Batten Down the Hatches, Hurricane “Welly” is closing in!
my post from a couple of days ago…..
bigflavor said, on June 7, 2010 at 1:47 pm (Edit)
My gut is they go with Welly one more time. Martinez is the back up plan if they feel like they just can’t tolerate another shit outing from The Todd. I will be shocked if Bum is even on the board in terms of what they might do……
No Benjie or Rowand tonight. Sure seems like Bochy has turned a corner on those guys. Kruk said something interesting on his show this morning. “This team is starting to develop a swagger. You don’t ever develop a swagger until you start hitting. Pitching is great but it’s hitting that gives a team a swagger. I’m finally seeing that in this team, something I haven’t seen since Bonds was around”
I guess Bochy is seeing it too……
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If you’re bragging because you “called it”, so did everybody else. What was posted is what they SHOULD do. Trying to act like a genius because you’re as dumb as they’re being..well, good for you. As you said once: nothing more pathetic than a Sabean apologist…
I sure the hell hope this isn’t something you’re gloating about being right. I’m pissed!
Yeah, let Todd pitch one more road game, if it is a crap outing put him in the pen. Looks like they are going to ride the Burrell horse till it can’t be ridden no more! I wonder if Rowand is learning anything from this. Is he just a team player or is he stewing on the bench.
Too bad, especially in the Cinn ballpark. Well should be gone.
Everything points to Wellemeyer starting tomorrow as almost a gimme loss to the Reds. The players must feel something like that going in. Even dipstick FP Santangeloid says he should be gone. I can’t believe that administrative player movements are tying their hands so much that this is the best they can do, essentially hoping that Bonehead can pull him before the damage is too great. Dirrty better go deep tonite, the Pen will likely be needed big time tomorrow…
Shit, our #5 starter is 3-5, and has some good starts under his belt.
He’s good for ONE decent road start . . .
As I read the blog NO ONE thought they would start welly. And if y can read I said “my gut”. I didn’t wish for this I was merely speculating what the team would do—a “Wswinbe4igo” moment. Personally, I think the best move was iron head to start and then bum gets the next hm start
Snarkk, the pen got no work yesterday. They are underused, if anything.
If you’re bragging because you “called it”, so did everybody else
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Not me. I really didn’t think so
I said it, Craig . . .
I said a few days ago, they’d go with the expereinced guy over Bummie or Joe . . .
Helluva play by Whitey . . .
On the other thread there’s a debate on how much playing time Renteria should get. The problem with him is that unless you take Uribe out of the lineup (a mistake I(MO), you weaken four or five positions defensively. Renteria doesn’t have as much range as Uribe. Uribe isn’t nearly as good a 2b or 3b as Sanchez and Sandoval. Posey and Sandoval aren’t as good at first as Huff, and Huff isn’t as good an OF as Torres/Rowand/Schierholtz.
Yeahbaby!!! Posey flexes the power. .
Yep – that Posey sure is lacking power. Moon shot!
That sure as hell was no ground ball!
Stu, the D will survive. This team needs hitting at all costs.
That wasn’t no 12-hop grounder between third and short that found a hole, that was a blast.
Yeah a light power guy,just hits it 8 rows up in the upperdeck.Posey muscles up!
Uribe leads the team in dingers and RBI. Sanity suggests you can’t take time away from him with Rent coming back who has no pop. Unless you move Pablo to 1b, Uribe to 3rd, and Posey to regular C, then spin the OFers wheel around Torres…
That’s along the lines of what I’ve been thinking, snarkk. Let’s hope Bochy’s got his thinking cap on when Renteria comes back.
you guys asked for it, you got it ….Posey with his 1st. I love this kid, but you all already knew that.
Posey’s HR just nudged the trade needle a little closer on Bengie…
How kickass is this? Since the return of Sanchez and the Posey callup, this team is starting to really heat up. Getting some production out of Burrell while the Rays pay his salary is just icing on the cake.
Now if we could only get to .500 on the season vs. the West….
Baby steps, I know.
What team would trade fir Molina right now?
How can we lose tonight when the Reds start a guy named Dorky Miller?
I don’t think Bengie is DH material at this point in his career, but he does seem to maintain credibility behind the plate with the pitchers. Trade partner? I would suppose any team needing a catcher to mentor a young staff or a team looking for an experienced backstop? I really don’t think his bat is going to bring much value.
Would more likely be an AL team that needs help at DL or an extra RH bat for PH with sporadic pop. He’d be a good backup catcher as well. I don’t give a rat’s ass about the AL, so which teams fit the bill I dunno. Giants might not be able to unload him without eating some of his salary…
Maybe the bats I’m not sure how bad Ivan is or if he’s back yet. Pablo still swinging at shit in the dirt….
Don’t know how Henry knows, but he tweeted… Estimated distance 439 feet on Buster’s home run.
Dang, if Pablo would start hitting and drviing in runs, this team could really get moving in the second half…
Ivan is back playing. No clue who would want or need Molina. Maybe Tampa bay?
I think it was Flavoro who posted that Posey had no power… I posted that he hits a lot of ground balls. I’m still right…
Rent is a far better defensive SS than Uribe. Juan will spell all 3 positions.
I don’t think Bengie goes anywhere as a starter. If anything, maybe a back-up C/DH to an AL club. But in all honesty, what is the expected return for Bengie? Is it worth what he means to our staff?
I’m not so sure it would be worth it to trade him.
Pivotal early AB right here…
I didn’t think he had no power, idiot, just that he hadn’t shown any. He wasn’t even hitting anything to the warning track. I was fucking agreeing with you, basically
Package Bengie and a good prospect for a decent OFer with speed. Like Oracle says, we don’t need 4 actual/potential catchers on the roster. So something’s gotta give, and if they give Posey enough starts before the trade deadline, the staff will get over their goodby Bengie tears quick enough…
I think we have a pretty good outfield.
Who said the guy can’t play a little defense? Whew.
Friggin Burrell is making me eat my words on his glove. Nice play, saved Bad Sanchy’s rear. Good Sanchy must return next inning…
‘Who said the guy can’t play a little defense?’
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Probably the same people that said Huff couldn’t play first. Defense is required, but not at the expense of hitting.
Burrell showing closing speed on his freight train legs.Nice play.
Nothing like consistency from an umpire.
Who is this Pat Burrell guy?
This is the kind of crap that frosts me about the Giants. Sanchy just threw a zillion pitches and needs a blow, so the first two Giants hitters take about 5 seconds each to get themselves out. At least Burrell worked the count for a walk, I’m liking this guy more and more…
It was a good play by Pat but please, that doesn’t fucking mean it’s just all soooo wrong, just fiction, he’s really a fine glove man… really, some of you are total simpletons.
Fun fact: Harang is a San Diego boy. Years ago, when I was an elementary school teacher, his mom was my teacher’s aide for a short time. Nice lady. Large lady.
Did anybody say he’s headed for the Gold Glove?… We’re giving the guy some props, and you’re stepping on cowpies in the pasture…
How ’bout that Whitey guy!
listen, if anyone wanted Molina as a catcher, someone would have tried two years agon when he was playing well. No one in baseball will want Molina. There are plenty of backup catchers around baseball, no one is giving up a prospect of note for Molina….
I’m pointing out facts, which are in short fucking supply around here.
Burrell is a horrible def player. Every ball ge goes back on looks like he’s a whisker away from a stint on the 60 day DL
Well, BF, Burrell is a bad fielder, but already has more walks as a Giant than Rohand has had in about 3 weeks. Rohand is a better fielder, but takes ABs like he’s hell bent to drive his BA and OBP to intersect at .200. Pick your poison…
Burrell hasn’t hurt them in the field yet and his bat may more than compensate even if he does. But you’re suddenly awfully sensitive about facts, Snarkkles…
I like burrell, obviously. I am just super leery of playing all these bad defensive players or players playing out of position. It could lose us a lot of games. That’s another reason I want to get rid of Molina, get buster and huff back in mire comfortable positions
Yikes. Spank-me curve here nasssty . . .
Time to muscle up again, guys . . .
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Pete Rose, in the house. How much ya got down on the Reds tonite, Petey?…
In places liek Cincy which ar ehitters parks, makes sense to stuff the lineup with our potential biggest bats (no pun intended). I think when we are back home and other pitching parks, Huff will be primarily in left and Torres in right unless Posey is catching.
But we are also going to see Pablo at first a bit to get Uribe games at third…
Did you all the story where someone has Pete Rose’s bat from I think the game he set the hits record and the bat was x-rayed and it looks like it is corked????
Well we all know that alot of these guys are shit fielders.But so far this year it hasn’t cost us.So who gives a fuck.Their still #1 in D in NL,so there doing something right getting bye with all the changes.
Pete’s bat is probably not corked. It’s stuffed with betting chits….
Burrell seems motivated to climb out of the minor-league contract ditch he found himself in. Gotta like that. Also, the seems to go to his left and back fairly well. I saw him botch a couple of drives down the LF line in a game a few years ago (I was close enough to see the confusion in his eyes). Also, that was a good fundamental play, backing up Torres. He’ll never provide great D, but he’s a helluva lot better than I feared he would be. Good move to get him.
Now, that dive by Torres? I think he could’ve taken a more direct route, but that would’ve risked blocking the ball with his face (or chest or forearms, etc.). Not a great try.
There was a nice fat pitch right down broadway.
Romo better look out. He’s headed for a long, hot summer in Fresno if he keeps throwing this fat pitch crap…
Welll, when you’re almost as slow as Bengie, a lot of what should be routine plays are going to take a big effort. That’s what we saw on Gomes’ drive earlier..
Terrible defender.
Decent throw from Burrell, there. 🙂
did he make that tag? Looked like Whitey missed…may have caught another break…
Well, it IS funny…
Burell nice throw!!! But Whiteside missed the tag.He was safe but we will take it!
OUCH
Gawd, Romo sucked that inning, lucky the ump blew it and he got out with just one run given up. Giants have some head scratching to do about him…
Someone has to say it…
Is Joyce behind the dish??
Zing
We missed the Posey “moonshot.” Wish these comcast cretiins would show a replay.
If you go with Sabes earlier assessment, Posey is proving that major league pitching must be even worse than AAA pitching…
Wow, Ishi watches a close third called strike. Shocking…
Ishikawa w/ bases empty .357
Runners on .154
RISP .114