Road Trip Rambles On….
Next up, “Sam Lecure”. I do not fear this Sam Lecure. He’s part “Eric Hacker” with a little “Kevin Pucetas” thrown in for taste. Cain deserves a few of these games. After we feast on this fool we face off Judgement Day and find out who are starter will be Wednesday. We know it won’t be Bumgarner who started last night. Does Welly get thrown to the wolves again? Might Iron Head Joe get the call?
A Place To Talk About Giants Baseball 
I don’t know, Jed, the jury’s still out on Rent
This if off track, but anybody else find it strange that today, less than 12,000 voters in Santa Clara could decide the fate of the Niners for the entire fan base in the Bay Area?…
I’m kind of blah on the Niners thing. Allow me to offer a cliche. I only go to maybe a game every other year. Unlike baseball or, depending on the seats, basketball, I prefer watching football on TV. So as long as they don’t change the franchise name yadda yadda yadda
The San Francisco 49ers of Santa Clara? Silicon Valley? The Silicon Valley Search Engines playing in Google Stadium? Yeah, who cares.
If anything, Snarkk, measure J is going to get poeple to the polls.
I think the Niners are still just using SC as leverage to get them off their asses in Hunters Point.
To get SF off their asses re: Hunters Point.
CF Torres
2B Sanchez
3B Sandoval
RF Huff
SS Uribe
LF Burrell
1B Posey
C Molina
P Cain
Baggarly notes, as I and others have, that Bochy has resisted batting Bengie 8 bcause he can’t sacrifice with the pitcher. Maybe he figures Matt is good enough to swing away. I dunno, we’ll see.
“to get them off their asses in Hunters Point.” POTD…
And one I’m not touching…
Timmy L. (San Francisco)
Lack of walks on Gary Brown overrated?
Klaw (1:35 PM)
No – concerning. But his main value to me is his glove. I think he should be a plus-plus defender who hits enough to be a solid everyday guy.
I guess that’s their best hitting LU, but the OF defense is obviously weak. If Rowand or Nate had shown an ounce of power lately, Benji might be watching Buster catch again tonight, w/ Huff at 1B. But . . . . here we go. Can’t wait to see Burrell and Huff track down the deep drives.
The “Gamer” on this team is Huff n Puff. The dude has been pushed/pulled from 1B to LF to RF, no complaints, played a more than adequate D at first, and he’s hitting around 3bills with some decent clutch hitting and usually good AB approaches…
They have several gamers.
Keith Law seems like a douche. He has this pompous attitude and acts like he is better than everyone else, when in reality, his stint as an Assistant GM did not bear much success for the Blue Jays. Granted, they play in a very difficult division, but still. He acts like his shit doesn’t stink, he is never wrong and those who disagree with him are slow.
The latest Splash has Schulman reporting that Bum came “unglued” last night in Fresno and got tossed out of the game. Apparently started when Velez dropped (shocking) a can o corn pop fly, and proceeded on from there against some bad calls. Or, maybe they had just told him Wellemeyer was going to stay on the 25 man roster through June. Whatever, I think its OK he blew up — the Giants need some fire in the belly…
I’d bet he went out last night VERY pissed off. He had to think he’d get scratched and called up to the show. Add that Strasburg goes tonight and Leake for the Reds on Thursday… Madison really must have been massively angry and disappointed…
Hey gang! Coming at you from the prize p.c. Thanx again Michael. Local co-op :ISP finally got card for the commo box in my driveway and after a glitch or two and a return by the service rep (they are good at that) i’m online and good to go. Still have much to get used to on Windows 7 OS and working this keyboard in cramped space, but the DSL era begins here now. Go Giants. May Matt the Horse nail em down and may the reinvigorated lineup make it a romp.
Here’s the MadBum ejection from last night. Check out how Velez comes in and tries to calm Madison down. It was his drpped pop fly that got Madison worked up to begin with. What an ass.
http://tinyurl.com/2b4kqw5
One thing about Strasburg is that he has people in DC for the first time in 6 years really hyped about tonight.
It has an opening night feel and fairly moderate temps will help him
But remember Lincecum’s first start showed some growing pains.
Bum had to be restrained from attacking the 2B ump over a disputed pickoff call and he threw the game ball into CF before he departed. (Glad he didn’t bean the blue. Wonder if he was mocking Velez in CF? Catch this, asshole.) He was pissed about something. I’d be pissed too, if I had to live stay in Fresno.
But, oh, I forgot: Bum’s such a dainty fragile flower, we really don’t want him in Cinn. getting hammered by the Reds. Let’s let him spend a few more starts in lovely Fresno and then break him easy in the friendly confines of China Basin against some weak team . . . .
Enough with the psychoanalysis. Get him calmed down and on a fast train to SF.
Nice link DMD. Bum didn’t go off THAT much, but still, it’s cool, I like the attitude. He probably wanted to ring Velez’ neck, but the umps got in the way. Add that to not getting the call up, and the cocktail was fully mixed. I don’t get the continuing Wellemeyer thing. If he pitches in Cincy, then Bonehead better have a hair trigger hook. Otherwise, it’s like putting BP put in charge of blowout prevention…
I saw Bum get tossed in that game last year and he was equally fired up. Will be a good personality to add to the rotation…
Bum’s got a mean streak. I saw him in San Jose barking at some outfielder who took exception to something Bum was doing. Bum isn’t a little guy and he wasn’t backing down. I like that.
Eugenio is apparently still making rookie mistakes at Fresno–see Bum’s ire last night. Next spring, when teams break camp, where will Velez be?
1. At ATT as a Giants’ utility OFer.
2. Dropping pop flies with the AAA squad of another organizaton.
3. Having visa problems.
4. Serving Lime Rickeys to fat tourists at a beach bar in the Dominican…
Here’s a suprise: Giants select pitcher Brett Bochy in the 20th round. I think they’ll get him to sign.
If Velezes’ drop precipitated the outburst, it’s fucking bush league… and inferring that Bumgarner’s reaction is justifiable would be bullshit. Totally unacceptable and he’d better have made amends with Eugenio if that was the case…
Hey, why not? Not only is he a chip off the ‘ol Bonehead, he’s already had TJohn surgery — so he’s a slam dunk fit in the already-injured requirement of Sabes’ player selection profile…
Getting old Snarkk. Real old.
I can see Snarkk sitting over his keyboard, giggling to himself: “teeheehee, I made fun of Bochy and Sabean…teeheehee. Sabean is such an idiot and he is the only person in the draft room right now…teeheehee. Giggles giggles giggles”
Cal, I admit it. You are far too young and smart for me. How dare I make fun of Sabes when Barr is really making the decisions….
Ragging on Sabean with the injury thing officially went over the top with DeRosa.. then someone got on him for Brown-on a broken thumb ferchrissakes. Yeah, those are known to last decades… just heard thatTim had his tonsils out at 7 years old. No wonder he’s struggling…
That was some funny shit on Bum getting tossed. Thanks for sharing Del Mar.
just heard thatTim had his tonsils out at 7 years old. No wonder he’s struggling…
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I KNEW it!!
And they don’t call him MadBum for nothing
Movie clips on DSL are kinda fun. Just watched George Carlin’s “Baseball vs Football” for the first time. Spose Chuck is ready for it?
I love that one stix. I remember playing/listening to it as a tribute the day Carlin passed away
Yeah, that’s a classic . . . 1st comedy album i ever bought was Toledo Windowbox . . .
Great one. My first was OCCUPATION: FOOLE
Huffster works that count.
Bill Cosby: Himself
They didn’t quite play ‘whack a mole’ with LeCure. But there was a 26 pitch count. If the rest of the lineup can keep that up, middle relief could show up by the 5th or so.
Check out the Huffster!
Huff just keeps impressing no matter where you put him.Great Ketch DP.
Huff n Puff, the real Gamer, with an outstanding play….
Bill Cosby: Why is their Air? Hilarious stuff!
Panda! Fuck.
Fuck Panda!!! He was dead meat!
Can that play be ruled an error? If so, E5.
Wow. Rolen is TRYING to get out.
And he succeded!
Panda needs to get his S together…
sweet. nice comeback there.
Wind blowing in tonight?
Cainer working himself a full count at the plate. Good at bat for a pitcher.
Torres works yet another full count into a BB. Pitch count climbing.
Giants should pound this yutz right now…
What’s this kid pitcher’s name? Walker?
Think it’s time for Panda to SECURE a long HR here!
Fucking money, panda.
Two walks in a row, so Panda swings immediately at slop, then hits into the DP. Sheezus, somebody needs to get in his grille on his approach…
lost money . . .
Or a DP. Shit what’s that 14 now?
Yup. Panda’s too goddamned anxious to make something big happen. He needs to take cool lessons from Sanchez and Huff…or be dropped back deeper into the L.U.
Club record for DP’S belongs to one of our alltime favorite AJ Perjerkoff at 26 in his only year……Panda way ahead of that pace, heading over 40 right now.
Bad ASS Uribe UPPERDECK!!!!!
Juan-Gone second deck!
Bengie’s due for the long ball..
Well, they had to go the long way to get that DP.
Or the ending inning DP!!!!!!!!!!!
Fucking Molina. Dud anyone think he WASNT gojng to do that? The fuckin second baseman took about 6 steps off the bag backwards, ate a salami sando and THEN guns benjie out…
Bengielena, 4 for the Spring…
Strasburg’s got 11Ks through 6, but Delwyn Young hit a 2 run tater off him in the 4th, so Pirates up 2 to 1 so far over Nats. Welcome to the Bigs, kid….
I’m watching the strasburg gm right now too. It’s not how herd he throws it’s how much movement all his pitches have. The only chance a hitter has against him is to get ahead in the count and hope u hit the fastball. Though the balk young hit was a ball
Dunn just homered to give the kid the lead.
11 K’s on just 80+ pitches is pretty fucking awesome…
That was a weird AB. 8 FBs to Hernandez? Cain could’ve pulled the string on him and cut down the work load quite a bit, I think.
Hmmm. Nothing but FBs that inning from Cain.