Hopefully All the Bad Luck and Dumb Play Gets Left in Yesterday
As I said last night, I didn’t see much of the game. I feel bad for Zito, from what I’ve read he pitched much better than his line. Still can’t get over Flannery sending Huff with no outs. You CANNOT send a guy in that situation when the runner has almost no chance to score. “Shut Down Matt” goes today……
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CF Torres
2B Sanchez
RF Huff
DH Uribe
LF Burrell
3B Sandoval
1B Posey
SS Renteria
C Molina
P Cain
Welcome back Rent. Try staying healthy for more than a game or two this time. 🙂
It was one of those days. Every team has them. Some have them all too often. Don’t think that’s the case with the Giants. When your two leading RBI men, Huff and Uribe, each have goat-horns attached for bad baserunning and unselective hitting and the bottom third of the lineup goes zero for forever (under AL dink-hitter rules, no less) you know it was just one of those days. Weird thing right now is that both Posey and Molina need to be sat for a game and Whiteside’s turn to catch doesn’t happen till tomorrow.
Matt the Horse has been the stopper this season. Solid performance after solid performance. His mound opponent is a callup with a sky-high ERA. Giants have picked themselves up after both letdowns and disasters this year. No need to fret. I would plop Rowand on the pine, though and let RentMan DH. Burrell doesn’t like to do that and it showed in his AL stats. Or maybe Edgar could play SS and Uribe DHs. No need to bench the Juan and only. He and Huff both have some atonement to do and might as well do some of it today ~ with the stick and on the basepaths.
Dennis: Though logged in 5 minutes later than you, i hadn’t seen that lineup. Pretty close to what i called for and what we all (mostly) were hoping to see. Whether or not he plays every day, a healthy Renteria on the roster gives this squad a bunch more punch.
Sure looks like one we should win on paper, stix. Horse vs Litsch I like that match up. But shit, Litsch can’t be as bad as those horrific one-game numbers can he? Maybe he didn’t like the Rocky Mountain air. Lots of pitchers don’t care for it. Blue Jays tough at home vs right-handed starters this year, 20-5. Roof is closed today. Let’s get the big horse a few early runs today and ride him all the way to the wire.
Quiet morning on the blog. Must be a lot of hungover, pissed off Flappers. Gametime in less than an hour. Rouse yourselves up, gang. We gotta bring this one home. Time to jolt the Jays.
Of course Litsch can’t be that bad or they would not have called him up. Giants hitters need to convince him otherwise and nail that game in the first inning, contrary to yesterday’s aborted uprising resulting in one mere walked-in run.
June 19 a good day for the horse. Matty carried a no-no his rookie season (2006) into the 8th in a 2-1 win over the Halos.
Flav, The question isn’t why did Flan send Huff, the question is, how in the hell didn’t he score from second on an easy double??? It looked like he went back to tag up from second. That ball was so far out of reach there was no way it was going to be caught. I don’t know if it was Flan or Huff that misjudged it, but Huff should have been rounding third when that ball hit the turf.
Dennis, That’s the LU I called for yesterday. It’s been obvious over the last couple weeks that Uribe is getting tired and it’s showing in his defense. Last night was the perfect time for him to DH and get a second consecutive day of not playing in the field. It also would have put the well-rested Rent at SS which he is better at defensively to begin with. And third, it gets the never productive Rowand back on the bench where he belongs. Had this been the case, I’m almost 100% positive that Rent makes the tough play in the 5th and Zito continues the no-no. Maybe he only gives up the one bomb and the Giants win 2-1.
CSN just confirmed the 5th starter spot will be skipped Tues vs Houston
JB: That rotation slot would then come up in game two against the Beantown Blasters. They would probably pound the piss outa Ironhead Joe. But it also would mean a baptism in fire for MadBum. Think he would be up to the challenge?
“I’m almost 100% positive that Rent makes the tough play in the 5th and Zito continues the no-no.”
Pure conjecture 3 Bagger.
I would agree Uribe was due a day off. But was it fatigue or the turf? Or just one of those days?
On Huff: I thought it was the 2nd runner being thrown out. But ultimately, seeing that Huff was badly fooled, Flimflam has to hold him up.
It was good to see Zito shut down Lewis.
Getting a little anxious about Jesus. Just 2 dinky singles in his last 25 ab’s.
Couldn’t it have been the turf and fatigue? I’m just saying Uribe hasn’t looked as sharp the last couple weeks. No question it was a hit, not an error, but it’s a ball he should of had.
Not sure when MadBum pitches again after his return from suspension, or if he already has for that matter, but how he looks in that game might determine his call up. If he looks good, I don’t think they can hold out any longer. There’s been speculation that part of his blowup was out of frustration of being stuck in Fresno.
Couldn’t agree more 3 bags.That was all on Huff not reading the play.And yes he was going back to tag on Burrell’s shot was tailing away from the RFielder all the way and his back was turned to the play..He has to at least play it half way on the base paths.Would have scored easily if he done that.No way i blame Flannery on this one.Shit it’s a double off the wall right down the line, fucking Molina might have scored.
Pretty lame first inning. This guy’s ERA just dropped a bunch.
Shit, Litsch and his million fucking freckles looks like he has pretty good stuff.
Not gonna be easy.
Lewis reverts to form.
I’ve conjured up a half-baked theory that Flannery is still coaching third like it’s ’08 and ’09, where you couldn’t have faith the Giants could get a run in from third with no out. The ’10 Giants are not that kind of team anymore, and Flannery needs to have a little more faith in the Giants situational hitting.
FWIW, Bochy said Huff apologized to him and the team about cadillacing the ball he thought was a homer. Said it was a bad example to the young guys and he knows better.
I don’t think he would have gotten more than a double anyway, but I like the apology. Standup guy.
Panda!
It was a stand up triple if he hustles and the Flannery issue never arises…
Bumgarner pitched Tuesday and should go again tomorrow…
Bumgarner went 6, 8 hits, 2 runs 0 BB 1 K… I think they’d like to see more dominance, he’s giving up a little more than a hit per inning. On the other hand, he’s given up 2 earned runs or less in 9 of his last 10 starts. Regardless, it’s time.
8 hits over 6 innings with 2 earned. Not bad. If he pitches well tomorrow, I could see him getting the call for the Red Sox.
Whatch think TF ~ should Bumgarner get the call vs Boston?
Stix and 3Bag: on the one hand, I’d say yes but on the other, what did Joe do to lose the 5 spot? I was against Martinez getting the call for that reason. If Bumgarner is to be the 5 guy and the Baltimore start was a one time deal, they should have had a guy like Kinney take the start. Anyway, they have a few days to decide and Runzler could impact that. The dude has to throw strikes or relearn how: in Fresno. I could see Madison being at the ready first time Joe falters and using him against lefties as well…
Nice DB ball.
TF, you’re right on that one. I was against the Martinez call too. They did, he pitched well enough to keep the spot. Now what do you do with him?
I have to admit I’m not impartial on that issue. I’m going to next Saturday’s game. I’d rather see Bum than Martinez.
Matt seems to know which apple Freddy will bite.
Matt Kinney? That would have been a dead giveaway. At least with Martinez there was a fair chance for a W.
At least we’re the league leaders in one offensive category.
Fuck this is getting old.The familiar sound,hit on the ground,that’s 1 that 2 that’s a DP #71. 17 of them are Panda’s
This has the early makings of a Ben Dover game. We need to score on Litsch before the Vaseline is handed over.
I never get on a guy for hitting the ball hard into a DP and neither shoud any of you. It was the same pitch he drilled off the fucking wall.
About the only positive i’ve seen so far is Bengie working those counts. That is, offensively. Matt has been the Horse once again.
Fuck Twin,Why would the Giants be stupid enough to bring up a bum like Matt Kinney? He hasn’t pitched in the majors in 5 years.The guy can’t even get minor leaguers out.He’s a waste of even a minor league spot.Move on from BUMS like him and McClain and Phelps and McPherson.
Panda has picked it up over the last week or two. Right now it’s Buster, Uribe, Torres scuffling a bit. And Bengie still.
Kat, guys like Kinney are brought up for one start all the time. But fucking settle down, dimwad. The pernt is more about why Martinez unless they’re going to give him a REAL chance to keep the spot.
Or to make it even simpler for a simple mind: you bring up Kinney as a sacrificial “take one for the team” lamb, if it’s Joe, you give him a full shot at the job. Understand? Good, now back to Full Doomer Jacker for you..
“Were you born a fat, slimy, scumbag puke piece o’ shit, or did you have to work on it?”
” I bet you’re the kind of guy that would fuck a person in the ass and not even have the goddamn common courtesy to give him a reach-around. I’ll be watching you.”
Now back to the game.
We knocked Litsch outta the game!
It sure would be nice to get a ball to fall.
Bengie creamed his, Sanchez hit it hard. Whaddya gonna do?
Ben Dover. What’s it gonna be? Bloop, blow call, bad hop. All the earmarks of getting royally screwed today.
If anyone can pitch in a 0-0 tie deep into a game, it’s Cainer.
How about a 2 run dong to left center?
One fucking bad pitch cost us the ballgame. Unfuckingbelievable. Fuck the Canadians!
Big assist to Fred Lewis… that was the killer mistake.
At least they got the beef coming up. Maybe Huff and Uribe can pull off another back to back.
Jesus H. Christ this is fucking ridiculous. Jesse goddamn Litsch threw seven goose eggs at us. What balls we hit hard we right at people. Matty pitches beautifully then fucking walks fucking Freddie Lew of all goddamn people and Hill capitalizes on the mistake. Fuck us.
Fuck Fred Lewis.It’s the only way he get’s on base.If Cain throws him a strike he’s out.Fuck this series is looking like the A’s series in Oakland NO FUCKING RUNS!!!!!!!
Jesus Christ Cain pitches in bad luck. This team is pchizoprenic. Some fucking hack with an ERA of 7 and we lose.
Need to keep this doable. Gregg is no world beater. Fuck. Broken bat bloop.
God doesn’t like the Giants today.
And fuck Bengie and his no-blocking balls bullshit. Tough pitch sure, but he doesn’t stop anything lately.
Buster needs to catch. Period. End of sentence.
Well, like I said yesterday, you can’t count on wins.. and OBVIOUSLY Litsch is better than a 27 ERA pitcher. Before his injury he won 13 games for them with a niice ERA… .
I guess I jumped the gun. Can they go back to back to back with Nate?
They are totally abusing Uribe on that low breaking pitch.
And Nate, as always, is useless at the plate.
Well, that’s one way to start off a shitty Saturday morning. Aside from another strong effort from Matty, nada.
Man, you take this team on the road and they are guaranteed to suck ass.
How the hell is Matt Cain’s career record 50-56? Baseball can truly be a cruel and unforgiving pastime.
Fuck baseball!
DoomeroUno thinks Xoot, Ted, and I are 1 person.
Cheer up, Dennis, maybe the Red Sox will spank the Dodgers again.
The Pads should have lost their game last night. The O’s took a 2-1 lead into the bottom of the ninth, but decided to stick some young kid with water behind his ears in there to get the save.
Manute Bol dies- I loved that guy. He was a great man…
From the Kansas City Star:
“He was fighting acute kidney failure and a skin disease he contracted while trying to help his native Sudan. He was 47.”
This makes me incredibly sad.
And yeah, Yogi is in Full Paranoid Freak Out Mode…
Sad to hear about Bol’s passing, 47 is way too young. Was lucky enough to see him play a few times at the Coliseum when he was with the Warriors. Place would go nuts when he’d hit a 3-pointer. He would put the ball way behind his head and sort of catapult the shot into the air. Always a fan favorite.
that’s a huge bummer for me, too. My dad took me to probably 20 games in the mid-late eighties and the only ones I remember were the ones (2 that I recall) where Bol nailed a 3 pointer. There was no explanation for how that shot would go in. But it did. Anyone got his career 3 point record?
I also was at the first game after they traded for Ralph Sampson— he did a behind the back pass in transition that blew the crowd away…..
I’m sadder about Bol than this 2 gamer so far. Breakfast with them better be better tomorrow…
This could be the greatest 9 holes in the history of the U.S. Open..
I posted that before Woods’ try for eagle . Now it’s just *one* of the best 9s. Blew right by Phil Jiggles. Dustin Johnson might be a tough customer, though. Definitely sets up a big Sunday. Whatever you think of him, the PGA needs Tiger in a huge way. It’s not even a “real” win if he’s not in the field and playing well.
” It’s not even a “real” win if he’s not in the field and playing well.”
That has to be the biggest crock of shit you’ve ever posted. Not a “real” win. Puh-leeze.
I suppose there should be an * in the record book for wins obtained sans Tiger. I hope the asshole falls flat on his face tomorrow. It would be a travesty of justice for him to win the U.S. tomorrow on Fathers Day. Father of the Year that one.
Father of the year is right.
Tiger is the tour. Beating Phil is like beating your Aunt Meg…
“I suppose there should be an * in the record book for wins obtained sans Tiger.” In the player’s minds, there is. So, yeah: good idea..
I have an Aunt Meg who beats my ass in golf. So beating Tiger would be like beating my Aunt Meg.
And Dennis, as the man who thought it witty to joke about assassination of our president, I think we’ll leave your take on morals at the side of the road.
Morals? I’ll give ya morals. Being a good father and husband far outweighs the importance of being a good president in my book. I would have given Lee Harvey the go-ahead on the striped one first.