And there are still 97 games to go????
I liked Huff’s quote in the paper today:
“At this time of year, I’m used to being 20 games out,” Huff said. “I’ve never been a part of something like this.
“It’s an amazing experience. I used to be counting the days until vacation by now.”
I’m guessing Franchez is having a similar ride….
Huff’s re-birth has been one of the great sidebars of this season. He’s been like a left handed Ellis Burks lately. You know, when Barry, Kent, Alou, JT etc were on the team it was great because we were winning and who doesn’t like that? But it was never easy to like most of the players on those great teams just as *people*, you know?
This team is different. It’s EASY to like what we know about the fellas on this team. You can root for these players as “people”, not just players who play on your favorite team….
I’ll remember that when we go on a 6 game losing streak– it’ll make it a little easier to tolerate. 🙂
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Two words, Chuckles and Ted. Come on…. Think…. OK.. I’l give it to ya:
“Arm slot”…
Ya’ll know I’m not too bright so I’m going to ask. Is Affeldt using a different arm slot than last year or is it just not working?
I get it Chuck, but I don’t see Bengie or Renteria going anywhere anytime soon. I think the 25 man is what it is for some time. Given that, I suspect we will continue to see the LU juggling.
Kruk and Kuip could ease their job….
…..if they just had a few very heavily used phrase on tape available at the push of a button:
“Torres goes from 0-2 to a walk.”
“The ball squirts away from Molina.”
“Rowand has a quick 0-2.”
“Arm Slots”
“Can sink or cut a fastball.”
“Just like that Runzler has gone from 0-2 to 3-2.”
“That was nasty knee high paint”
“Arm Slot”
Looks like once you’ve said Arm Slot…you’ve said it all
Arm Shot!!
Damn, fucked THAT up . . . !
Nominated for oblivion:
“That’s what I’m talkin’ about”
“Just sayin'”..
Especially the latter. Weasel phrase of the year…
“Hey, your mama is UGLY!”
” Man, that’s nasty”
“Just sayin'”
The 10 Most Over-Used Movie Catchphrases
10. “You had me at hello.”
9. “I’m the king of the world!”
8. “Say hello to my little friend!”
7. “Run Forrest, run!”
6. “Show me the money!”
5. “You can’t handle the truth!”
4. “May the force be with you.”
3. “Houston, we have a problem.”
2. “… Bond. James Bond.”
1. “I’ll be back.”
Three of those movies starred Tom Cruise. Not exactly sure what means, but, “That the fact Jack!”
Brian Wilson on yesterday’s AB:
” I never get to take BP,they’re always like ‘no we don’t want you to get hurt.I don’t know what I’m doing up there and everyone is getting nervous cause I’m trying to beat it out.You know what? I’m an athlete.I’m going to run it out.I’m not going to jog or dog anything.I’m going to try and beat it out.Next thing you know it’s first and third and we hit a homer and it’s a six-run ballgame.That’s what I’m thinking.It’s probably for the better that i wasn’t on first base,i was probably going to steal.”
Added Lincecum:” On the first pitch.”
Gotta love the guy’s attitude!!!
Dennis: You missed my most unfavorite catchphrase: “Going forward”. Some few years back all these insider types started spouting that line. It probly started with the politicians. Then the bureaucrats instantly got on the program. News broadcasters got into the habit. Next thing some of the academics saw the wisdom in hewing to the party line ~gotta keep those grants coming in dontcha know. The politicized military, ranking generals and admirals and such followed the chain of command going forward to the battlefield of mass media consciousness.
Corporate sponsored thinktankers, interviewed on pubic radio to share their wisdom with those educated beyond their cranial capacitance developed “going forward” into a Mantra of acceptance into recognized and approved values and before you could even see that path ahead of you most everyone hooked into the matrix has been spending the last number of years being well-adjusted and going forward.
I don’t like that one much myself, stix. Mike Singletary likes to use that one all the time, sometimes changing it to “moving forward.” Drives me nuts. He needs to watch his offense a little more intently. They sure haven’t been “going forward” or “moving forward” lately. More like “punts are us.”
97 to go, eh? Currently the team is what, 37-28 with nine more wins than losses with 65 in the books.
Say the Giants go south. Drop off the edge a bit, making the Doomers over at the Splash cream their jeans and getting that Rooster gloating once again as he sits on his dungpile and lords it over the local henhouse. They win only 47 and lose 50. They finish:
84-78 a mediocre winning record.
How bout they flip that around and go 50-47:
87-75, right about where a fair number of both Splashers and Flappers figured they would be. But with the added energy from Posey, Burrell and Franchez, the Giants are a better team than that. To date, they have won 9 more than they lost. So that would get us to 88-74 if the team just stays where they are at. But remember that Rotation and the imminent callup of a possible fifth Ace, or at least a facecard, in Madison Bumgarner. So we add a couple wins, bringing us to:
90-72. But the current ratio of wins to losses is higher than that nice finish. We bump another three wins because there WILL be improvement in the Bullpen. The Giants have the means to address their most nagging deficiency. It should be good for 3 more:
93-69. It’s still not quite proportional with their current record, but at this point of the season such a finish for the Giants, winning 15 more than they lose looks quite doable.
But my January prediction of one game better than that, 94-68, holds. A 16 game winning margin over the next 97 gets us there for an orange and black October.
“Just sayin” should be excised out for good.
They need to bring back the oldies but goodies like, “so’s your old man.”
Really proud of our team right now. Really hating this “Thu” off-day followed by a very quick Mon “off-day”. Bookend off days on a 3 gamer? Then 20 game stretch, part of which is an 11-game road trip traversing CO and East Coast without an off day (and 2 off days for 1 fucking Toronto trip). And two of the trips are 4 gamers @ CO and MIL. Scheduling F-Up! This will be the test, the *litmus paper* of our post-season. Getting from “here” to “there” and .500+ on this scheduling cluster-fuck should make the playoffs pretty easy.