Giants/Astros Series Preview
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 3, 2009 12:23 PM PDT
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PrintThe Astros are.... See, the thing about the Astros is....
Ugh.
Hitter to watch:
Uh, I don't know. The fat one?
Pitcher to watch:
Mike Scott. Pretty sure that dude's scuffing the ball.
Conclusion:
Yeah, writing about the Astros is like writing about actuary tables. Don't get me wrong; Houston's still close to .500, and they could absolutely take every single game in the series. I'm not disparaging them. It's just that they're a little dull. They have hitters -- Lance Berkman is still an on-base beast, Carlos Lee is still a thumper, and Miguel Tejada's having a nice little renaissance season -- but somehow they've only scored a handful more runs than the Giants.
The pitching used to be much more mockable before the release of Russ Ortiz. Wandy Rodriguez is a fantastic pitcher, a cautionary tale for those who are constantly ready to give up on Jonathan Sanchez. Roy Oswalt is Roy Oswalt. But for a while, the Astros had a rotation with Russ Ortiz, Mike Hampton, and Brian Moehler. Brian Moehler! I'm pretty sure he was teaching chemistry last year. (Actually, he was throwing some good innings for the Astros in 2008, but you get the point.) Making this series more actuary-table-like is that the Giants have the good fortune of missing both Oswalt and Rodriguez. That's a durn shame.
And while the Astros are getting some fantastic bullpen work this season, it's more in the spirit of the "close-your-eyes-and-hope-it-continues-to-work-out" relief that the Giants are getting, and not the "crazy-live-armed-relievers-who-just-struck-you-out-while-reading-this" variety. LaTroy Hawkins, who I think was traded for Tim Alderson at some point, is throwing high-leverage innings for Houston. For every Justin Miller and Brandon Medders the Giants can throw out on the mound -- relievers whose stuff and strikeout numbers don't match up with their shiny ERAs -- the Astros can counter with Chris Sampson and Tim Byrdak. Tim Byrdak! I'm pretty sure he was teaching falconry to needy children last year. It should be a strangely productive bullpen slapfight of epic proportions.
What the Astros remind me most of are the Giants clubs from the last days of Barry Bonds and Jason Schmidt. The farm's in a bad way, and the team is kinda sorta contending through the technicality of the wild card. Maybe Berkman and Oswalt wouldn't want to be dealt, and maybe big ticket items like Lee and Tejada are impossible to deal, but I get the feeling that the Astros weren't really in the market to do anything. It makes me appreciate the White Flag deal even more from the White Sox perspective, as it's so, so easy to hang on to crazy visions of replicating the Rockies' run to the World Series in 2007, but that really is a once-in-a-generation thing.
So my message to Astros fans is this: We probably could have traded Jason Schmidt for Ryan Howard or Hanley Ramirez. But then we wouldn't have had the compensatory pick that turned into Tim Alderson, which then turned into Freddy Sanchez, which is going to turn into at least two straight titles. Right? Right? So you guys are on the right track. Just hang onto your guys, lose a lot, draft well, trade the prospects away, and hope the knee of your new franchise second baseman isn't filled with Cream of Wheat.
Prediction:
The Giants will score fewer than 23 runs this series. But those were a fun couple of games in July, right?
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One of the teams will win two games or there will be a sweep.
by biff pocoroba on Aug 3, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Frustrating pitcher who shouldnt dominate us but will:
Brian Moehler
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
I always get him and Joe Boever confused.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Aug 3, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m just hoping I get to ASTLOL a lot
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Good one
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
When I played LL we used to refer to the “Astros” team as Ass-hoes. Juvenile, yes. But we were, uh, juveniles so.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Also:
the Rockies’ run to the World Series in 2008
I’m thinking that this was not last year but the year before, dear Grant sir.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Series in Houston always seem to be a big ugly for us. I’m hoping to steal one game.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
that’s funny. I pretty much remember dominating them in Houston. Of course we had HR hitters back then.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
by rxmeister on Aug 3, 2009 1:36 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
No, that was a home game against Houston. I remember being ticked because I was in Houston on a business trip and the Astros were in California.
We had that game where Backe shut us out (sandwiched between two 10 ER outings for him) and a game where Bochy pinch hit Aurilia for Ishikawa in like the 4th inning.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
two 11 run games, actually
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Lance Berkman is on the DL. Is Carlos Lee fat? He doesn’t look so good in those pinstriped pants.
Oh and you recall the Hunter Pence story where he ran through a sliding glass door? He had broken glass sticking out of his skin and everything. This happened a few days after I decided to keep him in my fantasy league.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 3, 2009 12:34 PM PDT reply actions
They've already signed up Mickey Rourke to play him in the movie
And Aronofsky to direct
by Giantsfan4life on Aug 3, 2009 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants can clean up in Aug,
Rockies sched is bad.
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
GOOD LUCK JOEY
how long is his leash, do you think? If he gets rocked, is this his only start?
Kevin Pucetas lurks in the shadows, waiting for his time to shine.
Probably, but they did give :(owski 4 or 5 starts. Though, that was probably because he started 2-0
Jesse Foppert: I Still Believe. Maybe a little less now.
"I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen." ~Bob Lemon,
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 3, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
/patiently waiting for the LA series
Wandy’s pretty good at home, pretty meh on the road. So I’m sure he’ll shut us out.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
No Wandy and no Oswalt, it’s Christmas in August for the Giants in Houston. We do get Paulinlol, Hampton and Moehler.
Mo'ped Money, Mo'ped Problems
by Scooter Ellis on Aug 3, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
It’ll be Hampton
I wanted to adopt, but all the good looking babies were taken
by joeytothelimit on Aug 3, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
GREATEST UNIFORMS EVER
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Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
by jcb9 on Aug 3, 2009 12:44 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I don’t remember the numbers on the pants. I think the Taco Bell jersey design required my full attention.
by CrispinGloversBalls on Aug 3, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
indeed
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 3, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Although
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
exhibit b and C
they’re probably not worse than the Shorts and Collared look, but…
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 3, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Those aren't even the worst Pirates Uni's
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Aug 3, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Poor old Johnny Ray...
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Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 3, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
…moved a million hearts in mono.
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those uniforms are awesome
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I do love wide collars and hot pants.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 3, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
WIN
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Aug 3, 2009 2:07 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
If the numbers were in the stars and not on the pants these would be pretty sweet
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 3, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
lol… Nolan Ryan already working on his comb-over!
by KrazyKrabMeat on Aug 3, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Lest we forget
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I like hoe they didn’t redesign the pants!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 3, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
yo
I’m down wit hoe 2
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Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 3, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t find it now, but the Royals future uniform was even worse.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
The one I was thinking of was a bit different
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Is that Damon?
I forgot he was a Royal
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
2020 expansion team
The Mumbai Not That Kind Of Indians
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
Didn’t notice this before, but the Turn Ahead the Clocks didn’t predict the Future very well…I have never heard of the Anaheim Angels
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 3, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
in the future, no one has arms.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 3, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
In the future, we can hit home runs with our minds.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 3, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Tim already strikes out people that way
by SoFa King Mike on Aug 3, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Not if you’re the Phillies at AT+T
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hey-o!
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it wrong that I like the design of the D’Backs jersey?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 3, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I like it too
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 3, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know you anymore.
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by victor frankenstein on Aug 3, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 3, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
oh man that’s rough
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU LOVE METH
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fixed
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU LOVE METH HOCKEY
larrrrrrrrry walker rulez
"I would've been here sooner but I had to shake the Veleasels"
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 3, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
they look like pajamas
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 3, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 3, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
silver helmets LOL shoulda had rayguns on their belts
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 3, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
viddividdividdi
holy CRAP , Buck…
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Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 3, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Remember the O's?
I dug the 70’s Orioles team…not hot on this alternate uni…I heard Cal Trans found these in a dumpster and recycled them.
"It kind of gives everybody else out there who is not a big person the motivation and the inspiration that they know they can do it, too."--Tim Lincecum
by Timlincecum.com on Aug 3, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
i like those
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
It;s the four 20 game winners on the 1971 Orioles — Mike Cuellar, Pat Dobson, Dave McNally and Jim Palmer — I see orange people…
Still Missing 'Downtown' Brown
Palmer definitely looked better in his briefs.
Wait , I mean…
…oh no.
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Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 3, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Brother Elephants LOL
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
short shirt old jacket
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 3, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
yes
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 3, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
You know
I actually LIKe the old Astros jerseys. Other examples from below…not so much.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
This series has reverse lock all over it: no Oswalt, no Wandy, Berkman out.
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 3, 2009 12:46 PM PDT reply actions
So you’re saying we’re doomed?
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Watching the Giants beat up on Cole Hamels last night, it occurred to me that the current lineup should be pretty strong against lefties. Sanchez, Rowand, Molina, Renteria, and Garko all have huge career platoon splits, while only Sandoval and whoever’s in left are better against righties.
This bodes well against Hampton tonight, and in potential playoff matchups with the Dodgers or Phillies. Not so well against the Cards or Rockies. Not that I’m counting my chickens or anything.
And this year, Sandoval’s actually been better against lefties.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
LOL 4 Leftie SP Phillies!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 3, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions
when schierholtz gets back, that might be mitigated somewhat
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Aug 3, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Depends on how he’s used. I think the best outfield lineup if everyone is healthy is Bowker or Lewis/Winn/Schierholtz vs. RHPs and Torres/Rowand/Winn vs LHPs, but of course Rowand isn’t going to hit the bench, and there are a lot of players in need of at-bats. Bochy is going to have a lot of juggling to do. More double-switches!
Uhhh, despite the small sample size, Juggernate has hit lefties waaaay fucking better than righties this season.
vs. LHP (30 ABs) .467/.469/.767
vs. RHP (163 ABs) .264/.295/.362
Haha true, small sample sizes aren’t worth much, but I just think that the notion that left handed hitters ALWAYS bat better against right handed pitching and vice-versa is not the case.
But those lefties he is hitting are probably crappy relievers
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 3, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
And
The pitch that has plagued Nate, Ishikawa, and especially Bowker is that slider at the back food and that’s not a concern against lefties. I think that is one reason why Nate’s splits are better against LH, small sample size be damned.
speaking of back food, I need to go get lunch.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
The Phillies need to man up and beat the Rockies in their series
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
Oh, they would
After all, they have the best outfield in baseball, a MVP SS, a superstud 2B, a superstud 1B and a happy 3B. Wait, how the hell did the Giants contained this offense again for 4 straight games?
Mo'ped Money, Mo'ped Problems
by Scooter Ellis on Aug 3, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
ITS DA PARK! ITS NOT PLAY FAIR!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 3, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, how I would have loved to see the matchup of current albatross vs. former albatross. Fate would not have it, apparently.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
I’m back from a few days away. Thanks for holding down the fort guys. Gotta love leaving and coming back with things in better shape.
Debating whether to see Timmy on Friday or Dirty on Monday.
by positiveuphemism on Aug 3, 2009 1:04 PM PDT reply actions
it’s the power of love
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, we’re not the ones actually playing. I’m pretty sure those 25 guys aren’t looking ahead of Houston.
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by satyricrash on Aug 3, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
i’m so blased
I choose to watch the Giants try to score runs. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
Wish I were
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it will be easy. No Berkman, Oswalt or Rodriguez. A short 3 day trip so no jet lag or the normal long road trip blues. We’re hot, they’re not. We are fired up with our recent deals and they are falling out of the race. Rxmeister predicts sweep.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
by rxmeister on Aug 3, 2009 1:44 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Reverse Lock!
The Giants are screwed.
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 3, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Why do you say that?
From MLB.com Preview:
HOU: LHP Mike Hampton (6-8, 5.36 ERA)
He’s 15-4 with a 3.59 ERA in 26 career appearances (23 starts) against the Giants.
Ooof.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
It is not as bad as it looks
Most of those numbers are against players that are not on the team anymore.
Edgar .306 in 36 AB
Winn .111 in 9 AB
Mole .000 in 8 AB
Molina .000 in 6 AB
Lewis .500 in 6 AB
Rowand .000 in 5 AB
Lolribe .333 in 3 AB
Panda .667 in 3 AB
SSS and all that jazz…
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 3, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
True
But Hampton may come in with a the mindset that he owns us. Mindset will definitely help his pitching.
Hopefully the Giants burst out of the gate and wreck him.
most of Hampton’s wins against us were ten arm surgeries ago
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
by rxmeister on Aug 3, 2009 2:13 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I fully expect to see Rowand run up the centerfield hill, smack square into the poll, then roll his ankle on the way down.
He will be treated then play in the following game.
That hill is really, really stupid.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
AT ATT PARK WE HAVE NO HILLZ
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 3, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Someone – I think it was Edmonds – chasing a fly ball some years ago tripped and did a serious faceplant there.
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by victor frankenstein on Aug 3, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Today's LOLineup
LF Velez
2B Sanchez
3B Sandoval
C Molina
1B Garko
CF Rowand
SS Renteria
RF Winn
P Cain
Molina back in the clean-up spot, where he so-rightly belongs. /sarchasm
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
BORK!
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Molina does sort of hit lefties OK, but yeah he still should be lower.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
twss?
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
haha totally
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
great film.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
very nice.
this lineup has upgraded my butt pee from green to a brownish-yellow.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Aug 3, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Other than Molina
I only hate this lineup a little
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
Please let one of Molina’s deep fly outs at ATT Park turn into dingers in Houston to justify him hitting clean-up. Hell, all the right handed hitters should hit dingers there!
Mo'ped Money, Mo'ped Problems
by Scooter Ellis on Aug 3, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
HEY JOEY
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
JOEY JOE JOE JUNIOR SHABADOO
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 3, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
J-Mart will start
Mo'ped Money, Mo'ped Problems
by Scooter Ellis on Aug 3, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I’m really tired of that style of nickname.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
not even Man Ram?!?!
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I could be J-Burn, which wouldn’t be awful as those kinds of nicknames go.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
K-Plo
Sounds too much like ka-plooie
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
I liked calling Lofton K-Lo though
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
If the 2nd letter of your first name is “o” then you could be MoFo.
As in, “Look at that MoFo running down the line!”
Damn, that got shot down quick. How about…
JoMar?
J-Marty?
McFly?
Comeback Kid?
Mo'ped Money, Mo'ped Problems
by Scooter Ellis on Aug 3, 2009 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
That type of nickname is so ESPN. You might as well add a BOOYA!! after it.
J-MART! BOOYA!
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 3, 2009 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Joe Martinez is a scratch for tonight.
Expect the call up to start for the Giants.
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Say Hey Say Willie, that Giant Kid is Great!
Since we could still use a backup OF who can hit righties, what do you guys think of Ty Wigginton?
Plays decent defense in the OF corners, can play 1B/3B in a pinch, and has historically been very effective against lefties. He’ll likely make it through waivers.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
He’s sort of a right-handed Aubrey Huff, defensively.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
I meant to say lefties in the original post. Typo.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
OK, got it. As I wrote above, the team overall seems a lot better against lefties than against righties, so I’m not sure we really need another RH bench bat. Unless Torres isn’t coming back or something.
The only guy we have in the OF who can hit lefties is Rowand. Schierholtz can sort of do it, but Wigginton has been better than him for his career.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
fun quote from a philly blog
The inning the Giants took the lead was filled with bloop hits and a lot of luck. Cole did not get hammered and pitched relatively well against a Giants team that scares me a little. I really hope we don’t see these guys in the playoffs. Hell, we didn’t even see Cain and still lost 3 of 4. Lets bounce back against the Rocks.
I choose to watch the Giants try to score runs. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
I vote yes on this. Where’s the poll ?
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
I find myself torn
If two NL West teams make it to the playoffs, I would much rather it be the Giants and Rockies, than the Giants and Bums, so I have found it hard to root against the Rox.
When we lose I hope they lose so we don’t lose ground, but I focus more energy on hexing the Dodgers.
It doesn’t have to be all bad. Imagine how exciting a Giants/Dodgers NLCS would be?
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
But think how happy we would all be, if after all the season long talk of how great the Dodgers are and how they had the best record for so long, etc if they don’t make the playoffs at all and are unseated by two NL West teams.
I would relish that more then a Giants/Dodgers NLCS.
7 games back with 2 months left to play including 3 series against the offending team. Stranger things have happened in the world of baseball.
Praying for wheels to fall off
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Except that year it was more like SF going on a 37-7 tear down the stretch to tie the Bums instead of the wheels falling off for LA, wasn’t it?
i’d take either, or both, preferably
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I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, someone please help me.
I also make music, please check it out
Here , take this - it'll help.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 3, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ozk7fnKilU
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh , thanks.
He said “Where were you on the night of July 29?”
I was in Vegas getting married.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 3, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Does howdy doody got wooden balls?
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
i’d be scared of cain, too.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
I just realized the 5 in your name is actually a 5 and not an “S”
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
ESPN Power Rankings....#10???
http://espn.go.com/mlb/powerrankings
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
Beyond the box score approved
Brand new adoptive daddy for the Big Unit. Congrats go out to my son for his 300th win. Only 211 more wins until he catches Cy Young!
by Speedforthewin on Aug 3, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
6-1 week? maybe that means we are the team of the week? NAHHHHHHH
Brand new adoptive daddy for the Big Unit. Congrats go out to my son for his 300th win. Only 211 more wins until he catches Cy Young!
by Speedforthewin on Aug 3, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably should be higher because of the week we had.
i like how the Phillies lose 3 of their last 4 but do not move anywhere in the rankings.
because the giants were lucky. you have to be lucky to win a series against the phillies, that’s a fact.
Brand new adoptive daddy for the Big Unit. Congrats go out to my son for his 300th win. Only 211 more wins until he catches Cy Young!
by Speedforthewin on Aug 3, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually if you read the news stories, the Giants did not win at all, the Phillies lost to the ballpark.
yep, in the phillies rules, big walls are not allowed and fences in left and right field must not exceed 400 ft
Brand new adoptive daddy for the Big Unit. Congrats go out to my son for his 300th win. Only 211 more wins until he catches Cy Young!
by Speedforthewin on Aug 3, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Nooooooo....
Now the videos on the Team page start automatically too. Damn you ESPN! Damn you!
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 3, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh Babs
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I liked this series when it was in May and sitting in the Houston air wouldn’t make you sweat your ass off. I’m not driving down to Houston (from Dallas) in this heat. Screw you MLB Schedule Makers!
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
Maybe they’ll close the roof and turn on the AC if you ask really nicely.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
I’m sure the SF people (me included although I don’t live there now) are going to feel much better about the Dallas heat
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Aug 3, 2009 2:22 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
me too
from austin and almost went to this series
sigh
http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/94117
highs of 60
lows of 52
best place on earth
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Don’t look in my windows!
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
U R 5 LETZ MEET AT ALAMO SQUER PRK
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Aug 3, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL I’m there a lot with my lady’s dog.
I’ve spent half of my life within a 3 block radius of that park actually.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Really, what kind of dog? My lady has a pomeranian and I’m there pretty much every day.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Aug 3, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
does the Pomeranian have papers?
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I also make music, please check it out
I don’t know, but my girlfriend paid $500 to her friend for the dog, because otherwise her friend wanted to put it on puppyfinder. Not her friend anymore.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Aug 3, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
er missed lebowski reference, sorrry!
I don't know anything about minor league players, so I adopted the Coke Bottle, someone please help me.
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she’s a mutt named bella (dog not the lady). say hi if you see us up there. i’m paul.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
lincepom!!!
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
dude the hat with the hair is too much
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
why are you complaining. I’d take 60 over hot as ball any day
I choose to watch the Giants try to score runs. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
Who is complaining about that?!? This is best weather.
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
HA! Try watching baseball in taiwan right now!
Today: Scattered thunderstorms. Heat index near 110F. High 91F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60%. Humidity: 84%
He’s that bad that even the Japanese bypassed him so he had to settle for Taiwan?
Mo'ped Money, Mo'ped Problems
by Scooter Ellis on Aug 3, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I find it funny that Japan is scared that foreigners will take over their league...
when the MLB is stealing all their best Japanese players.
Status: Feels so broke up. Wants to go home. || Still boycotting Johnsonville and Giants souvenirs or ballpark foods for repossessing my K Wall in right field.
Reminds me, anyone know how Todd Linden is doing in Japan?
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
Fueled by bubblegum
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2009/stats/idb1_e.html
It looks like he’s doing pretty well, .304/.360/.554 with 5HRs in 100 PAs
Status: Feels so broke up. Wants to go home. || Still boycotting Johnsonville and Giants souvenirs or ballpark foods for repossessing my K Wall in right field.
Wait, which Jose is that? Between the sunglasses and he blurriness I can’t quite tell.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
Joe Castle
Mo'ped Money, Mo'ped Problems
by Scooter Ellis on Aug 3, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Ahhhhhhhhhh
Duh.
Back in the 90s, the Giants briefly had a reliever named Enrique Burgos. As I recall, before the Giants signed him he was playing in Taiwan. He’s too obscure for me to find much info online, though.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: Fred "OBP and UZR, Dammit!" Lewis
it would.
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I also make music, please check it out
So amazing how we block out bad memories. I know where and when he played but I Completely forgot this guys name and even seeing his picture and someone saying his name is Jose does nothing for me. It’s like a black emptiness in my memory.
Do not meddle in the affairs of GM's, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
by cybermaldonado on Aug 3, 2009 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
This is the kind of series that scares me
Berkman’s out. We don’t face Lee Harvey (too soon?) or Wandy. But we’re on the road, facing undistinguished pitchers. And Eugenio playing that funky OF. Scary.
According XM Home Plate...
Tim is NL player of the week!
I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused
Randy Winn will save the day!
Career at Minute Maid – 429 AVG, 1.180 OPS
by www.westcoastbias.com on Aug 3, 2009 2:37 PM PDT reply actions
The classy ones always prefer hitting under retractable roofs.
by Bay Area Sports Guy on Aug 3, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
some like it hot.
I’m kinda starting to worry that Winn’s career statistics are irrelevant because he no longer has one.
/child abuse.
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
SICK BURN
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
If Dustin Pedroia played in Seattle, not many people would be talking about him.
GET THAT VORP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
Question OT:
Is MLB.TV or radio worth it? since i’m going to school out in ohio in a few weeks and i do have slingbox which is perfect, but is it worth 35 bucks to use MLB.TV when i have slingbox?
i use slingbox for watching here at work, it works fine for me… the MLB.tv premium stuff with the DVR ish capabilities and stuff seems cool tho
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I also make music, please check it out
Gameday Audio is soooooooooooooooow worth it
if you happen to have an iphone, you can listen to everything (and watch certain games) with MLB AtBat. I loved rolling around on my bike all day yesterday listening to the game. It was awrsome.
Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.
MLB.tv premium still blacks out the Giants locally in the Bay Area, yeah? Even the opposing teams broadcast?
Now look at me. I'm wet nurse to a last-place, dead-to-the-neck-up ball club, and I'm choking to death!
by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I use both.
Better quality with MLB.tv and you can watch other games, but its at least a minute delayed. So when I’m on this site I watch on slingbox, otherwise I use MLB.tv
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
it’s so, so easy to hang on to crazy visions of replicating the Rockies’ run to the World Series in 2007, but that really is a once-in-a-generation thing.
Oh , absolutely.
Lightning in a bottle.
Once in a lifetime.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 3, 2009 3:16 PM PDT reply actions
letting the daaays go by
water flowing underground
Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.
Wow Edinson Volquez Tommy John
There goes his chance to ROY this year and Next……. he was my sleeper pick too….
Haven’t seen it but I’d watch
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Man how come I didn't have a dad like this?
Dude made bumblebee out of parts in his motorcycle shop for his 8 yo kid.
What ALL kids want to do
burn it.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 3, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
reminds me of 'dog' from half life 2.
"There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
kid:
WHY CAN’T HE TURN INTO A CAMARO!!!
by SoFa King Mike on Aug 3, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
With Grienke getting lit up today again, is there any doubt Timmy is the best pitcher in the game?
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2011 Opening Day starting SS!
No one will take Haren seriously until he proves he can pitch good late into the season.
Do not meddle in the affairs of GM's, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
by cybermaldonado on Aug 3, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
HE SHOULD START ALL ASG GAMES!
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 4, 2009 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Mlb.com is playing up Verlander again. Only 19 k’s behind Timmy. The comparison is joke imo. I know all the many here think Verlander is better just because he is in the AL.
Do not meddle in the affairs of GM's, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
by cybermaldonado on Aug 3, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I know all the many here think Verlander is better just because he is in the AL.
I’m trying to decipher this sentence.
Apparently I can only carry a train of thought about 5 words deep into a sentence.
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by cybermaldonado on Aug 3, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Last year in Florida I saw Pudge take a Verlander FB to the chest protector and it blasted him backwards off of his feet. The whole crowd when ooooooooooo and the trainers ran out to make sure Pudge wasn’t dead.
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by zodiac_chiller on Aug 3, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
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