Post-Game Thread: Posey leads Giants to sweep, lowers average by going 4-for-5
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 25, 2010 4:46 PM PDT
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PrintThere was no way the Giants should have won that game. Two quick points:
- As often as I disagree with Bruce Bochy, there’s no way he called for a straight steal in the top of the ninth. Either Travis Ishikawa or Nate Schierholtz missed a sign. There’s absolutely no way that a manager runs out of a situation in which a sac fly can take the lead in the ninth inning. Not a single manager, no matter how daft, drunk, or stupid would call for a straight steal. If it was a busted hit-and-run, well, that would have been a silly, unnecessary risk. But it wouldn’t have been criminal. I refuse to believe that it was a straight steal.
- When Bruce Bochy takes his best hitter out for a pinch-runner who isn’t that much faster, he’s playing for a tiny subset of possibilities -- plays that Eli Whiteside can score on that Buster Posey can’t. I’ll assume that this subset exists. But it’s not a big one. It’s not worth the risk of losing your cleanup hitter in extra innings. Someone needs to work up a Venn diagram on this and get it to Bochy.
Bah. No time for quibbles like that. The San Francisco Poseys just poseyed their way in to a posey of a sweep. Posey. I’m not a big schedule-watcher -- I’m usually don’t know where the Giants are going to be after the next series -- so I’m glad I didn’t know that, after the Dodgers sweep, 18 of the following 22 games were on the road. I probably would have started that Southern Oregon University blog that SB Nation has been clamoring for. Go Raiders. Beat OIT. It would have been a good one, man. And I probably would have just given up on the Giants.
After the Dodgers swept the Giants in San Francisco, the Giants then lost three of four in Colorado, including a horrific extra-innings debacle. Again, if I had known that there were 14 more road games coming up in the following 18 games, I probably would have locked myself in the pantry and sucked my thumb for a few weeks.
So here’s to the Giants, who have been amazing since being humiliated at home against the Dodgers. Here's to Tim Lincecum, who didn't always have his best stuff. Here's to Sergio Romo, who found his strikeout slider at just the right time. Here's to Brian Wilson, who is starting to mix in some quiet saves. Yep, those are all of the players who deserve special recognition.
Oh, right. And a child shall lead them.
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suck it restoftheleague
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
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9 more games against the D-Backs!
Also, Buster Posey is Better than you
by Viva Jon Miller on Jul 25, 2010 4:48 PM PDT reply actions
hi!
nice to meet you. I agree!!!
♥ NATHAN JOHN SCHIERHOLTZ ♥ Posey Girl ♥ Eugenio ♥ Andres ♥ Sergio ♥
Rec'd for Southern Oregon reference.
"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
Urite!
I lived in Ashland for 3 years and became friends with Tom McCracken, then basketball coach. Really liked the small town college atmosphere there.
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by Sabean's_Folly on Jul 25, 2010 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I lived in Medford for 2 years a looooooong time ago. McCracken was the coach at SOSC when I lived in the area. I understand he did a great job with the Ashland HS girls team in his "retirement.’
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Sounds like what R. Kelly did in his retirement
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TIME FOR TOP GEAR
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by bondslegend on Jul 25, 2010 4:49 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Jeremy finally got his big American star as a guest
"Life is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangy-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, too. Oh, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
by operation carrot on Jul 25, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
helluva run for them
Andy Garcia last week, and Cruise/Diaz this week. Wow.
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now if they could only actually get jolie to show up for hammond everything would be perfect. Well that and they need matt smith to come on
"Life is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangy-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, too. Oh, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
by operation carrot on Jul 25, 2010 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
haha hammond would faint
it would be like kristian scott thomas for jeremy awhile back
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=]
heck yes! 5-page paper due tomorrow but hell…STIG TIME.
on second thought, Posey=Stiggy.
Some say..that if you hold him in the wrong way, he doesn’t work properly…
and that his scrotum has its own small gravity field.
some say that he knows 2 facts about ducks
and they’re both wrong
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All we know is ...
He’s Buster Motherf*in Posey!
by withclubsauce on Jul 25, 2010 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Some say
That he’s illegal in 17 US States, and that he has to remove his shoes with an Allen key
"Yo Paul, if it hurts, don't swing." - Mike Krukow
Zito: 7 Yrs $126 Million
6 Pack of beer and a month of TV: $70
Sitting down to watch Zito Strike out Helton looking on a Curve four times: Priceless
It was a pretty good one
Back to watch that last bit again…and then maybe some of the highlights from past shows. You can’t watch just one top gear.
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I have them all...
and have seen them all multiple times. I am a huge nerd
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YES!
Last week’s challenge with the motor homes was so funny! Clarkson’s was epic!
by withclubsauce on Jul 25, 2010 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
pretty hilarious
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I was thinking they were running out of challenges. glad they showed otherwise. also jermey’s was awesome but i think i would kind of like something like hammond’s in real life
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by operation carrot on Jul 25, 2010 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, if Hammond's actually worked properly it would be amazing
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i think it was overdone on purpose. but i’ve been thinking about one of those shed things at the home depot to see if this is feasable. i dont need a library but one room would be pretty cool. They need the stig to try to retake his record although i have a suspicion that reubans is the stig
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by operation carrot on Jul 25, 2010 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
they have multiple stigs
that’s been confirmed. Schumacher drove the FXX last year, they used a different guy to jump a snowmobile once, and they’ve used different ones on all their foreign challenges. I’m not sure it’s always been the same guy
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I know they have custom stigs but i always figured it was the same guy who does the track time. When the identity leaked of the first stig they had to kill him off
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by operation carrot on Jul 25, 2010 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah,
but they had an episode last year where the “stig” came in and took his helmet off and it was Schumacher. So has it always been him? I really doubt it.
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i think the shumacher one was a joke. plus jeremy always says “you f1 guys” versus “the stig” who has a different line. I think it’s one guy for the track time but for everything else they use a rotation. But it would make sense for there to be multiple stigs for everything
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by operation carrot on Jul 25, 2010 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Stig has to be a former F1 driver
there’s no way he could post comparable times if he wasn’t. Those guys are the best drivers in the world. It’s definitely possible that it’s always the same guy, but IDK for sure
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SPOILER ALERT
His Name is Ben Collins, he’s a former F3 and GT3
That’s old news. The BBC has denied it, but everyone knows.
"Yo Paul, if it hurts, don't swing." - Mike Krukow
Zito: 7 Yrs $126 Million
6 Pack of beer and a month of TV: $70
Sitting down to watch Zito Strike out Helton looking on a Curve four times: Priceless
I've heard that
not sure I believe it.
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I liked James'.
It’s just a bit tight.
waits
by withclubsauce on Jul 25, 2010 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
TWSS
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they were just in a slump...
I blame the world cup for that.
I'm pretty sure Posey passes Strasburg in WAR after today
NEXT UP: JASON HEYWARD!
next up joe dimaggio
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by operation carrot on Jul 25, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
you are selling him short there
Ted Williams or bust
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i meant for the consecutive hit record
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by operation carrot on Jul 25, 2010 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
next up willie mccovey
giants rookie record
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ROY voters in unison:
“What is WAR?”
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 25, 2010 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions
“and what is it good for?”
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think Strasburg will get the ROY b/c 1) he isn’t on a winning team and 2) he is going to be shut down soon.
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jul 25, 2010 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it’s still Heyward’s to lose, but Buster could get there. Also, Gaby Sanchez is having a very good year, but will be overlooked.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL MARLINS
though coghlan got it for pretty much just showing up. I still don’t understand that.
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Dingers? Maybe....?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
not really
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by bondslegend on Jul 25, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
well looking at it
he didn’t have a particularly great year in the “strawhat” categories, but he hit .321/.390.460. I suppose they just saw his BA and figured he must have been the best.
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by bondslegend on Jul 25, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
To bad pablo had a bit to many AB’s in 2008 he’d have run away with the award in may.
"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."
by sfgiants420 on Jul 25, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
POSEY!!
where would we be without this kid?
by 49erEmpire on Jul 25, 2010 4:49 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
4th
Buster Posey ain't havin it... He aint.
by Caine Black Knife on Jul 25, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
complaining about how tampa’s hot new rookie catcher would have been perfect for us
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by operation carrot on Jul 25, 2010 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
READ MY CRAPPY FANSHOT
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/7/10/1563815/history-will-be-made-buster-posey
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Posey: catcher of the present and future
He reminds me of what Steve Decker was for Giants fans about 20 years ago. Except with, like, you know, actual production.
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In answer, consider this:
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BUT HOW COULD THE GIANTS TRADE HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF A PLAYOFF RACE?
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I would like all the fucktards who said it was a mistake to admit they were wrong
of course we’ll never see that, once again pointing to the fact that anyone who takes their opinions seriously on ANYTHING is a moron
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Sabean won’t admit it.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
lol Facebook Giants fans
Half of them rant and whine about Bengie getting traded and how bad it will be for the team.
The same half (and then some) then rant and whine about Posey getting a day off Friday when he’s clearly the best hitter.
Oh, how bad pseudo-/full-blown bandwagons get sometimes.
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yeah, that fucking moron is number 1 on my list
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by bondslegend on Jul 25, 2010 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
SO HE WAS NOT SAYING
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by bondslegend on Jul 25, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I havn't had a chance to bust this one out yet, but today is worthy
Here’s to hoping to bigger and better things to come, Mr. Ishikawa
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by jctGamer on Jul 25, 2010 4:49 PM PDT reply actions 10 recs
wrecked
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lookin' good, Takashi
so glad he’s doing well
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by MonochromeGarden on Jul 25, 2010 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I absolutely think it is awesome
to have 1987 Wade Boggs with a cannon for an arm behind the plate.
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Update Time
Buster Posey: .371/.407/.579, 8 HR, 33 RBI, 43 CS%
Bengie Molina: .255/.307/.351, 5 HR, 24 RBI, 23 CS%
This has been your update.
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Cycles hit : Bengie 1, Posey 0
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doubles and triples as a Ranger outside of that one game: 0
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Veteran games caught
Posey – 0
No one here gets out alive.
by Bond16 on Jul 25, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
HA!
It’s not like Posey’s hit any doubles or triples as a Ranger EITHER!
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Nice
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
Jeremy Affeldt induces strained obliques
by Giant among Angels on Jul 25, 2010 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Buster is a master of efficiency, and wins games with singles only.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Jul 25, 2010 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
False
Posey has caught 3 shutouts since the ASB LOLINA.
"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."
His OBP is over 400 now. Wow
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jul 25, 2010 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Well if he could replicate this July every month
He would win 10 MVPs
by Viva Jon Miller on Jul 25, 2010 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
STRAWHATS WHERE UR RIBEYES AT
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what’s the matter with 33 in short season?
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
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by greatgiantfan on Jul 25, 2010 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
lol missed the joke
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no, I saw that you were the poster…
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
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by greatgiantfan on Jul 25, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
douche
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LOOK AT MY ANGRY CAPS!
LOOK AT THEM AND BE ANGRY!
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barstools
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by Giant among Angels on Jul 25, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Looks like Bengie’s line has improved. Well done. Well done.
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 25, 2010 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I enjoy Giants winning.
I wish they would do it with less items to lead to a heart attack.
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I wish Bruce Bochy would stop
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jul 25, 2010 4:52 PM PDT reply actions
Buster Posey
"Life is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangy-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, too. Oh, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
by operation carrot on Jul 25, 2010 4:53 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Buster Posey
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Buster Posey
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Buster Posey
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
FREE POSEY IS FREE
beat la?
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
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by greatgiantfan on Jul 25, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Buster Posey,
Beat LA
"Pablo Sandoval, coming around third like a runaway beer truck." - Kruk
Buster Posey owns LA
/decides to destroy it
by Artimus Clyde on Jul 25, 2010 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions
BUST LA
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 25, 2010 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Beat FLA
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
well played, mauer
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i read this as f.la so the chant still works
"Life is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangy-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, too. Oh, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
by operation carrot on Jul 25, 2010 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Bruce Bochy.... TORTURE!!
Buster Posey ain't havin it... He aint.
by Caine Black Knife on Jul 25, 2010 4:54 PM PDT reply actions
The force is strong with this one
Buster Posey ain't havin it... He aint.
by Caine Black Knife on Jul 25, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Watching postgame: Torres has ADHD
Only went on meds more recently…that explains things as much as his re-worked swing
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Like the dog breath fresheners?
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Scott Eyre was similarly diagnosed and credits meds with salvaging his career
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BABE RUTH DID IT ON HOT DOGS AND BEERS!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
and sheep testicles
more testicles means more iron
and cocaine
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Hookers and blow are the American pastime.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 26, 2010 7:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I fell asleep during the game
This often happens on Sundays. I choose to believe that Bochy actually didn’t pinch run Whiteside for Posey. Because it is a really stupid thing to do. So, yeah.
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just sayin?
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
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by greatgiantfan on Jul 25, 2010 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Lol, sorry I missed that tweet!
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
by Prussian Creole on Jul 25, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I fell asleep too. Missed the whole thing.
He is the World's Most Annoying Rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Jul 25, 2010 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Pinchrunning Whiteside
I actually think Krukow had it right. Part of it is about finding time to save Buster’s legs a bit. Lets say that game goes 15. Does that make Posey less effective for the next couple. Of does he have to sit out a game?
Long haul does matter.
Now if you want to REALLY piss me off, lets talk about Bochy’s incredibly stupid decision to let Tim hit in the 8th.. I was hurling stuff at the TV on that one.
I’m pretty sure a 23 year old is not going to notice the difference “over the long haul” having to run an additional 180 feet.
by Into the Void on Jul 25, 2010 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
the long haul impact would be the potentially additional innings catching, not the running around the bases. Bork’s reasoning on that is that Whiteside will score on a play that Posey won’t, which is not a likely scenario.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
If Posey catches 12 innings then Bochy could have given him Monday off. He also just had a night off on Friday. I just don’t think you take your best hitter out in a tie ball game. There are other options.
by Into the Void on Jul 25, 2010 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I totally agree. I’m just thinking about what’s going thru Bork’s mind.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Its about sept etc
Posey is 23. he has never caught the amount of games he’s going to be asked to catch this year – and in a pennat race (hopefully) to boot. So giving him a rest here and there makes some sense. It is the only way to reconcile the action. People say "well they didn’t do it with Molina. true. But Molina was not a 23 year old rookie.
He’d done it a few times before.
And why would you wnat to give him Monday off? I’d rather have take the shot with Whiteside there than lose him for Monday.
I actually think Krukow had it right. Part of it is about finding time to save Buster’s legs a bit. Lets say that game goes 15. Does that make Posey less effective for the next couple. Of does he have to sit out a game?
Long haul does matter.
I can see this. I just wish Bochy would say this is the reason rather than “Vrooooooooom Whiteside!”
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 25, 2010 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Followed by blowing a whistle on his ring.
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Yeah, OK
then why the fuck did they constantly play Molina all through extras? I bet you that he wouldn’t have PH for Molina in that same situation. And if asked he’d say he needed the veteran bat in extra-inning situations. I’m pretty sure that’s happened before, actually.
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b/c nobody cared if Molina got too tired to play or it shortened his career.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
well I thought they were in the business of winning games
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nah
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
well in that case,
carry on
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Molina is in the game.
That’s practically admitting that there’s something wrong with their business of winning games.
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Because Molina wan't 23 and had been through several years.
We need Posey fresh as possible in Sept and hopefully October.
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by greatgiantfan on Jul 25, 2010 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
oh yeah, that Ruth guy
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by greatgiantfan on Jul 25, 2010 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
/Frank Robinson
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by greatgiantfan on Jul 25, 2010 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Accardo for Hillenbrand and Chulk
I ain't havin' it
by NuschlerFace on Jul 25, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Cepeda for Sadecki
Larry Anderson for Bagwell
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Lincecum for Rios. Turned the AL East on it’s head, that one
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 25, 2010 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Not Only do the Giants have the 3rd best record in the NL
But they have the second best run differential (and have had great one even when they were in 4th)
Only behind the fucking Padres
by Viva Jon Miller on Jul 25, 2010 4:58 PM PDT reply actions
FAH KING EX TEIN
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by greatgiantfan on Jul 25, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
We finish the season against them at home
I dunno if thats good or bad
Thats great
Back to back home series against the DBacks (who will be checked out) and Padres…We control our destiny.
by Viva Jon Miller on Jul 25, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Posey will do it himself
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Also, 6th best record in MLB
Passed the Red Sox today
by Viva Jon Miller on Jul 25, 2010 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Too bad ESPN will still rank the Sox ahead of us in their next power rankings.
/lolEastCoastbias
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Everytime I see the padres in the top 5 I shudder then I look at their record and line up and /facepalm.
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by sfgiants420 on Jul 25, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Giants sweep, we’ll never have to face Danny Haren again, and Mad Men Season Four starts tonight? This is a pretty sweet Sunday.
you must be new here
You have fallen for a sarcastic joke. You fed the troll.
But remember, the last time the Giants and Angels were scheduled to face off in the World Series, that meteor hit California and the Series was cancelled.
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I remember as the season ending after Game 5. They made it a best of 5 series that year because Bonds was so much full of awesome.
Let's bring the...
I'm in Natto's camp
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FUCK OFF
SUBJECT LINE DOOD. I WASN’T INVOLVED, WHY DO YOU MAKE ME SEE THIS?!
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accept it
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by operation carrot on Jul 25, 2010 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
buster aint havin it
PITCH TO MY POSEY
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by howtheydidntscore on Jul 25, 2010 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions
That's just unnecessary.
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It’s just piling on.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 26, 2010 7:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm going to kill you
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dude
I’m all in for the admitting that 2002 happened, but that doesn’t mean we need reminders.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Keep looking at it, and eventually the anxiety will subside
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 25, 2010 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I still think the some time when mlb network or espn classic shows game 6 we just oughta have a GDT and just get it all out of our systems.
fuck and no
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FUCK THAT
SEE ABOVE LINE
"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."
A few more years of no playoffs and we will hope to go back to game 6.
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seriously
also, wait- how long have you been here? I’ve heard owlcroft talk about you before but never seen that you have your own account!
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She's already gone beddy-bye for the day . . .
. . . but I’ll answer: she lurked for a long time, but has had her own accout for about a month and a half now.
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nah. repression is the way to go.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
i thought when the Giants were supposed to play the Angels
a deadly swarm of locusts canceled the whole thing
also
top gear
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Padres, Rockies and Dodgers don’t have to face Dan Haren either, which is why I say meh.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Jul 25, 2010 5:32 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I rx’ed myself!
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Jul 25, 2010 5:34 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
As much as I adore Jon Miller
I’d love to take some clippers to that stupid hair of his
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The Giants should sweep more series.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
Lincecum disappointed me today
At least in terms of box score, because I didn’t see the first 6 innings… But how on earth does he not increase his K rate against the D-Backs? Seriously, he should have struck out 16 in 8 innings!
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
He's pitching to contact.
This way he can rack up some CGs. He almost got an easy 8 inning one today. Bruce Jenkins must be disappointed.
I’m being facetious as I say this of course… But at the same time, considering this team is SO bad at making contact, wouldn’t it make more sense to pitch for the K? If you can control the strike zone, you should be able to get guys like Mark Reynolds to go 0-4 with 4 Ks.
Even still, what I saw today, Lincecum looked good. And we just swept the Diamondbacks on the road in four games. Awesome.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
stop saying pitching to contact
that idea is bullshit
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I keep reading it as “pitching to contract”
Player x will throw 87% strikes
Will strike out 200 batters per season
And will only walk 5.
or you can cover your eyes
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I like saying/writing "pitching to contact."
It makes it clear how silly the regular commentators (Urban primarily) still can be. Also, it ties in nicely with making fun of Bruce Jenkin’s obsession with CGs – to the point that he might have been happier to see Lincecum lose after 8 innings. At least that way he could have earned a CG.
Frankly my big concern is that Lincecum was overworked in 2008 to appease Barbieri and Jenkins and now is paying the price. And even in the face of wide-spread concern about his arm, Bochy foregoes a reasonable move under any circumstances and leaves him in to bat with the potential go-ahead run at third. Obviously I don’t buy the “pitching to contact” – I would like to see the Ks come back and don’t mid if he only goes 6 innings some starts if it helps him recover and stay sharp.
What is your definition of pitching to contact?
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 26, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
was Mark in Queens, NY rxmeister?
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Nope
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Jul 25, 2010 5:35 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Unless he said something brilliant. In that case it was.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Jul 25, 2010 6:29 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
So Buster wasn't linping or injured when Bochy pulled him?
WTF was he thinking? Even if you believe that Whitside is a faster runner than Posey (which I don’t) the difference in speed is no reason to take out your best hitter in a tie ball game. The worst part of the Giants playing well is that Bochy and BS will get credit for it and they won’t be fired after the season. Damn. Bochy is doing everything he can to hamstring us in games – weall know that they Giants are winning in spite of him. I will give BS credit for finally trading Bengie and actually getting a nice bullpen arm, but I live in dread of what deal he is cooking up right now to get us a big bat before the trade deadline. But Bochy We all know that the Giants are winning in spite what Bochy’s been doing.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
There is no worst part about the Giants playing well. If another year or three of Bochy (which we probably would have had anyway) is the price of admission for 90+ wins and a playoff spot, so be it.
"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."
by i did my job on Jul 25, 2010 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
False dichotomy.
Without Bochy, this team would potentially win 90+ and still have a playoff spot.
I don’t think it’s a false dichotomy. I wasn’t arguing that Bochy is responsible for the Giants’ success thus far. I was saying that two points are obvious:
1) The Giants making the playoffs constitutes a successful season
2) The Giants making the playoffs and Bochy getting fired are mutually exclusive outcomes
I’m aware Fla-Giant isn’t remotely hoping that the Giants play worse so Bochy gets canned. But phrases like “the worst part of the Giants winning” really irk me. The Giants winning is the whole point!
"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."
by i did my job on Jul 27, 2010 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I’d settle for not-so-shiny things.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard a louder chorus of boos than when the Dodgers made the third out of the ninth. It was awesome.." - Aubrey Huff
or 75,000 dollars
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by operation carrot on Jul 25, 2010 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions
ok, where does one go for "Career Leaders by Position?"
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i’ve been trying there, but nothing yet
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by greatgiantfan on Jul 25, 2010 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you have to use the Play Index and create your criteria there.
Somewhere in the minor leagues, Joe Paterson is pitching.
by imovermyhead on Jul 25, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
thanks, got it
Rk Player 3B From To
1 Subscribe or login 90
2 81
3 72
4 72
5 64
6 Mickey Cochrane 64 1925 1937
7 Johnny Kling 60 1901 1913
8 Bob OFarrell 58 1915 1935
9 Bubbles Hargrave 58 1913 1930
10 Manny Sanguillen 57 1967 1980
11 Luke Sewell 56 1921 1942
12 Eddie Ainsmith 54 1910 1924
13 Ivan Rodriguez 51 1991 2010
14 Yogi Berra 49 1946 1965
15 Ray Schalk 49 1912 1929
16 George Gibson 49 1905 1918
17 Darrell Porter 48 1971 1987
18 Carlton Fisk 47 1969 1993
19 Jim Hegan 46 1941 1960
20 Rick Ferrell 45 1929 1947
21 John Roseboro 44 1957 1970
22 Frank Snyder 44 1912 1927
23 Al Lopez 43 1928 1947
24 Hank Severeid 42 1911 1926
25 Benito Santiago 41 1986 2005
Rk Player 3B From To
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
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by greatgiantfan on Jul 25, 2010 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
it’s ugly, but my guess of Manny Sanguillen was pretty good. This is for catchers with more than 75% of their games played at catcher, so it’s interesting that McCarver didn’t make the list; he had 57, too.
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by greatgiantfan on Jul 25, 2010 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions
a hit and run with two strikes and behind in the count is seldom smart
and with the potential winning run on third and one out it is downright dumb. Ishikawa didn’t even look for a sign, it was so crazy. Furthermore, if the play is on, but Ishikawa doesn’t look for the sign, then he doesn’t have the sign, so why doesn’t the coach call off the play, call timeout? That’s just elementary. I don’t believe the play was called.
Sorry, Grant, this was just a massive dose of stupid. Bochy is really a numbskull. A knucklehead. a dope. Incompetent people do have jobs beyond their capabilities. Bochy is one of those people.
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I think this might be the case
Might have felt he wasn’t being held and had it easy…oops
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unlikely. it sounded as if they were trying to stay out of the double play.
unfortunately, whoever’s job it was to find out, didn’t do it:
We didn’t ask Bochy if Schierholtz was running on his own. There was too much going on postgame. But it was a painful second out with the go-ahead runner at third base, and Bochy made a reference to that.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Nate doesn't seem to me to be the kind to just go on his own in this situation.
I just don’t believe he did.
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WTAF
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-- Jeff Kent
The Giants won in spite of Bochy today. Not only does he lose his number four hitter with the pinch runner, he loses his number three hitter, because with Whiteside hitting fourth, Huff wouldn’t see a strike the rest of the game.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Jul 25, 2010 5:30 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Well, it’s Rotoworld talking about the Giants, so they’re probably wrong.
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Rotoworld is about as reliable as Buster Olney
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by greatgiantfan on Jul 25, 2010 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn't mind him, although my top guy is Werth
Bautisa also has a high walk rate, ridiculous iso stats and a .229 babip. Plus he’s doing it in the AL East so he should be the next Barry Bonds in the NL West, at least thats what Dave Cameron would say.
Nah, he’s much better than Rowand.
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woo-hoo
late 1st round picks!!! They’re definitely worth a Belt-type player.
two picks, and next year’s draft class is the right one to have multiple picks in.
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yeah...
but the vast majority of draft picks, even first rounders, don’t pan out.
A lot of them do pan out, and there is no guarantee that Belt will pan out either.
Would I give up Belt for Werth? probably not. However, I’d absolutely give up Neal Plus for Werth.
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Why would they want Belt when they have Ryan Howard? They’re contenders, and they need starting pitching. They would probably want Bumgarner, and perhaps settle for Sanchez.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Jul 25, 2010 8:26 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I like Sanchez, but I would probably trade for Werth. maybe force the Phils to take salary in the deal — Sanchez and Rowand for Werth, say. mua-ha-ha. but I doubt the Phils are so dumb.
Would you really trade one of our top four starters when it’s becoming clear that Bumgarner’s innings are going to be limited down the stretch? I wouldn’t.
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
This. And there will be plenty of people who will be crying from the rooftops to burn out a promising 20 year old even with Sanchez on the staff.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 26, 2010 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions
NO
You can’t do that. The difference between Werth and Schierholtz/Burrell/whoever is not nearly as great as between Sanchez and Wellemeyer/Pucetas/detritus. If you’re making a trade to “win now,” it has to be one that makes THIS YEAR’S team better.
So you want to limit your chances?
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by say hey nation on Jul 25, 2010 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Even the AP refuses to believe Whiteside pinch ran for Posey.
“Buster Posey had four hits to extend his hitting streak to 18 games and Travis Ishikawa drove him in with a run-scoring single…”
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1938849
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by rhys on Jul 25, 2010 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Would Bochy ever dare to PR Buster for Whiteside at home?
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er the other way around
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
i'd boo
some of the fans there are really dumb. a couple years ago i was boo’ing when tyler walker came into relieve timmy. the lady next to me was like “why are you booin him, he’s good!!”
You know, I’m not sure it is as much for Posey’s speed as Bochy thinking that he doesn’t have good base-running skills. You know, the same way he didn’t have the appropriate catching skills…
In fairness,
. . . and as either Kuip or Kruk pointed out, it had been a long day and Posey’s legs might have been pretty tired by that time.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
i think its great way for Bochy to shove it in Posey’s face that he is still a rookie catcher and can’t be trusted.
No one here gets out alive.
I believe we are way past this. I honestly don’t think there is anything like that going on here.
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what did you think when he did it the first time? its repetitive behavior and I don’t think the reasoning changed.
No one here gets out alive.
sure, keep believing that if you want to. I don’t think there is anything I can say to change your mind here so I’m not even going to try.
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Said another way
I agree with jct that this isn’t “shove it your face”. If Bochy is that petty that he’s willing to risk a one-run game just to show Posey a thing or two, he’s lost his mine.
I think it’s far more likely that, right or wrong, Bochy has a baseball reason for the substitution. We can argue whether it’s a smart move or not, but accusing Bochy of being that petty is being equally petty.
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by Goofus on Jul 25, 2010 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Bochy’s lost his yours!
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But what on earth could that baseball reason be? As Grant said above, it is a very tiny subset of possibilities where Whiteside scores and Posey doesn’t.
by Into the Void on Jul 25, 2010 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the "tired legs" we've discussed is probably the reason
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Seriously
I’m pretty sure I remember a time when this exact situation presented with Molina and he was left in to catch multiple extra innings.
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so that reasoning is bullshit if that's what he's using
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He wasn’t that hesitant to run for Bengie in late inning scoring situations IIRC… I have no data to back that up though.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 26, 2010 7:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Then Bochy should say that
But he says Whiteside is faster enough for it to make a difference. Which is borderline horseshit
I would like to talk to you about my pokemonz
no borderline about it
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he is protecting his player. I firmly believe this.
Instead of saying : Buster’s tired, implying his conditioning is not good enough, he uses the “whiteside is faster” angle, something that cannot be blamed on Posey.
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Saving the young guys legs so he will not be tired by the end of the year? Sign me up.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
You do remember the end of last year, when he was gassed? When they brought him up just to rest him (and I believe to let him get acclimated to the bigs without any pressure)?
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 26, 2010 7:39 AM PDT up reply actions
not calling a player out in the media is the right way to manage. Unfortunately, Bochy, the manager, puts his players in bad situations.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
if its being petty i can live with it. I think bochy has some good managing qualities when it comes to not panicking over SSS and letting guys ride through a slump here and there. though he takes it to extremes with some players. He also seems to manage the pitchers pretty well. but i can’t understand defending a guy who refused to play buster posey when he was called up last year, then refused to play him again when he was called up this year. as been said many times on this board before, he probably has something against a rookie catcher coming up taking over the team. he found buster’s one fault, his speed, and he is showcasing it to the fans. the real baseball reasons for that decision are incomprehensible even if andrew baggarly disagrees.
No one here gets out alive.
I will say it again
Its a chance to rest a guy that you need long term. I don’t want Posey catching 15 innings and being hamstrung at the plate for a couple games. I’m not a Bochy game decision fan. But I really think that was a “big picture” decision.
I think it is possible that after seeing Posey turn a triple into a double, he thought he was tired and had heavy catcher legs. The problem is that 3 or so weeks after he got burned doing the same thing, he still thought it was a good idea. My opinion is that Posey just has to suck it up – and he wouldn’t complain.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Jesus christ
apparently top gear sets its celebrity times according to whose movie needs the most promotion that week. Tom fucking Cruise? Give me a break
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Anyone know what Players of the Month get?
A Car?
by Viva Jon Miller on Jul 25, 2010 5:43 PM PDT reply actions
A set of steak Knives?
Third place is AAA
by Viva Jon Miller on Jul 25, 2010 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
IIRC Jonathan Sanchez won a watch when he was Player of the Month a couple years back. Or maybe that was Player of the Week…
Lowry won something when he was pitcher of the month, but I don’t remember what it was.
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I guess it wasn’t a rib.
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by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jul 25, 2010 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Cadillac?
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ugh.
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I think the key thing to understand here is...
Buster Posey.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 25, 2010 5:43 PM PDT reply actions
Can you ever totally understand Buster?
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 25, 2010 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
How the fuck did we win this game?
I went into a nerd rage induced coma in the 8th inning after uptons single and awoke to the biggest surprise of the year. Sure this is less of a shocker than what took place in LA on tuesday but WOW the giants should not have won this 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."
Jesus christ
"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."
Posey is shaven
That is all
"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 game was very nearly Bochy'd
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
Bochy did his best to Bochy the game, but in the end Buster Posey was Bochyproof
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
This
Whiteside grounding into a triple play with the bases loaded would have caused mccovey to explode.
"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."
He’s too fast for that to ever happen. Ask Bochy.
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by rxmeister on Jul 25, 2010 6:31 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
The problem
The Giants could go 92-70 miss the playoffs. Both Neukem and Baer would think Bochy did a great managing job and remain for the next two seasons guaranteed.
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And with a 5 year extension added onto the deal when the giants start the 2011 season hot.
"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."
If the Giants end up winning the World Series this year, Bochy could be here for life.
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That's a better deal with the devil then the Padres made
They are stuck with Eckstein
Let's bring the...
That beard
it’s more salt than pepper, the man’s days are numbered.
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This happened to the Tigers.
Sparky Anderson won the World Series with the Tigers in 1984, and then they proceeded to absolutely stink for an entire decade after that, and Anderson was never fired, though he certainly should have been. I’m pretty sure every Tigers fan would take that deal again.
Playing devil's advocate
Is there a manager out there that would please the majority of the McCoven with his in game decisions? I’m not a fan of Bochy or anything, but I think he may still be an above average manager compared to some guys out there.
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Davey Johnson.
(Who, as it happens, has a degree in mathematics.)
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Or Eric Wedge.
Who was a pretty decent manager with the Indians not so long ago.
by mrs. owlcroft on Jul 25, 2010 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I've never seen a manager half as bad at deciding who to play and what moves to make.
never.
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All I know is that everybody complains about Alou and Dusty just as much. And when I go to most other SBN sites they complain about their managers. I’m sure there are MLB fanbases (Rays? Twins?) out there that like their managers, but I haven’t run into them yet.
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twins fans love gardenhire
and he is pretty awesome.
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Joe Maddon. Gardenhire. Francona.
Obviously any manager makes decisions that you’d quibble with from time to time, so no fan is ever going to be 100% happy with his team’s manager all the time. But Bochy, in my view, makes an unacceptable number of indefensible decisions.
yes, absolutely
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he uses the talent he has effectively
shocking, I know.
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by bondslegend on Jul 25, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
He jedi mind tricks BG into intentionally walking the winning run on base
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"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."
by sfgiants420 on Jul 25, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
subject
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
Whaaaa….?
Bruce Bochy: Leave him alone, he's the Manager Man and his BORK is much worse than his bite.
by zodiac_chiller on Jul 25, 2010 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I know
Bengie’s game-calling totally would have resulted in a shutout for Tim today.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
And he would have hit some dingerz some posey failed to do in the 4 game series
lol cant hit dingerz in a band box /jeff fletcher
"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."
Frustrated!
How can our passion for being giants fans be so ignored by the Giants FO, they should be thinking, woeh theres fans that spend so much time on this web site,that care as much as us! how can they watch Bochy manage this team and not hate the bastard.
F. Sanchez is our #2 hitter he’s slumping but he will come out of it, why insult him by moving him to 8th, it’s bad managing plain and simple. he is not a 23 year old, dont treat him like it.
Busters speed may be the only aspect Boch could find that isnt stellar in his game, he’s no Molina though. why take the risk of pinch running for him, and if you must put Rohlinger in. he’s faster then Whiteside. why cripple our lineup if we dont score in the 10th. Stupid!!
Its not easy being a giants fan
Really?
You’re frustrated after a four game sweep of the Diamondbacks and a 6-1 roadtrip?
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yeah, maybe i should try and enjoy it more but i hate Bochy so much!
Its not easy being a giants fan
Save it for when the Giants inevitably go into a slump again.
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Maybe you hadn't heard
But Mr. Posey ain’t havin’ it.
So you can take your “inevitable slump” and…
by Viva Jon Miller on Jul 25, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
F. Sanchez is our #2 hitter he’s slumping but he will come out of it, why insult him by moving him to 8th, it’s bad managing plain and simple. he is not a 23 year old, dont treat him like it.
I don’t get a single part of that
Sounds like someone is repeating the nonsense FP was saying on the pre-game show.
I actually liked this move by Bochy.
Yup.
FSanchez is, when right, an OK hitter for a second baseman, but he is not a high-in-the-linup hitter at all; #7 is as high as he should ever be. Renteria is a pretty decent #2 (current OBP, not counting today, .364, vs FSanchez .320; career, Renteria .342, FSanchez .325 — not rocket surgery).
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Bochy’s explanation for it in the pregame actually made good sense.
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And I tweet (more often than I blarg).
and you're frustrated that FREDDY SANCHEZ isn't hitting higher?!
wow. wow.
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What if Whiteside got hurt and had to leave the game?
Would Huff be the emergency catcher?
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Mr. Bochy
wishes to inform you that he does have the uniform on. Probably even wears a cup for just such an emergency.
Nah
The cup is just to impress the unknowing ladies
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 25, 2010 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
You can't control that penis, you can only hope to contain it
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/propellers
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using Rohlinger as a PR would have been worse
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Sanchez can't hit
If he wants to bat higher in the order he should start hitting. Of all of Bochy’s decisions, the idea that a guy with a .654 OPS shouldn’t be “insulted” by being moved lower in the order is pretty low on the list of things that make me angry.
how are they insulting him?
They’re doing him a favor in the first place by putting a low OBP player that high in the lineup.
Freddy Sanchez:
A. Is aware that he is in a slump
B. Is a professional baseball player who, if he has a problem with batting 8th, can feel free to get over it.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
"You all are just blinded to reality by your hatred of Armando just as the Bonds haters are." -grm
by groug on Jul 25, 2010 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Seriously,
Freddy is a Pro. He’s not going to get all weepy and whiney when he is dropped in the order, especially when he has been scuffling. It will be a challenge to him, and he will respond.
by Viva Jon Miller on Jul 25, 2010 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
reply is your friend
also, this is stupid
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I LOL’d
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by Prussian Creole on Jul 25, 2010 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond, Brian Anderson.
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by Giant among Angels on Jul 25, 2010 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Deal!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 25, 2010 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Thats what you get for trying to consume less
The planet is for exploiten’ … NERD!
by Viva Jon Miller on Jul 25, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
that’s what everyone says when Buster Posey enters the secret door into Buster Posey’s head.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
extrabaggs Wiggles concert over, sweet mercy. And with that performance, they jump past the Diamondbacks into 4th place in NL West.
haaaaaaaaa
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 25, 2010 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Oswalt’s only 32?
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 25, 2010 6:29 PM PDT reply actions
a very old 32
"Life is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangy-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, too. Oh, and some people have a half a one for breakfast."
by operation carrot on Jul 25, 2010 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
old, injured, overpaid 32
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I feel that we've been doing the Molina/Posey update without proper scope.
How I would do it:
Per Fangraphs WAR measure (quite different from baseball-reference.com):
- Posey 2010: 2.1
- Molina career high, 2007: 3.4
3.4 WAR is not bad for a career high. Buster Posey will top that goodness knows how many times and could well do it in his rookie year. Just an order of magnitude of difference. Don’t take it personal, Bengie. Sometimes the better man takes your job; that’s life.
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3.4 in an entire season
compared to 2.1 in, what, a month and a half?
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Molina played 145 games in 2007. Buster has played in 48 this year (I think).
Yup.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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that is, honestly,
fucking insane. I bet most of us would have taken 2.1 from Posey for this entire season if you’d asked us in April
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I'm guessing there were a lot of "WTF?!?!" when Whiteside ran for Posey
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less wtf
more “LETS BURN THIS FUCKER DOWN ARGHHH!!!!!!! NIGHT OF FIRE”
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by operation carrot on Jul 25, 2010 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I was just up from a nap, and a little groggy. Mostly I blinked and shook my head.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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pretty much this
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I was pretty ragetastic
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HEY GRANT
At what point in time does this site become The Buster Posey Chronicles???
When this .sig was awaiting the Final Sabean Apocalypse, I never once in a million years suspected it would be a "good" Apocalypse. Bengie... Don't let the door hit you IN YOUR GIANT ASS on the way out!
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Pose This: A No Bust Giants Blog.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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Pocket Full of Poseys, a Bust Full of Rye?
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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Rye = Wry; that would be better.
"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.
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I'm still wondering
where I sign up for the Holy Church of Buster Posey.
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one more time
lol haren trade
seems like houston is asking more for oswalt and might get it
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by operation carrot on Jul 25, 2010 6:51 PM PDT reply actions
LOL - sometimes the Giants are lucky in who their enemies are
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that the Chris Carter that is playing for the Mets?
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No, hes still one of the A’s top prospects. Damn. I think all those players have seen time in the majors, and 2 of them are really good.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 25, 2010 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
lol Matt Holiday trade
Thing A
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Well, they got Micheal Taylor out of it.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 25, 2010 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Carlos Gonzalez>>>>>Michael Taylor
Thing A
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+ Shane Peterson, Clayton Mortenson, and a half year of Holliday.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 25, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Haren has now been involved in three of the biggest steals of this decade. Don’t forget this one:
December 18, 2004: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Daric Barton and Kiko Calero to the Oakland Athletics for Mark Mulder.
I was promised lasagna.
holy God
Mulder really fell of the face of the planet. However, his arm fdid fall off his torso.
Roids?
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HOLY LORD
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I mean, you can remove Haren from that and it’s still a good trade for the A’s.
I was promised lasagna.
you could remove Haren AND Barton and it's still in their favor
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wow
wow. Haren has given the Dbacks a lot of value, but not that much. Holy shit.
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anyone watching Cards-Cubs?
bases were loaded for the Cards, two outs, 8th hitter up, which today is the pitcher, Carpenter. The broadcasters are going on and on about how this lineup peculiarity really has no merit, LaRussa doesn’t use it post-season, etc. So, Carpenter promptly lines the first pitch into centerfield.
well, it was really gary thomasson--the great, giant, fan
Language of the McCoven--TWSS!, Meh!, STFD!, Bork!, Fail!, STFD! STFD!
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And skip schumaker who was asleep gets thrown out at the plate lol.
"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."
Buster Posey vs a hurricane name BLB, who wins?
Thing A
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nah, pretty sure it's Barry
Posey is amazing, but honestly. Just go look at Barry’s BR page again.
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I certainly hope he keeps it up
but IDK if he can…Barry was like this for entire seasons in a row
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Nah
Bonds had the .400+ (actually often .500+) OBP and also hit 10 HR per month. Buster’s not doing that. (He’s also playing a much more valuable defensive position, but that doesn’t come close to making up the difference.)
.500 obp
jesus christ.
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And that was with being walked like 200 times a year
so he’d see maybe 1 pitch a night
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Shawon Dunston was NOT happy.
He thought Bonds walking that much was cheating the game.
BTW, Dunston’s career totals in walks…….203
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that is fucking unreal
Barry beat a guys ENTIRE CAREER number of walks in ONE SEASON
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by bondslegend on Jul 25, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Chris carpenter is throwing nothing but meatballs tonight and the cubs are being big time giants. In the 6th inning he threw two of the fattest hanging curveballs I’ve seen since cheeseburger earlier in the decade.
"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 don't think that they replaced Buster's shoulder pad
anyone else notice this? Buster is a gamer
An instant buzz is on the rise, the whiskey's for a big surprise.
MLBTR reports that the Giants are in talks about Cantu, but it sounds like the Rangers are the frontrunners.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 25, 2010 7:10 PM PDT reply actions
what the hell would we even need Cantu for
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WE NEED BIG BAT
This is all the more reason I want us to stand pat or maybe just get a reliever.
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MadBum will be there soon.
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Someone mentioned that somewhere here.
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AAARRGGHHHHHH!
Bochy: “MadBum doesn’t have enough experience in a starting rotation to be a starter”
I doubt it was a reliable source.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 25, 2010 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve heard two different versions of this. Both based on the premise of limiting Bummie’s innings.
Plan A Mehllemeyer to #5 starter Bum to the pen
Plan B Mehlly and Bum to split the #5 game 4 innings each
there was also a Plan C but I think the "Only start Mehlly at home and Bummie on the road was a joke, I think.
plan A is stupid
plan B is borderline mental institution
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Why are we giving innings to Wellemeyer anyway? If we’re shutting down Bumgarner, I’d rather let Martinez pitch.
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I think we all like him because he has succeeded against the odds. plus, his minor-league career suggests he’ll be an adequate 5th starter
I like him too, I’m just not necessarily a believer. But I’ll take groundballs + decent control over Wellemeyer any day of the week.
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Poor Joey.
All the ingredients seem to be there for an uninspiring but adequate major-league career, but every time he gets a shot, he gets very severely BABIP’ed to death. (Career BABIP: .375)
In 2010, he has actually been nontrivially worse than Wellemeyer.
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wellemeyer
he eats innings
that’s all I got
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I doubt they would pull MadBum from the rotation for Wellemeyer.
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I’m oughta go to the party supply store and buy one of those huge plastic inflatable baseball bats and mail it into the FO and with a note saying “Here’s your big bat. Now shore up the bullpen.”
win
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No thanks
Cantu reminds me of Blowand…He looks like a clueless hacker up there against good pitching…
His defense is horrible, too….
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Jul 25, 2010 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah
they have a serious shot. Wilson, Lee, and Hunter are pitching amazingly and their offense is leeeeegit.
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And winning gets you $$
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They’re not adding payroll though
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 25, 2010 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Ooh! I get to use this one again.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 25, 2010 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
love it
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Just due diligence and tire kicking. I don’t think it will happen
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 25, 2010 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Why?
What, exactly, does Jorge Cantu provide that the Giants are lacking?
TEH FEAR
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Sorta interesting article from Beyond The Box Score
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 25, 2010 7:24 PM PDT reply actions
That is interesting, but it only references total WAR, instead of peak-type stats. I know he hasn’t lasted that long, but I don’t like seeing Pedro Martinez on any “worst of the best” list, seeing as though he might be the best pitcher, inning for inning, in the history of the game
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Well it measures who the most dominant careers. In modern baseball, this is probably Pedro, but in the early days, some pitchers had ridiculous and pitched a ridiculous number of innings.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 25, 2010 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t think so. They’re talking about “career” WAR, which is the total WAR that a player has accumulated over a career. Guys like Pedro, who were utterly dominant but for a shorter amount of time, don’t look as good.
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Because they didn’t last.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 26, 2010 7:59 AM PDT up reply actions
But career-longevity isn’t necessarily the most important consideration when valuing a player, which is why you see the Career vs. Peak JAWS comparisons when judging HOF talent.
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But I value the ability to do well over a long period of time very highly. Some guy who was great for a couple of years but then flames out isn’t as impressive to me as one who is very good year in and year out for a decade plus. You might disagree with that, but it’s why people like Martinez are ‘undervalued’. In other words, I’ll take Ryan over Gooden.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 26, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Pedro didn’t just have a few great years, though. He was very good for about 5 years (94-96, 04-05), and insane in the 7 years between them.
And, I mean, this is just silly:
1997: 1st in ERA.
1998: 2nd in ERA.
1999: 1st in ERA.
2000: 1st in ERA.
2001: 1st in ERA (only 120 IP, did not qualify).
2002: 1st in ERA.
2003: 1st in ERA.
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This is what I get for not looking stuff up...
I was mainly reacting to the Career vs. Peak… and it appears Pedro is a good example of sustained excellence rather than flash-in-the-pan greatness.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 26, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
LOLrussa
Puts in franklin for the 9th in a scoreless game when he has a great bullpen.
"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."
the Mets never put Francisco Rodriguez into the game, and they lost in 13 innings. Managing to save is not always a good idea.
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True
He’s facing 3 righties anyway then the pitchers spot so thats a good match up.
"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."
just because...
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He ain’t having it.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 25, 2010 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Awesome
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Did anyone else notice . . .
. . . that when Schierholtz reached first, he gave a mild grimace and rubbed his right shoulder in a way suggestive of nontrivial discomfort? Sure, he has said he’s over the injury, but what else would he say when asked? One can’t help but think that he is not playing at 100%—when he gets to play at all. I am by no means ready yet to write him out of the script.
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Bill Simmons comments on the Haren trade
Anaheim: “We want Danny Haren. Any interest in a pu pu platter deal that’s an Eff You to your fans?” Arizona: “Sure! Done!”
LOL
lol
The PTBNL is Tyler Skaggs who " Baseball Americas estimation, projects as a solid mid-rotation starter."
he was the angels 8th best prospect before the season and they don’t have a particularly great farm system
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Having a great year, though. He’s a very good prospect. Will probably make the top-100.
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Still a pretty bad trade for an ace-caliber pitcher who has a below-market contract for the next few years.
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Didn't say it wasn't
But it doesn’t change the fact that Skaggs is a very good prospect.
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He's a fine prospect but they didn't get a single blue chip prospect for a potential ace
Thats terrible
What the hell are you talking about? I didn’t even reply to you, I replied to jponry. Go annoy someone else.
I was promised lasagna.
Let me explain it to u slowly
You see my comment was about the trade as a whole and that the PTBNL wasn’t that great. That’s what jponry replied to. See we were talking about the trade as a whole.
You jumping in to defend Skaggs makes it seem like you were defending the deal. Notice how jponrys first response to you was discussing how the deal as a whole sucked. I did the same
So how are my responses not related to what you said but jponrys are?
Because I immediately explained that I agree that trade is bad, and that I’m saying that, regardless of that, Skaggs is a very good prospect. And then you replied by again saying that the trade was bad.
Seriously, go annoy someone else.
I was promised lasagna.
Nah I'm just going to keep doing it to you
I enjoy nonsensical responses.
I was commenting as well. I wasn’t arguing with anyone. You’re the one who felt the need to call me out for no reason.
Seriosuly.
well, that was productive
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Did AZ get any top prospects back in the deal, or was it mostly B and C level guys?
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 25, 2010 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions
TV said one B+/A- but I do not remember which they were referring to.
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Maybe the PTBNL. The other two prospects don’t look like anything special, now that I’ve done some research
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 25, 2010 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL JOE SAUNDERS
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that's when happens when you want to dump salary
you don’t get much quality in return.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
lolina
"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."
Speaking of all Arizona has to cling too
Any word on Webb? Will he ever pitch again?
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I am positive he reads McC
I’m sure Bruce Bochy’s detractors will point out that the Giants might have won this game in spite of his moves.
Maybe he’s sfgiants420
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Only one way to find out
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 25, 2010 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Just as I expected
ITS XANTHAN!
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 25, 2010 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, my name is Andrew
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OH LAWD
/speaks company line
"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."
OK, you got me
I’m Andy Baggarly
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 25, 2010 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions
We need a clip of this song
In the gamer, I reference the "Hail to the Buster" song that Florida State fans sang when Posey came to the plate. I’ve tried to find a decent clip on Youtube, but basically, think of the tune to "Hail to the Bus Driver." And for the second verse, it’s "He singles, he doubles, he triples, he homers…"
Crappy quality
but awesome
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Holy crap
Look, I don’t complain much about press facilities. Nobody likes a grouch, especially one that watches baseball for a living. But this is the only place in the major leagues that requires you to buy the full dinner (which is wretched, by the way) to use the soda machine. They replaced the coffee with some abomination that serves instant brewed dreck. They print, like, five major league stat packs and don’t refresh them. They turn off the lighting in the press box barely an hour after the game ends.
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Huh.
He should have been around the Brewers and the Indians back in the day. The Brewers’ spring-training facility, then out in Sun City, used to serve a foil-wrapped, reheated hot dog and a small bag of potato chips as “lunch”. Ask for a second and you’d get it, but only with a reluctant snarl from the old geezer dispensing this largesse.
(Recall, if you will, that the working press has no real options for food around game time but what the ball club chooses to serve. I didn’t mind it when they started charging for what used to be free, but—like many others—I did object to what they charged for what you got.)
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That explains the Haren dump
Another cheap team in the NL West…
Dodgers are broke, Padres have no budget, D-Bags are cheap, Rockies are christians so they donate 10% of their revenue to The Rocky Mountain Church…
We are sitting pretty financially…
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Jul 25, 2010 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
we are doing well financially, even in these hard times. Unfortunately, so much of our payroll is wasted on crap.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
We have at least hit hump day on Tweeto and Blowand
We are closer to the end than we are to the beginning…(In terms of time, anyway….$’s not quite)
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Jul 25, 2010 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
glass half full, eh
I suppose. Zito is at 124 ERA+ this year, so the contract is tolerable, but Rowand…Jeez. Two more years of a $12M 5th OF? ouch.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
isn’t he Bochy’s 4th OFer? or is it 3 1/2 now?
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he’s a 5th OF quality overall. Defensively, he’s a legit CF (though I don’t love his arm by any means). He’s basically our 4th OF, but not even Bochy wanted him hitting in the 8th inning.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
WTF
they have a super high tech stadium! Jesus this reminds me of the Yorks when they first took over. THERE’S A REASON YOUR TEAM SUCKS, AND IT’S BECAUSE YOU MANAGEMENT IS TERRIBLE.
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Dunno if it used to be worse, but the spread in the press box at 49ers games is reasonable and free. Probably not as good as whatever Eddie D served, but a solid meal and good beverage options.
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they've improved a lot
there were quite a few horror stories in the early-mid 00s about their penny-pinching and how it affected the players. I think they realized that’s not the way to run a sports franchise, and the team’s much better for it recently
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Holy moly!
Baggerly: We didn’t ask Bochy if Schierholtz was running on his own. There was too much going on postgame.
And he gets paid to do this crap?
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they were all too busy watching the Wiggles concert.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I still don’t get this reference. I guess I should just have kids.
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by Prussian Creole on Jul 25, 2010 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Best reason ever to reproduce: to understand Wiggles references!
Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB4MNu6W9sg
I’m just glad my kids’ respective Wiggles phases were relatively short.
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Whoa. They’re British. I did not know that.
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by Prussian Creole on Jul 25, 2010 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions
they're actually Australian.
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Such a lame excuse
Whatever…I still like Baggerly, but his attitude and reporting has definitely changed this year…
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Jul 25, 2010 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
You are probably onto something
He is coddling up to management just in case…
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Jul 25, 2010 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Really? Do you actually read what Baggs’ writes? He was ripping the team’s handling of Buster Posey about as much as a beat writer can (before the Molina trade).
by Dan from NM on Jul 25, 2010 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes…Baggerly is easily the best we have…..But, do you not recall Strawberrygate from Toronto and his “Enjoy the Game” suggestion?
His blog turned into chaos after that….His Posey comments came off like fodder to calm down all the haters he created…He definitely questioned management, but in the interest of his reputation…
I know he was tired, but it is his job to find out what happened in the 10th inning, not asking Bochy comes off as strange to me…Like he is giving the guy a pass…
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Jul 25, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Let me get this straight: If Baggs’ reporting isn’t critical enough, it’s because he’s coddling up to management. And if he is critical, it’s only because he wants to suck up to anonymous people on the Internet.
Baggs makes mistakes, and not asking an important question after the game is one. But that doesn’t mean he’s in the tank for either the pro- or anti-management factions.
by Dan from NM on Jul 25, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
well, we weren’t there. they may not have had as much time for questions w/ it being a getaway day and loud concert going on.
Also, the move did not effect the game outcome and thus they didn’t exactly need quotes about it for their game story. if they had to prioritize it was probably down on the list.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Is any of that supposed to be a defense?
If so, it lacks a lot. All that was wanted was a short, simple question.
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they may not have had as much time for questions
Plausible, except if they were only going to ask one question, that would have been it.
Not the Whiteside pinch running one?
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 26, 2010 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
This game on ESPN sucks, I want to see what the East Coast boys on Baseball Tonight have to say about Gerald.
This
/BBTN shows clip of rbi single in 10th, says nothing about posey
/spends 15 minutes on clayton kershaw and “leader discussion”
/spend 20 minutes talking about how the mets need a “leader” and how they need to “win in order to stay in contention”
"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 watched ESPN last night for highlights
All I got was Velez injury and meaningless RBI. No Posey or Uribe highlights. I was pissed
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
There was a Posey highlight.
Unfortunately, it was the pad frisbee.
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man, you really whine a lot about ESPN
for someone who obviously watches it obsessively
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Can’t help insult the station I just can’t stop watching, what hip entertaining witty programming.
"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 CANT QUIT YOU ESPN!
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 26, 2010 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions
This is where I am with bondslegend. Don’t watch it. Get stuff online.
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oh well that's just ridiculous
it’s not possible for us to agree
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by bondslegend on Jul 25, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I’d give up a lot to get someone like Zimmerman. I do like Werth, but it’s hard to know how much his offensive production is related to the team he’s on.
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Trades like that never really happen, though. Elite young stars like Zimmerman don’t usually get traded, even from poor teams
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by Useful_Idiot on Jul 25, 2010 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t even imagine what Rizzo would ask for Zimmerman.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 25, 2010 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Trade them Tommy LaSorda
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
It's proven!
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I can
it would include Buster Posey
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
The players around can affect no only his RBI and Run totals, but also how many good pitches he sees.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Jul 25, 2010 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think it improves his numbers
And anyway, Werth aside, the Phillies don’t actually have a good offense this year. Even with him they’re only average.
I was promised lasagna.
So what your saying
Is that we should trade for Werth?
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
lol cubs
trying to show the dbacks up tonight.
"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."
Holy chit, didn’t realize Randy Winn was on the Cardinals now
by HoosierGiant on Jul 25, 2010 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
And playing good for that matter
I was hoping randall winn would be the one to drop the dagger but felipe lopez struck first.
"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."
Worked all day and got updates of the game
So sad I missed Posey being Posey. It is a lot like Manny being Manny, only with out the goofiness, bad defense, and not caring about his team. So actually nothing like that, because Posey is great.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 8:46 PM PDT reply actions
Oh My Goodness
We achieved by maintaining major league quality with a 2008 All-Star in Joe Saunders and a guy who quite frankly has been one of the winners in Major League Baseball. I think he trails only Roy Halladay among major leaguers in total wins. He’s won 63 percent of his games since coming to the major leagues, pitched in the postseason on two different occasions.
Joe’s a guy who goes out and pitches with an average, tight fastball. He’s touch a plus. He’s got an extremely good change-up and the breaking ball has always been good. Joe came out of the draft, was the 12th pick in his draft. He’s a pedigreed major league pitcher who has accomplished quite a bit. I believe it’s a .630 winning percentage in his major league career. We’re getting a pitcher for our major league club who comes in and delivers a message to our guys that this is about winning now and winning in the future."
So let me recap : Joe Saunders is a winner. He wins 63% of his games since coming to the major leagues, and he got to the post season. Also, he is an all star. All stars pitchers that are winners are hard to find, and we cannot pass up a chance to pick him up.
On LHP Patrick Corbin: "We had a lot of interest in him during last season’s draft and all he’s done is go out and lead the minor leagues in wins. To this point in the minor league season, he’s 13-3 at two A levels. He’s had a fantastic year.
Recap : Corbin is like Saunders. He is 13-3, a winner. He led the minor league in wins. That’s what we wanted. Somebody that wins.
So The Diamondbacks traded their Ace with 2+ years of control to the LAA for two guys whose best attribute, coveted by their GM, is"proven winners".
Just. Wow.
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Who’s their GM after Byrnes was fired? Whoever it is, thank you for setting the Diamondbacks back 10 years.
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by theghostofjasonellison on Jul 25, 2010 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
DiPoto
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he is already known as “DiePoto” in AZ….
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Jul 25, 2010 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
To his credit
Saunders is not bad. Not great, but not bad. Angels win this year but lets see what the prospect does.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
That is a weak haul in my book
For one of the better pitchers in baseball…
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Jul 25, 2010 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Like I said
They win on that front by a long shot. If the prospect shows to be better then Haren (which I do not think will happen.) people will say it was a great trade by the D-backs. I take the wait and see approach.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
right. it’s always wait and see with prospects, but there really isn’t a lot of room for optimism right now.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
They are desperate.
More of a salary dump then anything. They knew they couldn’t keep him so they got something for him now.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
right.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
It wasn't even a good salary dump, though
Saunders made $4M in his first year of arbitration, so he should probably make, say, $12M over the next two years? That’s less than Haren, but not by a ton.
I was promised lasagna.
The deal was made based off of the bullpen help and the prosepect.
D-backs are once again in rebuild mode. Saunders may be used as a fill in or trade next year. I think they knew Haren wanted out and let him go.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess. Saunders is just a really weird guy to target. Not really good, not really young, not really cheap…
I was promised lasagna.
Maybe they think he will have a career year next year and get tons of young talent. They confuse me out there but I knew they would sell this year. I think they are not done moving their guys yet.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
based on this move, I think we can expect a series of cheap, shortsighted moves.
Also, Saunders is going to look a lot worse in front of that defense and in that ballpark.
Mark DeRosa just got the damn surgery.
I would like the Giants to take advantage of their cheap, shortsightedness.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
we’ll give you this delicious Todd Wellemeyer for your crappy old Justin Upton!
Mark DeRosa just got the damn surgery.
he’s gotta be arb eligible pretty soon.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
did you miss the memo?
63% winning percentage speaks for itself. Also, all star.
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I remember discussing something with someone here (Evan, I think, maybe oldjacket) and telling him that there’s just no way that there are still GM’s out there who look at W/L records.
I was promised lasagna.
well, technically he only looked at the wins record, not losses.
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Also, if that conversation took place at least a month ago, Byrnes was still Arizona’s GM.
It’s like the Diamondbacks just decided to get a GM who was the exact opposite of Josh Byrnes when they fired him. “You look at wins and losses to determine how good a pitcher is? Josh would NEVER do that! You’re hired!”
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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wow
no matter how terrible a trade obviously is, there’s always SOMEone who will defend it.
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Hey saunders has won 63% of his decisions he's an all star and a winner!
sporting a career era of 4.24 with a 1.40 whip and 35 more hits than innings pitched man what a steal for the snakes!!
"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."
BUT HAREN'S ERA IS OVER 4 AND HIS WHIP IS 1.3 SELL SELL SELL
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LOL PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE WITH SAUNDERS!
Next they’ll trade ian kennedy and enright for joe blanton and kyle kendrick LOL WINNERS!
"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."
by sfgiants420 on Jul 25, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Saunders had a career year at age 27 (131 ERA+) but since then he’s done 98 and 92 this year. His walk rate has gone up for the 3rd year in a row but his other peripherals are about the same. DiPoto is gonna be SHOCKED when this guy doesn’t win a lot of games for them. I think he’ll find it difficult to be a very good innings eater. In the end, though, he traded a #1 for a back end of the rotation type (for now) and some promising young (but not elite) arms.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
no
no fucking credit at all to him. At all. This was an awful trade in every way
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So your mad Haren is out of the division?
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
First of all: it's "you're"
Second of all: What the fuck? Show me where I said that. I can think that it’s an awful trade while still being happy about it. It’s impossible to defend giving away a great pitcher and getting a pile of dogshit in return
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They need them
hoping his wins show up for them. Because it is all the strting pitching as we know. The bullpen rarely decides if the team wins. Win win win.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
They should probably trade for Randy Winn
It’s in the guys genes to win
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Jul 25, 2010 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
He's traded Max Scherzer and Dan Haren
and gotten Joe Saunders and Edwin Jackson.
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two different GMs did those 2 deals
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really?
I thought the Scherzer deal was one of his first moves
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I obviously haven't been paying attention
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whoops nevermind
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Is this from before Skaggs was announced as the PTBNL? It’s weird that he doesn’t even mention the best player he got in the deal.
I was promised lasagna.
what do you mean? Skaggs didn’t win 63% of his games, or the minor league leader in wins.
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lol fukudome
I don’t even think uribe would have swung at that one.
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fuck you, dome
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Yeah and I was staying tuned in because I thought Baseball Tonight was always on after the game. guess I should have checked my guide.
by HoosierGiant on Jul 25, 2010 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Psst Quick Pitch on MLB Net
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I like Hazel May (Mae?) enough but someone needs to tell her to chill with the rouge already.
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by Prussian Creole on Jul 25, 2010 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Quick pitch is a great show
but they should have 3 baseball guys doing it and chatting and giving analysis similar to the TNT halftime show.
"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."
Isn’t Charles Barkley on TNT half-time? Yeah, Hazel Mae is still better than 3 dumbass analysts, rouge and all.
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by Prussian Creole on Jul 25, 2010 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Quick Pitch doesn’t have analysts though and I want to hear Buster get some love
by HoosierGiant on Jul 25, 2010 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
This
Baseball tonight already was on TV before the game and they don’t replay until 2am for some reason.
"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."
It’s a recap show that offers none. Thats why I like it.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
who cares
we all know he’s great, not sure why we need to worry about the opinion of guys who thought it was a mistake to trade molina.
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LOL HAROLD REYNOLDS
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t's Posey time!!
Tim Flannery: Make better decisions dammit.
Giants are selling away their playoff chances
Because Molina is a major gamer and all.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Speaking of MLB Net
Watching Prime 9 (best of the 80s) and it reminded me that I had forgotten how good Gary Carter was at catcher.
This is the most Nascar Coverage I have ever seen on sportscenter.
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And then starting off with reds astros when the astros are winnars LOLOL.
"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 were doing a cute little thing about the highways in the midwest in honor of the brickyard I think. At least I haven’t heard the work ‘Yankees’ yet in the show
by HoosierGiant on Jul 25, 2010 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah that's weird
It would help if people had a clue at ESPN.
"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 do.
It is on the East Coast.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup
its where the ratings are at which also means not in reds vs astros starting off sportscenter with the stros 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."
They did that
So they could talk Oswalt I would imagine.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Recognizing wandy Rodriguez’s epic pitching performance!
"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."
Guy deserves it.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Cain got 0 love when he threw a 3 hit CG shutout against the reds at great american band box when the reds were the hottest team in baseball.
"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."
Look
I’m not saying it is fair, but if the guy deserves it at least he got some from the evil 4 letter. If your not named Lincecum on this team good luck getting noticed by them.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
WHO GIVES A SHIT. THEY ARE MORONS AND THEIR OPINION MEANS NOTHING
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OT:
Is Coner Gillespie and Cole related?
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 9:14 PM PDT reply actions
no. and their last names are not spelled the same.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Guess if I would have looked that up it would have helped.
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions
connor has an A in his last name I believe
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and only 1 n in his first name
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 25, 2010 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
shush u
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by bondslegend on Jul 25, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah
They isn’t.
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by stealth snail on Jul 25, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Gah - now this thread is all narrow
WTF, SBNation? W.T.F.?
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by Prussian Creole on Jul 25, 2010 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Just try to realise the truth...
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by Artimus Clyde on Jul 25, 2010 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
The giants still haven't been mentioned?
Wow I figure they’d beat out the tigers playing the blue jays and the twins playing the orioles or the pale hoes playing the A’s LOL ESPN.
"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."
Ughh
This over dramatic guy is too much to watch. I’m done caring what happens on SC with the Giants
by Artimus Clyde on Jul 25, 2010 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Joe saunders has given up 14 home runs this year pitching for the angels. I’ll set the over under on dingerz for the rest of the season at 15 and take the over without a doubt.
"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."
saw highlights
Yay Gerald!
LOL Snakes with their bad defense, baserunning blunders, and dubious trades.
What was up with Renteria on Huff’s RBI single in the fifth? It looked like he was undressing himself as he was coming around to score.
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Hmmm I’ve heard the ads on KNBR for this…
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cool
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by sadison bummedgarner on Jul 25, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Those look nice, although I can’t quite grasp from the pictures exactly where on the arcade this “deck” is. And they’d better change the name soon.
by non sequitur on Jul 25, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
why is the site so weird looking now… oh and it’s cool the giants won today
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It’s been like that on and off. If you reload, it MAY fix it.
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i’m so happy i was able to actually have a life today and hang out at Laguna Seca all day with the step brother instead of watch the giants game
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Sounds like your new step brother is a really cool dude.
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i had no idea what motogp was before today
and it was a ton of fun. But yea, he’s a padre fan sooooo, he’s not totally cool
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needs to be green
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t's Posey time!!
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what i don't feeeeeel like it
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I think we need one of the Beltran caught stealing
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by Giant_in_la_area on Jul 25, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not a lip reader but is Gerald saying something just before he says AIN’T HAVING IT?
by non sequitur on Jul 25, 2010 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Saw it for the secnod time today
And obviously got a lot more out of the earlier parts of the movie knowing how most of the universe works. Still can only wrap my head around the “straightforward, as-it-appears” interpretation of the film with the totem going on to fall over in the final scene. There are some wild alternate theories that I’ve read about, but none of them came naturally to me while watching it.
no, it's pretty obviously about to fall over
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not really
that’s kind of the whole point
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It seems impossible that the “real” world is not a dream as well.
1) The world is still very dream like. They all have secret spy super powers, jetting around the world chased by dark powers… There are also slight inconsistencies in how the systems works – which is just like dream logic it that it all makes sense during the dream.
2) His dad (father in law?) picks him up from the airport… IN LOS ANGELES. When we saw him last he was in Paris. It should have been his mom (mother in law?) whom he talks to on the phone, right?
3) Why is the hotel room trashed on his anniversary? (When Moll jumps) How did she get to the other building?
4) How did Saito and he get back from limbo? (Old) Saito fingers the gun… but even if he shoots himself, that wouldn’t get Cobb back… unless he shoots himself too? But they don’t bother to show it — why?
5) When he sees his kids at then end: IT’S THE SAME SHOT AS HIS MEMORY, except they look at him (because he has resolved his issues with Moll). If it was a genuine new experience, it wouldn’t be the memory.
It’s unclear what type of dream. Is it a shared dream? (i.e. did Moll actually break out into “real” reality when she jumped) or is the whole movie just a dream - including the whole concept of sharing dreams.
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Couple points in response
1) I agree with this
2) The timeline of the film is vaguely conveyed, but I there are months in between when Micheal Cain and Leo talk in Paris and when they meet in LA (Cobb had time to fly to India, do all the prep work, wait for the older Fischer die, etc.)
3) Mol intentionally trashes the anniversary room to make it seem like Cobb killed her
4) I think they kept it intentionally ambiguous to leave open multiple interpretations of the film (did this in a few other scenes as well)
5) Only counter argument for this is that in the credits they have 2 pairs child actors for James and Phillipa who are 2 years apart.
There are obviously multiple ways to interpret the film, but hopefully that resolves some of your questions
5) Yeah, I would have to watch the kids more closely — see 4)
4) is obvious and of course can explain anything
3) but jumped out of wrong window? I guess that would be hard to prove in court.
2) OK fine but see 4) And also — the teleporting thing is evidence for the dream; because you can’t remember (or in this case – see) how “you got there”
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I thought it was entertaining but got mildly lost around the time that people started dying but not dying, and it seemed like they sorta broke/redefined the rules they set up. Or maybe I just wasnt paying close enough attention to those to start with. Also, I thought corporate espionage was a ridiculously lame use for such a skill. And I didn’t quite get why, if the simple idea they were trying to implant was “your father wanted you to be your own man”, the only two options were run the company or disband it. Can’t he just quit? Would he also be surrounded by tons of other people and boards of directors and stuff who would do whatever it took to prevent him from doing that?
Disclaimer: I don’t really like movies much. And I mean that in the most general way possible. The medium as a whole doesn’t interest me much.
the plot was not the strong part of the movie
but the way it was carried out just sorta made me forget about that.
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Seeing it tomorrow
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
hopefully you wont be disappointed...
it’s a typical Christopher Nolan film, but times 10000009
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Just got back from it.
Ho-ly shit.
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My friend just suggested a pretty good trade
Mike Gonzalez (or Will Ohman) and Luke Scott for Neal, Pucetas, Main + other average prospects.
I think that’s pretty good and is realistic but might require some better prospects on our end.
Not for Neal. They can do better than that. Would rather keep him
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At this point, i really don’t see the giants giving up anybody… is there one player in the system you’d be willing to give up for a trade
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Starting pitchers not in the majors.
The rotation seems set for a while yet.
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Tuesday night will be interesting
Matt Cain vs. Josh Johnson.
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can't sleep
I looked it up to be sure, but Johnson was indeed the one who got Cain’d in Schmidt’s 16-strikeout game in SF on June 6, 2006. Dontrelle Willis won the next night to prevent a sweep. Also weird: Brad Hennessey got a save in the first game of the series, whose final score was 14-2.
by non sequitur on Jul 26, 2010 3:40 AM PDT up reply actions
HAH!
wow I didn’t know johnson’s been pitching that long. That game was fucking awesome. King the side in the 9th was epic
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According to BBRef, ‘06 was the first full season for Johnson as well as Cain, after both debuting for a handful of appearances in ’05. Johnson is about 9 months older. Hmph. They’re both still young guys who have already been around quite a long time.
by non sequitur on Jul 26, 2010 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Every time I realize Posey will be playing on the Giants for years to come, I can’t help but grin.
Jeaaaggaahh
We've really been fortunate
After Bonds left we’ve basically had a new star emerge each season.
Lincecum just showed how good he could be in 2008.
Pablo was amazing last year (and hopefully can get back to that).
And now Posey.
I still think Lincecum’s emergence was the most impressive, but god damn it’s fun to watch these young guys succeed.
I think it’s Brandon Belt’s turn next year. :)
yes please
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and cheap!
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Thanks to roger
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/mentions fantasy baseball team
So… I’m getting the idea that everyone feels that Bochy has cashed in his Rules Weasel get out of jail free card?
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 26, 2010 7:46 AM PDT reply actions
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