There’s a New Sheriff in Town….
Ubaldo Jimenez, Jesus Christ. This dude has 10 wins already and what’s he got, 5 or 6 more starts before the all star game? Utterly dominated us, as he has done all season against everyone else. We didn’t learn anything from this game except there’s a clear front runner for the NL Cy Young Award. Timmy has a fun little streak of 5 walks a game, 4 games running. When the fans are saying “at least we can count on winning the Wellemeyer starts” you know we’ve got problems. It’s not an overstatement to say that if Lincecum doesn’t right himself our season is doomed….
Congratuations to DPaintings! He won the mini-contest. MrBillBill took 2nd place. You guys, send me your address and I will get you the mini-Timmy bobblehead (d-paintings) and the mini-black baseball bat (BillBill) out ASAP….
At some point later this morning I’ll add up all the June Contest players and create a page on the right hand side of the blog for them….
A Place To Talk About Giants Baseball 
I’ve been out so let me know if this summary isn’t straight….
2 of 3 from the Nats, Swept the D-bags. Posey up and had a good debut. Flav deleting vulgar comments, transition to new blog. Lincecum struggling. Burell signed to AAA (really??).
Flav deleting vulgar comments,
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Can’t be. I haven’t posted since Friday
Reno – pretty accurate summation. But, deleting vulgar comments? I missed that one? Is that a joke??
I too want the netbook, so on to the June contest.
DeRosa 0-4 in his first rehab at San Jose…GIDP twice.
Burrell proved what he has to prove, get on with it.
test..
Twin, I’m not saying its a bad move. Just wondering if it is true.
Are hitting an apple carved pipe in that gravatar pic???
seeing you calstim
Dirt, I wasn’t responding to whatyyou had posted, just a general comment irected “To World”… Pat can hit AAA, let’s end the pretense of an audition.
We’ll be facing three consecutive lefties starting tomorrow. Why not Pat? Which Pat? That Pat. It’s Pat. 🙂
Bring the guy up. PH duty is not an easy job.
The heck with the PH duty, Nipper. Stick him out in LF, Huff back to first and Buster behind the dish. Tell Bengie we’re gonna give him a few days to try and work things out.
Was there a 40 man move for Burrell? If not, who goes?
We have seeemed to struggle in Pittsburgh the last few years…Burrell might be a nice new face as they head out on a road trip to bond with the new teammate…
Ted— I am having some posts automatically deleted if they contain certain words. Right now, the only two words that get you zapped are the c-word and *f**wad*. More could hit the moderator cue if need be. i can also now easily zap certain bloggers who fail to meet the rather low standards of etiquette that I have here at Flap 2.0
Burrell will replace Bowker I would think. And if Rowand doesn’t get his shit together soon we will likely see Torres in CF and Pat in….RF? That could get super ugly. That would then be FOUR positions that are weaker defensively than when we started the year……
Been saying all along that if Burrell shows something at Fresno he should come on board for that road trip. I was thinking Cincinnati, a must, but a callup in time for Pittsburgh too would be fine by me. He’s just the kinda guy who should be starting in LF at Riverfront. Reds have mediocre to moderately fair SPs and some fairly good RPs. They also have a mob of position players who can go longball in that yard. SF lineup down by the Oh High Oh might be Torres, Sanchez, Sandoval, Burrell, Uribe, Huff, Posey, Bowker. Such an array might match that of the home team over those 4 games.
Flav, I hope I know which *c* word you’re talking about. I guess I’ll find out.
And wow, Rowand’s BA is sinking faster than (insert analogy here)
Huff in LF and Burrell in RF? Two amiable statues, leaving Torres in CF with legs going the Roadrunner’s as he speeds back and forth, tryiing to cover the vast territory between. They’ll dumpt the “Towers” commercials and license temporary rights to “beep beep.”
Cal – On the 40 man, maybe DeRosa. I’m assuming Burrell’s 2 week tryout coincides with DeRosa’s attempt to show what he can do with the injury. If he needs surgery, then an easy choice to go on the 60 day DL. Otherwise, someone would need to be released.
So how do you edit out dumb shit typos after you post? ;(
40 man roster? I see Medders being on the bottom of that list, if he is released, no one will pick him up…but they also have a couple of young prospects in the OF that dont need to be on the 40-man…
If Burrell is playing the field, he is going in left…if you have to play Huff at the same time, he goes to first and Posey goes behind the dish…Whiteside’s 40-man material as well…
XOOT– there’s a little (edit) thing to the right of the time of the post. Click that. Upon further consideration, there’s simply no way you could have BOTH Huff and Burrell in the outfield at the same time. But, Pat’s RH so maybe he gets some starts against lefties in place of Huff. Either way, I just like Pat the Bat off the bench at this point, certainly much better than anyone from the Bowker Gang……
Not on my screen. You gonna make everyone an “author?” In favor: power to delete posts you wish you hadn’t posed and to correct ones you littered with dumb shit typos; against, possibility the fact will show up on a resume [“2010 to present: elected to office of Author on well-respected sports-commentary blog”].
To bring up Burrell, Ford, Peguero (as OFers) and Velez are on the 40. So, no problems there. To bring him up to the 25, I agree that DeRosa (if surgery is required), or Bowker (he has options).
I don’t think Whitey gets moved.
Flavor made me an author, and I don’t see shit next to the timestamp for my posts.
Definitely some kinks to work out here…
CHI– I sent you an email about being an author but I don’t know if you did what you need to do that accept it. I don’t see you on the list to the right that lists the authors. You might have to sign up with wordpress? I sent you an email to your hotmail account. Check it out and see if you need to follow a link or something.
XOOT I will send you an email now and let me know if it gives you any more access to the site.
Huff would be the one to go to RF if they did keep both in the OF.
XOOT– I just added you and you went in automatically as an author– probably because you already signed up with wordpress.com
Wait, no F***wad. Damn man, I was kind of getting into that one.
just checked, as an author you can edit your posts after you post them and you can upload files and images. As a contributer you can’t do any of that. If you want to be an author just let me know. I might just go ahead and make everyone an author, at least all the regulars.
Flavor – Thanks. I will check it out when I get home…can’t access hotmail from work.
I’m with you Clown…no F#ckwad? I was digging on that one, too. 😉
I’ve never been real big on the whole thumbs up, thumbs down deal. But, someone giving Twin a thumbs down for telling James he won a prize is kinda brutal. Tough crowd here at the new site.
Flav: Author would be nice. Being a recovering journalist with background as reporter, photographer, editor etal; it would be nice to add “author” for a more authoritative look to my long rants.
The thumbs thing is just as stupid on SFGate. Some one will post something like “I hadn’t thought of that. Thanks” and it’ll get 4 thumbs down. I always thought it was trolls and/or people who’d been kicked off
Fuck a bunch of thumbs-up/thumbs-down. That shit is stupid and meaningless.
…unless you’re a gladiator
I can’t edit my posts either. 😦 Does that mean I’m still a F$%KWAD?
Another weird/new thing here besides the thumbs. Is each new thread being given ratings as well on the star system?
The star rating system reminds me of the one on the IMDb. I guess it’s only appropriate to have the thumbs up/down feature to go along with it. Bring back Gene Siskel!
“And wow, Rowand’s BA is sinking faster than (insert analogy here)”
BP’s stock value?
I remember one poor new guy on the splash whining about getting TDs for an innocuous post, and — of course — he immediately got about 8 more. It’s probably a good way to tell posters that off topic stuff isn’t appreciated without getting too personal . . . . Hey, wait a second . . . . :O
Flav, please make me an author. If nothing else, I’m hoping it allows me to get a second look at that hot dog you were bitching about at the game. Right now, I can see the Pablo picture, but I’m cock-blocked on the hot dog pic!
Funny
That hot dog must’ve been cooked and wrapped and put in the warmer about the same time Rowand hit his most recent HR.
Thumbs up, or thumbs down?
Looks like they kept that Hotdog around from Friday’s game.That dog has running full tiitty to the shitter written all over it!
Sure that’s not a piece of DeRosa’s flopping tendon BF?
hey– I’ll add you guys as authors when I get home I can’t do it right now. I think a link will get sent to your from wordpress.com Do what they say and then I’ll add you as an author again and it should work.
In amongst all the non-stop Rowand and Molina bashing going on in the comments section on the ExtraBaggs blog, someone had an idea that, though it will never happen, I thought was kind of intriguing. SF offers a trade of Rowand to Detroit for Dontrelle Willis. I’m not sure the salary is the same, but it might be reasonably close, And maybe a change of scenery helps both players, if the Giants are looking for a creative way to get rid of Rowand…..
What you talking ’bout, zum?
Zumie, It won’t happen now.Willis is going to Arizona Diamondbacks pending a Physical.According to Hardball Talk Baseball.
The money is similar, Willis at $12 mil and Rowand at $13.6. But Willis is a FA next season. We still have Rowand two more years after this one.
Rowand’s best value is ‘clubhouse guy’, but so was Winn’s, and look where he is. I think his body is just getting worse each year and he just can’t do the things he expects to and is leading to even more pressing leading to even poorer results. It’s a shame because he plays hard but he is flat out killing this lineup.
If Sabean could pull off another Matt Morris deal, he should be named GM of the century.
Just looked at the Splash for a moment. In case anyone’s interested, the Giants 2010 season ended yesterday
Flying out to Vegas tomorrow afternoon for two nights of debauchery. Flying back Friday afternoon and subsequently trucking it up to Reno for a bachelor party weekend of golfing, strippers, drinking and general mayhem. All the above following a smog check and DMV renewall on the work truck, a new set of stix for the golf round and a monthly mortgage payment. In short, I need a thousand dollars quick, whats the sure fire bet in the sports book for games Thursday? Anyone? anyone? Bueller?
The problem is that letting Rowand battle through this is the better alternative to playing Nate or Bowker full time. THAT is the shame. Best chance of Aaron being replaced now lies with Burrell or DeRosa…
Well, he’s battling through it for yet another day. Today’s lineup courtesy Baggs.
RF Torres
2B Sanchez
3B Sandoval
LF Huff
SS Uribe
1B Posey
C Molina
CF Rowand
P Zito
Best chance of Aaron being replaced now lies with Burrell or DeRosa…
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Who plays center? Torres?
Ted: Yes.
So other than 2 vets there is not a single position player that is close to being ready, that is sad.
I see it’s “Aaron Rowand’s a Bum” Day over on the Splash. Henry kind of set it on a tee for all the members of the peanut gallery to come outta the woods today with his, “they should try and fix him” comment. Bob Barker should be pleased, I’m sure the word “neutered” has been used at least once or twice.
I wonder if Henry actually ever reads comments on there. If he has any idea of who he’s dealing with.
Henry says in today’s blog entry that he reads the twitter shit he gets. He probably skims the blog posts, to see if things are still as bad as he expects them to be, like the steward of a rotting castle looking down at the hoard of noisy squatters living near the base of the wall below, using the moat as their all-purpose toilet.
Did you see the ExtraBaggs comments today? Baggarly actually posted a “sigh” in the comments. He checks the comments, I guess, and he’s really tired of the Bochy/Sabean bashing that goes on there continuously.
Some of those folks think they’ve made a great insightful post with “Fire Sabean now!” It’s the equivalent of someone just scrawling graffiti on the blog.
I meant Baggarly posted the “sigh” yesterday.
Better a “sigh” then a “sniff”
24 votes to keep the TU/TD feature? Well, you know you have 24 trolls at least lurking.
It’s kind of amusing that Fred Lewis is tied for the AL lead in doubles, and is batting about .290. Although, he’s on pace to strike out about 150 times, too.
What does it all mean? Frankly, I don’t think it means anything. It just is.
Did anyone else notice Posey dogging it down the line the first time he grounded out to 3rd on Sunday? At first I thought maybe I was being overly critical, but before I could say a word, someone sitting with me made a comment about it. The next time up he hit it to the same spot and busted his ass down the line, which was good to see. At any rate, it was awesome to be there for his 2010 coming out party. I’m still curious as hell to see who sits when Rent comes back. And I want NOTHING to do with Burrell as a starter. If you want to bring him off the bench as a right-handed Matt Stairs, I can tolerate that. Nothing more, please.
2 years ago Burrell hit 33 homers and had 102 walks, two dimensions missing in the Giants current lineup. Last year, he switched league’s AND was forced off the field into a full time DH role. Maybe being back in the NL, and back in the field transforms him back to closer to his previous 4 years rather than the last year and half. Can it be worse than the other options available?
A) Burrell, Torres, Huff
B) Burrell, Torres, Nate
C) Burrell, Rowand, Torres
D) Huff, Rowand, Torres
E) Huff, Torres, Nate
I think that would be all the plausible options if/when Burrell is summoned (assuming Bowker goes down). If they’re gonna continue w/ Rowand (which they are), I don’t see why option ‘C’ w/ Huff back to first and Buster catching wouldn’t work.
TF – for the record, I don’t really even pay attention to the TU/TD thing, don’t partake in the voting, and am pretty apathetic if it is on or off. I pretty much assume I’ll get thumbed down regardless since I usually take the ‘road less traveled’.
That’s not a road, pick. That’s poison oak infested bear trail.
gringo, I think you’ll find there’s no criteria in *what* you post that will get you a TU/TD.
Here’s my beef with the line up: Bochy has put his two least productive, worst struggling guys next to each other. And then he puts the pitcher after them. Are we really in an offensive position to kiss off the last third of our line up???????
normally I pop a new thread up but I want to see how 200+ comments goes. What do yuo guys think, should I only have like 50 comments a page or just have one long ass page? I’m down with killing the TU/TD thing if the votes stay the way it is. You can comment on each individual post if you want. Instead of being a nameless pussy and giving the TD speak your case directly to the dude. That’s what men do…..