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GreekGiant
Now that’s better! A lights-out bullpen and the long ball! Steve Okert and Will Smith (two left hooks) combined to pitch a perfect 2 1/3 innings, and Sergio Romo (the right cross), pitched a perfect ninth for the save and the bullpen restored order in the Giants universe.
According to my sources from the morning yoga and meditation class (see previous post), Bochy heard about Together We’re Giants and has become lurker. In lurking he was swayed by the likes of Lefty and others clamoring for new blood in the lineup. Mac Williamson in left, Gorkys Hernandez in center and Nunez batting leadoff all contributed to a different look that injected the Giants with more arm strength and defensive upgrades in the outfield and a power-minded approach at the plate. Hernandez had a strong game hitting the ball hard four times, going 1-4. Williamson struggled however, going 0-4.
There was an interesting debate in the comment threads about sitting Span and Pagan for a game at the same time and going with the youth. I think Bochy was sending a message while also giving the veterans a breather. His message was that it’s time to rethink things. This was a very un-Bochy like game in many ways.
The starting pitchers were superb, the offenses for both teams were making mostly weak outs. The four starters of this series have allowed a grand total of one earned run, in a remarkable display of pitching. Johnny Cueto left with one out in the top of the 6th with a left groin strain. He pitched effectively, if not flawlessly. Avoiding trouble in nearly every inning, Cueto was the escape artist as he showed his veteran guile.
Brandon Crawford dislocated his pinky with a head-first slide into third base.. He did not get the memo on the U.N. Moratorium on head-first slides.
The big surprise of the game was Bochy’s handling of the relief corps. Steve Okert and Will Smith were deployed against both righties and lefties with Okert pitching 1 1/3 innings while Smith pitched a perfect 8th. Clearly going against the match-up concept, Bochy elected to let his lefties attack the Dodger hitters, whose record against left-handed pitching this year is among the worst in the National League.
The Giants went deep twice for their runs. Brandon Belt hit a heat-seeking missile in the ninth to provide an insurance run after Eduardo Nunez homered in the 5th to provide the Giants with their first RBI since May.
First and I like circus peanuts.
Pac went to bed in the 8th. You’re a fake Breckeroni.
Just leave Romo to pitch the 9th for now on.
Good, possibly at a very high price…
Greek Giant: “Mac Williamson in left, Gorkys Hernandez in center and Nunez batting leadoff all contributed to a different look that injected the Giants with more arm strength and defensive upgrades in the outfield and a power-minded approach at the plate.”
Next step: Greek Giant allowed in the clubhouse after the games to interview the players.
Get GG a press credential!
Absolutely!
The commute is going to be hell
Let’s just hope he stays with this starting lineup
Alex Pavlovic 16min ago:
Giants bullpen tonight: 3 2/3 scoreless innings, 1 hit, 7 strikeouts.
George, By gum this was a damned good idea. Kudos.
Night all.
Alex Pavlovic 6min ago:
Bochy said Crawford is day to day. Cueto getting MRI tomorrow.
Ugh. The inevitable “tender groin” syndrome.
AD muffed 3 balls that Craws would’ve caught. Not impressive.
BTW – Lefty and I DFA’d him. Might have to rescind that for tomorrow’s game…
Ok, that was some out frickin’ standing relief work… for a change. Now, if those guys can do it again next time, and again, and again… maybe our boys’ continuing failure to score runs won’t be quite the crushing weakness it’s been since the break.
Giants!! GO!!!!
Who have thunk the guy with a WS game clinching save could be a closer?
Completely unqualified. Just lucky.
I think Krukow said he had more guts than stuff, but hey it worked tonight
I heard him say that and it seemed odd to me.
Sergio has ALWAYS had more guts than stuff. But, he’s always had stuff too, which has enabled him to succeed way beyond anybody’s expectations.
Damn him with faint praise, why doncha Mike. And you’re usually such a suck-up.
paul in p.v.: “Sergio has ALWAYS had more guts than stuff.”
Just thought that statement needed to be repeated.
And That’s What’s Up!!
If I had a glove, I’d put it in front of my face and laugh out loud. ;o)
Well Krukow’s stuff hasn’t been all that lately, so maybe he was projecting!
80 career saves including Game 4 in Detroit….
A called third strike. Very rare. An amazing gutsy pitch.
Very rare way to win a World Series.
It was stunning, against such a good hitter. Unforgettable.
Tonight he ended the game by getting Utley swinging at a 76 mph slider!
Nobody here, that’s for sure.
I still think if anyone got on base Bochy would have gone left right left with his relievers in the ninth. Thank god Romo k’d Utley otherwise it would have been a painful 20 minutes of Bochy making a change after every batter.
I love Romo…. I’m going to work tomorrow and laughing at my boss straight to his face. I should get promoted 3 days later, right?
Keep us posted.
He has heart, thats for sure. Doesn’t shy away from the big moment, he embraces it. BUT, I don’t want to see him pitching to LHH in a 1 run game. Guts will go far, but only so far. He is still a very crafty pitcher with a wipeout slider that knows exactly how to use it.
Smooth moves by veterans.
Alex Pavlovic (from his game story):
“Some nifty defensive work helped Cueto have a quick fourth inning. After Josh Reddick hit a leadoff single, Cueto spun on his heels for a lightning-fast pickoff move. Belt put down a good tag. A batter later, Hunter Pence made a sliding catch in right.”
Cueto’s stolen base prevention has been the best in MLB this season. Dude is a special player.
Matt Moore threw 133 pitches against the Dodgers in his last start against them and pitched well in his next start, but Bumgarner needed to come out after 97 pitches. They should be playing for the sweep tomorrow.
Moore was pitching a no hitter…major difference. The second he gave up a hit, he was out of the game. No way the Giants ever push him anywhere near that number again.
I seriously think Bochy took Bum out of the game because he didn’t want him to get drilled and all hell to break loose or an injury or suspension to occur.. He was protecting Bum.
Also think he was convinced that Bum was too amped up.
Do you suppose Andrew Baggarly has noticed that all of his recent stories have zero-to-10 comments? I can’t stop laughing.
Baggarly is a very good writer. That is all on the Mercury News.
Some people think Baggarly is a very good writer. He bragged that Giants Extra would be re-titled Extra Baggs. It wasn’t. It was funny then, and it’s hilarious now that he allowed Giants Extra to be closed. That’s on him. He fully deserves to have zero-to-10 comments under his stories.
But isn’t he a HOF star on some dumb game show?
Surely you know that that dumb game show is where all the smart people go.
Yeah, sorta – I don’t have a teevee. Never have.
Just joking. I can’t stand game shows or reality shows.
No sheet. One of those shows spawned a putative presidential candidate.
Yeah. That guy. Dangerous. Don’t do it America!
Pu-leeze, Baby Jeezus! I’ll start going to church again, honest!…
Draft Alex Trebek!
Oh wait, I think he’s Canadian born
You’re kind of angry. He’s good at his job.
No, not angry at all. Happy actually that I no longer have to post comments under Baggarly’s stories to hang out with my blog friends.
What did he ever do to you?
It seems to me you must be a very good fisherman. But I’m not taking the bait.
Yours one is a respectable opinion, but just an opinion, and not mine.
Baggs books are great in my opinion. Great reads for Giants fans.
I bought and read them. Don’t like them, but I realize that liking is a quite subjective matter.
I bought one. An expensive hardback too. Gave it away to Good Samaritan. I prefer Alex Pavlovic as a writer and reporter and person. I kept both of his books about the Giants.
Agreed. I’ve read both at least twice. Each chapter is its own story.
As Lefty and others have noted, Baggs us a great author but only an OK beat writer.
that’s a ridiculous statement because Baggarly does not own or run the SJMN. Its appears it wasa company decision and Baggs had to roll with the punches.
He is an excellent writer who has been decorated numerous times over his coverage of the Giants and baseball. A blog, no matter how popular, does not dictate his writing career.
You sound so foolish in your statement.
Tim Kawakami still has his Talking Points blog active and running. I don’t like Baggarly’s snark and speculation which so often passes for reporting by his standards. You like reading his stories, go ahead. You can even comment over there.
A zillion of arrows up, doc.
How are you Alvise? Our neighbors up in the backcountry were going on a trip to Italy and that started me thinking about how you were doing. I was going to come back here and ask if anyone has heard from Alvise. How are you and your family and friends?
My family is OK, except me. I got my 4th heart attack & 4th stent on mid august. I got my MacBook sequestered for a month by wifey on my cardio wizards’ order, so I missed my beloved Giants’ tailspin and that probably saved my skin from the 5th stroke. Now I’m recovering swiftly. The Contarinis are bad grass, and you know that bad grass never dies. So here I’m again.
Whoa, Alvise. I’m very glad to hear you’re okay and recovering swiftly.
Thank you, dgg. BTW, how do you feel about your life after retirement? I hope you feel good.
I do. Thanks for asking. We’ve been getting a lot of work (inside and outside) done on our cabin, and doing projects at our house in town which have long needed tending to. When in town, I go to the gym every other day. Out in the country, I take my morning hilly walk. I bought a new sewing machine (heavy duty mechanical industrial) and have been sewing for both the cabin and house in town. For the very first time in my life, I made lined curtains. What a difference the lining makes for warmth and heat retention!
But… you know that line from the Godfather (made even more famous by the Sopranos): “Just When I Thought I Was Out They Pull Me Back In”? People keep sending me e-mails to try and pull me back in.
Tell those people:”MYOB”. You live only once. Enjoy it.
I’ve just been ignoring the e-mails. This is easy to do because people know we’re up at our cabin and off-grid this time of year. I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to do in the winter when people know we’re in town.
Go out of the town. A journey to the warm waters of the South Pacific? A trip to the Sea of Cortez? A visit to Old Europe? A week spent in the theatres in Broadway? You are spoilt for choice.
I vote the Sea of Cortez. Loreto would be a great place to start. A magical place.
I’m just re-reading Steinbeck’s “The Log of The Sea of Cortez”, but in English for the first time. God bless the inventor of the iBooks !
That wonderful book is what drove me down there the first time. I’ve driven Baja twice and keep discovering new things to see.
I vote for Positano and the Almalfi Coast. Rent a Vespa….
Love that place. Sometimes the climbing is tiring.
So did Hemmingway and his friends. Say what you want about Ernie, but damn he had good taste….
I vote for road D974, from Dijon to Beaune, Burgundy, France. Compulsory pit stops at Grevey-Chambertin, Morey-Saint-Denis, Chambolle Musigny, Vosne-Romaneè, Nuits-Saint-Georges. After Beaune a visit to Montrachet.
Nice trip, can’t do that one on a Vespa….. it gets a little wobbly…..
I was wondering about that – my uncle was an ER Doc, and kept getting offers to cover other Docs’ shifts in various parts of the country. He used it to pay for his travel.
Let the water go under the bridge. See the swans glide gracefully on the surface ahead…
Well, this is unsolicited advice. To quote Bochy, “I’ll leave it at that.”
Even less than 5 cents. Enjoy a serene day.
It is clear to me that Baggarly just didn’t want to have the blog anymore. As you mentioned, Kawakami’s blog is still going. I bet the Warriors’ Fastbreak blog will keep going, too. I thought it was pretty amazing and pretty rude that he just abruptly ended the blog with no warning, no announcement, no goodbye, considering how long it had been running and how popular it was (HE made it popular!).
I wonder if he was miffed because there was pushback on changing the name back to “Extra Baggs” and/or if he sometimes read our comments and saw people criticizing him (although he also would have seen many of us praising him, including me sometimes).
It was weird, and I’m glad we’re all here now. People have said for years that we should start our own blog, and I’m glad GG just took the lead and got it done!
Re Baggs and his entire schtick, I will quote our beloved, forever mascot Snorkel: “who is care?”
Hey Baggs: you got that?
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It’s definitely clear that he didn’t want to have the blog anymore. He never liked the name Giants Extra. After all, Alex came up with that name by asking us for our thoughts. When Baggarly returned, I missed the interaction Alex and Carl had with us. They even mentioned us at times by name in their blogs. It was a friendly place. Greek Giant is now continuing that tradition. All is good now. I will miss Carl Steward however.
Put GG onto it.
I thought Alex was head-and-shoulders above who-is-care when he ran the blog. His GIFs, ‘the month that was’ and other creations made reading G/E a treat. And of course Carl is always stellar. Missing him is the takeaway.
Yep and you can choose not to right. Still doesn’t mean they both don’t provide fun and entertaining sports coverage. If you don’t like that you can stick with BBC.
See real knowledgeable sports fans can understand criticism of a team. While the casual fan sees it as snark.
See Lefty below. See Lefty on Baggarly’s speculative piece about Bumgarner. There’s a difference between snark, speculation, and valid criticism.
Just because it was posted doesn’t mean it’s correct. Bum absolutely deserved to be called out at least for some his actions. Hero or no hero. That’s rediculous to absolve a player for past performance.
Baggarly doesn’t know the whole story. It was guesswork on his part. I prefer straightforward reporting based on facts and on-the-record interviews.
And what is your reality? You already have your mind made up that Bum had no part in blame. He had made to last out, walk off the field but he allowed himself to get baited. Are you naive enough to think no one baits other players in any professional sport?
Where (and when) did I ever say that I made up my mind that Bumgarner had no part in what he did or said or how he reacted? This is a huge assumption on your part. Baggarly is supposed to be a reporter, not an op-ed columnist. Look, Efrain, we’re never going to agree on Baggarly’s writing style. It’s not going to happen.
I made one this morning with the hope that somebody from the Giants would read his site.
I went over there from his twitter link on the side and read your comment. (I skipped reading his story.) At first I didn’t understand what you meant. I think I’ve got it now. You were hoping that someone from the Giants would read your comment, not his site? I think there are a whopping 3 comments under Baggarly’s post so your 2 comments should be easy to find.
p.s. I hope someone from the Giants management follows your link to here from there. They will eventually. We didn’t disappear. We moved! Thanks to Greek Giant.
Uh – who?
I suppose we all have a little vindictive side.
Did you read Baggarly’s speculative piece about Bumgarner? That’s what passes for reporting by his standards.
Whoever’s idea it was to change the format WITHOUT so much as a word or acknowledgement to the many loyal readers who had been giving them page views for years, has to be realizing about now that they made an epic mistake. They have surely lost a lot of traffic. Baggarly is a great writer but if he pushed for this new format without having the courtesy to keep us in the loop he made a big time error.
It was a Merc decision. And he did provide links to his archived sites.
I read a tweet from him saying the new format would be better and more powerful and that he was looking forward to it.
Kool-Aid
Exactly.
BTW, how do you know who made the decision?
Can’t swear by it, but other formats are changing in the paper and other columns have been like a bounce house when trying to read the comments.
Tim Kawakami still has his Talking Points blog active and running.
When Alex left, he wrote a goodbye blog with thanks to everyone, including us, his readers. I saved that blog in my bookmarks. It was quite remarkable and gracious and revealing.
Baggarly didn’t leave.
Still throwing that bait out there, chumming the waters.
Yep, and I’m done with it. Ryan advised me to do this a few weeks ago.
Blocked.
I’m with you. Blocked by me too.
Oh no. I don’t know what I’m going to do now.
The word “gadfly” comes to mind.
Woke up at 12:50 AM (EDT) to pee, couldn’t get back to sleep unless I checked on the game. Saw the bottom of the ninth and then the highlights from the AtBat app. Well worth 1 1/2 lost hours of sleep to see the win and share with y’all.
GIANTS!!
Strong move, TF!
Too much information in the first sentence, TF, but other than that, cool. Drink strong coffee tomorrow morning.
So… Anybody ’round these parts think like me that just maybe Bochy should lay down the law and impose an iron glad ban on head first belly slides?
Or maybe it’s a training issue. Did the fellas not learn, or at least not practice, the good ol’ butt-down foot-first hook slide?
Had Crawford done the hook slide to the home plate side of 3rd he may well have been safe! Or, perhaps, still out but uninjured.
Ban The Belly!!
Posey might agree…
I wonder if Craw slides head first because of his frequent layouts for ground balls
Ain’t gonna happen. Ever play much?
Okay, this is what I was waiting for. Alex comes through once again.
Alex Pavlovic 7min ago:
Sounds like Crawford got really good news. Off tomorrow, but will be checked day by day. Panik missed three days with same injury last year.
Oh, btw – Eduardo Nuñez, Hero of the Day. (Yesterday too.)
Si, Senor!
I’ve been real sarcastic at the way the Giants have allowed opponents to pulverize their nuts to the curb. But I will say this. After all the humiliation they’ve eaten, they’ve still got some bite in their teeth. Giants do not play like a team carrying an post ASB epic implosion on their backs. No. At times they did. But not last night. There was some live energy in that line up. Now let’s win again with that same line up Boch. Com’on. Maybe KT at short instead of EA. Sleep on it. Your call.
Sometimes a team needs to get its collective nuts pulverized before they can become greater than the sum of their parts and become champions…
you guys are going to have to stop talking about pulverized nuts – making me nauseous.
Hitting too close to home? The wife a real ball buster?
Contrary to the opinions of some chowder head fans, this team does not give up and has resiliency. Pretty epic effort last night to gut through the injuries.
Hopefully Romo’s save settles the bullpen down. I think the 9th inning must have gotten into their heads a bit. Not sure why it took Bochy so long to give him a real shot considering his experience. With that said though, I’m still a little leery of Romo vs. lefties and would still like to see a committee, maybe Smith.
I’d like to take Giants fans that think they cannot win the NL West back to 1962! It was the first pennant race that I can remember vividly as I was 10 years old. With 8 games left the Dodgers had a 3 game lead on our Giants who were in Houston playing the lowly new expansion Colt 45’s. It was September 22nd. The fabulous Willie Mays broke a 4-4 tie by belting his 46th HR. Bullpen ace Stu Miller was on the mound for the Giants. It looked like a sure win for our boys.
But in the bottom of the 9th the frisky Colts rose up and walked off with a 6-5 win! With the Giants clinging to a 1 run lead, Alvin Dark desperately trying to keep the deficit to 3 games called on his ace 20 game winner Jack Sanford with the bases loaded and one out. No dice! Roman Mejias a journeyman outfielder stroked a single scoring the tying and winning runs!
I vividly remember listening to the game with my father and grandfather. After much loud groaning they both told me it was OVER! With my 10 year old innocence and optimism I told them it wasn’t over. They patiently explained to me if the Dodgers won they’d be 4 up with only 7 games remaining. I was adamant that it was not over! Smiling they both patted me on the head knowingly.
What’s my point? The point is this. I still have that 10 year old optimism! The division race is NOT over! Just as the Giants shook off that devastating walk off loss in Houston to tie the Dodgers on the final day, anything is still possible! If Matt Moore can win tonight the deficit will be down to 4 with 10 to go. Just like the outs in the ninth inning are themost difficult to get, those last few wins to clinch can be even harder! I’ve seen too many crazy stuff in my 50 plus years of watching baseball to concede anything yet!
Go Giants!!
So you are 5 years younger than me. Atta babe!
Remember it quite well. Listened on my transistor radio on KMOX (“he Sports Voice of Saint Louis– Friendly Bob Adams, Main 1-4242, 29 Offices within the Sound of My Voice” to Bob Gibson beat the Dodgers on the last Saturday night of the season.
Two differences, however. (1) That team had Willie Mays (who beat Houston the next day with a home run) (2) Giants did not play the Dodgers during that last week in 1962. So, though unlikely we have the opportunity to pick up 4 games in head to head play.
Let’s not also forget that in game 3 of the playoffs with the Dodgers, we trailed 4-2 going to the top of the ninth, when (on the 11th anniversary of Bobby Thomson’s Shot Heard Round the World when we also trailed 4-2 in the ninth) It was the Dodger bullpen that collapsed, walking in at least one run (Stan Williams). Very vivid memories from 54 year ago.
I’m not so sure, Mavo. The division race seems pretty much over to me.
Romo shutting it down like it’s 2012. That was as cool and calm as I’ve seen or heard the waters of the ninth in ages. Great bounce back from his recent antics. That fastball of his looks like a changeup right now. Great change of pace, and I imagine the slide piece is still absent the tell-tale dot.
No matter what happens these final games, the Giants are getting some great looks at the future. Hardly knew Phil Bickford and Andrew Susac the way Smith is going. You usually have to exercise some patience following trades. Okert has sure put himself in the good graces of the boss. He sure looks as tough as billed for an early round draft pick. The roster is going to have three lefty late inning relievers, and two of them will still have options. I still think that with the addition of a closer, the bullpen will bounce back strong next year.
Great time to get a look at Mac. They may see an inconsistent hitter and not be convinced that he and Parker can take 700 ABs in left field next year without hitting .230 or below (but with 25+ HRs?). Could they accept/hope for production in the realm of Adam Duvall or Joc Pederson? Sure, but knowing the Giants they may make a push for a more consistent, professional hitter in LF. Good God, Angel Pagan could find his way back on the roster.
Gorkys is doing everything he can to assure a Major League contract next year. Eduardo Nunez living up to the task of replacing Matt Duffy quite well. Not all is lost in this 2nd half holocaust. Heck, playoff picture is still alive.
Excellent stuff as usual Scout.
I’m just trying to hang in the AAA or your Major League.
Without bad mouthing the talented Baggarly, who did great services writing about the Giants through three titles, I can say that you have done a terrific job supplanting him as the one who refreshes the blog threads. Your personal, fan touch gives you an edge over the professional/Cubs-fan Baggarly. And your writing chops are very strong too. So keep up the good work, Surf Maui knows where to find you if you slack.
High praise indeed. Thank You Scout!
And furthermore, you write not only as a passionate fan, but as someone who has played between the white lines, kicked up some brick dust, gotten dirty, struck out, and picked up his teammates with a big hit/pitch. Life.
Thanks for the positive energy, Scout. I think bullpens can be easily fixed. I’m more worried for the long term about hitting.
Probably should be and if the Giants share that concern, look for a big move in LF. Belt pounded his pitch last night. If he got more of those, he’d be okay. Or if he got his top hand back. And Nunez, the Giants co-leader in long balls, adds some presence to the lineup. I know some feel that he has to be the leadoff hitter because he is fast, but I see him as a nice threat around the 6/7 spot in the lineup – where his speed still plays.
I would like to see some speed and energy at the top of the lineup. I agree Nunez can be valuable anywhere, but the leadoff spot has been an absolute disaster for the team the last two years. The offense needs tweaked next year, for sure.
when in doubt, defer to wOBA, OBP, ability to work deep counts.
Except I’m not in doubt.
Of course not.
Hopefully Osich can right himself to last year’s form. He looks like he’s still struggling. But between him and Okert, one of them should adequately replace Lopez.
Totes – I just don’t think Osich ever found a rhythm this year, especially after returning late from that injury of his. When he’s right, he’s sinking a fastball 95+mph from the left side. Tuff stuff. He’s flashed some good secondary pitches – if everything is working for him, he has closer potential (you could say that about a lot of guys as well).
I think Osich’s fastball just doesn’t work vs RHH. It is too straight. He is murder on LHH with his deceptive delivery and the ball gets to home quick. But for a RHH there is no deception…they get a great look at him and his fastball is straight and not much life…pretty much a MLB hitter’s dream. Has to come up with some equalizer if he wants to get RHH out.
Didn’t see any of the game Scout, how did the Fresh Prince look? Are people here apologizing yet for the way he was treated when he got sent here?
Unlikely to get apologies from the knee jerk contingent. He looked fresh. He was getting jiggy with the 2 seamer, the hook, and the slide piece. He’s a tough lefty with the right kind of nasty attitude. I think with him it’s all about keeping the release point – he’s a big guy and he’s had some knee issues.
I actually like and have liked Parker’s at bats much more than Mac’s at bats and have felt that way all year. Not convinced that Mac will pan out like others on this board but will be glad if he does. Parker takes some good tough at bats and has a good idea at the plate. Too bad for him he is left handed I guess.
Not the looniest of platoons.
Susac is 2 for 7 with 2BB’s (.286/.444/.286/.730) in his short time up with Milwaukee this year. Glad they called him up. I could see him doing some good things with the bat in that yard. Think he can carve out a career in the bigs as a catcher if he can stay away from injuries. His bat should play.
Always mixed on Susac. The glove has always been kind of an issue and the injuries a bigger issue.
Can someone remind me? Didn’t the opposite happen in 2014 where Romo was the closer, had some big blown saves, then Casilla took over? Would be funny if the opposite now happens this year. Who knew in 2014 that Romo would be back on the team and then be back as closer 2 years later.
I guess all of this is premature. Bochy may close with Law tomorrow.
In 2012, Wilson went down in the second week of the season and Casilla took over as closer. After six blown saves by mid-July, Bochy removed him as closer and went with “committee” for awhile (not very successfully), and Romo emerged by September as closer, where he stayed until 2014 after being a hero in the 2012 postseason.
So yeah, this exact thing has happened before!
Thanks Lefty! In 2014, didn’t Romo start as closer and then get replaced by Casilla in June or July? I remember until then there were questions if Casilla could move from the 8th to the 9th.
Yes, in late June of that year. Romo had a horrid weekend series against the Rockies and then a week or two later blew a save vs. the Phillies. The next day Bochy announced he was out as closer. Swift, decisive action, and Romo wasn’t anywhere near as bad that year as Casilla’s been this year.
Gracias – I had forgotten that Romo replaced Casilla once before. Casilla had been simply lights-out when he first got the job in early 2012, and got lit up badly in the Bay Bridge series by Oakland, trying to impress the team that let him go.
The lesson (which you point out below) – Bochy didn’t pussy-foot around about making necessary changes in 2012 and 2014. He’s slipping.
What we learned, and hopefully Bochy did too……
Pitching the ninth isn’t about stuff, its about the size of your balls…..
Want another example. Rod Beck, Trevor Hoffman for at least his last 5 years.
We learned last night the little guy from Brawley has huge huevos….
great job by Romo in ONE game. You do realize it doesn’t mean he’ll have guaranteed suceess as closer rest of the way right?
In life there are no guarentees, not even tomorrow.
Who’s got it worse than us, huh E?
Those Gift Horse Kickers you wear are epic.
Did you all read the full story about the Puig #dontlookatme t-shirt saga? It was big of Puig to make nice and extend the olive branch to Madbum. Admit it Giants fans!
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17600986/yasiel-puig-sends-madison-bumgarner-dontlookatme-t-shirt
It’d be funnier if we found out the shirts are made by Carhartt and MadBum is making royalties.
Good one!
ok that is funny. i can admit it
And how about those Amazing Mets! That’s got to be frustrating getting manacled by the lowly Braves. Even with the “soft” schedule, it’s tough making a run when 3/5th of the rotation is Gsellman, Lugo, & Ynoa. They are not going anywhere with that. Would almost be shame for them to get a Wild Card and have the prospect of advancing to a full series (and no one wants to face Syndergaard).
Speaking of which, who has the season tiebreaker between Giants and Mets? Where would WC or WC play-in game be played?
Mets. Gs have no tie breakers…
sad to break it to you but they do still have a chance. It’s not going to be easy and they most likely won’t make the WS, but they can still make it tough the enxt few weeks because they still have more power in the lineup and can win 6-5 type games that we can’t.
Thank you for the report from Flushing. So yeah, they are mathematically still alive. How about that?
The Mets have the tiebreaker vs. the Giants, and so do the Cardinals.
Back on the road again for the Wildness, most likely!
Lot’s of Romo talk, but I’m more interested keeping the outfield as it was last night. I’m just afraid Bruce goes back to Pagan and Span to start game #3. If there’s a mojo killer, that would be it. Personally, I don’t think Bruce learned anything last night.
Somebody mentioned it already, but KT at short is the change I’d make. I have no faith that Bruce has given up the ghost with his Spa-gan-love
Of course he’s going right back to Pagan and Span tonight.
I saw KT play both SS and 3B in Sacramento this year, and my eye test says he’s more comfortable on that side of the infield than at 2B. He was quite smooth at 3B.
For all the hype over Adrianza’s slick glove, I can’t say I’ve seen it much, at least not consistently.
He reeked last night. AD has to sit. KT has already proved himself, but was sent down for most of the year because, well… no good reason. Gillaspie? Kick him to the curb. I want a winning lineup. I’m sick of Boch’s lack of creativity. BCraw will be back in a couple of days, in the meantime Clark Kent needs to be in there.
That’s what it should be, but it’s not going to be. Span and Pagan will be back in there. And Bochy already said Adrianza is the starter until Crawford gets back. It’s going to be a substantially diminished lineup tonight. I’d personally like to see Parker get a start to see what he can do against Maeda, but don’t see it happening. If he does play Span I just really, really hope he does not lead him off.
If, and this is a big ten ton if, say, the Giants are able to win the west and the Dodgers do not even make the wild card, does the Giants post ASB epic implosion become a almost epic implosion and now the Dodgers take over the high seat of epic implosions for the season? Just sayin…. all this awful and confusing second half meltdown for the Giants becomes a bad memory forgotten and the stench of failure on LA now becomes the larger 2016 epic implosion. That would be a nice way to end the regular season and it still remains possible, tho paper-thin, it is possible the Dodgers could do in two weeks what’s taken the Giants three months. Today’s game could be the start of something great. Giants need to make that big if a reality and move on into the playoffs.
That’s quite a bit of dreaming.
Nuñez 5
Gorkys 8
Buster 2
Belt 3
Pence 9
Mac 7
Panik 4
KT 6
Moore 1
If only. You think Bruce has the cajones to make that choice? I don’t.
Mac, Adrianza and KT did not do themselves any favors by their results this series but Bochy does seem to stick with a winning set if he can. I say only Gorkys survives in that list unless KT gets the SS fill-in nod over EA.
I want KT waaaay over AD (that’s what Bruce and others call him) who looked absolutely awful last night. I’d rather see anyone over Pagan and Span in the starting lineup.
Lot’s of fragile young minds on this team…both on the mound and in the field. It seems they are afraid of Bruce and play tight too often.
I have a theory and this is wild TMZ speculation, but hey, I’m a blog commenter, not a professional journalist.
I remember during one of Mac’s many call-ups earlier this year, he was having a rough time. There was a story–I think both Bochy and Mac mentioned it–about him going into Bochy’s office and saying “Don’t give up on me, Skip.” It reminded me of the (in)famous Belt crying scene when he heard he’d made the Opening Day roster in 2011: “You want a beer? Grab a beer.”
Both of those stories are a little emo. Not in a seriously bad way, but I just don’t think Bochy likes that type. He likes the strong silent type.
Adrianza, Osich, Strickland…you wonder about them, too.
Nice.
I have no doubt Osich is looking over his shoulder with every bad pitch he makes. When right, he has tremendous stuff. He’s pitching scared.
Righetti seems like the world’s greatest pitching coach and very paternal and supportive. I wonder if he and Bochy are on the same page about how he’s handled the bullpen guys this year. OK, I know I’m being TMZ-ish again with that comment.
I should probably do some work!
It’s crossed my mind that Rags would be kinder to his pitchers.
OMG I just had an image of that big goofy Bob crying in Bochy’s office, and Boris squirming, looking around for a beer to give him.
Spagan are 3-10 and 1 BB vs. Maeda. Not decisive stats.
I wonder how much the stronger arms of Mac/Parker/Gorkys will be acknowledged? The dodgers had lots of runners early last night and no one took an extra base.
#BanHeadFirstSlides … the stupidest play in the MLB.
Agree re Kelby/Ehire. AD always seems to come up short in big moments, Kelby is a grinder. Against a righty it will be AD. Prove me wrong, Ehire.
KT is gritty.
He’s always seemed like Duffy Lite to me–OK, I know Duffy is “lite,” too, but work with me here. KT may actually be more athletic than Duffy is–he’s fast and has a great arm. But I think they both have grit.
Faster than sheet. And Duffman is no slouch on the bases.
I love Duffy, but he ain’t here anymore. I can’t think about that now.
Bochy is too stubborn. “Gotta get ’em going” “we’re going with our guys” (which puzzles me no end, since they’re ALL our guys), Span and Pagan at the top, Gorkys, Mac and Kelby glued to the bench.
“Our guys” vs. “All our guys” reminds me of that famous line from Orwell’s “Animal Farm”: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
I approve of this line up.
With the righthander Maeda, you know it’s not happ’nin
Pagan
Belt
Posey
Pence
Nunez
Panik
Hernandez
Adrianza
Moore
Nuñez leads off or I’m over Bochy.
Bochy probably has Span leadoff.
So c’mon Span, get it going .
Ahhhggghhh!!
If Span leads off…I don’t watch..
Such a horrible line up with Span and Pagan at the top…
How many times do you have to stink before Bochy stops sucking up to Span and Pagan??
I would never put Belt in the 2 spot..
Strikes out too much…
He does seem to do better lower in the lineup..maybe less pressure??
Kris Bryant has more strikeouts then Belt and he bats 2nd, they both have a .388 OB% .
Well I probably wouldn’t bat Bryant 2nd either…
And Seager batting 2nd also…
You like slap hitters batting 2nd , the game has changed, now more power guys bat 2nd, might want to look at the MLB Strikeout leaders, most of them are the best hitters in the game, for instance Paul Goldschmidt has 1 less Strikeout then Belt has .
I do like the slappers hitting 2nd…
I just like the best hitter 3rd…more RBI chances.
Maybe it’s just Belt that I don’t like hitting 2nd…
And Bryant and Seager can probably hit any darn place in the line up and it’s all good.
By the numbers Belt is by far the best hitter on the Giants, highest OB%, highest OPS, most doubles, most HRs, but you just do not like him right .
No no..I’m not a Belt hater…!!
I like Belt…just not in the 2 spot…
More comfortable with him hitting 5 or 6
#restpagan
#sitpagan
#playball
#inelpaso
#thankpaganforallthefun&sayhimgoodbye.
Nunez
Gorkys
Buster
Pence
Belt
Panik
Mac
KT
Moore
Good to see Belt with a blast last night, im a Belt basher but i have no problem with giving credit where credit is due. I bet he barely even felt the ball hit the bat after that clout because he hit it smack dab on the sweet spot.
…and then you look at how many well-hit balls came down from the sky…in play.
Okert hasn’t got the love he deserves. Last night he looked like the guy I saw two appearances ago. Let’s hope he carries that vibe for the duration. That was a killer performance last night.
He was great last night, made up for getting rocked by the Padres. Let’s see how consistent he can be… Between him, Smith, Dr. Lefty, and Osich, we could have a strong lefty contingent in the bullpen.
Very pleased with last night, but thoughts of previous “WTF?”…that had him sent down a time or two…are still fresh in my mind. Maybe this latest outing boost his confidence to a “I belong here!” level.
ok — I think this is really funny – who knew they had a sense of humor down there
now WE need to get shirts in orange + black of course that say I’M LOOKING AT YOU
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/689622d6cd311ddcbd569d44b9d134a7dc7a060c170b078e4a14fae31f1b0b43.jpg
okay this is really funny – now I think some orange + black shirts are in order saying I’M LOOKING AT YOU !
who knew those folks down there had a sense of humor ?
No matter what, when they wake up tomorrow, Puig will still be a Dodger.
Pleasure seeing him come in and strikeout TWICE last night.
The belly slide:
Dumb at first base. Until I see Usain Bolt headfirst slide the finish line, I’m convinced it doesn’t speed up reaching first.
BUT, my opinion and experience on 2nd , 3rd and home are different than that. You are avoiding a tag (Though you do occasionally at first…) and you’re trying to speed up getting to the bag. Throwing your legs forward doesn’t speed you up. In fact, it actually slows you down
Headfirst – You’re leaning forward running, so going headfirst doesn’t slow you down at all. But it’s obviously dangerous. We keep getting reminders.
Baseball is marginally dangerous (less than many sports). You can’t play tentative or not to get hurt. Well executed headfirst slides are still more dangerous than feet first. But I begrudgingly think let the boys slide headfirst, but not at first
How about holding your batting gloves in your fist then? Those extended fingers seem the major hazard.
Risk/Reward still tells me to just not do it but you make a good argument.
How about not trying to take 3rd with two outs on a shallow hit to LF? It was not a smart play by Crawford. But to the point, I hate head first slides. Always have. Feet first pop-up slide is best and it’s not that hard. Plus, with feet first, the 2nd and 3rd basemen will NOT try to block the base.
Viewed in a broad lens, why not give that one a shot? We second guess every decision that turns out wrong.
That shallow hit gave him a perfect view and he thought he could make it. He didn’t. Baseball. Oh well.
Because you do NOT make the last out of the inning at third base. He was already in scoring position, it was not a smart base running play under any objective standard. If there was one out, then yes, I’d have been all for it. But with two outs you only go if you’re positive you’re going to make it. And it was clear, that even if he was going to make it, the play was going to be very close. IMO that’s Baseball 101. That’s not second guessing at all, even if he made it I would still condemn the play. It was an extremely ill advised risk (irrespective of the resulting injury).
Those rules are BS. Sorry, they are. That’s just another Krukow “He’s got an open base” line of thinking… Please take a look at the ENTIRE situation
You’re in a pennant race. Your offense has done nothing. You’re at the bottom of the order. Your team needs a jump start. You have a rookie outfielder. You see a doink into the OF…and as I saw the play develop, i thought he should go and would make it. Apparently Brandon thought the same. And, Adrianza was headed to the plate next.
Again, there are times when risks are worth it, even if they fail. It failed.
So, you wanted him to not risk it so the amazing batsman Ehire Adrianza would bring him home in a two out situation? I think you are WAY too fired up about a risk that didn’t work out.
right on Matt, you nailed it. It just failed. Sometimes you have to push it when things are brown all around you.
If a different player had done that, no one would be defending it.
I’m personally “defending” in response to a knee jerk post “attacking”. It was a risk. It didn’t work.
Here we disagree. I think it was a good gamble. Toles’ arm and throw was just better.
Here’s my beef with MLB feet first slides. Most of these guys have forgotten how to do them. I said THEM. You don’t see hook slides, slide-by slides or 2-foot slides anymore. You see the pop-up slide, but not even that. It’s a modified pop-up now. It’s easier to avoid a tag by going head-first. It’s just the way the game has changed.
I don’t understand how you and Matthew view that as a “good gamble.” I just don’t. You do not make the last out of the inning at third base. It’s that simple. And it was far from a sure thing that he was going to make it. You cannot take away a potential scoring opportunity for a gamble like that. As I said below, with one out, be aggressive. But with two outs you only go if it’s a sure thing you’re going to make it.
It’s not “that simple”.
Uh, take a look at how it went in the previous 20 games.
Third out at third? How was that a good gamble? Because it was Brandon Crawford, not a player of lesser status?
Socrates, you’ve used your hourly quota of question marks. 😉
He looks more like Plato. Socrates was a good man. Once upon a time I studied Karl Popper’s “The Open Society And Its Enemies” and Plato was depicted very badly.
One should preface comments about Greek philosophers, IMO, with the phrase rumor has it. Most of what they are supposed to have said came through Roman interpretation, and you know those Italians freewheeling ways with truth.
Yep ! And your sentence reminds me that, even if I can speak italian, I’m a Venetian first, not italian. (And half Dalmatian from my mother).
I read a book eons ago about the death of reductionism by Popper. The epitaph was premature.
Leave me at least the hope…
How can one read comments here, and enjoy them (as most do I hope) and not believe reductionism isn’t alive and well.
Absurd, my dear Sir.
I have one comment in rebuttal, and I’ll be brief… P. J.
here’s another fun fact…dalmatians, the canine, are born pure white, and they develop the spots as they get a little older.
Glad to have you back. We were suffering from a shortage of cat pictures and comments about the greatness of Venice.
A greatness you will never be able to understand. Full stop.
Truer words were never spoken.
Who was coming up next? What time of year is it? How has it been going, so far? Time to shake things up? Who won?
He ran them out of an inning on a play that wasn’t close. They also won the Casilla-Lamb game. The result of the game doesn’t change a bad gamble into a good one.
Who was batting next?
Socrates Brito!
(Sorry – too much cafe.)
i think you just like saying, or typing his name. i know i do
It was absolutely not a good gamble. It’s only a good gamble when you’re not out.
Two good points:
The players need to learn how to slide properly in ST.
It is easier to avoid a tag but seldom will an unmpire see it that way if the ball beats you and the tag is placed in a good spot. I think even with replay they give the benefit of the doubt to the defense.
Another common mistake the fielders make is not taking the ball/glove directly to the bag and to not reach out toward the runner to make the tag.
I think replay, especially in a safe/out situation, is looking for the runner to be clearly out. Umpires, in the moment, certainly depend on the circumstances you described: did the ball beat him and was the tag in a good place. But replay is going to check to see, was the runner actually tagged out/forced out. That’s what they’re there for.
Maybe he thought it was Span in Left Field…
Ok, ok that’s the one exception I’ll go with. I think the ball dudes could go first to third if Span is tracking down a single.
Haak, For some time sliding gloves have been used by baserunners. Hasn’t anyone watched/seen guys put on these weird flat mittens that look like pot holders with no fingers? C’mon, people. These are sliding mitts. Guys mostly use them on their throwing hand. After last night I’d like to see them on both.
You folks need to watch games more closely.
I think Nuñez uses one of those on his right hand.
Crawford looks to have just his batting gloves on last night.
My question is do you need your fingers extended to make a good head-first slide or will a balled-up fist work?
You need to be able to grab the bag on a slide-by. So, yes, you need your fingers.
Sounds like a good Off Season study as I suspect head-first slides generate a good number of injuries vs. how many times you get in Safe when you would have been Out. OR you get the worst of both like last night. I do applaud BCraw’s fire.
The answer is 1) whatever it takes to be safe; and 2) you HAVE to be safe. Safe, as in, not out. Why can’t MLB players slide? You’re a regular on a MLB team, you’re going to slide a lot. Shouldn’t you know how to slide? We see so many bad slides — Buster, Pence, Belt, Nunez (another injury just waiting to happen).
Crawford is such a smart guy and has great instincts. Awesome fielder and he drives the ball, which I love. He must have been just trying too hard to create some momentum last night, or something. Getting thrown out at 3b to end the inning should never happen, certainly not in a close game. And then to slide head first? Not his best decisions. Hope he recovers fast because this team will not survive long without him.
It’s just sorta instinctual to slide head first when you know it’s going to be close and you need to come in low…
Is it smart..no…but…
I think his gamble worked last night. If nothing else it fired me up.
So it is all about you huh?
Pretty much. How ’bout you?
That is my problem …You should know it is really all about ME, not you.
I believe you, you’re obviously a student of cat behavior.
Hahaha. Well he showed some fire and some desire, for sure. It just wasn’t his best gamble.
“Getting thrown out at 3b to end the inning should never happen, certainly not in a close game.” Thank you. Arguing below made me feel like Mogatu in Zoolander where I wanted to start screaming is everyone taking crazy pills. It is not complicated.
The head first dive is as inexcusably risky as many things for which players get fined, such as Kent’s car washing
Craw is one who does not go feet first…..
It looked like he thought he had a crack to take third and then… it disappeared
Lots of people earlier this year expressed mad love for Ehire Adrianza. Just wondering what everyone is thinking about him these days. Still love the guy? Still think he’s a terrific infielder and since he put on some weight he will hit with more authority? Hasn’t gotten enough of a chance? Is he a player to hang on to?
i was one of those..Bad, bad night last night. I expected a huge blog backlash, and I wasn’t disappointed. The question is deeper than “do we hang on to him”? because, its more about how he fits into the roster.
If last night alone was the judgment day, obviously not. But, if last night was, then Mac’s out, right?
This team is trying to decide who they are. To me, it remains a pitching first team that relies on ground ball chuckers. EA is fine as the 25th guy, and should be removed only after Gillaspie is.
I agree with that. The fact that EA and CG had roster spots for weeks while KT got buried in the minors for no good reason is just one of the many irritating things about this season.
How long is that “irritating things” list now? 🙂
Very, very long.
Neither did much with the bat – but Mac didn’t whiff on 3 plays at SS last night. It seems to me that AD has been kept specifically as Crawford insurance, and if he can’t provide that with authority, his ABs don’t justify playing him instead of KT.
i only saw 2 amigo. the obv error, and the one ruled a hit, that he should have had easily. which was the 3rd?
Ok, I’m picky – but there was a line-drive over his head that Craws would’ve caught, imo. Nuñez too!
And a ground ball he didn’t touch that BCraw would have smothered AND made the throw.
I think that is the first one that steve (and I) were referring to…
You missed my point: neither should be judged long term on one night. That’s what we tend to do.
Sorry, I did.
But it triggered the history of futility that EA has demonstrated for 4 years in S.F. Sufficiente (enough), esta damaciado (it’s too much).
Plus he made a catch that pretty boy lets drop.
I forgot that – saved the tying run from scoring!
Well, it looks like we are going to get another look at EA tonight. I really hope he makes great plays and goes 4-for-5. But if he looks overmatched at the plate and shaky in the field, then I’m off the EA bus.
And Mac didn’t look good, you’re right, but I think Mac has a lot more upside than EA.
He does from a power standpoint. Again, though- EA is a roster filler at the very bottom end. Mac should be seen as a potential starting outfielder if he develops. Two entirely different career expectations….my point is the blog wants to make decisions on single games. And shouldn’t.
Granted, no one day decisions. And I guess there are different ways a team can go with those last spots. One way is to have a young player you are trying to develop. Another is to find a veteran who has experience, plays multiple positions, and has a little pop. Like when the Giants got Juan Uribe a few years ago. He was a utility infielder when he came over.
Think JUST DEFENSE
He caught a ball that Angel plays with a red cape.
way more, agreed. these guys need reps. mac finally gets a start, and it’s against a guy with one of the best hooks in the game. come on boch, give him a real shot to succeed.
I’ve never been a believer. Dude can’t hit. Maybe he can field, but he’s so jumpy and anxious every time he gets a chance that the rumored “slick glove” has never really become an asset.
Bottom line for me: Last year Joe Panik went down at the beginning of August, pretty much for the duration. There was an opportunity for someone. The Giants were in contention. Adrianza got the first crack at it. He couldn’t hold onto the position. Kelby, though shaky with the glove at the beginning, took that spot by producing at the plate and improving steadily in the field. He did a nice job, hitting over .300 for nearly two months and putting up a 1 WAR in under 200 plate appearances.
That was Adrianza’s shot. He got injured in mid-September, but there were six weeks there he could have played every single day and made a case for himself. He was first in line. He didn’t seize the opportunity. Kelby did. Case closed for me.
Amen
What she said…
Cody Ransom …. here’s hoping Bochy doesn’t use him to lose a pennant as Alou did Ransom in 2004
Pretty much my thoughts too. They ran him through waivers once…maybe twice…and no one took the bait. That should tell you something. I have to admit his hitting has improved.
One of a number of players caught up in the 50/50 blender.
Not anymore…
Hasn’t shown much…so move on…
Give the at bats to KT…
Do not understand wasting space on the 40 man roster with AD and Gillespie…
Me either. They held on to EA like he was really emerging as a Panik/Duffy success story, and really, it’s been nothing.
I don’t think they have a great deal of love for Adrianza. They’ve already DFA’d him once.
Oh. I thought you were asking a genuine question, Skweezplay55.
Well, I thought I would throw it out there before boring everyone with my slant on it.
Not boring at all. AD has been a mystery man kept on the 40-roster for a long time.
This is a good question. I’m not sure about the answer, but my guess is to hold on to Adrianza.
Just a guy … not worth thinking about
i can’t remember ever seeing a worst post. congratch..
is it worse or worst doc?
worse
yeah, worst is past tense, ty. knew it looked wrong
That’s a rather mean thing to say.
Until further notice, he’s a GIANT, meat.
i’m president of his fan club, and i’m not going anywhere. he’s been rated by the giant’s as their best fielder not named bcraw35. he had a terrible game, granted. that’s one bad game. if he gets a few starts, just watch what he can do, then decide.
And vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and keeper of the minutes.
Is it a fan club with only one member?
3 members, wisenheimer
come on ry…i need help here
Scout traded him for Trout
Mess with the Scout, you get the radar gun.
Keep messin, you’re gonna get the stop watch.
Got it, bub?
I’m still White Light’nin.
I WAS on-board. No mas. Sorry.
Hey Steve,
Let’s hope for a good game from him. He’s had a nice showing for most of the year. Folks get their panties in a bundle after one game. Let’s not get the dauber down 🙂
The full roster: steve k, Ehire Adrianza Sr., Mrs. Adrianza.
what can i say? his sister thinks craw is cute
I’m rooting for both of you. I admire a man that can stand alone.
I respect that because I respect your opinion, but to me there’s just something missing. I don’t know if he has the passion and enthusiasm, and sometimes seems overwhelmed by the moment.
He can definitely pick it. Gotta have the ABs, too.
thanks for saying that. i think highly of your thoughts as well. he can play a very nice ss, especially if you missed yesterday’s game, and bochy covets good defense. his hitting never was very good, but coming into this season, he put on some muscle, and even led the team in hitting, in spring training. he carried the good bat into the first couple of weeks of the season, then he broke his foot. guys foul the ball of their feet, and legs all the time, but who breaks their foot? just bad luck.
anyway, before he got hurt, it looked like he would be able to give the infielders some much needed days off, and was perfect for double switches, since he could play anywhere. also, he was a switch hitter, good bunter (remember that squeeze bunt last week?), and had speed. a good guy for the bench.
what did steinbeck say? ‘the best laid plans of mice and men oft times go awry” something like that. lets get em tonight!
‘the best laid plans of mice and men oft times go awry” something like that. lets get em tonight!
I agree, he stunk last night – he is usually a vacuum cleaner @ SS.
It was a pathetic AB in San Diego after the ASG, critical tying run on 3B with one out that did me in. One of the games that started the infamous streak.
Ya no puedo mas.
If Arroyo is the heir apparent at 3rd base…
And the Giants were so confident that they traded their starting 25 yr old 3rd baseman…
So why not bring him up in Sept?? Get some experiance…at bats???
Why waste a spot with DOA Gillespie
40-man clock, and all that. Also, Nuñez is kicking arse @ 3B right now.
All good with Nunez…just the wasted spot with Gillespie…
Ah – but Gillaspie is one of Bochy’s “guys.”
Yes, how many teams have kicked him to the curb already? Leave it to Bruce, the perennial bench player.
I do prefer Parker, but as to being kicked around, Ishikawa was on his fourth team hitting .200…
So was Guillen. Realize that wasn’t Bochy’s decision, but maybe Kelby and/or Ehire can spin a little Cody magic…one can hope.
Again, not wasted right now (40 man), and maybe not in the playoffs–if we are able to get there.
Someone asked Alex on twitter yesterday about pulling up Arroyo for Crawford. Alex responded: “you think they’re going to call up a 21-year-old who mostly plays 3B now and put him at SS with 11 games left in the season? aside from anything else, he’s been home for three weeks.”
Not to play SS
I would be really surprised if the Giants called Arroyo up now.
He is not ready, he was over hyped by the people that went on his good Arizona fall league last year, instead of a down year in AA this year .
He is not ready. I agree Peter.
Bingo.
He hit .270 with 3 HRs in AA, you seem to go on hype more then facts, Arroyo was hyped a lot but had a disappointing year in AA .
They were confident they needed Moore.
We’ll see how it goes tonight.
And that was a good decision as much as losing Duffy hurt, You will see that this winter when we don’t need a starter.
I’m more confident each day that by mid season 2017 the consensus opinion will be that the trades for Smith and Moore were good moves by Evans. Moore is solid mid-rotation for three years. Huge asset.
Because Arroyo is not ready for the big stage. He just isn’t, and the stress/pressure could actually set him back. I agree that Gillaspie is likely in his last days with the Giants. If we make the postseason and Crawford isn’t 100%, we’ll need both AD and Kelby on the 25-man, and Conor will watch from the dugout.
POTD. Well-reasoned, succinct. Well done, tf62.
Agree. Excellent points.
Whoa – if – IF los Gigantes go to the playoffs, that 25-man roster is going to be interesting.
Tonight’s game is huge, beyond the obvious. Win tonight, we take the series and show the Dodgers we can still beat them. If not, the reverse is true. That takes us to the last ten games of the regular season. Win and you’re in. Four games at AT&T South–I hope our folks are still traveling well–and we owe these freakin’ Padres.
A 4-1 stretch, then home for an off day and our final six vs. Rockies and Dodgers. As it should be. Again: win and we’re in. GIANTS!!
Need a strong outing from Moore. He’s tough these days, and LAD hasn’t done well against LHP. I see their strategy being to run up the pitch count however they can. Take lots of pitches, foul off everything with two strikes for as long as possible. Then make hay against the SFG bullpen. For the Giants to win, they need to hit, early and often, and get this game out of reach.
They’ve gotten to Maeda before…
Vamos, Gigantes!
* Cause You’re Stuck in the Wall – Batted Ball Out of Play
http://www.closecallsports.com/2016/09/cause-youre-stuck-in-wall-batted-ball.html
When Replay Review overturned Joe West’s ruling of a ball in play, Jeff Banister’s ejection seemed a fairly expected outcome: it was a potentially game-altering sequence, after all. This is a rules recap of the ball-in-a-wall play, like the one that got Banister tossed. To begin, the relevant rule is OBR 5.06(b)(4)(F), which states, “Each runner including the batter-runner may, without liability to be put out [the ball is dead], advance—Two bases, if a fair ball bounces or is deflected into the stands outside the first or third base foul lines; or if it goes through or under a field fence, or through or under a scoreboard, or through or under shrubbery or vines on the fence; or if it sticks in such fence, scoreboard, shrubbery or vines.” The relevant action verbs or phrases are deflected, goes through or under, or sticks. This fair ball has stuck in the fence. In Texas, for instance, there was no deflection into foul territory, the ball didn’t go through or under a fence per se, so the only question is whether or not it stuck in the outfield fence.
* Ump Chris Conroy Dumps Josh Donaldson – even though it was Conroy who “crapped the call”
http://www.closecallsports.com/2016/09/mlb-ejection-171-chris-conroy-2-josh.html
With none out and one on, Donaldson took a 2-2 fastball from Mariners pitcher Drew Storen for a called third strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located over the inner half of home plate and below the hollow of the knee (px .607, pz 1.429 [sz_bot 1.620 / MOE 1.537]), the call was *** incorrect.***
* Ump Pat Hoberg Goes All EJ
http://www.closecallsports.com/2016/09/mlb-ejections-172-173-pat-hoberg-6-7-laa.html
With one out and none on, Andrus took a 1-2 fastball for a hit-by-pitch. Replays indicate the pitch was located inside and hit Andrus on the upper left ribcage; it was the fourth hit batsman of the game and benches had been previously warned.
* Ump Marty Foster Gives Danny V the Old Heave Ho
http://www.closecallsports.com/2016/09/mlb-ejection-174-marty-foster-3-danny.html
With two out and none on, Valencia took a 3-1 fastball from Astros pitcher Chris Devenski for a called second strike. Replays indicate the pitch was located off the outer edge of home plate and thigh high (px -.974, pz 1.983), the call was ***incorrect.***
If I were G’s, I would invite Mavo to sit near the dugout for all remaining home games.
He should be the team psychiatrist.
And historian 😉
Kruk on High Heat right now.
Bob Fitzgerald, Warriors’ TV announcer and KNBR talk show host, lost his wife Carol yesterday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. They’d been married 26 years and have three children.
Very sad–thoughts and prayers to him and his family.
Wow. Thanks for sharing. Truly feeling his pain. Thoughts and prayers.
How very sad and devastating. Carol must have been quite young.
I will pray for them all
Can’t put a thumbs-up to that. :o(
So sorry to hear this.
Although I have lots of feelings about him professionally, I wouldn’t wish this upon anyone.
Best of thoughts/prayers to the Fitzgerald family.
I can’t think of a better way for Scully to leave than lip reading MadBum and Puig the other night.
The SF Bay Area gets to hear a familiar tonsil “on” 95.7 The Game. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2f06044210f833942127fe898948d4cc0eee4ebe966e0fc88faa45004c7d0a73.jpg He starts next week from 10 -12 (Noon)
“I am thrilled to be back in the Bay Area again on local radio –‘this means a lot to me because of the relationships I’ve built over 20 years,” The Brick told me exclusively via phone. “To get an opportunity to talk daily about the Raiders and the most exciting teams in all of sports–the GS Warriors.”
J. T. The Brick aka John Tournour will do his local show from Las Vegas where he’s based and does his national show.
– 415Media –
He’s more of a cheerleader than anyone working for the Giants. Just say’in and I’m a Raiders fan…
He does have it bad …
I’d love to hear his frustration after the Raiders defense keeps disappointing Raider Nation.
Assuming Cueto will not be pitching on Sunday, what will the Giants do? Give Blach a chance? Or double up Peavy and Cain? Or give the entire bullpen an inning each, with a few leftover for actual relief duties? Any thoughts?
Hate to say it – but last night I thought, Cain.
“He’s one of our guys…” :o/
p.s. Just found this on Alex’s site:
“If Crawford is able to return in the next series, Cueto wants to be right there with him. He is scheduled to start Sunday in San Diego.
“We have to be warriors out there,” he said through interpreter Erwin Higueros. “You have to keep grinding and see what happens.”
http://www.csnbayarea.com/giants/crawford-gets-good-news-giants-rhp-cueto-will-get-mri
Man, do I like him.
Not if he is not able to be affective because of the injury, then it hurts the team .
Correct. I like him for that attitude but unless the Giants are behind in the WC, why would they risk making his injury worse?
C’mon. Really? How will it make it worse? Tape the damned thing to his ring finger and put his ass out there. You watch what he decides to do after the swelling goes down.
‘effective’, only because it intuits so much more.
Huh? You’re talking about a simple dis loc of his pinky. I have had a deformed pinky on my throwing hand since HS. It hasn’t hurt my performance through college and throwing any kind of ball. Besides this is on his glove hand. You guys are obviously not athletes.
Peter Johnson is an athlete. I know it in my bones.
9.5 in 100 yard dash .
Hahahaha. I LOVE YOU!!!!
WERE TALKING ABOUT CUETO,,PAY ATTENTION ! Crawford it is a finger issue it might not bend right, I injured my middle finger playing football, and the doctor put it a metal splint to help it bend, and it never worked , he wanted me to have surgery and I said no and toughed it out, it still bothers me today, big time numbness and pain at night and in cold weather .
I like that Cueto knows these last 2+ weeks matter. On the other hand, I don’t want him to play where he can re-aggravate the injury.
That makes sense. That’s the same kinda thinking Bochy has when he keeps throwing Casilla out there.
I’d think Cain in SD, but if Cueto is going to miss the Dodger’s start, given their problems with lefty’s, might consider Blach, but he hasn’t pitched in awhile.
I got two words for you, “Salomon Torres”. [and it was painful for me to write his name]
Giants OPS by position in BO.
1hole .703
2hole .710
3hole .718
4hole .763
5hole .837
6hole .793
7hole .700
8hole .757
9hole .521
The Cubs by comparison,
1hole .811
2hole .818
3hole .901
4hole .856
5hole .841
6hole .747
7hole .642
8hole .728
9hole .532
Holy moley.
That is sad, especially the “production” from 1-4. Yikes.
What got me is the reflection of depth it portends, and maybe the explanation for Crawford trying to take matters into his own hands in stretching out a double.
It definitely shows (1) lack of depth; (2) the quagmire all year for the Giants regarding whoever hits third and (3) how poor Span and Pagan have performed hitting 1-2.
It shows lack of Power, and we already knew that .
Didn’t Bochy (love him) insist on batting Panik third for quite a while? And then Duffy third for quite a while? While neither of them produced?
Please refresh your memory. Panik at 2 and Duff at 3 were pretty impressive when I watched them
Not this year ! Panik is having by far his worse year, under . 250, and Duffy about the same before he was hurt, with less power then Panik .
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What ever that means, Panik and Duffy never hit this year period .
Just correcting a spelling mistake you’ve been making since you started posting here. Yes both were off this year, not so much previously.
Your barking up an uncorrectable tree. You’re fault.
My bad. Plus I’m a horrible person,…which is a bonus.
I see your vile tendencies and raise you an evil core.
The meme your searching for?
https://www.gradientsolutions.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/GS-Dilbert.jpg
Awesome. Read Pearls Before Swine? Rat in that comic strip is phenomenal.
It shows they play in two different ball parks.
How this would look adjusted for that?
Your funny, actually the wind blows in at Wriggly more then it blows out, the Cubs have the lowest Team ERA in MLB and play half the time at Wriggly.
The link to HR susceptiblity has been posted here many times PJ.
Wrigley is always near the top; WIllie Mays Field is near the bottom.
Nope, and the Giants do not have HR hitters on the roster, the Park has nothing to do with it, Wriggly is not one of the top HR Parks not even close .
Good question. Except for triples and HR, AT&T plays dead even, as I recall. It’s hot for triples and cold for HR. The park factor for HR bounces around from 0.650 to 0.700.
And the Dodgers by BO.
1hole .733
2hole .845
3hole .835
4hole .718
5hole .665
6hole .814
7hole .671
8hole .774
9hole .420
You look at enough of these kinds of sequences, you can see where in a LU rallies start, and why some succeed in scoring come back wins and others fizzle out. In particular, it illustrates why ‘the top of the LU’ with the Giants is a dubious reason for optimism. I think, as well, the clue to why the Giants have such trouble when they relinquish a lead, fall flat in playing from behind.
Would explain why they absolutely crushed the G’s in the 7 games they played, outscoring them by a whopping 23-17 .
Crushed?
Sarcasm chasm
If the Giants get in, if the Giants win the Wild Card game, then the Giants will play the Cubs.
In our case, it appears to mean Our Peter’s Slappies
Per request down below, here’s the comparison using wRC+, which is park adjusted:
SF, team 97 wRC+:
1st: 93
2nd: 95
3rd: 99
4th: 107
5th: 127
6th: 119
7th: 90
8th: 105
9th: 38
CHC, team 105 wRC+:
1st: 122
2nd: 121
3rd: 138
4th: 128
5th: 124
6th: 99
7th: 70
8th: 91
9th: 41
So basically, Maddon stacks the top of his lineup with his best hitters, whereas Bochy stacks the top of his lineup with slappy guys.
Bochy’s best hitters haven’t been doing much in the second half.
I thought about RC+, but wOBA, wRC+ big brother, is a far better statistic, IMO. The trouble with either of them is that they take such a large sample number. Additionally, wRC jumps the gun, as a massaged stat, in making the point I was trying to understand, namely, is the string of statistics the metric that explains crooked numbers, and come back wins.
The big question isn’t that it’s an issue but why. It’s not so simple as Bochy does this, or Bochy does that, rather what is so odd about these players, this year, that’s results in this situation. IMO, to make the point you seem to want to make, you need a control situation with the players moved about to other particular BO residences to rule in or out the pressure of performance issues. It can become a chicken or egg discussion that really teaches very little.
I wasn’t attempting to make any point. Just wanted to see what the numbers looked like using wRC+.
LOL, well good job to your muse, you made a pretty good one, I think.
BTW, it basically proves that in the aggregate, Maddon has better athletes (and more of them) to work with, IMO.
Ummm yes, yes he does. Better hitters to work with indeed.
Three wonderful John Shea articles on Mr. Scully
http://www.sfchronicle.com/giants/shea/article/Vin-Scully-on-Giant-Dodger-rivalry-the-9235137.php
http://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Retiring-Vin-Scully-tells-beautiful-stories-of-9232576.php
http://www.sfgate.com/sports/shea/article/Once-a-Giants-fan-Scully-has-made-Dodgers-his-5769866.php
Vin Scully is a great baseball guy and deserves all the honors.
But listening to him over the last few years reminds me why I will quit making public presentations at some point. The memory and accuracy goes away and it distracts. I am not sure why he did not move to doing color with a partner for play-by-play but I am sure he had his reasons.
You’re right, he has slipped boocoo in the last few years.
He used to have a good sidekick, Jerry Doggett. Why would he think he could do it alone, esp. as his age advanced? Odd.
beaucoup – But, Who is care?
At least growing older may be an excuse. I’ve heard a lot of flubs from Kuiper and Miller for the past 20+ seasons.
I think they are getting worse this year too. Miller I notice more with his “catch” of “Buster Posey’s friend Hunter Pence grounds out…” At least he notices he did it. It is a balance and that is why Flemming is needed.
But…. Phlegm doesn’t really know that much about baseball. He’s just a quick study.
Correct … that is the Balance part. I for one could care less about flubbing some words if you bring a knowledge and passion for The Game.
You know I have felt the same way perhaps, but he also has gotten bashed on GE for and because “he’s just old” and some of those 🙂 bashers, when they are Vin’s age will not have been working for dozens of years, so for that reason – I applauded his continuation. Perhaps the thought of Charlie Steiner mortified Vinny ….
*** On my transistor radio in the darkness of my bedroom – on KFI – I listed via weak signal to his call of Koufax’s Perfect Game and thought I had went to Heaven.
Vin: “The boys who will try and stop anything hit their way: Wes Parker, Dick Tracewski, Maury Wills and John Kennedy; the outfield of Lou Johnson, Willie Davis and Ron Fairly.:
Vin: “And there’s twenty-nine thousand people in the ballpark and a million butterflies. Twenty nine thousand, one hundred and thirty-nine paid”
Vin: “It is 946 p.m. – 2 and 2 to Harvey Kuehn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uozLFsEPu8
Bravo. I remember that game well. I don’t remember if Jerry was there. Probably.
Yes indeed. Jerry worked with Vin for 32 years.
http://articles.latimes.com/1997/jul/09/sports/sp-11036
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_broadcasters
Yes, I know. I just don’t remember him calling any of that game
Giants players share a special baseball memory via Bank of America and ML Baseball
http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/165437696/v1165012183/?partnerId=ed-10846052-930365133
Man that is some kinda twitter beef over on the margin between Hank and Dylan Hernandez. (WhoTF is he?) Glad I’m not a twitter-er. It’s vicious out there.
Dylan Hernandez was the Dodgers beat reporter for the LA Times until Andy McCullough took over.
He seems to be a deek.
Twitter is a great excuse for trolls who hide behind their computers. They can throw vicious attacks (words) and not have to get physical. Although I don’t know how often Hank and Dylan see each other in the press booth.
They’re buddies. They’re constantly messing with each other.
Gotcha. I didn’t know it was sarcasm between the two.
I’m pretty sure they’re still friends. There was a photo of the two of them together taken earlier this year. I can’t find it right now. Back in 2011, Hank was asked in a Q&A: Is your Twitter war with LA Times Dodgers beat writer Dylan Hernandez real or are you actually friends?
Hank responded:
“Yes, we are actually friends. Before he went to the LA Times, he was at the Merc and I am quite a bit older than him, so I mentored him…When Dylan first got a Twitter, he would retweet things that I tweeted, and every time he did that, he would get more followers. So he came over to me in the press box one day and he told me to insult him on Twitter so he would get more followers. Now it’s taken on a life of its own, and it’s gotten to the point where one of his followers will insult me, and then one of my followers will insult his follower and defend me.”
Thx for the background deegg.
A good example of why to not jump to conclusions in the digital age.
I’ve also started to ween off of Twitter as it has been an outlet for people to showcase their immaturity a la Adrian Gonzalez’s pic from the other night.
Hank Schulman 25min ago:
A point on crazy three-way tie scenarios: we spend hours talking, writing about them, and they never happen.
Seriously. Especially since we’re gonna win the Division on the final day. :o)
I wish, but doubtful.
I could see Smardge hitting a triple. A stand-up triple.
We need a Johnathan Sanchez hitting a triple miracle.
Rob, Rob, Rob, What are we going to do with you?
Of course, you’re right.
Nothing would surprise me this year. In all seriousness, would anyone be truly shocked if we either ran the table the rest of the way or didn’t win a single game?
Sounds pretty realistic from heeeere
I would be shocked if they won every game from here on out.
Just shocked?
I think the Earth would tilt off its axis.
Okay, I underplayed that.
Hahahaha. But of course you wouldn’t be shocked if we lost every game, right?
The last two weeks with 5 (or is it 6? I’ve lost count.) blown saves have taken a toll. That perfect double play ball by Javi Lopez that got through the infield because the Giants were playing Corey Seager to pull was beyond bad luck.
I hear ya. But our positive karma tank is overflowing. If we can win with Craw and Cueto both getting knocked out then maybe the worm has turned? Or just stopped? Or is ripping off sit-ups and crunches?
If the bullpen is finding its way through this morass, that will help. If Bochy now has enough confidence to let relievers pitch an inning, that will help. If Craw and Cueto recover enough for a quick turn-around, that will help. If Matt Moore blanks the Dodgers in today’s game, that would more than help.
Can I add on with other things that would help? Belt continuing to hit home runs, Pagan and Span taking direct routes to the ball, Pence no longer playing the outfield like Pagan and Span, Nunez remembering he has a bad oblique and having witnessed Crawford’s injury decides maybe he should stop head-first sliding into first base, Bum retiring his inner Macho Man Savage for the year, Panik remembering he’s an All Star second baseman and begins spraying line drives around the park and finally, last but not least, Conor Gillaspie unleashes his beast!!
Dude, I was pulled over on I-5/Hollywood Way for like an hour yesterday, just tossing the ball up in the air, waiting for Mr. No-Show from Van Nuys. SMH.
I sent a drone out to get a look. Needless to say, I was unimpressed.
You put the fettuccine in noodle arm.
It’s on like Donkey Kong – let’s play some hoops in Venice. I will back you down in the post, son.
My torn ACL has pretty much ended my hoops days. But my long distance shooting would slay you. Think Mark Price and Steve Kerr with the flair of World B. Free.
I don’t know hoss, think of Michael Cooper’s socks and shorts on Lyle Alzado.
Admit it, now you’re intimidated.
I’ll admit that I’m extremely turned on.
“I like the way the line runs up the back of your stockings”
Drawing a blank. Which is annoying. I like to think I have a large and on point database.
no no no , don’t take them off, leave them on…
Grrrrrrrr
pretend you are The Sincere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAktV72_nnE
Stop confusing me.
I got bitten by a dog again this morning, so a win tonight would be an nice way to end the day.
I hope you maced the MoFo.
Different dog 🙁
What do you do for a living, just peachy?
I’m thinking either mail carrier or Jehovah’s Witness.
Fuller Brush man? Is my age showing?
Just a bit.
Mom used to buy moth cakes and such from FBM. I remember well.
…and when milk was delivered too, right?
I remember one coming to the house, getting invited in by my mom, opening a big suitcase full of items I couldn’t identify. I was 5 or 6. And he was creepy.
I think they used to give out free combs.
And shoe horns.
OMG – yes, the combs and show horns come to mind.
Chunks of mental rust just happened fall off with your comment 🙂
He’s taking care of Duffy’s cat.
She! I wish 🙂 I’d rather take care of Duffy thank Skeeter though.
There’s the peachy we love!! You put the rand in randy.
Peachy is a lady.
I think peachy is a she, unless I’m misremembering recent posts. Been a good add to our community, IMHO.
Thanks! That’s nice of you to say.
Sorry Peachy!
No worries! 🙂
I work at a nonprofit in SF.
Okay, so you’re out in the neighborhood doing community work?
Ha, no, the last time I got bitten I was walking past a house a block away from work that had the unleashed dog.
The one that bit me this morning did so as I was walking to my car. The owner should have had their dog on a shorter leash if its prone to biting. I was trying to walk around the dog since it was trying to get in my way and it bit my calf. She was like, “oh did he bite you?” No, I just yell OW!! loudly randomly sometimes. You saw it happen, you poohead.
And I work on our database, so it’s not even like I’m out and about much doing on-the-field work. I just have bad luck encountering horribly trained dogs and their horrible owners, I guess. 🙁
Maybe need to see Cesar Milan to help adapt your posture so that the dogs show respect?
Perhaps carrying a whistle would work?
I’m very glad you kept your avatar by the way.
I gotta keep the hope going for an eventual return. 😉
When the dog bites and the bee stings…
…I simply remember my favorite things (Giants/baseball),
Then I don’t feel so bad.
Same dog? That owner needs to be in jail
Different dog! Bigger one this time.
I feel the same way when dog owners let their dogs pee/crap on my property.
Take it from the inspector
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjChL7jm6HPAhUDKyYKHdCAARoQ3ywIHTAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSXn2QVipK2o&usg=AFQjCNEy4wmv-vlHHmBV1CejZ4b7oCofmw&sig2=1WqRjcmQGV8Wvyznl6kuVg
Rub yourself with some cayenne pepper. The smell will detract canines from you.
Mmmmm. You smell good. Is that Cayenne you’re wearing?
Will cayenne also detract dudes? I’m not sure I want it to do that, unless it can detract only the creepy ones.
It seems to me that Hot Stuff should always wear hot stuff.
I got bit by a white German Sheppard walking to my friends house as a kid, since then been very paranoid about walking near dogs will take a different rout if I see a big dog near my path or my Kids path .
That 9.5 in the 100 must’ve come in handy.
Nope, running is the worse thing to do, walk slowly the other way , and hope the dog did not see you .
How about bears?
Bend over, kiss oneself goodbye
It’s more like 9.1 when being chased by a German Shepard!
We need to set the pace and go 8-3 to finish. We do that, I think we get the WC game at home.
Kruk with some MAJOR spin on High Heat today. “Bum already told Boch he was done after seven”…*before* he went out for the seventh? Not buying it.
I think Bochy was worried after the MadBum Puig confrontation and MadBum coming up to bat. Not for MadBum. For the Dodgers pitcher or other players on the field.
I don’t want to think it cost them the game where MadBum could have pitched into the 9th, but his pitch count was high as it was.
Well, it would explain his outburst…if he knew he was done, nothing to lose getting tossed
The Marlins hanging tough, which might be a factor since they have 3 with the Met’s next week. Pirates hanging in there might be good, since they host the Cardinals the final weekend. Could get very interesting.
How tough is tough? Like 4 games back?
Some very bitter sweet highlights from last night
http://tinyurl.com/jaxa9l6
Regarding Cueteo and Nunez – both love to compete and have fun doing it – whether interviewed in English or Spanish
Planning on going to a Giants-LA game where I’m sitting behind the road team’s dugout. Anyone know a good t-shirt place where I can have customized saying “GONZOCANTSEERINGS?”
Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN 3m3 minutes ago
Nolan Arenado with a grand slam… and the Cardinals are down 6-1 to the Rockies.
Sweeping the Rox in Denver this time of year is almost mathematically impossible.
I just decided – That’s gonna be the title of my blues album, but I’m considering changing the spelling
Sweeping The Rocks…
Not “Pagan Punches It Home?”
That’s the title of Doug Fister’s album
Mateo, you’re consistently on point.
I learned most of what I know from the book “This Is Serious – The Application of Nuanced Humor Into Everyday Life”, by Dr. Peter Johnson.
The track star?
Do you EVER work while at work?
Inquiring minds want to know.
I’ve got a call with Hope Family Wines in 30… This is my prep.
Let it breath.
QOTD
And Fister puts it right where he wants it …
Sounds better than “Sweeping the Leg” I guess…
Daniel LaRussa is gonna fight? DANIEL LaRUSSA IS GONNA FIGHT!!!!
Very early, Rockies Pitcher making his 1st MLB start .
Jaime Garcia now pitching. Rox might score 16.
biggest game of the year tonight, then tomorrow night, then the next night
New post: http://fe0.84e.myftpupload.com/pregame/game-152-preview-giants-look-to-launch-their-momentum-beyond-dodgerville/
So this is where everyone went eh??