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McCovey Chronicles

San Francisco Giants 

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14 FanPosts
1 FanShot

383 Comments

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Beltre boosting
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Garret Anderson kind of released
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Will Matt Cain have to turn into Genghis Khan to succeed?
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OT for Ibn Batuta fans, good TV series
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Baggarly on Omar

Recent FanShots

Pecota stats, Obama, fivethirtyeight

so the ny times has a piece on the stat guru, Nate Silver, who founded Pecota analysis, predicted the TB Rays winning the series, and predicted an Obama win back in March.

here's link to the story, which I liked
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/business/media/10silver.html?pagewanted=1&em

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Poll Votes

Question: Who goes first?
Answer: Aurilia
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Question: Well?
Answer: d
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Question: Where do you think Holm's ceiling is?
Answer: Multi season starter
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Question: Would you rather finish with the #1 pick or "contend" throughout the year and end up out of the playoffs while holding on to all our veterans?
Answer: #1 pick
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Question: Do you like the way Bruce Bochy handles the pitching staff?
Answer: Yes, I think he does a good job.
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Question: How many of these guys make the All-Star team? (Please attach names in the comments section)
Answer: 3
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Question: Who should start tomorrow's game?
Answer: Pat Misch
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Question: You buying Yabu?
Answer: aformentioned Jack Taschner weasel answer
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Question: Leaving aside Bumgarner and Alderson, which of these Giants minor-league pitchers do you think has the best chance to make it in the majors?
Answer: Henry Sosa
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Question: Let this guy play LF:
Answer: Fred Lewis
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Question: How does this end?
Answer: Pitches well enough to have an ERA in the high-4s, low-5s for the rest of his contract
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Question: Will Fred Lewis maintain a BABIP well above his "predicted" value?
Answer: Yes
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Question: Do you want Timmeh and/or MR. WILSOOOOON!!! to pitch in the ASG?
Answer: No
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Question: Is Pablo the next great Giants' leader?
Answer: A. Yes, Pablo will lead the 2013 Giants to the World Series!
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Question: Schierholtz...
Answer: didn't deserve to be on the team.
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Question: Well?
Answer: Eugenio
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Question: How about some Hank Blalock?
Answer: Hellz yes
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Question: When?
Answer: 2009
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Question: Are you angry that Lincecum didn't go out for the eighth inning?
Answer: No, it was the right move
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Question: What should the Giants do with Jonathan Sanchez?
Answer: Give him a couple of more starts, and then rest him for the remainder of the season
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Question: My plan involves...
Answer: none of the above. Cripes, man. Have some patience and try and develop power in the next three years. Don't freak out because the 2009 team is going to be bad. We already knew that
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Question: ?
Answer: Agree
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Question: Correia?
Answer: Dump him.
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Question: Who is the Giants #2 prospect?
Answer: Tim Alderson
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Question: Who is the #3 Giants prospect?
Answer: Tim Alderson
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Question: Who is the Giants #4 prospect?
Answer: Angel Villalona
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Question: Who is the Giants #5 prospect?
Answer: Henry Sosa
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Question: Runoff!
Answer: Gillaspie
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Question: What is your preferred order?
Answer: Gillaspie, Noonan, Sosa, Rodriguez
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Question: Who is the Giants #7 prospect?
Answer: Henry Sosa
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Question: Who is the Giants #9 prospect?
Answer: Kevin Pucetas
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Question: Rafael Furcal?
Answer: No. Not at any price.
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Question: Who is the Giants #10 prospect?
Answer: Kevin Pucetas
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