Nice Start
Lovely game last night, wasn’t it? It was +130 lovely for me. As I suspected, Timmy mowed down that line up. Now we turn to our mercurial master of mediocrity, Zit-Man. He needs to step it up. He’s got ONE WIN since May 16th. That’s just not cool. Niese is his opponent and he’s a guy who’s sort of turn4ed a corner, IMO, over the last several weeks. I suspect we finally see Torres back tonight, at least I hope so.
We’re -130 tonight. Ugh, who would take that bet? Let’s just pray to God that Zito goes 6 or whatever and staggers to the dugout with a 5-3 lead….
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His “pace” over a full season is just 16 HR-but 48 doubles, 120 RBI. Not exactly punch ‘n Snarkkle, MAX.
And we should all be thankful that Latos is out. Think whatever SD had going, it’s about to change.
I’m throwin a bone tonite, oh FOS one. I said about 10 days ago that Bonehead wouldn’t start Ishi for very long. So, we’ll see if he keeps starting against RHs. Bochy isn’t over his vet love by a long shot. Ishi flailed a last night against the knuckler, and Bochy has a very short leash when the young ones start to flail….
Anyway, I put the LU bashing posts in the blogticulator. These are the levels of approval, and the W-L record with each:
The worst ever: 11-8
Strongly disapprove: 11-9
Not the worst: 20-18
OK, but: 3-3
Pretty good: 3-3
Ishikawa should get a shot at lefties as long as it’s at home. Let the leesh out or tighten it from there. And panda hit lefties fine last yr. If he’s going to get it going it would be perfectly fine to have him get it going against a lefty , pitchers he hit fine last yr (I don’t have his 2009 splits in front of me to quote them)
.379 .428 .600 1.028
Play the Panda!
Well, tonite’s certainly not the worst ever. The entire 2008 season had plenty of LUs qualified for nomination in that category. I’ll go with “strongly disapprove”. Coupled with Zito goin’, the -130 sounds about right. If we win, I’ll give it the category “like finding a $20 bill in the pocket of an old suit”…
From Baggs:” Bochy said before yesterday’s game that Sandoval was scheduled for a day off today”
What the hell did they have him doing during the ASB, capping the oil leak? Ridiculous.
Has anybody ever seen Panda hit LHed against lefties? In the minors? Any stats? Why not just try him LH batting all the way for a while? I have no idea if that might/might not screw up his LH swing, which is the only thing keeping him afloat right now…
DMD, I hope Sando didn’t cap that oil well RHed….
Winn puts the Cards on top with a two run triple…
I don’t see that Panda has ever tried batting LH against a LHer. Career minor league he is .267 against LHers, .324 against RHers. He’s had one year where he hit just .200 against LHers ( 2006). In 2008 he hit .404 against RHers, .243 against lefties. So it’s obvious he struggles against southpaws.
Good site:
http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/
OK, thanks for the info, they must have they’re reasons for not going lefty vs. lefty. I keep hearing these guys calling on talk radio saying they’re eye doctors and that the huge discrepancy of RH vs LH Panda performance is an unmistakable sign of some kind of eyesight issue…
Uh oh: anybody watching the Bums? I just have it on Game Day. Manny left with a bad leg…
Just heard on KNBR that Franchez is a late scratch. Panda in at 3B, Uribe over to 2B.
A Torres RF
E Renteria SS
A Huff 1B
B Posey C
P Burrell LF
J Uribe 2B
P Sandoval 3B
A Rowand CF
B Zito P
I like that line up better. Renteria can’t hit shit anymore but he does dribble singles out there now and again. And if he’s flailing away at least he’s not hitting next to Rowand. Panda in the game; I can dig it….
Why Franchez scratch? Anybody notice how he often walks/runs like he’s got a limp? Even when there’s no talk about an injury. I don’t think I’m hallucinating; yet…
Not a single Yankee at Bob Sheppard’s funeral… no one who ever wore a Yankees uniform was seen in the Church of St. Christopher…. Jeter and Girardi said there other ways to honor the dead. But 57 years calling their names? Not ONE emissary? Poor.
twin–agreed that’s horrible…..
Molina 3/3 tonight with 4 ribbies……
Franchez has flu-like symptoms tonight and was born with a foot disability which he has overcome as a baseball player. He’s not fast but quick.
the whole *bow tie* thing is a stupid look. He’s just a “look at me guy”. It doesn’t even look right, his head is too small and the bow tie is too big. He looks like a fucking Christmas present……
having a daughter good enough to sing the NA on your *DAY*. That’s pretty fucking cool……..
I would pay $50 to let Raj finish this game off. This is good comedy. he’s so bad he’s good……..
I think I told you guys, Jon’s wife used to work for me in Napa. It’s the second marriage for both. She had been his babysitter when he was a boy… talk about the American Dream.. announcing baseball and marrying your babysitter…
wow does Wright not see him or what? 3 fastballs that he knew were coming and he missed all 3 by a mile. Wright strikes out a lot but he’s having a great year and he looked like “Rajai Davis” on the way outta here…….
Watching the applause afterward, it looked like her sister was forcing herself to give a half hearted clap. Whatever, fuck her. Her sister is more talented than she is, she needs to get over it. Her dad is too. Actually, this chick probably has something to work out in therapy……Her brother looks like he should join her…….
After listening to RAJ for a min, who is basically a step above us as a play-by-play guy, I have new respect for Miller’s HOF status……
FP, another fuck up. Renteria was always playing tonight, he’s just in a different spot in the line up……
seriously, the fact that FP didn’t know what the original line up was….wow. I have defended him, and I like some of his comments, but that was indefensible. Dude isn’t even checking the line up till the last minute……
Can’t believe Renteria couldn’t score on Huff’s single.Slow roller thru the hole,with Bay playing deep.
It looked like he might have had to stop so the ball didn’t hit him.
Jesus H. Christ. First Jesus, now Juan. This shit is beyond ridiculous.
And the outfield looks atrocious. Was that for McCartney? Fuck him. And the powers that be who sold-out should be beaten over the head with Heather Mills’ leg.
Did Molina just hit for the cycle? Is this April Fools Day??? That’s fucking awesome……
Can I see a replay of the triple? They had to pinch run for him to give him oxygen.
I’m tired of saying “double Play”. Let’s call that a ” Dave Parsons ” from now on.
That’s unbelievable. Good for Bengie. I bet those assholes at ESPN don’t play the “Chariots of Fire” music when they show his highlights tonight. Pricks.
The triple was the last of the hits. Can you imagine him going for third knowing the cycle awaits? A sight to behold.
Wright just has no clue om where Zito’s balls are going……
FP talks too much……
I’d love to see the gun on Posey’s throws to second. Do they even do that? Even visually you can see he’s got a cannon……
That game’s in Boston, I’m trying to envision how the hell it happened. Maybe a cue shot down the RF line that hugged the wall and kicked left.
Dang, Posey just isn’t ready to be an MLB catcher.
That throw out was on the pitcher.
Twin, just thinking about that is funny. Bengie was probably rounding second like there was a life size sundea waiting for him. Good for him though.
I listened to the tribute on the radio and Krukow bugged me like never before. The Johny Miller quips, throwing in a “MEAT”. That shit was bush league.
Man, ol’ Zits is dealing tonight. Get ‘im some runs!
Big Money goes for the cycle? Holy crap…pigs everywhere are sprouting wings. 😀
What a rifle arm Posey shows off.Quicker then Johnny Bench.
Like I said earlier, Buster has completely re-energized the position.
Panda had a good RH AB, but Juan is still struggling big time. Would have been nice to get one more anyway.
FP does have a point about Posey.Teams should bust him inside more.He can handle any pitch on the outside of the plate as well as anyone.The best RH hitter to swing like him to right and right center to me was Piazza.
my favorite K Hern moment….based on how the other broadcaster responded (and that chick) this is mot anything new to the broadcast team…….
Bengie hit for the cycle???
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. DP #3 . . .
at least that double play was a new look…….
Nice job, Exlax. Pop up the bunt, get doubled off…
He’s tossing a one-hit gem and you’re bitching about his base running and shitty bunting. I like it.
He just walked the pitcher, that shit don’t fly. Yell at’em all ya want.
He didn’t want the leadoff guy to leadoff…
Bengie triple was high off the wall and then a defensive gaff (from sportsline). He hurt himself trying so hard to get into 3rd. Two pitches into the next batter he called trainer out and left the game…..
Obviously Zitfuck needs someone on his case all the time. I’m the man for the job…
Seriously, he’s thinking “I showed HIM.” And Bochy is thinking “I showed HIM”… it’s all good.
My respect for Huff deepens each week. Even if he’s lousy next year, he’s earned a nice two-year extension. Gotta figure that he gets some good offers based on the pitchers’ park “book” on SF.
Juan was getting an extra 10 feet on those in May . . .
Ack.. just too much toward center. That’s the Uribe hack, though…
he fooled me with the flip of the bat..i thought he got it
Bengie’s cycle, triple standing up:
http://tinyurl.com/26lknag
Did not realize until just there that the homer was a granny. A nice day at the park for Bengie.
For his career, Uribe is a .212 hitter in July.
not to be picky, but the 2b shudda been an error
molina’s …Drew
Nice shot Pablo, way to take that opp field on a line. Stay with it, man.
That’s awesome! Good for Bengie. And a grand salami to boot! 😀
C’mon! Get Zits some runs! The guy’s fuckin’ dealing tonight!
flav…to answer your question on Posey’s throws and the speed of them…that assit that nailed the runner at second was clocked at 94…last nights throw that had the same result?…96
Damn single-malt does it every time…sorry that should have been ‘assist’
Whomever said FP talks too much is right.
shit
How you doin’, SanFranLA?
Good thanks TF…in my cups and it’s only 9:30
How are you faring?