Big Game Today
Of course, a loss wouldn’t be devastating or anything but it would be really nice to go into the break 47-41 instead of 46-42. I think we have a great shot with this match up. Despite some very good results in certain games this year, Livan sucks and we have a new line up now that should handle him much better than the “Rowand/Molina” line ups. Bumgarner will open some eyes on the east coast today…….
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A win today would be a great finish to the 1st half. Posey is out of his mind right now. Nice to see Ishikawa getting some consistent PT and a bump up the LU today.
Go Giants!
With a better than expected defense, the hitting coming around, the bullpen solidifying around Chris Ray and the final starter of the first half of the season being Bumgarner; the Giants are in position to build a bit of momentum going into the Break. Though away from the computers yesterday attending my hometown’s 100th Anniversary celebration, i did catch up on yesterday’s game after getting home. Check up on my late, late commentary from last night.
I think this is big, for the Kid and for SF to set a tone. Road record is improving, offense is scoring runs and capable of making a comeback when the SP puts them behind. Nice W today provides momentum for second half, imo. Everyone goes home feeling good, come back refreshed and ready to fight it out.
I’m not sure SF can do anything to help themselves out offensively…IF is what it is. Pablo is best at 3B, FS is the everyday 2B, Uribe takes over SS Travis Posey and Huff cover 1B. The odds of finding a reasonably priced OF that can help that has either pop or speed/OB would be slim and none. And you can’t have enough pitching, imo….SF doesn’t have enough to trade.
Notice that Pads aren’t enjoying a trip to Rox yard either. LA starters continue to struggle and I honestly felt SF played the Rox even last week, and slapped Ubaldo around. They don’t play as well on the road, and Tracy doesn’t impress me much either. Should be a good battle, best pitching wins. Quien es?
Rowand CF, Sanchez 2B, Huff LF, Posey C, Ishikawa 1B, Uribe SS, Sandoval 3B, Schierholtz RF, Bumgarner P
I think Bum sits on Livo’s slop and takes that fat fuck deep today. That’s in addition to another 7 strong from our young lefty.
Rowand, Franchez, Huff, Panda and Nate are a combined 29 for 68 (.426) with 5 bombs and 17 RBI vs Livo.
Posey’s Remarkable 10 game streak:
Buster Posey went 4-5 with a HR and 3 RBI’s on Saturday giving him 19 hits,6 HR’s and 13 RBI’s in 10 games in July.No other rookie in National League History has had that many hits,Home Runs and RBI’s over a 10 game span.Several American league players have done that,most recently Brian Daubach for the 1999 Boston Redsox’s.
wow…didn’t know it was THAT good a run!
“Andres Torres’ groin strain was considered so mild he was available to pinch hit Saturday.” Whew.
Not much left to say about what Posey has done of late with the bat, but also the way he’s taken over behind the plate. Just so impressed with this kid’s maturity and presence back there. Didn’t think it would all come toghether so soon. If Pablo can find himself and the SP comes around, they are going to be tough to beat.
In regards to Pablo, it seems notable that he walked 3 times yesterday. I didn’t see the game so have no idea if the pitching was exceptionally poor or if Panda is making another attempt to improve the quality of his at-bats, as it seemed he was trying to do from the season’s outset. A second half of the .330 25 HR player we had last year would truly be helpful. He doesn’t have to be the guy who carries the team everyday, but once in awhile would be nice.
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Ishi!!!
nice start
It was pretty stark the difference in quality of ABs between the top half of the lineup compared to Uribe/Sandoval.
Ishi aggressive early in the count again. Pretty piss poor ab’s from Juan and Pablo.
Think those two will really benefit from 3 days off.
That walk by Posey was as huge as anything he’s done this past week. It was a clinic that some of the other Giants need to learn from. And Ishi is making the most of his opportunity. Look at how Ishi has approached his role compared to how, say, Frandsen did while he was here. The difference in attitude and performance.
Turnabout is fair play. Have some of our GIDPs. Bumgarner has a fantastic move to first.
Bumgarner is sneaky fast. That smooth, easy motion, and then that 93 MPH fastball gets in on the hitter quicker than they think it is.
The “voice” of Yankee Stadium, Bob Sheppard, passed today…RIP
“That walk by Posey was as huge as anything he’s done this past week.” Yep. Once the league starts to throw the slop, he’s got to adjust. Looks like he’s ready.
Nice comeback by Bumgarner,working around the Panda error and basehit.Another huge DP.
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This is . . . awesome.
Posey just keeps on smoking!!!!!!! Just missed another one.
Someone want to tell me why he didn’t start the year with the big club again?
Rookie catcher batting cleanup and making a mockery of how hard it is to hit a baseball.
Bum’s in a rhythm.
Travis has now exceeded his 2009 road RBI total..
Again KooKoo with his dumb ass pitch count.15 pitches an inning,that’s where you want to be.UH that’s 135 pitches for a CG.Not gonna happen dumbshit.More like 13 for 117 max.
kat, CG isn’t a goal. 15/ip is a fine number.
Dennis, Baggs covered it pretty well in his blog yesterday. We’ll never know how Buster would have done had he started the year in SF. It’s just possible the time in AAA this season really benefitted him.
Possible, but highly unlikely. Didn’t Sabean himself say something this year about how crappy AAA pitching is? Facing inferior opposition isn’t gonna help much. And saying they wanted him down there working on his catching skills won’t fly. Look at all the time he played first base in Fresno. We got so desperate for hitting that we called him up to play first. Everyone here wanted him up day one. They paid for one more year of Bengie and were trying to eek out every cent till it started to equate diminishing returns. The front office blew it, plain and simple.
Guys aren’t expected to go 9, Kat. Giants led the NL with ELEVEN all of last year. This year Halladay with 7 leads every TEAM in the NL.
Nice instinct by Bum to get out of the way with Dunn barrelling up the firstbase line.
Yeah i guess that’s the way it is these days.too much investments in these arms.
Bum is reacquainting the Giants pitchers with the 1,2,3 inning.
Isn’t it a wonderful feeling that Wellemeyer will never be the 5th starter anymore? And that’s praying even if they trade Sanchez.Rather see Martinez or anyone else.Wellemeyer should be cut loose after the break or thrown in in any trade.With the addition of Ray,we don’t need this stiff any longer.
Gotta love Bum’s composure.
take it…6 innings enuff for today. Nice job
Whew. Got a little dicey,all with 2-outs. Bum got the most important out when it counted.
Who was Rowand throwing that ball to after his bobble? Those type of throws are reserved for “Shitholtz.”
Man that Rowand AB was painful.The last pitch he swung at was a foot in front of the plate.
Well, Ray wasn’t going to be perfect forever. Affeldt’s biggest outing of the year, right here.
I was just extolling the praises of Ray’s ability to throw strikes, and now he can’t find the plate.
Sure could use one of those patented ’09 DPs from JA right now. They have to make us sweat, don’t they?
Fuck! That was a sure DP if it didn’t hit Affeldt. We better not blow this goddamn game.
Unacceptable.
Bad break, really. EZ DP if Affeldt doesn’t deflect it.
Things have a way of getting weird when it involves Affeldt on fielding plays.
No way to get out of the way of it.Just a bad break.DP for sure.
Thats the Romo we love…
Great pitching by Romo just saved their bacon.
Great job by Romo. That was a HUGE performance.
Man, that park is live, though. Rodriguezs’ ball looked like a pop up off the bat.
Giggity!!
okay uribe
I’m lovin Ishi grabbin it by the horns
It is difficult to fathom just how Panda got so fucked up. He really needs the break.
Man if anyone needs the A/S break it’s Panda.
All good stuff that inning……except Pablo. Platoon that bro in the second half.
unreal how he’s getting sickening to watch at the plate…
Those were three of the worst swings from him yet. He has to be thinking too much. He needs to use the old John Daly approach of “just grip it and rip it.” He already has JD’s physique.
I do not for a second think that it’s anything more than a terrible slump, however. You don’t put up the numbers he did at every level in 2008, then all of last year, and this April.. if it’s a “fluke”. He definitely got himself completely bolluxed up but… “he can hit”. They have to get him back to that place.
The decline of the Panda
April 22 87 12 32 7 1 3 10 10 8 2 0 .368 .433 .575 1.008
May 27 111 12 26 7 1 1 11 6 19 0 2 .234 .275 .342 .617
June 26 94 13 22 4 0 2 9 10 11 0 0 .234 .305 .340 .645
July 10 39 5 8 0 0 0 4 4 10 0 0 .205 .273 .205 .478
I’m thinking he’s swinging for the fence every swing…trying for lift instead of hitting it hard…
At some point, though, the Giants can’t just keep waiting. He needs to sit the bench against lefthanded starters for a while.
I agree he could use to sit a few vs lefties, but who’s gonna play third? Uribe’s numbers when he’s played third this year are horrible: .120 .241 .200 .441 And third has always been his weakest position defensively. At least the Panda hasn’t taken his struggles at the plate out with him on the field. Our best hope is to pray that he snaps outta it quickly.
Kinda got that feeling that with two on and two outs in the bottom of the 8th that it would Beach Boy time.
Posey is remarkable for his composure and his ability to use the whole field. That’s very unusual for a young hitter, but very exciting for Giants fans. We’ve been lusting for a top-flight position prospect since Matt Williams and it looks like he’s finally here. Very cool.
I Think he’s going to turn out to be an excellent defensive catcher as well, if only because he has the talent and he’s willing to put in the work to develop it.
And the G’s are about to conclude a very nice road trip, one that started looking like it could be a disaster. Good job boys and enjoy the break.
congrats…great roadie after all…
Ballgame! 7-4 roadie, not too shabby. Now we just need to start beating the teams in our division for the second half.
Absolutely.
Great first half by BW.
Great 7-4 trip after that start.Posey,Huff,Ishi,Mad Bum were huge on this trip.
Mets, Dodgers and Snakes after the break. I think it’s high time to whip some Dodger ass.
All-Star closer does what he does best. Bumgarner racks up the innings and evens his record. Just enough guys hitting well to keep things on an even keel. Giants fans were looking to the season hoping to get boosts from Madison and Buster. Happened.
Current pace 87-75. Don’t have all the picks from here, the Splash are these:
ewisco – 94
vrrbrcrrr – 98
blbbawbag – 91
Jbat – 93
fishwrap – 82
dodgerblonde – 91
DeeDeeTee – 90
phreakshow – 93
thewillclark5 – 93
twinfan – 87
del_mar_dennis – 88
TheBabbler – 89
zelk – 92
winder – 87
livefree – 82
robdeer – 91
pickledgringo – 88
marklar49 – 90
ChiPower – 90
Well, here’s hoping for a hot second half that gets them into the 90 win range. 😀
Not sure if it’s true are not,but i heard Pablo is separated from his wife.And she took their daughter with her.Could explain alot about his weight gain and demeanor right now.Sure has to be difficult for him right now if that’s the case.That would easily lead to his decline in numbers this year.
Shit, I didn’t even know he was married. If that’s true, that surely can’t help, but it’s still no excuse. It hasn’t caused his defense to go into a deep funk. Pablo just needs to see the damn ball and hit the damn ball. That’s if he can see 100%. Maybe there is something askew with his eyesight. The goggles/no goggles, dark goggles/light goggles hasn’t worked thus far. We’re gonna need him big time this second half.