Post-Game Thread: Giants waste another gem from Zito
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 1, 2010 11:05 PM PDT
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PrintAs the saying goes, when you score one run against Jason Hammel, you score one run against Jason Hammel.
You're still watching these games? I scheduled this post-game thread four weeks ago. Here's how the rest of the Giants' season is going to go (spoilers):
Giants hit poorly, pitch well, lose. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, win. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, win. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, lose. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, lose. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, lose. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, win. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, lose. Giants hit well, pitch well, win. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, win. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, lose. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, lose. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, lose. Giants hit well, pitch poorly, win. Giants hit poorly, pitch poorly, lose. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, win. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, lose. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, lose. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, win. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, lose. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, win. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, lose. Giants hit poorly, pitch well, win.
Then comes July.
Oh, you're still watching? But I've told you how it all ends. Go to a museum. Read a book. Build a ship in a bottle. Do something else.
Of course, Pat Burrell was 2-4 for Fresno tonight. He'll probably fix things.
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Pain.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:06 PM PDT reply actions
I was just about to say this.
He had great at-bats today.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 1, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah Buster
Really liked the way he’d take big cuts on the hitter counts, but adjust to contact with two strikes.
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
They ALL know how to hit
They’re just terrible in the execution of it.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 1, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Sounds like something Will Clark would say.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn't give Scott that much credit.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Jun 1, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Former all-star.
In his previous life in Pennsylvania.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
just wait till Buster learn from our veterans
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
Step 1
Trade Bumgarner for Alex Rios and Paul Konerko
Offering continued condolences to Stars and Liverpool fans.
AND?!
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 1, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Step 3
Playoffs
Offering continued condolences to Stars and Liverpool fans.
by RangerMoto on Jun 1, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Step 4
Get eliminated in freakish cursed fashion.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
We should have just given Lincecum when we had the chance. That dude sucks.
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Jun 1, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I got to that three steps ago.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Step 1, steal underpants. Step 3, profit!
Croix De Candlestick: You'll be a better person for reading
No.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 1, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
You know back in his playing days...
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Jun 1, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Irrational gameday reactions to unpopular players = fine
Irrational gameday reactions to popular players = stupid
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Hey, man, I argued against irrational gameday reactions against Bob Howry last year too
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Whatever happened to “LOL trying to bring rationalization to a gameday thread!”?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
That's popular here.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 1, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
But the unpopular ones are unpopular because they suck. So the reactions aren’t irrational.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 1, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
When people get told to shut up because they say Brian Wilson might not be “the worst closer in baseball” after he blows a save, that theory tends to take a dip.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
the people who say that generally calm down a few minutes later and don’t really mean it.
the Sandoval hate is becoming rather pervasive
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Giants fans hate Sandoval?
Does. Not. Compute.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 1, 2010 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
His recent slump has brought out some haters
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 1, 2010 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
But he had 3 hits off Jimenez!
That’s like having a 7-hit game off Hammel
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 1, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Only if Rowand isn't playing that day
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
Not necessarily
"You can always recover from the player you didn't sign. You may never recover from the player you signed at the wrong price." --Billy Beane
"I am not an idiot."--Brian Sabean
by Sabean's_Folly on Jun 2, 2010 3:15 AM PDT up reply actions
What have you done for me lately?
0-5 tonight!!
It’s a very small crowd that are on Pablo’s case
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 1, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d say it’s the trouble with high expectations. At this point, a lot of fans expect him to get a hit pretty much every day.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
See Below Post
He’s the only hitter that the fans believe is worth getting excited about other than Posey, and even then I think the fans recognize that he’s still green.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I've been here five years...ish
Solidarity’s was the first comment that literally appeared before my eyes.
OK, back to the raging debate already at hand.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 1, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
//checks boxscore//
No, apparently it isn’t. It is pretty impressive that he K’d twice in two PA and STILL only managed to see 12 freaking pitches. Jesus.
not only that but
He made 7 outs on 12 pitches… WHILE STRIKING OUT TWICE!
So in a best case scenario… he struck out twice on 3 pitches each time.. which means he took a grand total of 2 pitches per at bat… LOL giants.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
They’re the ones who ragged on Steve Young before ’94.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 1, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Alex Smith haters.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh Boy...
FIRE SABEAN says:
Sabean is awesome Bochy is a great manager, Sandoval what a middle of the order bat to carry us!
Expat says:
Is anyone coaching Pablo or do they think he’s such a superstar that they need to just get out of his way? Time to remove the kid gloves. His lack of discipline, at both plates, is becoming a real problem.
wfan1 says:
teams have figured Sandoval out. Sure he will get some hits because pitchers can’t be perfect all the time. high fastball or slow junks.
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
McCovey Chronicles: Slow junks, fuckers
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 1, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
As a rule
They are not a very speedy type of watercraft.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 7:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm confused by this
FIRE SABEAN says:
Sabean is awesome
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
Unless it's chasm...
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
Yup.
The problem is that “Sandoval is good” shouldn’t be part of a stream of chasmciousness.
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
Ah, I C Now
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
I was quite worried a few weeks ago, and I said some things I regret. But I’m over it.
YOU HEAR THAT NATTO? I’M FUCKING OVER IT.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, there’s too many negatives in that sentence. Are you in the pro- or anti-Wilson camp?
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 1, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure thing, boss.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
FOR THE SWARM!!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 7:42 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m actually surprised it took this long to turn into “BLAME SANDOVAL FOR EVERYTHING!”
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
As pissed off as I am about the 1 pitch double play i’m more pissed with Bengie’s disaster at the play, at least Panda can kind of run, when Bengie hit into that DP he wasn’t even halfway down the baseline. I’m seriously so sick of him.
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey
Wave them home Tim Flannery, wave them home.
One pitch double plays
are far too often an occurrence for this team. Having some patience is far too rare. man I’m sick of it.
I agree but I’m not going to get on Panda he had a bad game and didn’t look very good at the plate, he was just hacking and probably pressing
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey
Wave them home Tim Flannery, wave them home.
Panda's defense was outstanding
I am so against moving him to first. He made some tremendous plays out there.
So it wasn’t all a bad game for him.
Good defensive game overall on both sides.
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
Bengie is my new whipping boy. He got a night off from my hate after that play at the plate, though. I’ll go back to hating him tomorrow.
That double play was ridicufucklous, though.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I said it then, I'll say it now.
It was a worst case scenario made horribly real.
Catching abilities and “heart” are fine…but that’s a glaring weakness right there.
He may have hot streaks with the bat – but he’s never fast.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 1, 2010 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll say this for Bengie
At the end of the day, he’s strong enough to be howie’s whipping boy.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Oh, is that what’s going on in the gamethreads?
I feel real bad about missing that.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Pablo bashing is a little bit like Matt Cain Can’t Win-ing, except that there’s a lot more anger about weight.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
We need a new problem!
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 7:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Sandoval is killing us with the double plays
12 DPs this year so far. You’d think as a fat guy who hacks he’d rack up lots of DPs, but he only hit in 10 last year and he wasn’t an insane DP machine in the minors. At this rate he’ll break Jim Rice’s GIDP record, which is no small feat.
Not that I am blaming Sandoval for everything, jponry!
Because Pablo will then get better pitches to hit, right?
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 2, 2010 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Huff should absolutely bat third
I was afraid no one else could figure that out. He actually takes a walk. Until Buster is installed as the permanent #3 hitter, Huff should be the choice.
"Row(and) will come out of this. You stay with your guys and he is one of our guys." - Bruce Bochy 05-31-10
"...and with Titanic's transverse bulkheads and watertight doors, it renders this vessel practically unsinkable." - "Shipbuilder" magazine, 1912
Joe Mauer has hit into 12 this year, too.
It’s just bad luck. We have to deal with it.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Rowand for Mauer!
The midwest loves Scott!
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 1, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
A lot considering that no NL West teams play like they actually want to win the division.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, except for the Padres. But they don’t count.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
I find this to be a curious comment.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions
These are the killers
Losing to the Jason Hammels of the world. 6.9 ERA coming in. And the Giants don’t do crap. Lets face it, they are at BEST the third team int he division. The Rockies have damn near as good a staff and a much better 1-8.
Oh btw – Molina is 2-41. But man is he GOOD with the staff.
But man is he GOOD with the staff.
TWBochyS after a bottle of Pinot Noir and a night he fondly remembers and regrets at the same time!
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 1, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
This would explain a lot.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.
He met them on monday, ’twas his lucky bun day.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 1, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Talk about mud flaps
BENGIE’S GOT ’EM
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
My Bengie fits me like a flesh tuxedo
I wanna sink him with my pink torpedo
by Murray, Present on Jun 2, 2010 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions
But DARNED if he can’t hit!
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
"Bochy can flat-out manage"
I like my beer cold ... my TV loud ... and my romosexuals flaming.--Homer Simpson
“bengie may be slow, but man that son of a gun can hit!”
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
useless GIDP machine
yes?
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
whats pathetic is jose molina whos fatter and lazier than bengie is a machine when it comes to stopping the running game. He’s having a better defensive year than yadier is, and both of them throw out runners over 50% of the time, where as bengie is LOL BAD.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I’ll have to take your word for it with the staff thing.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
THIRD TEAM AT BEST
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
Wasn’t long ago that it was very popular to rag on Sanchez and Huff, but they are looking awfully good right now, ESPECIALLY in contrast with our favorite DP machine.
Which should show how quickly these things can turn around!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I never doubted that a healthy Mole would hit for a solid average, Huff on the other hand I am so far pleasantly surprised about. However, these guys haven’t been playing horrible for us for years.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Jun 1, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Both Sanchez and Huff
are solid major league hitters that no how to approach an at-bat. Far too rare on this team.
What? Who ragged on Huff?
My only complaint is that he doesn’t hit road HR.
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
He was ragged on pretty viciously at the time of signing.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
He’s been ragged on everywhere at the time of each of his signings.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 1, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve always liked the guy. And I didn’t even know he was funny!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Schulman, 5/10
In so many words Sunday, Huff said, “I told you so.”
“This is nothing new for me. I have to do this everywhere I go,” he said. “I have to answer questions in spring training that I can’t play defense. I have to prove myself again, and here you are a month later (praising me). It’s like this all the time. When I played for Baltimore every day at first base (last season), I made four errors the whole year.”
Huff laughed when a reporter asked about all the defensive work he did during the spring.
“Every spring training I have all the coaches put me in the extra group working on defense because they believe what they read,” he said. "All you guys write me off as a bad defensive guy and they read it and say, ‘OK, we’ve got to get him out there and work him hard.’ "
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 1, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
That seems pretty fair.
However, he’s outperformed most expectations to this point.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Plus, he’s hilarious. So even when the TORTURE starts, he still makes us laugh.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
IAWTC
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 1, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
We didn’t rag him we ragged Sabean because Huff’s signing did nothing to improve the power output at 1b (or LF).
"Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love."
by cybermaldonado on Jun 1, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
you cannot trust a man named Aubrey
Never.
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
I don't think anyone said they didn't like Sanchez
Just that he’s often hurt and there were similar options available for less money. Those are still both true.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jun 1, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
And only 2.7% of McCoven expect him to stay healthy for the rest of the season.
"Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love."
by cybermaldonado on Jun 1, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
No reason to put that in the past tense.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 1, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Sanchez has a .417 BABIP (.325 career) and a .326/.407/.391 line right now. If his BABIP and/or BB% regress to his career norm, that’ll basically be the definition of an empty .300 hitter.
FFS, “empty .300 hitter” does not equal “bad”.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Positive
Buster looked really good at the plate, got robbed by that Mullet shithead and the only bad ball he took was in his last at bat when he hit that lowball, I think it was a little low and he was probably nervous and didn’t want to fuck up.
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey
Wave them home Tim Flannery, wave them home.
Blame the ballpark.
The Giants will always have great pitching because pitchers like AT&T Park.
The Giants will always have crappy offense because hitters hate AT&T Park.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:14 PM PDT reply actions
Oh are we going to have the AT&T is/isn’t a pitcher’s park argument now?
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey
Wave them home Tim Flannery, wave them home.
No argument here.
Hitters would much rather visit AT&T a couple times a year than play 81 games there.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Hitter field preference
People keep saying that, but it’s not like hitters EVER flocked to Denver, even in the pre-humidor days. Giambi is the first free agent they’ve signed who ever had 30 HR’s in a season before going there, and he’s mostly washed up.
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
The question is how it’s perceived, not how it is. And 30 homers to right by right-handed hitters in the entire lifetime of the park is certainly going to discourage certain types of hitters.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 1, 2010 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions
The difficult issue is that left-handed hitters are even more reluctant to come to the Giants.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
True
But it’s Brian Sabean’s job to convince hitters to come here but he’s not very good at that.
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey
Wave them home Tim Flannery, wave them home.
I wish we could clone Doug Wilson and have him be the GM for the Giants.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
True.
But I find it kind of strange that ever since the Giants moved there have been no positive offensive deals, even though there were some before 2000.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giants don't have home run htiters...
meaning they don’t have doubles hitters (which is approximately what home run hitters become at AT&T).
Jeff Kent is the perfect example.
In his Pac Bell days, he was a much better hitter on the road than at home.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Kent, Burks & Snow home split in 2000:
KENT: .335 / .419 / .567
BURKS: .362 / .446 / .697
SNOW: .313 /.373 / .508
Now, if the Giants knew what any of those numbers meant, they’d kill for anything close to that production at home. Now, this could all be Bonds-effect… and/or juicing, we’ll never know… but it’s not impossible to generate numbers in AT&T.
I’m going to go with opposing teams having no idea how to pitch/set up the outfield at Pac Bell.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 1, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
This supports WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays's theory about perception.
Remember back in 2000 when everyone thought the ballpark would be a hitter’s ballpark?
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Kevin Elster sure does.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 1, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I just don't get it.
How can anyone- even Bork- stand to watch Scott and El Gordo game after game? Is loyalty more important to him than winning?
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 1, 2010 11:14 PM PDT reply actions
There Gamers
with proven track records. So they get to fuck up time and time again. Rowand doesn’t look bad at the plate right now. He looks pathetic. Molina – he just looks slow and fat.
Great, here come the excuses
Guys, the Giants offense didn’t suck Cheez Whiz because of an “Ubaldo Jimenez hangover.”
The Giants offense sucked Cheez Whiz because the Giants offense sucks Cheez Whiz.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jun 1, 2010 11:14 PM PDT reply actions
Are there any good anagrams for “Ubaldo Jimenez hangover”?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
I’m sure you could find a “Giants suck” in there.
by yankeessuck8991 on Jun 1, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
“Damnable Jeez Rough Vino” is one of the first ones that come up.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Text with Js and Zs don't anagram well
Although I did get a kick out of VEIN DAZE, MAJOR BUNGHOLE
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jun 1, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t see anyone making excuses, I see you just trying to instigate a bit.
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey
Wave them home Tim Flannery, wave them home.
He’s quoting the post-game show.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 1, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Dammit
I wish I had CSN Bay Area. Scratch my comment then.
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey
Wave them home Tim Flannery, wave them home.
Krukow said "Good pitching always beats good hitting"
I don’t know where he sees good hitting.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
“Good pitching always beats good hitting the Giants”
by yankeessuck8991 on Jun 2, 2010 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions
He was watching a replay of the HR Derby
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
Krukow
He also admitted he’d never heard or read the term LOOGY until this week.
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
I always forget two of the words in that acronym.
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
Lefty One Out Guy
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Ah. One out.
Got to remember that part. Thanks.
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
Look Out for the Other Guy’s Yak.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Where is it?!!!? I can’t find it!!!!
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
And suggested (or Kuiper did) that Bruce Jenkins invented the term. Noted stathead Bruce Jenkins?
Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz
by lyricalkiller on Jun 2, 2010 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions
6.93
Other teams apparently don’t suffer from that hangover.
What was with Torres? Not patient at all tonight.
It’s like he was determined to hit his way on instead of taking a walk or two.
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
He was responsible for the only run though, wasn’t he?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
That's not really the leadoff man's job, though.
Getting on base and annoying Hamels might have led to better rallies.
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
Uh, sure, but I’ll still take a home run from any player any day.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I dunno! I’m not going to rag on a guy for having bad ABs in one game when he’s had consistently great ones all year long.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
the tighter the score, the more imperative it is to do the OBP thing
as a leadoff-type hitter
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
Really?
Really?
The dude’s been the no-doubt offensive MVP of the team this year, and you’re busting his chops for the at-bats tonight where he failed to homer?
Yeah, run with that.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 1, 2010 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm busting his chops for failing to get to a 3-ball count
both LATE in this game and EARLY in this game.
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
This is being incredibly nitpicky.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
He seems to have great at-bats, or hack on the first two pitches. It alternates, I don’t really get it myself.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
He knows what he’s doing up there. You don’t go to the plate with the same plan everytime. You want him to always take the first pitch every time because he’s the leadoff hitter? Sometimes the first pitch is the best one you’ll get. You can’t be predictable to the pitchers.
Buster Posey: "still not ready." - idiot of a GM
by rxmeister on Jun 2, 2010 5:25 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
When they throw a strike early, he swings?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions
He worked a 3-2...
… in another of his AB’s didnt he???
by AGiantAmongMarlins on Jun 2, 2010 6:09 AM PDT up reply actions
The Giants have never choked in the playoffs
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 1, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 1, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
jeez, how long has the Giants been in the ERA-lowering business?
by TimLaser and MattyC on Jun 1, 2010 11:18 PM PDT reply actions
RAAAAAAAAAAAGEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
AmyGGiants
bq.#sfgiants Bochy on Bengie, “He’s getting better at bats…he’s swinging better”
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
READ MY BLOG!!!!
by sadison bummedgarner on Jun 1, 2010 11:20 PM PDT reply actions
He made better contact today.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
/judges someone
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
Looked really balanced at the plate.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jun 1, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
didn't he say that about Rowand as well
after a game where he struck out like 2 times?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
HOW THE FUCK WAS ANYTHING TODAY A BETTER AT BAT? DID HE SEE THE HIT AND RUN DOUBLE PLAY? WAS HE EVEN WATCHING THE GOD DAMN GAME?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
He sees what he wants to see
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 1, 2010 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, an omelet sounds great right about now.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t know. That’s a lot of money to borrow. Are you sure you want to lend me $25,000?
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 1, 2010 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Was Buster safe? And why didn’t Bork get off his ass to go out to argue?
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey
Wave them home Tim Flannery, wave them home.
I don’t think he was safe. The worse part was the second baseman tripping over Buster, colliding with Tulo, almost falling off his back foot, making an awkward throw to first, and STILL getting Bengie by a generous 15 feet.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
These aren’t the wash-ups you’re looking for.
/handwave
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
These are not the wash ups I’m looking for.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
His job is to say stupid things to protect his players. It’s time to bring up Pat The Bat and move Posey behind the plate. Would the pitchers prefer comfortable old Bengie behind the plate, or an offense that gave them some support?
Buster Posey: "still not ready." - idiot of a GM
by rxmeister on Jun 2, 2010 5:28 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
But why does he have to say stupid things that are also bald-faced lies?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
In other words, Bochy has no idea how to evaluate this team.
Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.
by imovermyhead on Jun 1, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
AKA
“I gave him a better stance and because of that, I made him better.”
by yankeessuck8991 on Jun 1, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
FUCK YOU BORK
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 1, 2010 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
...
#sfgiants Bochy on Bengie, "He’s getting better at bats…he’s swinging better"
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
On the bright side....
1. Bengie Molina is heating up
2. Aaron Rowand is heating up
3. Pablo has been clutch with men on base
4. Mark DeRosa is finally healthy
5. Edgar Renteria is finally healthy
6. Fred Lewis has been playing terribly for Toronto, we definitely got a steal of $75k
7. Our ace has been lights out
8. Bochy has finally learned to manage
9. Our bullpen has been rock solid
10. Pat Burrell is lighting up the tough PCL pitching
by yankeessuck8991 on Jun 1, 2010 11:20 PM PDT reply actions
I smell sarcasm.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 1, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow.
This made me forget all about Bonds, Kent, Burks, Snow, and Santiago for a moment.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Y'know, if Posey caught and the OF was John, Andres, and Nate
I don’t think the result could have been too much worse.
3-2 Loss in 9?
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
Regardless of the outcome (I'm not sure why the addition of those players add a run to the Rockies' total)
Would you rather Bowker, and Nate play…or Bengie and Rowand?
Fun stat: Bengie + Rowand = 6 hits in their last 74 at bats. That’s a staggering .081.
by yankeessuck8991 on Jun 1, 2010 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Bowker and Nate.
Easily.
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
2010 Salaries
Bengie + Rowand = $18,100,000
Bowker + Nate = $826,500
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
I had no idea Bengie and Rowand were 20 times better than those two!
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jun 1, 2010 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't shortchange them...
They’re 21.9 times better!!!
by yankeessuck8991 on Jun 1, 2010 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, I wanted to swap Rowand for Milton Bradley last August
even if Milton had a psychotic meltdown, I was all for it
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
He would have an excuse this time.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd have been down with that.
I’ve always liked Milton, even at his craziest.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 1, 2010 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Think of all the cool images we could've created if we had him!!!
Lucky Mariner fans!
by yankeessuck8991 on Jun 1, 2010 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
staggering is the operative word for Bengie
I like my beer cold ... my TV loud ... and my romosexuals flaming.--Homer Simpson
Its sad
we could have a not total shit lineup with potential just by doing this. Have John and Nate been hitting great? No, but their bad is no worse than Scott and Fat Fuck, they have potential to be decent at least, and the defensive alignment would be better. Ughhh
by Artimus Clyde on Jun 1, 2010 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Meanwhile, in another country much like ours but with more colorful currency...
Fred Lewis: 3 for 5, 3 runs scored, 1 RBI (if you’re into that sort of thing). Current OPS: .859
Giants Baseball: TORTURE
Stupid Sabean....
Could’ve at least gotten $76k for him!!!
by yankeessuck8991 on Jun 1, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s funny how professional sports changes the perception of what a significant amount of money is.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
If all MCC people pooled their money....
We could have tons of Fred Lewises!!!
by yankeessuck8991 on Jun 1, 2010 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m more bitter about the 100% sustainable .429/.478/.571 in Anaheim.
by Grant Brisbee on Jun 1, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, I had no idea he was doing so well.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
yee buddy
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 1, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, he’s really busting things up down there.
Giants Baseball: The Thing Is, It Keeps Happening.
Proud parent of William Nuschler M.F. Clark.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Jun 1, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
He still has some rotten luck though. I saw a highlight where a ball went behind him, he ducked and the ball hit his bat. Fair ball. Thrown out at first.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 1, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
He is outperforming the entire Giants offense while in a reserve role.
"Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love."
by cybermaldonado on Jun 1, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Clearly better than any SS the Giants have on the Giants roster
also, I’m thinking about bringing that sig back, but with Bowker instead of Frandsen
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
You need a new taqueria.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Must have been an A’s fan in the late 1980s.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
He is growing it out to raise money for Children's Hospital
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 1, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
What an asshole
I'll punch Greg Evigan in the beard if I ever see him!
by NuschlerFace on Jun 1, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Does the children's hospital specify that he has to grow a mullet?
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 7:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Giants lineup is a fat farm for pitchers
Want to shed those unwanted and unsightly runs from your ERA?
Call us. We can help.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jun 1, 2010 11:29 PM PDT reply actions
Give me an anagram for "Troy Tulowitzki Hairdo"
I'll punch Greg Evigan in the beard if I ever see him!
by NuschlerFace on Jun 1, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Roy Tulowitzki Hair Dot.
Okay, I’m going to bed.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.
The Z, W and K are killing it
Just about every result has WHIZ KID in it.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Matt Cain" = TRAGIC MAN, ISN'T PATHETIC
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jun 1, 2010 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
God Dammit!
Thanks for trying
I'll punch Greg Evigan in the beard if I ever see him!
by NuschlerFace on Jun 1, 2010 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions
here...
Troy Tulowitzki Hairdo was too long so I shortened to “Troy Hairdo”
anagram site generates the following (i hand picked these):
Ahoy Torrid
Hard Riot Yo
Arid Ho Troy
A Dirty Ho Or
A Dry Ho Riot
Rat Rid Oh Yo
and on and on…
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
Time to call in the tabs for this.
Starting with the Padres and A’s.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I prefer to think of it as the Shake Weight for pitchers.
Draw your own conclusions.
by DogDaysofSummer on Jun 1, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Why Casilla?
I didn’t see the game. Was driving home and heard Casilla coming in. I just assumed Romo had already been used. Why Casilla and not Romo. Bizarre.
Here is the answer..
Because the Giants hitters were to0 crappy to score a damn run or the game would have been over long before Casilla came in. With some help from Bochy and his magic line-up building skills….
"Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love."
by cybermaldonado on Jun 1, 2010 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Two outs nobody on, and the bottom of the lineup wins the game for them. Why can’t our bottom of the lineup do that?
/looks at bottom of our lineup. Never mind.
Buster Posey: "still not ready." - idiot of a GM
by rxmeister on Jun 2, 2010 5:37 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Meh, Whatever.
The Giants are not going to make the playoffs. If we suck bad enough MAYBE there is a manager change and a front office overhaul.
I’m Just curious to see how Buster does nowadays. The moment they send him down, it’s over for me as far as watching Giants game goes. This season is a complete waste and a regression from a player development standpoint. We are not finding out if either Schierholtz or Bowker could play OF next year. We traded away one of our best offensive player for 75K, and we’re having Buster play 1B instead of getting more innings behind the dish.
Come to think of it, last year’s fortuitous 88 wins was the worst thing that could have happened to the Giants. It stopped player development, and it provided a launching pad for the “sign more veterans, no time for player development” campaign.
It really is tough being a Giants fan. Even when your team does well, it stabs you in the back.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
by jctGamer on Jun 1, 2010 11:34 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I’m starting to think the history of poor position player development might not be accidental.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 8:05 AM PDT up reply actions
yup
I think the 88 wins was horrible in that these idiots believed they were one or two proven veterans away from success – they always believe that players will repeat their best seasons.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
Remember that time we gave Sabean and Bochy 2-year contracts?
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sorry I just had a lolgasm
by yankeessuck8991 on Jun 1, 2010 11:38 PM PDT reply actions
You know, I really think the blame for this game has to come down on Zito.
The Giants offense gave him a chance to win, and he blew it in the late innings.
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
But he wouldn’t have blown it if it weren’t for those pesky kids!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions
He Didn't Make The Pitches When He Needed To
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
Exactly!
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
For Everyone To See What You Are Doing You Have To Do It Like This
Although most do know what you are doing. I just wanted to join in.
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 see.
GRM imitation?
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
Too many mental mistakes
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey
Wave them home Tim Flannery, wave them home.
Oh my lord, Fred Lewis is tied for the league lead in doubles.
End it now.
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
You almost got me to believe that until I realized that everybody else hits against AL outfielders and Lewis has been playing quite a few games less than the competition.
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
Dude hits doubles!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I have often been against the “we need a big bat” philosophy, since I think that one true thumper won’t save the rest of this offense. We’re not a great hitting team, and Jason Bay and Matt Holliday on this team wouldn’t change that. But there are functional pieces on this team now: Torres, Sanchez, Huff, Uribe, Posey, Schierholtz. None of them are ever going to sniff a triple crown, but they have all demonstrated that they can have a semblance of a plate approach, which is really what this team needs on a consistent basis.
Now, as for Pablo, 0 for 5 happens. He’s only human, and he somehow managed 3 hits against the best pitcher in baseball right now the day before. He’s batting .286. It’s not like he’s in free fall like Rowand or Molina.
But here’s the problem. He saw twelve pitches, swung at nine of them, and generated 7 outs in 5 plate appearances. And for the offensive centerpiece of a team, that just doesn’t cut it. With the game on the line, you should want your best hitter at the plate with a chance to turn things around. And I don’t want Pablo hitting third.
It’s not Pablo’s fault that he’s the linchpin of this offense, just like it wasn’t Molina’s fault that he was the de facto cleanup hitter. Pablo is who he is, and I don’t think he’s going to change. But if he can’t hang back and take a few pitchers or lay off a high fastball, then he shouldn’t be the #3 hitter.
Pablo makes a fabulous complimentary piece, but he can’t be the main cog. At least not right now. It’s possible that he still has many fantastic years ahead of him right now. But right now, Pablo can’t lead this team.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Sure he wouldn’t be the main cog on most teams, but he is the main cog of this offense, and pretty much has to lead the offense.
He is what he is, and that’s the best hitter on the team, one ugly-looking game regardless.
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
It starts with removing players that makes outs more than 70% of the time they come to the plate.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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I know that ditching Rowand and Molina are important steps in this process. I know that Posey will be another nice complimentary piece. Here’s where we need to improve for next season, though.
2 – Sanchez
3 – Posey
4 – ???
5 – Profit Sandoval
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Carlos Pena!
Boom!
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
I saw his stats today
he’s actually struggling pretty badly-I mean I think he’ll turn it around, but right now he’s not doing great.
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Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
.204 BABIP, my friend.
His ISOs are pretty good right now, actually, though I have to admit the league-leading strikeout total is noticeable.
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
Ah, I imagined BABIP had something to do without
but I was watching something…MLB Tonight maybe and I think they were talking about the Rays utilizing Hank Blalock more…but Friedman wouldn’t let that happen
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Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
You never improve through free agency
1. Hitters don’t like to come here, and you have to overpay.
2. Length of contract is miserable.
That’s why the team needs to be built around the draft, which the Giants have failed to do so year after year. The players that would have been selected in the first round when we traded away a 1st round pick for Michael Tucker should be contributing now. But he isn’t. Why? Cause we didn’t have a pick.
The best way to acquire that bat is to trade away center pieces to contending teams who are eager for that final piece to put them over the top. Jason Schmidt could have been that piece. But sabean believed in fool’s gold.
Fast forward to this year. If the Giants are 5.5 games out at the end of July and chasing 3 teams, do you genuinely believe Sabean will sell or buy? He’s going to buy. He’s going to mortgage the farm in hopes of chasing that wild card.
Why? because his job is probably on the time. It’s an never ending cycle. We need to trade AWAY pieces to get more pieces.
But no, Sabean believes we are always one or 2 moves away from winning a championship, so we should never trade away pieces, even if it is painfully obvious that stuck in 80 win land is the worst thing you can do. You don’t get to the playoffs, and you don’t draft high enough for impact bat.
It will never end.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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What Sabean should really be doing is talking up how close our team is to making a deep run. The pitching is there. The pitching is LOCKED UP. And our lineup is less awful than it used to be. If players are willing to be traded to the Nationals, then we should be able to convince hitters to come be the centerpiece for our lineup. There’s enough talent on the market in the upcoming FA class that we would be able to do it… if we hadn’t already spent all our money. Between Huff and Molina, we have… $7.5 million coming off the books. And we’re already over budget. Whoops.
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Michael Tucker
The draft that we gave away our pick to get him was the 05 draft-which produced guys like Colby Rasmus, Andrew McCutchen, Jay Bruce, Justin Upton and Cameron Maybin.
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Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
Sabean wouldn’t have taken any of these guys, anyway.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
Or if he did take them
They’d be in AAA or a back up OF now.
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Still cheering for Kevin Frandsen
John Bowker: One of the 3 best OF's on the Giants roster
Hitters don't like to come to SF?
I’m not so sure if that’s really true. Sabean says it is, which automatically makes me question the statement’s veracity.
If it is true that hitters don’t like to come to SF, I think a larger reason than “cold weather” and “pitcher’s park” (that really isn’t) may be the GM himself and the bad vibe coming off a team going nowhere as long as that GM is running things.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
A big bat
makes other hitters around him better. The Giants have NO ONE that strikes fear into a pitchers heart. Pablo sooner or later has to become more patient. I am not asking him to become Bret Butler (he didn’t start the at-bat until it was 3-2). But it is ridiculous at times.
I thought that wasn’t actually true?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
The “makes hitters around him better” thing, I mean.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you’re right, outside of intentional walks.
Or at least that’s what I remember.
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
Regardless of whether or not it’s true, a valuable offensive player makes a team better. If this team were to dump Molina, move Posey behind the plate where he belongs, move Huff back to 1st where he costs us less on defense, get rid of Rowand, move Torres to CF, start Schierholtz in right and let him develop, and acquire someone like Josh Willingham or Shin-Soo Choo to play left, this lineup is suddenly a hell of a lot better.
I recognize that this will never happen, but it illuminates that this team is capable of fielding a league average-ish team with options that are already mostly available in-house.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
already got Pat Burrell
might as well play the pieces you already have
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
lol
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
Yes, and you don’t even have to get either of those two players, necessarily. Starting Bowker regularly will likely make the Giants look as smart as the Blue Jays with their treatment of Lewis.
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
Exactly
I mean I’m pretty high on Bowker (possibly crazy high on him) but I wouldn’t be shocked if he produced a slash line of:
.265/.345/.440 if he was given regular PT
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Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
I think we’re not talking about the same thing, you and I. I wasn’t really responding to your comment at all.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions
I know you weren’t, but I wanted to make the point that you don’t need to bring in Albert Pujols to teach everybody how to hit in order to make the lineup better.
Great hitters make the rest of the lineup better because everybody else plays a less critical role. It’s how you keep Molina from batting cleanup, and move hitters like Sandoval and Uribe down in the order.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Yeah, that’s a valuable point.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Fun Fact
2010 Salaries
Rowand + Renteria + DeRosa + Molina = $34,100,000
Sandoval + Torres + Schierholtz + Whiteside = $1,712,500
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:44 PM PDT reply actions
But Whiteside isn’t good.
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
He’s an okay backup catcher, but that’s it.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 1, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Molina would probably be an okay backup catcher too.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
The guy with the self-congratulating post addendum should replace Whiteside with Posey.
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
At this point, though, I think he’s better than Bengie. This could be me talking out of my ass while being annoyed with Molina, but he’s at least athletic enough to block balls and run faster than a glacier.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Yeah, Eli’s not fat and slow, so he’s got that going for him.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 1, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Hits grand slams.
Catches no-hitters.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Also hits home runs off of Halladay.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 1, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Breaks up perfect games.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
Kinda what the Sharks couldn't do on Niemi, oh for fucks sake
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Hey, the Sharks never got shut out by Niemi, so I don’t consider that a perfect game or whatever.
In fact, they were only shut out three times the entire year – once against the Coyotes, which was a 0-0 tie that went to the shootout; once against the Sabres right before the Olympic Break, which had them against the Jimenez of goalies in Ryan Miller; and once against Colorado in the Game 3 that ended in a way I’d rather not talk about. That’s more than can be said about the Giants.
"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages
OH YEA? WELL U SUCK STILL! I HATE THE SHARKS UNTIL THEY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS AGAIN!
Kinda seriously got some major decisions to make! and Miller is AMAZING right now, or was…. totally agree with the comparison. Jimenez is already considered a CY young winner by many here at school
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
So goes the legend of Mr. Whiteside.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 1, 2010 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
JASON HEY-WHO? AMIRITE?
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE GRAYSIDE, MAN.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I think if Molina doesn’t have to play every day, he’s still way better than Whiteside. He just seems so old and tired playing 80% of the time this year.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s also $1.5 million cheaper if he isn’t starting 80% of the games.
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The real reason he’s better than Molina is that he doesn’t prevent the best catcher on the team from playing catcher.
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jun 1, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Eli or Posey are better than Bengie's fat ass
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
no he's not
he’s not a major league player.
he got hot/lucky for a month. he’ll come back down, along with his BA.
Eugenio Velez: Really fast... at getting picked off. SICK BURN!!
Again like someone stated above…not fat and slow, I’ll take it.
But in all seriousness Posey>Whiteside>Molina. Whiteside is a good backup catcher and Fatboy shouldn’t even be in the conversation. Declining skills behind the dish, his bat sucks but Whiteside has always called a good game (whatever that means) and has a decent arm and pretty good defense.
Plus he catches no-hitters!
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey
Wave them home Tim Flannery, wave them home.
Not only is molina the slowest player in the majors by a staggering amount, but he somehow got noticeably slower this year. Bengie is done, the giants need to understand this before they give him 500 more PA’s and waste another year. Not only is his arm non existant, but he rarely moves behind the plate and now plays pitches he should block off the carrum off the backstop. What’s worse is the fact that bengie has a giant pity party surrounding him, which makes it so no matter what he’s gonna get every incenitive on that contract and retard posey growth and waste whitesides time.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
What is there to lose?
CF Torres
2b Sanchez
3B Sandoval
1B Huff
SS Uribe
LF Bowker
C Posey
RF Schierholz
I mean really, how can this be any worse? At least there is more speed, more youth and maybe more hope. And in any event – we can see if Bowker and/or Nate are anything other than 4th or 5th outfielders.
Against lefties, Rowand can start for Bowker. At least until Burrell comes up. Frankly if I never saw Rowand again in a Giants uniform, I’d be happy. As for Bengie – thanks for the memories but good-bye. As long as he’s around, he’s gonna be the main guy behind the plate. Bochy can’t see otherwise.
Just saw the 34,000,000. Not much bang for the buck eh.
Brian Sabean loses face
and Bruce Bochy loses his veteran clubhouse.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
I love lineup fun!
CF Torres
C Posey
1B Huff
3B Sandoval
SS Uribe
RF Schierholtz
LF Bowker
2B Sanchez
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
I like that lineup.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 1, 2010 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Posey’s better.
Posey minor league equivalent OBP/SLG from last year is .370/433, and Sanchez hasn’t sniffed that kind of production in a long while.
You could probably convince me to move Sanchez above Bowker, but I like Bowker’s upside of power and patience.
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
C'mon
You can’t ignore what Sanchez has done in his years in the league. And he’s been damn good when he’s played this year. Sanchez ain’t the problem.
Posey may be better some day. I expect he will be. But right now, hitting him lower makes sense.
Freddy Sanchez has a career 97 OPS+. He’s been a pretty darn good second baseman for his career, but it’s not absolutely crazy to think that Posey is possibly better than him with the bat right now.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
What he said.
The thing is, all Sanchez’s hits look nice, but he’s a hacker with an empty average. Posey is much more disciplined and the walks he gets are enough to say that he is a better option currently, even given Sanchez’s greater experience.
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
I wonder how Sanchez’s average and approach might have been affected by spending his whole career in Pittsburgh.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I don’t think it had any effect. I haven’t heard of any analysis confirming a hypothesis that hitters “press” while on a bad team by swinging at more pitches.
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
/thinks about today’s stellar Sandoval performance
/
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by victor frankenstein on Jun 2, 2010 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions
It does affect how pitchers will pitch to you, though. If you’re facing a punchless Pittsburgh lineup, you can throw lots of junk because he’s the only decent hitter, or you can throw lots of fastballs since he doesn’t have anybody behind him driving him in. In 2005, he hit .291 and only had 54 R and 35 RBIs. Being the only hitter of consequence might change your approach. It’s just a bit of speculation.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Sure.
The studies don’t really find that surrounding hitters affect the pitches that a batter gets or his performance generally though.
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
What about pitching with a lead or with the bases empty?
Not trying to be contrary, you just seem to be better read on the subject than I am.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I think you’ll find the same to be true (not totally positive). Even though the situations are different, typically the pitcher and the batter have the same plan for the plate appearance, and their interaction is not altered by the situation very often… or at least that is what I recall.
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
Your "empty average" mantra
is not supported by Sanchez’s career. .336 OBP 40 doubles .417 are some of his career 162 game numbers. Admittedly, 2009 was not a good year for him. I suspect injuries played a big role in that.
Yes it is.
.336 OBP is barely above league average.
You expect a .300 hitter to have an OBP at least above .350. If not, it’s an empty average.
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
He doesn’t stink. He just doesn’t walk very much. If he hits in the .290 – .300 range, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with him.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, no.
For a 2nd-baseman, that’s perfectly fine. That doesn’t mean that he’s better than a .270/.350/.440 hitter, which is what Posey looks to be this year.
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
It’s an empty average because his value is completely dependent on him hitting .300. If he hits .270, like he did in 2008, he has no value with the bat. He doesn’t walk a lot. He has fewer walks in his career than Bonds did in six different individual seasons.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions
/cries thinking about Bond’s plate discipline
God it was other wordly how amazing he was when picking pitches. If the team had a quarter of his talent with pitch recognition and plate discipline it would be a 1000% improvement.
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey
Wave them home Tim Flannery, wave them home.
giants should hire him at a player’s salary to be the hitting instructor. i’m sure it would be money well spent
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
I think there is something in his contract that says that after he retires he has a deal with the Giants to come back but I think he said he doesn’t want to be a hitting coach, I don’t exactly remember why at the moment though.
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey
Wave them home Tim Flannery, wave them home.
I still sometimes get dumbfounded by his “sometimes I would take a bad swing intentionally just to get the same pitch again” line. To be such a good hitter that you can just completely waste a swing….
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
He has looked much more patient
until as of late, where no one except Posey has looked that way
by Artimus Clyde on Jun 2, 2010 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Give it Time
He’s 51 PA into the season.
Bowker was best in baseball at plate discipline after that many PA’s.
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
True
Although, I’ll keep backing John and say if he had more time I think he could develop patience. Its just been nice to see the mole work some counts
by Artimus Clyde on Jun 2, 2010 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
It has.
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
seriously? I love Posey just as much as the next guy/girl/guy, but you would bat a player with less than 50 career MLB AB’s second whilst putting a batting champion/ 3-time all star 8th? Granted the title was 4 years ago, but he’s been nothing but above average this year for us and has done nothing to deserve that
Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me.
McCoven: We're all happy to be wrong.
Also, those All-Star nods primarily come from the fact that every team has to have at least one player, and Freddy played for the Pirates. In 3 All-Star appearances, he got 3 at-bats, and saw 6 pitches in total; he didn’t even make an appearance in last year’s ASG.
That’s not meant as a slight to Freddy; after all, all three of those years Chase Utley started over him, and I don’t think that anybody here will argue that Freddy Sanchez is better than Chase Utley. But he’s not a franchise player by any means, just a good piece to a competitive ballclub.
I won’t speculate on where he should bat; I think that for now, it’s easiest for Posey to bat 6th and keep Sanchez 2nd; I think that Sanchez and Torres work well together in the order, and there’s no reason to jump the gun on Posey. If Posey continues to produce, then you talk seriously about moving him up in the order.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
This I can agree with. If Posey keeps his production high, then I can see moving him up as a good move. But until then Freddy is doing great in the 2 slot and there’s no need to nix that within the next couple weeks, unless Freddy starts to struggle, or if Posey is still batting .500
Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me.
McCoven: We're all happy to be wrong.
LOL
This is why Brian Sabean wanted him, for all of his past acomplishments. I’m not hating on Mole, I’ve liked his defense and he’s been pretty ok at the plate. I do kind of agree with the putting Posey in the 2 spot but not exactly for the same reason. He’s still new, and even though he has a good head on his shoulders, we shouldn’t be putting that much pressure on him just yet, he’s doing fine in the 6 spot and even he gets nervous like last night in the bottom of the 9th last out, you could tell he was nervous, didn’t want to make an out and its completely understandable for the rook.
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey
Wave them home Tim Flannery, wave them home.
Yes, I would.
See:
and
You were not the first to make such a comment.
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
More lineup fun.
Torres, CF
Sanchez, 2B
Posey, C
Huff, 1B
Sandoval, 3B
Uribe, SS
Burrell/DeRosa LF
Schierholtz, RF
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Just because I've been dreaming lately
Torres, CF
Sanchez, 2B
Huff, 1B
Panda, 3B
Posey, C
Uribe, 2B
Nate, RF
Bowker, LF
I like the lineup with Posey at 2 as well though
by Artimus Clyde on Jun 1, 2010 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
No Pat?
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 1, 2010 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d rather him off the bench…I think Bowker could get something going with some starts
by Artimus Clyde on Jun 1, 2010 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Compromise.
Bowker vs. RHP
Pat vs. LHP
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 2, 2010 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah this
Except I think Bowker needs to start seeing more LHP…He’s not picking them up at all. But it seems more like a raw thing than impossible. That being said, I have no problem with that platoon for the most part
by Artimus Clyde on Jun 2, 2010 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Total loss of grit
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
Made it home, and i’m alive, made the smart decision to NOT drink anymore and NOT watch the game, instead played Star Fox
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
64?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I cannot allow you to go any further.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
USE THE BOOST TO GET THROUGH!!!
TWSS!!!!!!
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I admit defeat… IF THIS DOESN’T WORK!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Who ARE you guys?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey Einstein, I'm on your side.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Epic star fox quotes!!!!
MY EMPIREEEEE I"VE FAILLLLLEEDDD YOUUUUUUUU
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Level I’ve played most: The Independence Day ripoff.
Level most difficult for me: Fighting the super advanced Star Wolf.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Sadly, I still haven’t been able to unlock foot mode. GETTING A MEDAL ON VENOM ON EXPERT MODE IS FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions
It takes some doing.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
If I didn’t have a friend who actually did it, I still wouldn’t believe that it exists. How anybody can get that shit is beyond me. I tried so hard.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Took some long, long evenings.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Should not have posted here. We might have seen a massive howie thread.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
OH NOWEZ HOWIE AND HIS FAIL BEARD
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
BE CAREFUL IT’S A TRAP!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
You’re becoming more like your father.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Enemy shields analyzed!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
I guess I should say thank you.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
It's about time you showed up, Fox. You're the only hope for our world.
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
/sprints for 20 straight minutes while the mother ship soars through the background.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
Keep shooting! We've got plenty of torpedos!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Tell me you didn’t drive drunk
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
by Useful_Idiot on Jun 2, 2010 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh... well i'll pass on that
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Oh, come now.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Tee-hee
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Stupid mice.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Realises why Tim now Sucks
He stopped using Electric Feel!!!
by yankeessuck8991 on Jun 1, 2010 11:54 PM PDT reply actions
Saw the highlights of LA-AZ
I see Russell Martin tried to pull a cheap move that got Stephen Drew pissed.
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 feel bad
but I irrationally like Stephen Drew. No idea why.
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
LOL Mark Grace last night, “I wanna see some haymakers!”
Kyle Stratford : Brian Sabean :: Toby Flenderson : Michael Scott
listening to mark grace makes me want to gouge out my ears with melon-ballers
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
this
what did russel martin do that make drew rage?
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I haven't seen swinging this ugly
since I went with Angie Dickinson to a key party at Art Carney’s house in ’72.
So then I said, “Why draft Ubaldo Jimenez when you can draft Carlos Beltran and then Wandy Rodriguez in the next round?”
I regret nothing.
So...
Anyone else stoked about the World Cup? That England-USA game should be awesome.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
I am
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
SO PUMPED
i truly do hope they beat England, although this is a tough bracket slightly
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
…No it isn’t
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
by Useful_Idiot on Jun 2, 2010 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Are you implyingthat the US is the SF Giants of soccer?!?!
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
Pumped.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Yessir.
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
/changes channel
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Jun 2, 2010 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Giants got a few breaks from the umps or it could have been worse
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
The offense could be worse. Check out this 2008 lineup vs. Milwaukee:
Roberts, LF
Velez, 2B
Winn, RF
Molina, C
Rowand, CF
Castillo, 3B
Aurilia, 1B
Bocock, SS
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 2, 2010 12:06 AM PDT reply actions
OW MY EYES
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Adopted Giant: Clayton Tanner
by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 2, 2010 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Castillo?
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
But that was while we were in the middle of the stealth rebuild so it is excusable.
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
Or worse, this 2005 lineup vs. Colorado that managed to win 11-4.
Ellison, RF
Vizquel, SS
Cruz, 2B
Feliz, LF
Alfonzo, 3B
Grissom, CF
Niekro, 1B
Matheny, C
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 2, 2010 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Well yeah, but he’s hiding Bonds by choosing that kerfuffle.
Barry makes that lineup close to passable.
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
Alou was around some, right?
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
Bonds was injured most of '05.
It would be about 5 and a half months before we saw him. You could make an argument that I am hiding Alou, but he was also often injured.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 2, 2010 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions
The idea is that the other lineup sucked because the players sucked.
This lineup sucked because two all-star players were injured.
There’s a bit of a difference, in my mind.
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
Then I guess I redirect your attention back to the ’08 lineup.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 2, 2010 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Not really.
I don’t think saying that the 2005 lineup is “worse” (which you did) is a good representation. That’s my point.
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
What I meant by worse is that the ’05 lineup I posted managed to score 11 runs that game.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 2, 2010 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Whatever you say.
The sentence reads the opposite way, that you were describing the lineup itself as worse.
Whatever. It’s not a major point.
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
I get what you mean.
I’m kind of all over the place.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 2, 2010 12:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Moises Alou was 39 and Bonds was in his 40s. Pinning your playoff hopes on two players that old staying healthy is actually a good way to get a lineup that sucks.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
Very true. But not as bad as pinning your playoff hopes on that other stuff.
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
You need to hear about what Bonds did when he finally showed up.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 2, 2010 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions
He Didn't SingleHandedley Lead Them To The Playoffs Like I Expercted
Therefore he was not clutch and definitely a choker.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
First game back in '05.
1-4 with a double and a strikeout.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 2, 2010 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Don't disparage my rose (cherry) colored memories.
Especially the ones I write myself.
"I don’t know why people feel the need to come up with reasons 'why' for everything..." - Missing Barry
by victor frankenstein on Jun 2, 2010 2:21 AM PDT up reply actions
And damn near hit one out in his first AB. Had the scoreboard operator and about 39,000 others fooled for a second.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jun 2, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Him and Alou shared the cleanup duties until Bonds came back later that season.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 2, 2010 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, if we had him in Barry's prime, we could have gone far.
Stephen Curry is the future.
We need to save this planet. Go Green, recycle, ride public transportation, use cantines. Anything you can do!
by GovernorStephCurry on Jun 2, 2010 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Deivi Cruz???
I had completely forgot about him.
Proud father of Mike Krukow (who is more than 3 times my age)
Grab Some Pine, Meat
K.F.I.S.T.F.
Hoping for BowkerMania to get consistent playing time at AT&T Park
OW MY EYES
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Feliz in LF! I completely forgot about that. The Giants have been moving Gold Glove caliber players off their positions for years.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jun 2, 2010 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
jesus christ
Now that is a borked line up, LOL ROBERTS VELEZ WINN 123 PUNCH!
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Oh my God, that is embarrassing.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
by Useful_Idiot on Jun 2, 2010 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm out.
I redboxed Avatar (yes, I still haven’t seen it) and I would like to watch it before I go to sleep. To the suicidal fans: don’t do anything stupid.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Jun 2, 2010 12:27 AM PDT reply actions
Enjoy your sleep at 5 in the morning.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions
avatar fucking sucks...
wanna watch a good movie? MacGruber ftw!
Bochy will never take us all the way.
by Nick Cunningham on Jun 2, 2010 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions
HTTYDFTMFW!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 12:48 AM PDT up reply actions
OT
While checking on some tickets for the special event game (the Sanchez no-hitter bobblehead), I noticed the Giants have added a second Joe DiMaggio bobblehead night (same as the day they are giving the Joe D one at the gate but different bobblehead).
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
Just for the record
Anagram of General Manager Brian Sabean: A Barbarian Gangrene Man Eels
"You can always recover from the player you didn't sign. You may never recover from the player you signed at the wrong price." --Billy Beane
"I am not an idiot."--Brian Sabean
So, I really hate to say it
But man do we need a guy like Prince Fielder. Obviuosly I’m not a supporter of CAIN 4 FIELDER, but, hey, if you gotta trade MadBum or a combo of other good prospects for one and a half years of a guy like Fielder in his prime, well, you gotta do it.
Keep Huff in left, and move Buster to C. Ideally, shuffle Rowand out of the lineup too.
Torres CF
Sanchez 2B
Sandoval 3B
Fielder 1B
Huff LF
Posey C
Uribe SS
Schierholtz RF
Now doesn’t that look like a lineup that might theoretically produce some runs from time to time?
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
um without molina and rowands veteran gamer presence the line up has no power or plate discipline /kruk
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
this
I’m sick and tired of rowand and molina playful excuses, they’ll get out of it and produce fine no one ever slumps like this!
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Fielder is having another down year. It’s weird how he alternates between elite slugger and good but not great hitter. His OPS in his 5 years in the majors:
.831
.1.013
.879
1.014
.822
He was a great player in 2009 and 2007, but a pretty average one in 2006, 2008, and so far in 2010.
I was promised lasagna.
I personally do not want to see how fielders numbers change from the brewers loaded line up to our pea-dish lien up in a nightmarish ballpark.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
that's for rowand...
not fielder. clearly fielder is every other year.
...Dr. Vader will see you now.
I would absolutely let go of MadBum as the centerpiece in a package for Fielder.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
by Useful_Idiot on Jun 2, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Give up MadBum?
for a half season of Fielder?
No. no no no no
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
I don’t see why we couldn’t re-sign him after the contract is up
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
by Useful_Idiot on Jun 2, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
But if you could sign him anyway, then MadBum’s not getting you those extra years.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
True, I just think we have a shot to go somewhere this season or next. I’m impatient.
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
For Ryan Howard money? For a fat, rowdy player with inconsistent performance.
Pass.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
You're wrong
It’s a season AND a half.
My Son, fourth outfielder extraordinaire.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
Permanent solution to a temporary problem...or possibly the other way around.
I’d rather see us bomb one more year and get some better bats in the draft that don’t get senior citizen meals at Denny’s before the end of 2012.
Sure, MadBum isn’t irreplaceable, but with the staff we’ve got locked in right now, it would be nice to see him seamlessly replace the ones that leave/retire/get injured by the time he’s ready.
Besides, even if Fielder had a stellar year, we would be fighting to maintain or defeat our own mediocrity. If anything, it would reinforce in the minds of Sabochean the idea that our problem players aren’t really problems, and further guarantee their presence in the lineup: “Molina doesn’t suck, he just needed another veteran bat around the clubhouse to motivate and inspire him! See all these games we’re winning 2-1 instead of losing 1-0? Problem solved!”
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
MadBum for Choo!
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
I would love to have choo
Unfortuantely he teamed up with scott boras last off season which means all he’s concerned about is a massive payday and not winning.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Or both!
/Yankees :-(
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
LOL iPAD
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 8:47 AM PDT reply actions
Just chill out, iPAD!
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler
That should be photoshopped to “iPad needs to CALM DOWN before you can start it”.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions
And where it says “Temperature” that can be changed to “Internal Flapping”.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
its just excited
give it a few days to calm down and take some swings, we need you de-ro!!!
/borked
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
iDeRosa
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
rec indeed.
Just for the fun of it, you should put in black lettering at the bottom
“I NEED SURGERY, YOU DOUCHENOZZLES!”
as DeRosa’s silent fight continues.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
rec'dddd
Giants Front Office: Doing whatever it takes to justify signings in the short term
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Baggs on KNBR right now (8:45am)
and he’s REALLY pissing me off. Just sounds like a huge front office apologist. He just quoted Jeff Kent’s “Enjoy the game” line, and not ironically.
Giants Baseball: TORTURE
by Kitspool on Jun 2, 2010 8:48 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
yeah he is
But Schulman is worst – keeps telling us that Rowand is a “gritty gamer” and that Bengie was the MVP of the team last year.
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
Baggs and Schulman are in the pocket of the SF Giants Baseball Corporation. They stopped doing their jobs a while ago.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jun 2, 2010 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m especially disappointed in Baggs because a couple years ago his writing was a fresh and independent take on this team (almost as good as Grant’s!). Now, not only does he sound like the communications director of the Giants front office, but he’s developing a Sabean-esque defensiveness. I wonder where he got it from.
Giants Baseball: TORTURE
I will continue, aboard this ship, to speak for the Bork. While they continue, without further diversion, to Sector 001, where they will force your unconditional surrender. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
— Andrew Baggarly
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
ENJOY THE GAME!!!!!
We’re above 500, we’re in this thing everything will be fine!
/vomits
While I was driving to work and listening to that it made me sick, I’m sick fo all these front office apologists trying to glorify the giants.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
I'm no apologist,
but it has been a SMALL comfort that we have yet to go down to or below .500 this season.
The value of a .500 record is entirely dependent on how well the rest of the division is playing, of course, but our 2010 Giants aren’t officially losers…YET.
That being said, I try to take win totals with a grain of salt, for similar reasons we all had for supporting Timmy for his second CY. We’ve had many losses already that we clearly “deserved” to lose, due to poor hitting, dumb mistakes on the mound or running the bases, etc. But we’ve also had some losses that seemed heartbreaking or even downright unfair, precisely because the team WAS playing so well, and didn’t even necessarily seem outmatched. The A’s series is a good recent example. We made their defense look amazing, as it seemed like they were constantly snaring sizzling line drives, making astounding outfield catches, etc.
Yes, I’m disappointed with this team, but not with its potential. Like many here, I’m more upset with management. Rearranging defensive positions does not make players hit better. Posey is ready, dammit. Molina has led a satisfying career, but he’s done. Bowker and Scheirholtz need a chance. And on and on…
For clarity’s sake, I don’t hate Rowand, or Molina, or Renteria, I’m just furious with the lack of accountability in realizing that these guys cannot and should not be depended upon, and that the others should be given a chance to carry this team (ESPECIALLY when they have shown signs of being able to do so..!) Posey isn’t the Messiah for this team, but side by side I think he exceeds Molina in virtually every category and should be given a chance to learn in the ones he does not.
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
ugh
People callin in KNBR defending rowand and saying he should play because he’s the only leader the team has. I can’t believe gary has the audacity to come on this morning and say it was a great game and “playoff baseball”. Then he proceeds to say the other teams all have people who “look like something” like ryan spilborghs and clint barmes… lol sports talk indeed.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Why listen to Gary at all?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Jun 2, 2010 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions
I normally listen to rome, I was just pulling into work and heard the opening of his show and began hemmoraging from the brain.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Of course, Pat Burrell was 2-4 for Fresno tonight. He’ll probably fix things.
It’s a shame there is no good pitching in AAA and Sabean does not know what to do with those stats.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Why would he play everyday? he’s a bench player
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
While I would never start pat burrel, bork does things that even sabean finds retarded.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
At this point, i’d start anybody over Rowand
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
this
I’d rather have velez at center than rowand at this point, yes I said it.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
Ugh, why are you making me defend Rowand?
Rowand still is a better defender that Velez. Velez takes routes to the ball that circumnavigates the globe first.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Rowand>>>>>Velez defensively.
But offensively i’ll take a Schierholtz or someone else over Rowand
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
That was chasm
but I will say without a doubt that torres should start every day and center and rowand should be benched, plain and simple. Not only would torres save a ton of runs in center, but with rowand out of the line up every ball hit to him wouldn’t turn into a double. Not to mention we’d no longer have a free out in the line up, I’ll take bowker, schierholtz, or yes even randy winn over aaron rowand.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
This was actually a very (and now that I read it again, VERY VAGUE) reference to the chaining of John Bowker to the bench.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
What has Bowker really done off the bench?
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Be shoved into high pressure at bats
with the worry that if he fails he will never see the grass again.
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
Bowker should be playing everyday, while rowand sits on the pine since all he does is bring down the team. Rowand should have ben benched a long time ago, the fact that he didn’t get benched after the A’s series just shows how horrible of a manager bork is.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
They’re never going to sit Rowand for an extended period of time, but they need to for a few games, because it’s getting BAD, either Bowker, or Nate should be there in the OF
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
You are correct sir, rowand will never be extensively benched. The giants think he’s a “face of the franchise star player” and are under the impression he’s a fan favorite and cannot be benched at any costs due to marketing reasons. The excuses are down right pathetic, oh he’s our guy he’ll snap out of it or he’s just in a slump he’ll get hot again and drive the team to the playoffs he’s a leader! Spare me the company line, maybe he can show off his ring that this team will never win with SABEANLOL calling the shots.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
OT: LOL Marlins
http://deadspin.com/5552925/marlins-invite-you-to-attend-game-that-already-happened
Proud Adoptive Parent of Jesus Guzman, who has been resurrected and has returned to..(reads)...Fresno? And is also an outfielder now.
Bochy: What’s this fancy stat here?
IT Guy: That’s how often they get on base. I do not know why you keep asking me, I am here to fix your server.
gotta sell the 55.000 tickets that were never sold LOLOL empty stadium for perfect game
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
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