What Needs To Happen From Here on Out For Us To Win the Division
Winning the division really is our only goal right now. I just don’t think the WC will be realistic for us–too many good teams in the NL East–and at least one of those Big 3 (Braves, Mets, Phillies) will make some loud noise at the trade deadline–Sabes won’t compete with that….
It’s easy to be negative and harp on the failings of the first half—The older bloated salary vet guys have sucked. Our BP (minus Wilson) was awful. The SP has been mediocre. Pablo Sandoval has turned into Guy Sularz, at least from a production standpoint….
But look at what’s gone mindblowingly RIGHT for us: Huff, Torres, Uribe, Posey, Bumgarner, Burrell, Whiteside and Freddy Sanchez have ALL done more than I thought they would *this* year. Those were 8 home runs for Sabean, as far as I’m concerned– and he gets additional props for the guys he passed on signing (Penny, Nick Johnson, etc)….And turning Molina into anything other than a worn out bra strap was genius– Ray looks like a very stabilizing force for us in the BP…….
But we’re not winning the division “as-is”. I don’t think we need to add anyone, certainly not until the Ishikawa thing gets played out. Burrell, too. If either or both of those guys maintain their level of success we set positionally. Obviously we can’t have any big injuries but that’s the same for all the fringe playoff teams. There are certain guys we’d miss less than others but that’s a topic for another day. With everything that’s gone RIGHT this year, all we really need to win this division is for some of the things that have gone colossally WRONG to right themselves—Pablo, the SP, the BP– any of those 3 get fixed and we are good to go. Maybe 2 of 3 depending on which 2. But we aren’t that far away. We don’t need a “Derek Lee” or a “David Freaking DeJesus”. We need the YOUNG guys we counted on going into the season to start living up to expectations: Pablo, Cain, Timmy, Dirrrrrrrrty. Those guys need to step it up starting today. Let’s hope they’re “second half” guys…….
REGARDING THE NEWEST CONTEST: Please get your picks in to me or twin by 5pm today. Give us your prediction for W/l total at end of season and whether you think we make the playoffs. So far I’ve only got about 10, not sure how many TWIN has. He’s putting up a big prize so I hope we get enough entrants to justify doing it….
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Cards up on the LaBumbos in the top of the 7th with LA batting. They knocked out Kershaw after 4.1 innings and 88 pitches. Carpenter trying to nail it for the Redbirds. Bums on their second reliever.
Price on Hart just jumped. Hit his 22nd tonight in a 2-1 losing cause vs the Braves. That team is getting scary. It may help the Mets sweat it a bit tonight, though. And forget Hart. He’d be too pricey. Probably a career year.
sorry, but this Mets line up sucks. Wright is dangerous but he’s also easy to strikeout. Beltran is back for his first game, forget him. I think Timmy mows through these guys……
If your look-a-like is an 8 year old boy (maybe a girl I wasn’t sure there) it’s time for a new look, dude. Cut your fucking hair……..
I’m watching online, so don’t know if you guys have the same feed. Anywho, did anyone see the Timmy look-a-like . . . Spitting image of Timmy.
outfileld is in bullshit shape. Nice *sell-out* job on the McCartney concert.
I guess Flav did. Ha.
Yeah, that kid looked so much like Timmy it was spooky. Time to go see the man with the striped poles. They must have held a tractor pull or something during the AS break, CF is all chewed up.
“R.A. Dickey”–fuck that, that’s the gayest name I’ve ever seen. We should beat him just because of his lame name……..
Interesting, I really don’t follow knuckleballers, they mean nothing to me. But he’s interesting, he throws it hard. Actually shouldn’t that make him *easier* to hit? He throws his knuckle only slightly slower than he throws his fastball…….
Though he ended up flying out, Huffster made Dickey work for it. After a two-strike count, he took him full. The more i see of Aubrey, the more i like him. Even his outs are often productive. We need to encourage more of those non-hackers. New rules for Sabean’s future swaps and such: Limit of two hackers per lineup.
Looks like Timmy has returned to the “4 seamer.” Good.
Lincecum mowing machine working just fine in the 2nd tonight, thank you. Recently, he’d had some trouble in that inning. Now let’s see some stickwork by the hometeam.
How many passed balls does this guy have already, 3?
let that be an omen…
awesome, he looked totally lost in that at bat. Good for him…….
Helluva way to start the second half for the Panda. Keep it up!
Very nice…
That’s Mr Panda to you
go ahead and walk Nate that’s just doing us a favor. Tim can hit and either way now we don’t lead off with the P……
pumping fist, yeah, baby
11 RBI’s with 4 hits on the season. That’s incredible…….
PABLOCITO! Is is the Panda equivalent of Groundhog’s Day? Hope he didn’t see his shadow. Encouraging first AB for the second half. And we can’t begin to forget the sparkplug, Buster.
Score first and score often.
These guys have got to be kidding with those sweaters….it’s still fucking 90 in south bay. Pablo crushed that one, two out RISP, all good.
Does this mean we don’t have to read any more dribble drabble meandering bullshit from Ratto in the Chron?
Kuip said Ratto is *talented*. He’s definitely clever, i get it. But he’s a one-line guy, his columns are worthless in their entirety. And he’s a horrible baseball writer. Probably the worst I’ve ever read…..
wil – I was about to comment on the same thing. Those fucking sweaters are hideous. Did we miss something? Was that a ‘joke’ since Ratto was in the booth? Fucking awful.
just occured to me, 1st time Buster is c Lincy this year…good to see Eli down to 20%.
I quit reading Ratto when I gave up acid.
Carpenter and Cards nail the LaBumbos 7-1 at Busch. Things is looking up in the wild, wild West.
That’s classic Bozo. Ratto on shrooms would be scary.
Ratto is just an angry short fuck who wants to quip his way to the end of his career. Ostler is a *quipy* guy too but at least he’s interesting. Ratto almost singlehandedly killed that set with his boredom and inaccuracy. Didn’t I read today that Ellison said he ended up bidding the most? Did Ray Weirdo miss that?
Whatever, I guess I just don’t get the dude……..
The kid can throw.
So much for all of the delivery time to the plate analysis . . . .
Flav, this is what went down . . .
“While the two sides worked out the details, Ellison came back with what Galatioto (Cohan’s advisor) described as a “marginally higher” offer just hours before the signing.
“He was way past the deadline,” Galatioto said. “There was no way I was going to recommend that bid to Chris. … Once the shot clock expires, are you allowed to get back on the court and have it count? I don’t think so.”
Me? I think if it’s my team, I take the highest frickin’ offer . . . Contrary to what this idiot Galatioto said, they weren’t playing basketball (i.e., his reference to a “shot clock expiring”).
a lot of guys don’t like FP but I always have. He’s a little grating and he says some dumb shit now and again, but he also gives you a lot of detailed nuggets that we never gt from Kruk— this inning is a good example…….
not me Blade, I like the new ownership–they’re Bay Area guys, they have deep pockets and they are already involved in the NBA– that influenced the decision to go with them. Elliison dicked around and didn’t get it done. He got to caught up and mucked up in his own negotiation skills. I was involved in a real estate deal with him a couple of years ago. i didn’t ever meet with him directly but he diddled and daddled around and finally ended up caving in to our original demands. Today’s results don’t surprise me at all…..
The Warriors still have 6 yrs. remaining on their lease with Ellison’s Oracle Co. for naming rights with the Coliseum. Larry should rename his corporation FU Cohan Inc. and stick it to ’em.
I know a knuckler isn’t the easiest to bunt, but don’t you just want to send four guys to the plate to just do that sometime? I mean, it does fuck with your timing so just bunt the fucker.
I’ll defer to you if you’ve dealt with him. I don’t know anything about him, except that he has about 30 billion dollars via his Oracle Corporation.
I didn’t *deal* with him directly but I represented a seller on a deal where he bought a house for a family member off the market. Basically, he just paid for everything. But he came in hard with supposedly no room to negotiate. We ended up getting everything we wanted, EVERYTHING. Now, he could probably give a shit about a 5 million dollar deal and maybe he just wanted to *win* 500K cause that’s how guys like that are. But he gave up everything quick, almost surprisingly so.
To hear that he raced into the party today, after it was over for a while, and lost…well, that not a big surprise based off the one one-off, random interaction I’ve had with him…..
Fuck, overslid the bag.
And FP says that’s not a mistake. Well, it is.
But I don’t fault Ellison for not getting this deal. Dudes paid way over to get it. Tip your cap……
That was sweet. Be nice to get a couple more just in case…
80 pitches. Tim could go for the CG tonight.
And that’s an example of FP saying something stupid. He’s interesting, he really does bring a lot to the table. But it’s muddled with a lot of dumb shit, almost “Bip Bad”,,,,,,,,,,
allright dudes, I gotta go skype my kid and then hit the sack, early day tomorrow. Get me one more run?
Regardless who now owns the Warriors, the change is a breath of fresh air. I have no idea whether these guys will improve the team, but it can’t get any worse than the status quo. Basketball is fixed – my opinion only – with only a few teams able to compete financially. Couple that with a Commissioner that jacks off in his basement whenever:
A. The Celtics, Knicks or Lakers are in the NBA Finals;
B. One of the same teams win “the fix is in” lottery;
C. He gets to approve Gasol for a bag of basketball type deals; and/or
D. All of the above.
Oh, and lets not even get into the ref’s favoritism of star players.
Good thing that was only a “near-miss,” the redneck woulda lost that collision.
Niiice job by Timmy keeping the Mets scattered and confused through eight.
Row Row. 2-0 and you swing at shit. Come on.
Christ, Timmy needs to learn how to slide. Shades of fucking Estes there . . .
Blade, talk to the Kings fans about the fix. 2002 is still a raw wound down there . . .
That’s why I don’t like that play w/ Timmy running. Mattered not as the runt’s bunt was so shitty nobody was making third on that. For a #2 guy, he’s a shitty situational hitter.
Good example Chuck . . . Yeah, I was rooting for them (lot of good that did).
perfectly placed huh!
Flav got his other run if they can hold now..
Freddy might have done them a favor blowing the bunt. Gave Tim a nice blow.
Here we go . . .
Kinda knew that GDP was gonna show up somewhere.
Mole-licious
Timmmmmeh is back!
Timmy!! Excellent game.
Mole-licious again . . .
congrats…great to see linCY and the 2 out rbi from Pablo. Agree with twin, not good execution from Franchez, but it gave Timmy the rest.
The little runt has played a wicked 2B for us all year. Maybe a little added motion, but he’s money.
Night guys – Let’s keep it going
50th win for Timmy . . .
10th of the season.
Very nice job.
Mets were one of the two NL teams Timmy hadn’t beaten coming into tonight.
Just the Reds remain now.
Great game to start the second half . . . Agree wsw — nice to see a very effcient Lincecum and Pablo’s 2-out ribbie.
Cy Young form tonight, gang. Neat numbers for Timmy, eh Chuck? Not much hitting against the knuckleballer, but the NY BP got worn down a bit this evening. Maybe that winning RBI will help restore Pandeliciousness to Pablo.
AND we gain one on the LaBumbos and move up half a game on both the Dagos and the Rox. Fine start to the second half.
Saw this game locally through the prism of the Mets announcers. First win for Timmy against Mets, against whom he had had a 5-something ERA. Keith Hernandez said Lincy threw more fastballs than he typically does against the Mets. At any rate, nice, nice start to the so-called second half. Pablo hit the ball well and had a fine, albeit awkward catch; Posey bustered; Franchez made a good play to end the game. As Keith H. said, Rowand’s slide at home was awful. (I want Torres back in a hurry.) Good game, boyz. POTG = Timmy.
side note: where is Paul in Asia? And Ferret Head?
Pawlie: Torres did come in at the end as a defensive replacement, so it’s a good chance we’ll see him tomorrow. Still thinking Sabean needs to dangle some farmhand pitching in front of the Nats GM, probably adding Burriss and maybe even Nate. Picture Sanchez batting 8th and Willingham second.
Hell, i could even see a deal with the Royals to get DeJesus for that slot. But Christ on a crutch, we might have to start watching de lingo if that happens. Of course, we had a taste of Jesus last year and he’s back toiling at Fresno and Huff the Magic Dragon christened Posey with that sobriquet, but there’s something just a bit of a holy terror about Buster.