Post-game thread: Giants push me closer to arena football again
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 10, 2011 3:57 PM PDT
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The Cardinals stumbled a little bit this month. Now they're four games back. Pittsburgh went through a horrific losing streak. They entered today 10.5 games back. When teams play this poorly, there should be consequences. The Giants aren't just sniffing around, sorta kinda in the hunt. They're actually within spitting distance of first place. Tied for first, as I write this. That's embarrassing. This team doesn't deserve nice things.
Remember how this season started?
Torres - CF (A lead-off guy with power. What a luxury!)
Sanchez - 2B (Nice contact hitter)
Pablo - 3B (He's back! He's gonna be good again!)
Posey - C (So good)
Huff - LF/1B (What a find!)
Belt - 1B (Probably just rookie of the year, but MVP's not out of the question)
Ross - RF (Huge power, low on-base, still good)
Tejada - SS (Maybe he can be slightly below-average with the glove, slightly above-average with the bat)
The Giants were going to be better. They had Posey for a full season. Bumgarner instead of Todd Wellemeyer. Brandon Belt was going to explode. Cody Ross wasn't as good as he was in the playoffs, of course, but he was going to be better than whatever the Giants were starting in the beginning of 2010. And Pat Burrell is a bench guy? Embarrassment of riches!
As the Giants awoke from a night of uneasy dreaming, they found themselves transformed in their bed into a gigantic pile of suck.
Torres - CF (And the clock struck midnight ...)
Keppinger - 2B (Like Sanchez, except he fields like he's wearing a snowboard)
Pablo - 3B (Just sit around and wait for him to do everything. Worked in 2009.)
Huff - 1B (He's hit more like a second baseman than a shortstop over the past week. That's a good sign.)
Ross - RF (More like Cody Lost, amirite?)
Cabrera - SS (What in the hell...)
Rowand - LF (Don't worry; he's only in here because Carlos Beltran is made of sand)
Whiteside - C (Nice guy. Hops like a *************. Good teammate.)
It's unbearable. And as much as I love Belt and think he should be in the lineup, he's not a magic talisman. Combine him with healthy Beltran, and maybe it's the start of something, but I'm not seeing how this offense is anything other than painful. Just when I thought we were out, they sucked suck back suck.
I'm through figuring out how to make the lineup better. It's like trying to build a combustion engine out of shredded cheese. Just stop.
But the pitching staff has four good starters. Really good. Great, even. That's how the team is hanging around. This is not a secret. There are four starting pitchers who are doing really well, and then there are Barry Zito and Jonathan Sanchez having a surrender competition in the fifth spot.
So here's an official call to call up Eric Surkamp. He probably won't be effective right away. He's never pitched above AA. But he'll throw strikes. He'll be interesting to watch. He isn't doom with a rosin bag. The Giants aren't going to hit. That chapter has already been written. But no more Sanchez. No more Zito. It might not be especially rational, but losing every series in a home stand will do that to a fella.
It'd be a lot more fun if they had started the season like this, and then roared into a first-place tie after ten straight wins. That's the reality I'll choose to believe.
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Yea
These last few weeks have been El Terrible. Maybe we can replace Jimmy Carter statue with one of a Giants hitter fumbling with a bad at a lazy slider?
by PocketfullofPoseys on Aug 10, 2011 3:59 PM PDT reply actions
If yesterday's game was the kind we can get used to
This is the kind we have already gotten used to
"All right pie, I'm just going to do this. [chomp, chomp] And if you get eaten, it's your own fault."
I think, when everything is taken into account, this might be the most deflating stretch of the past few seasons.
by Seasick fish on Aug 10, 2011 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
The team right now is the team I expected last year’s team to be.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
me too
overachievers overachieved.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 10, 2011 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it too soon to say I miss Zito? ........
oh God, look at me. when Zito pitches, i miss Sanchez. when Sanchez pitches, i miss Zito. MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
#FREESURKAMP
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 Aug 10, 2011 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
The seaweed is always greener
In somebody else’s lake
"All right pie, I'm just going to do this. [chomp, chomp] And if you get eaten, it's your own fault."
If hose are the two choices, then yes.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 10, 2011 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
HOSE
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
YA HOSER!
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Sanchez/Zito Platoon
Pull the one who’s starting at the first sign of trouble (read: first walk).
Peanut Butter outside, Chocolate inside... Butter inside, Cheese outside.
I choose neither
I make my own rules!
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 10, 2011 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish we had traded JSanchez when he had value.
by Bar None on Aug 10, 2011 4:01 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
"trade" was my first instinct after he threw his no hitter.
it was mostly nice to have him around last year though.
Torres – CF (And the clock struck midnight …)
The bloom is off the rose, but Torres will stick around until he falls apart preventing Gary Brown from ever playing.
Aaron Rowand, lover of San Francisco, will be taking over, and is already signed for next year. Fear not.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 10, 2011 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Newsflash from Kruk: Sanchez is not pitching well.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg,) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Just going to look to next year... June, specifically...
when maybe the Giants get Posey and Sanchez back and playing at 75% of what they once were.
How much farther can this team fall?
Swept by the Astros? Lose the division to the Rockies? Starting pitching suffer injuries?
Stat I just dug up after today's collective failure
This is the first game that Keppinger has struck out more than once this season. This is the first game since 2004 that Keppinger has struck out 3 times. There’s no way anyone can deny that suck is contagious on the Giants.
At this point, I'm pretty much done with surprises - Michael Crabtree
Lol Grant and his prediction
I had to stop listening in the 8th because I became very agitated here at work.
There is nothing wrong with me cheering for players that are former players for my teams. Unless they become a Viking.
by Giant_in_la_area on Aug 10, 2011 4:03 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
HAY EVERYBODY
Keep rooting against the Arizona Ragamuffinbitches, because if they win the Giants will (gasp!) fall out of first place.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
The Giants are already out of first place
As of 3:43PM on 8/10/11, the San Francisco Giants are now .001 win% behind the first place Arizona Diamondbacks.
Let it be known that this is the last minute in which the San Francisco Giants would be in first place in 2011. Good Night, Sweet Prince, and may flights of Veterans sing thee to thy rest.
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 have the same attitude that I had after the first couple games of the final Padres series last year:
Namely, “If these assholes blow it, I’m not going to feel depressed. I’m not going to beat myself up, because they got what was coming to them.”
Thing C
by markdash on Aug 10, 2011 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Mostly true for me as well. But i will have flashes of more intnese rage. They as pissing a away a golden chance with theese arms. The theme in the 60’s was “if they could spend just a bit more for that 1 more piece”… for this era it maybe be “Hey more bench time for old and sucky doesn’t equal panic Melon Head.”
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.
HOW DARE YOU
Don’t you have faith in the Houston Astros? Plus this weekend you can root for TEH PHILLIES!!! Are we having fun yet?
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 10, 2011 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
That’s stupid. They’re in a tie for first place. They won’t fall out of first until tonight.
"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!"
The fact that the Giants have played two additional games and is 1-1 in those two games does not change the fact that Arizona has a higher winning percentage. The Giants are in 2nd place at this moment with less games to go than the Dbacks.
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
Position in the standings isn’t based on winning percentage, though. Or, at least, it shouldn’t be.
"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!"
But when games-behind are even
first tiebreaker is win%
Well, yeah, but that’s a tiebreaker. It doesn’t mean that one team is in second place and the other is in first.
"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!"
LOL
They can’t even pick players of the game for today. They’re picking guys they think will do something good on the road trip.
Sad.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg,) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
srsly
Not a good sign.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 10, 2011 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Missed the game
Thank you, work meetings!
Giants Fun Facts: Giants pitching has given up 5 or more runs in 7 out of their last 12 games. This is a tired, tired team.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
They're the ones I feel bad for
They can’t win every game by one run. Eventually it was going to wear them out, just like it did in 2009.
Interesting question
Should they have tried to fill the hitting hole with Beltran or filled the pitching hole with Wheeler?
I already posted this, fool.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
/ breaks down sobbing.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Small Price To Pay
for Strikeouts against Ryan Howard and Chase Utley in the postseason. Good Giant, but I’m over it.
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
Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
The bad news is that Giants lost four series in a row
but the good news is I was able to erase that frustration by watching this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olLDrvc1qt4
Nintendo, Yoshi, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fan.
Oh lord.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg,) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
I used to wonder what friendship could be
Until you all shared its magic with me
"All right pie, I'm just going to do this. [chomp, chomp] And if you get eaten, it's your own fault."
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Bochy on whether J-Sanchez would make next start: “I don’t want to speculate. We have a day off. We’ll talk about our situation.”
I think Zito just got better real fast.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg,) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Time to bring up Surkamp or Runzler
It’s trickaaaaaay
At this point, I'm pretty much done with surprises - Michael Crabtree
this doesn't make any sense
the giants’ day off is TOMORROW. JSanch’s next start would be August 16. They couldn’t skip his turn without putting everyone on short rest.
I suppose Zito could come back. Or Runzler.
This comment from Fangraphs is funny
Aubrey Huff: 3 for 4, 1 2B, 1 HR. That’s one helluva bounce, dead cat. That’s his second double digit strikeout game of the year. He’s struck out 19 in his last two starts (15 IP).
"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!"
Grant, remember your fear during the offseason, and the previous offseason?
Your fear has been realized.
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
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Torres – CF (And the clock struck midnight …)
Fucking daylight savings ……
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
dude hits grand slams.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
one minute he's on 2nd base...BLINK!....and he's out.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Aug 10, 2011 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I was actually at the game he hit the grand slam at
Dude drove in five runs, Giants beat the Expos 18-0.
Croix De Candlestick: You'll be a better person for reading | My adopted Giant: the next Buster Posey, Johnny Monell
That was a fun game
LOL Expos!
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Aug 10, 2011 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
D’awww Expos.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
The grin on Este’s face when he’s rounding first is priceless.
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 10, 2011 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I want to kick my husband in the balls
every time he calls him Shawn Testes. I tell him he’s ruining my age 16 dreams.
Shawn still loves you .......
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I never realized how much he looks like Roy Oswalt
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 10, 2011 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m through figuring out how to make the lineup better. It’s like trying to build a combustion engine out of shredded cheese. Just stop.
Yup.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Aug 10, 2011 4:16 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
What we need is MacGruber
"All right pie, I'm just going to do this. [chomp, chomp] And if you get eaten, it's your own fault."
by Woody'sShed on Aug 10, 2011 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
What a disaster.
I’m desperate now. But optimistic. But desperate Desperate optimism. I am almost entirely certain that something reasonably anything god just please change something will do the trick. The sun will come out tomorrow, just throw everything against the wall.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Unless you live in Daily City
In which case the sun never comes up. It’s like that damned Twilight movie but without the trees.
They really should call it Nightly City then.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t get it.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
dang
that was supposed to go on the nightly city comment…
Founding member of the I Wish Ryan Kesler Were a Shark Club
I live in Daly City ......
and I’ve forgotten what the sun looks / feels like.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Would there be any particular harm?
In calling up Surkamp, Belt, Crawford, and Brown next week? I mean, can they be any worse than Sanchezito, Huff, Cabrera, and Torres?
Really?
For Brown… yes. It’s his first full season of professional baseball and he needs to develop. He should be in the minors.
Check out Catch-28.com, a blog about Buster Posey and the San Francisco Giants.
Looks like I turned that game off at the right time.
And I got a library card in the process. Win/Win!
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
I’m coming around to the opinion that 2010 was Brian Sabean’s “even a stopped clock is right twice a day” season as a GM.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
I'm glad I finished work instead of watching the end of that game.
Now I’m off earlier and just sitting in my underwear on the couch commiserating over the latest loss.
LOL HEYWARD
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
hey that's funny
Pittsburgh probably wasn’t even on this list 3 days ago!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 10, 2011 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Man
We suck.
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
At least ......
the NFL lockout is over. Football is just around the corner.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Why do the Padres want Pedro Feliz?
"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 can probably throw the ball all the way to 2B, and not always into CF.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 10, 2011 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
The only light at the end of a very dark tunnel...
The Giants will probably lose 4 or 5 games out of 7 on the upcoming Road Trip. They will be 2-3 games out of first place. But they then return home for 10 games against the iPads, Astros and Cubs. If they are smart, they will find a way to avoid pitching Zito or Sanchez again (probably Runzler and a helping of Mota). If Nate goes on the DL, there is really no way not to call up Belt. I would also favor calling up Crawdaddy. He is no worse offensively than OCab and at least the youngsters would bring some much needed energy. You then go with a lineup that looks like this:
Torres CF
Kepp 2B
Beltran RF
Pablo LF
Huff 1B
Belt LF
Ross RF
Stew and or ptbnl C
That is not horrible and with the schedule they have, they could still win the West. At this point, they have to do something to change the energy on this trainwreck of a team.
You forgot the impending return of Miguel Tejada. Belt is not coming up until September
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
And the fact that Belt is so completely demoralized
He went 0-5 today after going 0-4 yesterday. The Giraffe has cracked for 2011.
Literary analogy of 2011 SF Giants roster? “The Glass Menagerie.”
Life is so much sweeter ever since TGWTWS
This says Belt went 1-4 with a walk yesterday, .400 on base.
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
they make it seem like Tejada is nowhere near ready to come back. All of this assumes that Nate goes on the DL. If that happens, they will need another LH outfielder. Who else besides Belt would they bring up?
Miguel Tejada was taking ground balls the other day. He’s ready, they’re just delaying the roster move.
Flappy will be the 5th LF. Aaron Rowand will play. A lot.
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
stalling for Miggy
until 9/1.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 10, 2011 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
If i am ever considering jumping off the GGB, please do not allow jctGamer to be the one who is picked to talk me down
by capn on Aug 10, 2011 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
but i am merely applying logic and reason to an unfavorable situation!
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
Aaron Rowand will play. A lot.
The past…
The present…
The Future.
Funny how you need no time tense for Suck.
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.
why do people keep posting absurd lineups
as if any change is coming?
ya…keep nate out of the lineup…that makes sense
"if nate goes on the DL"
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
Carlos Beltran told me he tried to swing a bat, still felt pain. Questionable for Friday? “Yeah, probably,” he said.
Yes that is a quote from baggs twitter. what does this have to do with anything?
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
cuz sabean likes trading for broken down vets
injured swinging the bat
sweet
He's injured
We were discussing earlier that you could create a lineup from the DL and prospects that would beat this crew into next week.
http://huntingcows.tumblr.com/post/8746671791/the-lolineup-game
DNW Runzler
"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!"
That's quite an outfield.
We should be able to make a couple more outs if we double up on the right and left fielders.
Peanut Butter outside, Chocolate inside... Butter inside, Cheese outside.
Sure is a lot of outfielders.
Gonna have some gaping holes on the left side of the infield though
I miss 2010
zinger
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Apparently there was a scoring change. Keppinger gets an error instead of a Wood single. Dunno when. I stopped watching in the 3rd inning.
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
In this stretched metaphor
The cat represents the Giants, and the dog is us. The roomba is the playoffs?
by Natto on Aug 10, 2011 4:33 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
but i believe we have better style .......
i don’t think any of the McCovens would wear a sweater like that.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
You'd be surprised
Rally Jerry!
Greekfro (insert unnecessary scribbles)
this might be the best thing ever
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Aug 10, 2011 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions
thought ballon
“Damn robot cat is blocking the tiolet.. were else am i supose to drink now”
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.
Fun season
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Carlos Beltran told me he tried to swing a bat, still felt pain. Questionable for Friday? “Yeah, probably,” he said.
Chipper Jones says
Play through it motherfucker.
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
If the first words out of his mouth are “I tried to swing a bat,” the rest can be left unsaid.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
yay!
He’ll be day-to-day for 20 days!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 10, 2011 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
Carlos Beltran told me he tried to swing a bat, still felt pain. Questionable for Friday? “Yeah, probably,” he said.
Time for the DL, maybe? Thin bench is thin.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU (AGAIN) [now with theme song]
I tweet (and occasionally blarg,) | Your San Francisco Giants: "Together We're Broken!"
Disheartened fans are disheartened.
"All right pie, I'm just going to do this. [chomp, chomp] And if you get eaten, it's your own fault."
Selfish Beltran is selfish
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
Turdburgers are crapsandwiches.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 10, 2011 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
It amazes me that as bad as his production was last year, he doesn’t even have half the production this year so far.
DeRosa?
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 10, 2011 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Somebody broke out a WAR table the other day
He had somehow managed to accumulate -0.9 WAR in just 41 PAs. It’s hard to see how that’s even possible.
Sounds like a D&D score. You have 7strength points, 6 wisdom points, and 10 grit points!
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 10, 2011 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Wouldn’t it be hilarious if we won the World Series again?
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 10, 2011 4:37 PM PDT reply actions
Shut up.
"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!"
Man
Phillies fans would be pissed.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 10, 2011 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
What a Phillies fan said to me last night
The town won’t care unless they win the whole thing. Winning 100+ might have been ok in the late 70s when we fell short to the BRM or the dodgers. But now 105 and no title will feel empty.
"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 Aug 10, 2011 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The plan:
Win the division with 84 wins, then beat the Braves, Phillies, and Red Sox with the help of blown calls and weird luck. Max out the anger all around baseball and bathe in it.
by Seasick fish on Aug 10, 2011 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Is there a problem with this scenario?
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 11, 2011 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Was looking for LOLineup and came across this gem
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2008/8/9/590683/world-series-in-2010
Whoever posted this is obviously from the future. It was AMAZING. Sorry, am using my phone, don’t know how to do links properly this way.
Suck it Mat Latos rolls off the tongue so nicely
by Cant_buy_a_run on Aug 10, 2011 4:38 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
What the fuck
"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 KNOW WHO NATTO IS IRL NOW
Yeah
Good, not great.
Farewell, Ray. We’ll miss your smile and your sugar. Welcome, Steve Hammond “Eggs”. Throw strikes.
comics | cartoons | Nattowear
by Natto on Aug 10, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up actions
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
jcb9 had a great reaction in the GDT of the game on 8-10-08
WHOO!
Not only will we double our home run total with the same lineup next year, we’ll win the World Series in 2010 somehow:
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2008/8/9/590683/world-series-in-2010
We seem to be getting a lot of these lately: people registering and immediately doing fanposts with bizarre, unsupported claims about our glorious future.
by jcb9 on Aug 10, 2008 12:01 PM PDT actions
Suck it Mat Latos rolls off the tongue so nicely
by Cant_buy_a_run on Aug 10, 2011 4:50 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Damn
I knew I should have bet on it.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 10, 2011 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Meeno Peluce's only McCovey Chronicles post ever
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
....... whoa .......
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
My feelings on the homestand (in visual form)
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 10, 2011 4:40 PM PDT reply actions
Didn't Grant predict Beltran?
I seem to recall him saying it would be a great trade until he pulled a groin on August 5th or something like that – right when he was traded.
Damn you Brisbeeeeeeeee
And now for your listening pleasure
and edification, Ralph and Tom discuss racism with KNBR callers. Take THAT, All Things Considered!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
And in the upcoming segment, Ralph discusses the NBA.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
This is too funny. What the actual fuck is this guy doing here? Might be the worst player in baseball.
Cabrera – SS (What in the hell…)
Also Jeff Keppinger has no range. How can you be that bad? I’m still holding out hope for a Keppinger/Fontenot platoon.
Adoptive father of 18th round draft pick and future ace, BRANDON ALLEN
by Nnamdi Asomugha on Aug 10, 2011 4:45 PM PDT reply actions
So, if my book doesn’t have an ISBN anywhere on it, and I can’t find one by looking the book up on various booksellers, is there a good way to find the ISBN somehow? Or does my book just not have one?
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
try the public library book tracking thing.
Adoptive father of 18th round draft pick and future ace, BRANDON ALLEN
by Nnamdi Asomugha on Aug 10, 2011 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I check Amazon when I need an ISBN. There are two ISBN formats, I think. A 10-digit one and a 13-digit one.
by non sequitur on Aug 10, 2011 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, they don’t have it.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Crowdsource! Give us the title, unless it’s something you’d rather not share like How to Beat Bedwetting in Ten Easy Steps, and we’ll see if someone can find it.
by non sequitur on Aug 10, 2011 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s The Complete Works of Shakespeare, edited by Craig Hardin, published by Scott, Foresman and Company, 1961.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I want to list it on my goodreads so I can donate it to somebody who will read it, but without the ISBN I’m stuck searching for “Complete Works of Shakespeare” because Hardin Craig (transposed it above) bears no fruit as a keyword.
And I don’t think I’ll find it with a Shakespeare key search.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I may just have to suck it up and keep it. No real loss. It’s a cool old book.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Huh. I guess I can manually add a book without it. That option was not readily visible.
Okay then. I’m good.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
that sounds like
the messed up Microsoft Windows Media Player album-lookup thing. Perhaps the worst search function I ever saw.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 10, 2011 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, no luck
I found four other numbers associated with it:
Open Library: OL16204645M
LC Control Number: 61013714
OCLC/WorldCat: 20845174
Library Thing: 2480465
(Link.)
Sigh. Defeated.
by non sequitur on Aug 10, 2011 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks, though!
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it a really old book?
"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. 1961.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Kuip on KNBR
re Guapo : today’s start like a kick in the stomach.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
ZING!
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
It’s “sleep on the field” night. Pup tents everywhere. Cupla years ago, two Giants interns got fired for … well, you can figure it out.
17 minutes ago
TheFormerCount The Former Count
@extrabaggs it’s been “sleep on the field night” all homestand.
13 minutes ago
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
AT&T Ballpark Sleepover Night
Whatever happens at Mays Field, stays at Mays Field
At this point, I'm pretty much done with surprises - Michael Crabtree
Giants Baseball: What happens at Mays field, stays at Mays field.
Giants Baseball: Where all the players are strong, all the pitchers are good looking, and all of the GMs, are below average.
by atxgiantsfan on Aug 10, 2011 5:31 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
It’s "sleep on the field" night. Pup tents everywhere. Cupla years ago, two Giants interns got fired for … well, you can figure it out.
Absolutely, 100% worth it.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 10, 2011 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL Burrell
Sleeping Bag Inspector!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 10, 2011 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that like a Mark Grace Slump Buster?
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.
I'm not freaking out yet
Though now is probably the best time to start.
Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.
What's most depressing?
a) Losing 10/13
b) being outscored 61-28 over that stretch
c) the offense
d) the realization that we traded Zack Wheeler for 4 base hits and a walk
e) the stock market
f) President Bachman
Is the grougthink now that Beltran was the wrong hitter for which to trade? Have we all decided that he’s one of those players who babies himself when it comes to injuries, and we shouldn’t expect to see him play for another two or three weeks?
Just want to know what we’ve decided, since jponry isn’t around to tell me. ;)
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
It’s easy to play weds afternoon quarterback, but in retrospect, Carlos Beltran is a 34 year old with a long injury history who played in 81 and 64 games in 2009, 10 respectively.
Not in retrospect
I wrote this on my blog on July 24th:
If [Jon] Heyman is correct, the Mets’ price tag is nothing short of ridiculous. They are asking for six cost controlled years of a top prospect in exchange for two months of an excellent, but oft-injured 35-year-old player.
Check out Catch-28.com, a blog about Buster Posey and the San Francisco Giants.
I got my share of crap for this post as well
http://huntingcows.tumblr.com/post/7905210961/sf-and-the-prospect-of-a-beltran-trade
Beltran looks like an attractive rental. He looks like another Aubury Huff. You know the type: he’s that guy who will come with one last career year in his arsenal. Everybody will fall in love with him and we’ll sign him to a three year extension just before his production goes off a cliff. Even if we don’t extend his stay, we’ll pay dearly for his brief services.
Like good San Franciscans we’ll loudly armchair manage at the bar over shots of Fernet and Jameson while lamenting Sabean’s awful management decision. We’ll watch as a young player becomes a rising star in somebody else’s city and bitterly complain as our slightly used outfielder sunsets his career. We’ll drink as we deny that we were clamoring for the trade back in 2011 and hope that no one looks up our comments on the blogs. It would be terribly embarrassing if they did.
So far the injury could be a blessing in disguise.
G) Posey’s out for the year.
That’s the most depressing.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giants outscored the opposition 14-1 in the games won against the Diamondbacks and Pirates and still got outscored 61-28. Wow.
"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!"
FFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
g) Posey's ankle and Freddy's shoulder,labrum,capsule
At this point, I'm pretty much done with surprises - Michael Crabtree
On a technicality
It was eleven base hits, three extra base hits, and a walk and Wheeler still has control issues to boot. Still, I understand where you’re coming from on this.
I refuse to get aboard the Surkamp wagon. I can’t imagine he’d be ready for the majors yet. Although if the Giants were to go ahead and make that decision then I’d trust it was the right one.
if the Giants were to go ahead and make that decision then I’d trust it was the right one.
that’s lol worthy. if they made any decision at this point i’d probably think it was wrong
Blind trust
Always leads to good things…
Check out Catch-28.com, a blog about Buster Posey and the San Francisco Giants.
'Bean's right.
They do get pitching right (Zito’s McGowan-driven contract notwithstanding).
And…I think Bork really hates Sanchez. I mean is really disgusted by him.
I'm firmly in the SurKAMP..
AMIRITE?
Seriously though, fuck this team.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I'm in the Kamp too
And yes fuck this team
by Falconer88 on Aug 10, 2011 5:09 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Surkamp
4 ip 3 k 1 hit so far…looks good and about to face Bryce Harper.
by rpm164 on Aug 10, 2011 5:11 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
K'd Harper swinging on three pitches!!
by rpm164 on Aug 10, 2011 5:15 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
SurKKKKamp
"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!"
Perfect
He’s even on the same rotation day. Later Sanchez/Zito suckfest. Come on down Surkamp, you can pick up your 1 allotted run of support over there.
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 in a bigger camp than that
Bring up Surkamp, Belt, Crawford, and Ramirez.
Take your chances with Whiteside on waivers because Timmy pitches to Stewart. Not like anyone is going to pick him up.
DFA either Cab or Tejada
DFA Zito
DFA Rowand
Declare Sanchez re-injured
Who’s our backup catcher if anyone claims Whiteside? Seriously, why wouldn’t the Snakes just claim him to fuck us over? The club seems hesitant, at best, to have Pablo catch at all.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I really miss Buster Posey, Freddy Sanchez, and Pat the Bat.
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 10, 2011 5:22 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Fixed =
I really miss Buster Posey, Freddy Sanchez, and Pat the Bat last year’s team.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Not Fat Panda!
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 10, 2011 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
or beginning with Wellemeyer!
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 10, 2011 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
stepping stones, my friend.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
of course not .......
however, Panda did hit that double in the NLCS Game 4.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it's important to remember this
The Panda came through big-time in that at-bat in the NLCS. It wasn’t a completely lost year for him, and he contributed to the title.
by Here Be Giants on Aug 11, 2011 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions
I kinda wish that the Giants would call up Brandon Belt, and play him for the remainder of August and September.
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 10, 2011 5:28 PM PDT reply actions
LOL U
But I wish they would do that too
by Falconer88 on Aug 10, 2011 5:29 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
UNBUCKLE THE BELT AND LET HIM FREE!!!
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Buster Posey is really, really good at catching
Even now.
Whatever. Giants aren’t fun right now, which sucks, because I watch them for entertainment. Luckily for me, I have bigger problems. Wheeeeee.
Life goes on.
That is cray-z.
Luckily for me, I have bigger problems.
Apes?
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
On a plane.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 10, 2011 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Grant is sitting on a plane next to Dr. Zaius.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Grant can fly.
He doesn’t need planes.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
“Roads? HAH! Where we’re going we don’t need roads.” —Grant Brisbee.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Dr. Zaius is waiting .......
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I coudn't before!
"All right pie, I'm just going to do this. [chomp, chomp] And if you get eaten, it's your own fault."
by Woody'sShed on Aug 11, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Neither could I.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 11, 2011 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh, Troy
You are missed.
"All right pie, I'm just going to do this. [chomp, chomp] And if you get eaten, it's your own fault."
by Woody'sShed on Aug 11, 2011 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Life goes on… as long as they don’t notice you.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions
SurKKKKKKKamp through 6
6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K, 6-1 GO-FO; 80 pitches, 59 strikes (74% strikes)
Adopted Giant: Jacob Dunnington. Will your team regret passing up on my boy 50 times?
by TimLaser and MattyC on Aug 10, 2011 5:37 PM PDT reply actions
Surkamp
I’m at the game and he looks great…making guys swing and miss with his fb and curve. Nothing over 88 mph and like a true giant no run support.
by rpm164 on Aug 10, 2011 5:40 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
there's your run, Eric. be grateful
cold gun, perhaps? i thought i read somewhere that he’s been sitting low 90s lately, increase velocity due to mechanical adjustments.
Adopted Giant: Jacob Dunnington. Will your team regret passing up on my boy 50 times?
by TimLaser and MattyC on Aug 10, 2011 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
K'd Harper looking who went nuts on the ump
by rpm164 on Aug 10, 2011 5:56 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
When he gets up here Rags will teach him a killer changeup.
by non sequitur on Aug 10, 2011 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Great post but I'm confused by this: "0 BB"
Is this some form of alien cypher? Are you dividing by zero here?
now we have to stew on this til friday
fuck.
pround son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
I kinda wanna watch the Dbacks vs. Astros but both teams announcers are so terrible
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
So all Facebook can really do to become more personally invasive is to post mysteriously obtained naked photos of all of us without our knowledge or permission.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
/creates a random Facebook page from one of your nude photos
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Seriously, though. Thanks to Facebook I could text jctgamer countless times tonight pretending to be his secret white mistress.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
doo eeettt
(315) SF Giants and NY Jets
Giants baseball: TORTURE
...and the home of the... JETS!
by GiantsfaninNY55 on Aug 10, 2011 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Surkamp would be fun to see
But tbh, if you just use the off days to avoid using your 5th starter, how many more times is some combination or Zito / Sanchez / Surkamp going to pitch this year? 5? 6?
And then you’re going to leave them off the playoff roster anyway if we make it, so it doesn’t matter then. Is the difference between Surkamp and Zito/Sanchez over 5 games a lot? Nah.
Now, hear this, Giants: CALL UP BELT AND PLAY HIM EVERY FUCKING DAY IN LEFT FIELD, EVEN WHEN FUCKING BELTRAN GETS BACK, IF HE EVER DOES, YOU FUCKS.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
by GiantPain on Aug 10, 2011 5:57 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
THIS
I’ll accept the Huff thing, but for the love of God we are getting nothing out of Rowand and Ross. And getting meh from Nate who is now hurt.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I'll say it again
Crawford is lighting up AAA. The time there has been very good for him so far. Also, Ramirez looks ready to replace Whiteside.
GOOD GOD Y'ALL!!
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 11, 2011 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't understand this team
I really don’t understand why, if they’re not willing to hand a job to Belt, which is non-crazy, they can’t play him 3 days per week. I don’t get that. Anyway there’s no one else to play 1B (and Sandoval needs days off too so no thanks to that suggestion).
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 10, 2011 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Just saying
MinorLeagueBlog Top Prospect Alert
#SFGiants Eric Surkamp has allowed 2 hits & K’d 9 through 7IP for AA Richmond. He’s K’d #Nats Bryce Harper twice
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Yep
aypers413 J.P.
by MinorLeagueBlog@
@MinorLeagueBlog After striking out the second time, Harper got ejected.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Harper needs to stop doing that. He already has a bright spotlight on him. If he does stupid shit like that, it’s going to be problematic.
"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 know he’s 18 but he seems like complete douche.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
It’s tough to be humble when you’ve been way better than everyone else for your entire life, but yeah, this isn’t exactly a PR success.
"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!"
Stuff like this, he should stay in the minors at least 2 more years. He may have the major league talent but has maturity issues he needs to fix.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
AA is the first time he’s ever experienced failure. It’ll be a useful experience for 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!"
SI had one of those “wait, he’s not the second coming of Stalin” articles a week or two ago and….he didn’t come off that bad. More like a hardworking, supremely talented dude who might be a tad too high-strung. Also pointed out that he’s the kind of rare talent baseball needs because the sport is sort of short on superstars these days and the media loves them sports media. Still not rooting for the guy but I’m more intrigued than I was before.
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 10, 2011 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Video of Surkamp K and Harper Ejection.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwWU5C7-g5s
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That’s a beautiful thing. Thanks.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
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Proud Adoptive Parent of one of the best Five Tool Players, The Machine.
apparently slammed his helmt on the ground, got up in the umps grill
Got tossed and so did the manager.
Heh
mccoveychron McCovey Chronicles
Surkamp’d RT @patriotnews_gmo: Bryce Harper strikes out looking, then throws a tantrum, slams helmet, is immediately tossed.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Once at a party, a woman tried to get Eric Surkamp to come home with her.
She struck out.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
squirrels radio broadcaster on Surkamp
“These are the types of performances that end minor league careers.”
Adopted Giant: Jacob Dunnington. Will your team regret passing up on my boy 50 times?
by TimLaser and MattyC on Aug 10, 2011 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
damn
broadcaster’s jinx
Adopted Giant: Jacob Dunnington. Will your team regret passing up on my boy 50 times?
by TimLaser and MattyC on Aug 10, 2011 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
If MiLB gameday is to be believed
His control is way on, but he’s not getting help from the ump.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Uggla's hit streak up to 31 games
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Joe Dimaggio is an icon
Dan Uggla is best known for “His name is Dan Uggla!”
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I know
That’s what would make it so amazing.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
No no
I love Dimaggio. If Uggla breaks his record I will stop watching baseball
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I would never stop watching.
Is there any other sport where such a vaunted record could be broken by such a random dude? I mean, could Mickaël Piétrus score 100 points in a game? Of course not, but could Dan Uggla break Dimaggio’s record? It’s entirely possible!
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
He could miss 100 free throws in a game.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 10, 2011 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Even in baseball, it's not looking likely at all.
[Nobel Laureate Ed] Purcell calculated that to make it likely (probability greater than fifty percent) that a run of even fifty games will occur once in the history of baseball up to now (and fifty-six is a lot more than fifty in this kind of league), baseball’s rosters would have to include either four lifetime .400 batters or fifty-two lifetime .350 batters over careers of one thousand games. In actuality, only three men own lifetime batting averages in excess of .350 and no one is anywhere near .400 ([Cobb] at .367, [Hornsby] at .358, and Shoeless Joe JAckson at .356). DiMaggio’s streak is the most extraordinary thing that ever happened in American sports…. He beat the hardest taskmaster of all, a woman who makes Nolan Ryan’s fastball look like a cantaloupe in slow motion: Lady Luck.
— Stephen Jay Gould in “The Streak Of Streaks”
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
What if Marilyn Monroe was in fact "Lady Luck"
/head explodes
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
this is an example of a rough joke
love it
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Your mom's a girl
Right
It’s hard to articulate what I’m getting at here.
I feel like in order to break a comparable record in football or basketball, you have to be better than everyone else. You have to be able to do something that no one else in the league can do. But in baseball, to get DiMaggio’s streak, you just have to get one hit in a game, then do it again, and again. Literally every player in the majors is capable of getting one hit in a game at any point.
That’s why I would love it if some guy as random as Dan Uggla, with his .220 BA, would break this record. Because he can.
After all, he’s more than halfway there.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I will Nancy Kerrigan Uggla if need be
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I think you mean you’d Tonya Harding him. But be careful, because you might turn into this.
Giants baseball: We'll take it.
by TheAntiBork on Aug 11, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
If you are naming it after the attacker, technically, it would be Giloolying him.
2010 World Series Champions!
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 11, 2011 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe that’s because “Gilloolying” has also been used to refer to videotaping your own wedding night consummation. Yes, he (and Tonya) did that.
Giants baseball: We'll take it.
by TheAntiBork on Aug 11, 2011 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
You may be right.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 11, 2011 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I’m on board with what you’re saying. It would be a monumental accomplishment in some ways and a testament to the unique properties of baseball. But I can also see how it would be seen as an unmeritorious upset and a discredit in other ways (“See? All it takes is a statistical freak”).
I like it, but I don’t know. I think I would prefer a tie.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
If Uggla gets anywhere close, I’ll eat my hat.
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.
he’s around 167,000 times less likely to get to 56 games than a .300 hitter.
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.
boy did I miscalculate that
he’s over a million times less likely
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.
Favorite streak tidbit that I remember seeing a while ago and dug up again the other day: During the streak, DiMaggio hit .408/.463/.717. During the exact same period of time, Williams hit .412/.540/.684.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Oh yeah
I’m sure there are a dozen guys hitting better than Uggla right now.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Well, yeah, but everyone “knows” that because of Uggla’s absurdly low batting average. But if you told people that DiMaggio’s .408 BA was only second during his 56 game streak, you’d get some weird, weird looks.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
At least one McCoven is in a good mood
Uggla is TL2’s boy.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
Has there ever been a more convincing argument for trusting numbers over one's eyes?
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
To defend myself ...
I wasn’t saying he wouldn’t be good, I was saying I’m not sure how he has these numbers. Also, it was hot and I was drunk.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 10, 2011 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
haha what an idiot
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.
Man, I forgot how frustrating it was to read pronounless comments.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
To my knowledge his main two pitches, fastball and curve ball, rate as average. I would assume he probably throws a changeup but I’m not for sure. He might have a slider, too. Anyone know his repertoire better?
LOL XANTHAN
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.
Lessons can only be taught if the target knows a lesson needs to be learned.
Sanchez simply doesn’t give a fuck.
Strange that every post had a subject line back then.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
It used to be automatic. I don’t think you could make a comment without one, but either way it was pointless to go and delete the automatic subject line.
"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!"
Also, the site looked like this.
"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!"
LOL ASCII
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 10, 2011 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
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.
It's damn hot in my condo because 3 gas burners are going at the same time
And because we are frugal chinese people responsible adults , instead of turning on the AC, my wife decided to wear less instead.
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
Why are you complaining if she’s wearing less?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
Because I’m still fucking hot. I want the AC dammit.
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 don’t know the temperature, convective heating from the burner (my computer is in the dining room) is wrecking me.
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
Did you get my texts?
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Yankee exhaustion aside, I can understand why. 3,000 doesn’t just happen every month.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Will Thome’s 600th HR be the #1 play for August, then? (Or September, in case he slumps and doesn’t get there this month)
I'm as tall as Mel. Why can't I hit 500 home runs?
I’m not trying to argue that life is fair. And I always find a “downgrade for equivalence” tack to be weird. 3,000 is a big deal. It should be treated like a big dea. 600 is also a big deal. If it’s not treated like one, that’s not fair. Like life. But refusing to treat one big deal like a big deal because you know a second won’t get the same treatment just leaves you with two undeservedly jobbed accomplishments. To me, that’s the less fair alternative.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2011 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’ve actually heard more about Wakefields 200th win than I have about Thomes 600 HRs.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Aug 11, 2011 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions
make fun of him all you want
that’s a crapton of hits.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 10, 2011 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions
JJ Hardy is 4 for 5 with a homerun tonight
/sighs
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Wouldn’t matter. If the Giants had traded for him he would have stepped off the plane and fractured his phalange.
But but
.267/.314/.506. wRC+120 from a SS.
Although fangraphs has his defense has being kinda shitty this year.
Still better than Cabrera’s or Tejada’s defense.
I’m never going to get over this one.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
BUT HE MIGHT HAVE COST ZACK WHEELER
oh, shit
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.
Alas, it could still be worse
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/23/SPM111DN3L.DTL
Bochy’s use of Castillo raises some eyebrows
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
“When Ray Durham had to be the designated hitter in Kansas City on Saturday night because of an ankle injury, manager Bruce Bochy had a perfect opening to start either Emmanuel Burriss or Travis Denker at second base. Instead, he went with the more experienced Jose Castillo.
Decisions like that do nothing to dispel Bochy’s reputation, developed in San Diego, that he prefers older players."
Um… wait.
Forget I said any of this.
Today was my last home game of the season.
Kind of a bummer it had to be such a dud, but I remember my last home game of last year was also a dud and TGWTWS so logically it follows that they will do it again!!!!!!!! Right?
according to the squirrels broadcasters
Surkamp has been told to limit his spike CB usage and focus on the FB-CH combo. He’s dominating without using his best pitch.
Adopted Giant: Jacob Dunnington. Will your team regret passing up on my boy 50 times?
by TimLaser and MattyC on Aug 10, 2011 6:48 PM PDT reply actions
Sounds like the kind of specific instructions they give to a guy they think is close to ML-ready
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Our love
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Sosa really gave up 3 runs in the first inning?
LOL Ed Wade
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
This was about what I was expecting
W Bloomquist homered to left center.
R Roberts doubled to deep center.
J Upton flied out to center.
M Montero walked.
C Young flied out to right.
K Johnson walked, R Roberts to third, M Montero to second.
P Goldschmidt singled to left, R Roberts and M Montero scored, K Johnson to second.
G Parra flied out to left.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Would Randy Jonson make Cabrera keep playing games?
"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 leave you all with food for thought
Some fun fan posts from the vault:
6/23/2006 – Tim Lincecum is Golden
12/16/2006 – Why not trade for Huff?
12/28/2006 – Zito to Giants. 8 Years???
10/22/2007 – BA’s analysis of John Bowker (impressed)
10/20/2007 – Tigers acquire Edgar Renteria “Giving away similar minor league talent for Renteria would have be ten times as wise as re-signing the worst offensive shortstop in baseball would be” (fan comment)
6/11/2008 – MadBum in 2011 at the earliest, probably 2012
This too shall pass
Funny comment from the "Zito to Giants" thread .......
We’rre not screwed until 2010, then we’re super screwed.
—MeSoKrabby
If only they knew.
Also …….
Zito is an extreme flyball pitcher – career 0.87 G/F. Dave Roberts better be very fast to his right. He’s got a lot of ground to cover next year. Stretch those hammies, baby.
—lunaticfringe1
BAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAHAHAHHAAAAHAHAHAHAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAA!!! OH MY GAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Extreme flyball pitcher? You got that right!! ……. flying right out of the ballpark.
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 10, 2011 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Gee wonder why the Indians traded Cabrera
MinorLeagueBlog Top Prospect Alert
#Indians How about Jason Kipnis tonight. 5-5, 2B, HR, 3RBI. 6th HR in 16 #MLB games. Lonnie Chisenhall also hit his 7th Double in the game.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
#Indians How about Beau Mills
"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 Aug 10, 2011 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Addition by subtraction
And addition.
I think we should try to pick up Cord Phelps now that he is almost completely blocked. Sabean doesn’t think this way though.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL USA USA USA
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 10, 2011 7:46 PM PDT reply actions
Eric Surkamp vs. Bryce Harper
Video I took of Eric Surkamp striking out Bryce Harper looking – he does not agree with the ump’s call and throws a hissy fit – http://flic.kr/p/abXGd5
Nobody does.
He’s like the baseball version of Joffrey Baratheon.
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Yeah. By a fair bit, too.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
watching that tho....
it took an awful long time for somebody to get out to pull him away from the ump. Were they “teachable momenting” him?
IM BRYCE FUCKING HARPER
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 10, 2011 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Does he really say that?
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 Aug 10, 2011 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
they're dancing on the north side chitown
pround son of greatgiantfan; b. Apr 29, 2009, d. Jul 30, 2010.
I'm going to watch the Franchise
Hopefully, I will learn that the last two weeks were really just a very vivid demonstration of a preview for MLB 2034, The Show and that Carlos Beltran just fractured his wrist while picking up Chase Utley’s bat in the on deck circle.
Astros cut the lead to 3-2
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Ew Sosa
5.0 ip, 6 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 Ks
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Shift A
Fuck baseball
Adoptive parent of Luiz Lins, who has a nasty changeup and a $2 airport surcharge.
I’m interested in your new sport.
2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on Aug 10, 2011 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Protip: you can still put vaseline on your finger.
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
goldengatebeerbars.com
by troymccluresf on Aug 10, 2011 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
or your whole arm
we are talking about the Cliff Ray dolphin rescue, right?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/parenting/detail?entry_id=94979
Now against the rules.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 10, 2011 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
what lineup do you think would work? WARNING:ROSTERBATION
against righties:
CF torres
2B kepp
RF beltran
3B sandoval
LF schierholtz
1B belt
SS cabrera
C stew/whiteside
could also put huff at 1st and belt in LF
lefties
CF Torres
2B kepp
RF beltran
3B sandoval
LF Ross
1B belt
SS cabrera
C stew/whiteside
McCovey Chronicles - The repetition is awesome. Proud Adoptive Parent of BRETT PILL.
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by sadison bummedgarner on Aug 10, 2011 8:30 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
It gets Bochy off...
but could use less Belt and more Huff.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 10, 2011 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Shift-A
As of today I have a flappy tendon. Tripped on something in the garage and caught my left pinky finger in the garage door track. Instant severed tendon. Now my finger makes a previously impossible U-turn. But I’m not going to have surgery until the Giants doctors tell me I really need it.
"It feels awesome. Feels like when you were a kid and every guy gets a chance to be a hero, then you eat orange slices and kool-aid after the game. Except we’re nailing champagne right now." —Brian Wilson
"He just threw me a fastball in and I just put a good swing on the ball, and you know when you put a good swing on the ball, the ball go out."
-Egdar Renteria commenting on his solo home run in the 5th inning of Game 2.
Make sure you hang onto all of your ribs.
Seriously, though, I’m sorry you got injured. Sounds annoying.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
Thanks.
Yes, very annoying. Going to see the surgeon tomorrow to schedule the knife.
"It feels awesome. Feels like when you were a kid and every guy gets a chance to be a hero, then you eat orange slices and kool-aid after the game. Except we’re nailing champagne right now." —Brian Wilson
"He just threw me a fastball in and I just put a good swing on the ball, and you know when you put a good swing on the ball, the ball go out."
-Egdar Renteria commenting on his solo home run in the 5th inning of Game 2.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 10, 2011 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you have enough veteran grit points to get through the injury?
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Well, I rubbed dirt on it at first, and then ran headlong into my car. If that's not grit, I don't know what is.
"It feels awesome. Feels like when you were a kid and every guy gets a chance to be a hero, then you eat orange slices and kool-aid after the game. Except we’re nailing champagne right now." —Brian Wilson
"He just threw me a fastball in and I just put a good swing on the ball, and you know when you put a good swing on the ball, the ball go out."
-Egdar Renteria commenting on his solo home run in the 5th inning of Game 2.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 10, 2011 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Let me recommend my surgeon, The Butcher of Folsom.
He has a certain focused indifference about him.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 10, 2011 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Ow.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 10, 2011 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
That's an easy fix...
1) Rest it a few days until it calms down
2) AAA rehab stint
3) Back on the horse!
GIANTS WAY™
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
5-2 Snakes.
2nd place here we come!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
It's about time with this pathetic offense.
"It feels awesome. Feels like when you were a kid and every guy gets a chance to be a hero, then you eat orange slices and kool-aid after the game. Except we’re nailing champagne right now." —Brian Wilson
"He just threw me a fastball in and I just put a good swing on the ball, and you know when you put a good swing on the ball, the ball go out."
-Egdar Renteria commenting on his solo home run in the 5th inning of Game 2.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 10, 2011 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Houston had the bases loaded with one out
Run scoring ground out, ground out to 2b, inning over
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Put in a claim!
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Aug 10, 2011 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions
no!
This will invalidate the pointless debate upthread!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 10, 2011 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
My favorite baseball team right now..
..The Richmond Flying Squirrels.
Surkamp and Hembree!!!
Its funny because f*** the dodgers
Hey rpm164 your video is already getting passed around
MinorLeagueBlog Top Prospect Alert
#Nats #Nationals VIDEO: Bryce Harper Ejected From Hagerstown Suns Game Wednesday Following Strikeout is.gd/asPVT3
I expect it will pop up on deadspin, biglead, etc. very soon.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Grab some pine you giant, sexy, terrifying, slab of meat
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 Aug 10, 2011 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Fleet Foxes new album is making me feel better about this terrible game
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Good call
When Robin Pecknold starts singing about orchards and mountains and whatnot, I feel strangely happy and calm. (They’re coming to Berkeley next month, btw.)
"He couldn't remember where he was. The thought made him smile."
Haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8SK0rk5jdE&feature=player_embedded
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
kind of cool
but I hope technology advances some day to the point where it’s not so blatantly fake. I mean, obviously it’s impossible, but it would be nice if it looked a little more realistic
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
hmm
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 Aug 10, 2011 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Where in the fuck...
…is Todd Wellemeyer when we need him?
"He couldn't remember where he was. The thought made him smile."
6-3 Snakes headed into the 9th
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
It's over
Snakes win. We’re in second place.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
In early august
forgive me for not giving a shit. We were like 10 games back at this point last year. Standings mean jack shit until the last day of the season
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
We were 2 1/2 games back on this date last year
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
That's almost 10!
but also more than .5, which is all we’re back now. So, again, who gives a shit. There’s 2 months left. A lot can happen in 2 months
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
I find it discouraging is the point
Just like I would find it encouraging if we were up 5 games and didn’t just have a 3-7 homestand.
Just because the standings right now aren’t determinative doesn’t mean they don’t matter.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
well..it kind of does though
sure, it would be nicer to be in first. But at this point next week we could be up 3 games. There’s no point in letting your spirits rise and fall with .5 game changes in the standings. There’s gonna be a lot of lead changes during a season
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
I'm just discouraged by this team as a whole right now
And falling into 2nd place behind a very flawed Arizona team doesn’t dissuade those feelings.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
no doubt
but I still hold to the fact that the giants pitch better than AZ does any one thing, and that usually means they’ll win over the long term.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
Actually...
I’m not even pessimistic about our chances for winning the NL West. I’m very, very pessimistic about accomplishing anything beyond that.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
I just meant the game in Phoenix is over
I will say that this team bears little resemblance to last year’s team—particularly offensively.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
That's probably true
my point isn’t that the teams are the same, merely that reading too much into standings right now is kind of pointless.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
I'm not reading, just noting
But I don’t think the teams are the same. Stewside isn’t the same as Posey. Keppinger isn’t the same as FSanchez. Cabrera/Craw aren’t the same as Uribe/Rent. Torres and Huff aren’t the same as last year. Granted, we have a much-improved Sandoval, but there are a lot of things wrong with this group, most of which aren’t going to get better anytime soon.
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
Remember those giddy days of yesterday when somebody would always post the probability that the Giants would make the playoffs, the pythagorean theorem of something or other that would say we’d win close to 90 games, and magic numbers were proffered?
Good times…good times
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 10, 2011 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL nevermind
Game over. 2nd place is ours
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Nate in RF, Belt in LF
call up Crawford and play him every day at SS. Sure, he sucks as a hitter, but at least then you could play the “pitching and defense” card. There is no way I can be convinced that Cabrera is better overall than Crawford.
A lineup with Belt, Torres, Pablo, and Beltran (whenever he’s healthy) coupled with good defense and pitching would be fine. But instead we get Rowand and Huff, and terrible defense. Awesome.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
Nate's hurt maybe?
But Belt should play over both Nate and Cody if/when Beltran gets back.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Question: What's worse?
Month long terrible Lincecum or current streak of terribleness?
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 Aug 10, 2011 9:27 PM PDT reply actions
This stretch, and it's not close
We always knew Lincecum was good, 5 starts doesn’t change that. But this team is refusing to put its best players on the field, so there’s no real hope of the offense improving. This stretch could go a lot longer
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
Terrible Lincecum was worse
Don’t get me wrong, this team is pretty much unbearable to watch, but at least you know that next year Posey and Sanchez will be back so the offense will be at least a little better. The idea that Tim Lincecum might be broken was an awful thing to even contemplate.
Anyone who thought Lincecum was broken based on 5 starts...
well…yeah.
Extremely proud adoptive parent of Paul E. Stanley, WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANT
Thanks to roger
I've never been happier to have Crabs
11/1/10
but the agony of not knowing when or how he was going to break out of the slump
was fucking terrifying.
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 Aug 10, 2011 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
There was a LOT of panic around these parts
The steady decline in velocity combined with a couple starts of less than three innings had me at least entertaining the idea that there was something really wrong. Thankfully it was just a slump, but I don’t think anybody would have been that shocked at that point to hear the names Tommy John and Tim Lincecum in the same sentence.
He was broken
He was absolutely terrible, everything was declining, and he had no control.
That is cray-z.
That's my thoughts on it, too.
worst case scenario, next year’s team is probably going to be better.
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 Aug 10, 2011 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope Posey is back next year.
"It feels awesome. Feels like when you were a kid and every guy gets a chance to be a hero, then you eat orange slices and kool-aid after the game. Except we’re nailing champagne right now." —Brian Wilson
"He just threw me a fastball in and I just put a good swing on the ball, and you know when you put a good swing on the ball, the ball go out."
-Egdar Renteria commenting on his solo home run in the 5th inning of Game 2.
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 10, 2011 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Though
You’re assuming Posey and Freddy come back 100%
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 Aug 10, 2011 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a lot of confidence in Posey
Not as much in Freddy. On the bright side, Posey is way more important.
Saw the Franchise. Ocab seems more like a miSFit than Beltran.
Ocab looks like he’s having fun. Beltran probably masturbates to Real Sex series on HBO on the road. Check swing my ass.
by IRONxMIKE on Aug 10, 2011 9:35 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Hey troll
Congrats on being in first place by half a game in the beginning of August.
You and the other 3 Diamondbacks fans must be very excited.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Haha dude relax
I`m just kidding around. Don`t get so riled up.
by CaptainCanuck on Aug 10, 2011 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
don't feed the trolls
I am surprised I have to explain this to you
Centaur….
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
by calgiants86 on Aug 10, 2011 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
yes!
"All right pie, I'm just going to do this. [chomp, chomp] And if you get eaten, it's your own fault."
by Woody'sShed on Aug 11, 2011 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
their sex life must be awkard
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Aug 10, 2011 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Your point being?
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 10, 2011 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
not work safe
NWS NWS NWS
http://oglaf.com/heterogeneous/
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Aug 10, 2011 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
SHEESH
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 Aug 10, 2011 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
oglaf is prolly my second favourite webcomic after xkcd
it just contains a lot of sexual depictions so its not suitable for most people. a lot of its safe for work stuff is really funny
such as this sfw gem
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Aug 10, 2011 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Have you ever seen Maxie McCoy naked?
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 10, 2011 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
no
and im not sure i know who that is
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Aug 10, 2011 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions
D-Bags in first!
They’re all like, “Yeah! We’re an awesome team.”
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 10, 2011 10:01 PM PDT reply actions
Cardiac arrest for Pablo?
I think so.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 10, 2011 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Congrats, D-Backs
And for your celebratory party, I hear the Padres have some “NL West Champions!” commemorative champagne bottles they’d be willing to sell, cheap. They’re unopened, and only a tear-stained a little.
"He couldn't remember where he was. The thought made him smile."
by thebeliever on Aug 10, 2011 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
If I weren't such a technical idiot . . .
I’d post a pic of my company’s 2010 Padres WS tickets that the Padres sent out the last week of the regular season. They are now hanging outside of my office, along with my framed SI cover of Wilson about to hug/maul Posey. I may love the home team for football, but I’ll always be a Giants girl.
by Chargers Chickee on Aug 11, 2011 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Padres WS tickets?
Awesome.
"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!"
Perfect time for this ........
"A Giants game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
I'm an avid protester against "the Wave," "the Fist Pump Dance," and "Like a G Man."
by GIANT stoner on Aug 11, 2011 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
awesome, 2nd place
All part of sabean’s plan to trade for ramon hernandez….right?
by shmolex on Aug 10, 2011 10:03 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Yeah, but then they’d still need a leadoff hitter. Michael Bourn would have been great.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 10, 2011 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Sabez'd
Not interested unless he’s 35 or older, has a extremely long injury history, and requires a top prospect to get and is a rental.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 10, 2011 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions
will never make it through waivers
unless, of course, the Giants crater and end up out of it, in which case Whitey can keep working his magic as the sun pulls away from the dock and the boat sinks slowly in the west.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 10, 2011 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Hernandez won't clear waivers
and if the Giants lose enough to drop down on the waiver claim list, they won’t need a C anyway.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 10, 2011 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Who, other than the Phillies, Braves, Brewers, and Diamondbacks, would block him?
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 10, 2011 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
The Dodgers might do it out of spite?
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
They can’t take on any money w/o approval. I would imagine that this would include claiming players as you run the risk of getting stuck with the bill if you claim a player.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Aug 11, 2011 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Example number 1 as to why the dodgers probably can’t do much, if any, claiming this year.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Aug 11, 2011 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
BTW I saw the tweet above about surKKKKKKKKKamp striking out harper and him getting ejected
for your enjoyment here is the video
It looked like a ball because the catcher moved the glove closer to the plate.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 10, 2011 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, loved the reaction from the kids. Good video quality.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 10, 2011 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone know the kid in the Giants hat/shirt who was riding Harper?
He should be promoted (at least to Fresno)…
dont give into the doubt. This team is still good enough to win the west
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Aug 10, 2011 10:28 PM PDT reply actions
Indeed
Just need rowand to play everyday and get hot he’s the type of player that can carry a team for the rest of the season.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 10, 2011 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
only if he is hitting leadoff
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Aug 10, 2011 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Scary part about our chasm is
Bork is probably thinking like this minus any of the sarcasm.
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 10, 2011 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
maybe if he can't where a jersey with "Chicago" emblazoned on the front
he can secretly restore his powers by sneaking a Chicago t-shirt under his Giants jersey.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Aug 10, 2011 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Look at it from Bochy's point of view.....literally.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 10, 2011 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
He looks like such a fucking idiot at the plate. It just needs to be said… For the millionth time.
"Can Manchester United score? They always score... Peter Schmeichel is forward... Beckham, in towards Schmeichel- it's come for Dwight Yorke. Cleared... Giggs with a shot- SHERINGHAM!"
by Useful_Idiot on Aug 10, 2011 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I had a really good shot of his posterior on Saturday and it’s just worse the more up close you are. He kind of wiggles around and flexes and clenches his cheeks- it’s slightly obscene, slightly gross and makes you want to stare at it way more than you ever thought possible just because it just it’s almost hypnotizing in it’s grossness
by Dingoes Ate My Baby on Aug 10, 2011 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions
what bochy really sees
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Aug 10, 2011 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Awesome.
"Hey, you and Tommy LaSorda!"
"Yeah."
"I hate Tommy LaSorda!"
[punches glass out of the picture frame]
by Irwin M.Fletcher on Aug 11, 2011 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Surkamp?
Why not?? With 44 games remaining, we know what we have in Zito and Dirty. I’m tired of seeing that suckfest combination of hanging curveballs, belt high (Zito) and wildness so wild that opposing pitchers are walked in front more wildness in the strike zone. If we are going to set fire to every 5th game, let’s do it with some hope for the future. Take a page from the Angels playbook (called up Garrett Richards, even though he lost tonight), give Surkamp the ball and let’s take our chances.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Aug 10, 2011 10:30 PM PDT reply actions
Why not? Sabean and Bochy don't simply"call up" anyone
Unless it is for the purpose of rotating the tires on their cars during the game. Ask Sanchez, or Belt, or Ford, or Burriss.
by ExPFCWintergreen on Aug 10, 2011 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Let's not forget Hsanchez's "major league debut"
/called up
/pinch hit twice
/walk and a strikeout
YOU SICKEN ME YOU LACK VETERAN GRIT BACK TO TRIPLE A!
/demoted
"The criticism was so brutal that Sabean was forced to declare, at a press conference, "I am not an idiot." Thus, the pattern of Sabean's relationship to his critics was established."
by sfgiants420 on Aug 10, 2011 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions
it was worth posting twice
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Aug 10, 2011 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
and while we're at it maybe we should try to sneak one past washington and call up harper as well
Sometimes you just have to look death in the face and say whatever man
Proud parent of Jeff Keppinger's better half
by operation carrot on Aug 10, 2011 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe I should be giving more thought to this than I have
But I’m close to done with Sanchez and Zito, and for the reason that follows:
We have Dave Righetti.
We have Rags, and in not a short stretch has his tutelage apparently had no enduring effect on either of them.
I’ll stop now before I embarrass myself, but… yes, I will.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
adjustments
baseball seasons of 162 games are full of them, yet I don’t see anything from the two culprits you mention and most of our hitters.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Aug 10, 2011 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
To be honest, I think there’s something wrong with both of them.
Zito seems to be the easier case. He’s just further down the ongoing path of his decline.
Sanchez, I think, is having arm troubles. I’m not of the mind that his DL stint was fake, and I am of the mind that he’s still being bothered. His continued loss of control is just too dramatic to be normal.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2011 9:19 AM PDT up reply actions
dont’ you think the fact that he can string together stretches suggests it is a mental thing? He struck out 4 in a row at one point in the 3-4th inning and then promptly went: walk, WP, GO, single, single in the 5th. the difference was that in the 5th he was facing McCutcheon who had killed him. I would guess he got all in his own head and ended up walking him and then unravelling.
I don’t know that a four batter stretch suggests very much to me. He can strike people out. That’s not a question. Sometimes it will happen consecutively just as a matter of distribution. And he’s a player who has struggled with arm fatigue in the past.
Even at his most meltdowntastic, his control never approached anything this bad. To me, that suggests a mechanical flaw. And a continuing mechanical flaw in a player with a history of arm concerns and a recent trip to the disabled list (and, if I’m not mistaken, a decrease in velocity) suggests something far, far more compelling to my mind than four consecutive strikeouts.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2011 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
I would not disagree and obviously, I dont’ put any stock in a single 4 batter stretch. But if you look at his performance over the past 2-3 years, he has had stretches of brilliance followed by garbage. If you look at last year and just look at the number of ER he gave up per start, there is an amazing amount of variation. The trend is towards a reduction over the course of the season which argues against fatigue. I obviously have no idea, but it sure seems mental.
The effects of arm fatigue don’t always show up in the season the arm is being worn out. Last year, he threw 213.1 innings – 50 more than he’d ever thrown in a year.
And, again, his stretches of brilliance followed by stretches of garbage still even out to something rather a lot better than what he’s been able to do this year.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2011 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL on this graph
in my head, that is EXACTLY what I pictured every graph attributed to Sanchez to look like.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Aug 11, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Dammit
I went to that game on the far right. It kind of sucked.
Just watched The Franchise
Andres Torres….OMG….um, yeah.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
Welcome to the Yiyants, Carlos!
Seriously
It hurts me to watch him struggle
My mind ain't nuthin' but a total blank, I think I'll just stay here and draaank - Merle Haggard
by NuschlerFace on Aug 10, 2011 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I wasn't even really rooting for the Astros tonight
this isn’t torture. It is misery and disgust. I want the D’backs to play good baseball, but I just want the Giants to play better. The only way to keep the axe sharp is by having some pressure, just like last year. The Giants are awful and it is hard to see the virtue in this team. Look at who we had in the field today? Eli, Huff, Kepp, Cabrera? I didn’t feel bad for Sanchez today, he got what he deserved. But I did feel bad for Vogie in game 1 of the Pirates series watching him pitch without his best stuff and watching his body language after Kepp turned a routine grounder into an infield hit. We will see where this team is over the next 7-10 days. After having watched Beltran’s career closely from living in New York, I hate to say it, but this is predictable. Just when a team needs to have a “leader” gut out a nagging injury, the dude disappears. I know it is taboo to question a player’s heart, but this is the pattern of Beltran’s career and we are getting a taste of it. Put his ass on the DL and call up Belt and let the kid get his 4 ABs a game for the next road trip. If we are going to experience a “lost season”, let’s do it with our future.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Aug 10, 2011 10:59 PM PDT reply actions
Saw the Mets come back to beat SD on Monday
They were inspired and clubhouse seemed fired up from the first inning. We wondered if the team was relieved to be free of Beltran.
They will NEVER call up Belt to give him a chance to play. Beltran is guaranteed the position, just as is Keppinger and Huff (and Whiteside).
by ExPFCWintergreen on Aug 10, 2011 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL postgame question to Bochy
question from reporter “is the team complacent because they are further ahead this year than they were last year?”
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Aug 10, 2011 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
"Mets inspired by loss of Beltran"
Mets came back in that game more because they were inspired by the Padres loss of Mike Adams. Jose Reyes is on the DL, maybe it was his loss that inspired them, not Beltran’s. They also just had a five game losing streak, so it’s not like they’re playing well since he left. Beltran also carried Houston the year he was traded there, so your questioning his heart and leadership is baseless. The guy hurt his wrist. Let’s not turn this injury into a referendum on his manhood.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
My friend is watching season 3 of Mad Men
He just told me that “I’m fairly sure that feet do not EXPLODE and spray blood all over the room.”
"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'm worried
Marlins have lost 7 straight. Sure sign we’ll get swept.
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Aug 10, 2011 11:06 PM PDT reply actions
Immovable object vs. the irresistable force
Our offense = the first thing
Our relentless drive to fail offensively = the second thing
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
Not an impressive collection of hitters...
Current starting lineup with OPS as Giants (see if you can find the one that is not like the others):
C: . Whiteside .646
1B: Huff .684
2B: Keppinger .672
SS: Cabrera .554
3B: Sandoval .854
LF: Rowand .662
CF: Torres .665
RF: Ross .729
Injured:
C: Posey .756
2B: FSanchez: .730
LF: Burrell .760
RF: Schierholtz: .747
Thank you Edgar Renteria, for hitting the ball three feet higher.
Sad realization that I find myself wanting to root against the Giants
It appears to me that, unless the SHTF, Neukom will continue with the status quo after the extensions on their contracts expire. Ever since Belt was sent back down again, I have been wanting to see them suffer the consequences for their willingness to run the franchise into the ground just to prove some inexplicable point of personal pride. Screw them. I would like to see the Giants win when Voglesong pitches, but I have to say that it won’t bother me to see the Sabean/Bochy favorites and signings falter. I was a (partial) season ticket holder from 2000 – 2008, traveled some distance to make the games, have been following the Giants religiously since 1965 when I moved to CA, but I have reached a point that I cannot pull for this team knowing that it means that I am helping to establish the long term continued reign of the Bochy and Sabean.
In addition, I have wondered if Bochy get screwed out of playing time by a rookie when he played in the majors. I really didn’t know much if anything about him when he was a player. There must be some explanation for his proclivities.
by ExPFCWintergreen on Aug 10, 2011 11:29 PM PDT reply actions
He did!
He lost playing time to none other than Benito Santiago.
"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!"
Very interesting!
So I read your reply and went searching for more info on Bochy. Turns out he was never a starting catcher, which I guess you knew. He always played backup, which therefore explains his hard-headed insistence on playing Whiteside over the more talented Stewart. He wants to prove a point there as well !! I’ll show the world that backup catchers deserve playing time — because they have been there, and that if they received more playing time, they can show the world how they (me) are better than you fans and know-nothings think (I am) …
by ExPFCWintergreen on Aug 10, 2011 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think it's necessarily obvious that Whiteside is worse than Stewart
They’re both backup catchers.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
favorite catch-22 character
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 started that book, but then I gave it to this kid to borrow, and I haven’t gotten it back. I really want it.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 11, 2011 12:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Do you want to annotate my copy? Now that I know where you live, I can drop it off at your house.
I’m really enjoying the book, but I don’t know how I can annotate 400 pages of it.
"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!"
Sure
Bike ride over here.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 11, 2011 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I have to be home at 4 to eat, so that may not work.
"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!"
Bike fast.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Aug 11, 2011 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Video Must C Crushed: Andrew McCutchen blast
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17883765
The Pirates broadcast is funny: “You wont see uh……one farther than that today.”
You can see he gave a Ric Flair type woo in the direction of the visitors dugout with Sanchez looking on.
by Grant_ME_MERCY on Aug 10, 2011 11:30 PM PDT reply actions
Wow.
I’ve seen Galarraga and McGwire hit them there, that’s about it.
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Wow.
I’m not actually a huge fan of “he hits it high, he hits it deep, OUTTA HERE,” but “clear the deck; there’s a cannonball comin’”?
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by troymccluresf on Aug 11, 2011 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions
ugh yeah
That must be one of the worst calls this side of “HE CAUGHT THE BAASEBAAAAAWWWWWW,” non-Harrelson division.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 11, 2011 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions
I like our position.
He is the world's most annoying rooster.
by gallo del cielo on Aug 11, 2011 12:05 AM PDT reply actions
Giants basically gets shut down twice by Vance Worley. His line vs. the Dodgers on Wednesday? 4.0 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 1 HR.
Still the father of two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
To be fair
dude’s been pretty good against other teams, too.
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 Aug 11, 2011 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions
yea that was probably his first stinker of the year
by haroldandsivakumar on Aug 11, 2011 12:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Second. He was knocked around by the Mets too. Same thing, five in the first.
Buster Posey: still better than Eli and Stewart, even with a broken ankle.
by rxmeister on Aug 11, 2011 8:15 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
LOL
Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
C.J. Wilson on OAK: “I hate pitching there. The mound sucks. The fans suck… I just wish the fan base supported them a little more.”
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by DFARowand on Aug 11, 2011 5:03 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/08/10/3282997/wilson-trashes-oakland-its-fans.html
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“The mound sucks. The fans suck. There are no fans there. The fans who are there are really adamant, but sometimes you’ll go there and there’s 6,000 fans. I just wish the fan base supported them a little more.”
Can’t really argue with any of that really; though I will defend that the A’s do have a lot (well, a “lot”) of good fans. Not the glee squad dipshits in left field, but they’re there. It’s no secret that it’s an ugly, empty stadium.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 11, 2011 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions
The mound sucks because it’s not your mound. It’s Dallas Braden’s mound. He fucking owns it. It is designed to his specifications. It’s construction is balanced so delicately that only one person may stand on it at one time, lest the whole thing fall apart.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2011 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions
That stupid apostrophe gets everywhere.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2011 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions
/tumbleweed blows through
Continues rocking on rocking chair
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hi
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
What kind?
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
….
That’s a real thing?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
I’m guessing this is not standard in the flatter, beiger parts of this great nation.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
I’m just confused. Why go through all the trouble of baking a pie for that?
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
To be fair, a lot of pies aren’t terribly difficult to bake.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2011 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
So Dad was right when he told me college folk got no common sense.
I kid. It’s a no-bake refrigerated pie. It really shouldn’t be consuming this much conversation or brainpower.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
Do you remember the Labled Release soil experiements on the Viking 1&2 landers?
And the (then concluded) false positive result it returned for evidence of microbes?
Well, some folks associated with the current MRO and MER missions are now speculating that those initial results were most likely correct. They are keeping a lid on it until the MSL does it’s thing.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 11, 2011 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions
The finding of a continual replenishment of methane in the atmosphere combined with recent liquid water observations has had the effect of knocking everyone on their ass.
It really is pretty huge.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 11, 2011 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
I hope you don’t think I’m being flippant. I agree it has the potential to be an amazing discovery, if the MSL data back up the findings. This could be something big.
TheLetter2: East Coast Boogaloo
No worries, I didn't. =)
None of the propellerheads are willing to do anything more than theorize at the moment; and even that is happening in places that don’t get any exposure outside of those who are interested enough to do a little digging.
Cool stuff.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 11, 2011 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
"propellerheads"
cut or uncut?
Proud papa to: Bill Schlough, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, aka the IT guy.
Your mom's a girl
I’m pretty sure I’ve only seen it at Denny’s.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
Heaven help you if it is rhubarb
Rhubarb can go to hell
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
It’ll be an old-fashioned rhubarb!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 11, 2011 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Shift-A: Second Place!
Despite all the gloominess…I am slightly optimistic. The offense looks better…at least they’re getting hits. Huff is looking a bit better. Hopefully Beltran will return on Friday.
This road trip will obviously be important….Timmy starts on Friday and hopefully the Giants can get back on a roll.
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Also
Perfect time to swing a deal for Ramon Hernandez!
The Golden Bear is ever watching
2011 Giants Adoptee: Orlando Cabrera (because everyone needs to be loved)
San Francisco Giants Won the 2010 World Series: Not a Typo
Fucking hipster
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Hawt
Is it the kind that spins around?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 11, 2011 7:27 AM PDT up reply actions
I love me some bowties.
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It’s not my greatest look, but you can see it now.
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by TheLetter2 on Aug 11, 2011 7:54 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe the #5 slot should rotate between Zito, Sanchy and Mota =P
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Interesting
But the fact remains, years can be as arbitrary as months and weeks. Consider this excellent comment by user James Lewis when confronted with the year-to-year power oscillation of Good Aubrey Huff and Bad Aubrey Huff:
Data start and end points.
If we instead turn Huff’s "seasons" into July ’04 -June ’05, July ’05 – June ’06, etc. we get a very different picture of the player:
ISOs:
Season 1: 0.176
Season 2: 0.186
Season 3: 0.186
Season 4: 0.203
Season 5: 0.222
Season 6: 0.157
Season 7: 0.173
Rather than bouncing up and down we see a steady development, followed by a down year, and a rebound in the final season. This is no less a description of Huff’s performance over time than any other delineation, and yet he doesn’t appear to be as "up-and-down" as we have come to expect. My guess is a lot of players show the same career path the Huff does, except they hide it better with the standard start and end points that we use – seasons.
Well that’s a very effective salvo for the commentariat and also one of the great benefits of having an open community of bright minds discussing baseball seriously. String together a couple bad half-seasons, in other words, and you’ll look worse than if you’d alternated those good and bad half-seasons. There is no Good Aubrey Huff, and there is no bad Aubrey Huff. There is only Aubrey Huff. Post-peak, perhaps, but still Aubrey Huff.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/seasons-are-arbitrary-endpoints/
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Don't know if I necessarily agree with the point its trying to make but I found it intriguing
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Also
•Callis reports (on Twitter) that the Giants have signed fifth rounder Chris Marlowe for $145K, just above MLB’s slot recommendation of $134K. He’s a righty reliever from Oklahoma State with a big fastball.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
DAMNIT WHY DO I KEEP DOING THAT
•Callis reports (on Twitter) that the Giants have signed fifth rounder Chris Marlowe for $145K, just above MLB’s slot recommendation of $134K. He’s a righty reliever from Oklahoma State with a big fastball.
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Kuips pissed
knbrmurph Brian Murphy
Kuip goes G.S. Patton: “Play like world champs! Take a series on road, then take another! If you don’t think that way, don’t get on plane!”
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
I don't blame him
I was pretty upset yesterday as well.
And to a not insignificant extent, I believe they phone it in when the Giants put a pitcher on the mound that the rest of the team has no confidence in. I think they look at a Zito or Sanchez start as “loss day”. Certainly, the offense stinks no matter who is on the mound. They are not oblivious to that. And they realize that if they fall behind early because a pitcher refuses to throw strikes, they are not likely to climb out of that hole.
Ugh.
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 11, 2011 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Some good news
extrabaggs Andrew Baggarly
#sfgiants Family: Beaten Giants fan can lift arm and leg http://bit.ly/qVrBpJ
extrabaggs
"Just your typical Giants scoring rally: A faceburger on the basepaths, two errors from the second baseman and a bases-loaded balk."
The Apocalypse is here. Run for your lives! Run!
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
Gah
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 11, 2011 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions
This explains a lot about Joe Buck.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
Seriously
50% of bucks face is his massive forehead.
"They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." ~ Gaylord Perry
someone needs to photoshop Hunter Pence in there
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 11, 2011 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Or apathetic Reynolds.
Adopted father of Chris Lincecum, without whom (quite literally) Timmy would not exist.
You could switch their heads.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2011 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh lord..
put it back… PUT IT BACK!!!
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So a pic of Buck with some random person dressed like Peggy Bundy?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 11, 2011 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions
jeebus
if that’s not a banning, I dunno what is.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 11, 2011 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Aslo Classless and Vile.
Tommy Lasorda wonders how he would pitch to Verne Troyer
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
Up and in
wouldn’t let him extend his arms
"I always knew I was going to be thrown at. I was old-school, so I didn't care, as long as they hit me from the neck down.'' Hac-Man One Flap down Jeffrey Leonard
by Penitentiary Face on Aug 11, 2011 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
So I was just eyeing J. Sanchez's Fan gaphs page.
Changes in his PFX data
FB Velo -0.9, AVG 89.7
CH Velo +1.5 AVG 82.8
SL Velo -0.3
Here are the changes in his pitch usage:
2009: FB 65.1—-CH 8.8——-SL 18.0—CU 4.9
2010: FB 64.7—-CH 16.7—-SL 5.2——CU 13.4
2011: FB 61.5—-CH20.7——SL17.7—-CU 0
The slider velo seems negligible but two things really stood out.
1. He isn’t throwing the curve at all.
2. His FB and CHG velos have converged by 2.4 mph.
Looking at the Slider/Curve frequencies between last year and this year, I wonder if that is the same pitch jsut not behaving the same way and consequently being read by Pfx as a different ptich.
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Bochy was on knbr. When asked about Belt he said, the league can pitch him pretty well and he “has something he needs to fix”. Also, he said he wasn’t “tearing it up” in the majors and is doing pretty well but not “tearing it up in the minors….batting .315 or so.”
Get well Buster Posey
/facepalm
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 11, 2011 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions
The league can pitch him pretty well, so we want him to adjust donw in AAA against some pitchers who can’t pitch him as well.
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Aug 11, 2011 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe they want him to work on his weakness (through drills, study and game situations) whilst it’s not being mercilessly exploited by big leaguers.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 11, 2011 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Eh, you don’t treat a 23 year old breaking in and those guys the same way.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 11, 2011 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Shows the association between player usage (PAs) and K/BB ratio
Each circle represents a player and each line shows the association between PAs and K/BB for players on each team (one line for Marlins players, one line for Red Sox players etc. etc.). The Giants are orange. Most teams give more plate appearances to players that walk more and strikeout less, but the Giants work the opposite way: the higher the strikeout-to-walk ratio, the more likely Bochy is to have used that player in the lineup! Rowand is the orange circle at the top. He is awful.
Interesting
Is the orange circle at bottom left Stewart?
Giants baseball: We'll take it.
by TheAntiBork on Aug 11, 2011 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I heard the interview
…and it was pretty depressing. He basically admitted that he did not play him because he and Bam Bam decided he was going to suck just like he did in April (my paraphrase). He did give a glimmer of hope that “if we need him, we could call him back up in 10 days.”
MEMO TO BRUCE BOCHY:
WE FUCKING NEED HIM!
Yeah, why not, he's got the option year.
Shuttle him up and down every ten days.
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SFO-FAT shuttle, volume discount!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 11, 2011 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL FAT!
Ive never flown to Fresno. Did not know that was the Airport code. LOL
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In their first 31 games...
Belt reached first base one more time than Posey
Had one fewer double (2 for Belt, 3 for Posey)
Had the same number of HR
Had one fewer triple
And Belt did it in 26 fewer PA
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Gah.
A few months ago when I was gathering stuff for a Bryan Stow fundraiser, I stumbled upon a way to get a hold of Brian Sabean. Maybe it’s time I use it.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 11, 2011 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Can’t see any reason it wouldn’t go well.
(No, I’m not actually considering doing this.)
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by troymccluresf on Aug 11, 2011 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions
SUSAN! WHO IS THIS TROY FELLOW???
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
He may remember me from something.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 11, 2011 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions
My analysis did not include the 2009 September call up when Posey rotted in the dugout.
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SL
Here are their MiLB stats
The only thing Posey really did better was he struck out less
Here’s their first 31 MLB games played excluding Posey’s meaningless 2009 callup.
So all the data that led up to Belt’s recent demotion showed that he was every bit what Buster Posey was through his first 31 games. The only difference being, how each reached 1B, Belt relied more on the walk. Belt also struck out a bit more. So what I am thinking Belt is being asked to fix is his aggressiveness at the plate. It’s the “Giant Way”
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that's an awfully big chart
for 31 games worth of stats.
Anyway, you could make a bigger chart with Huff’s stats this year, and conclude Belt couldn’t do much worse, especially 3 games per week or so. And maybe a more-rested Huff doesn’t stay slumpy all year.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 11, 2011 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I think that's the best way to go.
Give Belt 2-3 starts a week at 1B and one a week in LF. Let Huff have the rest of the AB’s at 1B.
Hopefully this is what happens next year. If we get a redux of 2011 with the Belt/Huff thing I miht be done caring for a while.
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Besides first, the outfield is a category 5 hurricane right now. With Beltran and Nate now hurt, the current crop includes Torres (after watching the Franchise last night, I am not optimistic), Ross, and Rowand. Don’t you think he could find Belt 1-2 starts a week even if Nate and Beltran come back?
they spent a lot of time on him. Most of it was the same stuff with all the backstory we all know well. But they spent a long time showing him working on his swing with Beltran and it sure seemed like he was lost…
That scene with Beltran was pretty cool. I never heard of taking batting practice with each hand separately. And I noticed that Panda was paying attention, but that he seemed not to be hearing anything he didn’t already know.
Get well soon, Buster & Freddy.
Welcome to the Yiyants, Carlos!
I loved the way Panda just sat there taking it all in and not saying anything. At the end, I’m pretty sure Beltran asked Panda if he got it. I think he did…
/everyone’s wrist falls off
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by troymccluresf on Aug 11, 2011 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
He played catcher.
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by Johnny Disaster on Aug 11, 2011 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I listened to the interview too. At least Murph asked Bochy directly why he didn’t play Belt and to Bork’s credit, he didn’t evade the question. Take note, beat writers.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
What Bochy didn’t say was that he started Belt in games against Kershaw, Gallardo and Cueto, then used him as a PH / defensive sub the rest of the way. Not exactly a fair tryout.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
The implication was pretty clear that he was not happy about him being there in the first place. This is smelling a lot more like one of the classic Sabean/Bochy duels. Hopefully it can be resolved in a manner similar to Bengie being put on a barge to Texas.
Hopefully it can be resolved in a manner similar to Bengie being put on a barge to Texas Steve Decker being called up.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
I get a laugh out of imagining Decker forcing Huff, Rowand, Cabrera, etc. to steal bases incessantly like he does the Grizzlies.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
That’s the point—those guys wouldnt play.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
Maybe it was a misread by Pavlovic but didn’t he report that Bochy fought to have Belt as his Opening Day 1B? I know Ross was on the DL at the time and they thought Huff could play the OF, but I don’t think Belt was the only option to fill that roster spot.
I thought it was weird that Bochy “went to the mat” for a rookie.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
Or Huff slipped his hypnotist a couple grand.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
HE HAD HIS M*F CHANCE
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 11, 2011 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
So platoon him with Ross or Rowand if you're that concerned
The Giants haven’t had a lot of success against righties.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
In this line.
Needs to see LHP in the majors if he is going to be an everyday player for us.
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I completely agree
But I was just saying that IF that was the concern, there was an easy solution. Obviously they don’t give a shit about his performance against LHP, because if they wanted, he wouldn’t ever need to face an LHP
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Obvious?
If they really didn’t give a shit about Belt’s long-term performance against LHP, they wouldn’t have him in the minors to get everyday work. The stated reason for sending him down was to get him consistent PT.
Their stated reasons for doing anything are nigh meaningless
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Gary Brown
JoeRitzo Joe Ritzo
Baseball America Best Tools in the Cal League is out: Gary Brown voted best and fastest baserunner, best defensive OF, most exciting player
Get well Buster Posey
Hopefully the results will soon match the scouting reports.
Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
yep.
So far the results (i.e. the stat line) are decidedly “meh.” From Jason Parks at Baseball Prospectus this morning:
There’s lots to like about Brown, though some industry voices weren’t as high on his offensive abilities as others, suggesting that 22-year-old college hitters should be able to produce numbers in the friendly California League. I’m on the fence with Brown; I love the speed (who doesn’t love players with 80s on the report?), and I like the above-average defensive potential in center field, but several scouts told me they question his approach going forward, despite the steps he’s taken in that regard this season. Basically, some scouts doubt he’ll develop into a legit on-base threat in the bigs. Brown’s feet will carry him to the majors, and his hands at the plate should make him a second-division player as a floor. But it seems some people aren’t convinced his offensive package is good enough to make him the star his defensive abilities and speed suggest is possible. Just like with any prospect, the jump to Double-A next year will be a big test for Brown, and should give us a better indication of what he’s going to be in the majors. Is he a back-of-the-order, empty .275 hitter with above-average defense, or is he a top-of-the-order, multi-dimensional .300 hitter with above-average defense? It’s not exactly boom or bust, but those two outcomes have quite the separation as far as value is concerned.
I’m sort of expecting him to be Juan Pierre, hopefully with a bit more power. If he could walk enough to have an OBP in the .360 range that’d be awesome, but I’m not expecting it.
slightly OT:
But there’s been an ongoing discussion in Fangraphs comments about Kenny Lofton’s HoF case. That dude was really, really fucking good.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 11, 2011 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I really enjoyed his time in San Francisco
There were a lot of players on those Indians teams who have a Hall of Fame case: Thome, Alomar, Ramirez, Vizquel, Lofton.
"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!"
that's actually what started the debate
People were talking about whether Vizquel had a case, and while discussing his teammates someone pointed out Lofton’s incredible career peaks.
I think Thome’s a lock. Lofton probably won’t get in but should. Vizquel might get in.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 11, 2011 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
His age 40 season, across two organizations:
.296/.367/.414 with 23 steals versus 7 caught stealing. I mean… wow. Maybe he can still play the outfield.
Also slightly OT, but I don’t understand how he shifted around between so many different organizations over the end of career. He was just solid year after year after year. I think this is a sad phenomenon among the league’s African American players. For example, bless his soul, but I don’t understand why the Giants pursued Freddy Sanchez over Orlando Hudson. Nice to see he landed in SD okay with a bit more than a 1 year contract. Not a great year with the bat, but he’s still a stellar defender.
I don't want to speculate too much about what goes on inside clubhouses, especially re: race
But I will say that Lofton had a reputation for having a chip on his shoulder, and I think if he was white he would instead have had a reputation for being “hard-nosed and gritty” or something like that.
Either way, yeah, great player.
by Lies and Perfidy on Aug 11, 2011 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
From what I read about Brown
I expect him to be better defensively than Pierre.
I don’t know if I expect the BA that Pierre was able to sustain through his peak.
From 2000-2007 his first 5235 PA, he hit .301.
Not sure about Brown’s bunting ability (seriously) but Brett Butler might be a better comp. A rangier Brett Butler, with fewer walks.
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by Cody_ransom on Aug 11, 2011 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions
He’s the worst player in the history of forever.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
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Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 11, 2011 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Sabean's wet dream
trade Surkamp, Brown, and both Brandons for Wandy Rodriguez and Carlos Pena.
Adopted Giant: Jacob Dunnington. Will your team regret passing up on my boy 50 times?
by TimLaser and MattyC on Aug 11, 2011 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm excited.
YAY for Not Rowand!
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So, we're in 2nd place in the NL West now....
Don’t worry. We’ll catch up soon…I hope….
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We're just doing this to block the Dbacks from
getting any waiver wire pick ups… riiiight?
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Oh no
I AM happy. I AM fine. ThErE’s No NeEd FoR uS tO pAnIc. We JuSt GoTta ReLaX, rIgHt?
HaPpYyyyyyyyy…. Hee hee hee….
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The End.
Giants baseball: We'll take it.
by TheAntiBork on Aug 11, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
strategery!
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
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Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 11, 2011 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Apparently Pudge is still hurt
He would make an excellent addition to Team Injured
We do have a great dl
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by calgiants86 on Aug 11, 2011 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
yea.. he can get posey
more gatorate and sunflower seeds. :D
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Bochy says Beltran (cortisone shot) is doubtful for the weekend now. Uh oh. Any longer than that, it’s DL time, no? #SFGiants
Bochy said Beltran was doubtful for Friday. I think he said Saturday may be ok, that the shot may have worked its magic by then.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
"Coach says it's okay to bleed from the ears."
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by troymccluresf on Aug 11, 2011 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Yep.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
Should be healthy in time for free agency. Wheeler for nothing, and chicks for free.
Giants 2010 in review: One Jerry Garcia bobblehead, one world championship. Questions?
Zach.... :(
I have his autograph… I hope he does well.
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by can of corn on Aug 11, 2011 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
lol.. it's on a baseball card. It's one of those inserts you pull out.
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Did you catch Murph asking Matt Vasgerjian (sp?) about Beltran’s reputation for not really caring? His answer went something like this: “He has a lot of talent”.
“She’s really nice!”
Great personality!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 11, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I was for this trade.
But every game he misses is equivelant to about 18 IP of ZacK Wheeler under team control.
Assuming 180 IP x 6 years
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by Cody_ransom on Aug 11, 2011 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
man...I was just hoping this trade wouldn't be a waste of space
wheeler or not wheeler, I’m just hoping it has more impact than trading for Orlando Cabrera at this point
We’ll always have the draft picks!!!!
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by natteringnabob on Aug 11, 2011 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Beltran is broken
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by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 11, 2011 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Perfect we can resign him for
5/60!
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by ch3zyp00fs on Aug 11, 2011 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Mmm hmm..
still paying dividends.
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Correction: Sabean, re Beltran, just told me the team “still holds hope that he will play this weekend.” Friday is doubtful, not whole wkend
SL
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by troymccluresf on Aug 11, 2011 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Ha!
I was Mike Nelson for Halloween two years ago.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 11, 2011 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
They don't know or are not saying what the injury is/was
The MRI was “normal” so really no one has a fucking clue
Bochy wasn’t sure what was going on with PTB, either.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
Cell phone reception is a challenge sometimes during sorority rush week at Duke/UNC.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
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Bandwagons are fun- that's why people get on them in the first place.
by natteringnabob on Aug 11, 2011 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
well, just for the shot
Freddy had a shot last year I think, he just missed a game or two due to the effects of the shot. Of course, it won’t fix the underlying problem
I’ve had two cortisone shots this year – felt amazing after each, although you’re not supposed to use the joint for 2 days afterwards.
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by can of corn on Aug 11, 2011 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I had one last year. It hurt like hell the first day or two, but everything was 98% back to normal after that. Crazy stuff.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 11, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
It hurts? Bummer. I thought it was more like liquid Vicodin.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
Didn’t hurt me. In fact, each shoulder felt immediately better (could also have been the local anesthetic the doc injected first).
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by can of corn on Aug 11, 2011 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
Ugh. Two injections.
I’m a wuss…totally terrified of needles.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
He applied freezing numbing spray first. But yeah, the shots are long and deep (TWSS). If you’re needle averse, it’s probably no fun. I’ve never had a problem (and in fact have a creepy habit of watching them for fun).
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by can of corn on Aug 11, 2011 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh yeah, I got that spray, too. But I don’t have a problem with needles. I actually try to watch them too, just to kinda rid myself of the “normal” aversion to them.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 11, 2011 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it did. Got it at like 9am, started hurting a bit as I drove back to my desk job, and by the time I got there, I had to go home. It was really awful that first ~24 hours, but it ended up being absolutely worth it. At least for my tiny little bone chip.
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by troymccluresf on Aug 11, 2011 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions
LOL Tiger
77 including a 40 on the back 9. He is currently tied for 88th with John Daly.
Talk about wheels coming off.
It means he is playing crappy golf
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by Lars The Wanderer on Aug 11, 2011 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
^this.
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TWSS?
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I think he’s only hurting himself by coming back so quickly from every “break” he takes. The knee is a real problem, and even if he’s letting it heal he’s not letting it strengthen. And then there’s probably a big part of his mental game that isn’t working. He seriously needs to take, like, two years off if he ever wants to be competitive again.
Once more, coming to you by proxy.
by howtheyscored on Aug 11, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I used to think he would be back and competititve soon. He did come close in the Masters, but since then, he has gotten consistently worse. I am starting to think he might be done.
Beltran done or DeRosa done?
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by calgiants86 on Aug 11, 2011 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
You know things are bad when Jeff Fletcher suddenly makes “silver lining” tweets.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
On the good side, Carlos will be really well rested for the playoff drive.
On the good side, Nate hasn’t turned up totally lame yet.
The #sfGiants have hit .260 over past 7 games, higher than their season average. Hitting .121 in that time w/RISP is probably bad luck.
More silver lining for the #sfgiants. They are playing as poorly as they can play, and they are a half-game out of first.
One more silver lining: The #sfgiants have 44 games left, and 7 of them are against the #Astros.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
"And what was once torture for an entire city became a magical ride into an Orange October."
1/3 bad luck, 2/3 bad players
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Aug 11, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
At this point it feels more likely that they just don’t know how to win.
"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!"
LOL.
Now beleives in the concept of knowing how to win.
Relief! I Thank you for your Lefferts.
by Cody_ransom on Aug 11, 2011 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
LOLGIANTS?
LOLGIANTS
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Your mom's a girl
I probably needed the break.
But I still hate off-days.
My son, so I'm told. And this stalwart young lad (Hi, free f.p. #14!).
FBAL discussed on the Baseball Today podcast.
"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!"
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