Post-Game Recap: The winning streak ends
by Grant Brisbee on Apr 10, 2010 10:23 PM PDT
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PrintIt had to happen eventually. The good news is this: the game was boring. It was a close game until the seventh inning, but it was still boring. The Giants had chances to score, but the Braves managed to funnel them all toward Eli Whiteside, who is the very model of a backup field general, of ineffective bat and speed, and a glove that’s supposed to be ethereal...but wasn’t really so great tonight.
The good: Todd Wellemeyer could have put a lot of pressure on a tired bullpen. Glory be to he for going deep into the game.
The bad: The rest of it. Pablo Sandoval is an error machine when he isn’t hitting into double plays. The game was dreadfully boring. Oh, and the Giants scored two runs even though they walked nine times.
Nine times. I think that’s a record for Sabean-era teams that didn’t feature Barry Bonds.
Screw it. Bad night. Stare into this for ten minutes, and when you’re done, you’ll forget all about it. That’s all we can...
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Oooooh! "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" is on!
Also, the ugly: Randy Johnson
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They should’ve left Papa’s mic off.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Apr 10, 2010 10:26 PM PDT reply actions
“Velez was a totally different hitter after returning from the minors. His last few months of the 09 season were a revelation.”
Makes me want to strangle someone.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Apr 10, 2010 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I heard Kruk say
that someone thought Velez would be very good at the ML level. I’m gonna chalk that one up to my boy just saying what he heard.
Adopted Giant: Mike Krukow.
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Kevin Frandsen: Better than any SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
im the first one here because everyone is posting facepalm pictures in the other thread cause jponry said to do it
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by sadison bummedgarner on Apr 10, 2010 10:26 PM PDT reply actions
nah.
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Apr 10, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
yea i know.......
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by sadison bummedgarner on Apr 10, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I went to a 11-0 Giants shutout of the Expos. Reuter got a hit, along with everybody else in the lineup.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
Just got back from the game. Ugly, sloppy and other adjectives that describe the bad defense. What or why did we have to have bases loaded for Mr. Whiteside? Deja vu feeling was not good.
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
Maybe Bork has been reading McCovey Chronicles and saw WHITESIDE HITZ GRAND SLAMZ
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
Well he did last year, didn’t do much tonight …twice.
Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.
Nobody wants Eli Whiteside on this team, but to be fair he was robbed on one of the at bats by Yunel Escobar, and even Troy Glaus, who couldn’t catch a cold in Siberia, somehow dug out a low throw. That ball gets through for a two run single, and it’s a different game. We get Romo, Affeldt and Wilson instead of Waldis and the back of the pen.
Dumped Edgar Renteria and adopted Buster Posey. Biggest upgrade since George Jefferson moved up to a deluxe apartment on the east side!
by rxmeister on Apr 11, 2010 7:23 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
My SVU still doesn’t have any sound
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
your SVU needs medical help from ER followed by top forensics from CSI
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
ENHANCE!
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
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by sadison bummedgarner on Apr 10, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I like walks
Huff and DeRosa had good discipline. Uribe’s walks were nice, though they were mostly a product of batting in front of Eli.
My Son was the third most valuable Giant position player by WAR in 2009. A little sad, a little happy.
Worst Part of the Game Poll
A) Eli Whiteside
B) The umpires
C) Greg Papa
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Apr 10, 2010 10:29 PM PDT reply actions
C
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I could have handled A and B if Kuip was calling the game
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Grant is a Greg Papa fan
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
COME TO PAPA!
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
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by sadison bummedgarner on Apr 10, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
D:
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Apr 10, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Is he demonstrating proper Vegemite use?
because you sure as hell don’t eat the stuff.
Proud to be the official MCC sponsor of Bowkermania '10
by rightcenterfielder on Apr 10, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
C
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Apr 10, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
C
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
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by sadison bummedgarner on Apr 10, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Whiteside wasn’t that bad; you get that many pitches in the dirt and way off target you’re bound to misplay a bunch too.
Goodbye, Steven Johnson, we hardly knew ye. Seriously, that was short.
(college report card flashback)
Anagram of "Edgar Renteria" = IRATE NERD RAGE
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Apr 10, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Was on the safety of the radio side, but it’s touching how Greg Papa can create such consensus.
by non sequitur on Apr 10, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
D
all of the above
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
mccoven diversity: Romosexuals, Velezbians, Nerb's--they're all here...
by greatgiantfan on Apr 10, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
C
I missed most of the game but when I turned on the game in the 9th I was expecting to hear Miller and Kruk giving me a reason to not be pissed. But then I heard Papas voice and that wasn’t good.
Adopted Giant: Mike Krukow.
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Kevin Frandsen: Better than any SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
by Gobroks on Apr 10, 2010 10:39 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I can take losses, but this was just an ugly game. Walks, wild pitches, errors, poor baserunning, called third strikes, and missed opportunities galore. Were it not for the ridiculous amount of patience shown this game would have been an unmitigated failure.
Goodbye, Steven Johnson, we hardly knew ye. Seriously, that was short.
so we have played 5 game, and whiteside has started 2 games. WTF
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by sadison bummedgarner on Apr 10, 2010 10:31 PM PDT reply actions
This is my fear, Bengie’s not going to catch anywhere near 140 games, so does this mean Whiteside catches 40+?
The San Francisco Giants must win at least one World Series before I die.
by vinScullySucks on Apr 10, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
This just in
the 1972 Dolphins just popped a bottle of champagne, those dicks.
Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.
Crates full of “173-0, The Perfect Season” t-shirts are on their way to third world countries now.
Proud to be the official MCC sponsor of Bowkermania '10
by rightcenterfielder on Apr 10, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Nine times?
I don’t remember Ferris being absent nine times…
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
"I can do it. I can do it nine times"
TWSS
Adopted Giant: Mike Krukow.
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Kevin Frandsen: Better than any SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
by Gobroks on Apr 10, 2010 10:41 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I wasted a perfectly good martini on this game
now I have to drink 3 or 4 more…
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
mccoven diversity: Romosexuals, Velezbians, Nerb's--they're all here...
Well aren’t you fancy
in the best shape of my life
by Prussian Creole on Apr 10, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
gin in a cold glass is a perfectly good martini—not very fancy, friend
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
mccoven diversity: Romosexuals, Velezbians, Nerb's--they're all here...
by greatgiantfan on Apr 10, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Glass?? You are fancy!! next you’ll be telling me you buy gin that doesn’t come in a plastic bottle.
in the best shape of my life
by Prussian Creole on Apr 10, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
busted; Bombay Sapphire
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
mccoven diversity: Romosexuals, Velezbians, Nerb's--they're all here...
by greatgiantfan on Apr 10, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha, enjoy!
in the best shape of my life
by Prussian Creole on Apr 10, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, on th plus side
The Dodgers and Rockies both lost. (The Rockies in 14, and the Dodgers to a walk off sac fly in the 9th.) So 1st in the division wire-to-wire.
walks without ribeyez....
….are just games like this
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
mccoven diversity: Romosexuals, Velezbians, Nerb's--they're all here...
I prefer this to the constant strings of outs that was last season.
The San Francisco Giants must win at least one World Series before I die.
by vinScullySucks on Apr 10, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
at least it goes faster
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
mccoven diversity: Romosexuals, Velezbians, Nerb's--they're all here...
by greatgiantfan on Apr 10, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
TWSS
Adopted Giant: Mike Krukow.
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Kevin Frandsen: Better than any SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
by Gobroks on Apr 10, 2010 10:44 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
rather well nicely done
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
mccoven diversity: Romosexuals, Velezbians, Nerb's--they're all here...
by greatgiantfan on Apr 10, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
weather or not
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
mccoven diversity: Romosexuals, Velezbians, Nerb's--they're all here...
umm, no way their gonna play that game tomorrow
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
mccoven diversity: Romosexuals, Velezbians, Nerb's--they're all here...
by greatgiantfan on Apr 10, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I have tickets too
but I’m staying home today
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis. To pass the time during the offseason I decided to try my hand at blogging about photography and music.
You guys fail to see the genius of Brian Sabean.
While other team’s realized defense was an undervalued commodity Brian Sabean went the opposite direction and completely ignored defense. In fact, he made our defense worse.
Suck it, other teams. Brian Sabean doesn’t need your “strategy.”
in his defense, Uribe is not supposed to be a starter, although that doesn’t explain the rest of the fail
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
mccoven diversity: Romosexuals, Velezbians, Nerb's--they're all here...
by greatgiantfan on Apr 10, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
on the bright side
Posey continues to rake: 2-4, triple and bb.
How long do we have to wait until the possibility of super 2 status is up?
I think its June 1st
in the best shape of my life
by Prussian Creole on Apr 10, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
A little longer
More like late June, thanks to those idiots bringing him up last September.
What that game felt like:
My Son was the third most valuable Giant position player by WAR in 2009. A little sad, a little happy.
that scene was hilarious
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
mccoven diversity: Romosexuals, Velezbians, Nerb's--they're all here...
by greatgiantfan on Apr 10, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Ron frickin Swanson!
Chris Gloor: my lefty is bigger than your lefty
by crazedcrustacean on Apr 10, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I often feel like I’m the only person who watches and enjoys this show
Where's Perry?
by Bballpitcher2 on Apr 11, 2010 12:52 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I’m a big fan of DJ Roomba
Where's Perry?
by Bballpitcher2 on Apr 11, 2010 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions
OT: do any of you mccovens get ravaged by mosquitos?
I’ve got welts all over my calves from a couple days ago when it was warm
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
mccoven diversity: Romosexuals, Velezbians, Nerb's--they're all here...
Eat an orange or two during the day. It makes you unattractive to mosquitoes or so I’ve been told.
IDK if it’s true but I’m usually pretty susceptible to mosquitoes and the last time I tried it it seemed to work.
in the best shape of my life
by Prussian Creole on Apr 10, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
definitely worth a try
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
mccoven diversity: Romosexuals, Velezbians, Nerb's--they're all here...
by greatgiantfan on Apr 10, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Conversely, don’t eat bananas.
Aubrey Huff: guilty until proven productive.
Andres Torres: perfectly cromulent.
Get on TOP of the food chain.
Stand on a chair.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Apr 11, 2010 5:58 AM PDT up reply actions
I still have scars on my ankle from when I was in Paris several years ago. Worst mosquitos I’ve ever experienced
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/09: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
by Useful_Idiot on Apr 10, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Personal record is 50+ bites in one night in India.
Goodbye, Steven Johnson, we hardly knew ye. Seriously, that was short.
That must have been expensive
Adopted brother of Jason Jarvis. To pass the time during the offseason I decided to try my hand at blogging about photography and music.
Hmmm
I have a couple on my face, but don’t remember when I got them
My worst mosquito experience was in Jamaica on a gold course with ponds. I had repellent on my arms, legs and face, but those bastards bit me through my shirt and I had like 20 bites on my chest and back.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
also
NO BANANAS…seriously, the potassium is like painting a big bullseye on your chest and saying, “bite me”
no way—I have a banana every day
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
mccoven diversity: Romosexuals, Velezbians, Nerb's--they're all here...
by greatgiantfan on Apr 11, 2010 12:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Bananas, are they safe?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 11, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Did TV show 3 weidros wearing full black and orange body suits (including the head)?
Also, if Greg Papa did the TV tonight. That is one incident where I like Duane Kuiper.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
Yes to the weirdos
in the best shape of my life
by Prussian Creole on Apr 10, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Those 3 were sitting in my section. I did the face palm although people were coming up and taking pictures with three guys (and what they were wearing didn’t leave much to the imagination).
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
i’m in his camp
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
mccoven diversity: Romosexuals, Velezbians, Nerb's--they're all here...
by greatgiantfan on Apr 10, 2010 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I like him
My Son was the third most valuable Giant position player by WAR in 2009. A little sad, a little happy.
He looked good in person today, and was doing everything he needed to do. I don’t really know what happened in the 7th, though it frankly SHOULD have ended with only two runs of damage. Renteria botched the feed for the double play.
Aubrey Huff: guilty until proven productive.
Andres Torres: perfectly cromulent.
Good to hear.
My Son was the third most valuable Giant position player by WAR in 2009. A little sad, a little happy.
I think he's on the team for the whole year
because if Pucetas or JOEY! dominate AAA they can be the #5 starter and Wellemeyer can be the true long relief guy in the ’pen and one of Joaquin/Mota/Medders can leave
Adopted Giant: Mike Krukow.
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Kevin Frandsen: Better than any SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
I don’t think he looked very good out there.
He got pretty lucky on LOB.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
Pablo Sandoval is an error machine when he isn’t hitting into double plays
I hate you
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, hacker extraordinaire. Rescuing moribund Giants lineups since 2008
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
/mentions fantasy baseball team
I just got back from the game. The good news is, the Giants took a lot of pitches tonight, and Wellemeyer handled the pressure well until the wheels came off in the 7th inning. Really, there’s no way Welleymeyer should have gotten knocked out of the game before Lowe, but they found a way to make it happen.
Sandoval looks tired at 3rd, man. Maybe the brass worked him too hard in the offseason. But his throws are bad, his stops looks weak, and his at bats have looked awful since day one. Give the man a day off.
Furthermore, I did not get Bork’s bullpen choices at all. Why go to Medders, Joaquin and Runzler when Affeldt and Romo were so much more fresh?
Finally, I want to know if the pitch calling, the balk, and the error on Huff were as ridiculous as they seemed from the seats. Seriously, I hate this crew.
Aubrey Huff: guilty until proven productive.
Andres Torres: perfectly cromulent.
The umpiring was horrible.
Complete bs calls on the balk and huffs foot. I think bork wrote this one off earlier than the rest of us did…zito was in the pen for about 4 minutes.
Where's Perry?
by Bballpitcher2 on Apr 11, 2010 12:48 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Zito
I thought maybe with the tired ’pen, they had Zito wait to do his normal off-day bullpen session in case they needed him. It looked a lot more like a standard bullpen session than a guy getting ready to enter the game.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
That’s what it was.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 11, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Does Ishikawa have any options left?
I’m beginning to think he should be sent down to the minors to make room for FLew.
There really isn’t much of compelling interest for this team to be carrying a soft-hitting backup 1B.
I’d rather lose TI than Fred.
My Son was the third most valuable Giant position player by WAR in 2009. A little sad, a little happy.
I agree, Travis is totally pointless.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Less pointless than a 7th outfielder?
Aubrey Huff: guilty until proven productive.
Andres Torres: perfectly cromulent.
Yes
Because FLew would be an infinitely more valuable pinch hitter.
My Son was the third most valuable Giant position player by WAR in 2009. A little sad, a little happy.
Do you want him as a part timer in the majors or full time in the minors?
My Son was the third most valuable Giant position player by WAR in 2009. A little sad, a little happy.
The correct response
is Full Timer in the majors. Bengie can spell him on day games after night games~
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
Well, Velez should go as well
Adopted Giant: Mike Krukow.
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Kevin Frandsen: Better than any SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
+1
We already have the guy with basically the same skills-but he’s in AAA. We don’t need two of them
Adopted Giant: Mike Krukow.
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Kevin Frandsen: Better than any SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010
i agree
we have sandoval that can play backup 1st base..derosa and uribe can either play 2nd or 3rd base…Lewis can be a great pinch clutch hitter…in LF… Ishikawa needs to go, anyone else tired of his momentum killing ways…
on another note..we need Poseys bat rather than garbage Whiteheads Un-Clutch bat….
send Ishikawa and Whiteside back to triple A, who cares if neither of them have options!
DUBfan4life!!!!
by BayAreaKidd650 on Apr 11, 2010 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
So I had to make this
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/4/11/1415278/where-giants-baseball-happens-by
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
by jctGamer on Apr 11, 2010 12:34 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Your San Francisco Giants: 13 extra base hits, 12 double plays.
The San Francisco Giants must win at least one World Series before I die.
by vinScullySucks on Apr 11, 2010 1:56 AM PDT up reply actions
This game hurt to watch, even from the upper deck.
Wellemeyer actually looked pretty damned good. And fuck Michael Urbyn for saying otherwise on postgame. I love how everyone
on the media falls apart after a rough game
like this. Having been there to see it, yes it was an embarassing game offensively, and also for our overworked relief pitchers. So what? This was out 5tg starter up against a solid lineup and Derek Lowe. This one should be 100% behind us by morning…happy Timmy Day!
Where's Perry?
by Bballpitcher2 on Apr 11, 2010 12:40 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Swirling colors...
The baseball Satanist
I promise that my adopted Giant, one Zach Wheeler, will not shoot anybody.
So how many threads with a rain out?
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
Bring up Posey, send Un-Clutch whitehead..i mean whiteside to triple A
whiteside had 3 rbi opportunities and he didnt cash in on any of them…bases loaded 1 out, he strikes out(not his fault, the umps fault) 2nd time runners on 1st and 3rd, 2 outs, he strikes out again same pitch…3rd time, bases loaded he grounds out….
see my point here…Posey needs to be called up asap
DUBfan4life!!!!
Not to be a backup.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
yes not to be a back up
molina and posey can alternate
DUBfan4life!!!!
by BayAreaKidd650 on Apr 11, 2010 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 11, 2010 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
What do you know about service time?
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
Observations from being at the game last night
- Wellemeyer looks pretty ok to me. On paper, this match-up looked horrible, but as Grant said, he kept them in the game and saved the bullpen. He kinda reminds me of Tomko without the meltdowns when the defense got shaky. As 5th starters go, I think we’re fine.
- The patience at the plate tonight was a thing to behold! Not just the walks, but the over-all ability to take pitches. All game long, I kept saying to Mrs. Goofus and Goofus Jr., “Wow, another 6-pitch at-bat, they’re really running up Lowe’s pitch count.”
- Apparently, when your team shows patience at the plate, it affects their ability to play defense.
- This lineup looks a lot better than last year, but Whiteside sort of screws it all up. Every time Whiteside came to the plate with RISP, I was wishing Molina was 7th and Uribe was 8th.
- I want my old Panda back
- A lot of those wild pitches sure looked stoppable.
- I really like this lineup if Sanchez can come back and Uribe is the first bat off the bench.
- Someone needs to tell Heyward he’s not allowed to use an aluminum bat anymore. Holy crap, the ball jumps off his bat! That’s as much oppo power as I’ve ever seen. Not only on the HR; he rifled a couple of foul balls into the the stands behind 3rd that I thought were going to kill someone. It was also pretty fun seeing him run the bases; dude can fly. Who knew that Dave Winfield and Barry Bonds had a secret love child 20 years ago?
- The fireworks show after the game was seriously rockin’. They had all kinds of stuff i’d never seen before, including these ones that kept bursting after you thought they were done and making little sparkly sparks. (Technical term.)
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
I was there as well
Wellemeyer looked decent, and got the job done for 6 innings, without much help defensively to say the elast.
Whiteside can burn in the depths of hell for stranding that many runners. Every time he got out I screamed BRING UP POSEY as loud as I could.
FREE BUSTER POSEY
The meat of our lineup hit great. Not much happened 1-4 but it seemed like 5-7 got on base everytime. Just enough for Whiteside to ruin it all.
Heyward’s home run was nice, guy has some power and made up for yesterday. I still hate him for making a mockery of Mays nickname.
Fireworks show was very nice, smiley faces, hearts, it was cool.
Fuck you Eli Whiteside
That old guy can’t even play defense, passed balls, got stolen on like 3 times? Really what’s the point of having him on our team? He obviously can’t hit, and our bullpen warmed up just fine without him yesterday.
If this isn’t the biggest sign to bring up Posey I don’t know what is. I’ve never seen a game where we could have used him more. If Posey got up with the bases loaded 30 times in one game, he would have done something. Not to mention how much we could have used some pinch hitting, I’ll take Velez as a pinch hitter, but other than that we used Ishi and Shierholtz. Not much there to spark an offense.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Apr 11, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Don't take your hate out on Whiteside
He is what he is; a backup catcher clinging to a roster spot and trying to make something out of his cup of coffee. That’s a lot more than any of us can say about our baseball careers.
In a couple years, he’ll be a high school coach or a bullpen catcher.
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I would like to be optimistic about it.
But having been there, I just couldn’t. Don’t get me wrong it’s half management’s fault for not pinch hitting him or bringing up Posey (which I understand has a lot of if’s, and’s, and but’s).
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Apr 11, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I was there too
and it was frustrating as hell, like having two pitchers at the bottom of the lineup
Still, I don’t blame Whiteside for being Whiteside. It also looked like Uribe took a couple of hittable pitches when he maybe should have been expanding the zone a little.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
Heyward
this comp just came to me after reading your comment about him having some decent wheels. He seems like another Justin Upton with a little less athleticism
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Hey guys. I’m pretty mad. I was out at little league trying to teach these kids how to bunt. It would have been great, except Todd Wellemeyer kept walking us. These kids will never learn the fundamentals of the game if they keep taking all these walks while they’re trying to bunt.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
Nah.
What do you expect from him? 7 innings? On his opener? A fifth starter? He should have been out at the first sign of trouble in the 7th, but the bullpen’s use the night before made that difficult.
Proud father of Mark Gardner(29 years my senior): mastermind of our airtight relief corps, local boy, and owner of an unofficial no-no against the Dodgers.
Don’t get me wrong. I liked what I saw out of Wellemeyer. I just understand how it’s even remotely possible to walk a guy who wants to bunt.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 11, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Ugh. I DON’T understand….
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 11, 2010 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Deep down, you know you understand.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Apr 11, 2010 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I do
Trying to go high or run in on his hands to force a pop-up or foul and you lose him.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
But if you get to 3-1, and you know that he’s giving you an out regardless, shouldn’t you just be happy to take the free out and throw one down the pipe? Especially if you got to 3-1 by missing pretty badly on paint curveballs?
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Apr 11, 2010 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
But that's not remotely what Wellemeyer was doing
He was missing low. With curveballs.
It was a stupidly pitched AB.
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