Post-game thread: Giants snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 30, 2010 10:08 PM PDT
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PrintWhen the Giants play the Rockies in Coors Field, it’s common to have a feeling of doom. The Giants might have a one- or two-run lead, and suddenly the Rockies get a grounder through the middle, or a fly ball that finds a hole, and you starting thinking, oh, here it comes. Here comes that stupid Coors Field rally that will consume us all and leave us picking pieces of our bullpen out of its stool.
I’d like to think that more than a few Rockies fans felt the same way about Mays Field and San Francisco. When Jonathan Sanchez kept mowing down Rockies, those fans were thinking, oh, here it comes. Here comes that stupid AT&T Park shutdown that will leave the Rockies under a pile of popups and double plays.
So when the Giants lose on a leadoff walk, a misplay from a normally solid fielder that turns into a broken-bat triple, and a 30-hop throw from a good fielder that should have nailed the go-ahead run but ended in the stands instead, it doesn’t depress me. It gives me hope. It makes me think, gee, maybe we’ll do something similarly unexpected at Coors Field in September. It makes me realize that some things aren’t written in stone. Hey, things happen.
And when the Giants hit three ropes in the bottom of the ninth, all caught, it doesn’t make me want to erupt in rage. It makes me think that, hey, our luck’s gotta turn around some time!
So this was a game of hope. This just made this team stronger.
Ahem.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to drink until the sun comes up, go to the pound, find the closest animal to a purple triceratops, and set it on fire. After wasting so much venom on Jose Guillen’s shoelaces-tied-together defense, it was Cody Ross who stabbed us in the heart. And Freddy's 34-hop throw -- I just watched the replay -- was the twist of the knife. Maybe if, oh, the Giants could have scored more than a run, all of this wouldn't have mattered. What a crap game.
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"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on Aug 30, 2010 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
ISWYDT
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If I had the capability to smile right now
This would make me.
He stunk at the plate too. If Guillen had started, we might have had more runs, or at least Nate would have been in for defense. Be careful what you wish for.
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by rxmeister on Aug 30, 2010 10:13 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I wished for Ross, and I’m sorry I did.
Freddy and Bork are in-excusable too, for their role in this. Wilson should never have pitched, and if he should have, he should have started with a clean slate in the 9th
by giant4life83 on Aug 30, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree with the clean slate of the 9th
Either J Sanchez should’ve been left in or not have started at all in the 9th
"Giants baseball...torture." - Duane Kuiper
by busterbuster on Aug 30, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
you either let him pitch, or dont. you don’t say well I’ll leave him in, but one guy gets on base, and he’s gone. NO.
one or the other
by giant4life83 on Aug 30, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
ross misplayed a ball
that does not make guillen good.
Poseted elsewhere before this game began:
“The pitching will do a lot better . . .
. . . starting the day Bruce Bochy realizes that most of his starters are 6-inning/100-pitch pitchers, and anything beyond that is roller skating in a mine field. "Wull, I left him out there ‘cause up to then he’d been throwin’ the ball real good an’ I felt he deserved a chance to stay in, bork, bork, bork." When a pitcher has already been lit up is not the ideal time to start the pen warming. The manager is supposed to manage the game, not be managed by the game.” [emphasis added]
WHAT DOES IT TAKE?!!??!?!!
To get these clowns fired?
(Sorrry about the clown reference.)
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by owlcroft on Aug 30, 2010 10:10 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
LOL blame Bochy
I would have hit for Sanchez myself, but I had no problem with Sanchez starting the ninth. What did he do to make you think he was tired? He walked Fowler because he overthrew, and he could’ve even pitched to CarGo, because he’s a lefty and has never had a hit off of him. Wilson threw 33 pitches the day before, and I didn’t see the problem with keeping him in there. Blaming Bochy is just because you’re picking the guy you don’t like. He didn’t misjudge that ball,
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by rxmeister on Aug 30, 2010 10:18 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I was actually hoping Bochy would let Sanchez pitch to Gonzalez.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Me too — Sanchez had dominated Gonzalez. But Sanchez made it awfully hard on Bochy with the 0-2 to 4-2 walk to Fowler — another guy he’d dominated.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 30, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Sanchez was pretty clearly going for the strike out in that Fowler AB.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, first of all, Sanchez has a history of losing it very quickly when he does lose it, and Bochy has a history of leaving him in too long.
Second, it’s a 1 run game, how can you not play for insurance runs in the 8th? You’ve got hitters available on the bench. Score just one more run and then even if the ninth unraveled like it did, the game would only be tied.
"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
by EliminateMe on Aug 30, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Tell me you are joking.
Blaming Bochy is just because he grotesquely mismanaged this game (why is this night different from all other nights?). JSanchez has established very, very clearly that 6 innings or 90 – 100 pitches, whichever comes first, is his limit. Only a deaf, dumb, blind idiot would have put Sanchez out there (much less left him in to bat for himself). That is by no means the only folly committed by Bochy in this game, but it suffices to stand for all. Did you not read the pre-game remark quoted above? Is that not sufficient? How many times must it be repeated that the signature of a good manager, at anything, is to put people into situations in which they are likely to succeed, and the signature (or X, his mark) of a bad manager is to put them into situations where they are likely to fail?
That this was so very predictable a fail mode should in and of itself cap all discussion.
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by owlcroft on Aug 30, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
So, would you have pulled him after 6?
Kevin Pucetas: September long reliever extraordinaire?
by Sammy Danger on Aug 30, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
6 innings or 100 pitches is what he’s saying
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
He said whatever comes first...
Kevin Pucetas: September long reliever extraordinaire?
by Sammy Danger on Aug 30, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Whichever comes first, which means 6 innings tonight.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Yes, I mis-stated that.
It should have been whichever comes latest. But in reality, it is rare indeed for him to get past 6 with fewer than 90 pitches. Tonight, with his spot coming up, OK, let him have the 8th, with careful scrutiny and a warmed-up reliever ready. And that’s it, no need for further thought or discussion.
But no, Bochy first takes one out away from the offense inning in a crucial 1-run game, making it a 2-out inning; then lets Sanchez do what any reasonably bright 7-year-old could and would have predicted.
Sure, there were flukes and freaks and maybe even with a rested reliever starting the 9th stuff would have happened. But the smart money is, always and ever, on what is most likely.
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Latest?
Wouldn’t that mean he could throw like 500 pitches by the 6th?
Oh, and before you respond, I know what you meant.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I don’t think that it was J Sanchez’s fault in this one. Nor was it Bochy’s decision to keep him into the 9th.
It’s the DAMNED offense that can’t hit for shit and our bullpen that can’t pitch for shit.
"Giants baseball...torture." - Duane Kuiper
by busterbuster on Aug 30, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd have to disagree
He gave up the go-ahead runs. You know, typically, Wilson IS fine and damned good. But all those times he gets into close situations – well those situations are bound to bite his ass sometime or another. And this was one of those situations.
"Giants baseball...torture." - Duane Kuiper
by busterbuster on Aug 30, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Broken bat fly ball that could have been caught and turns into two runs doesn’t have much to do with Wilson
I guess.
"Giants baseball...torture." - Duane Kuiper
by busterbuster on Aug 30, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
wilson had bubkus
and gave up two triples, which he almost never does.
No, he had two looping fly balls that got misplayed into triples.
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NOT TRUE
One of those balls was bombed off the RF wall. It was not a looper.
Will someone tell me why BORK doesn’t bring in Javier Lopez to face Gonzalez in that situation? Isn’t that why we got him…to face tough left handed hitters? It even makes less sense not to do so when Wilson had been used so much in the previous days.
Why isn't Sabean held accountable for leading the Giants into many years of mediocrity???
Spillborgh’s triple was not bombed off the wall. It made it to the wall, but someone who knows how to play that outfield (for example, Nate), is playing back on the ball so he has a chance to play the carom. Ross was standing directly under it, and had to chase down the foul line. It might not have been caught, but it was misplayed into a triple.
And Lopez needed rest. He’s pitched a lot lately, and the sidearm motion is really stressful on a pitcher’s arm, even when done properly. Wilson was tired too, but he was the right guy for that situation.
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Spilborghs hit had no consequence on the game. My point was that it was not a looper as you called it.
That’s a load of BS that Lopez needed rest. He pitched less than Wilson over the last 2 days and you’re only asking him to face the only tough left handed hitter in their lineup. Wilson pitched over 30 pitches the day before. I’m sorry, but that situation called for bringing in the LOOGY to face one batter. BORK BORK BORK
Why isn't Sabean held accountable for leading the Giants into many years of mediocrity???
‘LOOGENI’
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 31, 2010 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Dude, if you’re going to argue, get your facts straight.
Wilson threw 33 pitches in Sunday’s game against the Diamondbacks, but had only thrown in one other game in the last week, where he threw 42 pitches in our extra inning loss to the Reds. Lopez threw, surprise, 33 pitches in Saturday’s game, in addition to facing one batter in Sunday’s game, plus pitching one inning in Monday’s game against the Reds, one inning on Tuesday’s game against the Reds, and two innings in Wednesday’s game against the Reds – 13, 14, and 21 pitches respectively. When you factor in bullpen and warmup throws… Lopez has thrown a lot this week. Way more than he’s accustomed to, in fact. You know how many other times Lopez has thrown more than 80 pitches in a week’s time this season? Zero.
Wilson, on the other hand, has made a save of three outs or more on the day after he made a 4+ out save 4 times this season. And this time was after being used very little over the course of the previous week.
When you have a one-run lead and you need to get three outs against their best hitters, your want your closer on the mound as much as they want to be out there. If you don’t have faith in Wilson to get those outs, then he shouldn’t be closing. Deal with it.
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Nah.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
But an extra AB for Sanchez leading off the 8th didn’t help the offense any.
"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
by EliminateMe on Aug 30, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually thought it was semi-defensible to leave Sanchez in the game to start the ninth. But if you’re gonna send him out there, then you must think he’s still good. So why pull him after one hitter? Argh. If you’re thinking to yourself, “I’ll leave him in, but if one guy gets on, I’m pulling him,” stop. Just take him out already.
"I’ll leave him in, but if one guy gets on, I’m pulling him,"
You know this is SOP for Bochy.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
And I hate the mindlessness of it.
If the pitcher gives up a smash or a broken-bat blooper it’s all the same to the Bork. Gone.
He uses the same empty-headed process with the righty-lefty matchups, regardless of past history, current hot streaks, etc…it’s like he has a 3×5 note card with these little strategies on them and swears by that stupid, sweat-stained note card.
Shit, I could manage that way from my sofa.
Last night
Sanchez looked like he lost the strike zone quickly with four straight balls. He also didn’t look sharp warming up; he threw a wild pitch and didn’t look as sharp on the rest of the warm pitches. I remember thinking, “I hope he’s on a short leash”
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I hate ‘short leashes’. If you had such a short leash to begin with, he should not have started the inning.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Exactly
Short leashes are for dogs that bite. Or for starting pitchers when the bullpen isn’t a much better bet to get outs then the starter. Keeping “Sanchez” on a short leash is tantamount to saying he is probably going to pitch poorly, but not as poorly as the bullpen in this situation. So what Bochy is saying he has little faith in the pen, so he is going to wait until the mess he is anticipating gets created before making a decision.
Two things.
Owlcraft is right about Sanchez’ effectiveness. 6 innings or about 85-95 pitches.
The bullpen was put together by Bochy and Sabean as part of the 100 million dollars they have spent this year on payroll. Its not saying much about your bullpen construction when you put your “starter on a short leash” in August. Let alone September, or in a pig’s eye, October.
…
by Roy Hobbs Jr. on Aug 31, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I would have pulled Sanchez
103 pitches
1-run lead
top of the order
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
I feel like I’m watching performance art sometimes. There’s something tragicomic about the sheer predictable numbfuckery of these late-inning starter appearances. It’s such a very specific situation, and yet it bites us in the ass with the regularity of a Freudian mosquito.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree
It’s like at a certain point you can’t actually believe that this shit continues to happen.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Thanks for the translation. I was taxing my brain on that one.
I agree as well.
by cybermaldonado on Aug 30, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
sorry
i use big words when i’m angry.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
"Numbfuckery" is worth it
Nice big word. Even if it isn’t actually a word.
I think there’s a t-shirt in there.
"The two worst things in football are: 1) They think that a 30-year old professional athlete has to be locked up in a hotel room, with a curfew, the night before a qame; and 2) They're right."
- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
by achiappanza on Aug 30, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
and one would hope that Sabean feels the same way as we do
by giant4life83 on Aug 30, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m rec’ing this because of your courtesy towards the clown-fearing. Also, any Giants fan who advocates firing Bochy really is a friend of mine.
by Every6thDay on Aug 30, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
The saddest thing is
This means we’ll see no more of Cody Ross, and we’ll take our Jose Guillen and like it.
I feel like the baseball gods just decided to fuck us over for debating Cody Ross earlier.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I have to say, the fail there feels familiar
Fitting in a sad way that it happened a year to the date since Edgar’s Grand Slam.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Keith Law tweeted at me though.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I’m sorry.
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Tweeting just looks wrong.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Urban tweeted the hell out of me one time
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
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by Useful_Idiot on Aug 30, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Urban tweets everyone. He tweets around.
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 30, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Shift A
Sorry if this has been mentioned below, but how does KLAW call that a great win for the Rockies and not a terrible, no-good very bad loss by the Giants?
‘Cause KLAW is an elitist prick, and the Rockies are the sexy pick for this year’s NL champions.
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/facepalm
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:11 PM PDT reply actions
/autodefenestrates
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:11 PM PDT reply actions
Gallo was hoping to get out first . . .
. . . fortunately, he can fly, or at least glide.
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by gallo del cielo on Aug 30, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Well
at least the Padres are losing the games we all knew they would.
"Giants baseball...torture." - Duane Kuiper
Hey, we’re regressing to the mean, too!
by Every6thDay on Aug 30, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
actually, we are playing 2 wins under our mean right now
by giant4life83 on Aug 30, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
That would be the Philidelphia game with the chalk shot by Werth, followed by Failez, and this game.
Whee.
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Which one was that?
I also remember that one game in AZ where the ump was a total douchenozzle. Was that Cuzzi?
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Does any sport allow their officials to stop play to yell at players & coaches? It’s getting really shameful in MLB.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 30, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Bud Selig can’t take your message, he’s still at the dedication of his bronze statue in Milwaukee.
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I don't want to sound negative here
But I thought that game kind of sucked.
Silly rabbit. Our bad luck is never going to end.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:12 PM PDT reply actions
i said it once, i'll say it again ......
FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSSFUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS FUCK YOU CODY ROSS ………
AND FUCK YOU BOCHY!!! THE BALL WAS CAUGHT IN A WIND CURRENT??? PLEASE SHUT YOUR BORKING MOUTH!!!
"He'll need a rocket up his ass to catch that one .... that baby's out of here!"
cody ross
did not throw the ball in the dugout to score the winning run. or bring wilson in for his third inning in two days.
No, it wasn't.
It was an act of immediate-firing-level gross and grotesque mismanagement by a dolt who has been doing it this way since his first game as a manager. San Diego was smart enough to get rid of him; San Francisco is not. The end.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
I don’t like Bochy, but I hate to see him blamed every single time we lose a game like he does the pitching and hitting. It falls on the players. For a guy who’s known as a stats guru, blaming the manager every time something goes wrong seems silly.
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by rxmeister on Aug 30, 2010 10:37 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I agree
Cody Ross doesn’t totally fuck up and we’re probably happy and I’m actually looking forward to going to the game tomorrow night.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Not when he has tilted the odds.
The essence of the analytic approach to baseball is the same as that of the professional gambler’s approach to blackjack: make the moves that maximize your chances of winning. The gambler can’t control the deck, and the manager can’t control the players’ performances, but the manager’s business—his whole and entire business—is to make the moves that maximize the odds.
Players play. Sometimes they play above their basic abilities and sometimes below them. To blame the players for what the manager has befouled is akin to blaming the dice because you lost your shirt at craps making bad bets.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
And this is why the Rays are doing well under Wall Street management.
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Wait, they’re short-selling and transferring wealth?
by Every6thDay on Aug 30, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Buy low, sell high. Risk assessment. Maximizing returns.
The head of the ownership group’s daughter was on my college’s swim team with my then-housemate. Pretty ridiculous guy, from what I hear.
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But I think Rx's larger point is right that people find a way to blame Bochy
If Bochy had pulled and had Wilson start the ninth, that broken bat triple still would have scored because of the error. I’m pretty certain that people would have been screaming “Why did Bochy pull Sanchez? He was pitching a shutout!”
If bochy had left Sanchez in to pitch to Gonzalez and Gonzalez got any type of hit, people would have been screaming “What the hell is Sanchez doing in there? It was obvious he had nothing left!”
Instead, he pulled Sanchez after one batter, freaky shit happened and Bochy gets blamed.
Personally, I’m most pissed at Wilson. I haven’t seen the replay, but it looked like he made no effort at all while backing up the play at 3rd. If he stops that ball from going in the dugout, it’s stll a tie game.
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considering that wilson
is not the only pitcher in the bullpen, there might just possibly be some responsibility on the manager’s large head. and by overusing wilson yesterday, he will be unavailable if the game today is close, for a double fail.
Personally, I’m most pissed at Wilson. I haven’t seen the replay, but it looked like he made no effort at all while backing up the play at 3rd.
This was my take, but listening on the post-game on the way to the sorrow-drowning room, Jon stated that Wilson was a little late getting there (which I disagree with) and the ball hit the runner and changed directions (which I didnt see from our seats near 1st).
FTR: I found a way to blame Bochy. And Ross. If Nate is on this roster, he’s in right field there—there’s no argument you want Huff’s bat still in the game if you already conceded the chance to hit for Sanchez—that move says we have all the runs we need.
But I took the poll in the Fanshot, and discovered I’m an optimist idiot type of fan, so I’ll go for another heaping helping this evening.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
I agree with Goofus in this sense:
Monday night’s 9th inning was a Series of Unfortunate Events, but I’ve disagreed with Bochy’s moves much more in other situations.
Listening on the radio in real time, I was glad he pulled Sanchez after four straight balls to walk Fowler. I was a little nervous with Wilson coming in having thrown so many pitches the day before, but his job description is to hold leads of three runs or fewer in the 9th inning. And Cody Ross catches that ball at least 95 times out of 100.
Could Bochy have possibly managed things better so that they wouldn’t have happened? Sure, but it’s a lot of hindsight. I think starting Wilson in the 8th inning against the Reds last Wednesday was a much dumber move.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Right. From 0-2 to 4-2. On four pitches.
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Pulling Sanchez after he walked Fowler
is like trading Bengie in mid-season. It may be the best thing to do at that point, but you shouldn’t have ever gotten to that point in the first place.
"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
by EliminateMe on Aug 31, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
No
If there’s anyone Sanchez should have been facing, it was Carlos Gonzalez. You either start with Wilson (or Romo) or you let Sanchez face both Fowler and Gonzalez.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
In terms of matchups, yes.
But Sanchez has a history of unraveling very suddenly when he reaches his limit.
"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
Absolutely.
He does not fade, he falls off a cliff, and it’s usually somewhere between 90 and 100 pitches. Obviously, there will be the occasional exception either way, but that range is where the smart money goes down.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
The really frustrating thing is that we finally got a great performance from the SP.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
GREAT
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO LEARN HOW TO WIN?!
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
This is the first time
I’ve ever found this joke not funny. Not a reflection on you, it’s just that my humor gland has been damaged.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
The day after they fire Bruce Bochy and his superior Brian Sabean.
Any further questions?
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
(raises hand)
Can that day be tomorrow?
"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
by EliminateMe on Aug 30, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you mean,
bad night
"Giants baseball...torture." - Duane Kuiper
by busterbuster on Aug 30, 2010 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions
DOING WHAT?
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Borking.
lol!
"He'll need a rocket up his ass to catch that one .... that baby's out of here!"
by GIANT stoner on Aug 30, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
God damn it.
I have to drive to Davis tomorrow morning to spend my day helping my sister move down to Oakland, and I can already tell I am going to spend all goddamn day thinking about this game.
Tomorrow was already going to suck. Now it’s going to be miserable. I wish baseball didn’t affect me like this.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I think any RF would have fucked that up, to be honest. I mean, this is the Giants.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I think Torres in RF makes the catch.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m telling you, right field is cursed.
That, and wherever Velez plays.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
If Velez plays RF do they cancel out?
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
No. A wormhole opens and annihilates all life.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Why the hell are you bring up Velez
it’s bad enough to think that there’s still a slight chance he’ll come back to the majors
"Giants baseball...torture." - Duane Kuiper
by busterbuster on Aug 30, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Sadly
Even Velez probably catches that ball.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
no
that is not the answer to any question, ever.
he might have been able to throw the ball in the dugout if playing second, though.
C'mon now you're just being ridiculous.
Of course he would have been able to throw the ball into the dugout.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Ban howtheydidntscore too.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
YES!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
BAN HIM! HE’S A WITCH!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
AND WHAT DO WE DO WITH WITCHES?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
BAN THEM!!!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
HE turned me into a Newt!
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
So… why was Ishikawa batting in the ninth? Isn’t that exactly where Guillen should be used? Or even- blerk- Rowand?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
Well I'd take Ishi over Rowand
If for no other reason than the LHB vs RHP match up, but yeah, that seems like the prime time to use Guillen
Buster Posey>
by Gobroks on Aug 30, 2010 10:22 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I would too; I was trying to adjust for Bork though.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 30, 2010 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Bill Simmons and Al Michaels were talking about how underratedly tortured Giants fans are on his podcast today
Exhibit 2,796 Bill
by DFARowand on Aug 30, 2010 10:14 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Do you remember where in the podcast? I don’t want to have to sit through the whole thing.
by Every6thDay on Aug 30, 2010 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
It's worth listening to, seriously
Al Michaels told this nice story of how the day before the US beat the Russkies at the 1980 Winter Olympics, Ken Dryden, who was getting his law degree, drove from Lake Placid to Toronto to take the bar exam. Passed with flying colors, then drove back to LP for the Greatest Upset in History.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
It's towards the beginning
But seriously, the whole podcast is awesome. Michaels just tells stories about some games and life experiences for an hour.
"I AIN'T HAVIN IT."
Chris Russo agrees
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 30, 2010 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Ubaldo on the hill Wednesday.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
wtf
staying up late in NYC listening to losses like his makes it hard to fall asleep, beer call
Good fielding RF’s not catching catchable flyballs to lose games is old hat for Giants fans, but the 34-hopper from a slick-fielding 2B was a nice twist.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 30, 2010 10:16 PM PDT reply actions
4th error this week. What the hell?
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Did someone invoke Roberto Clemente?
Or maybe Joe Morgan is more apt in Freddy’s case.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
For pity's sake . . .
. . . it hit the runner.
The chiefest issue is what were a really, really tired starter and a really, really tired reliever doing in the 9th inning of a crucial one-run ball game? (Answer: trying, and failing, to act out the fantasies of a delusional field manager.)
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
I’ve always said the most unfair error in baseball is when a relay or throw from the OF hits a sliding runner. But that’s not the case when the throw is rolling in — especially when a good throw gets the runner pretty easily.
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 30, 2010 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
That throw was legitimately terrible. Like the other throwing error he made tonight.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
It reminded me of Maldonado in ‘87 playoffs — the play after he lost Tony Pena’s ball in the lights for a triple, he got a chance to redeem himself on a short pop to right wen Pena tagged. 18-hopper that still almost got Pena — Melvin barely missed him with a swipe tag. 1-0 final.
/weeps
"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK
by Josh from Hollywood on Aug 30, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Coolest. Band name. Ever.
The Flaming Purple Triceratops
Wow. Is this the week that broke the team? Two blown leads in the ninth to destroy what had been inspiring games. I can’t remember the last time I felt this bad about baseball.
Haha
I got banned from Purple Row.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I didn’t even comment over there or get a message.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Wait, what?
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 30, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Deets please.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
/stupid comment
DONtBANme#13LOLOLOLOL
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Frankly, I was hoping for more fireworks.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s even more lame than what he did over here.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 30, 2010 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Link?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t remember how to link individual posts, but about 3/4th of the way down he says "AT&T needs a humidor, :don’tbanme:
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/8/30/1659894/beat-colarado-thread
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 30, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
You can right-click on the date and time of the post to get the individual post link.
"Time for the laser show, boys!" — Aubrey Huff
FWIW, that works on lots of websites, not just SBN.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 30, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
LOLWUT
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Now, when it’s revealed to be an accident, make sure to bring it up six times every Giants/Rockies series and never mention the context of the accidental ban.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 30, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Not bitter about that all
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
it's not
http://www.purplerow.com/2010/8/30/1660004/rockies-2-giants-1-carlos-gonzalez#45601447
wow, and they call us creepy. Okay.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
VAPORS!
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 30, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Christians think Muslims are weird (and wrong), after all.
by Every6thDay on Aug 30, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
He’s the only person over there who doesn’t seem to be completely insane right now.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Well, if by “girl”, you mean whiny little dripping hole, you might be accurate
That’s probably "her" in the unicorn getup.
by Mondogarage on Aug 30, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
She did an awful lot of defending the Rockies from the humidor vitriol when Miller’s comments came down fwiw
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 30, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t care, she doesn’t deserve to be a mod, she doesn’t have the temperament for it
by Mondogarage on Aug 30, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I like the total 180 where he starts talking about temperament.
Stay classy Denver, indeed.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
IT’S BECAUSE SHE’S A WOMAN. SHE CAN’T LEAD. HER FEMININE PARTS ARE MESSING WITH HER BRAINS.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
what the fuck
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I think we all need to calm down. Us and them.
by Dan from NM on Aug 30, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I honestly
did not think that banning that guy would make them this angry. We often ban opposing fans for gloating after losses. The guy fully expected to be banned. He said so before he even came over here to comment. I guess my ‘comment’ was childish to them.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I wanted to bring up this point there, but there’s a 1 day waiting period to post. Meh, whatever. Let them be.
Even though that waiting period was annoying when Braden threw his perfect game, it’s actually a pretty brilliant rule.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 30, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m in the same boat, Natto.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I didn’t post a gif, I said, “Can’t wait to see you whining at PR about how omg unfair your McC ban was! I hope you enjoy it anyway!”
Which I guess means I don’t have the temperament to be a mod.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I didn’t know you actually banned him.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
[insert string of expletives here]
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
UNTRUSTED!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
True, but wasn’t one of our people over there saying something along the lines of, “I can find out where you live” to one of their posters? That’s what bothers me, not your banhammer.
by Dan from NM on Aug 30, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
That was totally not necessary. I agree.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
He was banned.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
OK, I don’t recall the name, but it wasn’t someone I recognized.
by Dan from NM on Aug 30, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
That is pure fucktardery, yes.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
perhaps the best post in the history of the site
slap fights between message boards= f*ing boring
Despite all the torture and heartbreak
I’m glad I’m a Giants fan and not a part of some pathetic, pitiful fanbase.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Wow.
If you want to fit in at MCC, you should probably brag about sexing up the nine year old kids, or something. Because I think that’s more what appeals to them, at least in their precious minutes away from MCC.
not as punny as SDcat00
by Mondogarage on Aug 30, 2010 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
I tweet (more often than I blarg).
by can of corn on Aug 30, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
What the actual fuck.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
WOW.
Kevin Pucetas: September long reliever extraordinaire?
by Sammy Danger on Aug 30, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, that's creative
What a bunch of dilweeds.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
All of its comments lead me to believe it has serious mental health issues.
by Every6thDay on Aug 30, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this a San Francisco = gay = pedophile thing? I was to know if this is internet-pathetic, or actual, real-world, why-America-is-fucked-up pathetic.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 30, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
there’s a lot of commentary like that, all over SBNation to be honest. SF’s an easy gay joke, which is great if you were born without a functioning sense of humor like many tragic posters.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
So…
…actual, real-world, why-America-is-fucked-up pathetic.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 30, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah that one
The one that really sucks.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
There is the possibility
that he had seen the inexplicable W*lrusM*n-as-pedophile (name changed to protect the innocent) meme and was alluding to that.
"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
by EliminateMe on Aug 30, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
And he got a warning that included
this.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 30, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
OMG That’s creepy
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
Hey, I’m “the best part!”
What an asinine conversation that is.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
GODLESS HEATHENS vs WE WALK WITH JESUS part XXIV
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
The really sad part is there are people on MCC of various religions.
If we can get over ourselves (and even have fairly calm, reasonable discussions about religion on off days) what’s PR’s problem?
Better to be a Giants fan than an Athletic supporter!
I lol'd.
Thanks. I hate the acrimony between McC and PR. The cultures are a little different, but sports fans are sports fans. You’ll have some jackasses on both sides.
by Grant on Aug 30, 2010 10:33 PM PDT
That’s like saying North Korea and Canada are "A little different".
by UZ on Aug 30, 2010 10:34 PM PDT
That’s a beautiful simile. You are clever.
by Grant
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 30, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
GRANT IS THE UN EXCEPT NOT USELESS
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
“Do you want to sit her and bicker like children, or do you want to be like the real UN?!”
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
HAHAHA
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Hell, even I consider us North Korea.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 30, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
They’re the one with the dictator.
They’re the one with lazy provincial governors and crude Frenchmen gay people hobbyists.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Super hot traffic chicks.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
From Rules and Regulations:
“Rox Girl and I (Russ) are each a judge, jury, and executioner combined into one role.”
(This is good-natured ribbing, mind you. I’m just trying to give this joke legs, even if they are Guillenesque.)
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
That might be a bit outdated
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 30, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Again, it’s just for the lulz.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
No, no. It’s true. Guillen’s legs are lame.
by Every6thDay on Aug 30, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
bears repeating
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Yeah, I’m a control freak when it comes to this site.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 30, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
99% of precincts report
101% votes for grant frisbee!
Took me months to even become “trusted” and look what it got you.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Actually it's probably bucsdugout
They only have 1 writer (I think). Though Charlie does a very good job
Buster Posey>
FishStripes
ooo..no I guess they recently added another
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 30, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Er, they have the dictator.
WE have the etc.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Ha! Well at least I got one laugh out of the night.
by Dan from NM on Aug 30, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL Purple Row is North Korea!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
You are worthress, Gwant Bwisbee!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait
Are we the ones that get the health care?
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
Everyone but Americans gets health care.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
After that, ANYONE posting from Purple Row should be banned here.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Thanks for letting me make my apology public.
I apologize for the trouble I caused last night. The Giants played a very good game and I thought we were Doomed going into the 9th. It will be an interesting series.
The stupid comment was meant to be a play on the fact that the D-Backs were going to install a Humidor in Chase field. It was in no way a poke at all of the LOLCoorz effect.
It was late Central time where I live and I pretty much shut my computer off for the night after I saw that I got banned. I hope to show you that I don’t intend to troll this blog at all since there really is no reason to do so.
The lack of Seth Smith's beard is irrational
Yankee Haters Encouragement Group Member #π
I disagreed with it for the record
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 30, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
For the record
Thanks for sticking up for me. I honestly did not think the ban would cause that big of a shitstorm.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I like how his reasoning for banning jPORNy is “Well, she was childish and reactionary when she banned him, so we’re going to be reactionary and childish and ban her!”
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 30, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
When she hasn’t even posted anything on our blog.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Hypocrisy, thy name is purple.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh man, I love irony.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
A little toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ironic.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 30, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
YEAH I REALLY DO THINK WHY DO YOU THINK I JUST SANG IT IF I DIDN’T REALLY FUCKING THINK IT
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 31, 2010 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Someone get the state department on the phone
We need Ambassador Grant ASAP
I was wrong.
I shouldn’t have made the ban (unbanned now). It was childish, irresponsible, and foolish.
“No Mission Too Difficult, No Sacrifice Too Great—Duty First” – 1st Infantry Division Motto
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by Russ Oates on Aug 31, 2010 1:52 AM EDT
Grant is the U.N. and Bill Clinton rolled into one.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
GiantPain was fine
as was victor frankenstein.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 30, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
They are pretty too?
Must find ways to make them more masculine
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 30, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
We just curse a lot, it’s internet short-hand for manhood.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
For the record, I have 16 very polite posts in my history at Purple Row.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
You know you all would have been crying if I hadn't made a new thread!!!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
It’s true.
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I was only speaking of tonight's threads, but yes, you are included
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 30, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
What about me, Andrew? Acknowledge meeeeeeee!
v Isn’t a member. v
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And i guess you t...
wait…
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 30, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, did we all swing and miss at the Nixon reference? I suppose, to follow the syllables, it should’ve been “Only Brisbee could go to PR.”
by Every6thDay on Aug 30, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
what in the hell grant
There was BLOOD IN THE WATER and then you slurped it all away like that thing Kevin Costner patented to try fix the BP spill and now I won’t get to tell someone they were WRONG ON THE INTERNET.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Guillen yes. Schierholtz…you’re smoking some good shit
I'm old enough to know, but too young to care.
Cody Ross is basically having the worst offensive year of his career
And he’s still outhitting Nate’s ML numbers.
Sorry, but it’s really not.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
You don't know.
And neither do I, nor does anyone, because this organization jerks people around—it’s The Giants way®.
But the evidence, such as it is, tends to support the idea that with regular play he can hit at least as well as Ross.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
I would say that if you weighed Nate's stats with scouting v. Ross's (?) combo, Ross would come out on top
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
We don’t know, but looking at Nate’s body of work, tell me this:
Using your scouting eyes, however trained or untrained they might be, does Schierholtz profile as a starting corner outfielder, or a late inning defensive replacement?
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Hm
I’m speaking far more to the strengths of Cody Ross than the weaknesses of Nate Schierholtz.
Ross became an everyday player essentially in the second half of 2007.
From 2007-2010, he has hit .273/.328/.475, good for a .803 OPS and a 108 OPS+
I like Nate a lot, but is there really any evidence he could do that over the course of two and a half seasons?
Yes.
Not probative, only suggestive, but there is the early part of this season, during which his performance was quite reasonable—fine for a good CF, passable for an average corner man, not bad for a defensively sharp corner man. He was sat after a wall collision, and—whether or not his shoulder was injured, and if so whether the effects persisted—he was never put back into regular use.
Schierholtz has moderate power (power factor circa 1.5), was—like so many Giants this season, presumably from Meulens’ guidance—taking more walks than before (still below average, but only by a little), and hitting for a decent average. Since the sit-down, his BABIP has hit the cellar floor, and his net performance has declined accordingly.
It was not a long enough run to conclude that this is the real Nate Schierholtz, but there was zero reason to interrupt that run and not find out for more nearly sure.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
I would be interested to see
If someone would compare the 2009 Giants and the 2010 Giants BB% – while controlling for free agent acquisitions.
My null hypothesis would be that it’s pretty similar, and the BB% can’t be taught.
Not exactly what you requested . . .
. . . but related.
Giants’ career stats, pro-rated for actual 2010 play time, vs actual 2010 numbers: projected walks rate (BB/PA), 6.83%; Giants’ 2010 actual walks rate, 8.06%. Pretty substantial.
Details here.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
You separate intentional and unintentional (non-intentional?) walks, si?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
So they've performed above someone's projections, interesting
But like I said, I would want people like Huff, and Burrell removed for the purposes of seeing if Bam-Bam has actually improved any of our longer-term Giants
Not "someone's": their own.
The projections are—as it clearly said—just their career performances pro-rated man by man to their actual 2010 plate-appearance totals. The link is there: check them all. I believe, from memory, that many are above expectation, and the rest about even. I don’t think there are any nontrivially (if at all) down from career norms.
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That’s the worst part.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
/agree
That was an absolutely for-shit play but I’m going to have to see a good deal more butchery before I’m voting to start Guillen.
It happens to everyone. Ross just picked the absolute worst night possible to get fooled.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup. The whole thing was a fluke, Ross is normally good in the outfield. And Sanchez is normally very good at second. And together they turned a soft fly ball into a two-run homer. The Rockies are lucky and annoying as shit.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the Fresno Grizzlies.
Didn’t Cody Ross say that he prefers to play CF? So why the fuck was Torres not playing RF and Ross in CF???
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by Mordy From Monsey on Aug 30, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Ross should have been in LF
And Nate in RF.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
by DrDC on Aug 30, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh, yeah, because . . .
. . . Ross hits at least as well as Burrell.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
He plays the outfield a lot better. I have no idea what the probabilities are, but at that point in the game a flyball to left seems more likely than another Burrell at-bat.
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the Fresno Grizzlies.
I misunderstood you.
I thought you meant as starters.
Even so, with a 1-run margin, you do not, in the name of sanity, jerk your big bats out for defense, because of the very real likelihood of a 17-inning game.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
If you're going to take Burrell out
Why would you put in Ishikawa and move Huff to LF? Does that even make sense?
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Because Torres is better. I mean, I don’t know for sure, but I would assume as much. Rowand’s a good fielder but it was ludicrous to have him in CF and stick Torres in whatever corner’s available.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 30, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa.
Isn’t this the place where everyone moans because Rowand gets to say (explicitly or implicitly) what field he’ll play? Who plays where is not up to the players, nor should it be.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
+1
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 30, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
rec'd
where are all the “sss” police today?
Thats 15 losses in our last 25 since the 10-0 win at Coors Field. Just the type of baseball you want to be playing going into September.
That's because we're playing...
good teams now.
by Rowand's Greatness on Aug 30, 2010 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I like Kruk's point
“If you want to be a playoff team, it’s what you do tomorrow after a game like this”
Get shut out by the Diamondbacks!
Am I doing it right?
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Absolutely
And, this year, we’ve already shown that we can come back after something like this. I’m still okay with this year.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 30, 2010 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
You're why Sabean and Bochy keep their jobs
Happy with 2nd place (probably 3rd place by the end of the month) and no playoffs.
weeeeeeeeeeeee
Bite me.
The very obvious implication of my post is that we are still very much in a position to head to the postseason. If you want to go weep into your bourbon & oatmeal be my guest, but I’m gonna keep watching and hoping.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 30, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
No it doesn’t. He can still hope for the post season and think Sabean has done a crap job.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
Precisely.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 31, 2010 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I've said this a lot in the last week, but...
At a point, it stops being about the postseason. It becomes a matter of entertainment. And getting the rug pulled out from under you again and again really starts to burn my ass after a while.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Also this year
we’ve found way too many opportunities to come back after something like this.
"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
by EliminateMe on Aug 30, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Another way to think about it.
The Rockies aren’t going to quit and they are down more than we are. They have had some very tough losses this year but they never quit. Every year they are strong down the stretch. The Giants need to use this loss as motivation to come back even stronger tomorrow.
That’s the only ’tude to have this time of year.
Well, I mean, they’re going to get swept, so, that’s who the Giants are.
by Every6thDay on Aug 30, 2010 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
ugh
I’m sick, disgusted, and of course listening in tomorrow
/shift A
So I had to put my kids to bed during the 9th. what a game! Wait—we won right?
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
The first part of your name makes me want to punch a cat.
by BoldlyGoingNowhere on Aug 30, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Usually I get that response about the whole name.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
by Cody_ransom on Aug 30, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
so this is like the 10th time the Giants season has ended this season
by TimLaser and MattyC on Aug 30, 2010 10:19 PM PDT reply actions
Sadly
Although Sabean’s been OK this season.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
ARGGGGGHHHHHH
Why has he been ok?
Because he waited two months to trade Molina when he shouldnt have signed him at all?
Because he signed Wellemeyer because he had no money left?
Because he gave Sanchez a way overmark 2 yr 12 mil deal?
Because he gave Affeldt an unnecessary extension?
Because he got lucky that Laroche turned us down?
Because he played collect OFs and brought us the Guillen/Ross debacle?
Because he picked Burrell up off the scrap heap?
by DFARowand on Aug 30, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’ve tried not to think about it this year, what with the unexpected scrap-heap hitters and the normally stellar pitching staff. But the fact that we have this two-headed albatross, this unholy Zitowand abomination dangling around our necks, and we can’t even get rid of the shittier half until 2012…well, I try not to think about it. Because you know what they say – when you look into the abyss, the abyss swings at a slider off the plate.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Kind of ironic
I got criticized here for saying Sabean doesn’t get a pass for the Molina signing simply because he made a good trade, but anyways.
Still, most of those moves were nothing major and most of the faults of Sabean are from years in the past.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Well, it is consistent.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 30, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
How do u give him credit for signing Huff when he was basically the only 1B left on the market?
Do you really think in his wildest dreams he knew Torres was going to be this good?
Do you think signing Burrell was anything but desperation to fortify a once again woeful offense?
It’s embarassing we have to take the castoffs of a team with less than half our payroll.
WHERE IS THE FUCKING JUSTICE
3 HARD HIT BALLS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
FUCK YOU BASEBALL GODS WHY MUST YOU DO THIS
/solidly hit ball off arcade
/ball thrown in dugout
/sanchez moves to sit on back bench of dugout before he starts throwing bats on the field
The main difference in this game..esp in the 9th..
Giants played defense like they were pretenders…
Rockies played like contenders…
Buy High,Sell Lower- The Brian Sabean methodology to Running (Ruining) the Giants
by Mordy From Monsey on Aug 30, 2010 10:20 PM PDT reply actions
FTFY
Giants played defense like they were pretenders little leaguers…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Brain farts = Pretenders
..I believe that was his point.
Fuck this team.
"Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived." - Sparky Anderson
"You're alright, La Russo." - Johnny Lawrence
They DID hit harder than the Rockies
but they shouldn’t have been hitting for homers. Well not Huff at least. He was aiming for the walls when he should have gone for a base hit. With 0 outs and Ishikawa and Posey coming up, there would’ve been a fair chance that a base hit could have been capitalized upon
"Giants baseball...torture." - Duane Kuiper
by busterbuster on Aug 30, 2010 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
and don't forget that ball off the bricks would have scored CarGo from 2B
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
The ball hit the runner.
The ball hit the runner.
The ball hit the runner.
The ball hit the runner.
The ball hit the runner.
&c.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Damn you, Bork!
this was the first game all season the Kim/Ho meme resulted in a 9th inning loss
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
Probably because it was a routine fucking fly out
Fucking Ross
by giants92388 on Aug 30, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I wouldn’t say routine. One that should have been caught certainly.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm inclined to agree it should have been caught, but . . .
. . . I’m not anything like as emphatic about that as what I’m seeing here. His bat shattered: not many shattered bats drive a ball as far as that one went. Once Ross made the initial move in, where instinct and experience suggest a broken-bat humpback would fall, it was all over.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Yes. There was some serious weirdness on that ball.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably because they're fucking idiots
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
They will certainly remember it as they ascend to the top of the wild card standings.
by Every6thDay on Aug 30, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't believe the second half of this statement is accurate
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 30, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
?
why wasn’t wilson backing up 3rd on the throw?
Probably too busy being dumbfounded by how badly Ross butchered that play.
by BoldlyGoingNowhere on Aug 30, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he was
The thirty-hop relay from Franchez ended up deflecting off of the baesrunner’s forearm (or something like that) and finding it’s way past Wilson and into the stands.
That’s how I saw it anyway…just before I went into a blind rage.
I don't have a very high opinion of southern California, in sports or in general
by short_shifter on Aug 30, 2010 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
He was, the ball deflected off the runner.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Does anyone actually watch these games?
The ball hit the runner. It deflected. At an angle. At an unpredictable angle.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Some people can't accept physics as the answer
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
My thoughts on Sanchez/Wilson
1. Let your All-Star closer start the 9th.
2. At least let Sanchez face the lefty Gonzalez because Sanchez has great career numbers against him (even though Gonzalez’ L/R splits aren’t that different)
Those were the only 2 options. Bochy fucked it up.
He always does. He sucks. At everything. Except sucking, and being a large land dwelling mammal.
by BayLife5518 on Aug 30, 2010 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
leave your closer in the dugout the day after he throws 33 pitches in a late August game
the real option was use Romo to pitch the 9th
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
this
this
ten thousand times this
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
that’s some pretty strong romosexuality there, but i’m feelin it.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Your tired All-Star closer.
If Brian Wilson is the only man in the bullpen who can pitch a scoreless inning, why is anyone watching this team at all?
And God in Heaven are we not yet over the ludicrous folly of “career numbers against” for one pitcher and one batter?
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Answers to your two part riddle:
1) Because, though the mental anguish is exactly the same as having our fingernails removed one by one with rusty pliers and then soaking our hands in lemon juice, there is less blood.
2) NO!
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 31, 2010 3:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Sick of this bedshitting outfield defense
I’m almost ready to just stick Schierholtz in RF and leave him there. I don’t care of he hits .091.
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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Aug 30, 2010 10:26 PM PDT reply actions
the defensive set up in the 9th was dumb
should have left Huff at 1B
and the OF should have been Cody/Andres/Nate
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
I'm not sure Nate catches the ball Ross mis-judged
I’ve never in my life seen such that type of ball. We had a perfect angle watching it from behind and were shocked ourselves at how that ball carried. From the site and sound, it looked like nothing more than a ducksnort
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
I agree
We had a perfect line on the ball from behind the on-deck circle. These were my internal reactions during a span of milliseconds:
1. Oh shit, another broken bat SD dunker
2. Oh wait … it’s carrying out to Ross. Yay!
3. I haz a major sad
"It'll break your heart. It's designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
Mine would have been more like
1. Yay
2. Fuck
3. FUCK
4. FUCK FUCK FUCK
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
It looked like, with the correct read, it was catchable but I do agree that making the correct read on that ball would have been difficult.
The Giants don’t fare well against pitchers.
Right
After watching the play from exactly behind the ball, it was about as difficult a read as I’ve ever seen.
What makes it even weirder was by that time the air was getting really wet and heavy. (My friends and I all agreed that the wet air was the only thing that kept Huff’s ball in the yard.)
I have no idea how Rodriguez’ ball carried that far. I’m still baffled by it. FP said someone should have checked the bat and that’s a good point. It really seemed to defy physics.
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
So... if i remember correctly
it was just about this time and at this time specifically in the night last year where i flipped out the same way at the giants against the SAME team… i love this team… Especially when i have to get back to work
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Must’ve been the game where my phone broke into pieces, just like my heart
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Cody Ross + Jose Guillen =
the pop-drop brothers.
"He'll need a rocket up his ass to catch that one .... that baby's out of here!"
"He'll need a rocket up his ass to catch that one .... that baby's out of here!"
by GIANT stoner on Aug 30, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I appreciate DrDC and Gobroks
But really, what is it that makes you believe that Nate is better than Ross?
What?
When did I ever say that?
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Oops, I was unclear
Meant to say I appreciate you two agreeing with me, but I wanted to ask the original poster himself why he thought Nate was better.
Ah
No big deal.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
This is the kind of game people are
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:30 PM PDT reply actions
D'oh!
This is the kind of game people are going to remember when the subject of how weird right field at ATT is.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
No, I in fact AM this kind of game
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 31, 2010 3:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Good thing I have an episode of Rubicon to catch up zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:30 PM PDT reply actions
Great... this bodes well for tomorrow when i go to class
going to be in the absolute WORST mood to people, i just know it, JUST like last year
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Just as I was having a good day, I get overwhelmed with school and then this game.
Ugh.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:33 PM PDT reply actions
I thought everything would get better after all the reading i did… but… nope
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
still got some reading to do... like about 15 mins
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I HAVE TO LEARN EVERY GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE ABOUT EUROPE BY WEDNESDAY
sometimes this makes me hate Europe
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
LOL ITALY
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
he was waiting for it!
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Had to break up this Italy nonsense
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
recd
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 30, 2010 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Ireland forever.
"He'll need a rocket up his ass to catch that one .... that baby's out of here!"
by GIANT stoner on Aug 30, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA ON YOU!
Ireland isn’t even IN Europe!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 31, 2010 3:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Born in Italy = Italian. You are a Bavarian-Italian.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Italy… dont have a problem with…. Germany, yes
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
HEY, FUCK YOU
"Buster's basically a 21-year-old hot-chick that's an old soul" - Barry Zito
Welcome to McCovey Chronicles: Calm down
by Prussian Creole on Aug 30, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
My people are from just south of Potenza in southern Italy… what is the name of the river that runs through the valley near their village?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah. I was just asking a question it’s impossible to answer… I think it’s Camastra or Camastro or something.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
haha... well i need to know the Po anyway
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Hmm... not sure if i need to know that
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Never trust a Northerner, that’s all you need to know.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
You wanna do my comp sci homework?
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
What KIND of homework specifically, haha, FUCK THAT NOISE
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
LOL, I basically have to answer questions about things I read in the syllabus. Which is lame, but, eh. I don’t wanna answerrr thissss. /headdesk
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
already assigned my Senior Thesis… i should start praying now
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Good luck!
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
By the way, i'm thinking about something to do with
geography and baseball? or even Geography and the Bay Area
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
That sounds pretty awesome.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Sounds fun
/map nerd
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 30, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Seconded. Leave the girlfriend in the States.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Wouldn’t it be more productive to start thinking about what you’re going to do?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Hahaha, I know, right? IDK why I haven’t finished it yet.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Because you’re doing what all of us here are doing right now
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
True. But I’ve got my English 1 reading done. And some of my Spanish homework that’s not due until next week.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha, word of advice, don’t wait
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Already learned that the hard way. Which is now why I’m trying to get a shitload of work done tonight so I can have a lot of time to write my article tomorrow night.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Hahaha... see? you're learning already!!!!
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Ugh, comp sci homework
That reminds me I have to do reading for that class. After I finish finding a bunch of limits and converting binary to hexadecimals woooo
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
Oy, that sounds fun.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Mostly just tedious work, but still. Not a fan.
American Heroes: Joe Pavelski, Buster Posey, David Backes
Proud member of the "Doug Wilson for Governor" Club
Fools and Sages
I’m sorry you had a bad day.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I understand.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks! I’m pretty nervous about it, though.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Eh, you’ll be fine. I was at the beginning of things, too. What do you have to write about?
"I AIN'T HAVIN IT."
I’m writing (and photographing) this open house for a writing series in which visiting writers talk about their books or something to that ilk.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Sounds interesting enough. Haha. Are there going to be some interesting authors/books?
"I AIN'T HAVIN IT."
LOL, I have no idea. I have to email the person running the event with questions about it. I know Howie might be attending!
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha, possibly. I might be too busy interviewing people to stalk him, though.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL, I’ll try to, if I can! I just didn’t expect my first assignment to be thrown at me on such short notice. (It was assigned to me tonight, the event is tomorrow night.)
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Preparing you for the real world!! I’m sure it’s gonna be the same for me whenever the fuck I’m able to start my new job.
"I AIN'T HAVIN IT."
Haha, that sounds like it exactly. And, good luck with your new job, whenever you start it.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Writing gig? Sweet! You’ll do great.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks! I sure hope so.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
Clayton Tanner, the Flying Squirrel!
by walkoff baltimore chop on Aug 30, 2010 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
When I have kids I'm going to make sure they aren't sports fans
I’m convinced being a sports fan just leads to heartbreak. Honestly.
Rockies haven't won a road series since late June.
They’re winning the series (either they sweep or continue the dismantling of Tim Lincecum) and we’re sending them on their way… yippee!
They forgot all the lessons taught them by Jose Cruz JR.
Just put Nate out there and leave him alone.
Bochy and Sabean have turned what was once this ballpark’s strength into it’s weakness.
by cybermaldonado on Aug 30, 2010 10:35 PM PDT reply actions
So was Candy Maldonado despite his only gaffe.
by cybermaldonado on Aug 30, 2010 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
/sad Charlie Brown music
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
/waits for shards of CarGo’s bat to fall out of the sky and impale him.
by Every6thDay on Aug 30, 2010 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
to unwind which wunna deez?
Barely Legal Boarding School Girls
Slam It! Even Harder
Diggin’ In The Gapes #1
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
I MEAN HONESTLY WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK
IT WAS A FUCKING BROKEN BAT INSIDE THE PARK HOME RUN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FUCKING NINTH WTF THE FUCKING FUCK WAS THAT SHIT.
THIS IS APPROPRIATE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ba2U5UrjMA&feature=related
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
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by sadison bummedgarner on Aug 30, 2010 10:36 PM PDT reply actions
truth.
so much truth.
"He'll need a rocket up his ass to catch that one .... that baby's out of here!"
by GIANT stoner on Aug 30, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm convinced the Giants are cursed
Since 1954..
The pace of missing the playoffs!
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands."
by deuce deuce on Aug 30, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Tonight was gonna be a good night to watch MLB Network.
Now, staying as far the fuck away from that channel (and any other sports channel for that matter) as possible.
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands."
I hate that feeling
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
You aren’t drunk yet?
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands."
by deuce deuce on Aug 30, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s 1:40 AM, do you reallllllllllly think i want to get drunk? got a 9:30 class
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Drink all the way until 9:30!
"I don't know how the six-pack got in my hands."
by deuce deuce on Aug 30, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s correct! The thursday before spring break
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Depends. Do you also want some pizza?
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
On top of that already, made homemade pizza
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
SWEEEET... probably should stop eating things that are unhealthy
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Pizza is not unhealthy. It has all the major food groups!
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
One of my doctors actually told me this.
Though, I am a big fat guy, so maybe he was just taking baby steps with me.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 30, 2010 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually honestly believe it.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I myself am something of an unintentional teetotaler
But I found this study amusing: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2014332,00.html
It's not the health effects.
Those are private to the drinker, and his or her choice. It’s the potential third-party harms, from car crashes to social crashes, that are the issue.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wait, is it a private matter, or is it not a joking matter?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 31, 2010 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Drinking and driving is no joking matter i think…. Hence the keys stay at home everytime i go drink… drinking, personally is a LOL experience
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Kids, don’t do drugs. Drugs are bad. Mkay.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
Smoking and drinking were cool when your parents were young and they’re still cool today.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 31, 2010 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
M’kay, kids, you shouldn’t do drugs, m’kay, drugs are bad. You see, I was at the bottom of the barrel, I was a wreck. Why, I didn’t even care about money. I was wasting my life… You boys need to listen up, m’kay, what I’m talking about might save your life some day… Drugs are bad. You shouldn’t do drugs. If you do them, you’re bad, because drugs are bad. It’s a bad thing to do drugs, so don’t be bad by doing drugs, m’kay, that’d be bad.
The Magic is inside all of us.
Proud father of the man taking your hard-earned money.
Yes, but no one ever mentioned drinking-n-driving before owlcroft did, after it was declared not a laughing matter.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 31, 2010 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Why did owl even bring that up…
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Look, can I laugh tonight after my fifth Oktoberfest or not?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 31, 2010 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
i guess not...
drinking is not funny, you can die
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Who would’ve thought I’ve been doing it wrong all this time?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 31, 2010 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I KNOW RIGHT!!!!
i’m still alive, in good shape, haven’t had any alcohol since Saturday… i’m an alcoholic
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Even as a Rockies fan, that was a pretty stupid way for that game to end
It was extremely well pitched on both sides, a good tight game between division rivals, undone on a fluky play by a CF playing in the Grand Canyon of right fields.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 30, 2010 10:41 PM PDT reply actions
Don’t forget the 50 hop throw to 3rd base!
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Aug 30, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you see it pop up in the air, stop to think about it, and the trickle over the wall? What a nightmare.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
We should be used to this by now…. but no.
by BoldlyGoingNowhere on Aug 30, 2010 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s what really makes it a tough loss – added to the fact that the Giants hit the ball pretty damn hard with all three guys in the bottom of the 9th and got absolutely nothing to show for it.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
If this game wasn’t proof that baseball hates the Giants, I don’t know what is.
by BoldlyGoingNowhere on Aug 30, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
That was the hot lemon juice being poured into the giant sucking chest wound.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I probably wont be over this until.... the weekend
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Cody Ross was Pavlov’s dog tonight. He heard the broken bat and scampered, and then backpedaled like Nega-Lance Armstrong to no avail.
And to be fair, CO played some great D tonight. It was a stupid hit but they were in position to take the lead for good reasons.
I say this all through clenched teeth, digging fingernail-shaped gashes in my desk.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sure I'm not the first person to say this
but signature win.
The only silver lining in watching the Rox beat the Giants in 2010 is now I don't have to see Torrealba fist pumping the air in celebration.
Of course, he can still do it in a Padre uniform, but I don’t hate the Padres the same way I hate the Rox.
I’ve been practicing. I’m getting pretty good.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Glad I didn't witness that
Oh Cody
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Games like this only make me MORE cynical.
What the fucking fuck, you fucking collection of fucktards that can’t fucking hit a fucking pitch to save your fucking lives???
Do we really have to fucking give up the fucking farm, JUST because Dexter Fucking Fowler fucking walks? FUCK YOU!
FUCK!
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
Fowler walked last time too.
:(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
The saving grace for me is that I DVR’d the game. I had a sense of impending doom hovering over me throughout the 9th inning, and boy did they decide not to disappoint!
After Dexter Fucking Fowler walked, I fast forwarded the rest of the game. I already knew the final result.
I'm thinking but nothing's happening.
The Giants collection of fucktards is NOT on the field.
No, the Giants fucktards are the guys with the offices. They are the guys who think that because trees are made of wood and that ballplayers swing wooden bats, that having outfielders who run like deep rooted trees means that they’ll be getting good wood on the ball.
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 31, 2010 3:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Torture
"For all you first-basemen who played first your whole life, that's where Buster plays on his OFF days" - Kuiper
I've gone to one game this year, and tomorrow will be my 2nd
Both of them were when I was in the two worst times of the season for me. Tonight’s game, and the other in the middle of that 7 game losing streak (the Dodgers sweep at home).
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Yep
Or Nate easily
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Honestly Cody Ross makes that play 99 times out of 100. I’m going with the broken bat fooling him.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree completely. I just wish it were Guillen for the lulz.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 30, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Here’s a thought- Guillen is so slow that he may not have had time to break so far forward, then back once he saw it sailing by, hence his lack of speed may have caused him to be back on the play in the first place and catch it.
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions
::clank::
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
too bad we can’t see the alternate reality…
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Sadly, if Guillen starts Schierholtz probably comes in for defense.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
so we’re saying that even when Bork gets it right, he still gets it wrong?
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 12:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah
Just saying.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
no
i think it goes past him for an actual inside the park hr as opposed to a triple and error
I heard Brian Wilson wasn’t backing up 3rd.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 30, 2010 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
That's what I saw.
mrs owlcroft says she thought Wilson was late covering, and was still moving at the time, but I think he was there in time if the ball just gets through, without being deflected at an angle. But he was certainly somewhere in the area behind third at the time.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
It lookde to us like he was a little late, but there...and did a shitty job backing up the play
He was too close to Sandoval instead of truly being in good position to reach to any deflection
Proudly adopted Aubrey Huff. You can't beat that!
the ball came in on the home plate side of gonzalez, hit his arm, and shot off to the OF side of Sandoval and into the dugout. Wilson was there but no time to react and it took a pretty wicked bounce of gonzalez
by giant4life83 on Aug 30, 2010 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
YES THAT WAS COOL LET'S DISCUSS THIS MORE
Kevin Pucetas: September long reliever extraordinaire?
by Sammy Danger on Aug 30, 2010 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions
BUSTER POSEY REPRESENTS ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THE WORLD. I LOVE HIM.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
absotively
totally cut them down that inning and made the ninth inning debacle possible
I know there's a month left of games
But I’m pretty sure we lost our playoff chances tonight. We had a great opportunity to gain ground on not just SD but also on the WC and we blew both chances, and have been screwing the pooch this entire homestand while San Diego goes into their longest losing streak in over a year.
Torture.
Sadly, this.
I was hoping this series would be a vehicle to crush Colorado out of the race, but then the improbable happened.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Sadly, this.
I was hoping this series would be a vehicle to crush Colorado out of the race, but then theimprobablehorribly, horribly predictable happened.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Colorado is having a little surge right now
But they’re too far back to win the division, and I don’t think the wildcard is coming from the NL West this year.
Well it won't be a sweep now, but it probably wasn't going to be anyway
You’re facing a rookie who has had one good start in his MLB career tomorrow and then it’s aces wild Wednesday
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 30, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giants are terrible against rookie pitchers who are inconsistent. Don’t you know that?!
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
Not a Giant fan, so no
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 30, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't expect you to
I was trying to make a funny.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
I forgot he threw four dominant innings against the Giants in that 15-inning game
so you probably know Rogers fairly well
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 30, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, McC membership now includes a partial lobotomy with the express purpose of forgetting the events of 7/4/2010.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
You’re facing a rookie who has had one good start in his MLB career tomorrow and then it’s aces wild Wednesday
So a rookie who has mostly sucked this year vs the Giants and Tim going on Wednesday?
Oh, I think it will be a sweep.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Three must make it true I guess
You are aware that Rogers was the one that put the Rockies in the big hole against Atlanta on the day where both our teams made 9-run comebacks?
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 30, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
don't worry
we’ll inexplicably score like 10 runs off ubaldo and casilla will pitch 3 innings of shutdown baseball in relief of a struggling Timmy, thus avoiding the sweep and giving us false hope going into our next 1-2 series loss.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
then it’s aces wild Wednesday
Actually, we’re playing against your ace with the rule card.
by Every6thDay on Aug 30, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions
We're facing pitchers tomorrow and Wednesday?
The Giants are doomed….
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
It's like this
Win just about every series, or see you next year.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
OT: I know we have some Arcade Fire fans
http://www.chromeexperiments.com/arcadefire/
This is so cool.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I tried it at first. At first I didn’t recognize the house I grew up in because it had a new paint job.
Is this guy really going to run by the apartment complex I grew up in?
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 30, 2010 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Woah 0392394 Chrome tabs just popped open.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 30, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I figured, but I was tempted.
Jeaaaggaahh
by Soulbrother16 on Aug 30, 2010 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow. This guy just ran up my 1.5 mile long private dirt drive and onto my private 28 acre property.
That is really creepy.
by cybermaldonado on Aug 30, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, jponry blew my mind with technology tonight.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 31, 2010 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions
That little guy run right up to my door step where I used to live in Italy. Damn.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 31, 2010 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions
SPOILER
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 31, 2010 8:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I can haz Nate Schierholtz in RF now?
OF of Ross/Torres/Nate?
Also sorry guys I blame myself. I had been listening on my laptop the whole time until the 9th I shut my laptop before the top of the 9th.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
The problem is
At that point, you’re squeezing out Pat Burrell, which we really can’t afford to do.
Like it or not, our best outfield on a day to day basis is Burrell – Torres – Ross
Yeah
I think though this should be a late innings defensive outfield for sure.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
I've never really understood the whole-late inning defensive replacement thing though
I mean, is there really any difference between putting Nate in for 8-9 and just having him play 1-2 and then taking him out? Statistically, I mean.
I guess it makes sense to switch out in favor of better defensive players, but it seems to me that almost as many times as it helps, you end up with a Travis-Ishikawa-In-The-Bottom-Of-The-Ninth situation.
He hit the ball squarely.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I think this is a fair point
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 30, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey Andrew did you guys delete the whole thread over at PR?
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Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 30, 2010 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, Russ hid it and republished the thread
Half that thread was hidden/deleted and there were reply-fails everywhere
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 30, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Alright. Probably for the best.
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Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 30, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
No it isn't
One at bat doesn’t change the fact that you’re much better off with Pat Burrell in the batters box than Travis Ishikawa.
I look at it like with a lead in the late innings run prevention is more important than run production.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I suppose I am not personally sold that Burrell is the better choice
Street seems to do well against RH bats with big swings
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Aug 30, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
It is not.
What happened, seen after the fact, has nothing to do with the probabilities going in. I would much rather have had any of several people, from Burrell to Guillen, take that plate appearance.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
And I’d rather have the best possible defense on the field with a lead in the ninth inning.
Utter frustration and futility.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 31, 2010 8:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Late innings, you’ve got the other team putting in pinch hitters, so there’s a reasonable supposition that the offense will improve and the extra D will help.
Also I think there’s a “keep Pat/Guillen/Huff from getting too overworked” element to it too, though if that’s the case they should really be D-switching Pablo. (Not that they have any infielders.)
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s probably questionable. At that point, according to the win probability graph, there was roughly a 25% chance of Burrell getting an at-bat in the bottom of the 9th. I’m not sure what the odds are of a fly ball to left field, and whether that makes Nate’s defense more valuable than Burrel’s bat in that situation. Probably not, actually, but I think it’s arguable.
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My gf, who knows nothing about baseball other than what a HR is, looked at me after the Ross debacle and said “why did he run the wrong way?”
that sums it up
What was your answer?
Had it anything to do with the number of times an experienced outfielder finds a ball hit by a shattered bat—not cracked, but exploded—landing in front of him versus the number of times it soars out to behind him? Just asking.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
My response at the time was “because he’s an idiot”, then I got all mad about the game and she left because I was “not a fun person to be around tonight”. So that’s that.
but after further review, yeah, i was thinking just what you’re saying. The odds of a shattered bat-hit ball zooming out like that are so, so remote. And what the fuck was that bullshit Bork spat about the ball catching a “wind current”? We’re not in a fucking airplane, catching a prevailing wind. THAT is the baseball equivalent of a rogue wave.
by giant4life83 on Aug 30, 2010 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I blame Grant
Hitter to watch. He did it.
by yankeessuck8991 on Aug 30, 2010 11:10 PM PDT reply actions
OT: I'm a moron
I just bothered to slow down and read the “C to get to new comments” line on the guide header. Wow that’s going to make hanging out on game threads a lot easier.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 11:20 PM PDT reply actions
You dont use “z”?
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Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 30, 2010 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
You love the CXZ?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 30, 2010 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
...
well i sure as fuck do now.
I spent too long as an unregistered lurker, marking crude cave paintings on the walls.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t even know how I could use this site without z and shift A
Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens!
Better than you! Mejor que tú! Beter dan jij! 良い場合も! Mehor than abo!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 30, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Well you can just refresh in place of shift A.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Yeah that’s what I used to do. It was pretty awkward, but I knew that if I registered on this site I’d do things like lurk around postgame threads posting invective until 6 hours before I have to get up for work.
Balls.
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Schulman's Take
FWIW:
hankschulman
…As for Ross’ misplay on triple, ANY right fielder in baseball, including Nate, would have seen/heard broken bat and charged. …
hankschulman
….A completely freak occurrence. The worst mistake in the whole episode was F. Sanchez’s terrible throw that hit a sliding CarGo.
When the ball went over Ross' head
I already knew it was over.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Yep
Until I saw we had a real shot at getting Gonzalez out at 3rd, which Sanchez royally fucked up. Honestly, how do you bounce that shit?
by giants92388 on Aug 30, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I tend to agree. But my MLB TV was screwing up (again) so I didn’t get the greatest look.
by cybermaldonado on Aug 30, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Freak occurrences aside, the Giants have committed way too many errors the past few days and weeks. Both the D-Backs and now the Rockies have been much better defensively when it counted.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Watching Ross stand there in right field, knowing he’d rather be anywhere else in the world at that moment, was more painful than actually watching the play unfold
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
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by Useful_Idiot on Aug 30, 2010 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions
subject line
It's Johnnie Walker inside.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 30, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
The littlest big mistake of my life.
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"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." - Gaylord Perry
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 30, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve seen too many “freak” plays go against the Giants the past 4-5 years to think it’s just random chance. The fact that the Giants provide safe harbor to uniforms filled with suck tells me so.
by Every6thDay on Aug 30, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I love if when Schulman makes these statements as if they are facts instead of misinformed opinions. Like how there’s no arguing with the fact that Whitedside is faster than Posey.
You’re a hack, Schulman.
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 30, 2010 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions
True, that is annoying
But you just treat him as someone who has watched a lot of baseball for a long time, IMO.
Huh?
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 30, 2010 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm tired
I meant that whenever I read him state these things as fact, I just sort’ve treat him a long-time observer and take him at face value.
It’s a little annoying that he makes such broad assertions, but we’re all prone to speak with certainty about the things which we spend the most time studying.
If that makes any sense at all. I’m pretty out of it.
Ok, I get what you’re saying and I see where you’re coming from. But this kind of bullshit from Schulman always bothers me because it’s accompanied by an air of superiority. It always feels like what he’s really saying is “You stupid little whiners just don’t get it! It’s so obvious! LOL U!”
It’s one thing for him to believe this stuff; plenty of people probably feel the same way. But his tone is really inexcusable.
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 30, 2010 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
How would he suggest . . .
. . . the throw be made so as to at once avoid the runner and at the same time reach the third baseman with some relevance to an out? Tunneling only works with electrons, not baseballs.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
That lest sentence is golden.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Yet mine was't
Last*
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
how about
if it’s that impossible, and the throw would be a roller anyway, don’t throw the damn ball and give your team a chance to score in the 9th (or 10th, or 11th…)
For one, don't hurry the throw.
He panicked and made a shitty throw… his second of the game. If you can’t make a decent play of it, take a bite out of the thing.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 31, 2010 8:31 AM PDT up reply actions
:(
Car Go at Coors: 233 AB 57 R 90 H 15 2b, 4 3b, 23 HR, 60 RBI 20 BB, 38 K .386/.431/.781/1.212
Car Go on Road: 236 AB 29 R 63 H 10 2b 3 3b 6 HR 30 RBI 7 BB 73 K .267/.286/.411/.697
did you add the triple from today?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Can we park-adjust for wind currents?
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Idk I got it from ESPN’s splits page. I assume they added it already. I think it’s hilarious how ridiculous Rockies hitters splits often are.
This is even more ridiculous than usual. They’ve been fairly normal the rest of his career, though.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Yeah they’re pretty extreme this year. Car Go seems legit to me even if his road numbers don’t show it this year.
There are a lot of red flags with him, as we’ve discussed here ad nauseum, but I think he’s talented enough that they don’t worry me all that much.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
/inb4GiantPain
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Deep thoughts
After this game, wouldn’t Matt Cain be well within his rights to sue Jonathan Sanchez for violation of intellectual property?
I mean: Eight shutout innings. One run of support. Blown save in the 9th. Sure, Dirty can claim he came up with the part about the cracked-bat fly ball that the outfielder misjudges for a game-tying triple, but the rest is right of out of The Book of Matt Cain Starts.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
Sanchez already had his fame!
Can’t Cain have anything?
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I’m going to go back to playing Pokémon Red to try and get this game out of my head. Blech.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
Just started Xenogears
I’m not a big RPG fan, but two hours in and the plot has me very, very intrigued.
Kevin Pucetas: September long reliever extraordinaire?
by Sammy Danger on Aug 31, 2010 1:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I am furious. . .
. . . about this management and this ownership. Perhaps you all can tell.
I am going to go drink bourbon and read Nero Wolfe novels till the sun rises. Good night and good luck.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
You're too calm and reasonable to be furious
But yes, I think after all this I’m not really upset but rather discouraged, because it’s getting more and more unlikely that this team will make the postseason. But I’d at least like to see a Bork or Sabean or both preferably canned, and I’ll be pretty excited.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
two years of just missing the playoffs? who else can the blame possibly fall on?
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m pretty sure Giants’ ownership will look on the winning records as a positive. “Sabean’s plan is working.”
It won’t be until it falls apart after 2012 that they might get the boot. (Random guess – I wouldn’t be surprised if it fell apart next year)
I'm as tall as Mel - why can't I hit 500 home runs?
Sabean and Bochy both receive 5 year contract extensions for “being in contention 2 years in a row”.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
you know what’s sad? I was born in Torrance, Los Angeles, and had my family not moved to the Bay Area when I was 1, I would be a Dodger or Angels fan, and would most likely be laughing at SF from down south.
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s like narrowly missing a flight whose plane got into an accident.
by Natto on Aug 31, 2010 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
that’s some final destination shit right there
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
seriously, that would have been so weird to be on the other side of the cancelled 2002 World Series. I vote for this new alternate reality viewing thing I’ve heard so much about.
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 1:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Don't make Natto or me post THAT picture
Enough of the “cancelled 2002 World Series”.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
It wasn't canceled
I just don’t remember what happened.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
the manager only accounts for so little games a team wins or loses, and since we are so close everytime, it has to fall on Bork
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions
The Giants played blackjack
Had a 8 and a 4 took a card, got a face card to bust.
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
That's putting it extremely mildly
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Cody
For what it’s worth — and before you take your anger out on Ross — a steady stream of Giants stopped by his locker after the game to say the same thing would have happened to them. Including Andres Torres, who certainly knows a thing or two about outfield defense.
Per Baggs
IN TIMMY WE TRUST
The more I think about it, the more I'm annoyed by Sanchez' throw to third.
by giants92388 on Aug 30, 2010 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
But then again, rule #1 of outfield defense is always break back first.
by giants92388 on Aug 30, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
when the bat shatters, not breaks, but shatters, that rule goes out the window. the odds of what happened are so, so remote.
by giant4life83 on Aug 30, 2010 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions
it’s worse than torture, at this point. torture just spawns physical pain. this is mind-fucking type shit
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Then again, isn’t the #1 rule of second base defense is not to throw a 54-hopper that deflects off the baserunner and into the dugout?
Osiris, Lord of the Dead, and relief pitcher for the Fresno Grizzlies.
while I can’t blame Cody as much as I wanted to at first, more and more I see that it was Freddys bad throw that cost us the most.
None of that topples Bork, who leads off with Sanchez, then pulls him after one batter. if hes gonna lead off the inning, he’s gonna finish his goddamn game
by giant4life83 on Aug 30, 2010 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
But the game was already tied after Ross' mistake
by giants92388 on Aug 31, 2010 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
huh? yeah it was tied but freddys throw blew it
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions
If Gonzalez stopped at 2B, he would have scored on the Spilbarghhs double
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
A good throw has Gonzalez by ten feet, and we’re probably still watching a torturous game.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 30, 2010 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m sure plenty of them said this and/or believed it. Doesn’t make it true
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 30, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s just the sign of a good teammate
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 30, 2010 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Also doesn’t make the play any less devastating.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Also true. And I wouldn’t exactly want them to all ignore him or yell at him about it. If he’s smart, he’ll use this as a learning experience focus just on the “it could happen to anyone” part of it
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by Prussian Creole on Aug 30, 2010 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
The worst part is
OK maybe not the worst, but you nobody probably feels shittier than Ross. Marlins fans seemed to have loved him, and he seems like a really good guy, and these are the worst things to happen.
I’m with Grant, WHY COULDN’T IT HAVE BEEN GUILLEN?!
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
like I told Grant, if it had been Guillen the play possibly gets made. Guillen is too slow to break in as quick as Ross did, thereby leaving him back on the ball, and in position to make the play
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 12:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Also from Baggs
Wrote about this Saturday, but defense is seriously, seriously starting to become a problem. Two more errors tonight make 11 in the past five games. ELEVEN! And the bad defense becomes all the more glaring when you see some of the plays the Rockies made tonight, after a weekend of nice plays by the Diamondbacks.
:(
The preseason projections are finally starting to catch up with us.
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
The team really seems to have gotten away from the ‘pitching and defense’ mantra.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 31, 2010 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, 11 errors in 5 games is not exactly the kind of baseball you want to be playing headed into September.
What’s worse is that most of these errors have actually come back to bite the team in the ass. Sandoval’s errant throw on Wednesday against the Reds, Sanchez’s roller to third base last night…ugh.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
The positive, if any, is that 1) sanchez piched a great game and 2) we didnt lose any ground to PHI or SD.
I’m wondering if the window of opportunity is closing fast on catching SD now that their losing streak could be shoring up and we just blew it big-time.
As someone mentioned earlier, #2 isn’t much consolation when it’s this late in the season, especially when there was a big chance to gain ground in both races.
- is a whole lot better than the alternative- dropping to 2.5 WC and 6.0 division
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, you can't just put players out in RF and expect them to Play.
AT&T Park does not have a typical RF.
by Talkin_Base_Ball on Aug 31, 2010 12:02 AM PDT reply actions
which begs the question: why was Ross out there to begin with (in the 9th), seeing as how he had ZERO experience in RF at AT&T?
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Wine tasting for some season ticket holders on Tuesday night
Guess where I’m going to be doing tomorrow?
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Bad sentence there
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
i just usually do my doing on the toilet. but whatever works for you, man
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions
You're going to be doing Tomorrow?
Isn’t that the pitcher?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
to change the sentence
Guess what I doing tomorrow
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
LOL San Francisco fans drink wine!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
First game I went to this year – Wellemeyer’s first start – the national anthem was played on violin.
LOLITIST
Adoptive father of the enigmatic Michael Sandoval, and living vicariously through his proximity to Joe Mauer and the Panda.
I think you mean “guess what I are doing”. Or something along those lines.
by non sequitur on Aug 31, 2010 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Screw it
I GIVE UP
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
A few more drinks, then I’ll be ready.
by non sequitur on Aug 31, 2010 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Not tired. Just pissed. Everyone we need to lose lost. Of course, I thought had we won, the Giants would have lost Tuesday and everyone else would have won.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
I'm still pissed the Giants fucked up
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Man I wish there was an edit feature on SB Nation like other message boards
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"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
i think there is no edit feature so that people are held to their words
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I only do that when I’m posting a picture.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Then you live with ‘where am I doing’.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 31, 2010 8:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I like it when I could edit my posts on other boards. There were times when I looked at what I typed and wondered what the hell I just wrote.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
…and why is the fifth of tequila next to me empty?
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe being able to edit for about 5 minutes? So if you notice obvious mistakes.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
like this? alksjd’fa.ms’iqanwas;dgmasgmasdFUCKBORKlkamoeinald’as
nevermind, I thought I made a mistake
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 1:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Schmaltz is also having a shindig at Public House before the game
I’d be there but I gotta go do a tasting at Church Key.
WOE!
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 31, 2010 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions
We didnt get invited to this one—they’re usually real fun. Ask for the Generations Cab at the Raymond table. They usually have a bottle or two there and will pour it if you ask nicely.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
I am curious, however, what the rest of the season holds in store for us. If Bork seemed like a guy who was inspiring by any means, he’d be lighting a fire up the ass of the team for the constant pitching, hitting and defensive shitstorm August has been.
You're Joking right?
This man who played something like a 100 games throughout his big league career, never even showing the slightest bit of ability as a major league player; This man, who seems overawed by his veteran players most of the time to the point where he will play them despite obvious decline; This man who was run out of town by SAN DIEGO after losing about 900 games – this is the man you expect to inspire the troops?
I haven’t said a word the entire game, just been here lurking, but if there is anything left in the Giants, it has to come from the players themselves. Nothing is coming from that egg head, dumb as shit, “I believe in veteran clutchiness and intangibles” motherfucker.
For the record – FUCK Bruce Bochy. I wish to punch him in his ovaries.
Proud adoptee of Dick Tidrow the mastermind behind Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Buster Posey and many more. Also known as "The Reason".
I wholly agree with you. Fuck Bruce. That’s why I said “if”. But he’s not inspiring. He’s not competent. I don’t even know HOW he ever got to be a manager in the first place? it’s like he’s trying to put on a good show, not win a game. Like his little “pitch Sanchez to the first batter then remove him for the ovation” bullshit.
I hate Bruce. Hate him. He is the dumbest motherfucker I ever seen. And he is wasting a great pitching staff and a talented team. Not to even mention how he seems to hate youngins and loves his vets.
How can Sabean and especially Neukom be soooo blind?
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 12:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Oy
So, I’m going to the next two games. I don’t even think that I can muster the enthusiasm after this game.
Proud of both my adopted son, Baggs, and my ward, Ryan LOLlis.
tomorrow, we WILL win. wed, up in the air. who the hell knows what will happen
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Bumgarner has never won at home.
Time for his first.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
BUT
It’s a starter the Giants haven’t seen before so you already know how that will go.
"He knocks a stake through the heart of the Cardinals! The Cardinals are dead! The Giants are going to the World Series!!!" -Jon Miller
t's Posey time!!
Screw you Flannery.
They have seen him before
He’s career 0-2 with a 4.50 ERA in 8.0 IP, 7 H. 5 R, 4 ER, 2 HR, 5 BB and 7 SO.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Same
Well just tomorrow’s. I also went to the Sanchez game where the Dodgers swept, so both of the games I’ve gone to I’ve been very…depressed.
Hell, at that time I banned Giants baseball until Buster Posey became the everyday catcher. Two days later…
Maybe I should try that again.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
http://search.espn.go.com/giants/video/6
DUBfan4life!!!!
by BayAreaKidd650 on Aug 31, 2010 12:41 AM PDT reply actions
sometimes defense is more important than offense
nate should be the special 9thRFer…Cody Fukkin ross wasted a great pitching performance , i hope the giants get swept!! they dont deserve the playoffs, they will just embarrass them selves
DUBfan4life!!!!
by BayAreaKidd650 on Aug 31, 2010 12:45 AM PDT reply actions
you were there? how did that ball look coming off the bat? did it look like it was gonna take off on Ross?
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 1:06 AM PDT up reply actions
So I'm guessing there was a lot of anger in the GDT during that 9th inning?
I was AT the game and angry there.
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
how did that play look live? I can’t find a replay of it anywhere and havent seen it since it happened
by giant4life83 on Aug 31, 2010 1:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Anger could be one of the words.
I’m not even lying when I say that I turned the game off when the ball went into the stands. I turned it back on for the bottom half which was a mistake.
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
Don't forget how the tying run got on base to begin with.
Another fucking Sanchez walk. On a 3-2 pitch.
No heart. None whatsoever.
Oh come on, that’s entirely unfair.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
I’m thinking it’s chasm.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
No. It’s probably misplaced “I tivo’d te game last night & watched the end of it this morning” delayed onset rage.
Totally understandable. I fell asleep in the 5th inning (LOL OLD) and found out this morning that not only did they not score any more runs but they blew the lead in a very shitty fashion.
That was one hell of a start by Sanchez though and it sucks to walk the leadoff guy but he probably shouldn’t have been in there.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Maybe.
But watching Sanchez pitch is becoming more and more like being buried in an ant hill.
He and Zito both seem to struggle mightily with the 3rd strike, the 3rd out and pitching through misfortune behind them. It’s maddening.
That one AB was frustrating, but I really don’t think you can blame Sanchez after throwing 8+ innings, giving up 5 hits and 2 walks. Especially when I think many people (including myself) would argue that he shouldn’t even have been in there to face Fowler.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Regarding Jonathan, normally I'd agree with you...
Not last night, though. Just the last hitter he faced, but that seemed clearly to be a case of Sanchez having run out of gas.
Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?
that was his second walk of the evening
Jonathan Sanchez has showed up big twice over the last two weeks while the rest of thestaff has struggled to get out of the 4th inning.
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
Yeah those two walks… WTF JONATHAN!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 31, 2010 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Are you this dumb?
Sanchez got the third out 8 times yesterday. Good grief, do you read what you write?
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Settle down, hero.
The comment refers to Sanchez’ body of work. Flashes, albeit brief, of brilliance coupled with blistering frustration and sloppiness.
That baserunner was free of charge (after being down0-2, I might add) no matter how you slice it.
I do agree that this was the critical mistake.
The running joke here around starters not knowing how to win is of course ridiculous. BUT, part of pitching is knowing how to pitch to the situation.
In that situation, the one thing that Jonathan ABSOLUTELY CANNOT DO is walk the lead off runner (who has speed). That wasn’t just an ordinary walk. It was a change the outcome of the game type of walk. If he has to throw the ball underhanded to get it over the plate then so be it. You cannot walk the batter there. Period.
Once the walk happens, the possibility of getting beat by a fluke play or bloop hits increases.
Cody Ross
"The bat shattered in half. I thought I had a good read, but when you see it, with the sound, you’re going to break in. Broken-bat triple — I’ve never seen anything like it. No excuses though; I’ve got to make that play. This is one of the trickiest outfields in the league but I feel comfortable playing everywhere. It’s not the first mistake I’ve made, and probably won’t be the last. I trust my instincts though."
For what it’s worth — and before you take your anger out on Ross — a steady stream of Giants stopped by his locker after the game to say the same thing would have happened to them. Including Andres Torres, who certainly knows a thing or two about outfield defense.
From the post game notes: http://blogs.mercurynews.com/extrabaggs/2010/08/30/postgame-notes-the-broken-bat-heard-round-the-bay/
I do think it was a fluke play. If anyone has ever seen a broken bat hit travel so far, please provide the details.
And the reason why a fluke play like this ended up beating the Giants is because:
- we could only score 1 run despite having some opportunities. 1 run is rarely enough to win a baseball game
- We walked the lead off runner in the 9th inning in a 1-0 ball game (see post above). If you walk the lead-off runner in this situation, with the heart of the lineup coming, you deserve to lose the game. Or at least see yourself dealing with extra innings.
If anyone has ever seen a broken bat hit travel so far, please provide the details.
Bonds hit a broken bat homer to right field in Florida.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 31, 2010 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Talking about humans only....
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
do we still have diplomatic relations with Purple Row?
Mark DeRosa is playing exactly the same amount of professional baseball as his adopted father, these days.
I heard that True Blue LA is installing ICBMs in Purple Row territory, and pointing them at us. We should consider a naval blockade.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Screw the Dodgers.
Is that diplomatic?
The OT: All that AND a bag of meat.
by frightened inmate #2 on Aug 31, 2010 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions
also
I hate that our mascot is Dinger.
The OT: All that AND a bag of meat.
by frightened inmate #2 on Aug 31, 2010 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, as long as we can all taste those leading man parts…
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 31, 2010 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions
I have a crazy friend that says eating meat is wrong. Is he crazy?
The OT: All that AND a bag of meat.
by frightened inmate #2 on Aug 31, 2010 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions
No, Jimmy. He’s just making a huge mistake.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 31, 2010 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Cant you see
the tripe they are feeding you?
The lack of Seth Smith's beard is irrational
Yankee Haters Encouragement Group Member #π
And the Padres
The lack of Seth Smith's beard is irrational
Yankee Haters Encouragement Group Member #π
And the DBacks...
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
Detente!
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 31, 2010 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
This is one of those losses it takes a while to overcome
And we don’t have a while.
I think the season is over.
if the Dodgers win the World Series, I will set myself on fire
Magic numbers, anyone?
NL WEST: Padres – 27
NL CENTRAL: Reds – 27
NL EAST: Braves – 29
WILD CARD: Phillies – 30
They could be Giants...but not really.
Still a little too early for magic numbers for me
I don’t pay attention until it gets to 10.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Oh man
MGL sums up Bochy’s night right here. Very nice.
My favorite part:
Bochy’s decisions were clearly of the "I’ll do whatever it takes to avoid criticism," rather than actually think about what are the best moves to help his team get into the post-season.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
Unfortunately when you lose shyte games like this, it ain’t your year.
And I’m now hating the Rox more than the Friars.
"I'm no stranger to this place, where real life and dreams collide.
And even though I fall from grace (in the NL West), I will keep the dream alive-->" (A World Series Championship in SF) -Oasis
by orange and black on Aug 31, 2010 9:56 AM PDT reply actions
I will say, the NL West may be developing into the most unfriendly division in baseball. Everyone hates each other (though no one seems to really care about the D-backs, possibly because they put a hyphen on their fucking uniform). Infuriating as it is some days, it’s a lot of fun in the big picture.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 31, 2010 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Shift-A was probably the best choice I have made in a long while.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 31, 2010 10:05 AM PDT reply actions
Pfft
Like I need that response from a frat drunkard. lol
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 31, 2010 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
NOT FUNNY
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 31, 2010 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
not a frat kid... I'm Alumni
And oh by the way? Every choice i’ve made over the past week has been great… fuck, i have a paper due in an hour
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
Did you watch the Giants?
BAD CHOICE
"There was hatred. And they had some hatred. And then there was some more hatred. And then the Giants won. Woo hoo!" - Mike Krukow
I don’t disagree on any particular point.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 31, 2010 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Last day of August. And not a moment too soon.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 31, 2010 10:18 AM PDT reply actions
/Belt called up, has 3 PA’s for the end of the year
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
At this point, I don’t even care about the specifics of who is playing or who isn’t. I just want this horrible month to be over with.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 31, 2010 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, September will be better
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
/punches a baby
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
if you do that... i'll drive up to Columbus and punch you
His name is Bond, Brock Bond, and his adopted father? ME, any questions?
I'm not sorry and I won't stop.
Waking up stressed out because you’ve been running from zombies all night is a stupid way to spend your adulthood. - Howie
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