Giants Call Up Hector Sanchez
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 15, 2011 9:45 AM PDT
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PrintHere's some science. Some cold, hard science. I'm ready to drop it.
When the Giants call up a 21-year-old Venezuelan catcher who started the year in San Jose, was hitting well with poor plate discipline, but wasn't on Baseball America's preseason list of the organization's 30 best prospects, only good things can happen.
Sciiiiiiience. The San Francisco Giants called up Hector Sanchez today, according to Baggs. There's no word on a corresponding move just yet, but with Eli Whiteside hitting well, and Chris Stewart's arm being the Terrell Lowery of catcher's arms, it's almost a given that Stewart will be the one to go.
It's an interesting move, with shades of the second Posey call-up. Not that Sanchez is as good of a prospect as Posey was, but there are still questions about his defense. Like, a lot of questions. But has some interesting offensive tools.
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SO | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 17 | Giants | DOSL | FRk | 44 | 119 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 15 | .286 | .401 | .471 | .872 |
| 2008 | 18 | Giants | DOSL | FRk | 55 | 207 | 72 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 29 | .348 | .458 | .502 | .961 |
| 2009 | 19 | Giants | ARIZ | Rk | 33 | 117 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 21 | .299 | .403 | .410 | .813 |
| 2010 | 20 | Augusta | SALL | A | 89 | 310 | 85 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 50 | .274 | .336 | .394 | .730 |
| 2011 | 21 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | A+-AAA | 67 | 258 | 78 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 54 | .302 | .337 | .465 | .802 |
| 2011 | 21 | San Jose | CALL | A+ | 42 | 176 | 53 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 41 | .301 | .321 | .511 | .832 |
| 2011 | 21 | Fresno | PCL | AAA | 25 | 82 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .305 | .370 | .366 | .735 |
| 5 Seasons | 288 | 1011 | 304 | 70 | 5 | 22 | 113 | 169 | .301 | .379 | .445 | .825 | ||||
| FRk (2 seasons) | FRk | 99 | 326 | 106 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 55 | 44 | .325 | .438 | .491 | .929 | |||
| A (1 season) | A | 89 | 310 | 85 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 50 | .274 | .336 | .394 | .730 | |||
| Rk (1 season) | Rk | 33 | 117 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 21 | .299 | .403 | .410 | .813 | |||
| AAA (1 season) | AAA | 25 | 82 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .305 | .370 | .366 | .735 | |||
| A+ (1 season) | A+ | 42 | 176 | 53 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 41 | .301 | .321 | .511 | .832 | |||
He used to catch the eyes of amateur prospect mavens because he was like the Moneyball-era Kevin Youkilis of teenaged catchers -- walks-a-plenty. This is why it was bizarre that he was having success in A-ball this year with a Jeff-Francoeur-with-an-eye-patch approach, and it's good to see that he resembled earlier incarnations of Hector Sanchez in his small sample with Fresno. The reports on the defense were encouraging, but he never got a lot of love from Baseball America. He also never got a lot of love from the Giants -- of the 89 games he played last year, a lot of them were at DH, as he yielded a ton of time to Tommy Joseph in low-A.
And then one year later: catching Tim Lincecum in the majors. Surprise! Hope you're all good now.
I have no idea if this is a good move -- I'll defer to the front office for this one. Couldn't tell you if reports of raw defense are overblown, or if his Fresno line is filled with bloopers and walks that should have been called strike-threes. What I do know is that the Giants will have another hitter that will be interesting to watch. That's not always a good thing -- Scott McClain fell under that umbrella too, sort of -- but I'm looking forward to watching Hector Sanchez.
Also, don't forget the science. Those 21-year-old Venezuelan catchers with walk-light batting averages in a A-ball who jump quickly to the majors after missing the Baseball America top-30 list have always -- always -- produced immediately. Like, we're talking a 100% success rate. So now that our offensive problems are over, l'm going to work on a 10-part series about long relievers who should be available at the trade deadline.
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LOL FAT
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by Murray, Present on Jul 15, 2011 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Hector of the Glinting Catcher’s Mask! Hector, Tamer of Pitchers!
/nerdalert
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jul 15, 2011 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL JAX
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 9:48 AM PDT reply actions
LOL SAX
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 15, 2011 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL WAX TRAX
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by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2011 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL DBAX
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 15, 2011 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL KPAX
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 15, 2011 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa
Clearly Grant had this write up all ready to go.
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/sarcastic over-optimism
/bb-ref table
/write everything i’ve ever known about Sanchez
/sarcastic over-optimism
/drop mic
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by GiantPain on Jul 15, 2011 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
There should also be a '/defer to management' in there
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That’s like a pinch to the collarbone, comment-style.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 15, 2011 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
HAHA
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
This took me a second.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
LOL
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by Murray, Present on Jul 15, 2011 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Baggs confirmed
No injury or trade to whiteside
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by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
No he didn't.
He said he didn’t get traded straight up for Beltran.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
HA!
“a Jeff-Francoeur-with-an-eye-patch approach”
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by Little Napoleon on Jul 15, 2011 9:49 AM PDT reply actions
Listen to this Bochy interview
Might explain why he plays guys like Velez and Burriss. http://www.xx1090sandiego.com/common/global_audio/40/31637.mp3
can’t you just tell us
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by son of ggf on Jul 15, 2011 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Basically he sympathizes with roll players because he was a roll player who was always worried that he might be sent down to the minors.
They see me rollin'
They hatin’
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‘role’
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 15, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Or our roll play last night. It was weird, but I want to do it again this weekend.
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by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2011 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
first game will be with zito
that’s the easy money call
Makes sense
Here rook, catch one of the most dynamic pitchers with insane movement in the game. BTW he has 2 cy youngs, don’t mess it up.
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by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions
lots of sense
he caught every Zito rehab start
Zito is all, “Crap, I just said all those nice things about him because I’m so nice and such a team guy and whatever. I didn’t think they’d call him up and let me catch him in the majors!”
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If it comes down to it, he could just throw all fastballs.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Sure looks like he’s going to be brutally overmatched by major-league pitching — I mean, his track record is even less impressive than Brandon Crawford’s was.
Huh? Looks better than Crawford to me.
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Just as small of a sample tho.
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Sanchez sucked in Augusta; Crawford didn’t play there.
Sanchez slugged in San Jose; Crawford slugged a lot more.
Sanchez’s Fresno line beats Crawford’s Richmond line, but it’s only 82 at-bats.
I guess it’s a tossup.
I’m going to disagree with the “Sanchez sucked in Augusta” bit. His line was actually quite nice there.
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this is the development equivalent to "winning innings"
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
how did he suck in Augusta? I think for a 19 year old catcher, that looks like a pretty nice line
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I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
and Hector has been much younger at every level
Fuck, when Crawford was 21, he hadn’t even been drafted yet I don’t think.
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He was drafted about 5 months after he turned 21.
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And this just happened. Wild. Twitter is an info junkie paradise.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow - I'm gob-smacked
Seems like a real move of desperation.
The Bad
1. He’s likely to spend a lot of time on the bench, which isn’t going to help his development much.
2. Talk about putting a young kid in a pressure-cooker. This is an extreme case. Panda came up to a team that was playing to finish with 70 wins and Buster was used to playing big-time games going all the way back to his freshman year in college. Hector has never faced a pressure situation like this in his life.
3. Major league pitchers will probably eat him alive when he’s batting.
4. Steve Decker was just quoted in a long article less than 10 days ago that Hector was not ready to call pitches in the majors, or to handle a big league pitching staff. He stated that Hector would need a lot of seasoning in AAA. I don’t think that this was what Decker envisioned.
The Good
1. Hector has a ton of talent and tools to work with.
2. Hector has his countryman Panda to keep the pressure off of him and keep him loose.
3. Hector caught Zack Wheeler this year in SJ. Wheeler’s pitches have as much stuff and movement as anything he’ll be seeing from the SF staff – except for Timmy’s changeup.
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by Fla-Giant on Jul 15, 2011 10:01 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I feel like this is just a trial run and if it doesn’t work out, trade for a C at the deadline.
"Tight and tense until the end and then the happy ending." - Jon Miller
by Rook Takes Pawn on Jul 15, 2011 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Would you trust anything that happens in the next 15 days to be a good preview of what Hector is likely to do for the rest of the season? Extremely SSS. Even if he sets the world on fire in July, I wouldn’t trust that to be a fair harbinger of what his stats will look like at the end of the season.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
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The Giants, however, do evaluate players that way.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
exactly
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by Rook Takes Pawn on Jul 15, 2011 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I think you can give him him an eyeball test
Not necessarily results, but approach. Is he overwhelmed at the plate or does he look like he can go up there with a plan, make adjustments based on the count, etc.
The thong is, it happened.
Also gives the coaching staff a chance to work closely with him outside of the actual games.
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 15, 2011 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
2. Hector has his countryman Panda to keep the pressure off of him and keep him loose.
That might be somewhat significant, coupled with Pablo’s catching experience- obviously not with the current staff, but he could offer technical support as well as mental/emotional.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 15, 2011 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
+1
With his antics and unfazed behavior, Pablo can take a lot of pressure off even some of the vets on the squad. Not to mention that he has caught most of the pitchers on the staff so he should be able to help out Hector with info on them.
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mmmm technical support
He-Sanch: “hey pablo, my ipad crashed again.”
Panda: “Just reboot it. While you’re waiting, go get me a foamfinger from the store.”
Torres: “Wassa FOAMfinger?”
by shaggingflyballs on Jul 15, 2011 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate when my gob gets smacked.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
What about these?
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I always expected these to make me constipated.
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 15, 2011 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
They take forever to pass, but it changes colors as you go!
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
He’s a catcher. Sitting on the bench is how you learn.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Jul 15, 2011 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I am still," Say What?!?!" myself.
Boy this seems setting the kid up to fail to me. The other thought is as the shopping him as part of a package? And I will not try and guess for which Met or Shea Hillenbrand.
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by daveinexile on Jul 15, 2011 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
FOR THE SHIRE
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by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
/starts warming the lube
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I can’t help singing this to the tune of New York, New York.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m inserting today
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I want to be in a part of it.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
/ insert Canyon tossing reference.
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by daveinexile on Jul 15, 2011 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
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by 49er16 on Jul 15, 2011 10:03 AM PDT reply actions 5 recs
It’s all fun and games until you blow a save to Aubrey Huff.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 15, 2011 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
ha ha
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by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2011 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Need to write three more pages on the aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Write about Don Cheadle.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Obviously he was the good guy in 1994, but I'm definitely not a fan.
For years he used the sympathy of the international community to pursue imperialist goals in the Congo. He’s still doing that today, really.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
he is basically like every African dictator. Good for the first few years and then becomes a homicidal/crazy/power hunger/paranoid/evil overlord.
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More or less, yeah
I suppose you could make the argument that his putting a lid on Rwanda is far better than what any of his predecessors could do.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
I read that like this
I suppose you could make the argument that his putting a lid onRwandaRowand is far better than what any of his predecessors could do.
Jose Flores: .831 OPS in High-A last year. .529 OPS this year. Ouch.
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by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
how about other genocides that have been committed since
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Don’t have the space or the time to deal with anything outside the African Great Lakes.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
My choices:
1) Lack of international response
2) Lack of changes resulting
3) Future of central Africa.
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More specifically I’m talking about how the refugees led to the First Congo War.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Well…I guess if you want to stay on topic.
I think the lack of international response resulted in the continual wars. There was no stability and no peace.
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Have you covered the environmental impact of all those bodies being dumped in the Kagera river?
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 15, 2011 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
It adds an essential spice to sweetened tea.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Idi Amin is that you?
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That is Mr. Baba to you!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, the environmental impact was a large part of what made the indigenous people of Kivu so upset with the Banyarwanda. I didn’t specifically reference the pollution of waterways, though. I’ll add that in.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
My hairs on my arms are standing up
Hectors OBP is not exactly eye popping, Can’t imagine he will hit better than Whiteside. He is either going to be the new backup, or there is a trade to be announced.
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Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
That’s just it. They have no set philosophy. It’s always just a matter of putting out fires. It’s a miracle that Buster and Panda turned out as good as they did.
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Good players will be good
Player development on the other hand…I agree with sentiments posted.
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by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
I think they didn’t want to call up Belt, and this was what they had left.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
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Breaking news: The Giants are placing Pat Burrell on DL today because of that spur in his foot. Hector Sanchez takes his spot. No Belt yet.
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OK, shit
that’s even more fucked up than I thought. POOR BELT!!!!
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy. Welcome back Frodo. Please, please send Belt back to us.
I gather they’re viewing it as a “don’t jerk Belt around move”.
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
Too late! Leaving him there is more jerky than bringing someone else up ahead of him, imo.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy. Welcome back Frodo. Please, please send Belt back to us.
Possible that they can’t bring him up because they just sent him down a few days ago.
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They are not going to bring Belt up until he is playing everyday
Nor should they.
As for Hector, my guess is he will be primarily a pinch hitter and perhaps catch Zito.
Assuming Nate is playing every day and Fontenot against righties, they had no left handed hitter off the bench, except Burriss. And he is going to be used now primarily in the Darren Ford spot and as a pinch hitter only in an emergency.
On those days when Stewart catches it gives them some flexibility to pinch hit early for him in a key sitaution.
Hector is going to get a 15 day view of life in the Majors. Unless something dramatic happens, I suspect he’s back down on or about July 31. Gee, what is impt about that date?
(
So, three catchers? Okay.
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Me: “Wait, who is going to come in and pinch hit now?”
Hubs: “Matt Cain.”
Oh he’s beginning to learn. I think I’m finally getting him off the Dodgers fan train.
OK, not a bad time to give Hector some AB’s. Can’t be worse that Whiteside/Stewart at the plate. Or Whiteside behind it.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 15, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
He could certainly be worse than Whiteside at the plate
Whiteside has a 106 OPS+
The thong is, it happened.
HOW CAN THAT BE!!!!!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 15, 2011 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
One outfielder off the roster so they can add another? Hector as a placeholder until the new guy arrives?
Filed under: Beltran Conspiracy Theories
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Really?
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Breaking news: The Giants are placing Pat Burrell on DL today because of that spur in his foot. Hector Sanchez takes his spot. No Belt yet.
wow
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Jul 15, 2011 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
I swear, we’re going to DL someone for having the sniffles (or “symptoms related to dehydration”) this year.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 15, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
I am holdign out for sleeping on their eye wrong or burns self while ironing.
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by daveinexile on Jul 15, 2011 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Nothing beats washing your truck.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy. Welcome back Frodo. Please, please send Belt back to us.
I memory serves the iron burn story initialy came out has the player wearing the shirt being ironned. That take a specail kind of zombie brain in my book.
The Chris Brown ( RIP) was because he use to drive me crazy with reasons to not play. He was to Giants sick days what Bochey is to Giants bad double switchs.
The Giants are 2010 World Series Champs. … And in other news the forecast calls for a rain of toads, heavy at times, with moderate to strong swarms of locust and a high likelihood of a world quake. Details at 11.
Is this a real injury or another making space move?
The latter, most likely
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 15, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
There's gotta be something on the table
There’s just gotta be….
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
by Badly Browned on Jul 15, 2011 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Definitely smells that way.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy. Welcome back Frodo. Please, please send Belt back to us.
Yea but
Burriss ended last night in LF after Ross was pinch ran for and Rowand was a 1-2-3 see ya PH earlier in the game.
What I am surprised is 3 C and 4 OF now, unless Buriss is the new 5th OF\Utility guy.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m not sure why they’d feel compelled to “make space” for Hector Sanchez, though.
This is one instance where I kind of think Burrell’s foot is a problem. Maybe they waited to see how he felt after the break, and it just wasn’t any better.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
I guess, unless another move is made pretty soon. I don’t understand how these kinds of things set up other things, so I’ll accept that possibility.
In what way does this set up a trade, though? That doesn’t make sense to me either.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL
A Stewart for Belt move better be on the horizon
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I think at this point you gotta leave belt alone for 2-3 more weeks (unless a starter goes down) Just let him get into a routine and stop yanking him around.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 15, 2011 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions
We just sent a catcher from High A to the Majors in half a season
And they’ve yanked Belt back and forth already.
Keep the good times rolling!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
As long as you dont go 0 for 8 or get a boo boo
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s what I said! (over in minor lines this morning).
Wonder what the 40 man move is. Is this the end of Sir Alex?
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
Alex is Mr. Teflon
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
PTB goes on the DL.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.
If its the 15-day DL, he stays on the 40 man I believe. The 60 man means he’s off.
Jose Flores: .831 OPS in High-A last year. .529 OPS this year. Ouch.
Co-dad of Ryan Scoma with waelwulf, because we're progressive like that.
by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Nah
We’ll DFA another useful player.
MATT DOES HAS A .908 OPS!!!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
LOL
MATT DOWNS
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I CAN HAZ A .980 OPS?
Brian: “Nah”
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I like this
PTB will be getting as much as 15 games in for Fresno to regain his swing. He needs a long stretch of batting every day. I think he still could come back and give us some good offensive production in August and Sept.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.
Seems really weird they'd call up Sanchez instead of Belt here
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
by jponry on Jul 15, 2011 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Please shut the door when you leave my head.
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by daveinexile on Jul 15, 2011 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
This move makes even less sense now
LOLBELT
by Falconer88 on Jul 15, 2011 10:16 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
If Huff didn't hit the homer last night, Belt is up today.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Has anyone ask Baggs to ask Bochy/Sabean about why
Sanchez instead of Belt?
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Are you asking us to ask Baggs to ask Bochy to ask Sabean?
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
1) I am just inquiring whether anyone already has (even non-McC)
2) I do not have a twitter
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San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
I think Baggs knows the questions he needs to ask
I’m 99.9% sure that he hasn’t yet had access to Boch, Sabes, or anybody else on the Giants that can fill him in.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.
Possible they can’t call him back up this quickly? They just officially sent him down last week.
MY DAD WAS WRONG!
MY BOY NEEDS TO THROW HARDER!
Bruce Jenkins callin' out "basement-dwellers" in todays Chron
pround son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Oh, god, again?
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
It won’t be long before we get the first wave of nonsense from stat-crazed dunces claiming there’s nothing to be learned from a batting average, won-loss record or RBI total. Listen, just go back to bed, OK? Strip down to those fourth-day undies, head downstairs (to “your mother’s basement and your mother’s computer,” as Chipper Jones so aptly describes it) and churn out some more crap. For more than a century, .220 meant something. So did .278, .301, .350, an 18-4 record, or 118 RBIs. Now it all means nothing because a bunch of nonathletes are trying to reinvent the game?
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Wow.
Someone’s got a stick up their arse…
"For science. You monster."
by KINGofCRA5H on Jul 15, 2011 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
He's not even trying
That’s practically verbatim cut and pasted from a previous column.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
I’m pretty sure that IS the previous column. Right?
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Ah, makes sense
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
I think El Person was cutting and pasting from the previous column, as an example of the last time he called out us basement dwellers.
Jose Flores: .831 OPS in High-A last year. .529 OPS this year. Ouch.
Co-dad of Ryan Scoma with waelwulf, because we're progressive like that.
by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
22 Gig Ants!
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 15, 2011 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit. It’s like he’s grabbing his own credibility by the testicles and squeezing. Just squeezing the shit out of it.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh wait. Old column. Still. Credibility. None. Lalala.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
I guess if it were 1860, Bruce Jenkins would be on the side of slavery.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 15, 2011 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Are we sure that he isn’t in 2011?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Jenkins
And he wouldn’t actually have an economic argument. It would just be one of those things he can just feel is right.
"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 Jul 15, 2011 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
It's meant something for 100 years guys.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 15, 2011 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't find the article
Maybe it is print only?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah, print only; it’s a Jeter article.
pround son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
Boot the guy
I think it’s about time for the Chronicle Editor to get a few dozen notes about booting this guy.
"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 Jul 15, 2011 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
clearly
MCC is not the target audience for the print version of the Chronicle. LOL TREES
by shaggingflyballs on Jul 15, 2011 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Burrell to DL
Sanchez called up.
"For science. You monster."
by KINGofCRA5H on Jul 15, 2011 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions
/throws himself down the stairs
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
I don't like this move
I think it would make more sense to bring up Max Ramirez than to rush Sanchez like crazy. You have to think Sanchez is going to be abused by MLB pitching.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
Nah, he'll be fine.
Cus of science!
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
He could just mash out of the gate until he gets scouted
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
That's what I'll be hoping for
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
He'll start more.
We only have 4 OF now.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
In fact..
He’s probably starting today.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Need defensive backup
Or it is Burriss out there.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Whoever sits instead of Rowand will be good at defense..
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
SHHHHH
Rowand is defensive backup and when we need the PH to get an out, on offense.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Remember when everyone thought Nate would get DFA’d because there were too many OF?
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy. Welcome back Frodo. Please, please send Belt back to us.
I didn't think that?
I love Nate! Playing HS 5 miles from where I grew up helps. Same with Crawdaddy.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
... To dream the impossible dream.
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by daveinexile on Jul 15, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
@SF_Giants
San Francisco Giants
#SFGiants catcher Stewart is hitting .172 w/0HR & 3RBIs this season. He’s hitless in his last 11 at-bats and is 7-22 in throwing out runners
Yeah, but those 7 thrown out were BULLETS!!
"For science. You monster."
I think they were his first 7 throws
He went a horrid 0 for 9 if I remember against the pads when they were in SF.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Max Ramirez
Wasnt he a fairly hyped prospect a cpl years ago, and he has big league exp? Anyone know why he wasnt promoted?
by acmastrpiece on Jul 15, 2011 10:22 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Call Sabes
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Jul 15, 2011 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Ask calbearjd to ask Azmanz to ask Baggs to ask Bochy to ask Sabes.
"He forced it to go in the net, and that's a good thing." -Jerry Reynolds
Pre-2009 BA #84
Says baseball-reference.com
Please don't cut Ishikawa! 2009 Tops All-Star Rookie and World Champ 2010!
With J. Sanchez and F. Sanchez out
Its about damn time we have another Sanchez on this team!
YOU EAT YOUR DAMN EGGROLL
Needs Moar Sanchez
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
notGiantsGM notgiantsgm
Breaking News: Marlins’ Anibal and Gaby furious that the #sfgiants have taken the MLB Sanchez lead.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
LOL
Well then they can just go and hideout under the upper-level tarp for the rest of the season.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Keep an eye on my son, Jake "The Jacksonville Rifle" Dunning. From SS to the mound - exclusively toeing the rubber since March 2010.
I think we're on to something.
Gabby Sanchez born 9/2—>Lennox Lewis born 9/2
Lennox Lewis—>Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield—>Atlanta
Atlanta—>Coke
Coke—>New Coke
New Coke debuts 4/23/85—>Emilio Banifacio born on 4/23/85
Emilio Banifacio hit a sac fly which scored: GASP! SCOTT COUSINS!
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 15, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Would have been a lot quicker:
Gaby Sanchez → Marlins
Marlins → Scott Cousins.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
But less fun
and not escheresque.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 15, 2011 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I met Lennox Lewis in Jamaica last fall
He has the biggest hands of any human being I have ever seen (and I have seen a few)….
Sledgehammers.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 15, 2011 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
This?
The Golden Bear is ever watching
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by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2011 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
If only there was a Brandon Sanchez ballplayer.
You want to see a walk? Then go watch the mailman.
by SeeingStars on Jul 15, 2011 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Sanchie
"I never stop being amazed by how much people who hate stats because they’re "flawed" quote so much more obviously flawed stats. " -Joe Posnanski
by RichHerreraHomer on Jul 15, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Whitesde has been traded for Beltran
/dreaming
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 15, 2011 10:26 AM PDT reply actions
Why is a PTB for Sanchez such a bad move?
Unexpected? Yes. Bad? No. This is a perfect time to add a young offensive minded catcher to see if he can play the part of a catcher in the majors. Yeah, I know lots of pressure yadda yadda yadda but why not give him a shot and who knows maybe he surprises us. And if he does you have an easy roster move (cut Whitey/Stewart) when PTB returns and if he fails horribly you also have an easy roster move when PTB returns.
And yes, I am aware that the time PTB spends on the DL won’t be enough time to see if Hector will be a future AS/HOF’er but it should be enough time to scout if he can be better than Whitey/Stewart at ML level at some point this year. And if they think that then he stays and this is a solid move.
And why would Belt been a better move? Its not like Belt would have gotten any playing time w/o costing one of our better hitters (Ross/Nate) a substantial loss of PT, in addition to losing PT himself.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 15, 2011 10:28 AM PDT reply actions
So you support carrying 3 catchers?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
No, but for a few day’s I don’t mind it.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 15, 2011 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
3 catchers not permanent
Stew’s days are numbered, provided Sanchez doesn’t have a 2 error game or something.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I think you nailed it
It's orange inside
by TheAntiBork on Jul 15, 2011 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
The biggest issue that I see with the move is that the pinch hit options are now Tejada, Rowand, Whiteside, Burriss and Stewart.
Adopted Giant - Carlos Willoughby, 2011 Sally League All Star
I think Whiteside will remain the primary starter.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
But will Sanchez still be on the roster when that happens? Ah, see. The plot, like the gravy, thickens.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
More gravy?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 15, 2011 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Sanchez won't start
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
And yes, I am aware that the time PTB spends on the DL won’t be enough time to see if Hector will be a future AS/HOF’er but it should be enough time to scout if he can be better than Whitey/Stewart at ML level at some point this year.
I don’t think anyone is trying to determine if Sanchez will be an all star or a hall of famer in the next 2 weeks. And I do not agree that it is enough time to determine if he will be better than what we already have.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Don’t you know that you can’t scout minor league players? Real scouting gets done in pinch hit at bats in the majors.
Check out Catch-28.com. You will find a lot of fawning over Buster Posey and some Giants analysis that you could probably find anywhere else. I appreciate any and all feedback.
There is a differnce between scouting a player facing MiLB players and MLB players.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 15, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, the pitchers in the MLB are going to make Hector look bad.
Check out Catch-28.com. You will find a lot of fawning over Buster Posey and some Giants analysis that you could probably find anywhere else. I appreciate any and all feedback.
You might be right. But why not take the chance that they may not..
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 15, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Because it will hurt his development?
Why not call up everyone on the Fresno roster? There’s a chance one of them is secretly the reincarnation of Babe Ruth.
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by EricW on Jul 15, 2011 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1
I think I am in love. Comment sopping wet with sarcasim, few words.
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by daveinexile on Jul 15, 2011 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Because failed chances cost wins . . .
. . . and this team is (realistically, too) trying to win its division and it won’t be a runaway.
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I'm just not a fan of promoting a young player that spent most of the season in class A adv
He’s only hitting .305 in Fresno and only has 82 AB. While belt has more seasoning in Fresno as well as some (albeit small sample) experience at tha bigs. If it were a catcher injury I’d be all for it but now you are carying three catchers and he’ll most likely sit the bench most of the time. Belt just would’ve made more sense
by Falconer88 on Jul 15, 2011 10:36 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Well obviously I am planning on him starting at C.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 15, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
You might want to check out this "offensive minded catcher"'s offensive numbers
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
Maybe it’s not the Giants that want to check the boy out… who’d* be willing, right now to trade a major league ready catcher for a prospect?
.
*who’d meaning “which team”
That team would just go watch him in Fresno
They wouldn’t want him in the majors.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
.301/.379/.445 from a 21 yo ain’t bad
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Jul 15, 2011 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
A+: 301/.321/.511 with 41 K’s and 5 BB’s – YIKES
AAA: .321/.386/.385 with 11 K’s and 9 BB’s.
The Fresno rates are much better, until you realize it’s Fresno and the PCL and that overall line is pretty garbage. The Fresno/PCL part is how a line with a .320 average and a .386 OBP end up with only a .343 wOBA, which is below average for the league (91 wRC+).
I’ll be pleasantly surprised if he can outhit Whiteside right now.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
pudgy switching catcher from venezuela
what more do you want, nerd.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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I wanted the righty swinging catcher from Venezuela
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.
"And besides, if I wanted to participate in a mindless patriotic ritual where my voice isn’t really heard, I would vote." - Chris Marcil
It’s amazing how many of those are grounders between the 1st and 2nd basemen.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
And last year, those were all GiDP
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
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I actually thought there were like 8
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think I counted 6
And I guess it felt like more because there’s a grounder down the 1st baseline and a couple of line drive-ish hits between 1st and 2nd.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL HUFF
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by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2011 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Did you know Frank Thomas lives in Las Vegas and has sleep overs with Bryce Harper? Or something like that.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
It looks like a good amount of his hits were long fly balls off the wall in left field
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My world has been ROCKED!
But not as rocked as when I saw this.
"With a guy like that, you have six beers, pass out, come to the park and hit."
Being on a work computer, I am always afraid to click these kinds of links.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 15, 2011 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s a harmless Wikipedia link. I promise.
"With a guy like that, you have six beers, pass out, come to the park and hit."
by deuce deuce on Jul 15, 2011 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Ah yes. You must be new to pastafarianism.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 15, 2011 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Being touched by his noodly appendage doesn’t just happen overnight.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 15, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Look at the URL.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
My work uses a super old version of IE, which doesn’t show me the URL w/out clicking on it. :(
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 15, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, you better strap in for THIS!
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by troymccluresf on Jul 15, 2011 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
That’s actually what brought this epic religion to my attention in the first place.
"With a guy like that, you have six beers, pass out, come to the park and hit."
by deuce deuce on Jul 15, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s also the winning answer on tomorrow’s “Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me” bluff-the-listener quiz.
(Went to the taping in SF last night. Sorry for the spoiler, but if you’re reading this thread, you would have figured it out anyway.)
It's orange inside
by TheAntiBork on Jul 15, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Sorry if this has been asked
Can Sanchez play LF?
"For science. You monster."
No.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
YEEESSSSSS
Fangraphs finally added BB% and K% for pitchers!!
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One amateur scouting report on Hector from 2010
I thought this would be an appropriate appetizer, as most of us have never seen Hector play. This is the scouting report that the guy who runs the “Scouting the Sally” website filed on Hector last year. He saw Hector play for Augusta in August of 2010 and filed this report (including video). You should note that Hector lost a lot of weight this past offseason, although he’s still a bit on the pudgy side.
http://scoutingthesally.com/hector-sanchez-san-francisco-giants-baseball-prospect-scouting-report-video/
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Also not
This scout saw Hector at what was probably the low point of his career, so far.
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Also not - also note
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
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Should be able to get us some RIBEYES then
On the receiving side, Sanchez stabs at the ball with his glove leading one scout to call him a "butcher
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This is friggin' hilarious
Why did David Stern shave his head?
"He forced it to go in the net, and that's a good thing." -Jerry Reynolds
He should have just winged it.
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Here's what worries me
They’re not bringing up Belt because he’s part of a package for Beltran or someone else. Please talk me down from the top of the stairs.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy. Welcome back Frodo. Please, please send Belt back to us.
They will not move Belt for a few months of Beltran without draft pick compensation. They just won’t.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
If I recall correctly you are talking about a team that once upon a time did not offer a player arb and lost draft picks?
That was pre-John Barr
The Giants have taken advantage of the draft very well since he came onboard.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I think that the philosophy changed long before Barr arrived. He only took over in 2008. We took Timmy and a whole bunch of guys in the first 2 rounds of 2006 and 2007.
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Well, 2006 post-Timmy wasn’t the finest draft ever (Manny!)
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Nor was 2007 post-Madison. though you’re right about the change in philosophy of course.
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I don't think the Philosophy changed
I think protected first round pick being introduced the new CBA in 2006 saved us from ourselves
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The Giants aren’t trading Belt. Baer said on Ralph and Tom yesterday that TGWTWS because of their farm system and that the org would rather take on salary than trade top prospects to acquire offense. The Giants think way too highly of Belt to trade him, no worries there.
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by jordanovich on Jul 15, 2011 10:47 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I think the rule is that we’re supposed to assume he’s lying — even where there’s evidence that he’s not — under the, “well, of course that is what he would say!” rule. (I totally agree with you, by the way.)
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Well, I only assume he's lying
if he says something I disagree with :)
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by jordanovich on Jul 15, 2011 10:57 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I only assume he's lying
when his lips are moving
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 15, 2011 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Even if the Mets were going to snag a top prospect of ours, it probably wouldn’t be Belt. They like Ike.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Everyone likes Ike
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Heyman
It was an interesting start to what could be an unpredictable trading season. Here is the latest on a top 40 players (plus a few others) who could find themselves elsewhere by the July 31 trade deadline.
1. Carlos Beltran, Mets OF. K-Rod’s friend and former teammate expects to go somewhere, though the Mets are expected to wait another week to 10 days to let things settle and see where they stand. Though there’s been speculation Beltran would clear waivers with his $18.5-million salary, Alderson is said not to be so sure of that. And why should he be? Beltran is an All-Star and probably the best hitter who will go, and he can’t forget that an underachieving, tainted Manny Ramirez was claimed by three teams last year. The Giants, Tigers, Reds, Indians, Braves, Phillies, Red Sox and Yankees all could be possibilities. Beltran has a full no-trade so he has a say, too.
2. Jose Reyes, Mets SS. The superstar who is expected back soon is very likely to remain a Met through the end of the year now. It’s going to be tough for the Mets to absorb the kind of P.R. hit trading Reyes would bring. Plus, they also appear to be gearing up for a run at keeping Reyes this winter, though they might need the Einhorn agreement to be completed and a favorable ruling in the Madoff/Picard case, which many expect now.
12. J.J. Hardy, Orioles SS. Baltimore wants to sign the free-agent-to-be to a three-year extension, but if he doesn’t agree, he could go. The Giants, Reds and his old Brewers all could be in the market for a shortstop to enhance their pennant chances. Baltimore has also gotten calls on Mark Reynolds, Adam Jones and Nick Markakis, though none of them seems especially likely to be dealt.
14. Michael Cuddyer, Twins OF. He’s one of the hottest hitters in baseball and an All-Star, so he could help all the teams that seek an outfielder. But for now in the tight AL Central the Twins are holding tight. Considering they spent to win this year, that’s no shock. It might take a sudden downturn to change that stance, but if they do start to fall, this team has plenty to offer, also including Francisco Liriano, Kevin Slowey, Matt Capps and Jim Thome.
34. Jamey Carroll, Dodgers INF. Consummate utilityman is a plus for any club. Juan Uribe’s $20 million, three-year deal makes him tough to deal "unless the Giants really love him,’’ one rival exec said. Casey Blake has an injury concern.
40. Kosuke Fukudome, Cubs OF. Someone would really have to love his high on-base percentage and defensive abilities to justify that $11 million salary. Alfonso Soriano’s contract (he’s due $18 million a year through 2014) is still too big to move, even after his decent start.
In the “really?” department:
36. Wilson Betemit, Royals. He doesn’t really fit in K.C.’s nice youth movement.
39. Vladimir Guerrero, Orioles. The Cooperstown-bound Vladdy is still a threat with the bat (seven homers, .279). Luke Scott, a professional hitter with some quirky ideas, was on the block in previous years and stayed put, but he could go this time. Derrek Lee seems like a perennial summer pickup.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/jon_heyman/07/15/trade.market/index.html?eref=writers
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39. Vladimir Guerrero
We saw his defense at AT&T. I’ll pass.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL Heyman, the Iraqi minister of information.
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 15, 2011 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Return of Uribe
How much salary would the Dodgers have to pick up before this becomes a worthy idea?
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by achiappanza on Jul 15, 2011 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
All of it
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Three Things
1. Hector Sanchez wasn’t on the 40 man roster. They have to do something to get him on. Freddy Sanchez to 60 day is the logical solution. You don’t go through this trouble and put him on the 40 man roster (starting his clock) so you can carry 3 catchers on the team long term.
They want to see what they can get from Hector Sanchez before evaluating whether to move for another catcher. He has two weeks to show he’s better than Pudge basically. They need to know where they are at before pulling the trigger for someone else.
2. Belt isn’t coming up if he can’t play everyday until September. PTB going on the DL without Belt means there is somebody else coming when they end the 3 catcher experiment. It might be OMG CARLOS BELTRAN. Or it might be signing Jose Guillen. Who knows.
3. I forgot what I was going to say here.
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3. SNSD
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Who is the reliever that will be traded to make room for Jonathan Sanchez? His “rehab” schedule puts him pretty much exactly on schedule to be activated at the deadline.
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Has to be Mota. The other (and more likely) option is that one or more of the relievers gets moved in a trade.
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I seriously think the Giants should think about trading Affeldt or Runzler (I know he’s in the minors). RamRam does not have much value. Lopez, Romo, Wilson are too valuable to trade. Management/Bochy is high on Casilla.
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Trading Runzler wouldn’t solve the “make room for J. Sanchez” situation that jct is bringing up here.
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by deuce deuce on Jul 15, 2011 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, I believe so. You would assume they trade one of the current bullpen arms before they trade a minor leaguer.
Also, last I remember, Runzler has been starting at AAA.
"With a guy like that, you have six beers, pass out, come to the park and hit."
by deuce deuce on Jul 15, 2011 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Trading
But who is Affeldt and Runzler going to get? Trading from depth is good, but I’m not sure trading from the bottom of the depth is the best move.
I’d like to know who we could get for people before I say who I’d prefer to trade.
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- Cowboy safety Cliff Harris
Affeldt
Lefty- extra value
Can close- extra value
I see Affeldt as most likely reliever to go. Runzler back in pen in AAA and Sanchez could be LH middle reliever.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Why not just trade Sanchez?
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy. Welcome back Frodo. Please, please send Belt back to us.
That too
I don’t like trading him for a rental, but a SS for the future I would get on board for.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
If Sanchez + Surkamp + Neal = Beltran and Reyes…done.
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Trading Sanchez now is dumb. He’s at 1 of the lowest points in value as he’s been in a long time. Let him come back to the majors and re-establish himself first.
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Also
severe shortage of LHP relievers this year.
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Isn't that every year?
When we got Lopez last year, the Blue Jays were trying to get like 3 guys for their LH reliever.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Trade Wilson
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions
Makes sense from a baseball standpoint but not a marketing standpoint. He is basically advertising for the team now, so I think we are stuck with him.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 15, 2011 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah. Witness how the indifferent-at-best crowd went wild for him at the ASG.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 15, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Agreed
You can pay Wilson $10 mil a year and I think he still brings in revenue.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Makes sense from a baseball standpoint
this is realy debateible. It comes down to if you view the season as just 162 goames or you vewing your season goign 170+ games. Moneyball has is strong points but if you think your are going any where in the post season you reinforce your ’Pen not weaken it.
Damn it did I just ’chasm myself?
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by daveinexile on Jul 15, 2011 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Except right now the guy I think I trust the least in that pen is Wilson. His velocity’s down, his control is all over the place. I think his arm is getting near a Nen sized burnout for 2011.
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Yup. Look at Heath Bell and Jonathan Broxton. Good relievers decline quickly. I feel like in a year or two, Wilson may be worth very little in terms of production and marketing value.
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I think it is a bit early to declare Heath Bell in decline. He made one bad pitch after a year of greatness. SSS.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 15, 2011 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
xFIP of 3.81 and K/9 of 6.6 are huge red flags. Meanwhile, Mike Adams is a monster.
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/ shrugs
I guess i am bit more optimist about Wilson. I view it more of adead arm but i admit i could be easily mistaken on this. And if this was like most Giants seaons I would be very open to the move. I still think, dispite all the grab arseing and 9 monkeys trying to screw the same greased ball the is the Giants offense/position players if they just cut teh grab arsery down a bit ( Less Burris & Rowand Pa’s fors starter)this time can realistily get past the first round.
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But what would the Giants do with all the remaining fake beard for sale at AT&T Park?
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by deuce deuce on Jul 15, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
We'd just have Romo grow a bigger beard.
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This might actually work
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by say hey nation on Jul 15, 2011 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
What happened to the Belt playing LF experiment?
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 15, 2011 10:39 AM PDT reply actions
He sucks.
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DFA
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Hector's on Twitter
All in Spanish.
http://twitter.com/#!/hect171189
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Try this instead
http://twitter.com/#!/hect171189
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Hector on twitter late last night
OMG – To my twitter followers, I have gotten the call to the Big Leagues tomorrow, thank God, this is the best moment of my life!
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His Twitter signature thing is what really gets me:
enfocado en mi trabajo es lo q amo y a lo q le dedico cada segundo de mi vida y de mi esfuerzo
"He forced it to go in the net, and that's a good thing." -Jerry Reynolds
I’m amazed at how much I can comprehend of that. Spanish + Twitter = I understand it? I never would have guessed that.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Hector on twitter late last night
OMG – To my twitter followers, I have gotten the call to the Big Leagues tomorrow, thank God, this is the best moment of my life!
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Just 2 hours before that, he was totally clueless what was in his future:
So every1 I gotta go to sleep I’m tired , I got gym tomorrow morning I hope everybody have good nite !!!
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His latest tweet
Thank you all – it’s true that I’m super happy – thanks to God and to the hard work day after day!
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Another theory on Sanchez
Could Sanchez be a a potential trade piece and the potential trade partner wants to see him get some big league PAs?
This would make sense if Sanchez comes up starts getting PT right away.
The thong is, it happened.
No, because no one expects him to succeed in the majors.
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I doubt any potential trade partner wants Him to start his service clock right now
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WHO WANTS ELI WHITESIDE
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
oops caps
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I thought it was appropriate.
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 15, 2011 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
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Very doubtful
Sabes isn’t going to risk F’ing up a prospect and his major league roster on a trade that might happen. If a team really wants Hector they will want him based on what they saw in the minors.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
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No other organizations are dumb enough to evaluate a player based on 2 weeks in the majors
Especially a 21 year old catcher who started the season in High A
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seems pretty risky to me
There’s a strong chance Sanchez could just fall right on his face, jumping from A+ to the majors in a season. Yes, Pablo did it, but he also hit a hell of a lot better than Sanchez has.
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I was thinking it might be an attempt to gain some leverage while trying to trade for a catcher. A sort of “Hey, look, we just got this guy we brought up who we’re really high on, so we don’t really need a catcher, we’d just like to have the added depth and reliability.” That point can be even easier to make if Sanchez comes up and randomly hits well the first week he’s up.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Attention basement dwellers
If you find any naked pics of your mom on her computer, please send them my way. My hard drive crashed and I lost them.
The thong is, it happened.
Pics on their way!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
What if they’re on my computer? Do you want those too?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
THE ALL-CATCHER TEAM!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
CATCHERS AT EVERY BASE AND FOUR IN THE OUTFIELD
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by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2011 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
BRING BACK PEDRO FELIZ!
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no we need 5 catchers- one for each starter
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by RichHerreraHomer on Jul 15, 2011 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions
The giants have contacted Benito Santiago.
Stay tuned….
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 15, 2011 10:47 AM PDT reply actions
Macky Sasser is practicing throwing the ball back to the pitcher as we speak
Buster Posey: Like his team, he's done for the year.
Steve Decker already has a uniform.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 15, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Brian Johnson
FUCK YEA BABY!
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 15, 2011 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
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My suspicion
I think the Giants have a possible deal on the table for a veteran catcher that is going to cost them someone they don’t want to give up. Therefore they want to see if Hector Sanchez is ready to take over.
Buster Posey: Like his team, he's done for the year.
Or a variant
This smells like:
(a) giving up on trading for a starting catcher, maybe because deals were too expensive or maybe because they’re figuring how much they’re going to have to pay for Beltran or a SS who can hit, and
(b) simultaneously giving up on Stewart as backup, because he has truly sucked at the plate and behind it.
This means Whitey is our guy. Get used to it.
So now the question is who is the least bad (in terms of performance, $, opportunity costs, etc.) at backup catcher for the rest of the season. Dice roll #1 = Hector Sanchez. Don’t be surprised if they roll the dice again if/when Hector struggles, including possibly trading for some cheap sub-replacement guy, or even picking one off waivers.
It's orange inside
by TheAntiBork on Jul 15, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
And if Sanchez prooves to be pretty ok
He might keep the backup job at Eli’s expense next season
The thong is, it happened.
That'd be bad ass.
Maybe it’ll reduce the # of catcher starts for Posey.
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Backwards?
If they deal for a veteran catcher, why would Sanchez need to take over?
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I'm quite surprised by this move
still, I’m of the opinion that this might be more freak out than the occasion strictly speaking merits.
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I’m not sure how the Giants plan to use Sanchez. I suppose they could be showcasing him for a potential trade suitor. Or it might be simple as this: He’s got an intriguing bat, and the Giants are pretty non-threatening on the bench right now. (Witness the high yuck-factor at-bats they received in yesterday’s 12-inning game.)
Why not Brandon Belt, who was 3 for 3 with a homer for Fresno last night? I’m told he’s not ready yet. After missing so much time, the Giants really want him to get a solid amount of at-bats under his, ahem, belt. That’s why he went to Single-A San Jose during Fresno’s All-Star break
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Or it might be simple as this: He’s got an intriguing bat, and the Giants are pretty non-threatening on the bench right now.
If Burrell is really truly hurt, a switch-hitting PH specialist actually might make some sense.
The thong is, it happened.
What kinda of bat does he have?
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You know whose bat is more intriguing?
Brandon Belt
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Can somebody please tell Baggs to ask about Belt?
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Can I?
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:)
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
He isn’t hitting like there’s anything wrong with him.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Yeah, but we don’t have access to the x-rays, MRIs, or Belt saying “I still feel something weird in there.” [shuddup]
And isn’t the McC the place where SSS goes to die?
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Even a broken wrist is right twice….
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
I would like to see Belt but only knows his stats are good after coming back. I have to defer to the minor league coaches and scouts who watch every PA and appearance.
Also, it could be a matter of SSS.
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I read that as
“Not fully back from the injury layoff” not “big league ready”
The thong is, it happened.
Rowand for McCutchen
Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
The Pirates have asked around about veteran outfielders; looking for somebody who can be a stable presence in their offense.
Time to repeat in '11!
Matt Morris Part Deux!
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Giants have definitely fleeced the Pirates quite a few times
Schmidt
Morris
Freddy Sanchez
Nighttrain
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What are you talking about? The Giants traded a future All-Star for Schmidt! I’d say it was a wash, at best.
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by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Schmidt: Can’t win the Cy Young
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Stupid Gagne.
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Rowand for JD Drew
Who says no first?
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 15, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Rowand has 2 rings to Drews 1
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 15, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Which is not something Boston thinks about when evaluating players
One of the those 2 players has actually been good recently.
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LOL
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
So that's how he got the bruised face.
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 15, 2011 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
The thoroughbred of sin!
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I still vote neigh on Rowand.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 15, 2011 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
rowand and vogelsong for mccutchen
lets get more good players for ryan vogelsong than anyone ever dreamed
Rowand seems like a good fit
Consistently chasing sliders in the dirt is stable, right? It’s not a good stability, but they didn’t specify. Let’s get them on a technicality!
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Whatever happens with Sanchez
I hope Tehaha never comes off the bench with RISP and less than 2 outs ever again. I mean, that was fucking horrible.
They should have DFA’d his ass right there.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 11:00 AM PDT reply actions
I shouted that down the stairs last night to the Mr. “They better DFA his ass TOMORROW!!!” that was exasperating.
Pitcher couldn’t find the strike zone with a blood hound and CSI crew and he swings at the first fugging pitch?!?!?!?!
Then Andres swung at the first THREE pitches! Gregerson was almost stymied in his efforts to gift wrap us some runs there.
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My dad texted me right after that at-bat “I feel like Torres strikes out on that pitch in every at bat.”
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by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
Did you hear the postgame show?
Either Kruk or Dave said they turned to the GM box and saw Brian Sabean trying to contain himself, he was so upset you can see veins.
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the same thing a
ZA and a XI are.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 15, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
The show QI with Stephen Fry is also really good
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 15, 2011 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Words with friends.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
If my friend doesn't screw this up for me,
I’m finna play GIANTS on a TW.
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I heard this as well.
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by KINGofCRA5H on Jul 15, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I did not hear this.
I’m not filled with rage for Tejada, but if these obvious metal lapses keep Crawford in the lineup? I ain’t complaining.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
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by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Jul 15, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I know
Did you guys hear me scream from the 3rd deck last night when that happened?
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Miguel, we're cutting you because of that AB last night
sheesh, talk about SSS
The thong is, it happened.
Because he has been so fantastic other than that?
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
He's getting hot, folks!
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The guy has played baseball for a very long time
He just watched a pitcher struggling to throw strikes. He had a bases loaded situation with no one out and quite obviously took in all of data to decide that the most logical thing he could do is swing at the first pitch.
Even if he didn’t suck this year (and we all know that he does), I would DFA him for being an imbecile.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Remember when he ignored the take sign on a 3-0 count to weakly ground out to SS?
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He didn’t ignore the take sign. He literally just couldn’t stop himself from swinging.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Weakly grounding out to the SS was something that NEEDED to be done.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
and he can’t actually field any of the positions that his bat would be a reasonable option at.
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
...
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by jctGamer on Jul 15, 2011 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
LOL!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe he just needs a little help
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 15, 2011 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
And that is the benefit of setting the bar low.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Tejada's goof
That bases-loaded pop-up on his first pitch in the 12th just refreshed the stink though. Man that was ugly. If the Pads got that third out and then won with that run in the bottom of the 12th we’d be putting Miggy’s head back on the pike.
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via Baggs' blog
The Giants purchased Sanchez’s contract and I’m told they are placing Pat Burrell on the disabled list with a bone spur in his foot. Burrell saw a doctor over the All-Star break and the exam results were not encouraging, so I understand. I’m not sure if he has a stress fracture or some other issue, but he cannot run and it’s clear he hasn’t been much help to Bruce Bochy off the bench.
OMG WHY ISN’T HE PLAYING
I understand you are being sarcastic
But this is apparently a legitimate health problem
Let’s be fair. The hemming and hawing over his playing time started long before his foot was ever a problem.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
But we don’t know when the growth exactly became a problem for him; just that he had a MRI a few weeks ago. Burrell has had problems with his feet before (such as 2005 surgery for another bone spur).
he hurt is foot in Detroit
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
Must have been when they failed to sweep. He couldn’t stand the agony of da feet.
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by jhiat00 on Jul 15, 2011 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I like the idea
Of TL2 just hitting Ctrl+F, searching “jhiat00” and posting this is response to all of his comments on this thread
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by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Pat Burrell was scratched as the Giants’ designated hitter from Friday night’s starting lineup with a bone spur in his right foot, manager Bruce Bochy said.
“He couldn’t run,” Bochy said. “Initially, I thought he was kidding.”
That doesn’t scream “this has been a lingering issue” to me.
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
Oh?
Bochy indicated that Burrell has been able to play after being affected by the spur on previous occasions as long as he receives proper treatment.
So, Bochy didn’t think it was an issue.
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
Don't these things usually require surgery?
Or is that just bunions?
LOL FRED.
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by Cody_ransom on Jul 15, 2011 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I think usually players manage spurs during the season. I might be thinking of chips, though. Frequently, I believe, they get offseason surgery on both just to clean it out.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
We do know when it became a problem for him. It was well reported.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
No we don’t; that’s when he could no longer take the field period. The report that came out around that time indicated that he had been affected but treatable.
Fair enough.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Did it?
When exactly did Burrell start hurting? (I’m not asking when it became publc.)
The thong is, it happened.
He was scratched from a DH start
I think in oakland. So we know its been at least that long.
True
In large part because he was not producing in RISP situations. No way Rowand should have played over him and I don’t think that would have happened but/for the injury. Burrell has been hurt a while – remember he got scratched as being a DH in interleague play.
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 15, 2011 11:03 AM PDT reply actions
Shoulder surgery – out for the year.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
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by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Jul 15, 2011 11:03 AM PDT up reply actions
oroville, california
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On a houseboat
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by NuschlerFace on Jul 15, 2011 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
How hot was it?
You don’t escape the heat at Oroville like you do further to the east at Little Grass Valley.
They invented the toothbrush in Oroville, y'know.
If it were invented anywhere else it would’ve been called a teethbrush.
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there is 3 Sanchez’s…
I vote naming will go as followed…Good Sanchez, Bad Sanchez, Fat Sanchez…and ofcourse for special occasions dirty.
by Andrew Crispell on Jul 15, 2011 11:06 AM PDT reply actions
Jonchez
Pitches to Henchez who throws to Franchez for the 1, 2, 4 double play!
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I think the problem was that there were no active Sanchezes prior to this callup.
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Freddy = Good Sanchez, Hector = Bad Sanchez, Dirty = Ugly Sanchez
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Or just the good, the bad, and the dirty.
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The good, the bad, and the pudgy.
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For a few dollars more...
…could we get Beltran?
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by Johnny Disaster on Jul 15, 2011 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Sanchy, Sanchy, and Sanchy
The differences are in the inflection.
I'm guessing either Freddy Sanchez or Mark DeRosa to 60 day DL
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DeRosa not on 60 day yet?
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by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
DeRosa was moved to the 60 day already. And Sanchez I’m not sure if they want to make that move. Still hope to use him this year.
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DeRosa is listed as 15 day dl on the Giants web site…and looking at that roster I think…hmmm maybe they are dumping Bill Hall.
How soon they forget…
Bill Hall is still on the team?
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
They could do it retroactively.
He’s not going to be back in a month regardless.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 15, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
doesn’t time served on the 15 DL count when moved to the 60 day? As in, Freddy could still come back even if he’s moved to the 60 day.
Thing A
From der wiki:
A player may be shifted from the 15-day to the 60-day DL at any time, but not vice-versa. The player may not rejoin the team until 15 or 60 days has elapsed; however, a player’s time on the DL may exceed the specified number of days, and further, if a player is transferred to the 60-day DL after August 1, he may not return to the active roster that season.
Emphasis mine.
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by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
I've always liked Melky Cabrera...
I just hope it wouldn’t cost much.
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I was going to make a joke
About the Giants and crappy Royals outfielders, but then I looked up Melky’s stats. 118 wRC+ is not too bad at all, and he’s been good for 3.0 WAR so far this year.
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by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
I've never been a fan of Sanchez's swing
Though I don’t think it’s as poo-ey as I thought before. Still don’t like the move though.
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
I like him from the LH side more than the RH side. That being said, I have no idea what his swing looks like this season. He seems to be doing something different this year.
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If his swing from either side looks better than before, that’ll be encouraging.
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
The timing of this is really odd
Since Posey went down, the Giants’ catchers have been horrendous. Now Whiteside actually starts to hit and they bring up another catcher? Something must be brewing.
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He’s got a 100 wRC+ and has 0.6 WAR in only 129 PAs. That’s pretty good. Double the PAs to simulate a whole season, and he’s essentially Jonathan Lucroy, who is a pretty useful player.
Jose Flores: .831 OPS in High-A last year. .529 OPS this year. Ouch.
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by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Now Whiteside actually starts to hit and they bring up another catcher?
There’s pretty ample evidence to suggest that this won’t keep happening, though.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah.
I’d actually be okay with his career line right now, though. Oddly enough.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
So can we no longer say “LOL Pat” when someone posts the LOLineup?
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
You should “Lars proof” your house right now. Odds are Tejada is starting today. Has he sat out 2 straight games yet this year?
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I miss Buster :(
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 15, 2011 11:17 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
pretty sure i dreamt i was playing checkers or something with him. then he “had to go”.
by NeifiPerezz on Jul 15, 2011 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe he just wasn’t having your moves.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 15, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Does someone have the cartoon of the sad panda and Buster's mask? :(
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 15, 2011 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
:(
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
by El Person on Jul 15, 2011 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
GAH
::cries:: This is like that winnie the poo frame where all the toys are waiting for Christopher Robin who will never come back because he is too old to play with them now.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 15, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Is it bad to rec this, not because I like it, but because I agree with the sentiment? Is that still kosher?
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by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
I would think so.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
You would think that it’s bad, or that it’s cool? I kinda asked two different questions in the OP, my bad.
Jose Flores: .831 OPS in High-A last year. .529 OPS this year. Ouch.
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by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
/following
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by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
"Hurting his development"
Can someone fill me in on the theory behind the claim I’ve seen throughout this thread and elsewhere that bringing up a prospect before he’s ready will “hurt his development”?
I understand that any time spent on the bench in the bigs is time that could have been better spent getting ABs in the minors. But the contention here seems to be that Sanchez will get abused by MLB pitching and that he will somehow be irrevocably damaged by the experience.
Explanations?
When a person is overmatched, they compensate in stupid ways and develop bad habits. Those can be damned hard to break.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Brandon Belt!
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Which is to say that by his own admission, he started waiting too long to start his swing in ML because he was too focused on seeing one he could hit. He ended up swing at fewer balls, swinging less well at those he did, and striking out way too much.
And his K numbers are still troubling him at the lower levels.
There is SSS and all to claim on that, of course, but it fits the idea nicely.
Also, the concept of overcompensation shouldn’t really be controversial.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I could also rehash my online Street Fighter experience.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions
ok. makes sense.
also, i’m not from the internet—i was actually just asking a question, not trying to be contentious. no controversy here.
I am not from the Internet
but I speak Internese
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Like Andres fucking Torres swinging at slop pitches last night when if would have quieted down a little bit, maybe he would have realized: THE DUDE JUST WALKED 2 GUYS ON 10 PITCHES. But he’s so damn desperate to contribute, get a hit, be a hero, not suck, whatever… he goes up there and HACKS AT SLOP!!!!!!!
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Sanchez caught Zito twice while Zeets was on rehab in Fresno. RT @gggiants: I bet Sanchez starts tomorrow and catches Zito. #SFGiants
"For science. You monster."
And 14 sanchezeses…give or take
Boo
by LosGigantesTodoElTiempo on Jul 15, 2011 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions
That's a good guess.
Zito was praising Sanchez after his last AAA start.
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Going to Lucille's for Lunch
Love their biscuits and sweet tea but their entrees are somewhat disappointing.
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Sweet tea? SWEET TEA?! Oh, but this is wonderful! I thought it didn’t exist out there.
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Nowhere. It is only good nowhere.
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/grabs popcorn
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by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
He did
But on the third day he rose again.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I can walk on tea but refuse if it contains sugar.
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But the sugar would make you more buoyant.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
But if you’re walking on it, it’s not about buoyancy. It’s about surface tension.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe he could use really cold sugar.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
This continues to be right. We need something as delicious as tea to be crammed with sugar? What are we, six years old?
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OH, YES. THAT’S RIGHT. LET’S ALL DRINK THIS BITTER SHIT INSTEAD. MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCH BETTER.
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IT’S ONLY BITTER BECAUSE YOU ARE TASTING SOMETHING OTHER THAN SUGAR!
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I — I can’t do this. I can’t. I don’t want to hate you. That’s what’s going to happen. I will hate you. And everything you stand for. I will declare North to be the best of Dakotas just to spite you. And I don’t want to do that. I’ll just have some sweet tea later and let this disagreement fade away.
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Regarding North Dakota
It turns out they were ineligible to be a state all along. They never required their politicians to take an oath of office which disqualified them from statehood. No one noticed this until earlier this year.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
CHEATING THE SYSTEM
"For science. You monster."
by KINGofCRA5H on Jul 15, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Man, ever since Obama took office, it’s been one thing after another.
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Probably because he took office, amirite?
/busts out correlation vs causation chart
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LOL BONDSLEGEND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT
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Fine. Maybe I’ll build my own damn porch! And you can forget about any sort of coffee drinks in the morning!
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It shall be known as the "Porch War of Southern Aggression."
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Now I want to write a satirical novel about such a war fought over tea preferences. I like the phrase, “Teafederate States.”
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“As God as my witness, I shall never have sugarless tea again!”
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Ok but please don’t refer to the north as “Yankees.”
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originally started as a dutch slur against the English, I believe
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
"Sweet tea is hell."
- William Teacumseh Sherman
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
If it’s bitter, I’m pretty sure you’re steeping it way too long.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
Buy loose leaf. Follow the steeping instructions. You also have to boil the water to a certain heat depending on the tea. It shouldn’t be bitter.
Not you, TheLetter2. You keep drinking sweet tea and be happy about it. But other tea drinkers who are drinking bitter tea, stop whatever you’re doing wrong.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Boba/Milk Tea
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The English put sugar in their tea! As far as I know, at least.
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English, Indians, Hong Kongese (?), Southeast Asians all put milk in their tea.
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Then who is drinking their tea straight? It can’t be just jhiatt00 and me!
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jhiat00. Apologies for the mispelling.
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I drink it straight no milk or sugar; and i don’t like all the flavored teas either.
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/crosses City Girl off of his death list
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by rotorueter on Jul 15, 2011 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
all of mainland China
that’s a pretty big bloc
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
Soon it will be with breast milk!
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
And milk, right?
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Tea is disgusting.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
Wow…deeper into the rabbit hole we go.
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How dare you sully Lewis Carroll's work with your filthy insinuations?
It is a wholesome family book that does not contain any objectionable content.
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Sweet tea lovers and haters, unite
and BOO THIS MAN
The first six innings are overrated.
BOOOOOOOO
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by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
/imaging a voltron-like combining sequence
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TRADE FOR CARLOS VOLTRON!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
lol
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I lol’ed
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by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL Brian Wilson said "fuckin' "
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by slackersphere17 on Jul 15, 2011 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Iced tea in general is pretty meh
Except for iced green tea. Sweet tea > unsweetened tea, most days of the week
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
West Virginia, can we count on your support in this war? I recall you wussied out on us last time.
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Let us take up arms against the Teafederates
Our first act of war shall be to cut off their crucial Hoveround supply lines.
The first six innings are overrated.
According to wiki there are only 3 places the US grows tea. SC, WA, and HI. I think WA, and HI are both on our side so that leaves us two options:
1) Invade SC and control all access to tea.
2) Go after the sugar production to make sure it can’t make it into the tea.
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I have control of Ohio, so that controls a huge amount of HFCS.
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Plenty of corn grown here in SD too. This HFCS thing must be an asset somehow.
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I think that between SD and Ohio, we have at least enough corn to seriously manipulate prices.
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Yes
Sweet tea shall become the drink of southern aristocrats. Then we can create a populist uprising using the lower and middle class. If only such a group already existed. Oh, I know…the TEA PARTY!
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Sweat tea sounds even more disgusting than regular tea.
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So, your CD player?
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
LOLOPTICAL DRIVE
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
He used to make it with his Zip drive.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
An aside: I always wondered why West Virginia wasn’t just called Virginia. You’d think that the Union would reward their allegiance by giving them a less step-childy name.
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Did they not pick their name themselves?
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Less Treasonous Virginia
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeling_Convention
It seems like they called themselves Virginia at first!
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i was going to post a picture of lucille from AD winking but had pic-posting problems. you can just imagine though.
by NeifiPerezz on Jul 15, 2011 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Lucille's is just ok to me
Sweet tea is always nice though.
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
Wait
The Red Sox called the Dodgers about Hiroki Kuroda, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com . The Red Sox don’t appear to have started an all-out search for rotation help, but it’s not surprising to hear of their interest in Kuroda given the injuries their starters have sustained.
If there is a market for Kuroda…there has got to be a market for Dirty.
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Is there a point where Torres’ 09/10 becomes a fluke? I hope he picks it back up, but if he ends the season with a sub .700 OPS, we should find a CF upgrade.
The sample size of 09/10 is 3 times the size of 11.
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He also has a wRC+ of 92.
That’s probably average for a CF. And he plays good defense.
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Qualified CFs have hit .270/.336/.439 this year. Torres has hit .224/.317/.355.
by kingofthacove on Jul 15, 2011 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s qualified CF, not all CF. That’s still higher than I would have thought tho.
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It’s higher than normal, I believe.
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Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
Its a positive position adjustment so the assumption is CF hit worse than league average. AKA you wouldn’t expect a wRC+ of 92 to be bad for the position.
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Although his batting runs above average + positional adjustment is negative by about .5 runs, so he is below average for his position.
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There’s also 10 years before that where he wasn’t a good player. If we didn’t know his story, I don’t think there would be much objection to thinking Torres isn’t nearly as good as his 2010 numbers. I’m a lot more optimistic about him than I would be any other 33 year old player who has only been good for a little over a season, but I won’t completely ignore those factors.
by kingofthacove on Jul 15, 2011 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
If he doesn't start to relax forget it
Torres was very good last year in key situations. He has been awful this year. I know SSS etc. BUT I think you can almost see the anxiety with Torres. Last nites bases loaded at bat was a great example. He gets out early on the first pitch. And on 0-2 he lunges at a pitch in the dirt. Three pitches. He just seems to be jumping at the ball a lot.
Andres is obviously high strung – we’ve read about the ADD issue. Last year he had almost no expectations coming in. Everything was a plus. This year he had big expectations placed upon him. Then, of course, all the injuries hit, the teams needs him to produce that much more, he presses and we get this.
In a lot of ways, Andres is suffering through the equivalent of a bit of a sophomore slump. Producing when you are expected to is more diffiucult. When and if he figures that out and can rellax a bit, he’ll be fine. Its not as if he can’t get around on a fastball anymore.
I realize this is all conjecture on my part. But I think its also a pretty logical explanation.
this possibility occurred to me the other day. if he completely falls off a cliff, it almost makes his story even more unlikely.
Ages
Andres Torres: 33 (January 26, 1978)
PTB: 34 (October 10, 1976)
Aubrey Huff: 34 (December 20, 1976)
Any way you slice it, the end is near….
end is nigh
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You’re a towel.
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THAT'S IT!
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by shaggingflyballs on Jul 15, 2011 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Cody Ross 2012 free agent
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 15, 2011 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
He is still an excellent defensive OF
and certain has shown the ability to go deep into counts. Also, he’s basically the only base stealing threat the Giants have.
I really think he needs to cut down on his swing…less Ks more contact but that would mean less power
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No.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions
So if Torres has a .670 OPS for the next 3 seasons, he wasn’t a fluke? Ok.
by kingofthacove on Jul 15, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
It’s perfectly reasonable not to think that if he sucks going forward that means that he actually sucked the whole time.
He played up to his talent level in 09/10. If he doesn’t again, because of bad habits, or medical reasons, or age, that doesn’t mean that the performance was a fluke. It just means that the performance is gone.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s also perfectly reasonable to think that if he sucks going forward that he’s been the same player the whole time.
Either way, these are semantics and not really the point I was making. All I’m interesting in is determining who should be playing going forward, not classifying player’s past seasons as “flukes” or “not flukes”
by kingofthacove on Jul 15, 2011 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t quite think it is. His peripherals last season completely supported his performance.
And if, like me, you take that to mean that the performance was real, it makes sense to use that information to determine who should be playing going forward. Which, by my determination, should be Andres.
Especially when the alternative is Rowand. Who, as bad as Torres has been, has been demonstrably worse.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
His peripherals might have supported his season
…but it doesn’t take that many foul balls falling fair or line drives finding gaps and going for doubles to turn an ok season into a great one
The thong is, it happened.
Didn’t mean a fluke in regards to his batted ball numbers. Plenty of players perform legitimately well for one season and not for others.
I never argued benching Torres given the current roster, but if he doesn’t improve over the rest of the season, I’d definitely think he’s one of the positions that should be considering for upgrades.
by kingofthacove on Jul 15, 2011 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
It will be an interesting discussion in the offseason if he continues to struggle. With his age, it may be an interesting discussion regardless. I’d be willing to bet that, given playing time, he rebounds in the second half, though.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I hope so.
Also, it may be interesting in determining who loses playing team if we add someone like Beltran at the deadline.
by kingofthacove on Jul 15, 2011 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
the correct answer is Rowand.
Whoever else Beltran’s PAs come from is a detail.
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Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
Which three would you start in the playoffs if the season ended today? Beltran/Ross/Nate?
by kingofthacove on Jul 15, 2011 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Not sure, but I think I’d still give CF to Torres and platoon Ross and Schierholtz. (health permitting)
Other than Rowand and Beltran, all of those guys are within 5 runs of each other over 250 ABs.
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Growing a parasite inside of me
Hector was in Visalia at the San Jose game on Tuesday night. He was sitting in the stands cheering on his fomer mates on the little Giants. Occasionally he would give a “wolf” bark to some of the players and I noticed some of them responding. He was sitting three rows in front of me and after I saw a couple kids walk up to him and ask for an autograph my friend and I figured out who he was. He is rally not chubby any longer. He has lost his "baby fat" and although he is stocky, as a catcher should be, he looked pretty fit. I am sure the two young ladies who were sitting with him thought he looked okay. Toward the end of the game as I was walking up to my seat I stopped asked if he was Hector Sanchez, shook his hand and identified myself as a long-time Giant fan. I asked if he thought he would be wearing a San Francisco Giant uniform later this year. He said he hoped he would. I wished him luck and said that I was sure we would be seeing him in a San Francisco uniform if not in September, then sometime in the next year or so. Little did I know it would be a lot sooner.
having two defensively questionable catchers is a bit... questionable
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Say the next line:
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 15, 2011 11:50 AM PDT reply actions
Man, I knew we were passionate about our Baseball here
But holy crap. We now have a war going on over tea.
"For science. You monster."
I can’t help it that there are morans who don’t understand sweet tea is the most perfect non-alcoholic beverage in America.
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It comes in cases now?
Does Wilford Brimley deliver it to your door?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I would guess that in most parts of the country, the two are separate drinks. Here, the terms are interchangeable. You order iced tea, you get sweet tea. The customer must specify unsweetened.
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Sugar : Tea :: Fly : Ointment
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by slackersphere17 on Jul 15, 2011 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
oh man
we used have long, long, long and angry arguments about this on another online forum I go to.
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You get diabetes from sweet tea.
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by Murray, Present on Jul 15, 2011 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
If I want to drink something sweet I drink a Dr. Pepper. That’s Southern, right?
And I don’t know about that boba milk tea stuff, but I like Thai iced tea.
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So is Mountain Dew, by the way. I’ve been told it was invented here in Knoxville. FUN FACT!
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So then, was Mountain Dew Mouth invented there, too?
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Cheerwine is the best southern drink
Cheerwine slurpies, even better.
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by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa. Cheerwise slurpy. Mind=blown.
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they sell them in Virginia
they live up to the hype.
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by kezargiants on Jul 15, 2011 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m not a big fan of the tapioca balls in my drink. I can deal with them, and they can be tasty, I guess, but why is this food getting in the way of my drinking?
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I know, right?
This was a perfectly cromulant thread until someone brought up tea.
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Earl Grey, hot.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh.
This amuses me. I especially like the opening:
Tea was a beverage which could be served hot or cold. It was made from plant leaves steeped in hot water. If served cold, the steeped water was then generally cooled down and poured over ice.
Nice past tense, there.
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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions
My thoughts
Timmy pitching on long rest tonight. If I remember right, he did awesome last year, gave after ASB on long rest. Anyone ever considered 6 man ratation? The premise is
Pure R-L-R-L-R-L rotation. This would lessen the load all starters throw, and last years extra innings would be less of a concern.
Also, many managers user a starter who pitched 2-3 days ago as emergency pen guy in extra inning games, instead of throwing a bullpen session. We could tell 2 pitchers, 1 R and 1 L everyday to be ready to pitch an inning. You could dump 1 reliever and gain 2 starters a day available to throw 1 inning. I would think starter would only pitch 1 time in between starts. It could keep them going in between the longer periods between starts.
Just a random musing, anyone else considered this?
Time to repeat in '11!
so like Eli, Stewart, Sanchez, Pablo, Molina, and Feliz? I am up for that.
Proud adopted parent of the ball dudes, who have grounded into 109 fewer double plays than the Giants.
Why not just trade someone for a bat?
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy. Welcome back Frodo. Please, please send Belt back to us.
Who?
Not Cain, Tim or MadBum. Zito is untradible, Volgy would not get value we need from him and Sanchez is questionable, unless someone really wants him.
Dont sell these studs low. If we get the right deal, yea that is most obvious way.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
If zito pulls out 2 or 3 more impressive wins
I say someone would be willing to take him off our hands.
Zito + money maybe
But even then, highly doubtful anyone would take a chance on Zito paying much more than 5 mil a year, and probably not 2.5 years either. Giants unlikely to hand over 30 mil to get rid of him.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe
There was an era of 3 man ration, 4 man rotation and 5 man rotation. Just thinking, it might be possible to get 6 starters going, it would be interesting to always have a Tim or Cain or Bum ready to step up in the 6th if needed.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Less innings for Timmy and Cain is not what we want
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by Montreal Giants Fan on Jul 15, 2011 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Agreed.
The 6 man rotation is fine if all your pitchers are equal. But when Timmy/Cain/Bumgarner are superior to the other 3, it’s not really smart to cut into their innings.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Idea is to keep them more fresh
and lessent he IP load. I am half afraid of fatigue late and having the staff fall off a cliff. Bullpen already seemed to show some fatigue, or maybe it was just a bad stretch.
Other 3 guys are not bad, and additional weapons from the pen.
Seems more interesting than just banishing a guy with good stuff to the pen.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
The 6 man rotation hurt the team by limiting the number of innings that your top pitchers get. The 6 man rotation helps the top pitchers by limiting the number of innings they get. The the top five (Tim, Mat, Jon, Bum, Song) look gassed I don’t mind limiting their innings a bit this season. But unless the Giants pull away from the NL West and can coast to the playoffs, I don’t see a 6 man rotation coming. 6 starters ready to go is not a bad thing though.
Please don't cut Ishikawa! 2009 Tops All-Star Rookie and World Champ 2010!
In what way do they looked gassed?
I thought MadBum pitched pretty good last night, even tho he doesn’t know how to win.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
Sorry.
There should be an “if” in there. If the they look gassed or Boch/Rags determines them to be gassed…
Please don't cut Ishikawa! 2009 Tops All-Star Rookie and World Champ 2010!
There is that theory on IP per year should not jump lke more than 20
All these young arms used a lot last year. I can’t help but think of Matt Latos and how his arm just went to crap real fast.
Waiting for signs of fatigue could be too late.
I also get the feeling Timmy sometimes is not 100% fresh, especially in warm weather. Seattle is in his blood, I saw him put his face into the 40 degree wind earlier this season, enjoying the crisp air against his face.
Less innings, yes. But having a dominant Timmy 1 in 6 vs a very good 1 in 5 is a nice tradeoff, with bonus of keeping everyone fresher, and adding to the pen.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Shift+A
Has anyone else done this bit yet:
Jonathan Sanchez pitching, Hector Sanchez catching, Freddy Sanchez playing 2nd (pretend he’s healthy). Runner on first, 1-2 count on batter at the plate. Runner takes off as batter strikes out, runner tagged out at 2nd by Freddy. FIRST SANCHEZ-TO-SANCHEZ-TO-SANCHEZ DOUBLE PLAY IN HISTORY!!!!
And that’s why Hector was called up.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
It really wasn’t much of a party. And calbearjd hung around way too long bitching about the lack of cake.
The pie was delicious, tho.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy. Welcome back Frodo. Please, please send Belt back to us.
As is the norm for pie
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
The bakery my wife works at started making a peanut butter pie with oreo cookie crust and a chocolate glaze. /end discussion, pie winz 4ever.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s even better if the runner and the batter are Gabby and Anibal Sanchez of the Marlins
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
No, reverse it
Anibal would be the one on base because Giants pitchers always walk opposing pitchers.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
So does Sanchez become the first Giant born in the 90's?
or was he born in 89?
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
Mrs. Kitspool was telling me there’s a summer intern in her office who is 19. She was born in 1992—the year I graduated college. Sigh.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
The year Nevermind went platinum and The Chronic came out.
Holy jeez.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Kids look at “Nevermind” the same way I looked at “Led Zeppelin IV.” Like, man, that was a million years ago, but it’s still awesome today!!!!
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 15, 2011 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
That is probably the Zeppelin album I like the least.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions
wat
worse than Presence, or the second half of Physical Graffiti?
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
No one likes Presence!
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by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2011 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
The Milhouse of Led Zeppelin albums.
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
Most of Physical Graffiti was leftover material from the Houses of the Holy sessions
With that said, I like Physical Graffiti! I also like Houses of the Holy. The Crunge is awesome in it’s randomness.
It is just funk out of nowhere.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Totally
I hardly ever listen to it. And if I do, only “side 2”.
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by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2011 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, yeah.
The same way how when I listen to Black Sabbath, I’m rarely, if ever, playing “Iron Man” or “War Pigs.” Heard ’em. Like, enough for forever.
by Grant Brisbee on Jul 15, 2011 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
that was side one!
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Which was dumb because the song they played in the movie was Kashmir
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Cameron Crowe said that was on purpose! He said the nerdy character (can’t remember his name) was so dumb that he didn’t know what he was doing. (Though who can say, who would get a “joke” like that?)
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I'll go with In Through the Out Door.
"He forced it to go in the net, and that's a good thing." -Jerry Reynolds
They ran out of material to steal.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
III < I
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
no wait
the opposite
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
I meant the opposite too.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
The thing for me with Led Zep albums
I can’t remember which songs are on which albums, nor do I know the words of most of the songs. The riffs are so arresting that it’s all I remember about them.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy. Welcome back Frodo. Please, please send Belt back to us.
Most of the words are dumb anyway.
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by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2011 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions
True
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by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Some dumb hippy writing vague words so that other dumb hippies will think he’s deep.
Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention. Jonathan Sanchez isn’t likely to be traded unless the Giants fall out of contention.
Mark DeRosa is more than the sum of his tendons.
I think I do remember something about Gollum stealing a girlfriend. I question her taste level.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy. Welcome back Frodo. Please, please send Belt back to us.
Ramble On
One of my favorites actually.
T’was in the darkest depths of Mordor, I met a girl so fair.
But Gollum, and the evil one crept up and slipped away with her
That is cray-z.
They play that to death on the radio
I am tired of it.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
There are Zeppelin songs that you never hear on the radio
The really popular ones are driven into the ground. And because those are the ones that non-fans only hear, their entire catalog gets a bad rap.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I avoid the radio
And play my own music, so I can barely remember.
I get tired of listening to tons of Zeppelin, tons of ACDC and bad BTO songs all the time.
That is cray-z.
He’s right. You only hear ten Zeppelin songs on the radio, unless it’s some Get The Led Out special or whatever, and even then, they choose harder rocking garbage from the later era.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
This is probably true
And it’s funny, on my iTunes play counts probably all of those songs have the least play time, outside of Fool in the Rain.
That is cray-z.
Come on, Plant.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
But you see
I hear that song in my mind and it’s all about the kickin’ bass line. My niece went to mandolin camp with John Paul Jones. She had no idea who he was. True story.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy. Welcome back Frodo. Please, please send Belt back to us.
Geezer Butler
John Paul Jones
Paul Entwhistle
My 3 main bass influences.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Paul Entwhistle?
Unless I’m missing a joke, I would think you’d get his first name right and spell his last name correctly if he’s one of your main influences…have some respect for the dead!
The thong is, it happened.
John
I had JPJ on the brain
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you play bass Lars? If so, what do you have?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I do play bass
And I have a bunch of different equipment.
My mains are a flat blue fretless Fender Jazz. And a black P-bass.
I also have an Epiphone 5-string acoustic fretless that I play quite a bit.
My studio gear is mainly Gallien-Krueger RBii. I use an Ibanez SW35 for fucking around at home.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
i totally thought you were talking about another poster here when I first read this out of context.
by shaggingflyballs on Jul 15, 2011 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
As is the norm in popular music!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I thought this was popular music
And I was like
Baby, baby, baby ooh
Like
Baby, baby, baby noo
Like
Baby, baby, baby ohh
That is cray-z.
We’re talking about Newsradio episodes, right?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 15, 2011 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh man.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
DAAAAAAAAAAMN!
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 15, 2011 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
ROCKET FUEL MALT LIQUOR
The first six innings are overrated.
GAZIZZA
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Your last name’s Garelli?
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Jul 15, 2011 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
You be quiet, space prostitute.
"He forced it to go in the net, and that's a good thing." -Jerry Reynolds
When I first started listening to classic rock in the 90s I thought, “Man, this was like 20 years ago!”
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
Same here.
And now I’m outraged to find GnR on the same classic rock stations I listened to when I was a teenager.
"He forced it to go in the net, and that's a good thing." -Jerry Reynolds
I was born in 1985, and it still trips me out that my girlfriend, who was born in 1985, has a brother who was born in the ’90s.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
You guys are all so old.
"Lee pitches...Renteria hits a high drive, deep left-center field, David Murphy going back, he's on the warning track—it is...go-one!"
You seem combative. Have you not had your formula yet?
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
NO U!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
It turns out that some of us are middle-agers with a severe case of ADD.
=p
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
rude.
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by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2011 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Notice that she actually made an account
So, were you disappointed to find out that wasn’t true?
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes. I specifically googled a Giants board with male teenagers w/ ADD. This was the first to pop up.
This was the first to pop up.
heh heh heh heh
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by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2011 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I searched that, just to see if it might accidently be true
Apparently simply typing anything with the word “teenagers” in it results in lots of NSFW material.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
In your defense.
It wasn’t too long ago that I was a teenager.. With ADD.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
you gals are all young does
Does? Is it really does? I had to look that up to be sure, that’s confusing.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
OT: Breaking Bad
Who else is psyched for the new season? I’m 4 episodes through the 3rd season, which puts me on track to finish it up on Sunday afternoon: just in time for the new season to start.
Jose Flores: .831 OPS in High-A last year. .529 OPS this year. Ouch.
Co-dad of Ryan Scoma with waelwulf, because we're progressive like that.
Can’t fucking wait.
"For science. You monster."
by KINGofCRA5H on Jul 15, 2011 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I am beside myself.
This morning I downloaded BB wallpaper. Replaced Timmy flicking his hair back after TGWTWS.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy. Welcome back Frodo. Please, please send Belt back to us.
Is there any possibility of a Hector Sanchez+? for Beltran deal?
Burrell going down with phantom injury seems to suggest acquiring outfielder. Not sure why Sanchez would be promoted if he’s gonna be traded, but I can imagine scenarios where it may make sense.
"Bruce Wayne is the Brian Wilson of Gotham." -DrDC
This.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 15, 2011 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I was thinking more along the lines of a purely nominal move
Where he wouldn’t play in the Show at all before being shipped. Opens up roster space at Fresno or something.
"Bruce Wayne is the Brian Wilson of Gotham." -DrDC
What if
the Sanchez callup is just to give the Showtime crew a good storyline for next week’s epsiode?
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
There is nothing phantom about his injury
Burrell has been hurt for quite a while. Bone spurs aren’t phantom. He was scratched as a DH and they pinch ran CAIN for him in a game. It was obvious that he was hurt.
Sorry for this OT:
But who here thinks Courtney Stodden is actually 16?
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
At the risk of embarrassing myself
Who the hell is Courtney Stodden?
Jose Flores: .831 OPS in High-A last year. .529 OPS this year. Ouch.
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by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
well done /golf clap
Jose Flores: .831 OPS in High-A last year. .529 OPS this year. Ouch.
Co-dad of Ryan Scoma with waelwulf, because we're progressive like that.
by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
16 year old Vegas girl who married a 51 year old dude.
She looks like a 24 year old model.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
If by 24 year old model
You mean 44 year old ex-model, then yes, she does.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I think she looks way more 24 than 44.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
I just briefly looked at some pics that game up in a GIS. Some of them she looked pretty old; I think I was looking at the ones with her and the guitar. Giving it a second look, she doesn’t look that old in most of the pictures.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Either way, she looks no where near 16.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
OT: This Feldman stuff with ESPN has really pissed me off
I was already down to just games and PTI. But I consumed a lot of their online content.
Im going to try to limit myself to Grantland and the podcasts from now on
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Fill me in?
He was the PAC-12 guy right? I heard they suspended him for co-writing Mike Leach’s autobiography, but that’s all I know.
Jose Flores: .831 OPS in High-A last year. .529 OPS this year. Ouch.
Co-dad of Ryan Scoma with waelwulf, because we're progressive like that.
by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Well looks like they've bowed to public pressure and reinstated him
But here’s a good writeup of the situation
http://awfulannouncing.com/2011-articles/july/bruce-feldman-suspension-espn-waterloo.html
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
LOL
The following story makes Colin Cowherd look like Edward R. Murrow.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 15, 2011 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Classic ESPN. Lying to save face.
There was never any suspension or any other form of disciplinary action. We took the time to review his upcoming work assignments in light of the book to which he contributed and will manage any conflicts or other issues as needed. Bruce has resumed his assignments."
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
How can you resume something that was never interrupted?
#curious
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Jul 15, 2011 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Welcome to Catchermania!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Choose!
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Jul 15, 2011 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Sweet tea sucks!
Unsweetened tea for life.
/sips brewed unsweetened tea with lemon from Potbelly cup
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LOL
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I'LL SHOW THAT SNAKE WHO'S BOSS
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by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2011 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
(TWSS)
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by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2011 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Proud parent of SD-born Shane Loux.
If Cain is with us, who can be against us? - atxgiantsfan
by jhiat00 on Jul 15, 2011 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Alex Hinshaw
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
@mccoveychron
McCovey Chronicles
@jp_on_rye @leftymalo Alex Hinshaw got the 40-man roster pregnant and the Giants did the only honorable thing.
51 seconds ago via web
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
lol
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Maybe they just called up the wrong Sanchez?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 12:28 PM PDT reply actions
Damnit, Tweetdeck Chrome extension isn't working.
"For science. You monster."
I'm so proud!
/sniff
"When the Giants call up a 21-year-old Venezuelan catcher who started the year in San Jose, was hitting well with poor plate discipline, but wasn't on Baseball America's preseason list of the organization's 30 best prospects, only good things can happen."
Congratulations, Hector!
If Stewart is cut
after Sanchez debuts well and PtB comes back, but then Eli or Sanchez struggle on offense, I bet Max Ramirez is called up. The slugging AAAA guy has to be in the plan somewhere.
Please don't cut Ishikawa! 2009 Tops All-Star Rookie and World Champ 2010!
Straight up for Eli Whiteside.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
nah, for Stewart and Zito
Didn’t you hear, the Mets are holding out for exactly what they want.
I just googled Extra Baggs
And I was disappointed to see that “Giants linked to Sabathia” is no longer a top result.
That is cray-z.
You think based on the amount of comments
Nope. 3rd catcher discussion
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Disagree KLaw.
keithlaw keithlaw
JJ Hardy has played 140 games just twice in nine full pro seasons, not since 2008. And Baltimore wants to give him a three-year deal?
The O’s shouldnt do it cuz they have Manny Macado. Id give Hardy 3 years if I were the Giants
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
he was saying the O's should trade every veteran the other day
which is probably why he thinks they should trade him too
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
WANT fapfapfapfapfap
Jose Flores: .831 OPS in High-A last year. .529 OPS this year. Ouch.
Co-dad of Ryan Scoma with waelwulf, because we're progressive like that.
by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Manny Machado is like 19 in A ball I thought
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
Yah you're right
I thought he was higher up in their system. Still prob wouldnt do it if I were the O’s
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He will probably be in the majors by 2014 opening day.
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Sabes will pull off a Casilla for Francouer
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OT: I probably won't be able to watch the game tonight
since I’m going somewhere tonight.
Nintendo, Yoshi, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fan.
/makes note in calendar
Got it!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
We’ll find out at the end of the thread that yoshi is M Night Shyamalan, and the twist is that he’s going to the game.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
OH SNAP
I’m going to be able to watch the game because I’m going somewhere tonight.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jul 15, 2011 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Somewhere?!
Little help? I’ve left 3 sets of keys, 2 cell phones, and a couple of premium bags of weed there!
Any chance you could pick em up for me?
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
insane inane profane tweets
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Jul 15, 2011 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Bah I hate these games
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
Kudos, You are a sick, sick man, but you are very good at it -- wcw
I want to see them both lose.
Sure, only one of them will,
But it’s merely a matter of which kind of happy I’m going to be.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
BTW
Does anyone want a Dodgers snuggie? I have two from the game I went to at Dodger stadium earlier this year. I originally had 4 but sold 2 for $10 each as soon as I walked thru the gate. I don’t know what to do with them?
This is why god made craigslist.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy. Welcome back Frodo. Please, please send Belt back to us.
Then when they come to your place to pick them up, you silly string them for being Dodger fans.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Jul 15, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOL!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
They had it coming!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
eBay?
Might even get a few more dollars.
OT, I have a Dodger foam #1 finger. Saving it til we inevitably end up in the NLCS some year, and then I’ll have to think of something awesome/ful to do to it.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jul 15, 2011 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I do need some fire fuel for the summer.
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
They're yours
I’d rather give them to a Giants fan who will burn them, than a Dodger fan who will enjoy them.
OT: Fuck scalpers
All I want is 2 tickets to one of the two Bon Iver shows 8/1 and 8/2 here in DC and I can’t find one for less than double face value
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
That's the worst place
Craigslist is usually better, but I cant find anything
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I find that StubHub is great for sports events but awful for anything else. I can often get tickets below list price on stubhub because season ticketholders are just trying to get rid of tickets to games they can’t go to. Concert tickets on there are marked up by scalpers.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 15, 2011 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Stubhub is great for giants games
Because STH’s unload tix for under face value.
Other sporting events that aren’t tied in directly with Stubhub sponsorship still have ridiculous prices.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
Really?
I assumed that prices were good for most non-unique things like baseball games. It’s the one time events that are terrible.
The first six innings are overrated.
yeah
well that’s kind of what i meant. I’ve never seen cheap Sharks tickets though.
The Manchester City game is ridiculous.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
Sharks games aren’t tied in with Stubhub and I get below face value tickets for most mid season games
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 15, 2011 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
To quote Grant: “the sharks are hockey.”
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy. Welcome back Frodo. Please, please send Belt back to us.
But they sell out almost every game. And charge way more per ticket than the Giants
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 15, 2011 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
what is average ticket price for Sharks?
I’ve always wanted to go to a Sharks game but the only ticket i’ve been able to afford a Preseason match against the LA Kings the year after the lockout.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
Depends on where you sit, who is playing (Nashville, Phoenix, Columbus nobody cares about), and the day of the week (not Saturday).
The cheapest Upper level seats you can get for like $15 on stubhub (normally $28). I like to sit lower and can get the cheapest lower level seats for like $35 (normally $88). As long as you go during the week in the middle of the season to the less popular teams.
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 15, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions
How dare you.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Do you care about Nashville, Phoenix, or Columbus’ hockey teams?
by WhatsAMataHari on Jul 15, 2011 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
If I were a less scrupulous individual I could have easily stolen this sandwich from Safeway.
The first six innings are overrated.
THANK YOU!!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I DISAGREE
I keep putting my ass to the monitor and I get absolutely no sense of suction.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
SUSAN!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
I wanted to do this, but I'm at work..
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
THIS BLOG SUCKS
EGGS
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
But what's your opinion on sweet tea?
Brian Wilson: "Don't Quote Me"
Buster Posey: "I Ain't Havin' It"
Pat Burrell: "The Patural"
Aubrey Huff: "Let's Get Weird"
by slackersphere17 on Jul 15, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
CHOOSE WISELY
The first six innings are overrated.
by apistat on Jul 15, 2011 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
SUCKS
INSULIN
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
noooo you have to put the pie after the subject line to get the full effect
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I was shivering with antici
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Jul 15, 2011 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Say it!
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
x
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
o_O
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
insane inane profane tweets
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Jul 15, 2011 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope you're not Latos Intollerant cus it's DARY
Brandon Crawford: Your SF Giants 2012 Opening Day CURRENT starting SS!!
by Azmanz on Jul 15, 2011 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
We're so in tune with each other we often finish each other's
The first six innings are overrated.
sandwiches?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
by jponry on Jul 15, 2011 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
this was absolutely the correct answer.
The first six innings are overrated.
RIP
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
he got the russell edgington gif, which is probably too good for him
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? nediB eoJ Joe Biden ‽ Joe Biden.
I’m clicking on the subject line and laughing like a loon.
It’s like a pop-up book.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
LOL jponry. Nice .gif.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Had to look up who was playing the Marlins
Then saw it was the Cubs and immediately thought, Oh! Ryan Dempster!
Jose Flores: .831 OPS in High-A last year. .529 OPS this year. Ouch.
Co-dad of Ryan Scoma with waelwulf, because we're progressive like that.
by free f.p. #14 on Jul 15, 2011 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Why now for Sanchez?
Because of how well Whiteside’s been hitting. It takes the pressure off Sanchez to be “the guy”. The dude has a .360 slugging % in Fresno. Thats not good. His own manager said he isn’t ready to call major league pitching. He’ll catch Zito and thats it. Belt better be called up before the Phillies series or I’m going to be pissed.
The game is also being shown on NBC bay area tonight. It gives the Giants the biggest local stage to introduce him to the fans and give them something to hope for.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Jul 15, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Schtick stealer!
H. Sanchez, J. Sanchez, F. Sanchez → might be cousins
Cousins → Scott Cousins!
The thong is, it happened.
Fangraphs is just pandering to us at this point
fangraphs FanGraphs Baseball
FanGraphs: Aubrey Huff’s Dead Cat Bounce http://bit.ly/nS7YWw
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
What does Dave Cameron think?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2011 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel like the Sanchez move
was made to satisfy Bochy’s odd craving for having Chris Stewart play 1B.
Proud adopted parent of Miguel Tejada. No rings, but dude won the AL MVP once.
Oh god.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
SOMEONE'S SICK OF THE TEA TALK
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/7/15/2277831/tradin-how-the-other-side-lives
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Grant likes sweet deals. I think they have too much sugar.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2011 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
A FRESH NEW THREAD!
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2011/7/15/2277831/tradin-how-the-other-side-lives
"For science. You monster."
We are the anti-Marlins with our unwillingness to trade core parts of the team
It goes well for the fanbase
At this point, I'm pretty much done with surprises - Michael Crabtree
Smells Like Desperation
Ultimately, as good as Stewart was defensively, his OPS is .514. Sanchez is just a way to throw something at the wall and hope it sticks. I feel like it was the similar reasoning to why the Giants have brought up prospects in the past couple years: What’s here in SF isn’t working so why not bring up the kid from Richmond or San Jose.
Star Trek Rankings: Show Me Yours
Series:
DS9 > TNG > Voyager > TOS > Enterprise
Captains:
Picard > Kirk > Sisko > Janeway > Archer
They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run. ~ Gaylord Perry
Star Trek 11> everything before it
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Enterprise should never count
TNG pwns all. TOS was really sort of an outlier from the rest and didn’t really last that long. TNG set the tone for everything that followed.
At this point, I'm pretty much done with surprises - Michael Crabtree
One interesting thing about Whiteside's offense:
He’s not getting any more hits than one would expect from his career line; what makes his batting average look better than usual is his significantly increased number of walks (which correspondingly cuts down on “at-bats”).
AB H 2B 3B HR BBThere is thus no reason to think that his current performance level, which is actually pretty good for a catcher, is “unsustainable”; we don’t know he can keep walking at his new rate, but we don’t know that he can’t, and strike-zone judgement is a skill that improves with increased play time.
Whiteside 2011: 113 28 5 2 3 13
Whiteside proj: 117 28 5 1 3 8
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe
He looks better
Aside from the 3 hit game yesterday, he is calm at the plate, smooth swing and selective. He is not going to win a batting title, but if he keeps that up, he is more than serviceable.
Time to repeat in '11!
by Myemail21479 on Jul 15, 2011 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
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