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Greek Giant
In an exciting debut game from Team USA, the host country defeated Colombia in a pitcher’s duel, 3-2 in ten innings behind Adam Jones’s walk-off single. Buster Posey, aka Captain America, was 0-4 while Brandon Crawford was 1-3 with a walk and a run scored. The Americans take on the Dominican Republic in an epic contest of powerhouse line ups tonight in Miami.
In other news, the Giants lost to the Indians 7-6 in Spring Training.
I like the tag #DiaDeCueto
1st one coming up.
Pirates Kang has visa problems. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/03/11/pirates-kang-on-restricted-list-delayed-by-visa-in-skorea/99052562/
Greek, are you going to tonight’s game?
I can’t. I have tickets to the ballet. I was thinking about going with Surf Maui but he is still on the DL after back surgery.
Well, we’ll watch the ball field ballet for you!
Ballet? are you kidding me? Man up GG!
Whoa…Eric Gagne. The original E Weezy
Anybody got a lineup?
– Shlomo
Old dude
Old dude
Old dude
Old prospect
Belt
Groundskeeper
Mr. Lefty
Old dude
Nevin
Heh. I just need to know which positions Bend-it and Rollins are playing, so I can let Lefty know.
I have no interest in the WBC, but I don’t get all the talk about the “risk” associated with it. Sure, an injury could occur, just as it could in a regular Spring Training game. I don’t see the difference.
My other thought at the moment is what if Denard Span plays poorly, or gets injured? Who plays CF, Gorky Hernandez? Is he really an MLB caliber player? He obviously can do the job in the field, but so can a lot of players. I don’t think there’s much evidence, however, that he can do the job at the plate. He looked ok last season, but that was just 54 ABs. He’s a career .205 hitter, and even though he’s 28, he hasn’t had much of a career. It seems like quite a risk to have nothing more behind a player like Span. Maybe the Giants have confidence that a minor leaguer could step up in that spot, but they don’t act as if they do. The Giants were very fortunate that Gregor Blanco worked out as well as he did. I think it’s foolish to assume that Hernandez will be Blanco II.
Span is a mediocre at best centerfielder and is in hindsight a misstep. Even in health, Span has not been much improvement than sticking with Pagan. Getting a backup or better yet true upgrade replacement CF could be a higher productivity than a LFer. Span could have been in mix as backup CF and majority of time LF. It would be better regards his weak throwing arm.
I have zero interest in WBC. Maybe it is good for international goodwill? So what. I am so selfish that I would rather than Giants players not participate and the Dodgers send their stars with no participation limitations.
If he wasn’t a permanent whipping boy here, he would change some minds this year.
I think Span has the potential to be a better hitter. Span no longer appears to have a good arm much less a plus arm for playing CF daily for a team and home stadium that favors defense.
His arm is not good enough for a throw to the plate, he needs a cutoff man. But he is fine for throws to 2nd and 3rd base- he is quick to the ball and unlike his predecessor, he doesn’t throw to the wrong base. As far his hitting, he doesn’t have the “potential” to be a good hitter, he has been a good hitter.
Bullpucky. He gives up extra bases all the time on anything hit to CF.
You are a like a lot of people here on Span-you just go with the crowd’s preconceived thinking. In a single torwards the gap, a fast runner goes 1st to 3rd on any CFer.
You mean I use my eyes when I watch a game?
Maybe you are watching with your elbows. Paul.
His arm is not good enough for a throw to the plate, he needs a cutoff man. But he is fine for throws to 2nd and 3rd base- he is quick to the ball and unlike his predecessor, he doesn’t throw to wrong base. As far his hitting, he doesn’t have “potential” to be a good hitter, he has been a good hitter.
You believe Dr. lefty WBC propaganda posts too much, players hardly ever get hurt playing in WBC, David Ortiz, Miggy Cabrera, Robinson Cano, never got hurt .
Most of my sentiment is that I have zero interest in WBC and would not like the Giants distracted. I don’t think the risk of injury is all that great but I also do not think that risk should be taken however minimal, the distraction from getting ready for the season is more important.
Playing baseball is a distraction from getting ready to play baseball ?
A SF Giant playing baseball during ST with other than the SF Giants (or a SF Giant system team) is a distraction from SF Giant player development or getting the SF Giants ready to play regular season baseball where the games count.
Posey and Crawford are already developed, they know what to do, they both will start this season at 30 years old , and baseball is not that complicated , pitcher vs hitter, and fielding, and hitting .
OK
The Span contract what a huge mistake by Evans.
They don’t need Hernandez. It’s make or break time for Mac and Parker. They would both get enough playing time and Sacto is just a short hop away if Span is hurt. They should do what they won’t do- keep Mac and Parker, go with just 4 OFers, and keep KT, Hill, and Gillaspie. With Kelby and Belt they have 2 more players who could the OF if needed.
But those guys aren’t really center fielders.
Parker is acceptable there, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Gregor would be back and accepting a stint in AAA. But they probably will keep Hernandez and option Mac.
Slater? Duggar??
http://www.sfchronicle.com/giants/article/The-WBC-Expand-your-mind-and-enjoy-10976131.php
http://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/san-francisco-giants-inspire-division-rivals-peter-gammons/#GU4hbpioTWzlpDd2.97
Nice article. But Peter Gammons doesn’t have a very good memory (or fact checker). His description of Brandon Crawford throwing out Prince Fielder at home plate was not a result of Fielder trying for an inside the park home run. Fielder was on first base and tried to score on a Delmon Young double. I was at the game and as I said at the time to my nephew, unlike the Kentucky Derby, watching Fielder run from first to home was truly “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports.”
As I also said at the time, “he was out by 40 pounds.”
Just sat down after a leisurely morning, brunch, and shopping in the team store. Section 302 today, still in the shade.
Johnny Cueto just emerged and headed to the bullpen to warm https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b52bfb9d274255b24f8ac286f6537a370cd5ec7dce8b15e9dbb44d8c3212f0c4.jpg
What didja get @ the Store?
Shirt and hats
Nice!!
Chill Bumps. Gary even stands like his dad
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3b4c8b7e1705290e30714074afadb57082f4f44659f7cfb81ee2f9ea34f30e65.jpg
Cueto bounds out of the dugout to lead the team onto the field. Loud cheers. Cueto leaps and twirls. Style points. 👍🏻👏
Adam Duvall hit ball off CF wall, 430 ft away off Cueto, but CC thinks he was a 1 month wonder .
How come he didn’t hit it out?
I just read the tweet, I did not see it, but probably not enough loft, that fence is about 40 ft high , I think .
Excuses.
He tapered off after the break last year and he hasn’t had a good spring thus far. I think that will be something like .230 20-25 HRs. That doesn’t mean that I hate him, Peter- so you don’t need to go there.
The double and HR today improved his spring, just needs to see more Giants pitching to get him going.
I can get the tv game on my television, but not on my computer, either using Chrome or Safari. I called mlb.com last week, and they indicated the subscription might not work on Chrome. Now – neither.
Anybody else having this issue?
Gregor Blanco got a leadoff 3B off Blach and scored. He BURNED around the bases.
Blach is throwing strikes though.
Cueto would have had two scoreless if Blanco were playing CF here. 😢
Our Old Man in CF huh.
MORSE?!?
I see your man Cain is pitching stellar. Or stinky.
Boom, Duvall with a 2-run bomb off Cain. Ouch. : (
What, CC how is he doing it .
Blach just K’d the side.
Pence playing 1B for the Giants? Nope–it’s Morse, with the “Pence Pants” look today. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3941ab3542178fb9ba32c04582d7d163b2988c88a5ff44bab9068a2fde70737e.jpg
And he just went deep! BIG grin on the Skipper.
How did Whang go deep?
He hit the ball with his bat and the ball went deep.
Awesome reporting from your couch Coach.
You threw me a softball, pal. And I went deep on it.
That had to feel good Coach.
POTD
Pulled it dead LF.
“Shedding the Rust”
Lamb just hit a 3B off Blach. Starting to hate that guy.
God he hit a low-outside strike into the RF gap. Now I REALLY hate him.
Blach is German for Casilla.
No way. He throws strikes. Lamb hurts everybody.
I don’t care what it costs – I want Lamb in a Giants uniform.
That would be like us trading Joe Panik or Brandon Belt.
Oops!
That would be like us trading Duffy…
WAH!
GLUG!!
Mac hit a first-pitch bolt into LF – 2B.
Giants are working on their BA’s in both games!
First time I’ve seen Rollins this year. He even looks like Tejada. His DP partner Bend-it’s up.
K. Natch.
Is he already demanding more playing time?
Rollins is mid HOF range had some things broke his way – not so Miggy
2,455 hits, which includes 511 doubles (53rd all-time), 115 triples and 231 home runs.
Ranks 103rd in career total bases and 83rd in extra base hits.
He’s also stolen 470 bases, good for 46th in MLB history.
His 1,421 runs are good for 86th and 936 RBI from a table-setting spot in LU
Rollins’ ranks among shortstops
Runs: 10th
Hits: 14th
Doubles: 7th
Triples: 12th
Home runs: 9th
RBI: 23rd
SB: 11th
Fourth in total bases behind Cal Ripken, Derek Jeter, Robin Yount and Honus Wagner.
Only Ripken, Yount and Jeter have more extra-base hits.
Only 12 shortstops have ever been on base more often than Rollins (3,413 times).
Rollins’ .264/.324/.418 line might give pause, but he carried a .272/.329/.432 line through his prime.
Rollins is one of the most offensive shortstops in MLB history. It’s more than that, too. He has four Gold Gloves and four seasons of at least 10 Defensive Runs Saved.
Rollins led the league in triples four times, steals once and runs once.
MVPs? He won in 2007 when he hit .296/.344/.531 with 212 hits, 38 doubles, 20 triples, 30 homers, 94 RBI, 139(!) runs and 41 steals.
A common misconception in Hall of Fame discussions is that it only includes the absolute, upper-tier elite. Some people wish that’s what the Hall of Fame was, but that reality has long since departed. If the Hall only included shortstops like Ernie Banks and Honus Wagner, this argument would stand up.
But the HOF also includes Bobby Wallace and Joe Sewell and Travis Jackson. Rollins pretty clearly had a better career than Phil Rizzuto and Rabbit Maranville. Rollins measures up to the likes of Sewell, Bancroft, Jackson, Rizzuto and Maranville well on many fronts. Thus, he’s surpassed the *baseline*of what it means to be a Hall of Fame shortstop.
DUVALL! (I’m avoiding further comment.)
Oh, my. That inning by Cain…oh, my.
And yes, Duvall has a double and a homer and 3 RBIs so far.
Miller and Fleming said he was hanging a lot of pitches.
Gorkys just doubled in Ruggiano, who was HBP. 1-2, Snakes.
Getting HBP is the only thing Ruggiano has done this spring, and I picked him to make the team, hope Bochy does not keep him on team now .
Today Long Ball pulled out of his early spring funk .
And it’s time to pull the plug on Matt. Probably headed to the DL again.
Pitches flat and/or he doesn’t know where they’re going. It’s downright sad to watch.
What does “flat” pitches mean compared to ……?
Having bite.
Cain’s back out there?
“One Tewk Over the Line” http://www.sfchronicle.com/giants/shea/article/Giants-deal-with-players-mental-performance-10994752.php#photo-12520234
2nd Cain inning–2 swinging Ks, then HBP-SB-WP-RBI single, 1 run.
Total command.
Score?
6-3 CIN. Morse just went deep again, to dead center!
What’s your opinion of Hill?
I like him. He seems like a good fit.
From what I saw, he puts up good ABs. JR and Bend-it, not so much.
Too bad for J Roll, if he continues his decline. It would have made a nice story over the regular season about the hometown kid returning.
Two monster home runs according to descriptions
The second one especially. At least 430.
Yeah, but he didn’t pull it.
Blach’s done: 2.2, 5 hits, 2 runs, 0 BBs, 4 Ks.
Getting tired of these posts saying things like Duvall is going to be the next Babe Ruth and the Giants traded him to the Reds like Boston traded Ruth to NYY. As far as I know, Duvall hasn’t brought the Reds to a World
Series championship.
Either did Ted Williams, 1 player never does in MLB, get a clue !
No s!@#, Sherlock. I’m aware baseball is a team game, it’s just exhausting having to hear as if the Giants made the worst trade ever in their history by dealing Duvall. They made the move they needed to make to shore up their rotation at the time. Sucks that it didn’t work out, but we can’t keep dwelling on it. The Giants don’t even see the Reds often during the season, so there’s no real reminder unless you keep close eye on the out of town scoreboard.
He is not on the Giants anymore, but I am rooting for him to succeed , because I like him, and that people like CC are hoping he is a flop , so the Giants do not look bad for trading him is a joke .
If you’re going to make such a comment about me, try and get it right. I don’t know what Duvall will become, I hope he can adjust to the varying ways they play a guy with his tools and succeed. But as yet there is no reason to believe his HR total last year wasn’t a fluke. Time and Duvall will tell. But to say I hope Duvall is a flop is just ignorant.
Stop screwing with the narrative.
He needs to stop concern trolling TO.
His kitchen is piping hot.
Indeed, but too few pans.
A plethora of spatulas, though.
Leads to unintended flippancy.
Peter, when we were all still on the Merc blog, I’m not going to say it was acceptable to lash out at people, but it was a “public” site and you knew it was to be expected. GG set up this forum for Giants fans. He personally invited people here. Now, I’m the last person to be rooting for idyllic, honey rainbows and vanilla unicorns, but your lashing out at people needs to be toned down. It’s March for christsakes. Save some bullets.
I hate in any sport a player is not good because he has no rings, Haak even mentions the 1960s Giants were not as good as the current Giants because no rings, total BS .
You’re missing the entire point of my post.
I do not care, if can not handle the heat, stay out of the kitchen .
Once again, I don’t know if I should hug you or send you sprawling. You’re a goddamn enigma.
Pete, if you can’t handle the kitchen – get out of the heat.
You’re a guy who farts on an elevator, then looks around like, “wha?”
I wonder if Oak Grove PJ would understand the hidden messages here:
House rules for Years Gone By
We value your feedback and your contributions to this online community, but as you know, this is the Internet. It’s not always pretty.”I’d” appreciate it if you would follow these simple rules so you can continue to post.
1. No profanity. (The filter will zap your entire post anyway.)
2. No racist or homophobic slurs.
3. No personal attacks on myself or other users.
4. No impersonating real-life public figures, alive or dead. This includes parents of the players, etc. (Bob Lurie actually called me once and asked if I could stop someone from commenting under his name.) I’d love it if people picked their actual name as their username, but it’s not required.
5. You’re perfectly welcome to be negative or critical while expressing your point of view. But be respectful.
6. Enjoy the game (more)
Obviously, Ernie Banks wasn’t as good as Norm Larker
Oh no… not the old Banks-Larker debate again.
POTD
Lash LaRue.
No one has ever compared Duvall to Babe Ruth. But the Giants did ignore what he did in the minors and gave up on him without ever giving him a chance, and in the process lost exactly the kind of player they are now searching for. It was, and remains, a bad trade.
Never said they did, but I’m using Ruth as an exaggerated example. I like Duvall, but so far it’s only one season so it’s a small sample size. Let’s see his MLB career when it’s all said and done.
Today’s trivia question:Top 6 players all time with combined extra base hits and stolen bases. Hint: Four are in the Hall of Fame, one is retired but not in the Hall of Fame and the other one has not retired.
I’ll take a stab.
Rickey
Brock
Barry
Willie
Clemente
And I’ll go JRoll as a wild card pick.
Bonnds, Henderson, and Rollins are correct. I made it too easy with the hint. I didnt think that Rollins was HOF material till I saw this
If Mays isn’t on that list then i give up. Shocking.
You are missing three HOF– one will be a huge surprise. One, Cobb answered above.
I wanna include Yount and Molitor. Just cuz.
Molitor is correct. The other one is Honus Wagner. If you are innthe same category as Bonds, Wagner, Henderson, Molitor and Cobb, then that’s good enough for the HOF for me.
That’s great. If he retires before April 2 Rollins can get in by 2021!
:-/
Ty Cobb, Willie Mays, Ricky Henderson, Lou Brock, Barry Bonds, Carlos Beltran .
Cobb, Henderson, Bonds are correct
For those who have watched the ST games, in your opinion, who do you think makes the ball club that are minor leaguers, signed to minor league contracts, or were invited to ST.
Hill.
hwang
Thanks. He’s on my MyGuy list, so rooting for the dude. Ideally, I’d like to see Hwang, Gillaspie, KT, and Hundley make up the Giants bench, but we’ll see.
my bench too!!
why the hell is beckham here??
Apparently, he makes a mean cappuccino. Sometimes has cinnamon buns for the clubhouse, too.
He subbed for Gary Brown in the dugout.No wonder that he doesn’t have his head in the game this spring.
He hits like me. But I’m not a clubhouse presence.
Because he’s not there.
I think you were frightened by a Buddhist at some time in your life.
And when he got there, there wasn’t any there there.
Indeed.
To remind us that we SHOULD miss man bun hairstyles.
…. to get to the other side ….
GG, you would be proud. Myself and Mrs. Crawnik at the Sharks game today!
Here’s a pic from earlier https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/99be4c905f364e3b0b89c5e951459d2a73817f5946798e52e90a487910f5fb5d.jpg
Sharks are getting dominated by another back-up goalie. What else is new?
Glad I didn’t go to this game from all the way in San Francisco.
Hope they have a comeback for you and Mrs. Crawnik.
One period left.
Plenty of time for a comeback. Enjoy that warm weather in the South Bay.
did lefty mention how cain looked? did she change her mind about him being the #5 starter?
“Flat.”
She said he looked dominant, Duvall didn’t stand a chance, and we should probably sign him to an extension.
100M minimum
El Señor Sarcastic!
He looked lost, but making good progress.
it looked good coming out of his hand?
That was a slight variation on a Yogi-ism.
“We’re lost, but we’re making good time.”
lmao
I can only lead you folks to the water, I can’t make you drink it.
that’s what she said
But….it mattters none. They’ll get him ready for 10 or so starts. Then there will be an Apocalypse moment and the Giants will win 4 in a row – lose his start(s) – X nine or ten weeks in a row.
WOW, just WOW, you must be smoking some good shit !
Matthew always shares ….
he never bogarts
“Don’t bogart that joint, my friend…”
“Here’s looking at you, kid.”
….. then it will be Ty Blach’s turn and he will finish 18-3 for 2017
BOOM! 2-run homer for Gillaspie. Killed it!
Is he one of your guys now?
We need to send Lefty to the park more often: 4 HR today, and there’s still more play to come.
Screw that. Let’s send her to a Warriors game. Maybe they’ll turn it around and escape the first round of the playoffs. :o)
In this order these guys left a hard to understand cursed karma.
“We Be Champions”….buggers to them
“I wanted to still be there guy” said Mr. Mo#5
Senator Harrison: “I got nothing, how is Iowa doing”?
“I was the team doctor the year we won it all and now they hired a *dame* “
My dream matchup is a 1 vs 8 matchup vs Dallas, and Harrison gets his revenge !
So… You’d be rooting for Dallas?
From what Harrison said about his end of 2016 meeting with Myers, yes .
I hope you just dropped the mic. Unfortunately, I think it’s permanently attached to your hand.
I don’t think so. I’ve been to one game this year–a desultory OT loss in Sacramento, in which Kerr went insane and got ejected. I don’t think I’m good luck.
Who needs that slappy catcher guy?
Until he makes an error, she is all about defense .
Actually ‘she’ prefers excellent grammar and no prepositional phrases…
WOW, so she is an elitist !
She is. She’s gonna struggle in Russia.
Trump will give her his full support !
No, she is a professional Division I Professor who sets the bar high for her pupils.
This is not an English class !
I kin tell.
When have I ever corrected your grammar, PJ? I DO teach English grammar as one of my classes, but that’s my job. I’m off-duty here on the blog (unless someone asks me a specific question about it).
No you never have, Bapah takes care of that .
She owns a nail gun it’s rumored, so tread cautiously.
I can vouch for the nail gun = Ouch. Dvor.com
It’s the Christian way to meet new and interesting people.
I thought that was christianmingle.com
Those darn elitists piss me off, too.
Probably proper use of quotation marks as well.
If you use single quotations marks, then you should use double quotation marks for a quote within a quote. If you use double quotation marks, then you should use single quotation marks for a quote within a quote.
You “use” them “unnecessarily” in nearly “everything” you write.
“OH” “OK” “Thanks” “Oracle”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnuR3y8HUm8
I have always loved Officer Malloy aka The Oracle. He’s one of my fantasy’s as he is a 20++ year Peace Officer. My own very own RuPaul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jrUibTfAVI
“Oh, brother”, “Lon.”
Question for all: “Brother where art thou?”
Do you ever read Zagat’s online restaurant reviews? They do that all the time, quoting everyday words and phrases like they’re unique:
The food is “delicious” even if it’s “pricey.” The service is “attentive” without being “annoying.” You get the idea.
I use Zagat’s as a model for my students of how NOT to use quotation marks.
Nope, TO is right, when you’re talking American English. In British English, they use single quotes where we’d use double.
A guy who hits the game-winning HR in the Wild Card game is EVERYBODY’s guy.
How about the guy who had 3 hits, 3 runs, 2 RBI to get them to the Wild Card game? Oops, sorry- how’s the weather there?
Also the triple off Chapman to drive in 2 runs and put them ahead 4-3 in game 3 of the NLDS. I love the 102MPH at 0:06 in the lower right as Almora desperately tries to get to the ball.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj1huo14zcg
I was referring to Span, who hit .400 in that last week.
Atta babe, Mr. Happy. Giants lead 7-6, B-7.
Nothing really matters except getting elbows and shoulders healthy – identifying which players are going to pull hamstrings and quads – who will blow out a Pec muscle in the weight room and which players prefer the Giant Team Chef to steam their veggies or otherwise.
Spring Training is all about the fans especially now. Back in 1992 my son and I were at Chandler Arizona for pre game. Giants vs Brewers. Walk up tickets. Ghost town. We sat by the bull pen. Teddy Higuera came over and asked my son his age. “I am 9 years old”. Teddy Higuera says: “Wanna play catch” (Never said Wanna have a catch) My son Jason says: “Sure”. I don’t think I saw him for the next three hours, except to wave from the Brewers dugout now wearing a too-big helmet.
Randy Elliott / Giants’ spring phenom of ’77 didn’t enjoy a fairy-tale career
http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/WHERE-ARE-THEY-NOW-Randy-Elliott-Giants-2660151.php
Spring training doesn’t start until Randy Elliott shows up at TWG.
Team USA starting Jonathan Lucroy at Catcher, need more offense .
Hahahahahaha
Look up last years stats and you would not be laughing, and what Posey has looked like at the plate this spring .
Did Buster shit on your grass when he was a kid?
Tough Love, am a big fan, and well praise him when he deserves it, high expectations, no sugar coating , your CF is hitting .053 with a SLG% of .053, you are to easy on players .
I think you often make good points. I know they’re good when I agree with them. But you really think what a guy is hitting on March 11th has much relevance?
Yes, just like Steph missing lots of 3s and people saying they are not concerned, like he is not trying to make them, and will make them when he wants to, Posey is trying to hit well and is failing, until he starts hitting I am concerned !
If you are freaking out on March 11, you’ll have a coronary before the season ends.
I always am , and I do not like him embarrassing himself in WBC play .
I’m definitely a interested in seeing how Posey does this season, because his 2016 offensive season was his worst season, ever. Was it just one of those years, or possibly the start of the downward arc of his career? I just don’t think what’s happened so far this spring is indicative of anything, whether he’s hitting .400 or .100.
Steph is not playing preseason games- big diff.
Awe.
Would you trade Posey for Lucroy? I’m curious.
Noticed Kontos just gave up a HR in the 9th .
Then he gets 3Ks after the leadoff HR for Kontos .
It actually was a one-out HR, but the second of the three Ks got to 1B when Fed-Ex couldn’t come up with the ball. So he had to get four outs.
So?
He gives up lots of HRs
Sow?
What, with a team that plays in lots of 1 run games, a bull pen Pitcher that gives up lots of HRs, is not a good thing !
He’s been a very good middle relief pitcher here.
He gave up 3 HRs last year. Less than Casilla, Romo, Gearrin, Osich, and Strickland,
Sorry, I forgot the explanation point !!!!!!!!
He doesn’t let facts get in the way.
To a skinny little minor leaguer who looked like he’d escaped from second-period algebra class and hit it five miles.
Obviously he’s finished, he’s just one short of what he gave up in 2016
Hey Lefty…could you tell if the ball felt good coming out of Cain’s hand today?
I think she would need to morph her hand onto Cains hand for full effect ……
LOLs.
How was his arm slot? Good or bad?
…..wondering if he was dragging his right foot behind him or finishing strong …
Oh, it was so bad. So, so bad.
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2014, 2015, 2016.
Track record last 3 years, and the fact that he is fighting for #5 spot in rotation,= not good .
Beede’s pitching tomorrow, and this could get interesting. I just can’t see how they’re going forward with Cain in the fifth spot. It was SO bad today.
Not for him. He’s competing for a job, not tuning up.
Did they play Donna Summer “The Last Dance” over the loudspeaker?
“Cuz when I’m bad, I’m oh so bad…”
To those who might be inteested, the 4thseason of Samurai Jack is releasing today on Adult Swim Cartoon channel.
Bitchin and Gnarly
Yosemite Sam http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=9V9p4mFEYXc&vq=medium#t=15
Steph has a future after the NBA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI8UnfP21lI
Back from the game. Lots of good stuff today. And some bad. I’ll start with the bad because it’s a much shorter list.
Span: Two poorly played balls in the OF led to two doubles and two runs. Nothing at the plate. Hoo boy. I think his terrible spring means Gorkys HAS to make the team, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Steven Duggar is up by midseason.
Cain: Uggggggghhhhh, that was painful. His third inning was his best, but you cannot pretty up his line. It was just awful to watch.
Kontos: Some AA schmoe hit a hanging something about a million miles, which is OK when you have a three-run lead and the bases empty, I guess. He then got the next couple guys swinging to end the game.
THE GOOD:
Cueto: Looked sharp, throwing strikes, picked a guy off first. Span couldn’t catch up to Duvall’s ball hit to straightaway center with two outs in the first, and that cost Cueto a double and a run. Bet Billy Hamilton (who played today) would have run it down. Or Blanco. Or Gorkys H.
Chris Stratton: Great inning, struck out two, looked nasty, good command. Picked up the win.
Reyes Moronta: Wowza, wow, wow, wow, does that guy look filthy. No radar gun readings posted, but I’d say high 90s and maybe triple-digits, and throwing strikes. The whole crowd was ooohing and aaaahing and saying “Who IS that guy?” Remember that name. He’s already on the 40.
Okert: Nice, solid no-drama clean inning.
Duggar: Two good ABs, two walks, stole a base.
Morse: Killed the ball, drove in four runs, the second HR was a monster.
Gillaspie: Good to see him back in action, and the HR that put them into the lead was crushed to RF.
Kelby: Looked smooth and competent playing SS, good ABs and baserunning.
Hwang: I LIKE this guy. Good power, great energy. He doesn’t look like anything smooth at 3B, and maybe they’d better have him start playing the OF in Sacramento.
Marrero: He hits the ball hard and LOUD.
Overall: The team took great ABs and the relief pitchers were terrific. Other than Cain and Span, I’d say a very good day.
good report, doc. enjoy your evening…
Thanks, Steve.
Is MM in the roster mix off the 2 HR?
He also hit one in that game they played vs. PR on Wednesday, which doesn’t count in his Cactus League stats, but that’s three this week, and oh, man, did he hit them today.
So…I don’t know. Where do you put him, exactly, and whose spot does he take?
Right handed power bat off the bench on a team that is very left handed oriented would be a great asset. If he’s got anything left in the tank MM makes the team if Parker wins the left field job and Williamson gets sent down because he has options?
From what I saw today, Ruggiano is toast.
I think the proper wording is :”Ruggiano is puttanesca”
Don’t look now, but Parker’s hitting .208 and Mac’s hitting .308. I don’t think this race is over.
Chris Marrero also hits the ball very hard, and there’s some right-handed power, too. He and Morse are fighting for the same chance, I think.
All too small a sample– for everyone. Williamson misplayed a ball in the sun today for a double. Two HR for Morse is only one game. Marraro has almost no outfield experience. But Moree has undeniable power and a history. His HR versus the Cardinals and rbi’s in game 7 of the WS goes a long way in my book. Question is does he have anything left.
As I commented above or below, it seemed to be a terrible day to play outfield. Everyone was struggling.
Doesn’t matter. Even Bob Brenly agreed that ‘Parker has the slight advantage’ this Spring, with absolutely no justification.
Baseball peeps sure are Company Men.
It might matter. It’s not like Blach vs. Cain. They don’t really owe more loyalty to Parker or Mac. I think the next couple weeks might matter a lot.
Only because he has no options. I say package either Parker or Williamson and a good pitching prospect for a real left fielder
I know, I know (options). But Brenly didn’t say that.
Do we really think people are going to be grabbing Parker off waivers? 28-year-old guy drafted in 2010 with good but not amazing minor league numbers and one really good week in September 2015. Marrero’s credentials in AAA last year are better, and he’s right-handed. It’s just that Parker’s been in our system, so we’re more aware of him.
I agree, but if nobody would claim him off of waivers, why on earth would we want him? He is living off his Babe Ruth week of September 2015
Because he is about all this system is producing as an OF solution. What else? Mac? Obviously one is not significantly better that the other. The team decided to go the cheap route after Melancon was signed.
They’ll meake a trade during the season as is their MO. The disturbing thing is they will get marginal production from a position most teams look for some type of power/runs from. Add that to an overall team that is not exactly a hitting factory, and well, they will only keep up with Joneses if the pitching is top notch.
Williamson is a good fielder. Parker is a lousy fielder. Just check the stats.
It’s the outfield version of Adrianza.
It’s the STARTING outfield version of Adrianza. Even worse.
This is even more stupid that what happened with Adrianza. Adrianza was given a roster spot over better players because he had options left. That’s dumb enough but now Parker make get a starting position because he has options left??
And Nunez.
Great report, you may continue tomorrow.
Just for your info, both Gorkys and Gregor whiffed on a couple catchable doubles today. (But they both looked good at the plate.) Glad to hear about Duggar, since, as someone pointed out, who IS the CFer if Span flops?
After his first inning Blach pitched well vs. AZ, and always attacked the plate – no BBs. Even did well against Lamb the 2nd time up. No doubt Matt Cain out-pitched him today in the eyes of the big boys.
Great to hear about Moranta. What dumpster did they find him in? Blackburn pretty much got shelled by AZ, but Crick and Joanie threw well.
It appears that there is a road-jam of power-hitting IFers with no position. WTF.
Moronta’s not a dumpster guy. He’s come up through the system. I saw him in San Jose last June when I went to a game with HaakAway, Skweezplay, and Appalled7. Thought he looked nasty then, too. He may be the most interesting reliever prospect in the system right now.
How does 93 Ks in 59 innings with a 1.07 WHIP sound–with a .195 batting average against? That was his 2016 season in SJ.
When he came out to the mound, we did a double take: looked like the Machi/Mijares/Petit/Hector/Pablo linebacker corps was back. Hubs: “He looks Venezuelan.” (He’s Dominican.)
Ewe, he sounds n-a-s-t-y. Yay!
To be fair to all the CFs, including Span, it appeared to be a horrible day to catch fly balls, with the sun and the bright blue sky and the glare. Billy Hamilton, who’s an excellent CF, fell down catching one that looked routine, and Duggar staggered under his one chance (did catch it).
Span- not a good day. I’ll worry about it on March 20.
Kontos- see my comments below, today meant nothing
Duggar – “see you in September”
Cain-I’ll join you in an UGH
Reyes Moronta- Black who?
Morse- still has a chance.
Gillaspie- does he have teeth this year?
Kelby- Can’t believe that he isn’t a lock to make the team
Hwang- so low.
Yeah, Black who? From what I saw today, I’d jump Moronta right to AAA and have him 80 miles down the road for when they need a bullpen arm. He’s already on the 40.
Kelby HAS to make the team. He does all the little things. I can’t believe there’d even be a question at this point.
Depends on how he does in the clubhouse, no? (I’m NOT referring to lewd acts.)
I bet Cueto up off of his couch in mid-December and get guys out
Lucroy is framing pitches like he’s a bullfighter….hey, PJ…notice how superior Buster is?
BTW, there are video highlights of both games on At-Bat and probably sfgiants.com. It’s worth watching Morse’s second HR and Gillaspie’s, for sure. Oh, and if Jon Miller’s going to call Hwang’s HRs, he needs to learn a bit of Korean. “Adios, pelota” didn’t quite cut it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMK67xabGK8
For Jon.
Did that DP ground out by Stanton put him on Team Johnson Choke?
Whats the scoop with Angel Pagan remaining unsigned on a major league deal. What did te Giants (and apparantly everyone else) know about him. Although poor defensively last year he had a decent offensive season.
He quit on the team last year. Doesn’t make potential suitors feel real good about him.
that’s pure conjecture on your part.
He was hurt, what he should have done is stayed on the DL. The team needed him because they had few options to go with.
It’s a two way street.
His teammates said he quit on them. Talk to them about conjecture.
Did you see this? He failed an Oriole physical:
http://www.camdenchat.com/2017/3/10/14889784/angel-pagan-failed-physical-orioles
Did not see that. Thanks for the ingo.
Salvador Perez with a knee hyperextension?
Taken out by his own (Royals) teammate. Could be serious.
UGH, that hurts.
Salvador Perez just got hurt in a play at the plate…. uh oh!
Hate to see that
Looked like a Durant type injury
My thoughts exactly. Good action in that game. For some reason, the free streaming sites keep dropping the USA game, so I’m watching the Italy-Venezuela tilt.
Miscommunication in Miami leads to a USA run
Parker and Stratton for Christan Yellich
Rollins and Beckham and Hill and Ruggiano and Federowicz and Cain for Yelich.
Throw in Beede and Cain
Wow! I just watched Morse’s second home run today. Clearing a 30 foot wall 430 feet away. That had to be one of the hardest hit balls ever hit
Crawford RBI Single .
Crawford hits Volquez — again
I looked up the answer to the question. But I’m not telling anyone- not even you. I’ll give it to the first person to put 50 bucks into my Paypal account.
Crawford is such a solid ball player….
In the same place where he had seven hits last year! 🙂
Nice dessert- halve some Bosc pears and bake them with cut side down with brown sugar and apple cider. It will take about minutes at 350. Remove them to a serving dish and cook down the liquid until it’s syrupy but not caramelized. Pour over the pears and serve 2 halves each with a scoop of Vanilla Bean ice cream.
Bosc pears also make a good salad- peel and slice thinly. Toss with radicchio, walnuts, and a balsamic dressing .
Yeah, somebody brought us about 40 of them. 10 down, 30 to go.
I’m going through the drive thru at the Yogurt Mill….less work
Yum!
Yum
Peaches
How many minutes baking?
About 30 minutes and the pears should be covered with the liquid about half way up. The pears should be soft but still a bit firm. Gee, that sounds REALLY good.
I didn’t read that closely enough the first time. I thought the balsamic dressing went on the Vanilla Bean ice cream. It didn’t sound very good that way.
See. it’s not a good thing to put all of your trust in me.
Anyone going to the March 31st game? I’ll be there, behind the visitors bullpen. I figured I’d have withdrawals after coming back from spring training on the 28th.
Crawford is an RBI machine
See him put on that oven mitten after that nice hit?
Wants to stay hot
Why is Crawford wearing an oven mitten on his left hand when he on base?
Protects his fingers on sliding…remember that he hurt his pinky sliding into 3rd in the past
I do remember that. Makes sense.
yep…http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/20/giants-lose-brandon-crawford-because-of-dislocated-finger/
His teammates gave him a hot foot and he wants to make sure that he can put the fire out next time.
He was touching himself in public inappropriately ??
Just turned on the Warriors/Spurs game. Why aren’t Green, Curry and Thompson playing tonight? I know about Durant, Leonard and Aldridge, but…this looks like a practice.
Rest….
Kerr hinted at it early on this ridiculous 8 game stretch from hell….I’m all for it
All three in this game, against the team that’s gaining on you and has their two best players out!? Makes no sense to me!
Go back and look at the schedule over the last 10 days, and the way they have played, and that they lost KD on the first game of the stretch.
Curry and a Klay are totally exhausted. The team flew about 20,000 miles…it was a ridiculous schedule, and part if this is Kerr flipping the bird to Silver and ABC.
What makes sense is rested and ready for the playoffs. (And this decision was made prior to the Spurs issues…he doesn’t want to go back on that…)
Yeah, I see that. I guess there’s no way Dubs hold off the Spurs for the #1 seed. Warriors don’t need the #1 seed to get to the finals, IMHO.
Just saw Igoudala’s statement. Wow. It’s beneath him.
It was twisted…read Poole’s CSN piece
Will do.
Was inside joke
By the way, they certainly CAN hold off the Spurs, and this rest game is fine…12 of final 18 at Oracle, and the 3 remaining All Stars CAN come through…we’ll see if they do or not
Y’all are much more on that than me, because I have Thunder myopia. I hope they do. Tons of respect for the Spurs too.
wouldn’t matter if they played or not, the team is both mentally and physically soft, and you know this.
Not really
They won 52 by being soft?
no they won 52 on skill, despite their softness.
They won’t win the ring a gain because they are weak mentally.
Exactly. This is Kerr’s form of protest against the schedule makers.
That’s a weak excuse because they beat the Bull’s record in the same type of schedule.
It’s the way the league is set up, the West teams always have tot travel more.
Didn’t stop the Showtime Lakers from being a great team for so long.
Oh, they need to snap out if it, no doubt.
Go look through the last 40 years of schedules…this set records for cities and miles in the least amount if days. Fact.
Switching to my Dookies vs. Notre Dame in ACC championship game. Go Dubs, get the W.
I don’t think Zaza Scissorhands and his band of merry men will pull this off
There goes the shutout.
Andrew Miller isn’t quite ready for opening day
why does he hate America?
That had some Attlee Hammaker feel to it
Oh my. Such bad memories.
He choked in the World Series too, I knew the USA was in trouble as soon as Matty V started to kiss his ass .
He didn’t choke. He carried the team until game 7 of the World Series and then he ran out of gas.
Hope Peter’s OK…that was rough
I perused the last couple of hours’ comments and didn’t see who won USA game. It was 5-3 last I heard. I was at LL game.
DR won 7-5 after scoring four in B8 off Andrew Miller. 3-run jack for Nelson Cruz and then solo for Starling Marte. Familia with the save.
Hey! Welcome to the WBC , Doc!
Sounds like today was a lot of fun at the yard….it was a fun listen with Jon and Flemm
Caught the end of the WBC game after we got back from an early dinner. Way more fun than watching what’s going down in San Antonio right now…We also tried a new restaurant (to us) called Bourbon and Bones, really close to our hotel. Good food and drinks.
Yes, really fun day at the yard. So great to see Johnny, and who wouldn’t be happy seeing Morse bash two bombs? Some really encouraging stuff from the youngsters, too.
Cain and Span…aaarghhhh
Things will shake out….
Someone I know said his dad was at the game and sitting very close to Larry Baer, who apparently was visibly and audibly disgusted during Cain’s really bad inning.
Bochy and Righetti were at the home game, I’m guessing mainly to watch Cueto, but I can’t imagine what they must be thinking and saying. If Cain keeps up like this, can they really do this–put him in the rotation? I just don’t see how they can. His ERA is pushing 10 for the Cactus League.
Guess who was coaching first today? Cody Ross!
I wish I could go through life with the joy and happiness of Cody Ross….
I still love me some Smiles! 🙂
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Ssorydoc
Thanks. I have mixed feelings about that. I was happy they were ahead when they were though.
Crawford and Posey must of had flash backs of NLDS game 4 .
Except Team USA had arguably the best reliever in baseball to hold that lead. The Giants, to put it politely, did not.
Just checked the box score. Posey didn’t play? That’s probably why they lost.
No, Lucroy caught today.
That makes me happy.
I was going to ask why, but then I remembered that you already abandoned the USA.
“Abandoned?”
Nah – I just want Posey and Craws to go home. I REALLY don’t want our pitchers competing in the 2nd round. See any doger pitchers out there?
Well, at least someone in Giants Nation is happy about the WBC game.
https://twitter.com/johnnycueto/status/840766468010602496
Suspect: I just wanted to talk to him
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hms_GdvOKZY
Don’t have to change the clocks anymore. Have about 15 of them that do it automatically. Real ones are an endangered species.
Have a bloody goodnight, folks.
US Lineup is good enough to go far, but the pitching……meh….
Last night a big hitter came swingiin’ to my door
Last night a big bopper Came thumpin’ drivin’ in four
He said “Come on Bochy I got a bat and no glove
And if it expires pray help from above”
In game six, Bochy called for Morse! Morse! Morse!
Come opening day, Boch will call MORSE MORSE MORSE MORSE MORSE………
I think both Billy Idol and Morse have about the same amount of gas left in the tank.
That second HR yesterday, though–mercy.
As much as I like Michael Morse, I know we need more than a great guy to pinch hit and DH in 10 games. I hope this is his opportunity to get picked up by an AL team who can use his talents.
Morse is an excellent compliment to keep if Parker wins LF. Can spell both Parker and Belt against a LH and his bromance with Pence is good for 5 more HRs from Hunter
The Giants’ managements’ reasoning regarding why to start Parker over Williamson seems to be that the big concern is not to actually win games but not to appear stupid by letting someone get Parker on waivers and discover than he’s a star.
I just think they may be worrying too much about someone snatching up Parker. He’s 28 years old. His best minor league season was in 2015, when he hit 23 HRs. He never exceeded 20 in any other year. Duvall, in contrast, hit 140 minor league HRs and exceeded 20 four times and 25 three times. Marrero, who’s six months older than Parker, also has better minor league numbers, and the Red Sox dumped him after a good year at AAA.
At this point, the management’s obsession with not exposing anyone to waivers no matter how little promise they’ve shown and Bochy’s obsession with finding nuggets by dumpster diving have effectively merged. A 28-year-old can be either now.
Most teams will come out of spring training trying to protect their investments and hoping to protect that guy who just didn’t make the roster. The end of spring training might just be the best time to risk it.
Exactly. They snuck Adrianza through waivers doing just that two years ago when Duffy beat him out for the roster spot.
WBC” “Baseball for Breakfast”
Japan and Netherlands going to extra innings.
Bam-bam’s team, his moves… he orders an Intentional Walk to load the bases and pitches to Aoki, his old ball player, and gets the DP … insider knowledge?
Been reading CC’s graphs on here…
WBC does the 11th inning with the two-free-base-runners-thing.
Japan wins because of a sac bunt and single that gives them two runs.
Now we can all see why this is a bad idea.
Here is your morning trivia question: Only player ever to hit 5 home runs in one day?
Willie Mays in a double header. (?)
No, but obviously the hitter was playing in a double header.
I looked it up, so I’ll let someone else guess, but it was one of his contemporaries.
I knew Stan Musial was the first player to hit 5 home runs in a doubleheader because I lived in St. Louis for several years.
Stan Musial quit playing in 1963, when I was 9 years old. So to me, he was an old vet at the edge of stopping play. But to my Mom and Uncle, who followed him through his entire career, he was their “Willie Mays” type player. In spite of their great liking for Musial, I did not know this factoid about 5 HR in a single day.
By the way, ‘Stan the Man’ has to be near the top of anyone’s list of cool baseball sobriquets.
#44?
Stan Musial. Years later someone else tied this record. I’m not sure who. I will have to look that up.
Nate Colbert in 1972.
Watching a bunch of players the last two days has made the landscape clearer for me. I think it’s come down to this:
1) fifth starter: After watching Cain yesterday, I think it’s still in play that someone besides him will open the season in the rotation.
2) two bench spots: I think Hundley, Gillaspie, and Gorkys are done deals. They needed someone to back up Span, anyway, because he’s old and injury-prone, and his abysmal spring settles it.
For the other two, I think there are two sets of choices:
A) Tomlinson, Hill, Rollins: Someone needs to back up SS. Hill’s probably not that guy, though otherwise, he’s a good fit (versatile, good bench hitter–two doubles yesterday). I’d say Tomlinson has the edge now–he’s having a good spring at the plate, and Rollins is not.
B) Marrero, Morse, Ruggiano, or Hill: Marrero and Morse are the same choice: backup 1B/OF who can be a RH power bat off the bench. Ruggiano’s done nothing this spring. Hill could stick as an extra backup IF if they decide Gorkys can back up all three OF spots (he can) and KT or Belt could play LF in an emergency. I’m guessing it’s Marrero or Morse at this point, and until yesterday, I would have said obviously Marrero.
3) starting LF: still in play, with Mac hitting 100 points higher than Parker at the moment. We’ll see.
4) bullpen: I think there’s one spot in play–Gearrin’s–assuming Will Smith is ready for Opening Day. Okert seems like the clear frontrunner for the other lefty spot. Gearrin has had a bad spring so far, and other options include Slania, Neil Ramirez, or Stratton, who have all looked good this spring. Slania and Stratton are already on the 40, too, which is important (see below).
The other issue: The 40-man roster. They can make one easy move by putting Ian Gardeck on the 60-day DL as soon as they’re allowed, but that’s the only easy move. To add Hill, Rollins, Morse, or Marrero, they’d have to make a 40-man move. That’s one reason I think KT has the edge at this point.
Opening Day is three weeks from today, so there is still time for all this to play out. But I think there are some legitimate competitions here, not foregone conclusions.
I think you might be on to something with Ramirez. Insert him over Gearrin, Okert over Osich and I think we’ve got our bullpen
He’s the biggest longshot because of the 40-man thing, unless they simply DFA Gearrin, which I guess they’d have to if he doesn’t make the team.
While that is true, the Giants should really give Ramirez a long hard look.
Gearrin was great last year beginning in June when he wasn’t injured or recovering. His September was the best of any Giants’ pitcher last year. He should definitely be on the team.
His September wasn’t as good as Will Smith’s: 8 2/3, 2 hits, 0 runs, 14 Ks.
Statistically no, and Smith was fantastic too, but Smith at least gave up a number of hard-hit balls which didn’t go for hits. Gearrin had one bad pitch the whole month, the triple by Margot, other than that he was like unhittable, and you could see it in his pitches.
Gearrin has a truly nasty 2-seam FB when he’s healthy and his arm is right. I haven’t seen him throw enough this year to really comment or even offer an idea of what the problem might be. I’d have to say, he’s just not ready, but have no idea why. I think he’s a keeper if he throws like he did last year except at the very end when the 2-seam lost some movement. I’ll wait a few more weeks.
The sink is the thing. Doesn’t always show up after rolling out of bed. Especially in Arizona.
Excellent point.
The lighter air in Arizona stops the ball from sinking?
Drier air influences grip and spin would be my guess.
Phoenix elevation is 1,083 feet, which contributes to ‘thinner’ but indeed it must be mostly ‘drier’. Those red stitches do much more than just hold the two horsehide pieces together!
Rags must be really good at discounting for this factor, by now.
I’d bet we see him throw in Oakland/SF against AAAs
Phoenix is only 1,083 feet? I didn’t know that.
My one and only appearance in AZ involved entering east of the Grand Canyon (which is MUCH bigger than the pictures), and a nice walk outside Flaggstaff up to snow line around 5,000 feet. The next day’s car ride was entirely downhill, and going up and up and up in temp. So I was kind of surprised by the 1,000 too, as it felt like I was going way downhill. I was not much impressed with Phoenix, being there in the fall rather than ST. Reports like Lefty’s and Bapah’s on camp makes that sound like huge fun, though.
So it’s really not lighter or thinner air in Arizona, but drier air.
The Grand Canyon is gorgeous.
When he was on his 2-seam was every bit as good as Romo’s when his worked. Maybe even better.
It’s not a good thing when Gorkys Hernandez has to be on your 25 man roster.
Yep.
In my report yesterday, I forgot to mention Austin Slater, who was 2 for 2 with an RBI and a run scored. Nice ABs. Overall, I’m impressed with how the young hitters from the system (Slater, Duggar, Hinojosa, Gomez, and KT) take ABs. They all take pitches, foul pitches off, grind out ABs, and go the other way.
I think Duggar and Slater are both going to factor in the 2017 season before it’s all written.
Slater is the Stanford kid, right?
Yes, I think around an eighth-rounder in 2014. Also played some 2B in his early minor league career.
My gut says Duggar especially.
Also: Hwang. Nice bat, lively personality. Not so slick with the glove, and I don’t see where he fits if they’re already carrying Nunez and Gillaspie. I assume he’ll go to AAA to get some polish and more ABs.
If Hwang makes the 25-man, instead of just my My25Man entry, it will make me look like I know something!
Defense wins championships, and if that’s the case, Hwang could be ticketed to Triple A.
One of the games I was at, Hwang looked real smooth at 3rd. Made several nice plays. Also read he saved Moore a couple runs in his last start with a diving stop. What’d you see?
Not much range, couldn’t come up with one smash, iffy arm. Small sample size, though. Glad you saw better, because that bat might play.
LOL, ‘not slick’ must be a metaphor for hands of stone.
Vaseline, anyway.
Do they position him defensively in an unusual way.
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Yesterday in Succulent League action, got this done. I neglected to mention that Aloe is also related to asparagus. My wife’s collection of agave and aloe is abundant enough that she put in a request for another unit of shelving. Should be much quicker with the template made. Rough one for Cain and Span yesterday. They could use some sandpaper.
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Custom edging on the second shelf?
this wood was part of a last run of redwood from a local mill many years ago. I imagine that might have been a customary soft edging. We still have a stack of 16 footers, waiting for special purposing. This qualifies as long as I can mostly use shorter pieces.
That piece looks like it may have been milled as decking.
Yes – that is the ticket. That stand is on a deck made from same wood, constructed by a local master carpenter perhaps close to 20 years ago.
California may be the only place where Redwood is an affordable first choice for decking. We’re lucky, although it’s not the best crop for farmed woodstock. So, we may be one of the last generations to enjoy that luxury.
Big trees would shatter upon impact with the ground up the mountain from here. They farmed the heck out of great groves anyway. But thankfully, environmentalists aren’t a recent phenomenon and good folk like John Muir and others made it so that we still have Giants in California.
I was thinking that as much as I love the architecture, the Craftsman style and its profligate use of redwood and straight grain Doug Fir*, it definitely contributed to the relative scarcity and cost of the material nowadays.
*Ry, did you know that Douglas Fir is not really fir?
There’s sustainable Douglas Fir/Larch #2 or better lumber available in Montana.
The California variety (Coastal D.Fir) is actually Hemlock and the clear, straight-grained variety is more rare and expensive (relatively). The Redwood story is much more defined and straight-grained, clear stock is a premium.
Did you build this plant stand yesterday, or plant all these plants yesterday? Perhaps both. I’m impressed.
Wife transplanted most of these over last summer and fall and they’ve spent the winter in the mudroom by the window, keeping safe and warm. She’s in with the agave aficionados and she’s had plants mailed to her. Agaves generate pups, or clones from their roots, and she’ll separate them and transplant them. She also uses a special recipe for potting soil – like we’ve gone up in the mountains and harvested some decomposed granite, she’ll pick up bags of material used for drying animal stalls or for shop floors. She also starts varieties from seeds. She gets really focused with hobbies like this, has way more focus than I. But I was pretty focused on executing this simple, functional design.
Given we’re in California, I’d say there’s no shortage of DG around.
I hear there is dgg in Montana.
(Groan)
I love simple and functional designs. The stand/bench looks really nice and sturdy and shows off the plants.
thank you. I do too, especially since my carpentry chops are rudimentary. My best accomplishment is building a chicken coop onto the side of an outbuilding. We are chicken free at the moment, but we are in the market for chicks. It will be nice to see them scratching and hear them clucking again.
I always had a good broody hen or two- bantams are the best. When they got broody, I’d get some sexed baby chicks and sneak them under her late at night. In about 2 minutes, they are hers. That way I’d never get a bunch of cockerels that I’d have to off in a couple months.
I’m in the market for chicks, too. Which is why I rarely button my shirt very high.
I’ve got some rubber bands for the Mrs. to use on you.
Ewww
I’ll pass that along. She’ll be pleased.
A salad garden stand?
Deer trap?
You two!
That ain’t gonna work. Now, maybe if there were some bleu-cheese stuffed burgers sitting out, I might be lured into his compound.
Beautiful. Impressive.
Nice. I’d imagine building things is good therapy to help deal with…you know…the troubles.
Maybe you’ve got tequila dreams in your subconscious.
“Great seats, eh buddy?”
Uh..Watch where you sit.
Get pissed off, jump up and spill your drink, cross your fingers, scream at the TV, scare the shit out of the cats, high five the philodendron….and that’s just in the first 6 innings. That’s why we fans have spring training. Got to get in shape or we won’t last past July…
Uh, good morning, folks. I’m ready for a nap already.
Thanks for the snack.
Lineup for today’s game:
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f419ca912eb34d1e4af5fc371c3575a734f86f8ffaefe65d20582e2d2e8e3438.jpg
I like them trying Calixte in the OF at times.
Thanks as always, crawnik. We can always look this up, but it’s really nice to have the day’s lineup posted on the blog.
Where’s my boy Bend-it? And JR??
Is this game televised?
yes
“Azirona” broadcast, just use KNBR for audio.
Hey, Greek…did the ballet have a tragic ending? The WBC game sure did.
Thanks for this post, GG.
Cain, in post-game interview yesterday: “The first inning didn’t look very good, but I wasn’t missing by much and that’s a good thing. It’s when I’m all over the place is when you get worried, but the ball was pretty true for where I wanted it. So there’s a lot of things I can build off of even though that first inning didn’t look so pretty.”
Cain’s ERA this spring: 9.58.
Carl Steward stated dryly, or perhaps wryly: “He knows that has to improve.”
I saw that quote and was surprised to not see it being ripped apart on here. It sucks that we have to root for Cain to be lit up over the next couple weeks. I think we all know that if he goes out and has a couple 4-5 inning starts of “only” giving up 2-3 runs, he’s definitely going to be strongly considered for the 5th spot. I love the guy, love what he’s done for the organization, but I can’t help but want him to have a few more ugly starts just so he’s not in the rotation when we open the season. Like I said, it sucks. Never feels good to root against a Giant, especially one like Cain.
I’m embarrassed to admit I want to see him lit up too. Tired of these washed-up vets holding down more deserving players.
And those post-game comments were SO predictable.
Cain’s answers in post-game interviews are retreads.
Oh no! “but the ball was pretty true for where I wanted it” was a new and unique way of saying I was good when it appears to the rest of the baseball world that I stunk.
Cain’s reflections on his performance post-game always have at least one “yeah, but.” There are two “yeah, buts” in his response yesterday.
See CC
Piling on
Good thing he’s not your cousin
What’s with you? It’s just one rude comment after another.
So are 90% of the comments here regarding this subject. So-called hardcore fans – more like self actuated, anointed, appointed experts.
Some of y’all might consider taking up video game baseball. At least you get to actually move the pieces.
Your comment seems to be directed at me, JStreet. Have a nice day!
Am a little bit blog slang naive. What does … mean?
…
I am missing something. Your comment just shows as three dots.
SMH
The only thing even more predictable are all the woe-is-us complaints from this crew here.
I was this way with Timmeh. Just couldn’t accept that he was kaput.
I don’t know how the Giants are going to solve the problem of Cain. If they put him in the rotation, they deserve to lose every single game he starts.
I don’t see them just blindly and foolishly jamming him in there. I know a common thread on here is the Giants sticking with their vets too long, etc, but I think they get accused of caring more about feelings than wins, which is ridiculous. Management is just as interested in victories as we are. Which is why I really felt at the time our local beat writers basically proclaimed him the 5th starter a couple weeks ago, that it was some bad reporting. A year ago, yes, they gave him too much rope. But his cyst played a role in that. The fact he’s healthy this year actually works against him. There’s nothing they can point to as being the cause of his struggles.
They would seem compelled to find a graceful solution. You don’t ditch the guy who pitched the only perfect game in a teams history, not and sustain a marketing schtick that has paid big dividends over the last 10 years.
How can the Giants find a graceful solution that doesn’t involve putting Cain in the rotation?
“Now closing for the RiverCats, number 18…”
Okay, you made me laugh, Rob! Cain: “I don’t intend on being in the bullpen.”
And I didn’t intend to be five foot eight.
If he truly can’t pitch, there’s no “graceful solution.” If he can’t pitch and he’s on the 25 man, even if he’s not in the rotation, it hurts the team. The best they could do is drag out it out with some fake injury claim, but that’s more embarrassing for all involved than graceful for all involved.
Baloney.
My impression was that Pavlovic and Baggarly were reporting based on what Bobby Evans said about Cain before Spring Training. I think the Giants are in a jam.
They have plan ABC
Anyone But Cain? I like it. Let’s get some t-shirts made.
You haven’t been following along.
TO, I know you live for this type of condescension, but spare me your drivel.
Drivel. I knew there was a word for it.
Wow
Disapointed in your lack of faith and rooting for the name on the front.
I stand by my comment. (That’s my best Ben Bradlee, who was one of the best!)
She’s rooting for the Giants and, with much justification, believes the Giants’ chances will be hurt by Cain. She’s a fan who engages her brain while being a fan, instead of just blindly agreeing with whatever the team does. You should give it a try.
For somebody who chose The Oracle and Pete Malloy as his board names I’m now struck by your Romeo tendencies. Dgg can answer and she did. I hope the Floods and emotional dog owners don’t tax your baseball expertise.
“They know not what they do.”
Next thing, they’ll be casting lots for his in game jerseys. Especially the Perf.
I think a more relevant quote would be they “they know not what they want.” Hard to tell what some of these fans are actually in favor of.
He’s almost as bad as Zito was in March of 2014!
I love a Mooooooose sighting.
Oh….you only have to worry when he misses by a lot? Whew, what a relief. I was worried because he was pitching poorly in the spring, after having pitched poorly for the last three seasons. I guess it just shows how little fans really know.
Fans know tons, Fanatics know not so much.
You seem like a really good guy. But you gotta take off the blinders on this one. Nobody *wants* Cain to be finished, but every shred of evidence over the last four years suggests otherwise.
I think the issue is less about Cain’s career drawing to an end, and more about how that end is accomplished. It’s easy to say that career is nearly over, and quite another to negotiate the minefield of getting it done. Without speaking for CU, I think an exit with Cain’s self respect maintained is best for everyone. If that costs 2-3 losses to make the point to him in April/May, then so be it. In the end, in terms of what benefits accrue in the clubhouse, it may be for the better. I’d add, you can’t run a family, We are All Giants, marketing campaign and do much else, IMO.
Unless you’ve read everything I’ve said on Cain – you could have missed something. Spring Training for healthy players is used for things that are private to us fans. Spring Training for banged up or oft injured players are used for things that are private to us fans. That said there have been ST players that hit near .1000 and never broke camp with the parent club. I love Blach. I think Cain is pressing. I think 90% of Cains issue is he is “in his own dome”. You notice only people who thumb upped you are almost ragging on the fact that Cain has to “not make it”. Don’t ‘they’ know that the Giants Investors Group, Front Office, Field staff might number in the 100’s if one totals Cross Trackers and Regional Scouts who meet three separate times per year and all have chimed in on what to do with #18. Add to that the MED staff and I think they have it handled as to WHAT has to happen for A to Work and what has to happen for B to work and then what will plan C involve. We fans are arguing with our hearts. I am trying to add some semblance of what they are thinking…
Keep scribbling. Some of us (well, at least one of us) understand what you’re saying. The ones who don’t, mostly don’t intend to. They like to take a fact and then find a way, any way to fit their pre-fact conclusions around it. Then pretend they’ve come up with the truth.
Also no pitcher throws all their pitches in spring training.
I guess Cain is only throwing his bad ones then, and saving the good ones for the games that count. Makes sense.
ClutchUp, the Cain situation is beyond saying: “But it’s Spring Training.”
Way, way, way beyond that.
It’s a sad situation. There’s no way around it other than for Bochy (and management) to suck it up and tell him it’s best for the team if he’s in the pen. I don’t think it will be happen, but it needs to happen.
If he can’t pitch, that’s not good for the team, either.
I agree, the *best* 25 man roster does not include Cain. But for what he’s done for the franchise I think it’s fine to have him fill a mop up role. I don’t see anyway on earth ownership jettisons that contract. They will demand Cain does not collect those checks on his couch.
Cain taking a spot on the 25-man makes no sense. Put him on the DL, then fabricate an injury or rehab scenario that allows us to move him to the 60-day, and free up that spot on the 40-man. It’s the younger player’s time. Blach has earned a shot at the #5 starter job. BTW, I watched game three of the 2016 NLDS last night. Our one win vs. the Cubs. Who got the win, with two strong innings of relief? Ty Blach.
Would this employee be fired in San Jose?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4306660/Violent-police-takedown-caught-camera-sparks-outrage.html
It’s sad, it’s a mess. In the bullpen, Cain takes up a spot for a more deserving and winning pitcher. We can’t have innings like yesterday coming out of the bullpen to start the season.
I agree, but I’m ok with a franchise/lifetime achievement award as a mop up guy. Is it best for the roster? No. But this is one situation where I understand wanting to preserve some semblance of loyalty and showing future Giants who sign long term deals that it’s not our MO to kick major past contributors to the curb.
In the second inning, with two outs and none on, he hit a guy, let him steal second, wild-pitched him to third, and gave up a two-strike RBI single. Looked “all over the place” to me.
Reminds me of Depp in Ed Wood. “My next one will be better!”
He deserved to have first dibs on the 5 spot. To say that he didn’t deserve that is disrespectful to a great Giant. With that said, Blach and Beede have passed him by this spring. He’s not going to retire with about 28 million left on his contract- they’ll have to put him on the 60-day DL, and I think they will.
They figured out how to handle things with Zito, Lincecum, Hudson, and Peavy. Not one of those guys finished out his contract in the Giants’ rotation. I agree that they’ll figure out something with Cain, too.
Huh. And all I hear is that they would never ever ever bench a vet.
They eventually get there, but they take too long.
I don’t expect Cain to retire just as Scutaro didn’t, and shouldn’t have, retired. Retirement would mean walking away from the remaining money and salary in his contract.
Based on his current/recent performance, Cain should not be the 5th starter.
Yeah Scutaro was a waste of a contract just like Freddy was before hom
Cain doesn’t have to retire to receive his contract. He earned the money in his early career but Matt needs to mosey on over to the 60 day DL and maybe try again in late Summer or September.
I agree. Cain needs to step aside in the best interests of the team, and agree to go on the 60-day DL.
I am glad you cleared that up. I did not know where you stood on the issue.
Quite the sarcasm. Real nice.
Mike, how long do you think it will take for the Giants to put Cain on the 60-day DL?
It depends on how long it will take to come up with a believable injury.
I mapped out the #5 Starter spot and his fourth start would be the doggers at Willie Mays Field so … If Cain has looked bad in all three starts then the DL might fit. I know that is very quick for this FO but I hate to see a great Giant get humiliated.
Time to starting letting him make his own sandwiches again. Or for Will Smith to teach him how to take off his shoes…
The Tao of Meow.
https://i.imgur.com/QdHuqP0.png
Nice interview on knbr.com with Walter Beede, Tylers dad.
Manny Machado has overcome his early issues. Now a DoubleDoublePlusPlus Super Star.
Terrific play on the one the 1st baseman dropped.
Dbacks’ uniform report: still butt-ugly
Aren’t they the same gray as US team?
Dreadnought grey…ughh
Or, they look so bad we can skip laundering them.
Now these are the kinds of ST reports we need. Also, looks from pics like Pence is regrowing the beard. Confirm? These are the real reason we send TWG scouts to Scottsdale.
Speaking of beards, what the heck is growing on Carlos Beltran’s face? It looked like yellow peach fuzz.
Blonds have more fun.
It’s a “team” thing.
So it is intentionally ugly.
Let’s start a “no fugly beards” petition. LOL. What’s with these guys wanting to look like they are homeless?
Many of these guys are now “blonds”, maybe orangies is more correct.
Ginger is in.
Not touching that line.
Then again, it would decrease my opportunities to make snarky comments.
Well yeah, there’s that.
Haven’t seen it. I have seen no televised games, only video highlights.
Still training MrsHaakAway to not call them Outfits.
She is not part of MyFamilyScoutingTrip™ this year.
There’s something wrong with Home Outfits? Outies? Or Visiting Outies?
I’m a little afraid some of these athletes might take that too literally…
She does have the beer, BBQ and sunshine thing down so a trip to the Sj Giants is in the works. Mrs. Skweezplay ends up being an old college friend of ours so it all might work out for a good time for each of us.
Keeps us all posted. Sounds like a TWG SJ Giants night!
“Spouses Night”?
I bet she loves the Cabella Fishermans Catalog?
I was away during the most recent Cain mutiny.
Look, I get both sides…it’s my opinion that he should NOT be the 5th starter…no way. There Is no indication that he has anything left. As much as some fans barked about how the team stuck with Lincecum too long, this has doubled it…and there appear to be better options on the staff.
So, they need to figure out how to navigate it.
But – I have NO issue with what Cain says after games. He has been nothing in his adult life besides a pitcher. He looks the type that has the approach that he will not waver in self belief. I applaud that. There are thousands of younger men after his job every day , all day. Some may see his words and attitude as a defense mechanism. So what? He has not given up on his hope to continue pitching.
What Cain tells himself in his post-game interviews perpetuates the problem.
I totally disagree. He is playing in a sport when tiny degrees of imperfection lead to exactly what we see…and he is relaying that while maintaining his confidence as best he can. I’m not sure what people want him to say and believe…
It’s not Cain’s fault. Of course he’s going to think he can still do it. He’s a competitor. If he really has nothing left, which is the way it’s looking, it’s up to the Giants to make that decision.
I totally disagree.
Let’s just agree to be disagreeable!!
It’s not fun being on here anymore.
Does that mean that, in a sense, we totally agree?
This is fun!
You need an animal name too.
I’m sure he wants to call me Ferret McTrumphead, though he and I basically see DT the same way
We agree Cain should not be the 5th starter. We don’t agree on the problem with his post-game interviews.
Incorrect. He is a competitor, the only PG pitcher in SF franchise history. He’s not trying to suck. If he sucks 5 days before opening day – he himself will pull the plug.
There’s no way Cain is going to pull the plug. He’s not walking away from $27 million, or whatever the total is.
You have no way of knowing what he knows or wants to know. By pull the plug I mean/meant 60 day DL
Cain is a competitor who has lost his stuff.
Let that be a lesson, boys and girls…when the 3rd baseman is playing in shallow RF, hit to 3rd.
KT, man. If that kid isn’t on the roster, I’m gonna be seriously ticked.
Due to the good old options game, KT might hit .400 this Spring and still not make it. But I’m hoping that they will keep 4 OFers and 3 reserve infielders ( Gillaspie, Hill, and Kelby).
I know. The options thing sucks for these young, talented players. I totally get it from a “protecting your assets” standpoint, and many times the best thing for a young player is to stay in AAA and play every day. But KT is ready to be on the 25-man.
Gorky Hernandez just isn’t showing it in ST regardless of my young guy bias, granted GH isn’t really “young”.
How about four outfielders to start the season (omitting GH to AAA) and Nunez back in a frequently playing super utility role? Williamson stays with team and plays close to 1/2 time with Parker regular but also spelling Span in CF
Split 3B time between Gillespie, Hwang (I like), and Nunez. Have KT with his speed and defense and OBA on the bench too and able to play some LF.
This is a 12 pitcher line up. Cain sadly needs to mosey to the 60 day DL with Blach and Beede splitting 5th and long reliever to start the season and maybe one or both will need to be replaced.
I still like Okert over Osich.
The problem is backup CF. Based on playing time in CF, Parker has the most experience and Nunez has zero major league experience at CF but does have speed and a relatively good arm.
I am starting to think that finding a 2nd CF may have been more important than a LF.
You aren’t wrong. But Span always starts off slow, so I’m not all that concerned that he isn’t having a stellar spring. I think Beede needs a year of AAA (or at least needs to start there). Blach should be the 5th starter, but that’s not how he is being used in ST. Osich not living up to expectations and shouldn’t be on the 25 man. I’d like to see Gillaspie, Hwang, and KT all on the roster, but that leaves Hill off. I think Marrero can play left, but not center. Parker is fast enough to play Center, but I’m not convinced he has the concentration or the ability to take the best routes there. He only has a couple of games in Center under his belt. Glad I’m not the one making these decisions.
Oops I spelled Gillaspie wrong.
I am hungry for the Giants to have a hot young starting pitcher. Maybe its Blach or Beede or Stratton or even Blackburn or Gregorio. Seems like two could be on the ML team at any time with idea that they will split about 30 starts and do long relief and mop up. If one isn’t ready, just swap out for the next in line. I like Beede because he has the best upside.
I would love to see a young Giants starter break out as a quality member of the rotation.
Okert is an easy choice as LHP over Osich plus younger.
Parker is fast enough for center but the fact is that with Gorky Hernandez the Giants only have one true and Span’s peak of physical talent is in his past.
I have been impressed with Marrero too and Hill is still a player but I am biased towards youth as a solution and also for player development. But also impressed with Hwang and like Gillaspie and TK. The Giants seem likely to have a much more experienced and better hitting bench also when one considers the addition of Hundley.
I said this in a post below, but I agree with those additions to the roster on the bench: Gillaspie, Hwang, KT and Hundley. I’d hate to see one of the minor league invitees who are past their due date to take a spot just because they’ve played MLB longer (i.e. Rollins and Morse) and can “help” the big club.
I’m with you on all of the players you named!
That’s twice Parker beats the shift. Think they do it again next time he is up?
I actually have to give him props…I didn’t think he had that much bat control.
He’s still trying to win you over
He’s going to have to keep trying (changing his walk-up music might help), but fair is fair. That was good hitting.
I heard he’s going with Kiki Dee in honor of you playing hard to get…
LOL!
Yeah Belt would have K’d looking trying to go to left
Belt had beaten the shift many times, troll.
Belts own words last year confirms what I said…
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/174941968/giants-brandon-belt-beats-shift-vs-padres/
“I don’t think about it,” he said. “I stick with my approach and try to
find something good to hit and hit it hard. If I do that, I have a
better chance against the shift.”
Crazy game between DR and Colombia. The minor leaguers were one close call at home from beating the legit All Star DR team at the bottom of the 9th. Then they went to the 11th inning, with 2 base runners to start the inning, and the big boys showed up.
close call, but he was without a doubt out with a great throw from Joey Bats. Don’t sell Columbia short they have some talent over there, of course not like the DR.
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2015/08/14/ralph-barbieri-tk-show/ Hard to believe that it was 2012 when KNBR canned Barbieri (he of the never-ending questions) – his over-pontificating broadcast style; his self-aggrandizement mojo; his boisterous blah-blah-blahs. He hated Al Davis and went overboard himself on somebody (Davis) that was dying.
His Benetiz rants – working for Sport Magazine which he must have mentioned a thousand times on the air. – spending an entire show devoted to his recently departed cat and his genuflecting interviews with Adonal Foyle and half hour long plugs for Peter at Amicis.
At the end no one else on radio wanted him either. Soon Radnich will follow in those same footsteps.
Jazzy Jarret trying to make a name for himself today. Damn.
Jazzy Jarret is an idiotic name. I’m sure he’d hate it. No one under 50 wants to be called Jazzy.
I can also confirm that, at well past 50, I don’ wanna be called Jazzy either,
Then maybe he should stop playing jazz as his walk-up music…
Quite a see-saw battle with Williamson. Which sawyer will be left holding the blade? I’m guessing Parker and all that jazz…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMuItUv9xZc&list=RDAMuItUv9xZc#t=2
I do love me some Charlie Parker. Of course, not as walk-up music.
Are you kidding? Charlie Parker would be the most awesome walk-up music ever! Thanks for the post, Foothills.
Well it would beat the hell out of that smooth jazz that Jazzy Jarrett uses now.
Who does he use? Chuck Mangione? Kenny G?
I love Belt, but he’s gotta stop watching the 3rd strike go by him. Hafta protect the plate.
DrLefty will not be happy with you.
DrLefty and I get each other. We’re good.
😘👍🏻
Belt sucks, always will
Um, no.
One thing is for sure, Belt will always cause blog contention. Probably even after he’s left the team.
Only duckweeds don’t like Belt.
Nobody likes a hitter constantly taking a called 3rd strike in clutch situations and if they do they are the duckweeds, do you understand MR, thinks his opinion is always right !!
I’m curious when you think you’re wrong, Peter.
I’ve always wondered what position he played. I wonder if he was a good hitter or just a terrible fielder because he didn’t care about defense. Of course if you can’t play defense you can’t play baseball.
I don’t know but I’m gonna go out on a limb and say he was a pull hitter.
I said I was wrong when I picked David Hernandez and Justin Ruggiano to make the Giants 25 man roster
I missed that. Damn. I would’ve lit a candle.
Who is MR?
Michael Rott?
Dickweeds too.
And Pecker Heads, Pudding Heads, Dunderheads….
Efrain hates, always will.
Too bad you had to relocate to NY – when you lived out here – you were much nicer :)))
If he has a problem it’s because he has a better eye than the umpires.
For sure. But by now he should know he has a better eye than the umpires, and he should protect the plate when he’s got 2 strikes. That’s all I’m saying.
I don’t disagree.
Amen, Brother Chef.
Trevor having a day, too!
Pretty good way to cope with Jake Lamb!
No doubt. From now on, IBB with RHP, let him hit with LHP.
Great play by Ryder Jones on that DP.
The young guys are playing great, too bad management and the coaching staff prefer vets on the wrong side of 30 .
You’re on a roll Petey. Like when you send Miller choked. You do know Ted Williams said hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in all and any sports – thus – since you do remember when you played – all power and glory goes to the hitters who squared up balls on Miller and drove in runs.
What rookies would you want to stay and who would you have them replace?
He wants ‘To Be Named Later’ Johnson in LF.
Take notes on Arroyo at SS please. Sounded like a good tag he made for the DP?
Don’t hurt Arroyo!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St9RvdtvLeE
Real nice one on a Sunday afternoon.
…but allow me to pick up the tempo before heading out to the garden:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErCfACTylvc
i don’t think people realize what a fine slide guitarist she is. great job on harp by kim wilson..
wasn’t lost on me 🙂
People say “I Can’t Make You Love Me” is their favorite Bonnie Raitt song, but this is my favorite song she’s performed…at least this version. Thanks, Foots.
My favorite is still “Something to Talk About”
I’m partial to “Runaway” in no small part to Norton Buffalo’s harmonica work.
Somebody told me yesterday that she was 73.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQLpRBDrhn8&ab_channel=Zoopervidz
13 thumbs up
Nice Mike (Morris) Morse interview on HR number two. He said he went down on one knee like Adrian Beltre and it left his bat low and the pitcher acted like he was going to catch it before it went 450+++
Mikes got soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDpJqJ62faY
Audio only interview with Boston Redsox fan and Tyler Beede Fan – Walter Beede
https://audioboom.com/posts/5699468-3-12-walter-beede-talking-ball-with-marty
Cal missed out on an at-large bid. Sucks for Jabari Bird. Missed their opening round loss last year with back spasms and then took that awful face-plant vs Oregon the other night in their must-win game in the semis. Horrible way to end your career.
Agree with dad – former CAL player Carl Bird in the stands as always rooting him on. Now Bishop ODowds Ivan Rabb will enter the Lottery and Coach Q will head east for another job.
Rabb was projected as a lottery pick last year but as a mid to late first rounder this year, and that was before a less than optimal PAC-12 tourney. I think he’d be best served coming back for his junior year. That kid ain’t ready for the NBA.
I agree that he is not ready but he was out the door this past year and I think it was Jason Kidd who told him to stay. I want him to stay but I am worried about what influences he has in his life and the people who are “counting” on him.
I hear ya but he’d definitely maximize his money if he stayed another year. He needs to put on some muscle, come back and dominate the league.
What does Matt Moore use Spring Training for?
https://audioboom.com/posts/5699536-3-12-matt-moore-joins-marty-before-the-d-backs-game?playlist_direction=forward&t=0
Time for some USA v. Canada, baseball style, followed by Sharks v. Stars.
Thinking Mexico/Venezuela is where it’s at tonight.
Go Canada, eh!
None chance, hosers 😉
Posey with another ground out to SS with the bases loaded and 1 out, but some how not a double play .
Posey single, to left center for a RBI, see what happens when he pulls balls in the air, good things happen .
He’s also pretty good going the other way, Heinie.
He mostly hits lazy fly balls to Right, as he has gotten older he has lost his power to Right Field, most of his hits to right are bloop singles .
I like a tayler maid blop.
Is that a dirty linen joke?
Now it is.
I like that- blop hits. Plop hits would be even better. Just don’t step on them.
So… Did he ground out to short or hit an RBI single?
2 different at bats ,his 1st at bat grounded out to SS and got an RBI, 2nd at bat RBI single to Left center .
Speed kills
Baseball names for y’all:
Clutch- Razor Shines
CC-Vinegar Bend Mizell
Lefty-Bunny Fabrique
Peter-Heinie Meine
Rob Deer-Kid Fears
Foothills- Bristol Robotham Lord
Appalled -Pearce “What’s The Use” Chiles
Michael Scott- Wonderful Terrific Monds III
Haak-Matt Batts
Efrain-Grover Lowdermilk
Steve-Boileryard Clarke
610-Moonlight Graham
Bapah-Bud Weiser
2 hole-Stubby Clapp
Sgbssfg-Pretzel Pezzullo
buyselltrade-Slick Castleman
dgg-Baby Doll Jacobson
Peachy-Bunny Brief
John Myhill -Count Sensenderfer
Moooooooooose-Rabbit Warstler
Paul -Orval Overall
Oracle-Orator Shafer
Kramerica -Yats Wuestling
crawnik-Mudcat Grant
Surf Maui -Steamboat Struss
Had some time on your hands, did ya?
You talkin’ to me, Kid?
That’s MR Fears to you, Monds.
I got sent to Moose Jaw
Were you cut?
Or just bruised and scraped?
Cut, bruised, scraped and released
I’ll just collect my $22million and be content.
I could use a part-time job.
on a full-time payroll.
Is that a pubic comment?
A tainted one.
Beats the hell out of Wilmer.
I was going to give somebody “Johnny Dickshot” but I’m in a charitable mood .
It sort of rhymes with Jack Daniels.
Deadball era reanimated.
Leaving out Señor Red Bull is quite an oversight. Or was it a slight…..oversight?
I ran out of time on my hands. Women- it’s always something- like food and stuff.
Rabbit? Why must I be pigeonholed into an animal category. I’m feeling a little ostrichized here. Cornered like a badger. I can’t bear it any longer. And you sent Matthew to Moose Jaw?
Think mirror, and late….
You forgot chicken s**t
A rabbit is a good time.
Ever read this one, or series?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_Is_Rich
Sheesh, what’s a brother got to do to make that list? I said I was sorry that I ran over your pet raccoon.
I only used what I saw on one page, Mr.Cannonball Titcomb.
brilliant..
I suppose Dead Money means dollars committed to an asset that may as well be dead.
https://i.imgur.com/Z0jRTvL.png
Most of that money is for players traded away, and the team that traded the player is still paying most of the player’s salary .
Ergo, might as well be dead.
They’re dead to me.
How much money did Ergo make at the box office, Vinegar?
With Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak?
2nd round of Giants cuts, per John Shea:
Giants cuts: Blackburn, Gregorio, Stratton optioned and Blanks, Coonrod, Reynolds reassigned.
Blanks was in tough but he has to wonder what it takes to win a job.
Blopping the ball to right. Duh.
Watch out or you’ll be Stubby Clapp.
That was my porn name. How’d ya know?
Doesn’t sound like he was likely to trip over Johnson.
Peter was too easy so I took the high road.
Big discussion on radio about whether or not Blanks will accept gig in Sacramento.
Blanks seems more an American league designated hitter type of player.
Can hit the ball hard and make contact but can’t stay healthy.
Thanks for the update, crawnik. There are several names I’d like to see on here which aren’t here.
Crawford strikes again
He’s no blopper
Now something else.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlLXOuOGFGc
Uh oh…just heard Ian Desmond has a broken hand from a HBP…stuff happens, but that she too bad.
The Rox have had a rough week, with their top starting pitcher having a cancer recurrence.
Busters with Warning Track Blop
yep
This is our most successful spring training trip ever, as to W-L: 2-1, and the loss was an exciting one-run game. I’m not counting the split-squad loss yesterday since we weren’t there.
So what was interesting? First, the Snakes’ defense was horrific. They had four errors charged to them and it could have been six. Infield, outfield–it was all bad. Archie Bradley, the starter, did not impress, either.
I thought Matt Moore looked fine. He gave up a leadoff HR to A.J. Pollock, but otherwise, he had things mostly under control. Melancon made things interesting again with two on, one out, but then he got a nice 6-4-3 to end it.
Beede was pretty good, I thought, after walking the first guy. He settled down and induced a very nice DP, started by Ryder Jones, who was playing 1B, and ended by Arroyo, who got the tag down nicely. In between that, Miguel Gomez, who was playing second despite not actually being a second baseman, almost killed Arroyo on a popup that was clearly Arroyo’s ball. Gomez caught it, but he was getting some stank eye from Arroyo for a couple minutes after that.
In his second inning, Beede had two on and one out, but nothing was hit hard–just bloops and doinks. To our surprise, Bochy came out and got him, but on reflection, we think it was actually a test for Josh Osich, who came in to face the lefty. He failed the test, giving up an RBI single (first run charged to Beede this spring) after getting ahead two strikes to a lefty hitter from minor league camp. He then induced an inning-ending DP.
The last two innings were covered by Neil Ramirez, who struck out the side, allowing a couple baserunners along the way, and Jose Dominguez, whose name you don’t need to bother learning. Way too much drama in the ninth for a team that started the inning with an eight-run lead.
Great day for Parker, who was 3 for 3 and hit the ball with authority. We saw Miguel Gomez bat twice this weekend, and he was 2 for 2 with RBIs each time. Kelby had a big two-run double early on that created breathing room the Giants’ pitchers never relinquished, and looked sharp again playing SS. All three backup catchers are hitting well. And Kyle Blanks hit a ball halfway to Tempe, and then got cut fifteen minutes later.
So that was today. I’ll write another post summarizing my impressions of the weekend.
So Josh failed and then passed?
Well, if the test was “come in to an inning with someone’s runners on and get a lefty out,” then he failed it. If it was “don’t then go on and give up 17 more runs,” then he passed it.
A low bar is always nice.
Tough crowd if he doesn’t get credit for inducing the DP.
Good job. You get extra credit staying thru the 9th with an 8 run lead.
I like hearing Tony Bennett sing at the end. 🙂
Here’s the problem, Span, Pence, Nunez, Posey, have not hit a lick yet, and Crawford did not before he got hot in WBC, most of the hitting has come from bench players are from players not likely to make the 25 man roster .
Tell me one player’s spring batting average from any year, any team, ever, before this year.
I am an earn it guy , not into reputation, got to prove it to me every year, if you can hit, you should always hit .
If they chose the team based on the best spring numbers, they’d lose 120 games, maybe 130.
That’s PJ’s team!
Name one player in baseball history whose BA, OPS, slugging pct, HR or RBI totals, or any other number you want has stayed the same or gone up every year.
Bill Walsh always said better to cut a player a year too early then a year too late, Span might be done , and Pence might be getting close to being done too, and Posey might be an old 30 .
I think Walsh also said three mights don’t make a wrong. Or was it mrong?
Geesh shut up about Posey already.
We get it, he is 30 and as a catcher with an injury, may not be aging well, but he is still the best C in the NL and and our best player.
For that reason alone give it break will ya?
I’ll take the PJ not giving it a break for $1000.
Bill Walsh didn’t have to worry about guaranteed contracts. He also picked up veterans at the end of their careers for valuable roles.
Nunez had a nice double and scored a run today, and he looked solid at third. I was especially watching his throwing, since he’d had a sore shoulder.
I’m really not worried about Pence, Posey, or Crawford, but right now we have a situation in CF. Span is hitting .053 for the Cactus League. Gorkys (0 for 3 today) is hitting .120.
It’s pretty astounding that a guy with a lot of baseball knowledge can put so much stock in spring numbers.
I have never seen a hitter try to make outs in my life, you saying none of these hitters are trying to get hits .
Objection, your honor. Unintelligible.
I figured you Moose Jaw inhabitants could translate that.
I’ve read this three times. Now I have a migraine. Thx.
Huh? Nice job to say what I never said.
Nice one, Ms. Fabrique.
Hwang started a nice DP today.
Yeah, like I said, I thought he looked pretty fluid when I was there. But I think I also envisioned him being more mechanical for some reason, so maybe I was a little biased when I actually saw him.
God help the NL West if Parker can hit.
He was doing a pretty good impression today.
Whatever else he does, he can drive the ball. Maybe he’s decided contact is a plus attribute.
I said it in one of my nowhere-near-as-good-as-Lefty scouting reports last week, that he really looked to be more in control in the AB’s I saw in comparison to previous years. Spitting on balls down he’s had a tendency to chase and not swinging from his arse when he got pitches in his wheelhouse. Hopefully, he can continue with that.
I haven’t actually seen him play yet. But if he can sustain that, with his defense and arm, he has it in him to be a monster in LF.
Which is why I’m so conflicted about where Mac ends up. If he continues to play well but they decide to go with Parker, I’d feel bad for him to go to AAA. But he also needs to play everyday and Parker would probably play a little looser knowing Mac isn’t on the bench.
He can make his on breaks. It’s in his hands. To tell the truth, I still suspect we’ll see something of a platoon. Maybe not 50/50, but both will see time until pitching catches up and cools one or both of them.
But would you rather see both make the club or just one? Cuz that’s where I’m unsure on what to root for.
I don’t really have a favorite. I’ve thought Williamson had the upper hand because of his more contact focused approach, but if Lefty’s impression is accurate, who knows.
I don’t necessarily have a favorite either, more speaking to whether I want both of them on the 25-man or not.
It may be to his advantage being left handed on defense, I suppose. A lot of the baseball writers have the Giants opening the season with them both on the 25 man, as I recall. With Pence potential fragility, it might be a good idea. I’ve got a funny feeling that Span is going to break early, myself.
One fairly sIzable problem with Parker is that he doesn’t hit lefties at all.
He certainly hasn’t in the past. Two of the AB’s I saw were vs lefties though and had quality outcomes. He also had a a double and HR vs LA against lefties, the double off Kazmir. We shall see.
Another is whether he has D, or an arm. I ain’t seen it.
Me either, and I’ve watched Parker play a lot (in Sacramento in 2015). He’s got good speed, though.
Let’s analyze this statement. Parker, 28 years old with a limited MLB track record, is doing pretty well in spring training and “has it in him to be a monster in LF.” But Duvall, with an All Star, Gold Glove finalist, 33 HR, 103 RBI MLB season under his belt, is a guy who really isn’t that good, but just had a semi-good half season? That seems like a pretty objective analysis.
Duvall isn’t a Giant.
Exactly my point. Your negative view of Duvall isn’t based anything other than the fact that you’re a Giants fan.
I don’t have a negative view of Duvall, I have a negative view of your position that Duvall is destined for greatness. I have an open mind on the issue, and hope the real Duvall can sustain his one month of power. If you turned around Duvall’s season and played it back to front, do you think he would have been an AS.
BTW, reread the comment, and this time interpret it accurately. I won’t bother to respond to you beyond this, because you simply want to pick a fight.
You’re just now getting that?
I don’t look to pick a fight, but I’m more than happy to challenge CC’s continuing, fan-based, supposed analysis. His Parker “could be a monster” comment was pretty funny, given his prior Duvall opinions.
I’m slow. It took a while.
If you played Belt’s season back to front, he wouldn’t have been an All Star, either, which is probably true for other players as well. I’m sure there are others who weren’t All Stars, but would’ve been under back to front scenario. A season lasts 162 games, and whether a player had a good season is based on all 162. If Parker exactly mirrored Duvall’s 2016, I think Giants fans would be pretty happy.
There’s your LF (Parker).
I think so. It’s his job to lose at this point.
A+, Dr.
In the three games we saw this weekend, the three catchers (Brown, Hundley, and Fed-Ex) went 7 for 10. Brown went 1 for 3 in the one we didn’t see. It’s nice to have some backup catchers who can hit.
Poor ol’ Fed-Ex played in all three games. He hit a double in the bottom of the eighth and lumbered to second. Then the next guy, Gomez, hit a double, and Fed-Ex had to score from second (he held up like he was hoping maybe he wouldn’t have to).
In the top of the ninth, Dominguez was wild and ineffective, and the inning dragged on and on. Fed-Ex had to whip off his mask and go racing back for a foul pop-up to finally register an out, thank God. Fed Ex had this look: “FML, I’m old, it’s hot out here, and this scrub is dragging things out with a huge lead. Don’t you have ANY OTHER CATCHERS AT ALL?! I HATE YOU RIGHT NOW, BUSTER POSEY!”
We walk back from the games along Brown St. in Old Scottsdale, and there’s this horse-drawn carriage ride we walk by. It has the most desultory-looking horse, stinky and ratty-looking. I swear to Gouda the horse had the same expression on his face that Fed-Ex had in the 8th-9th today.
Do you get to see the bull that Madison uses to practice his roping?
No, but we walked by the players’ parking lot at the stadium, and I saw an ENORMOUS truck. HAD to be his.
Now I’m feeling sad about the poor horse, but I’m glad you had a good time!
THAT is a great short short baseball story. So vivid!
Thank goodness that the squad isn’t picked based on who looks good on March 12.
Are you once again saying none of these hitters are trying to get hits, again? :o)
Just for shits and giggles, 2016 Cactus League batting
(AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI)
Olivo .636 5 11 5 7 11 1 0 1 4
Arroyo .556 13 18 6 10 17 1 0 2 6
Ross .500 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1
Zambrano .500 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Jones .462 10 13 5 6 10 1 0 1 2
Pence .405 14 42 13 17 36 1 0 6 11
Blanks .400 4 10 3 4 10 0 0 2 3
Oropesa .400 2 5 1 2 6 1 0 1 4
Pagán .362 16 47 10 17 22 3 1 0 6
Belt .360 19 50 12 18 39 6 0 5 19
Posey .350 16 40 8 14 20 3 0 1 7
Adrianza .339 27 62 11 21 30 6 0 1 8
Hernández .326 24 46 9 15 23 4 2 0 4
Duffy .308 19 65 12 20 34 6 1 2 9
Crawford .302 19 53 6 16 28 4 1 2 10
Williamson .298 27 57 13 17 35 3 0 5 14
Moreno .294 11 17 1 5 7 0 1 0 3
Brown .293 22 41 6 12 14 2 0 0 9
Gillaspie .289 21 38 6 11 18 1 0 2 4
Blanco .277 18 47 4 13 15 2 0 0 3
Tomlinson .268 22 56 12 15 19 2 1 0 4
Lee .267 14 15 0 4 4 0 0 0 3
Green .264 25 53 5 14 22 3 1 1 9
Panik .261 21 69 12 18 25 3 2 0 1
Bednar .250 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
Peña .238 24 42 4 10 15 3 1 0 5
Arias .235 10 17 3 4 4 0 0 0 1
Parker .225 26 71 10 16 29 2 1 3 11
Span .220 19 59 8 13 24 3 1 2 11
Susac .217 9 23 5 5 10 2 0 1 5
Pitchers:
(W L S ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER)
Black 3 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0
Forjet 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0
Gregorio 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0
Dunning 0 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0
Crick 1 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0
Coonrod 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 3.1 1 0 0
Broadway 1 0 2 1.50 8 0 0 0 5.2 5 1 1
Romo 0 0 1 1.80 5 0 0 0 5.0 2 1 1
Stratton 1 0 0 1.80 4 2 0 0 10.0 6 2 2
C. Johnson 0 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1
Romero 0 0 0 3.17 4 1 0 0 5.2 5 2 2
Gearrin 1 1 0 3.25 9 0 0 0 8.1 6 3 3
Strickland 0 0 1 3.27 11 0 0 0 11.0 11 5 4
Kontos 0 0 1 4.69 8 0 0 0 7.2 11 4 4
Beede 0 0 0 5.39 2 0 0 0 1.2 1 1 1
Lara 0 0 0 5.40 8 0 0 0 8.1 12 5 5
Heston 1 0 0 5.65 5 1 0 0 14.1 12 9 9
Casilla 0 0 0 6.00 6 0 0 0 6.0 6 5 4
Blackburn 0 2 0 6.23 5 2 0 0 13.0 15 10 9
Blach 0 1 0 6.23 5 2 0 0 13.0 19 9 9
Osich 0 2 0 6.43 8 0 0 0 7.0 10 5 5
Law 0 0 0 6.75 5 0 0 0 4.0 7 3 3
Samardzija 1 3 0 7.20 6 6 0 0 25.0 32 20 20
Okert 0 0 0 7.20 5 0 0 0 5.0 7 4 4
Mazzaro 0 0 0 7.21 6 0 0 0 4.2 11 4 4
Peavy 1 0 0 8.30 5 5 0 0 17.1 32 18 16
Mejía 1 0 0 8.70 5 0 0 0 10.1 15 10 10
Molina 0 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1
Smith 0 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2
Rodríguez 0 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1
Cueto 1 2 0 9.58 3 3 0 0 10.1 17 11 11
López 1 0 0 9.95 8 0 0 0 6.1 7 8 7
Bumgarner 0 1 0 11.11 4 4 0 0 11.1 21 14 14
Cain 1 1 0 12.14 2 2 0 0 6.2 14 9 9
Gardeck 0 1 0 20.25 2 0 0 0 1.1 3 3 3
Mizenko 0 0 0 20.30 1 0 0 0 1.1 3 3 3
Suarez 0 2 0 27.04 2 0 0 0 2.1 9 7 7
I know, over share.
I told you that you’d all be sorry when I returned.
Be good, or I’ll post music for you.
Is this binary code?
Peavy?
2016…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNuNz2idDtY
I approve of this.
There’s a lot going on with that album title, right?
You mean Du- ane and the peach truck?
Somewhere around 18 minutes, things happen.
Wait for it… wait for it… see what happens when you pull the ball?
I am not watching , being a good dad, letting the kids watch what they want .
Hmmm… maybe you are a jinx. Buster went deep.
Yep
PJ is the posterman for random events.
That’s nice of you. You give ’em 30 minutes every other day?
Nope 24 hours a day, that’s why I am on the blog, use the computer to keep up with my sports most of the time when kids are home.
You hang your hate somewhere around Winters don’t you? I was wondering, if so, did you look at Berryessa or Putah Creek during all the rain
Actually the creek near where I live is usually empty but nearly over flowed , my younger son liked looking at it through a chain link fence, I think it is part of Putah Creek
I’m not sure where on Putah Creek it might have been, but some fellow on the radio said that they saw salmon in it for the first time in years.
Freudian-Typo?
LOL, could be. I wasn’t thinking hate, but out it slipped. Sorry about that.
PJ has been ‘hanging his hate’ out of love for the USA with some emotion this weekend. MrsHaakAway saw The Shack today so our house is contemplating forgiveness and grace … not that the world needs any of that.
Brandy went as far the other way as one can go and did quite well.
Buster!!! Sends one deep!
I would have liked to have seen the silly statue do its thing.
Attention Jim Leyland. You need more than 2 catchers. Just noticed Derek Norris was released. Bet he’d be willing to raise his stock by joining team USA.
Norris would be the perfect type for this team … guys with plenty of skill, proven MLB players and much more motivated to play hard.
Posey’s HR, off a 93 mph fastball. If you let it play, the next video is his RBI single:
http://m.mlb.com/video/v1237619683/canusa-posey-pads-usas-lead-with-a-solo-homer/?game_pk=486916
Throwing Posey a FB he can reach is sort of dumb.
Yep, just ask Latos! 🙂
Love it, hasn’t some schmuck been criticizing Posey left and right lately? Let’s see who was that?
Great…the dude will be gassed out by June.
Send Derek Norris to the WBC! He is the kind of player that should be there anyway.
We’ve watched Belt struggle to hit hrs at AT&T. How will Parker be any different? Is he a dead pull hitter?
This goes out to “Cookie McSheffington”, who put in a lot of work today.
Also sending this out to the ghost of The Sincere, who I sincerely hope is just working his butt off with his band or with his performers for a mega production of Quadrophenia or something.
And to Lefty, working the scouting scene.
Anyways, it would be so much better to work for yourself day in and day out, like on weekends, and get paid for it…
(if you don’t think this song is a jam, I’m sorry. Try some Tito’s and ginger ale with generous lemon next time – squeeze it until the juice runs down your leg)
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIGKlicb8n0
My sympathies to Lefty. While she was scouting and the rest of us were watching baseball, one of her, and my, alma mater, UCD won the Big Sky Conference and a trip to Ohio for the NCAA basketball tourney. Something tells me that her students will be a bit distracted next week.
Excited for Wednesday. Both of my alma maters (UCD and USC) have play-in games. I’m traveling almost nonstop for the next month, but that is one day I will actually be home!
Esperando por día inaugural…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lMvCdMAn3Y
Hey StandardStarboardGal™ …
You got the coverage for the next two games. Just give us some impressions and forget DrLefty’s style; none of us has her PhD in writing.
Bring us your own style and that will be appreciated. I recommend not writing during the game or you will not be able to just take it in and enjoy it … remember that is The Point, to Enjoy The Game. Post-game thoughts will be good enough.
Tomorrow the Intel committee wants Donald to provide his evidence of the wiretap. What will he do?
1. Show them the Breibart article
2.Ignore them
3. Say he’ll get it really really soon.
4. Bomb Nigeria
Kellayane Conway suggest even wider surveillance of Trump campaign. Conway went on to say that the monitoring could be done with “microwaves that turn into cameras,” adding: “We know this is a fact of modern life.”
Geez, we all know that. I have a dishwasher that turns into a Ray Gun Mark II. Don’t you?
Lol, Pal.
Celebrity sightings today:
Postgame margarita at the Mission: saw Tyler Beede, his fiancée, and family
Dinner at Mastro’s City Hall: saw Mac Williamson with a large party—I didn’t recognize anyone else, so I assume it was family and friends.
Interesting who didn’t get cut today:
Reyes Moronta
Beede
Slania
Crick
Also interesting: Watched three games over the weekend, and there was a fourth split-squad game that we didn’t go to. Cory Gearrin pitched in none of them. Everybody else pitched–Melancon, Law, Strickland, Osich, Okert, Kontos, Crick, Blach, Suarez, Blackburn, Stratton, Conrad–everyone. Even schmoes like Roth and Dominguez and dumpster dives like Ramirez. But not Gearrin. So either he’s hurt and we haven’t heard, or he’s deep in the doghouse.
Good detective work. Let’s see what the new day brings.
Welcome home. Did you see StandardStarboard to pass the baton to today?
Still in AZ–flying home tomorrow. Met Standardstarboard at the game on Friday. Sent you an email about it.
Nice you get to relax there one more eve.
Schmoes, Dr? I resent that.
– Shlomo
p.s. That IS an interesting list of non-cuts. Crick!
My apologies to StandardStarboard.
We made a cold brew coffee connection last year and somehow I crossed my signals on gender. We have actually had the ST scouting boat staffed by both a MyGal™ [DrLefty on the left] and a MyGuy™ [standardstarboard on the right].
Everybody shift your mental images please.
I was pretty sure Thor Heyerdahl was masculine. Guess I was right all along. There are women circumnavigators out there.
https://lisablairsailstheworld.com/
No sweat Haak. Enjoying a cold brew cup now.
And I heard down there drinking it Cold might be best.
What do I need to take? Sunscreen, shorts, a good sun-hat. I suspect my seats will be out in the heat.
You aim get out of spring training with your health in tact. The Rockies are now missing a rotation member as he undergoes chemotherapy. Now, Ian Desmond is out with a fractured hand. Outfielder David Dahl’s status is also doubtful for opening day.
Dodgers may have minor concerns with Corey Seager’s oblique. Kazmir had a setback recently but no one is relying on his health and they have depth.
Giants have Will Smith being held back. Count blessings.
Memories … wasn’t it Pence with a hand injury in ST last year?
Two years ago. Last year he was struggling with his hamstring during spring training. That didn’t ultimately turn out well.
Hitting a player in ST has to lay heavy on a pitcher. It is the last thing you want to do and you know you have jeopardized someone’s career. I can’t think of a parallel in my life to even imagine it.
I hate to say it Haak – but I bet a lot of these guys never think twice about it. Jake Arrieta, for instance…
I can see how you have to block it out or it will mess up your pitching. More factors too when you have a hitter that crowds the plate or jumps into the plate. I have no idea if Desmond is that type of guy.
Mexico is out of the WBC on a technicality regarding total runs allowed compared to Venezuela. I’m glad our leagues truly settle things on the field!
I’ll venture a guess that you feel soccer has asinine rules. As you well know, people outside the US love their soccer. I heard someone at work, through a wall, scream in excitement that team Barcelona had qualified for the next round because they had advanced their lead from 5-1 to 6-1 over team Paris with some dramatic goal in extra injury time.
That’s a shame there, too. Direct winning/losing should decide matters!
Sergio Romo’s bad outing (facing lefties, giving up bombs) didn’t help Team Mexico there, even though they won the game. On the other side, Yusmeiro Petit was the starter and loser (5 runs allowed) for Team VZ–but they still survive.
A cruel irony, indeed!
Well, not that I wish Romo any pain in the WBC, but he IS a Dodger now, and if he’s still getting smoked by lefties, that sounds good to me.
Just the other day we were lamenting the obsolescence of computers that are about 15 years old. How about the 747? That is a tremendous aircraft that did huge things for people around the world, including NASA and US Presidents. Sad.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-747-future-20170306-story.html
Looks like the Giants game is televised tonight if you have MLB.TV-6:05 pm Pacific, Shark vs. Darvish.
Cuts yesterday did not include any of the My25ManGuy™ picks made here. Still our 19 players picked to fill the seven spots with no decisions that have changed that.
Does this mean that those cut have a clear assignment for this year?
Mostly AAA pitching staff: Blackburn, Stratton, Coonrod [13 starts at Richmond, ERA 3.03] in the SP rotation MyGuy J-Greg in the bullpen.
IIRC they go with a six man rotation so add Beede, Blach, Gage (he was at Richmond all of last year).
Dan Slania–he finished last season in the Sacramento rotation and was added to the 40-man. There’s also Andrew and Albert Suarez to consider. Quite a logjam.
So Andrew and Coorod stay in Richmond I guess.
How did Arroyo look at SS?
I just saw the two plays: the one where Miguel Gomez almost crashed into him over a popup and the tag he put down when Ryder Jones started a 3-6 DP. So no real views of his range, footwork, or throwing arm.
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