minor lines, 5/18/13
Saturday highlights from the Giants' farm: Mike Kickham allowed just an unearned run in 6.0 IP, and Johnny Monell homered while reaching base three times.AAA: Fresno defeated New Orleans 6-3Fresno:...
Saturdump of links
Pondering Cain’s release pointChris Quick slapped together some graphs, pretended to know what they meant, and passed it off as "research." And I can't believe I didn't think of it first! (j/k...
Giants don't allow 15 runs, claim moral victory
Usually, these post-game ramblings are short-sighted affairs. Take Friday night, for example. Bruce Bochy left Madison Bumgarner in too long, and I wanted to yell at him like he told me the ending...
minor lines, 5/18/13
Saturday highlights from the Giants' farm: Mike Kickham allowed just an unearned run in 6.0 IP, and Johnny Monell homered while reaching base three times.AAA: Fresno defeated New Orleans 6-3Fresno:...
Saturdump of links
Pondering Cain’s release pointChris Quick slapped together some graphs, pretended to know what they meant, and passed it off as "research." And I can't believe I didn't think of it first! (j/k...
Giants throw balls all over Coors Field, lose 10-9
That game made me feel like I hit my head on a table. We're all dumber now. That game was seven hours, it was filled with stupid, and now we're all infected with stupid. The pitching was stupid....
minor lines, 5/17/13
Friday highlights from the Giants' farm: starters Shane Loux, Craig Westcott, and Joe Biagini combined to allow just 1 ER in 20.1 IP, and Juan Perez and Mitchell Delfino homered while reaching base...
The pitches they throw
Over at Getting Blanked, there's an interview with Tim Lincecum that's well worth your time. Lincecum talks with Drew Fairservice about his approach to pitching (Lincecum's, not Fairservice's,...
Giants winning despite awful rotation
Pitching was supposed to be their strength, but even without, the Giants just keep on winning.
Giants rally behind two-out, two-strike hits
Do you know how many comeback wins the 2011 Giants had? One. And that came after a court order from an activist judge. I'm not sure if that's entirely accurate, but it's close enough. The Giants...
minor lines, 5/16/13
Thursday highlights from the Giants' farm: Chris Heston had 7.0 scoreless IP, Kendry Flores had 8.1 scoreless IP, and Juan Perez homered among three hits.AAA: Fresno defeated New Orleans 4-0Fresno:...
Position-players pitching for the Giants
Make it happen, dang it.
An update on SB Nation site performance
The SB Nation team provides an update on the performance issues around the network.
The 25th pick and a mock draft from John Sickels
There's less than a month to go before the MLB First-Year Player Draft, and ... Wait, come back! This might have big implications for the future success of the San Francisco Giants! This might be...
minor lines, 5/15/13
Wednesday highlight from the Giants' farm: Andrew Susac homered and doubled.AAA: Fresno had a scheduled off-day(their second of just four scheduled off-days before their all-star break July 15-16)A...
Giants lose big in totally different country
The urge to write an obituary comes so damned easy. Feels like it should have been prewritten and in the can already. Here lies Ryan Vogelsong. So long and thanks for all the two-seamers. That...
Jonathan Sanchez signs deal with Dodgers
There's no ambiguity in that headline. There's a report that Jonathan Sanchez is close to signing with the Dodgers. (Edit: It's apparently a done deal). Jonathan Sanchez lists "baseball player" on...
GameThread
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minor lines, 5/14/13
Tuesday's most notable from the Giants' farm: Scott Schumand had 4 K in 1.0 IP.AAA: Fresno lost to Memphis 4-3Fresno: LF Cole Gillespie: 1 for 4, HR, EFresno: RF Juan Perez: 3 for 4Fresno: SP Boof...
Giants lose to Giants in first inning
Click to enlarge This took three times longer than a normal post-game thread and it wasn't very good, which was the exact opposite of what I was going for. That's, like, a metaphor for this...
The Brett Pill FAQ
Brett Pill was called up; Francisco Peguero was sent down. As an exchange of useful parts, the Giants probably came out ahead. If baseball is an arcade, Pill is a dime and Peguero is a nickel....
Giants/Blue Jays series preview
Quick: Give me a guess as to how many games the Giants and Blue Jays have played in baseball history. You, in the back: Zero. Wrong. You, with the eyebrows: Less than zero. Should be...
Fanpost
8th Annual McC Night at the Yard: Tuesday May 21!
Our annual drink-up/meet-up and AT&T Park excursion is drawing near. Come one, come aughhhhh! Details:Date: Tuesday May 21Time: 5:00pm (or so) until 6:30 (or so)Place: Zeke's (corner of 3rd &...
Recent Giants history off the top of my head
Not long ago, when Grant told me he had another baby on the way, I thought to myself, "that is very uninteresting." But then he proceeded to the part of the email that involved me and I agreed to...
The Giants are on pace for ...
On-pace stats are horrible. Justin Upton is on pace for 52 home runs. Justin Upton probably won't hit 52 home runs. What did we learn by extrapolating his current home-run pace? Nothing. Nothing at...
Tim Lincecum and the Giants in the pink vs. Braves
Moms win, Braves lose. Tim Lincecum looks Lincecum-like for the first time in a good long while.
