Not Looking Too Good.................
by Carmelballin on Aug 8, 2009 12:42 AM PDT
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PrintAs of tonight, both the Giants and the Rockies are 60-49. However, as a lifetime Giants fan it is really hard for me to say that they are making the postseason this year. I hope to god that I'm wrong, and I hope you guys can argue against me to make me feel better, but I just can't see them making it. Here's why:
Games such as tonight show how unclutch this team is. You cannot walk 3 batters in a row, you cannot make 5 errors, but most importantly, give up a two run lead at home playing against the freakin Cincinnati Reds. All I know is, the Rockies, Dodgers, Phillies, Cards, and Cubs (well maybe not the Cubs haha) will not give up a lead at home to an struggling team like Cincy. This is a series that you have to go in playing for a sweep (especially with the Dodgers coming into town next). Just an ugly game.
In addition, the Giants have 5 more road games than the Rockies, and you know how poorly the Giants play on the road. The four games in Coors field coming up could honestly be the season for the Giants if they don't play well, even though i know the Giants have a few left against them at home also. But yes, those 5 less home games that the Rockies have played is the largest thing that stands out in my mind. If the Giants don't go on a 10 out of 11 or 10 out of 12 tear at some point, the Rockies will end up with a better record than the Giants by the time the season is over. We are usually not accustomed to seeing the Giants going on hot streaks like that. I actually think that there is a better chance of the Dodgers completely collapsing than having the Giants reel off 10 out of 12 games before the season is done.
Sorry for the pessimism, but I just don't see playoffs this season which is unfortunate because I love the makeup of the team this season. Like I said, I hope I'm wrong because if we make the playoffs, we have the chance (with our pitching) to go pretty far. Nobody wants to face our pitching staff in the first round.
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PANIC PANIC PANIC
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
ONE GAME LOSING STREAK
ARE THEY DONE!?!?!?
The very bad man traded my son...So now I'd like you all to meet my new son, Ryan "Aaron" Garko...Dammit it's just not the same!
/runs around with arms flailing above head
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Aug 8, 2009 8:22 AM PDT up reply actions
It's one game, for heaven's sake.
Wednesday was the first game in which we came back from a 3-run deficit and won. Today was the first time we crapped the bed this bad (yes, we have blown leads after the 7th inning, but rarely). I was there tonight; this game hurt, I won’t lie about that. But it’s ONE game. It’s not a trend.
Yet.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
Here's the thing:
No.
Incidentally, as a trivia puzzle for the readers, do you know what the expected W/L record of a team that played all of its games on the road would be?
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
An average team wins about 45% of its road games and 55% of its home games
so if you were to play all the games on the road with the full road disadvantage, including batting first, you’d be expected to win about 73 games.
A follow-up question, which I have been interested in for a while but have no answer to, is: how many games would your average team win if you played all of them in opposing parks, but got to bat last in half of them? Clearly it’s somewhere between 73 and 81, but where?
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
Nah
Tonight’s game, as horrible as it was, means nothing in the scheme of things, it’s just one of those games you’ve got to shake off and move on from.
As an aside, that’s one thing i love about baseball, no matter how bad or depressing a game is, at least you don’t have to wait long to get the game out of your system.
Proud parent of Waldis Joaquin!
BOOYA!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 8, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I hate to break this to you, but the Giants making the playoffs has always been a long shot, even before tonight
Even after tonight. But I like the trend…
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 8, 2009 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
LOOSENERS.....the ALL weather breakfast cereal
Yesterday the Giants had theirs.
Today it’s our turn.
Then it’s out of everybody’s system
"Hey old-timer, where am I ?"
"You can't get there from here."
I can almost hear ' em...
“The what?”
You know what the guys down at the precinct house say…
“Oh , it ain’t no use if you ain’t got the boost…”
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 8, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
They don't seem to be very clutch...
With Lincecum getting all giddy going into the all-star game and opening day…
With only having one game where they came back from a deficit of 3 or more runs…
They don’t seem to have what it takes.
But really, ya never know with this sport.
Maybe the Giants have 4 or 5 come-from-behind wins in these upcoming months.
Maybe Lincecum doesn’t get giddy in his final starts of September and he throws complete game shutouts.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Aug 8, 2009 10:38 AM PDT reply actions
Even great teams lose at least 40 percent of their games, and some of them will always be epic losses. Whatever. The game was shit, but whatever.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
I’m still waiting for the Rockies to enter their unlucky/epic loss patch of games. They’ve been too lucky since Tracy took over. They have to lose sometime. Don’t they?
co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.
This
They have had an unusually good run, Of course, so have the Giants,
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
I’m still waiting for our 10 game winning streak. The Rockies had one. Even the Padres had one. Why can’t we?
Selig only rigs it so teams that stop binging on free agency can have them...
oops, did I say that? What I meant to say is that sure, the Giants might be able to have one…
Anyway, your guy here doesn’t seem to do well under pressure. Somebody needs to man slap him and tell him to get a grip.
Oh , sometime.
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 8, 2009 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
"What's behind me is not important."
50 , 000 Frankenfrancs – who said that?
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 8, 2009 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
If you’re going to overreact, put it all in bold, that’s what I always say.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 8, 2009 5:02 PM PDT reply actions
GOD DAMMIT YOU'RE WRONG! WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS SO WRONG!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 8, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, that joke was canned. I might as well have just posted a picture of a can.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Aug 8, 2009 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 9, 2009 12:45 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
no we’re on a ONE GAME WINNING STREAK! we’re back in this baby!!!
by FluLikeSymptoms on Aug 9, 2009 10:10 AM PDT reply actions
World Series, here we come!
Overreaction is a two-way street! WOOOOOO!!!
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 9, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
nevermind, we’re back to being finished
by FluLikeSymptoms on Aug 9, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
79 wins.
AT BEST!
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 9, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Why is "Lovin , Touchin , Squeezin'" playing on my mental jukebox?
I’ll bet this one is 100% 90%
NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?
by victor frankenstein on Aug 10, 2009 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Poor mental musical taste?
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 12, 2009 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
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