Post-Game Recap
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 7, 2009 10:48 PM PDT
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I blame Marvin Benard. Just never liked him.
Bleeding orange and black since 1987
by TehGreekStallion on Aug 7, 2009 10:50 PM PDT reply actions
Excuse me, sir
but didn’t you say something along the lines of, “I don’t except the Giants to win many games this year, but this is definitely one of them” before the game?
This is why i hate baseball. Whenever I feel good about this team, something terrible happens.
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
Needless to say i dont fell good about them anymore
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
I like the second option. It’s the option that would live on the island of misfit toys… the polka-dotted elephant of options if you will.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 8, 2009 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions
There’s no “No” option.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
What’s the word for following in the chasm of somebody pretending to fall in the chasm?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
I feel like this is how it’s done in Iran.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Am I the only the one that wants those three arrested CAL grads
to STAY in Iran? Fucking idiots. LETS TAKE A NATURE WALK IN A WAR ZONE PEACE AND FLOWERS KUMBAYA
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
probably
I swear to God, if i see another 'DOYERS' license plate, I'm gonna scream.
by Classy_Argonaut on Aug 7, 2009 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
im a stanford fan and I still want them returned… AMERICA FUCK YEAH
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why, why?
would they give IRAN a diplomatic barganing chip like that?
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
You seem to forget the fact most liberal arts CAL students
HATE america
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
heh,
i meant more in the vein of not wanting any americans to get killed out in Iran
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oh they are NOT going to be killed
this is leverage with a capital L for ahmadinejad.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
Having trouble with your caps lock?
or….
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I blame Renteria. 2 Errors = an extra 10 pitches for Lincecum. He could’ve pitched the 8th instead of that disaster of a bullpen.
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 7, 2009 10:52 PM PDT reply actions
ALOHA MR HAND
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I’m not going to hide my vote. Yes.
by TimLaser and MattyC on Aug 7, 2009 10:53 PM PDT reply actions
I want a No option
The 14 inning affair with Rockies next week will be much uglier. I mean who woulda thought a fan woulda gotten killed in a baseball game
anyone seen the commercials for that new tv show "cougar town"?
I am convinced the networks are wire-tapping my brain
I NEVER leave early.
After the second error in the ninth, I was so disgusted I just couldn’t watch anymore.
Shittiest game I’ve ever been to.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Aug 7, 2009 10:54 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
i'm the same way, proud til the end
but that was just downright embarrassing
the second yes is the sadder more dejected one
i voted for it
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A great idea
or the greatest idea?
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 7, 2009 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
If Nate doesn’t start over Winn when he comes back, that will add to my anger. Winn has sucked since the All-Star break, and Nate hasn’t. If we’re in it to win it, shouldn’t the best be starting?
Insanity is just a state of mind.
does the manager even realize that Winn has sucked? I doubt it.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
No way Bochy realizes it. I’d sit him for 2-3 games straight once Nate comes back. Let hm clear his head, and possibly light a fire under his ass.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 8, 2009 7:29 AM PDT up reply actions
on the bright side
Romo got credited for a hold…
Eugenio "Skinny Panda" Velez post All Star OPS 1.079
sad for him – a great night of fun turned into a horrible memory
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 7, 2009 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
None for the Jon tonight.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 7, 2009 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
He called game 6
so this must have been cake.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
never happened
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Am I the only one that finds this epic collapse
even more ironic since DUSTY was managing the other end?
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
You are not.
I was at the game and bitching about him for the last two innings of the game. I hate dusty baker. I don’t even capitalize his name. Take THAT, dusty.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 7, 2009 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Dusty left San Fran
but the practice of OVER MANAGING a ball game hasn’t!
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
I don't think "over managing" is the problem with either dusty or Bochy.
I think they are — for mostly different reasons and maybe a few overlapping reasons — just bad managers.
Worst overmanager I have ever seen in 30 years of paying attention to baseball is Roger Craig. That guy thought that pushing all the trick buttons and pulling all the trick levers was what actually won ballgames. Made Billy Martin look like Joe Torre on Prozac.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 8, 2009 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh man ragging on Hum baby
you are one AGITATED fan right now.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
In my 40 years Craig was the BEST manager.
I doubt Dusty could have wrung winning records out of that 1986-92 bunch. Nobody who went through the Roger Craig years doubts that the 1993 team got soft down the stretch because Dusty didn’t know how to manage the pitchers — he never did learn throughout his entire tenure at SF nor his time in Chicago.
If you know that your pitcher can throw a strike on the next pitch, why not? You had to pitch out more in the 80’s because the STOLEN base was the primary weapon of many of the better offenses — St. Louis, Houston, LA, Montreal and Cincinatti had permanenent GREEN lights.
If you know that your pitcher can throw a strike on the next pitch, why not?
Yes, pitches who get to 2-0 counts are notorious strike-throwers.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
In the 80's they were better at it.
Why? Not as much power at the plate in those days so they weren’t so wary about challenge fastballs, and player BA were therefore much lower.
And batters couldn’t tell the difference between a splitter and a regular FB so there were a lot of cheap grounders induced by Giants pitching. Too bad the splitter caused arm problems, or people would still thow it all the time.
without caps, dusty baker makes me
think of a fat german guy wearing a chefs hat and apron, covered in flour.
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions
He sounded incredibly depressed at the end
And it’s hard to sound incredibly depressed when you’re Jon Miller
Proud adoptive parent of Billy "Duke" Neukom. He's got balls of steel.
by Gabafnerhagen on Aug 7, 2009 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Srsly? I got home and in the house before the recap (thank god).
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often then I blarg).
Jon broadcast the Orioles' 0-21 start in 1986.
There were 86 more losses to go afterward, so I’m sure he’s endured far worse than this.
Kuip and Kruk saw the VERY WORSEST meltdown ever...
The Rocky Mountain Massacre.
Game #162 09-27-1998 at Colorado with Wildcard berth on the line.
7-0 lead in the 5th.
9-8 loss.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199809270COL
im just going to quote fast times at ridgemont high quotes until my laptop dies
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can i get a meatball sandwhich, a coke.... and your phone number
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no shirt, no shoes, no DICE?!
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ALRIGHT HAMILTON!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
"L:ITTLE BITCH"
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 7, 2009 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, at least Bengie hit a HR!
Right? Right?
Yeah!
"It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit." - Coach John Wooden
Holy shit , it’s John Lowenstein!
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 7, 2009 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
the Ted Danson character in 'Body Heat'???
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 7, 2009 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I am going to quit my job and hang out at the parking lot of the park every day, so I can accost Bochy and tell him he HAS to start Nate.
Oh let me take your job
put in a good word for me
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
Holy Shit
I was out for girls’ night out, and I saw the tying runs given up. Then when I got back to my car in the 9th inning, to hear that it was 10-5, and i let out a string of profanites. What the hell, bullpen?
That’s just ugly baseball.
I was not pleased.
Totally harshed my buzz.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often then I blarg).
it was bad defense. five errors by the end of it
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 7, 2009 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Like someone said — the same number of errors as runs. That is so bad that I can’t find words to describe it.
bases loaded on walks, included a run scored on a walk
Molina drops ball on force out at plate, run scores
Sandoval throws into runner’s back at home plate, run scores
Wild pitch, run scores
Sac fly, run scores
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 7, 2009 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I did NOT have enough to drink to handle that. And I had a lot to drink.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often then I blarg).
It was also superior batting discipline.
The Reds took a lot of pitches for balls that the Giants would have hacked at for strike 3 or fouled off.
I was in 324, so I didn’t have a good angle on the plate, but it seems to me that the home plate umpire just stopped calling strikes. Did the Giants’ get squeezed as badly as it seemed to me? Oh, and did Gonzalez go on the check swing? It looked like he did from our seats.
umps had nothing to do with the outcome
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I almost feel bad for Aurilia
Pretty much every fan is begging for him to get DFA’d. He was a good Giant, doesn’t really deserve it, but FUCKING DFA HIS ASS AS SOON AS SCHIERHOLTZ GETS BACK
If he would retire, it would be all well and good
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
the ump obviously felt sorry for him, called him safe when he was clearly out. Even Dusty had to argue despite the fact that the ump handed him the entire top of the ninth.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
what a crock
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Honestly, it's simply our fault for signing him.
You already have a Utility guy in Uribe, and both Pablo and Ishi could have played first. I really don’t see why he was signed to begin with.
I definitely do not feel bad for him. I want them to have the best players that give them the best chance to win, so having a soft spot for Aurilia is thrown out the window. I’d much rather have Guzman as a late-inning PH
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 8, 2009 7:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Gotta say, that was one of the worst games I’ve seen in a long time. Actually, the word “seen” is a bit of a stretch; I saw the double error and thought, “Tonight’s not going to be a good night,” and just read the McC comments. Turned out to be a wise decision.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
yeah mymclife
your talents are better utilized over at FTF. Games like this make me CANT WAIT for October 1st
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
Hell, I can’t wait for September 17th for the first pre-season game. Or even for Captain’s Ice, even though I have absolutely no idea when that is. Sometime late August, I think.
I just hope that the captain is still on the team… /grumbles
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Yeah
he’s feeling the heat. Hardy har har har
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
Except Eklund now says that the Heatley to SJ thing is all but dead. Granted, its Eklund, but still.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
well if he says a trade is DEAD
then i’ll take his word for it. no e5 on this one.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
I was there.
There was an extra electricity tonight.
Electricity powered by bullshit.
Horrible, God-awful garbage.
I’m blaming Bochy. 1 out with bases loaded in the 8th? Hrm.
Matt Cain: Duck and Cover
ALTERNATIVE
…………………………………………………………ENERGYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
Oh, and...
EDGAR RENTERIA ISN’T FUCKING GOOD AT ANYTHING JESUS CHRIST BOCHY THIS IS REALLY FUCKING EASY TO FUCKING SEE YOU GODDAMN IDIOT FOR FUCK’S SAKE
GROUGTHINK ALERT
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 7, 2009 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
It's one game.
Albeit an awful, unbearably painful game, but it’s still one game.
Giants Cove: You'll be a better person for reading
said anyone who blames the ump is just fishing
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 7, 2009 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
kruk sort of stammered wul wullll.....
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 7, 2009 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Fartacus.
The answer is always Fartacus.
Proud adoptive parent of Billy "Duke" Neukom. He's got balls of steel.
by Gabafnerhagen on Aug 7, 2009 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
You were right. THe sun did come out this morning. I was worried
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 8, 2009 7:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Kudos to Kuip
for calling bullshit on the bitching about the ump.
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
The replay made it look like it was the middle of the plate. If the batter had swung, it could have been a hit.
not to me
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I hate both of you forever now.
Proud adoptive parent of Billy "Duke" Neukom. He's got balls of steel.
by Gabafnerhagen on Aug 7, 2009 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
this this THIS!!!
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 7, 2009 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
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I also make music, please check it out
Dodgers load the bases
Ground out to end the inning
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 7, 2009 11:07 PM PDT reply actions
yep, they’re in the 12th. that bullpen is going to fall apart soon. mark my words
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 7, 2009 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
THAT GAME IS STILL ON
turns on mlb.tv
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
I don’t thin this game changes the Giants’ season.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
My k button is somewhat stuck. Suggestions?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
don't play so cute around the edges of the plate. K should return.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 7, 2009 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
tomorrow will be telling though. we need momentum going into series against Dodgers
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 7, 2009 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
fail
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Actually that's exactly how it feels.
Proud adoptive parent of Billy "Duke" Neukom. He's got balls of steel.
by Gabafnerhagen on Aug 7, 2009 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m a little partial to this game, because I was there, but yes this was a shitshow.
by FluLikeSymptoms on Aug 7, 2009 11:11 PM PDT reply actions
I was at that one too. Best seats I’ve ever had at Mays Field
by FluLikeSymptoms on Aug 7, 2009 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Had to post though
So this game ruined my evening on many levels but…
This morning registration opened for Fall semester (at SFSU) at 9am and I had my class numbers and all that shit lined up waaaay ahead of time. Checked available seats for the classes minutes before the floodgates opened. At 8:59 I’m sitting there with the browser open ready to go. Clicks over to 9am. I cut and pasted the numbers from a Word doc I had open so that I wouldn’t mistype or something. Got 3 of the 4 classes but that 4th one I was denied and it was the one that I needed the most (as part of my Segment III GE). FAIL.
All day I was all WTF about this because I am meticulous about these sorts of things. Like pre-planned to the point of obsession. Registration closes on Monday am so all day I’d open the browser, look at the class seating availabilty.. nothing open still.
After the game tonight, getting ready to crash out and check it again. A WAIT LIST SPOT OPENED!!! I can’t overstate how stoked it has made me. Takes away the stinging pain of tonight’s loss (a little).
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!
dont rub it in
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Oh and immediately after the game I engaged an acquaintance in some friendly text-message ribbing over the loss because dude is always saying what a great manager (and specifically pitcher’s manager) Bochy is and how he leaves the pitchers out on the mound to develop confidence or whatever :/
I tried to explain that Bobblehead pulled Affeldt after 5 pitches and the game fell apart immediately. Guy is sticking to his guns with Bochy, gotta hand it to him.
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 7, 2009 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s where this game was lost. You pull Affeldt because of one walk, when the guy has been the best reliever in the league at inducing DP’s? You pull a pitcher with an ERA of 1.00 for a guy with an ERA of 6.00 because of the lefty-righty shit? I can clearly see Bochy being the Cardinals manager and lifting Pujols for a lefty pinch hitter when the other team brings in a righty.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
Its ok though
ESPN has not said a word about the epic collapse, they spent the first 13 minutes of sportscenter talking about (what else?) the Sawx – Yankees game.
So I have not had to relive it yet.
Wait, we played a game? I thought the only games this weekend were Sox-Yankees?
Insanity is just a state of mind.
Sox – BANDBOX!
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 7, 2009 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
by the time the east coast wakes up, the next Yankees-Red Sox game will be on, hopefully no one will see this game ever again
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 7, 2009 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
only the Yankees’ 3rd sellout crowd this year
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 7, 2009 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
ESPN is married to the Yanks
and cheating on them with the Red Sox
I hope they get herpes
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
We could at least give bringing back Benitez a shot though right?
by Hoist That Rag on Aug 7, 2009 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Benitez and shot in the same sentence
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 7, 2009 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
But Cainer and Tim’s arms haven’t fallen off yet!! Quick! Get Dusty!!
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 7, 2009 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Absolutely! Bring him back... I never got the chance to beat the shit out of him.
Dude couldn’t strategize a tic-tac-toe game if there were only ONE square and he were the only player.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 7, 2009 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
sackful of hammers>Dusty
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Bochy might be a good father figure for the clubhouse but he’s not the guy to be making strategic decisions during games
such a crappy game
to watch from the early innings until the end was just painful in so many ways. Watching Randy hit, Brian Wilson throw balls, Romo throw discs that are balls, the same play to Pablo botched twice, Affeldt pulled after one batter (I assumed he was hurt, why the hell else would you pull your best reliever after one batter), wild pitch, suck suck suck
I don't think so
hasn’t Affeldt been pretty good against both lefties and righties?
I could use some swedish meatballs
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
restless leg syndrome
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I couldn’t believe Bochy pulled him after one batter. It’s ridiculous.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Were you able to see how much he was missing with every pitch?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
I mean, I could definitely see that he was missing pretty badly (Affeldt has been kind of shaky for awhile now) but I don’t know if that was the reason he took him out or if he took him out because LOL LEFTIES CAN’T FACE RIGHTIES.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Yeah
obviously he wasn’t missing any worse than the other Giants pitchers who came in afterward.
Guy threw FIVE pitches: 4 balls, 1 strike. And then was pulled.
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 7, 2009 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
He was facing votto, righ? I am ok with facing the best hitter on the Reds and walking him in 5 pitches.
Really? With a two run lead?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
No. If he hits a home run, oh well.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
The inning was just starting, the bases were empty.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Why?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I mean, the bases were empty
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I agree. Even if he dings one you still have the one run lead but I still don’t understand the overreaction of immediately diving into the matchup game.
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 7, 2009 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
At that point I would have had more faith in Romo.
Though I don’t know if Romo can be considered a reliable reliever anymore.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
I think he still is but that was a poor outing tonight. Every single member of the bullpen except Medders I guess had a really poor outing.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I kinda hope affeldt lost his shit when he got to the locker room because that really was a BS move
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 7, 2009 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Welp,
there’s our one loss this homestand.
I swear to God, if i see another 'DOYERS' license plate, I'm gonna scream.
by Classy_Argonaut on Aug 7, 2009 11:16 PM PDT reply actions
How many here think that the Giants’ management would have the balls to DFA Smoltz if he was pitching for the Giants?
Bonus question – who is the last grizzled vet that the Giants have DFA’ed?
Dave Roberts?
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I just forgot again.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Pedro Feliz.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
that guy
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
Wow...I just saw this...
If you didn’t know this, it ought to sting:
Omar Vizquel went 4-6 with a home run, 2 runs scored and 3 RBIs today
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…“meatball?”
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
I'm sitting here going
Okay…so the grizzled veterans we keep are Aurilia, Winn and Molina
and the grizzled vets we get rid of are Vizquel and BLB
seriously, I hate everything about Bruce Bochy now except the uniform he wears, and he looks terrible in that uniform
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by Gabafnerhagen on Aug 7, 2009 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Not that Bochy makes the hire-or-fire type decisions
but WHO THE FUCK BATS MOLINA AND WINN 4/5
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by Gabafnerhagen on Aug 7, 2009 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
more FTARH
‘WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE, ON DOPE?’
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
We're White Punks on Dope
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by Gabafnerhagen on Aug 7, 2009 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Mom and Dad live in Hollywood.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 7, 2009 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
what team are you most worried about in the wild card race?
how about the Giants
by FluLikeSymptoms on Aug 7, 2009 11:19 PM PDT reply actions
WWWWOOOOOHOOOOOOO. But can they hold it?!?
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 7, 2009 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
BRAQVES TAKE THE LEAD
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
you know what I said
man, its moments like this I love mlb.tv
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
3-run home run by Braves
Currently 9-5
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 7, 2009 11:21 PM PDT reply actions
9-5 BRAVES
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
We could have been 5.5 back after tonight.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Better than being 7.5 back, a Dodger loss is still good
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
I didn't say it wasn't
but we’re basically blowing a fucking gift. We don’t have any margin of error at home, especially since we suck so bad on the road.
yes it does – we would’ve been 5.5 games back
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 7, 2009 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Woulda Coulda Shoulda
Fact is, Dodgers win and we lose = Bad
We lose and Dodgers lose = Less bad
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by Gabafnerhagen on Aug 7, 2009 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
We lose with Lincecum against Homer Bailey and the Reds at home after scoring 5 runs = Bad
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 7, 2009 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
-310 moneyline. that’s how automatic this game was
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 7, 2009 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
forrest whittaker looked exactly the same back in the day
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OKAY BRAVES MAKE THIS EVENING SUCK A LITTLE LESS
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now that I'm home
I don’t know if the pitches Wilson threw in the ninth were close or not, it seemed like the umpire wasn’t calling close pitches all game but…
i mean, if the strike zone was small… why did the Giants draw all of one (two?) walks the whole goddamn game? Oh wait, I know.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
the strike zone wasn't the same for both teams
but still, can the god damn pitchers throw a mother fucking strike when you have a 2 run lead? Votto cannot tie the damn game with nobody on base.
Still, the Giants hitters definitely had a few 3 ball counts – and then they went into swing mode.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Wilson lost it on his last batter.
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Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 7, 2009 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Every AB that inning went the same way – quick 0-2 or 1-2 and then… ball that no one would ever swing at, ball that no one would ever swing at, ball that no one would ever swing at, close pitch ball four.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Or, as Krukow would say
quick 0-2 or 1-2 and then…good pitch, good pitch, good pitch with an open base, close pitch ball four
GROUGTHINK ALERT
Please tell me he didn’t mention open base once that inning :(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
HE MENTIONED IT WHEN GONZALEZ WAS AT THE FUCKING PLATE
AND JOEY FUCKING VOTTO WAS ON DECK
GOD DAMMIT NOW I’M MAD JUST THINKING ABOUT IT
GROUGTHINK ALERT
WHERE'S THAT MADBUM FFFFFFFFFFFFF PICTURE
AAAAAAAAAAARGH
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
ALEX GONZALEZ IS HITTING .200 THIS YEAR
JOEY VOTTO IS HITTING AWESOME THIS YEAR
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
That really chapped my hide when he was saying that. I’d be ok with one nibble pitch, but nore more than one. ATTACK THE STRIKE ZONE.
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Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 8, 2009 7:53 AM PDT up reply actions
The zone was the same for both sides until very late in the game. He wasn’t calling the away-strike, which I was fine with if he was consistent with it, then that consistency kinda faded away.
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Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 8, 2009 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions
umpire excuses not valid
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
The 3-2 pitch to Votto was probably a strike. Other than that, I think the ump was pretty much right.
By the way, when did you know the game was over? For me, it was when Wilson walked Alex Gonzalez.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
After the bunt single, to be honest. I had the worst feeling of dread.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
A horrible premonition.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 7, 2009 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
There were a few calls on Pablo in the 9th
although he ended up getting a hit. The ump did suck today, maybe not why we lost, but that doesn’t me he didn’t suck.
He definitely sucked but so did the 2 strike pitches Wilson was throwing and so did a lot of the Giants approaches at the plate (of course they also smoked a few balls that were just outs.)
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I was really ticked off about Affeldts walk more than I was about Wilson blowing it. Challenge the freaking hitter, you have a TWO run lead!
I was ticked off about Affeldt’s walk but Wilson’s ninth inning was way more aggravating to me. THEY HIT LIKE ONE FUCKING BALL OUT OF THE INFIELD THE WHOLE INNING. AND THEY SCORED 5 RUNS.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
KARMA NOOOO
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
So you were more upset with Affeldt’s walk than Wilson’s WalkS? I am much more comfortable with Affeldt pitching in ALL the situations from the 8th and 9th. He was shown the ability to not implode and get the clutch GB ALL season long.
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Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 8, 2009 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions
True, but the story of JAffeldt’s season so far is that he’s been able to escape the inning unharmed (besides for a couple of instances.If it wasn’t Affeldt that we were talking about here then I would have no argument of this.
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Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 8, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah the strike zone for the Sandoval AB definitely made me raise an eyebrow. Pablo got frustrated, but showed maturity by not allowing it to ruin his whole AB
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Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 8, 2009 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Braves 9 - Dodgers 5 Final Score
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 7, 2009 11:30 PM PDT reply actions
Thank God
Last thing I needed to hear was about another fucking walkoff win for the Dodgers after tonight’s disaster here
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by Gabafnerhagen on Aug 7, 2009 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
/half hearted yay
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I hate the game tonight.
Totally harshed my buzz.
It's my blarg! Quick Pitch
And I tweet (more often then I blarg).
I was in such a good mood up until like the 4th inning, when I got pissed off after Tim gave up some 2 strike hits. Then I was in a good mood again until the 8th. Now I’m still just really pissed off.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
just got back from the game
fuck that sucked. a lot.
by TimLincecumIsGod on Aug 7, 2009 11:33 PM PDT reply actions
also i find my distaste for edgar renteria hard to put into words, he’s got to be one of the worst regular players in the game at this point. doesnt get on base, doesnt hit for power (or at all really), doesnt have range, doesnt throw well, doesnt field well, doesnt run well… he’s just all around terrible.
by TimLincecumIsGod on Aug 7, 2009 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
My level of frustration with him boiled over today.
TWO ERRORS AT ONCE! I literally didn’t even know that was possible.
Yeah I’ve never seen a play with two errors like that.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 8, 2009 1:01 AM PDT up reply actions
IIRC, didn’t Pablo have a play where he had 2 E’s on the same play?
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Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 8, 2009 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t remember it.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 8, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I really think it was just one error
He kicked the ball around, but if he made a decent throw the guy would have been out.
Instead, he made a terrible throw and the dude got to second.
Fucking Edgar Renteria. He’s not good at fucking anything.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
TWSS*
That’s what the sheep said.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 8, 2009 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions
The scoreboard put up two errors on the play, and the Mayor and I discussed how bizarre it was all night.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 8, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
we really should just cut his ass
call it a sunk cost. He’s hurting us more than he’s helping
I'm gonna say it
Anyone who doesn’t think Frandsen can outplay him is delusional.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Frandsen is really that bad at ss? Any chanch we could see Crawford called up in Sept.? I’m getting desperate here.
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, tearing up Scottsdale, and has been alive long enough to see the Warriors make the playoffs once.
PS I know Frandsen is not a shortstop but Edgar has no range, no arm, and he can’t get the ball out of his glove.
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, tearing up Scottsdale, and has been alive long enough to see the Warriors make the playoffs once.
Good call
For some reason I forgot about him lol
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
/Veteran savvyness acknowledgment fail
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, tearing up Scottsdale, and has been alive long enough to see the Warriors make the playoffs once.
but by benching/cutting renteria the team loses the much needed veteran savvy he provides
by TimLincecumIsGod on Aug 7, 2009 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
My hugely pregnant niece could outplay him at this point.
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 7, 2009 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
roll the tape
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
What is he making?
Like, 8 mil or something? That KILLS me. Especially when I think about what Cain, Lincecum, and Pablo are making. I mean, I understand that it’s the system, but it’s just so ridiculous.
Me too.
He’s absolutely worthless. If it’s not one thing (failing to contribute in any way offensively) it’s the other (costing us runs on defense.)
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
he’s the worst SS in baseball by WAR and fangraphs has him worth -$100k so far this year so he has actually been worth less than worthless. i’m pretty sure it’s actually difficult to not be above replacement at SS but he’s managed to pull it off so far.
by TimLincecumIsGod on Aug 7, 2009 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
“We haven’t had a night like this in a while, in quite a while,” San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy said. “The last two innings were tough. We killed ourselves. Bottom line is we put too many people on base. We set up their rally.”
by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Aug 7, 2009 11:36 PM PDT reply actions
I give him credit for not blaming the umps
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Now this is a silver lining I can get behind.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
1-3, HR, walk
OPS up to .823. ISO stats are also great. He just needs to get that batting average over .300
At least I can get drunk and stare at my bubbaheed I guess
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, tearing up Scottsdale, and has been alive long enough to see the Warriors make the playoffs once.
I almost left my bubbahead at the park. I had to go back and get it. That would have been a major bubbahead fail.
That’s almost as bad as forgetting your free teacher
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, tearing up Scottsdale, and has been alive long enough to see the Warriors make the playoffs once.
The last time I went to the yard was in 04
I bought a Bonds Bobblehead then. Hasn’t left the package. Ima go stare at it.
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Everyone in my section was wondering why Winn was hitting ahead of Garko…nobody could come up with a reasonable answer.
Why was Winn hitting ahead of Garko AND Rowand?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
DUH-- they were listed in order of length of last name, from shortest to longest.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 7, 2009 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Once Nate gets back i think Nate should be starting over Winn… just got back from the game… and boy was that depressing
i agree
and I don’t think that much of Nate. Nate would AT LEAST produce the same offensively, and would give us a legit outfield arm.
yep, the only thing i like about WInn is that his defense is pretty damn good in right, but with experience, nate can as good
this this this
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Dan Runzler moving up fast...made AA debut tonight
1.2 ip, 1 er, 1 hr, 1 so
recorded the W
by TimLaser and MattyC on Aug 7, 2009 11:45 PM PDT reply actions
relievers aren't named runzler
might as well be named dingerslinger
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Giants Lineup by OPS
1. Velez 793
2. Sanchez 787
3. Sandoval 949
4. Molina 693
5. Winn 684
6. Garko 815
7. Rowand 780
8. Renteria 628
Hmm, two things seem to be in the wrong place there. Oh yeah it’s the fact that your 2nd & 3rd worst hitters are hitting 4th & 5th!
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Soooooooooooooooooooo
Too drunk to read, but that non-strike call was bullshit, right?
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
The pitches he threw before that call were more bullshit.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Wait, which AB was the really egregious one? Gonzalez or Votto? Ball four to Votto looks like a clear ball on Gameday.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I was at a bar, and all I know is I screamed loud enough to make everyone look at me. It was Wilson vs. whoever before walking in the winning run. Gameday has it way outside, I think, but I saw it and computers suck. Except for xanthan, he’s cool
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
Yeah, it looked way closer to me from up in 305 (lol) but ugh everything about the way Wilson went about those ABs that inning pissed me off.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I’m blaiming that fucker if ew don’t maek the playosfs.
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
ump that is.
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
I blame Wilson so much more for that game.
And Renteria and Bochy and Affeldt and Romo.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I blame Renteria mostly, now that I think about it
If he doesn’t make that error, Timmy probably goes 8 innings
What’d rent do?
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
Tim got two quick outs in like the fifth inning I think and then gets a routine ball to shortstop (Taveras running)… Renteria bobbles it then makes an ill advised throw in the dirt that ends up in the dugout, runner goes to third.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
(a run scored shortly thereafter and Tim had to throw like 10-12 extra pitches)
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Dammit
And I like the rent signing….so wrogn. Hurry up Brandoen.
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
I liked it too. Could anyone have imagined him being THIS awful? Even ZIPS had him at like .330/.360 or something.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
No
You know how we say Posey coudl be better tahan Molina, Crawford could probably out play Rent (at least his D would be MONEY)
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
lol I’m not so sure about that one.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I am a Crawford homer, so YES
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
WITHOUT DODD HE WOULD HIT .300/.390/.500
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
With +20 defense. ALLSGTAR
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
I guess he would show more power than Rent but also (horrifyingly) probably a lot less OBP.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
well I wouldn't bring him up
I just think he’d be able to match Renterias horribleness.
Oh yeah, probably. I think Bocock could match Renteria’s horribleness at this point.
Okay, maybe I won’t go that far.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
He's playing hurt
Fuck Edgar Renteria. I adopted him, so I just felt I had to throw that one line out there in his defense. Did I use the word “defense” and Edgar Renteria in the same sentence? How is that possible?
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
Confession: I was down with paying the Rent also.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 8, 2009 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Runs scored eventually, or just more pitachs\?
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
both, evidentaltly
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
with 2 outs
first he botches a routine ground ball, then makes a terrible throw that advances the runner to second. The reds end up scoring the baserunner and Timmy ends up throwing like 15 more pitches.
i missed bascally tthe whole game…so i’m not sure..fuckb blue
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
The umpire did suck, I hate the fuckers who refuse to call the actual strike zone.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Gameday isn’t flawless, as much as my stat-bleeding heart wants it ot be
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
I think the point here was the same pitch that was ball four to Votto was called a strike earlier in the count. If it’s a strike on the first pitch of the at bat, it’s a strike on the last pitch. It’s only fair there that if the ump calls that pitch a strike, the pitcher feels like he can go to that spot again and get a called strike three. As for Gonzalez’ at bat, he did NOT hold up his swing in time. That was strike three.
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td;dr?
Too drunk didn’t read?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 8, 2009 12:59 AM PDT up reply actions
THIS
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
you missed the four walks and 5 errors, plus baserunning mistakes
and managerial snafus.
And that call wasn’t bad. And it wasn’t the one that forced in the run.
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Also
Man, it sure seems like it’s impossible for Matt and Tim to get win #13.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I’m wondering if those people were lined up so that they would be the first ones into the park and the first ones in line to get… a John Miller autograph.
I don’t even know.
lol I was hanging out near where the line for the autographs were and he signed for way more than 100 people, some people were still going back and getting in line well after he’d started.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I could have gotten in the line, but didn’t care enough to stand there until he got there.
Jonathan Sanchez was signing for, like, 20 minutes or more. If I wanted an autograph, I would have headed over there and shoved some kids out of the way, lol.
That post on the mlb site by Chris Haft about Aurilia returning is quite cringeworthy. I know in his position he’s got to put a positive spin on things but that’s really quite embarrasing.
Proud parent of Waldis Joaquin!
Is it bad that I didn’t want him to get a hit tonight because it may have validated the BRASS’ decision to bring him back up?
No.
I hate it but I’m at the point where I’m all grudgy about him.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Yup, just another routine roll-over out
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Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 8, 2009 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions
WELL ITS ONLY ONE GAME
I’m too tired to get angry at this point. I just hope this game was ugly enough to make the giants brass “suggest” a change to bochy because he obviously won’t do anything any time soon.
Yea i agree, it is ONLY ONE game, but the fashion they did it in was terrible, 5 errors? really? 5 errors? how often does that happen in the big leagues?
TWO ERRORS MADE BY ONE GUY ON ONE PLAY
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Maybe it’s just because this game was so awful but now I’m just waiting for a huge spiral into awfulness the rest of the homestand.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
This is on the whole team, we always expect Lincecums starts to be awesome, and tonight we got a dose of reality for once.. but whatever
I do like that a dose of reality is 7 IP, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Okay, I’m going to bed.
For the record, I will be at BP tomorrow morning as if this game never happened. Such is the life of a baseball fan.
I feel badness coming on. I may skip tomorrow’s game due to a sudden and acute distaste for all things competiton-related.
just got back from the game
and blah just want to go to sleep and forget about this one. My biggest things I noticed was that Affeldt shouldn’t have been pulled so quickly. How many times does he walk guys then get double plays? I know thats not conventional, but Affeldt should have stayed in.
My second is that Winn looks old and tired. Left guys on base and really looked bad at the plate every time up.
Also, seemed like the Giants pitchers, Timmy included, just couldn’t get that strikeout pitching going tonight. Maybe it was the strike zone they were worried about?
I was sitting field level behind home plate, and it looked like that strike zone was minuscule.
aldfjldaskjfl that was just ugly ugly ugly
With malice towards the Dodgers
Yea dude, that game was pretty fugly, but we just gotta move on and get to tomorrows game, we just can’t overlook any team
It seemed to me like Timmy’s changeup wasn’t as good as usual tonight, it seemed like batters were able to foul it off.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
As you said before
If that is a “bad outing”, almost any other club would get timmeh the win
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
Me too, 1st and 3rd, no outs and we only score one run? Rarely a good sign.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I hate nitpicking
but what about winn’s decision to run home on a shallow ground ball? Think he was on a hit and run, cause he really hesitated.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
I think that was Lewis and there must have been a “run on contact” order on or something.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
You mean Lewis? I was just going to bring that play up..it seemed like the only would have been to first if he had held at third.
yeah but that would have put a sacrifice on at third with one out
and if pablo gets that same hit we get TWO runs instead of one, BLAH BLAH BLAH
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
yes. horrible.
And I said at the time as I have said many, many times: I hate Flannery
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 8, 2009 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions
it was a little screwy though. I believe Sanchez either broke his bat or let go of it as he swung through. It might have been a contact play and really just the worst possible grounder came from Sanchez’s bat
With malice towards the Dodgers
Did Lewis get a good jump there? It seems to me the ball was slowly hit and Lewis should have had a chance to make that a much closer play. I wouldn’t be surprised if he hesitated there before going.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
Well that was the point in the ballpark when I think everyone was like ok thats the insurance we need.
Hell, when we got that homer in the 1st, I think most people were like game over, Timmy is pitching
With malice towards the Dodgers
I know I was :(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Me too
I don’t like being wrong.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Yup, they were laying off of it
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 8, 2009 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions
/Through gritted teeth
Yeah you have to give the Reds credit. They battled all night and there weren’t many easy outs.
I do not count ERRORS
as “battling”
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
Visual Representation of My Feelings tonight
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, tearing up Scottsdale, and has been alive long enough to see the Warriors make the playoffs once.
Hold him tight, brian, hold him tight.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
ALSO
I SEE THAT WHISKEY BOTTLE HASN’T BEEN KILLED!!!!
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
That’s why I’m still holding onto it instead of throwing it at a wall or roommate
Rafael Rodriguez: #8 on our list, tearing up Scottsdale, and has been alive long enough to see the Warriors make the playoffs once.
This man is a FINISHER
unlike a certain baseball club I could name right now.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
LOL this picture.
Take the bottle cap off next time though.
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 8, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Last night's game was Jon Miller Bobblehead Night!!
What Giants heard:
Last night’s game was Jon Miller Bobble head Night!!
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
Failure of shipping
equals cheap waterlogged merchandise.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
Don't worry everyone!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
white people are sure peculiar.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Aug 8, 2009 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
My dad used to play this horrible version of Must Be Santa during Christmas, I’m hoping Bob’s can lived up to it (CHANNEL THE BEAUTY OF “THEY KILLED HIM” FROM KNOCKED OUT LOADED BOB I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT.)
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
LINCECUM HAS SPOILED US
Maybe not all of us but I personally expected this to be a easy win not because it was the reds but because its was Timmy’s turn to pitch. His performance was actually right there with how he normally does but the game or rather the rest of the team simply didn’t want to cooperate. I think everyone except Timmy should be sent home without a shower so they know just how much they stunk tonight. (no pun intended?)
I can;t believe I went to the game
Good seats and a parking pass, was looking forward to a Lincecum gem; but dear god, everyone in the 216 section knows what I think of Edgar Renteria. The fact that our idiot of a GM keeps bring Rich Aurillia back (we now have 3 1b on the roster, but no backup middle infielder) is ridiculous.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
I'm listening to the radio call of the 9th innning cause I missed it to get a drink.
this is………BRUTAL
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
I am simply honoring
bobblehead night.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
Looking at the scoreboard during that inning sure brought the lolz:
1B
1-3
BB
BB
BB
E5
E5
F8
4-3
and that doesn’t include the wild pitch thrown in there as well.
Bowkermania has been put on hiatus for retooling.
by rightcenterfielder on Aug 8, 2009 12:35 AM PDT up reply actions
It was the one where he hit the runner in the back.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
But it didn’t bounce.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Nope, he got plenty of glove on it.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 8, 2009 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, whoops. Must have been a typo.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Yeah, one of those should be Bengie’s.
Bowkermania has been put on hiatus for retooling.
by rightcenterfielder on Aug 8, 2009 1:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Also
I don’t really like booing players normally (other than Renteria and Benitez-type players), but man booing the fuck out of Wilson felt good. :(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I would say he didn't quite deserve it
but he signed on for freaking “life of brian” after watching 10 mins of that, boo the crap out of him
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
He definitely deserved it.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 8, 2009 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I’m not a fan of the boo-birds coming out (I even defended Armando in the bleachers once – say what you will) but BW sucks at his job sometimes and sucks as a public personality (life of brian is the worst!) but I would definitely let the boo-birds loose on Bochy and his retarded match-up fixation.
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 8, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Sorry dude, but i aint that kinda critic of my own team… i just can’t do it, unless they’re reallllly sucking, but we’re effing 11 games over and i just can’t do it
I can do it when a guy comes in, first blows the game and then the next inning can’t get a single out except for the one they gave him. It takes a lot but truly awful performances just deserve it, imo.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Yea, and that’s your opinion, i respect it, but i just can’t do it, this team has done so damn well, even thanks to wilson, but yea, he blew it, but i’m not pointing him out as the sole culprit in any of this, it’s just stupid, i’m sorry, but that’s my opinion and how my dad taught me, they’ve exceeded my expectations and if they lose, well, i can take it. It’s when they suck and continue to do so where i get pissed
That’s fair enough. Like I said, it takes a lot to get me to boo or to leave a game early and tonight’s game crossed that line.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I still blame Bochy and Romo more than I blame Wilson. Bochy’s decision to pull Affeldt after one batter forced the whole bullpen out of whack. As bad as that decision was, Romo cannot come into a mild man on first nobody out inning and turn it into a bases loaded one out situation. He was actually lucky to have that, because Brandon Phillips’ ball should have been out. Now you bring Wilson into a situation he should never be brought into, a bases loaded situation. As for the walks in the ninth, on another day two of those would have been strikeouts. The only thing I blame Wilson for is the walk to Brandon Phillips, because he clearly lost his focus there. The game was still tied and he still had a chance to get out of it, but he let his displeasure with the umpires affect his pitching.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
Blame...
is a zero sum game. Anger is not.
I’m pretty much equally angry at a lot of people (even now), for last night’s mess.
Bochy, Renteria, Lewis, Romo, Affeldt, Bengie, Pablo, Wilson, Winn (hacking 2-0 in the ninth), Timmy (yes, even Timmy) each had opportunities to stand up and do something that might have made a difference in this game. And each of them screwed up in galling ways.
Oh, and I’m always angry at Sabean, just out of principle.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
He deserved it
stop walking people dip shit
I’ll say it again, and this is only from the vantage I had at the stadium, which undeniably is worse than what you got on TV, but that strike zone seemed fucking ridiculous
With malice towards the Dodgers
The umpire sucked but Wilson was throwing some really shitty pitches too.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
I mean...
The Gonzalez and Votto ABs were a horrible combination of bad umpiring and bad pitching from Wilson, but it sure seemed to me like almost none of the balls were close on the Phillips AB.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
The Phillips AB was when everything really became unglued. There was just a complete lack of concentration from B-Weezy there, with no room for error. I’m still mad about it.
"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."
He was bad on a couple pitches
but they could have been called either way. He should throw strikes, not bitch about it to the umpire. Most of the pitches he threw weren’t even close. When you throw only 15 of your 31 pitches for strikes, it’s not the umpires fault.
Agreed, but if he sees Lincecum, Affeldt, Romo all get squeezed, its gotta be in his mind that he has to throw shit right over the plate. I’m not saying that its ok for Wilson to fuck up, but I can imagine that has to be rough for a pitcher
With malice towards the Dodgers
he gets guys to 0-2
then doesn’t throw anything close. Does he really think he’s going to get that close corner pitch after throwing 3 straight pitches way out of the strike zone? He has a 100 mph fastball for christ sakes, throw it in the strike zone.
He got a total whiff on one of the few 99-100 mph fastballs he actually threw in the strike zone too.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
yeah, thats back to my point before about strikeout pitches. It seemed like every fucking strikeout we got was a goddam battle. None of them seemed to come easy at all
With malice towards the Dodgers
The Reds really did a good job of fouling off pitches tonight, it was annoying as fuck.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
that was a double edged sword
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
The Giants were pretty good at fouling off pitches as well. Molina had one of the longest at bats of his career in the later innings. At least it felt that way.
"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."
Pablo had a really long AB in the one where he had the RBI single.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
haha also Timmy’s AB was fucking amazing when he got the single. Another rally started by out pitchers
With malice towards the Dodgers
Haha, just about to mention that. He kept hitting them foul down the LF line, and then finally one went fair. Then Velez hit a homer (honorary splash hit, IMO), and everything was good (momentarily).
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
That was a great AB by Pablo, one of the best I’ve seen from him this season.
"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."
I also thought Bengie’s first inning AB that led to the homerun was one of his best of the season.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Me too, I guess he really shouldn’t hit them to center because they just sort of died out there.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
yes. I believe thats when i was like HOLY SHIT BENGIE IS WORKING THE COUNT AND MIGHT TAKE A WALK. then he it that dinger and it was awesome.
oh and by the way, when Velez spun at the ball and hit it out, good lord was that a shot. holy fuck did he crush that.
With malice towards the Dodgers
and the third one he threw in the zone to Votto, he barely got a piece of it. Krukow thought for sure that they would throw it there again, but instead he tries to go for a corner pitch.
umps pretty much same for both sides
if Wilson didn’t learn how to deal with that in the 8th grade he’ll never learn.
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought his popups and groundouts were vintage
oakey with a nice finish.
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I told the Mayor that my life just didn’t feel right if I wasn’t hating Wilson. And then he gave me a reason to hate him. Life is back to normal.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 8, 2009 12:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Am i the only person in this place that really isn’t as pissed off as everyone else? His show is pretty dumb, and the sarcasm goes wayyyyy over the top, but that’s just him, and honestly i could care less what he does outside of baseball, it’s what he does on the field, and quite frankly as scary as it’s been, i like it
I’ve witnessed him being an ass to another human being, and after Twittergate and the Blake thing, I didn’t need to see anything more. I find him to be an obnoxious douche, and I really dislike how he fucks up at pitching.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 8, 2009 1:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Ok, i respect it, all i’m saying is that since he’s part of the team, i’m supporting him ON the field, and i could care less about what he does in being an ass, because i’m pretty sure there’s a good amount of other ball players that are asses to others as well. As much as he fucks up on the mound, he’s still atop the league in saves and last year too. I might be short sighted at looking at the saves but that’s all i care about, is closing out a game for a closer… if that makes any sense ha
That’s perfectly fine for you to feel that way. I’m not seeking to change your mind. I hate the guy’s guts, and I don’t see that changing any time soon.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 8, 2009 1:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Another survivor from Night of Terror at the ballpark writes:
1. That strike zone was way the fuck small from where we were sitting (Sec. 121). Giants pitchers seemed to be trying to thread the needle all night, and I’ve never seen so many 2-strike pitches fouled off or turned into hits. Timmy’s 4th inning was brutal for that reason.
2. So…umpire sucked, but that doesn’t excuse five (5. Cinco. Cinq.) errors. Worst two innings of baseball I’ve seen in a long time.
3. Rich Aurilia’s back? Really? And now that he got that pinch hit, we will never see Travis Ishikawa again.
4. I happened to recognize SFGuy (who I’d met at McCovey Night) sitting about ten rows in front of us tonight, but didn’t want to bother him. Hope you enjoyed the game as much as the rest of us did, SFGuy!
5. In bobblehead form, Jon Miller looks far more svelte than in real life. Also, he’s sitting in what looks to be an Aeron chair.
6. We lost a game that Homer 6.59 ERA Bailey started. Fuck.
"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."
did the replay show that Richie was actually out? He sure looked out…but maybe thats cause I’m so used to his slow ass running down the line
With malice towards the Dodgers
I hope not
if he actually has a decent outing…were fucked. Season over.
"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11
When the comedy of errors inning ended, I said “Let’s just bat Aurilia as the pinch hitter, and put a cherry on the misery sundae.” And they did. I suppose my work is done.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 8, 2009 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Might as well exhaust the supply of suck.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 8, 2009 1:06 AM PDT up reply actions
good teams bounce back after a game like that, and it’s too late in the season for us to think the Giants’ are not a good team.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
They’ll come out better today because I’m sure there was some fleecing going on after the game last night.
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 8, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
hey but wait at least we got Rios off waivers to take Winn's place or something amirite?
GIANTZ BRASSSZZZ
With malice towards the Dodgers
Wow, the walk machine is still in pro ball. Favorite Damian Moss memory anyone? http://rockies.scout.com/a.z?s=266&p=8&c=1&nid=4295961
My favorite Damian Moss memory is someone, Peter Magowan I think, talking him up at FanFest that year. He was saying something like, “What you don’t know is that Damian had a no hit game, four one hit games, five two hit games, etc etc last year” and then he was like, “Now, those weren’t complete games but…”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
The only mitigating factor to the debacle, for whatever it’s worth, is that at least they made Cordero throw something like 30 pitches in the bottom of the 9th, which probably means he’s not available tomorrow.
"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."
More good news...
Brian Wilson threw 31 pitches, so hopefully he won’t be available either.
Come to think of it, Bruce Bochy has to have worn out his motion-to-the-bullpen/double-switching arm, too. I suggest he take the whole next week off.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??
Do you think the players are breaking down the L like we are here..
or are we all just masochists?
Hope not, they should forget about it and move the heck on to tomorrow, because we can’t change the past, it’s done, over, now focus on tomorrow and try your best
SFGate quote by Aurilia. Hey Richie, I'm not happy you're back.
“I got out of it what I wanted to get out of it,” Aurilia said of his rehab stint, “which was have my hands feel good again at the plate, my swing feel good. I’m happy I’m back.”
By the way… Why do dodger fans STILL show up at games that have nothing to do with them? I saw a few of them tonight at the game, all decked out
I was sitting next to one but he was with his wife who was a Giants fan, he wasn’t decked out in gear and being obnoxious and he was actually pretty nice.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
Is there a promo code for wednesday's game
from the kzone thing? giantsk didn’t seem to work
With malice towards the Dodgers
try Giantgoatse
nsfw
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Was this mentioned in the game day threads?
Schmidt was placed on the DL so we won’t see him on Monday.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
lol
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I knew it!
some guy posted a rotation for the rest of the season and he had Schmidt making three starts against us. I knew he wouldn’t be around for that. I thought he would make at least one though!
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
Schimddy and Babs Billingsley both injured?!?!?!? Could this be?
Which AAAAA Dodgers pitcher will no-hit the Giants?
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 8, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Second Yes is the correct choice
Those who vote for the first Yes are infidels who must be purged.
by J. Frank Parnell on Aug 8, 2009 1:02 AM PDT reply actions
I just keep going back to my community projection for Edgar Renteria, looking at the fairly pessimistic numbers I predicted for him, and realizing that his actual OPS thus far is 93 points lower.
Also, Cloris Leachman has better range than he does.
"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."
also General Franco
f**k, man, there's a beverage here!
by seesdifferent on Aug 8, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked
Not only was the game utter bullshit, but getting home sucked a fat one as well. People seem to have forgotten about that thing called walking. I’ve heard it’s good, and it can get you from point A to point B. Just standing around on the train platform will not, in fact, get you anywhere. It makes life hell for other people. Apple cart, in summary, get the fuck out of my way.
I’ve never seen anything like the ninth inning in my life. The whole game was filled with tough calls on balls (heh) and that was bad enough. But the complete meltdown, after Velez and Molina hit homers, wow. Just wow. Congratulations, assholes, you deserved to lose that one after screwing the pooch.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 8, 2009 1:05 AM PDT reply actions
That’s exactly why i walk from the park to Embarcaderro bart, get a good exercise and plus don’t have to worry about the damn traffic
Especially being alone and female and at night.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Aug 8, 2009 1:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Great point… nevermind then, yea we walked from basically ATT straight to market street using beale i believe and other side streets
People are OK if they use 3rd Street to go up to Market. A lot of people walking, a ton of cars driving by.
Yea i was walkin with Dad, and i’m like 6’2 245 and not sure anyone would want to come up to me, but usually i just walk on embarcaderro until market then boom, there at bart
you’re the same size as I am, although I’m a little lighter. Some guy tried to take my cell phone on the subway the other day, and I was shocked because guys don’t usually mess with me because I’m so big. He looked like a punk though, so I called his bluff and he scampered off into the next car. He didn’t know that if he had come back strong at me I probably would have fainted!
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
Freshly posted on Jeremy Affeldt's twitter..
“First you form habits then they form you. Conquer your bad ones before they conquer you”
1. Please don’t judge me for using twitter. I mean our stud set-up man who gets pulled after walking a guy does too. http://twitter.com/JeremyAffeldt
2. Just which habits could he be talking about?
Jeremy Affeldt is The Sphinx from “Mystery Men”!
"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."
he’s talking about Bochy and his lefty-righty penchants.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
This
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 8, 2009 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Also I wish Brian Wilson still had his twitter account, that was comedy gold.
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 8, 2009 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I voted for the first ‘Yes’. *Pats himself on the back.
by RaymondStoneMedia.com on Aug 8, 2009 1:17 AM PDT reply actions
New lineup for tomorrow (after a few phone calls).
Lewis, CF
Thompson, 2B
Clark, 1B
Williams, 3B
Bonds, LF
McGee, RF
Manwaring, C
Clayton, SS
Burkett, P
by RaymondStoneMedia.com on Aug 8, 2009 1:26 AM PDT reply actions
Fun Fact: Rowand saw 8 pitches in 4 at bats, Timmy saw 10 pitches in 2 at bats
With malice towards the Dodgers
Errrrrrrrr...
I miss 1997-2004 when Bonds patience rubbed off on the others.
by RaymondStoneMedia.com on Aug 8, 2009 1:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, too bad he waiting until he left the Giants to utilize that patience. =/
by RaymondStoneMedia.com on Aug 8, 2009 1:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I miss his dazzling infield pop ups when the Phillies were just in town!!!
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 8, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Unreal
I’ve gone to four games this year one of them was the no hitter ( Smile) and one was 2nite(Sob uncontrollably)
by FutureGiantsGm24 on Aug 8, 2009 2:30 AM PDT reply actions
You freakin' Sissies, thank Gawd there were no blogs in 1983-85.
Those were the years I actually started paying attention to every single game. You got no guts crying over a minor meltdown in AUGUST! You milquetoste yuppies make me ill. I used to risk Juvie sneaking into Candlestick after the 7th inning to see Giants games where late inning rallies were riding on the bats of weakasses like Tom O’Malley, Champ Summers, and Max Venable (in case Joel Youngblood was already in the game) to make magic.
I can’t believe you sadsacks are ragging on Rich, Edgar, and Bengie. Especially Edgar, until this year he was on his way to beeing one of the top 20 shortstops of all time — and he’s still only 34.
Did you do all of that uphill, both ways, and in the snow?
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
Edgar may be an all time great, but none of that was done in a Giants’ uniform. All we have gotten is the end of the road.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
Slow bat, Slow feet, Slow glove-hand, SLOW!
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 8, 2009 7:26 AM PDT up reply actions
You whine like a Gary Carter hater in 1990.
That’s the fault of the GM and FM not the player. Edgar earned his current slowness by playing aggressive SS defense with a 3B’s body — the management know this but they keep using him. It’s not like he’s malingering.
I reserve my right to point out this obvious fact (what you call whining). True, that it was a bad signing, and I am sure his doing his best, but his best is still really slow.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 8, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
HI THERE EDGAR
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
This
Is funny
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 8, 2009 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions
My goodness!!! “MILQUETOSTE”?!?
I used to risk losing my newspaper route sneaking into the polo grounds to sniff willie mays’ jock strap you yuppie poser!!!!!
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 8, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
i’m only 21… but i dont get why going to see it at Candlestick or Polo grounds is important, correct me if i’m wrong though, i’m just wondering what it has to do with anything
In the post-Mays years the Giants were usually crap.
Meaning we got used to cheering for crap teams whose crap players were constantly agitating to get traded someplace warm. Most people who hated the Giants were playing for the Giants. They used to do radio interviews and demand to be traded!
You had to have some real intestinal fortitude to show up at the park in those days, and mostly it was to boo the Dodger fans — who often outnumbered the Giants fans until after the 7th inning when the high school kids would sneak in — about 2000 of them.
Got you, i iknow my dad was one of those guys that would sneak into seal stadium, or Candlestick for that matter just to see Mays, but what i’m saying is, i didn’t ask to be born in 1988, so i didn’t have the opportunity to see them play, so i hate it when people say, Oh i’m older than you and if you were around in those days you’d know what it was like, i’m just saying i didn’t have that opportunity, i was born in the 80’s so whatever
Top 20 SS of all time?
lol now I KNOW you don’t watch baseball
by FutureGiantsGm24 on Aug 8, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Vizquel is a top 20 SS, yea there are a ton more short stops better than Edgar, even over his career, Jeter is better
Top 2 or 3
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 8, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I wrote "until this year".
Edgar based on his 2 most recent years was on pace (provided he played 4 more full seasons including this one) for 1441 runs, 2758 hits, 512 doubles, 1080 rbi and and 319 steals.
That’s far better than HOF Travis Jackson.
Bengie’s slow ass not getting out in front of plate to play like a first basemen drew the line for me. I left because Bengie left Panda hanging not once, but twice!
Poor Timmy, he worked his ass off to keep the team ahead.
Bengie is entirely to blame for dropping the ball on the first play at home, but the second play at home was entirely due to Sandoval’s inexperience. Seeing the runner blocking a clean throw to home he should have taken the sure out at first and let the run score keeping in mind that it was the TOP of the NINTH and the 3 hottest Giants would bat in the bottom of the NINTH if a rally started. It’s once in a lifetime kind of choke.
Yeah, Pablo should have gotten the sure out at first on the 2nd grounder.
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 8, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I am so incredibly glad that, after the umpire fail in the eighth, I said, “Okay, honey, we can watch old Angels episodes instead of baseball.” Normally I don’t bail like that, but I had baaaaaaaaaad feelings.
Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)
today's LOLineup
Velez RF
Sanchez
Sandoval
Molina
Ishi
Lewis LF
Rowand
Rent
Zit
With malice towards the Dodgers
I want to see Uribe
There I said it. You win universe
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