1/2 Season Review: The Worst Games
by rhys on Jul 5, 2009 2:16 PM PDT
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This post, along with its brother (the best games), serves as a recap of the worst Giants games this year so far at the halfway point. Please feel free to read up, check out the linked box scores, and vote copiously for the game you abhorred the most.
April 13th, 2009 – Dodgers 11, Giants 1 – The Big Unit lets up 7 ER’s in 3 2/3 innings, as Giants pitching lets up 15 hits to the Bums and the Giants offense gets dominated by Chad Billingsley.
April 26th, 2009 – Diamondbacks 5, Giants 4 – Pablo Sandoval’s 8th inning 3-run HR puts the Giants up 4-1, but Brian Wilson (sensing a pattern here) allows 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to tie the score at 4. Connor Jackson gets the winning hit off of Brandon Medders in the bottom of the 12th.
May 6th, 2009 – Rockies 11, Giants 1 – Randy Johnson, once again, lets up 7 ER’s and the Rockies pound out 13 hits at hated Coors Field, as the Giants bats are silenced by Ubaldo Jimenez.
May 9th, 2009 – Dodgers 8, Giants 0 – Typical day on the hill for Jonathan Sanchez, who allows 5 ER and walks four, the Giants commit 2 errors; manage only 4 hits and no runs against Eric Stults, who pitches a CGSO.
May 21st, 2009 – Padres 3, Giants 2 – Randy Winn’s RBI single put the Giants up 2-1 in the top of the 9th, appearing to preserve a quality start from Tim Lincecum, but, Brian Wilson intervened, loading the bases in the bottom of the inning, plunking David Eckstein to force in a run, and then letting up the game-winning single to, who else, Scott Hairston, as the Padres walk off.
June 16th, 2009 – Angels 8, Giants 1 – Jonathan Sanchez gets dismantled by the reviled Halos while, on the other side, Giants hitters are baffled by Sean O’Sullivan (sigh), coming up with only 5 hits (1 XBH) for the game.
June 17th, 2009 - Angels 4, Giants 3 - jponry: "that game where Tim was going into the 8th inning with a 3 run lead and bad defense and poor pitches combined to blow it and give the Angels the series sweep." Yup.
June 27th, 2009 – Brewers 7, Giants 6 – The Giants blow leads of 4-0 and 6-4, as Brian Wilson allows 3 runs to score in the bottom of the 9th and the Brewers walk off.
July 1st, 2009 - Cardinals 2, Giants 1 - Bob Howry let up a walk-off HR to Colby Rasmus in the bottom of the 10th inning, as the Giants made three costly errors, Matt Cain got 'cained, and the Giants offense was embarrassingly bad on national TV.
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That May 6th game...
was the only one I have been able to attend in person. It sucked.
by snafu on Jul 5, 2009 4:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
April 26th
Saw the whole series , was chuckling heartily at the funeral silence that was Chase before we began pitching for them.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Jul 5, 2009 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This thread makes me :(
The San Francisco Giants: Where old men go to die.
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 5, 2009 4:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You forgot that game where Tim was going into the 8th inning with a 3 run lead and bad defense and poor pitches combined to blow it and give the Angels the series sweep.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 5, 2009 4:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
NO
i think we all forgot about that one on purpose
The San Francisco Giants: Where old men go to die.
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 5, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have no recollection of the said event. What are you talking about?
by jctGamer on Jul 5, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In a similar vein
The one against the Mets and Livan. Ooh I woke up the next morning and went to the Johnson/Santana game and I was still pissed. needless to say, the johnson/santana game didn’t please me either.
by shanghaijim on Jul 5, 2009 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s what I would vote for. It’s one thing when the team gets blasted 11-1 or 8-0, but another thing altogether when Lincecum is cruising to what seems like a sure win and the game just falls apart.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Jul 6, 2009 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
at least you can turn it off early if it’s a huge blowout, but in a game like that, you’re watching the whole thing and expecting a win and then it goes to shit.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 6, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Padres one hurt the most. And it’s not even close. Beaning in the tying run is absolutely unacceptable. I fucking hate Brian Wilson.
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by boonitez on Jul 5, 2009 5:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Eckstein, no less. And Hairston. No contest for me.
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Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - 3.63 ERA, .259 BAA, crappy 1.68 K/BB ratio in Norwich. OK.
by rhys on Jul 5, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pads game
definitely the worst one. I wanted to fucking hang Wilson after that one…I’m sure I wasn’t alone.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 5, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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by leftymalo on Jul 6, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Pads game"
Which one?
I don’t remember a good one… Atleast at Petco.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Jul 6, 2009 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
its expected
we all know hairston is a giants murderer (billy beane is awesome right now), but the june 27th sucked completely, BLOWING TWO FREAKIN LEADS
by sfoakbay on Jul 6, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd had a couple beers by the end of this one...
and threw my shoes at my closet door and busted a hole through it. Oops.
SOOOOOO happy we don’t play Hairston anymore; I already hate him a [tiny] bit less.
by Yoostey on Jul 6, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The entire Padres series at Petco.
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by Natto on Jul 5, 2009 6:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Both of them
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by CB30 on Jul 5, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not as bad as any of those, but in April I came out to California to see the folks and Yosemite, and stopped in to see my first game in AT&T in 6 years. This one. And while soaking up the sustained brilliance of Timmy was certainly enjoyable, not managing to eke out a win was rather disheartening.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
by Roger on Jul 5, 2009 7:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
April 15, 2009 v. Dodgers stands out the most to me.
After Rowand homers for the lead in the top of 8, Howry proceeds to give up the lead—yet he’s still brought out for the bottom of the 9th. Howry loads the bases and Bochy brings Wilson in with no wiggle room. After getting one out, Wilson walks in the winning run.
by Fresburg on Jul 5, 2009 9:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Urgh. I think I’d blocked that one out :(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 5, 2009 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That part of the season feels like several years ago
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
by CB30 on Jul 6, 2009 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would have done April 16 because of the overall feeling for the season and not the game itself. Nice 0-6 road trip to start the season as all of our worst fears were becoming reality.
Three-time All-Star Barry Zito (0-2) had another rough start, allowing six runs over five-plus innings on four hits and four walks. He also hit two batters and struck out four. Last Friday in his season debut, the left-hander gave up four runs and seven hits over four innings in a 7-3 loss at San Diego.
by paboperfecto on Jul 6, 2009 5:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t really get disappointed with any Zito start because he has already lowered expectations. Basically any game he starts and the giants win is a pleasant surprise.
by Fresburg on Jul 6, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeh...
That one should have been added.
I probably would have voted for that one.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Jul 6, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
definitely the game vs. Pucetas. friggin defense.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jul 6, 2009 9:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
whoops
I meant Palmer. These middling AAA starters get confusing.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jul 7, 2009 7:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
June 27th
We blew two different leads and it was recent, so the wounds haven’t healed.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Jul 6, 2009 12:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Any Game Played at Petco
is the worst game of the season thus far.
by tyrannoman on Jul 6, 2009 1:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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