. Their career numbers in the minors are very close and their 2009 numbers even closer.
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by EliminateMe on Jul 21, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Downs has more pop and better D (arm especially), right? It’s probably just about how projectable they are.
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by shikantaza on Jul 21, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not really seeing much more pop.
Downs’ career SLG is .488, Frandsen’s is .457, but Frandsen’s includes half a year in the power sucking vacuum of CT (.395 SLG) which Downs skipped. Just doesn’t seem like a significant difference. Nothing I’ve read about their defense suggests a significant difference either.
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by EliminateMe on Jul 21, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/buys EliminateMe a case of Dr. Pepper
by Merope on Jul 21, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NOW I HAS POP
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by EliminateMe on Jul 21, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The other baffling thing
I’m all for Uribe as utility guy, but what struggles are they talking about? He’s hit better in July than any other month.
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by EliminateMe on Jul 21, 2009 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well said Goofus
I have never believed Frandsen was a legitimate MLB regular and I’ve always been perplexed by how many fans he seems to have around here.
by FluLikeSymptoms on Jul 21, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BELLARMINE!
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by The Gene Hackman on Jul 21, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
His minor league stats: .322/.385/.457. As good as Freddy Sanchez. Better than Chase Utley, Orlando Hudson, Aaron Hill, Brian Roberts, and Dan Uggla. Just a tick behind Dustin Pedroia.
Now, those aren’t perfect comparisons. Pedroia was younger, for example. I have no idea about park effects for any of the above players. But when you go down a list of 2B by VORP or WARP, you usually don’t find a lot of players who were can’t-miss prospects. Usually, it’s a story like Frandsen: hit for average, played solid defense, developed later.
Frandsen’s only bump in the road was the unfortunate 2007 season. He got a lot of MLB at-bats, and he struggled until the last month of the season. Everywhere else — from A to AAA — he’s hit.
I’m not suggesting that he’s the next Brian Roberts, Freddy Sanchez, or Dan Uggla. But it would have been just as insane to suggest that Brian Roberts, Freddy Sanchez, or Dan Uggla were going to turn into the next Brian Roberts, Freddy Sanchez, or Dan Uggla. And when a team has a festering, foul-smelling hole at second base, only a really strange organization wouldn’t give Frandsen a half-season to see if he’d surprise, especially at the expense of Manny Burriss and Matt Downs.
by Grant on Jul 21, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
+1
I agree completely.
I would really like to know how Sabean would respond to this line of logic…
Oh right… logic. Ha ha. Silly me.
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Jul 21, 2009 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1 Me, too
You need to at least give Frandsen a chance, instead of 2 starts per call up.
by Squire_Boone on Jul 21, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That may be, but he doesn’t pass the sniff test with me. Just watching him, he doesn’t look particularly good at anything. To me he just looks like a solid utility infielder. If he was faster, had more pop or played sparkling defense, I’d get more excited.
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by Goofus on Jul 21, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I feel the exact same way, with everything you said here.
by Hobbes2d on Jul 21, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hmmm...
I’ll be okay with switching Downs and Frandsen is they don’t have crossies this time.
Does Frandsen come back up when the roster expands?
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by shikantaza on Jul 21, 2009 2:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I wish Manny Burris was here
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 21, 2009 2:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't.
by FairweatherFan on Jul 21, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I feel like im the only one who does
except that guy who gets pissed when people talk about Billy Mays
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 21, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you are.
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by Viliphied on Jul 21, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oddly enough...
I agree with this. I miss manny.
by Uncle Russel on Jul 21, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like Manny.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 21, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But he's not good enough to be in the majors
GROUGTHINK ALERT
by groug on Jul 21, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He wasnt a great hitter
but he brought speed and defense to a team that really lacks speed and defense.
Congratulations and Thank you Jonathan Sanchez.
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 21, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He wasn't just not a great hitter
He was the worst hitter in the major leagues. He was absolutely abysmal and he had no place on any roster, even ours, even if you have a speed and defense fetish.
By the way, he wasn’t that good on defense.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
by groug on Jul 22, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish Manny Burris Freddy Sanchez was here
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 21, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's hope this debate ends in a week
When Freddy Sanchez or Dan Uggla is in French Vanilla and standing at 2B
by jctGamer on Jul 21, 2009 2:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
They will still have to decide on a backup 2nd basemen
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 21, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly....
and bring up Guzman as a RHH platoon with Ishi
by OTTOMATIC on Jul 21, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
why? Pablo can do that and Uribe can play 3rd vs RHP
by jctGamer on Jul 21, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
bring back Kent!
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by The Thrill on Jul 21, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
bring back Durham!
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Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
by kennv on Jul 21, 2009 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
bring back Mays!
Congratulations and Thank you Jonathan Sanchez.
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 21, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bring back the Boston Rag!
Tell all your buddies that it ain’t no drag!
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by victor frankenstein on Jul 22, 2009 6:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Giants showing, once again, how clueless they are at evaluating hitting prospects
It’s the same old story. Hitting prospects bounce around worse than Jonathan Sanchez in this organization. AAA to bench to starting for a week back to bench back to AAA back to bench, etc. etc. etc.
I’m just glad they’re giving Bowker some time. How long will it last, though?
And this one is extremely ridiculous. They made a move they didn’t even have to make (Aurilia on the DL was all they needed to do).
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