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OMG!! The WINNING COMBO!


So while conducting some very rudimentary, non Fangraphs quantum calculations analysis, I have come to the following conclusions that Bochy is hereby ordered to read and abide by:


Rowand was 25-73 (.342) w/ 4 HRs batting 7th before todays suckfest.  He went 1-3 today, so he still has a decent average at #7 spot, but left 2 RISP.

Winn's best position is #5, where he is 30 for 87 (.345). Went 3-5 today in #5 spot...I like him here! Garko behind him is apparently not a good idea.

I like Velez in the leadoff spot (NEEDS to learn to steal), but after yesterday's performance I found an interesting fact: he's batting .156 (5-32) when playing 2B. Started at 2B, 0-5 today. Freddy come back! Velez only hits well playing the OF.

I initially thought I'd go with a Pablo - Nate 3-4 so Pablo would get him more ABs (and because Nate is hitting .471 at cleanup), but I can handle Nate then Pablo. All of Pablo's HRs minus one have come at the 3rd slot, but batting cleanup you can't complain about his .455 avg.

I think this is the winning combo.  Bochy, stop using your huge French brain and just go with logic.  And for fricks sake, stop removing Nate from the lineup.  Just stop.  I say Nate ends season over .310 if given daily opportunities. But here it is, my lineup of guaranteed victory!

Velez (OF!!!!!!!!)
Sanchez (2B)
Nate (OF)
Pablo (3B)
Winn (OF)
Molina (C)
Garko (1B) (away ONLY..4-30 at home) (Ishikawa at AT&T ONLY   .349 at home!)
Renteria (.362 batting 8th spot)or Uribe (.325 in 8th spot) (SS)

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Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)

by CB30 on Aug 20, 2009 5:52 PM PDT reply actions  

lol

“stop using your huge French brain”
actually, his brain isn’t that big, it’s just his head and the resulting gravitational pull

by sfoakbay on Aug 20, 2009 5:55 PM PDT reply actions  

hmm where’s that caps lock…

Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.

by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 20, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

CALLIN YOU OUT BOCHY

Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.

by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 20, 2009 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

That’s my keyboard. Instead of the FGT key I have something like FFS.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 20, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

What’s that bull thing next to “sux0r”?

by taliesin on Aug 20, 2009 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Devil? i think it says 666

I R 5

by say hey nation on Aug 21, 2009 6:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

You forgot Rowand in your lineup even though you specifically mention him in your post.

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by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 20, 2009 7:00 PM PDT reply actions  

Therein lies the genius!

by Natto on Aug 20, 2009 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

 Oh, those are the stats his new team shall enjoy once they pull him off waivers.

Matt Cain's right hand beats a Royal Flush.

by Viva Gigantes on Aug 20, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

The next person who suggests that the Giants will score more runs by rearranging the same group of crappy hitters . . .

. . . will annoy me just as much as the last one.

Please hit better, Randy Winn.

by oldjacket on Aug 20, 2009 7:05 PM PDT reply actions  

I suggest the Giants will score more runs by playing a certain non crappy hitter every day

Nobody likes money

by fwoty oz on Aug 20, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

where’s he been hiding?

Please hit better, Randy Winn.

by oldjacket on Aug 20, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

He’s not retired.

Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard

by SoFa King Mike on Aug 21, 2009 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions  

just on an extended hunting trip with Ryan Klesko

Please hit better, Randy Winn.

by oldjacket on Aug 21, 2009 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions  

I don’t think we’ve got a ton of crappy hitters, we just needed a little lineup feng shui. Seriously, I heard Nate batting before Pablo, but I saw Clark before Mitchell.

Matt Cain's right hand beats a Royal Flush.

by Viva Gigantes on Aug 20, 2009 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nate Schierholtz isn’t worthy enough to hold Will Clark’s eyeblack.

by Natto on Aug 20, 2009 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

We have a ton of crappy hitters. It’s barely arguable. We rank last or next to last (or next to that) in virtually every single significant offensive category in the league (note to self: encourage somebody else to verify this before I pass it off as absolute fact)..

We didn’t get to that point by surrounding Pablo Sandoval with a bunch of good hitters.

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Aug 20, 2009 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

We got to that point by surrounding Molina with a bunch of bad hitters!

Also known to haunt as theghostoftravisdenker and theaccidentalghostofsergioromo.

by theghostofjasonellison on Aug 21, 2009 1:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

feng shui

The leadoff hitter should always face north, and the player closest to the door is designated as the “helper”.

Seriously, though. Nate Schierholtz – great kid, good arm, decent pop. Not exactly liquid offense, though. At the same age, Will Clark was putting up a .400 OBP. Nate’s never going to do that.

Please hit better, Randy Winn.

by oldjacket on Aug 21, 2009 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

Not unless he bats .375. Maybe not even then.

by taliesin on Aug 21, 2009 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

But Edgar Rentaria is 2 for 2 with RISP and one out in the fourth inning of day games when he’s batting second.

HE NEEDS TO PLAY IN THOSE SITUATIONS!

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Aug 20, 2009 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

We need Bowker to play everyday.

Should be Bowker in left, Nate in right, and a platoon of winn/rowand in CF. If Bowker bats 250 with 20 dingers he will be worth more than Winn and probably Rowand.

by bradleybear on Aug 20, 2009 11:00 PM PDT reply actions  

Besides the fact that Bowker is not on the roster, I kinda agree with this post.

Schierholtz in right, Rowand in center, hot hand in left.

Nobody likes money

by fwoty oz on Aug 21, 2009 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions  

Bowker’s not on the 25-man, but he’s on the 40-man, and it’s not hard to get him up.

by quincy0191 on Aug 22, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

This post is truly a monument to the perils of SSS.

by taliesin on Aug 20, 2009 11:23 PM PDT reply actions  

Starting Sanchez Second?

Or, I suppose… Starting Sanchez at Second…

That doesn’t seem to involve too much peril, actually.

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Aug 21, 2009 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions  

To your lineup...

…lipstick on a pig. You can redress a pig any way you want, but it’ll still just be Yadier’s brother at the end of the day.

But I like the enthusiasm.

Stupid is as Ruben Rivera does...

by bkrhater on Aug 21, 2009 10:10 AM PDT reply actions  

SEXISM

GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.

by groug on Aug 21, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, some pigs look pretty sexy in lipstick.

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Aug 21, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Stupid is as Ruben Rivera does...

by bkrhater on Aug 21, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Worth a revisit

Stupid is as Ruben Rivera does...

by bkrhater on Aug 21, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

ho ho ho.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Aug 21, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

Now you have a machine gun?

GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.

by groug on Aug 21, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

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