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Greek Giant
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Giants Get Hector Sanchezed In Embarrassing Loss to Padres, 7-1
BrekArroyo is nice to have here.
Brekarroyoni?
“Awful, sad, and ugly,” huh? Isn’t that kind of dramat—nah, it’s about right.
I very much agree with GG’s observation that every opposing pitcher looks like a stud against SFG then gets ripped against his very next opponent. This morning, Krukow was quick to mention how bad the offense is, especially the first time through the order. Weak contact.
Hey, on the bright side the sell out streak continues!!
alternative facts
Watching Nunez reminds me of my awful golf swing: big, mighty swings and the ball goes about 12 feet.
Too close to home.
What happened to his power? He had 16 HRs last year and 28 2Bs/3Bs. His SLG is .277 this season, only slightly better than his abysmal OBP of .273.
He’s been a net negative as a Giant. He was ok last year but has been awful this year. He’s already just about at -1 WAR.
Yeeeesh. That’s a baaaaaad WAR for less than four weeks!
Before last year 5 was Nunez career high In HRs .
PJ did you give me a MyGuy list? I was adding them up and did not find one from you.
Congrats on getting the My25ManGuy honors.
Great question — he’s not even hitting the ball hard, despite coming out of his shoes on every swing.
I have a lifelong friend (and Giants fan) that lives in Rockies territory. Every time we talk, he goes off on Nunes’ at bats. This dating back to last year.
I think he’s gone at the trade deadline.
Not that there’s any reason to expect this, but if the Giants win two out of three vs the Pads this weekend, they will not end April in last place.
Low bar but it is a fact to build on.
Pitching matchups look tough though:
FRI: Samardzija vs Bob Gibson
SAT: Cain vs Nolan Ryan
SUN: Blach vs. Sandy Koufax
LOL!!
And they did win 2 out of 3 earlier this month.
G’s have now lost 10 of last 13 to the pesky Friars after winning 9 straight in the first half of last yr.
There’s no reason why the Giants can’t sweep them either.
A bad season might be in the Giants’ best long term interests.
5 years from now yes, but not before that, Posey, Crawford and even Belt are getting older by the day, and are not producing now, and will be making big money the next 5 years and produce even less as they age .
Fans don’t have a whole lot of input (none) to the gods of chance and baseball. They’re just an average baseball team now, the big question is will they improve over time. Watch this space folks.
They’re not an average team right now.
I’m an optimist.
Brisbee’s take:
“The starting pitcher threw seven strong innings. The setup man in the eighth inning was perfect. The closer was perfect in the ninth. The Giants win those games, usually. Everyone wins those games, usually.
Everyone except the team with a lineup that can’t do anything right. That would be the Giants right now, and we should probably be thrilled they split a four-game series in which they scored just eight runs.”
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2017/4/27/15461360/giants-dodgers-recap
If not for Arroyo and Morse it would look even more septic.
Ain’t that the truth. But as others have pointed out, their arrival is a reason for optimism. Tomlinson too.
Posey and Pence are too good to continue hitting just singles. It’s too soon to throw in the towel.
In drips and drabs, it’s starting to leak out that something is amiss in the Mets organization with regard to player health.
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/04/new-york-mets-matt-harvey-yoenis-cespedes-noah-syndergaard-injury-injuries-history-this-keeps-happening-mlb
Have you people been listening to Chicken Lickin’?
Don’t look up, the sky might hit you in the face.
Who’s Chicken Lickin’? Little, maybe?
KFC is finger lickin’ good!
Yes, but their sky is intact.
One would imagine their skylights, however intact they might be, are grease covered menageries of chicken parts
Speaking of draft, it’s windy today.
MLB draft not that far away. We’ll see what FO thinks about need for impact bats. They certainly seemed to target them last year with Reynolds and Quinn.
Too bad it’s not like football where your 1st round pick can make impact following year.
Seems Giants will pluck about 20th overall.
Some folks think we should trade Nunez (I agree). However, the problem is that he has demonstrated ZERO trade value up to this point. What are we going to get for him in return? Another no-name AA prospect?
If the team continues to perform at its current level through May, I will be all aboard the Trade Cueto Express. He is the only player the Giants could actually get something of value back for, and his comments about wanting to end his career in the AL were a not-so-subtle message that he’s not interested in sticking around here anyway.
Is there a team with a pitching need out there that’s willing to part with a legit outfielder in return for a solid starter?
Houston, we have a pitcher.
I’d also speculate Nunez for Mets cf Lazarus.
Hmmm… Trade Lazarus for a player that needs to come back from the dead? I like the symmetry.
Lol! Lagares!
He’s the only player they could get value for that fans would be willing to trade. It took Duffy to get Moore. Panik would have value. Belt would. Of course, my Bumgarner mega-trade idea is off the table now.
Trade Nunez to the Twins for a AAA pitcher, Mejia. Kind of a re-do?
He was an AL All-Star last year; hit .288 in 2016 so he has value; has speed, plays multiple positions. He has value as a bench player here; he can steal a base for one thing.
What could the Giants get by packaging Nunez and Cueto together? If it was an OF with promise, I would do it.
A little study and thought about the WPA from yesterday tells the story. A key hit being not happening and a pitching meltdown says it all.
http://www.fangraphs.com/wins.aspx?date=2017-04-27&team=Giants&dh=0&season=2017
There’s a lot of talk about the whether the Giants can find some big leaguers from among their minor league position players, but Beede aside, I’m not sure there are any young pitchers in the system that have been particularly impressive. Not that Beede seems like a can’t miss guy, either.
Ty Blach was assessed as the 2nd best pitching prospect in system with Suarez and Gregorio right there also. I like Sam Coonrod, but there is virtually no top of rotation potential. But Nevermind that, they need middle of order hitting prospects.
They need it all.
Baseball prospect shut down from mound work https://tinyurl.com/mz6knpd
Just this morning I was reading the SI article about Greene, really good piece if anyone has a chance to check it out.
https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/04/24/hunter-greene-mlb-draft
I did…great stuff…now, I’m quite sure Footy is going Full-Steve-Martin-Phone-Book if he read it as well.
Thanks for providing link. Appreciate it.
If wants a better chance of surviving as a top prospect, he should probably shift his focus to SS and hitting.
sounds like a good, pragmatic move $$$
My Lineup for tonight, #1 Panik, #2 Arroyo, #3 Posey,#4 Pence, #5 Morse,#6 Belt,#7Tomlinson,#8 Stubbs, #9 the Shark .
Post that in the dugout for us, Brother…
Might switch KT for Nunez ,now that I thought about it
Please stay with KT. Nunez is lost right now.
I had Nunez in the lineup, and then replaced him with KT .
Good call. Nunez is due.
Right over the head …
What are you talking about ?
Andy Green will buzz the tower with Morse in the Lineup
Where is Morse playing?
1st base, Belt in LF .
Panik 4 for 7, 3 doubles against Perdomo ….
I like it. Go with what you got, in a reasonable order, favoring wOBA. Flip flop Belt and Morse I suppose.
The son of Bad Vlad looks formidable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Yzr1JU84Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iEDTZsI65A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEheSORDub8
Top 100 prospect in multiple outlets. Top 50 in one I believe. 3B prospect, IIRC.
You know, as unlikely as it sounds, by the end of the year Tebow may be in that group. We live in some seriously weird times.
No. Much more likely that Neanderthals sailed to San Diego.
He’s hitting ~.300 now, after starting like a rock on a pools bottom. There is an excellent chance the Mets bring him up this year. Scouts are starting to utter the word talent in the same sentence as Tebow. Understand, anthropologist are digging for Neanderthal remains as we speak in Capistrano.
Funny how when I look at the name Lonzo real quickly – I think I see Bozo, which is more a reference to his Daddy but Nah …
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/nike-adidas-under-armour-walk-away-from-lonzo-ball/ar-BBAupTJ?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout
ESPN article discussing the pros and cons of Buster moving to first or remaining a catcher:
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/19249697/how-much-longer-san-francisco-giants-star-buster-posey-remain-catcher
Already a legend.
G’s began the season with 5 LHH in the lineup, now down to 2 tonight with Crawford out, unless they give Gillaspie a start against the RH Perdomo.
In honor of Alex Pavlovic and his The Month That Was, I hereby crown all of the efforts by Greek Giant and his gloomy headlines in April on TWG:
April, 2017. The Month of Adjectives
I particularly enjoyed having the book thrown at us: the thesaurus.
Ooh, so if Blach is pitching on Sunday, I’ll get to see him in action at the ballpark. Currently annoyed because my friend who I’m supposed to go with might flake, but if I can’t find someone else to take her place, I’m still going. One of the best games I ever went to solo was the 15-3 win against the Phillies (this was the game where a fan jumped into McCovey Cove just get a foul ball, then he couldn’t find a way to get out of the water).
Solo can be the bomb; It allows for new friendships to take place at the yard.
Blach is a very devout born again Christian !!
Yeah, I’ll be in the bleachers, and I’ll hopefully be amongst some drunkards that are on the less annoying side.
And I’m a very devout atheist…
Bravo, I talk about Darwin a lot.
Your cat, right?
I’m devoutly agnostic about everything but baseball. ;o)
Devout agnosticism is exactly where devotion ought to be focused.
You live in the State of Jefferson by chance?
Giants ever draft atheists? WTF 😉
Nah, they need people who thank God for their home runs. It looks better on TV.
Speaking of mastodons in the room, Bapah, was it you that planted those bones down in San Diego that are causing such a ruckus in the anthro-palentology community? I was listening to Science Friday driving back in and it was quite an interesting listen. Going by Carl Sagan’s mantra, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. I bet CC is all over this. What do you guys think?
The bones were broken with a stone on anvil process. Those fracture patterns are pretty distinctive. 130,000 odd years ago, maybe Trump supporters were here, and left a signature.
You’re giving too much credit 😉
This area is a hobby of mine. And I simply don’t believe it. Our ancestors got around, for sure, but this age range is some pre-Sapiens species. Erectus got out of Africa into SE asia and China, and so could do some traveling, but I just can’t believe they got to California.
I like the ‘extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence’, but physical anthropology doesn’t work quite like that. They were right to publish, because there’s no real way to go make other (confirming) finds first. And it might make others look at the older strata a little more creatively.
ocean going vessels, for short distances, are believed to have existed at least 130,000 y.o. because they would have been necessary to populate the islands around Java, right? There was some spec about that. And that land bridge would have been around Bering at 130K. Anyways, it certainly gets the imagination going.
Nothing is now as it was.
There’s this thing called Dinner Plate Tectonics.
and given the possibility of very sparse populations, it would be almost impossible to find evidence of any existence on the beach in La Jolla. Sometimes you just have to throw the ancient alien element into the equation, transporter beams and all.
I’m not sure Erectus was smart enough to travel through the tip of Siberia (cold weather gear), build a boat sturdy enough for the Bering Sea, and then walk on down to Bapah-ville. Even Sapiens seems to have not known how to talk until well after the first skeletons of the species were produced, so the first of us were not our equals. Was Java ever connected by land, or would that have taken a raft voyage, which is easier to imagine for a somewhat dimmer hominid to devise? Sapiens managed to do a good job with boats, making it all the way into the Pacific islands.
It is certainly an interesting point, and might very well make other anthropologists look at strata in the Americas older than 20,000 years or so. Right now, that’s probably completely ignored
Physical Anthropology is certainly a science, but evidence is very scarse, and the first interpretations are often wrong. These bones,
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39710315
were reported as “millions of years old” and now the discoverer has let slip this week that they are preparing a paper saying only 200,000 or 300,000 years old. So we always need more evidence when big claims like emerge.
That Carl Sagan was kind of a smart dude. They were talking about Einstein later in the show. And were on verge of talking about guy who invented the H Bomb, but had some regrets. Earlier talked about lost civilization of Palenque and evidence of early bureaucracy. And a talk about infrastructure in today’s world and what it will cost and what it involves to keep up our commutes. Neat program. I feel like I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express!
Edward Teller never had regrets about much of anything, the inventor of the H bomb.
Trying to keep up with this blog is like the HI Express.
For those who are so inclined
Dear Baseball Chapel Prayer Team,
* A praise to report as Ike Bullard, our Chapel Leader to the Charleston RiverDogs asked for prayer for pain in his stomach. He had and MRI revealing nothing and the pain has subsided. Thanks for praying.
New/Updated Requests:
BOSTON EXTENDED SPRING CAMP–New – Pitcher Kevin Steen critically injured in auto accident.
BUFFALO BISONS – New – Pitcher Tyler Olson’s mom, Kathy, recovery from surgery this past Monday.
FRESNO GRIZZLIES – New – Picher Brady Rodgers facing possible surgery.
MEXICO RED DEVILS (Mexico Summer League) – New – Shortstop Juan Gamboa request prayer for an injured hand.
DiamondBacks – New – Ron Gardenhire, recovery from prostate surgery.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS – New – Shortstop Brandon Crawford, sister-in-law dies from an asthma attack. Pray comfort and peace for the family.
VENEZUELA SUMMER LEAGUE –New – We receive continuous requests regarding the tense political climate in Venezuela from players and umpires from there.
Recent Requests Still in Need of Prayer:
GRAND JUNCTION ROCKIES
Chapel Leader Bobby Crick still looking for work. Pray for more leads and opportunities to interview.
GWINNETT BRAVES – Chapel Leader Nolan Gottlieb asks for prayer regarding a lung transplant he will have at some point this year.
TENNESSEE SMOKIES – Our Women’s Ministry Leader Cindy Randolf requests prayer for her husband Todd who needs a kidney transplant. Todd assists Chris Kirby in the ministry to the Smokies.
WILLIAMSPORT CROSSCUTTERS – Eduardo Valerio, Spanish Chapel Leader, is experiencing a number of resulting in severe lack of sleep (going on 2 months) and anxiety attacks began this week.
Rob Crose – Baseball Chapel – Chaplin
SF GIANTS – Offense suffering from general weakness, lethargy, and anemia. Recent requests still in need of prayer.
Between May 10th and July 10th of the last season, the Giants went 40-15. Since then, they’re 38-57. I doubt you could find too many turnarounds in baseball history that were so dramatic.
Bravo for your continued candor.
You should try it.
Always, my motto but I pattern myself after Sinbad rather than Thy Oracle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pLzfYVrboM
Jim Harbaugh scolded during Rome trip that includes refugees, pope.
Immediately asks for a do-over and a private meeting with Frances.
paintballhttp://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/26/michigan-paints-italy-blue-in-team-building-paintball-event/
Future of Baseball – Player doesn’t like the call or Ump hates the player then – No Holds Bar
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/article-4455226/French-Rugby-League-player-knocks-referee-punch.html
OK Ry,
I’ll take your crummy mastodons and raise you a cab ride to go see for yourself.
“After some serious number crunching, a researcher says that he has come up with a mathematical model for a viable time machine: a Traversable Acausal Retrograde Domain in Space-time (TARDIS). He describes it as a bubble of space-time geometry which carries its contents backward and forwards through space and time as it tours a large circular path. The bubble moves through space-time at speeds greater than the speed of light at times, allowing it to move backward in time.”- J.Classical and Quantum Gravity
We also have the report of negative mass this week. I couldn’t make heads or tails out of the NY Times article, but Google suggests this,
https://phys.org/news/2017-04-physicists-negative-mass.html
and I’ll try to understand it later.
Weightwatchers redux.
NBPOTD! (non-baseball POTD)
AGSPOTD – Apropos Giants Season Post Of The Day
…I think the clock is slow,
I don’t feel TARDIS.
Does the grandfather paradox apply?
Let me know.
Soliton resonance does sound like a Who’vian political slogan..
A dark matter indeed.
Bazinga.
Baby Johah Arenado has a good night
@JoeRitzo
#SJGiants avoid sweep with 5-2 victory – hand Rancho first home loss (9-1). Arenado 2 hits & 2 RBI’s.
Winn 1st HR.
Menez 6 IP, 2 R, 10 K.
Menez!! MyGuy!!
A young Sinbad’s dad, before he left for a business trip said “cut the lawn”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9w3B-MBnBw
Start day at crack of dawn, get home early. This was in the mailbox. Love the baseball covers…
“Strike Zone”
http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/CoverStory-Ulriksen-Baseball-880×1200-1492719545.jpg
KNBR enters the print frey
http://www.knbr.com/san-francisco-giants-news/
MLB-TV began yesterday demanding one turn off ones adblocker to gain access to games.
Love it that Arroyo’s mom has good hands – NOT – dropping even one Nacho while Hi Fiving those around her.
https://twitter.com/SFGiants/status/857624150675828737 https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9fc86d2aded8ffaf19ac2a8940dcbd3d9aed83b6d88cc54dcab21b48e85608b0.jpg
As Lefty noted earlier – he hit a pretty good pitch over the wall. I think we can stop holding our breath – he’s the real deal.
Yesterdays Post game Wrap
https://audioboom.com/posts/5863496-4-27-postgame-wrap-dodgers-5-giants-1?t=0
Krukow after loss to the Doyers
https://audioboom.com/posts/5865680-4-28-mike-krukow-talks-about-the-giants-loss-in-extras?t=0
Perfect Game Mazza – a Gaucho – tosses Perfect Game
https://audioboom.com/posts/5862332-4-27-domenic-mazza-talks-about-his-perfect-game?t=0
Inside a bat-makers ‘Office’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMt9fs0iH44
WoW….Slumbering – Awful, Sad – and Ugly – Sounds like the Warriors vs. Cavs in 2016 Games 5-6 and 7
American League
AL East
Orioles 14-6 Yankees 13-7 Red Sox 11-10 Rays11-12 Blue Jays 6-16
AL Central
Indians12-9 White Sox11-9 Tigers11-10 Twins10-11 Royals7-14
AL West
Astros14-8 Angels12-12 Rangers10-12 Athletics10-12 Mariners10-13
National League
NL East Nationals 16-6 Phillies11-9 Marlins10-10 Braves8-12 Mets8-13
NL Central
Cubs12-9 Brewers 12-11 Cardinals 11-11 Reds 10-12 Pirates 9-12
NL West
Diamondbacks 15-9 Rockies14-9 Dodgers 11-12 Padres 9-15 Giants 8-15
Free time on your hands?
Nope Cut and Paste
You all know how impactful – 2016 – was for the arrivals UP here and of course 2017 has also been gangbusters. Joanie aka Erin Moran’s arrival was met with a buzz as she was only 56, but earthly ill. Pat Morita, Big Al Molinaro, and Mr. C – Tom Bosley, all greeted the vivacious actress.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/af2c8bc359027f896990b574b3629ec8632e73c5cb9594766f38d363b0eb6305.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/da72c1b6bd52e787b2ce265547b24afa4c176cdf2a0c63a8b845f43111b23964.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2feba7f1f766b81757c0d3230e366856e663b064e0b72a963f8f3d57cdb68fd1.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5lBs_j-5Wg
She actually despised that Chachi fiasco.
Weather Barf Stuff http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-weather-forecast-april-28-1.4089737
Time to break out the Boz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u9vPkVr7CU
there is never a wrong time to break out the boz..
As Bapah might mention – “great form” but never ‘click your heals’ or shoes 🙂
https://twitter.com/Baseballswag_/status/857618373101879296
Damn!
Nice lefty; can she play left?
Oh my can she play Left
Just finished up work for the week, booked my travel for next week, turned in expenses and had MLB Network on in the background ( a groveling special about Theo) ( I have a Physical Graffiti on loud, and no TV sound, so I’m projecting, but…) and realized this:
The Boston Red Sox benefitted beyond their dreams when Billy Beane said “No thanks”
He’s done it for two losers. I’d call that pretty impressive.
Im very willing to give that young man all the props. His statue is being readied for both places, as is his HOF bust.
TO thinks he needs to do it for longer, however.
Both of the teams he built play against each other this weekend. Pretty cool.
Here we go
https://twitter.com/PavlovicNBCS/status/858087694743650304
Awesome title. Great placement of Panik and Belt. It’s missing a certain somebody, but I understand and Belt is in LF over Morse. And Arroyo is at short. Very interesting!
The season starts today? The past is the past. Move forward. Play butts off. Win each at-bat. Positive psychology 101…
I like this line-up.
Come on boys, play basic sound baseball and win………got dammit!
Ponte las pilas! (Get a grip!) ;o)
I like it
Just have to hope the defense holds up, but hey, you gotta get some offense. Posey just getting a rest? Any update on Crawford or Cain?
Alex reported just a normal off day for Posey
No Nunez?
LOVE IT
Caution. Non-baseball link. From the NY’er just got in the mail. A very good, reflective, frightening, reminder/read that kind of gets you back into that larger reality a bit.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/01/a-hundred-days-of-trump
Why subscribe when online content is free?
Very Oracle of you.
Badabing.
Gee, thanks for getting back on the train.
It’s amazing that we’re all still alive.
https://i.imgur.com/RjcIBw5.png
With the added music Allen’s site is a beautiful, peaceful stop on the internet.
http://allenh.zenfolio.com/
That was a thoroughly enjoyable Arrieta inning
He and Johnny C will be the two biggest names jockeying for the big bucks next winter, right? Not starting off so great for either one. Who’ll be lining up to throw $25 mil/6 years at a 32-year-old guy with an ERA over 5?
careful what you wish for, JC is under contract and might not opt out if horendous
New Post: http://fe0.84e.myftpupload.com/2017-season/game-24-preview-i-dont-really-know-what-to-say-please-win-giants/
For some reason disqus is posting old comment threads again. Ignore at your own peril.
probably safe to ignore anything that rube 610nm posted below, though!
Are you laughing at Disqus?
I wish. I am laughing at the perverse fat of having a .161 hitter hit a game-winning walk-off homer one night and in his next at bat, batting clean up, hit a 3-run dinger off your so-called stopper…. How can it get any uglier or funnier than that, in a black comedy sort of way?
But of course, you knew this already and I suspect your question is rhetorical.
And yet, I can’t hate the guy. He was a good Giant and experienced a great deal of dizzy and discomfort because he was “Iman,” behind the plate.
Oh no. I don’t hate Sanchez at all. I’m a big fan actually. That’s part of the humor for me: He was cut by the Giants and now he owns them. It’s really incredible because his career is really unimpressive, despite a few big homers here and there…
Not often we can appropriately use the term, ironic
Sanchez is most famous for taking the abuse of not catching Timmy, thereby allowing Buster to be healthier and more productive. Without Hector, Buster probably could not remember how to spell his name.
Has this guy cleared waivers?
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d4b08a119229d110b0c4f918c5d785eea85186aef6265aa838ca696051f1a3f7.jpg
Josh Gibson?
Imagine watching him play at that age.
Whoa Nelly!
Congrats on really knowing your stuff. It is from Gibson’s time with Maracaibo Centauros in Venezuela, in 1940:
http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/rare-photo-josh-gibson-auction/
Bob, do you know who, when, where for that photo. Manly looking bats, and an old school catcher’s mitt.
It’s a Buster Olney tweet, with a link to a site that is probably crashed by now.
I think you could include a few more ha’s
Well, let’s not rub it in any more, it already hurts enough!
SLG% Sanchez.511, SLG% Posey .509, Ha, Ha .
Which one would you draft for your team?
The point is do not make fun of Hector Sanchez, I know you prefer Kelby and his .307 SLG%, we think differently about what we want from a hitter .
Actually, I liked it when Hector was backing up Buster, and if some Padre had to hit those homers, it might just have well be our old friend.
It is funny how we don’t care so much for some people who leave, yet still have a fond spot in our hearts for some others. But next time Hector Sanchez homers, let it be off the Dodgers!
He hit 1 off of Romo earlier this year .
Anyone who was on a WS team who doesn’t voluntarily go to the Dogs has a special place. Uribe was my favorite Giant back then, but made one of those fateful Brett Butler decisions. When he got his WS ring the crowd roared its love – when he turned to go to the Dodger dugout he was booed with equal fervor. He made his choice and it will never be the same with Juan.
How do you feel about Marichal? He ended his career with the Dodgers.
In his most honest moments, he probably feels like most of us do.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9fb8e25f27ca1f7652fba0374e3aad6bc6c64228d5b0f05702d9f77b633c64cd.jpg
I liked it when Posey played first and Hector caught. Posey/Hector hit far better than Belt/Posey and Posey/Hector had a higher winning percentage.
Seriously bro! This is one of your worst posts ever. It’s beneath your usual derisive level that combines negativity with some bit of baseball knowledge. I expect better from you than this Peter.
Good luck.
You think your cool laughing at Hector beating the Giants, I forgot more Baseball knowledge than you will ever know, I am not picking on Buster I am Defending , Hector , was that above your head !
The Accidental Punctuationer
There’s also 3 Ts in tattle.
Your Post was derisive, Hector’s SLG% makes a point that he is dangerous , you laughing at him beating the Giants twice , is disrespectful .
I really wasn’t going to do this, but since it’s still on my mind, and you are in charge, I’d like to bring your attention to Peter’s comment to me just yesterday. He referred to me as “ASS HOLE”. (You can check it).I’m pretty sure that sort of language, in that context is forbidden around here. I recommend a suspension or at least a time out.
Neither PJ nor anyone else should be allowed to curse other posters and use names that are generally as considered rotten, foul language. I agree with your calling him out here, but I think that in my case, something a bit stronger is warranted. I believe you, GG, you run a good, fair blog discussion for SFG fans here. and sometimes we need to do some housekeeping. Today is trash day in my neighborhood. Thanks.
You have picked on me for years , and insulted me many times, but you got your feelings hurt, so you going all tatle tale on me, Bye you bye Greek, Losers !
Sorry to hear this JStreet and thanks for the heads up.
Thank you. You shouldn’t be able to be that cavalier about coarse language just because you think you are right. He also accused me of behaviors which he found objectionable – 1) being a musician. Guilty as charged. 2) Liking to get high. Totally false, and medically, it’s private business. Or at least not the sort of thing to be bandied about by strangers.
To quote Ted Knight (Caddy Shack) “the man’s a menace!”
Facts are the worst post ever , so you need to lie to be a good poster, what happened to this Country .
^^^Fake post.
Real Post, Greek Giant Posts Hector Sanchez stat page on ESPN . com, with a bunch of HA, Ha, on it, so I point out he has a higher SLG% than Buster Posey with 2 Ha’s on it, but my post is evil and his post is good, how does that work .
Hosting this site out of pure generosity buys Greek some slack, don’t you think?
Nothing against him, but the Giants are bad, to think it is funny that Hector could beat them, any team can beat them the Padres are 6 games up on the Giants, I was defending Hector, he is the one that got all upset over nothing .
Zimmer brought this to my attention UP here – said I should sue. Told me to hire some dude named Surf Maui for my libel lawsuit.
SAN DIEGO — After backup catcher Hector Sanchez hit another big home run for the San Diego Padres, a Wally Pipp joke began making the rounds in the dugout, aimed at Austin Hedges.
Hedges isn’t in danger of losing his job, and probably will back behind the plate as soon as Monday night. But Sanchez more than proved his reliability when he hit a three-run homer in the Padres’ 7-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday.
Corey Spangenberg also hit a three-run shot off Jeff Samardzija as the Padres took two of three in a matchup of two baseball’s worst teams.
Pipp, of course, took a day off for the New York Yankees in 1925 and Lou Gehrig began his streak of playing in 2,130 consecutive games, the big league record until Cal Ripken Jr. broke it in 1995.
No news of any talented ballplayers trading places with younger, aspiring talents yet today. But the day is still young.
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https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/887031828200267777
I guess Beane’s massive rebuild starts by trading his best young starter
Would be amazing if they get a solid haul for Gray after the injury and performance woes the last 2 years. Sellin’ high while they can. Could have a rotation built behind the power lefties Manaea and Puk for years. Good young players arriving at Big Leagues now. Could be a contendah when the Astros wane.
Billy cornered the market on snake oil
OK. You two could be long lost brothers.
If I lied to my clients like Billy does, I would have been fired long ago….Beane not MyGuy
“This” was down below:
Panik 2B, Belt LF, Pence RF, Morse 1B, Arroyo SS, Gillaspie 3B, Huntley C, Stubbs CF, Samardzija RHP
Well that certainly doesn’t look like we’ll try it tonight. Two injured, one DFA (probably a miracle there’s only one released), and a rare appearance by roster ghost Gillaspie.
looking back 3 months back…YIKES! We kinda saw the iceberg, but couldn’t steer the ship
You folks read some of the Beane quotes from the amazing Susan Slusser? Article below. Lots of rebuilding around the Bay. A’s gonna follow the Braves’ track with a stadium in sights.
http://www.sfchronicle.com/athletics/article/Billy-Beane-insists-A-s-committed-to-major-11292397.php&cmpid=twitter-premium
Why would anyone believe him?
POTD
Should we trust Evans/Sabean?
What direction is this org going? To rebuild? reload? retool? Toil in the basement for a few?
Evans and Sabean have a track record that Beane doesn’t…but this convo was about Beane. The G’s issue is internal disagreements. The A’s issue is a narcissist in Beane running things terribly lately.
So they won 94 in ’12, 96 in ’13, & ’88 in 14. Then things went south after “going all in” and they wone 137 combined over ’15 & 16. Their winning percentage is trending in right direction this year, I mentioned the robust farm that is being built.
They’ve been a bottom payroll club for a while now. They have a terrible stadium, and as you say, a mendacious GM/President of Baseball Operations.
Things could be better, things could be worse.
Things may be looking better across the Bay if SF can’t do something about injecting more talent into the system.
Trivia question: who are the longest tenured A’s?
Marcus Semien and Josh Phegley…2014
Embarrassing
Having a bunch of long tenured Giants may be embarrassing as well. Billy’s model is not your model. A’s situation is not the Giants. Two worlds collide. Two worlds diverge.
oh and I think Billy did acknowledge that embarrassment, it’s quoted in the article. He doesn’t want to have to operate that way. It is acknowledged.
HE MADE THE DEALS
OUT OF PERCEIVED NECESSITY, NOT OUT OF MALICIOUS MENDACITY AND DUPLICITY AND NEFARIOUS ATTITUDES TOWARDS BAY AREA BASEBALL – ooops, sorry, Caps Lock got stuck.
He’s just not as smart as his mirror keeps telling him he is.
Anyone who tries to defend Beane either likes baseball more for roster chess moves than actually watching players, or is a incurable die hard A’s fan
whatchyu talkin’ about, Willis?
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Old School MyGuy!
Lee Wolff is a wealthy man. Some sources place him in the category of billionaire. He’s made a ton of money on the team, just by virtue of appreciation in value. There has been no necessity to sell off every talented player when they become expensive.
If you are a fan of a baseball team, there should be some players who are on the team for longer than 2 1/2 seasons, don’t you think? I mean, honestly. Do you want to argue that this Beane travesty is remotely acceptable?
It’s not good, but that’s the way it worked out. The personnel at hand weren’t the ones they wanted to build around, rather wanted to cash in for multiple cost controllable players. But he still has his job and he and Forst and working on building a winner within a few. As mentioned, they had a good shot at it all in ’14.
If you’re truly working on building a winner, at some point you pay up to keep a talented player instead of dumping them as soon as they start to become expensive.
I think some of the A’s success resulted from the formerly awful Astros joining their Division in 2012.
The difference is that that the A’s are fully aware of the talents of the players they trade.
This Duvall thing left a mark.
No, but the denial of some Giants fans is pretty entertaining.
Are there fans denying that?
I’m happy for Duvall, and know the trade didn’t work…oh well…?
Hope the A’s don’t resume their role of NYY development team. It’s not good when you hijack your best players away from your fans so that the richest, most valuable franchise can win its umpteenth World Series with them.
I’ve got to believe that when they have a stadium plan in place and they’ve got a roster with young controllable talents, they will keep that team on the field and compete with the best. They are making use of very high draft picks and trades. Farm system will be one of top for a while.
There is a lot of this going around. Company stock line will most likely inform us that there is more to the story than the story says. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/minneapolis-police-officer-fatally-shoots-australian-bride-to-be-under-mysterious-circumstances/ar-BBEzAWC?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=UE09DHP
Ray Ray Strickland https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2017/7/17/15984200/sf-giants-trade-rumors-hunter-strickland
Maybe they can send one of their AAA CFers over??? and some pitcher in the lower minors with a good heater.
So, Brisbee says Tampa Bay sees Strickland like I see Strickland is basically what you’re saying
A salute to somebody’s guy and lineup!
https://twitter.com/hankschulman/status/887080301620371457
https://twitter.com/hankschulman/status/887074506509926400
TO’s hair just spontaneously combusted.
What hair? You assume too much!
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Who loves ya, baby?
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I really Love My Telly…..
I want to know Pence and Span are playing. I get why Gorky is!
Let’s see Heathcott and Parker or Williamson !
I almost fainted from the shock when Gorkys made that great leaping catch at the wall yesterday. (I think Crick almost did, too.) It’s been so long since I even hoped, let alone assumed, that a Giants outfielder could or would make a great play like that. Maybe back when Blanco was having a good year in 2015? Justin Maxwell? Juan Perez?
He’s no Byron Buxton, but he’s the best we got.
And therein lies the problem. Gorkys, in his best self, was supposed to be a younger version of Blanco, i.e., a fourth outfielder. Right now he’s the FIRST outfielder.
The OF is where the Giants have the worst holes.
Gorkys is plugging a hole in the dike but as a career .218 hitter that debuted five years ago “he is what he is”. Schulman is not interested in talking about Gorkys, but the question remains, why not play a player that could be The Answer (Parker, Mac, Hwang, Shaw) when you have nothing to lose. In fact, the fan base is saying we want to see new guys even if they hit under .218 because that is more interesting to us.
Gorkys is playing well right now and appreciated but he is the WrongGuy™ in the wrong place at the wrong time on the wrong team. Or am I wrong?
You’re not wrong, but part of me is happy for him. Why the heck not him? It’s not like anyone else has stepped up and grabbed the chance (except for poor Slater), and plenty have tried!
And I am happy for him playing well after a terrible start. Appreciated as I said.
Hey did you see OurGuy™ Duggar is back and playing in SJ? Just 1-7 over the weekend but maybe he can knock off the rust and finish well. Meanwhile you and I get Zero points from him in the mid-season MyGuy Ratings [out soon]. You have to take a gamble right … by definition that means you will lose badly some times.
You’re a bit like a guy with his finger poised over the button on a TV remote.
We won’t characterize you while women and children are present.
Are you toddler in question?
You need a hahahahahahahaha after that.
Hey, Jazzy Jarrett had a pretty good game in ol’ SLC yesterday. The R’Cats had 21 hits, and Park had 3, I think.
It’ll take a lot more than that to unseat a player of the caliber of Gorkys Hernandez.
At least Span is hitting well. Gotta be painful for the FO to contemplate the money still owed them.
He’s so, so bad out there in the outfield. Just so bad.
I know I won’t let go, but…wasn’t it a sledgehammer to the forehead when you sat up there and watched the absolute inability to read, react, throw from the guy? I know he’s a good guy, and he’s probably a teammate…but I watched him from day 1 with a huge “WTF?!?!?!?!” when I saw his remaining ability out there.
If ever there was a contract to eat, it’s his…unless he just becomes a bat off the bench. He cannot play major league outfield.
The bad arm is what it is. The consistently terrible reads and jumps are truly amazing.
I think Angel Pagan played CF better than Span does. There, I said it.
“The Word of the Lefty”
“…praise be to Angel”
I agree with this. Angel Pagan has had the last laugh this season.
Seems like there would be a contending team that needs a 4th OF/backup CF (snicker). Whatever you can get for him, pull the trigger. His OF D is only going to get worse.
Is he talking specifically to The Oracle??
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My Guy, Zimmer, the one who I will not let go, out of the University of San Francisco. A great opportunity to see what the Giants are missing.
I sort of think they get it.
Thought of you as soon as I saw the lineup.
Ryan Zimmerman is awesome, having a heck of a year. Some might consider him the MVP. But his .965 OPS ranks fourth on his own team!
Rendon ain’t too far back from Harper. Who is the NL MVP? Why should a Nat get it when they are all bangin’?
I think the Nats’ bullpen move and the Cubs getting Quintana suddenly made the NL a lot more interesting. Yeah, the Dodgers are playing like world beaters. So were the 2011 Phillies. They got knocked out in the first round.
Absolutely. Anything can and will happen. Even the non-World beater Giants can win 3 in 5 with timely execution and other worldly performances.
Dodgers at this point line up Kershaw, Wood, and Hill. How much faith there?
Besides, hitting the bejeezus out of the ball in the regular season doesn’t translate too wall to the playoffs against the creme de la creme (ahem, Scherzer, Strasburg…).
Bingo…that’s always the “equalizer”. 3 hot starting pitchers and , as Foothills Rye would say, “Boom”
Exactly.
“blah blah blah, I hate the Dodgers, blah blah blah they can win a million games and I cant give them any props, blah blah blah…” lol
When they actually make it out of the second round for the first time since the Reagan Administration, I promise I’ll give them (some) props. Right now, like Choke-Shaw, they’re awesome in July and useless in October until they prove otherwise.
Oh God this is a good post! You really made me laugh Lefty! The last time the Dodgers won The World Series I was a sophomore in College at the University of Florida doing my best to be the east coast distributor of the clap.
I was in grad school at USC, pregnant with my first child, and on bedrest. I remember watching that A’s/Dodgers World Series–living in LA, it was a big deal–and being really disgusted.
My first child will be 29 in January.
You have a point, but at the same time “3 in 5” is fading into history.
an oldie, but a goodie:
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the real MVP is Kershaw.
I am of the belief that anybody who plays in only 30-33 games can not be an MVP.
well the National League doesn’t, Kershaw was MVP in 2014.
He is the single most important player on a team that is going to win the most games this season.
he will get votes. Even if he doesn’t win, I’m sure he’ll be in top three vote getters.
2014…the same year when Mr. “MVP” single-handedly pitched his team out of the playoffs in the first round by choking away 7th inning leads in Games 1 and 4 of the NLDS against the Cardinals. The most absurd, ironic MVP ever awarded in the history of baseball.
It was awesome.
bear food.
“absurd, ironic” – you are quite the writer Doc.
But guess what, they MVP and CY still stand no matter how ludicrous your argument sounds.
LOLZ
you’re swingin’ off some serious Nats cojones.
This tweet photo got Winnie the Pooh banned in China over the weekend.
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Oh, bother
Winnie the Pooch.
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Awww.
We LOVE Winnie!!! She’s a beauty
Guy comment:
I can’t wait to see Dunkirk
That looks like an awesome movie. Did you ever see Hacksaw Ridge?
Dunkirk is best movie of the year! Those actors all deserve awards for sitting on that cold wet ass beach.
Loved it
Like EVERY current British actor is in it!
The Giants just swooped in and stole a fourth-round draft pick, a RHP out of a Sugarland Texas HS named Jack Conlon. He failed the Orioles’ physical and remained unsigned, so he was fair game.
Right on! Evans is on it. This guy could be heading the Giants rotation in 2023. The Orioles and their notorious physicals. We’ll have to start calling Evans ‘The Jackal’.
THE Jack Conlon?!
Lefty, looks like this interview is for you. Duggar feeling great!
https://twitter.com/JoeRitzo/status/887108988533211136
Also, I like this one. Just call him Mr. Triple, CF for your 2019 Giants!
https://twitter.com/JoeRitzo/status/887116969182281728
I do think by 2019-20, the Giants will have a good young homegrown outfield, with “homegrown” maybe including a prospect they get through a trade in 2017.
They may not hit like other outfields across the league, but maybe they’ll catch and throw as well and better.
This year stinks so I’m rooting for Baker to finally get his ring. I’m also praying that Classic Choker Kershaw returns in the playoffs.
Watching the Giants pregame. This blog is so ahead of them on signing news.
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