Who’s Gonna Hit?
We’re in sort of a dangerous part of the season right now, all teams go through it. We don’t have anyone hot right now, no one is carrying the team. At different times during the season it’s been Uribe, Torres, Huff, Franchez….hell, even Rowand. But right now it’s a bunch of guys looking around at each other waiting for something to happen. Finally we’re seeing the Dodgers pitching staff do what I thought they would do last year: suck. In our yard against this staff we *should* get our bats going again. I want to see lots of doubles and walks. We’ve no power and no speed, I’d like to see us at least be able to hit more doubles than we’ve been getting lately. We aren’t going to beat this team with a few singles sprinkled over 9 innings……
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Managment has been fuckjng with Z all year.putting him in the bullpen to fix the set up problems? Idiotic. Z is an asshole there are a lot of those in baseball. If they’re trying to get out from under that foolish contract that THEY gave him I can dig that and that’s probably what they are trying to do. Hey, if they want to throw in 40 million I’d give em rowand for Z
That’s true, dennis. It’s just I don’t think of Nate and Ishi ever starting anymore. I’m not saying I agree, I just never even consider it an longer.
Z would be an upgrade over Wellemeyer, that’s about it. Maybe him and Kinney can form a dynamic duo in Fresno.
Defending Zambrano is not one of your shining Web moments, Flavoro…
Chuckles: that’s the goat you fucked in the road. Poor thing..
Stix: sorry, pal, slump or no you just don’t get established position players with his tools for some midlevel prospects and Tampa ain’t the Marlins- they are serious contenders. We could MAYBE talk them into taking one of our Big 3 pitchers but they don’t need that and we don’t have what they do need. Move on.
I remember when Chuck began his goat story over on the Splash. He told about half of it, then went on vacation for about a week. Couldn’t believe that Chuck checking out for a week would ever cause so much consternation with the regulars wanting to hear the rest of the story.
Chuck should leave more often, he’s better received after a break.
Chuck seems to go on vacation after downing a gallon of T-Bird the night before. Bet the kids love THAT drive to Yosemite…
It looks like Henry’s fed up with the Splash. Really who could blame him, it’s troll city over there.
Flav, I count this as Renteria 8th start since his return in less than two weeks…that is a\n average of four starts my friend…two more weeks to go to win the bet…
yeah, I can dig that. Let’s see where we are in two weeks…..
FRESH– why? Cause he’s abandoned it? He’s probably just busy. When you see him get “fed up” he’ll do what Baggs did and just run all the comments through a moderator. I’m totally cool with Baggs doing that, I almost NEVER read the posts at his blog. They’re all idiots. I read the blog for Baggs and Baggs only. The SPlash is sort of the opposite–Henry rarely gives me anything interesting but the characters who blog there are worth a read every month or so……
My take on Carlos Zambrano..fuck him and the burro he rode in on. The only thiing he deserves is a 2X4 across the head.
I think his teammates were so tired of the clownish amateurish act that once Derek Lee, the leader of that team, decided to tell him “to shut the fuck up,” that was the straw that broke Zambrano’s back with the Cubs. The Cubs revere Lee as their leader, so when he speaks up everyone in that organization took notice.
Zambrano will probably be finished in baseball.
ESPN Preview:
“The clubs (Giants and Dodgers) are still in the mix for second, but they’re quickly falling out of the playoff race.”
In late June? Really? ESPN doomerism rivals that of some splashers!
How is Marty Lurie not destroying his competition in this poll by a country mile? He’s the WORST. I think you guys just haven’t listened to his schtick enough…
Zambrano isn’t finished, he just needs a new team and some lowered expectations. You’ve got no idea how bad the pitching is across baseball if you think he’s “finished”. He’s probably a *4* or so. Maybe a *3*. He could slide into that role if he got a new team that didn’t try to convert him into a fucking relief pitcher mid season…….
Shit. Just one complaint (Chuck) about Bengie getting the nod over Buster tonight. Have the rest of us just grown accustomed and accepted this nonsense? I’m pissed, but what can ya do? Bengie hitting 8th is really a killer though. Looking forward to the Zito sacrifice already. Jesus.
Who has a contest update on runs scored? Is it 106 right now?
102
OK, now I’m really getting pissed the more I think about it. How the fuck can Bochy bat that fat fuck 8th? Makes no goddamn sense. We all know his best numbers come from the 6-hole. Doesn’t Bochy? Fuck this.
I have 102.
BEAT LA!
Thanks gents…I am set up perfectly. Two wins against the Bastardos and a 10-run shellacking of Billings-Fuck tonight. Then I will be on pace for 119 runs!!!
A 1-2-3 1st! It’s been way too long since we’ve seen one of those.
Battle of the Lead Off Hitters, Round 1: Torres
Huffster! Wonder why Torre didn’t have the Huff shift on? That’s probably an out.
Nice to see ’em take early pitches. Concerted effort being shown to make CB work.
Score first,always a good sign.Nice work Torres and Huff! Quite a contrast after being down all 3 against Sox’s
If the Baseball Gods have any sense of fairness, honor and decency the Giants will hit into about 30 DPs in all of the second half. Oh well, thanks to Torres and Huff the Magic Dragon there’s a tally on the board. As of this AB Huffster brought his RP/AB up to .337, a very nice figure.
POS 0-2 cripple there to Furcal. Better keep’em close at second.
Awful 0-2 pitch.
Another 0-2 pitch that caught way too much plate. Made Ethier’s job a lot easier than need be.
I hate that motherless fuck. Andres needs to keep that ball in front of him as well.
Not Andres’ best there but tough play..got caught in between.
2 innings, 2 DPs.
This shit gets old . . .
That wasn’t an easy play, Dennis.
I REALLY doubt Burrell was lecturing Torres on defensive play..
Torres needs to keep trying to walk for now. He looks awful
“If the Giants had 8 tony gwynns”….I remember hearing a similar comment about Frigerator Perry: When he went home in the off season, it wasn’t good news for the chicken population of the state of South Carolina.
Good for Burrell…Andres needs to make the smart play (unlike that K) and cut that ball off. Sometimes the speed guys think they can get to everything and make dumb gamble dive plays like he just did. Help your team out and save a run, make the safe play.
Round 2 of the Leadoff hitters: Furcal.plus a bonus fuck up play by Torres.Zito at 65+ pitches thru 3 not good.Need better AB’s against Barbara,did like Panda’s AB though.
Time to get that and more runs back. I don’t want to see whoop-ass, I wanna see some whup-ass.
Uh, no Kruk, he didn’t. Blake got the hand in first, but nice tag. Benjie’s arm is still strong, he still guns guys regularly. To be fair, none of the other guys are hitting very well at his position either right now. Honestly, if they can handle the PS, I can live with it.
Andres is struggling but he has manufactured their only runs yesterday and tonight thus far.
Not the best 3-1 and 2-0 hacks by the runt and Huff respectively. Shit. One pitch for Juan.
Zito needs a quick one here.
Fuck, shit, fucking Christ on a toothpick.
I rest my case.
Sanchez, Huff, Uribe, Panda, Torres, they’re all struggling right now.
Huge out there with Mannywood on deck. Time to score here guys.
more bullshit where no one is doing anything at the plate. Twin, you called it, Andres is in a deep struggle and yet HE is there fucking runs the last two days. Someone has to step up. The ball is not coming off Uribe/Huff’s bat very hard (much like Posey’s)…….
Brutal.
Fuck this shit!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow. Dude gives up a 4 pitch wal;k, and yer hacking on the very next pitch.
Fuck this. 3 DPs 5 innings.
Why are any of you surprised? Same pile different day.
Fucking Edgar IS gonna hit into some DPs but he’s usually one dude you can at least expect a good at bat from. There is NOTHING wrong with going after the first pitch there but you’d better fucking rake it..
OK-if you don’t know you walked, it’s ball 3. New rule.
That cocksucker didn’t even know that he’d walked. Clueless prick.
If Correia had beaten Jimenez tonight I might have conceded the year.
Nice to give’em some of our own bad medicine for a change. Bengie needs to get a hit then pinch run Buster.
Panda needs to start doing a Reggie Smith on Manram. I’m serious, time for a brawl. Fuck these guys, put up a 10 spot NOW.l
Maybe he can hit a homer and get pinch run for again . . .
Ishi 5 for 11 vs CB. Make that 6 for 12. Ownage!
Zito hung in there…It’s a collective offensive funk… a “big” hit will break it…Ishi ph specialist..
Nice effort by Zito after early struggless. He came inside on Manny and blake, and they could only foul them off , and he got the DP. And his ERA stays right where it is.
Furcal and Torres are a lot alike…for little guys they swing like power hitters, miss the ball a lot and K a ton. Andres is a much better fielder, and of course Furcal has a contract worse than Rent’s. Just underneath I guess, but hitting the ball in the air to CF isn’t going to get it done. And not being patient enough tonite has allowed Barbs to stay in there, when we wanted to get to their pen as quick as possible.
Little Runt!
Freddy!
Put this Dog down.
One of Freddy’s best ABs as a Giant.
Holy Molely!!! A run with a patience clutch hit! Nice AB for Ishi to get it started.
Freddy sure has a lotta moving parts for a guy not going anywhere.
Well atleast they got Zito off the hook.
First run produced by Sanchez in the most recent 11 games counting tonight. He was batting .200 over the past ten, with two of his hits doubles and neither a R nor an RBI. So he was way overdue. Ishi should get more respect from Bochy. Tonight’s double was good for raising his average to .324. Curiously, in his grand total of 34 ABs this season his RP/AB is also .324.
No excuse laying an 0-2 pitch anywhere near the strike zone by Bautista.
Between Bautista and Casilla, two of the nastiest fuckers to catch ( or hit)…
OK – I’m thinking runs, lots and lots of runs
Really, in the time he’s been up, nobody touches that dude if he’s throwing strikes. Nobody. Obviously he has huge command issues but his stuff is sick.
Time to beat this pen . . .
3 spot right here . . .
I don’t think even Jeff Weaver’s mother could like him.
Take’em deep Pat!
Thats where you throw a 1-2 pitch! Nice job on a nasty down and end pitch.Time to light up these BUMS now!!
Pat the Bat!!
Rowand’s in cuz Burrell a sloooooooooooooooooooow MoFo
8-4, Rockies
Me have good feeling
Do..not..get..double..plauged