Game 1 Goes to the Good Guys
I still don’t have the hate for the Dodgers burning deep within me the way it did in the 70’s and 80’s– but last night was sweet. Casey Blake looks like a tired, old woman at the plate. Who doesn’t *love* that?
Bumgarner looks like he’s 28 years old on the mound…..
And thank God for Buster Posey. If he doesn’t muscle that single into center field who knows how long the team would have been second guessing themselves……
Just a huge win all the way around, especially on the heels of the Sunday game blown by that idiot Cuzzi. What the hell was up with his comments *explaining* his call? “Blanco made a decent attempt to put the tag on him…that’s why I called him out.” Whhhhhaaaatttttt the HELLLLLLLLL is this dumbass talking about?
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Prior to last night’s game, I was all fired up raring to go. Had the “Dodgers suck,” “Beat LA!” chants going everywhere. After seeing tonight’s lineup, I just didn’t feel the same energy. Almost was resigned to losing prior to the first pitch. I wonder if the players feel any different night to night when seeing a significant lineup change.
Good, blame Rowand cuz the Freak pitched like shit in the first. Typical.
I didn’t blame Rowand specifically, all I was wondering is if the players *might* have an emotional change such as I did after seeing the lineup. It is possible the reason Timmy pitched liked shit in the first is because he knew runs might be a little harder than usual to come by tonight.
$ player time
That’s about the best 2 at bat performance we can hope to get out of those 2
Give the guy shit for an RBI. Again, typical. Real culprits for 3 runs: Tim and Buster. Flap whipping boyz: Edgar and Rowand.
Twin instead of ragging on people for ripping renteria and raghand, why don’t you toss out a prediction yourself one of these days about how YOU think they’ll do. Until you do that maybe you should stfu up about people having actual opinions about them….
Hey i was happy to see Edgar get a run home.If anything Pablo should of scored on Uribe’s double.What the fuck running was that by Panda.
I’ve pointed out why they’re in there. The thing is with the LU bashing, the bashers have the advantage of no one ever being able to know how a different LU would have fared. Now, as I said earlier: shut the fuck up and try to enjoy a ballgame.
Quick ad commentary: Meg Whitman is an absolute and utter dilwad. She sees people out of work every day? She lives in fucking atherton. I’ve never seen a worse ca gov possibilty and that’s saying something since I lqtm for 3 days when Arnold ran….ok, back to baseball….
Flav, last night before the game you talked about how much you dug the lineup and said, “nate gives you speed and defense, and like Ishi, an occasional power shot”. Pretty prescient, esp since up to last night Nate had 2 HRs in over 160 ABs….got anything to help us out tonight?
Nice to see Lincy go up and in on Furcal…down and in to the LHs, esp if you don’t get it way down or way in, is what hurt him earlier.
Nobody with a brain predicts how every batter will do in every game. And Flavoro goes ballistic if one if his whpping boys has a good ballgame and it’s pointed out to him. No one here, including me, thinks Rowand should start regularly, or Rent. Fact is, since they’ve had reduced playing time, they’ve both performed better. Bochy appears to have found a good balance.
Franchez has got the “linedrive to the secondbaseman” thing locked in. Could be a good time for Bochy to drop him in the lineup for a game. I know it won’t happen, but I’m just sayin.’ Some other managers would do it. Franchez has to earn that #2 spot. It shouldn’t just be given to him as an entitlement.
James warned us all about his lack of offense repeatedly in off season (“trading the wrong Sanchez”)…numbers so far don’t lie. Would you rather have Downs in there with Uribe at SS? That’s probably a big drop defensively, but more offense. Dunno what to do there, if the only option is more Rent and Uribe to 2B. Velez at 2B was an adventure.
Actually Flav, I enjoyed are own “Flap Station Identification Break with/political commentary.”
Preface my question by saying that it sounds like Whitman is some rich twit . . . Does “Moonbeam” Brown have a chance to win? Yes, I actually like him and didn’t think he was half-bad as governor (at least he thought outside the proverbial box).
OK . . . Back to Giants baseball. Boo Dodgers!!!!
Fucking Raghand!
Jesus Chris Lincecum
Rentardia!
It looks like Timmy has returned to the “two seamer.”
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Timmy chew gum while he pitches before.
Well, I’ve never noticed it before, I should say.
Are you suggesting he’s just another young person who has deluded himself into thinking he can multitask?
Here’s what happened: Tim saw the LU card and said “why try?….” Rentardia and Raghand ( yes, that’s what the other guys call ’em) are in, there’s just no use. I think I’ll tank it”…
Hey, Gang:
Fine weekend of guys’ road trip to Pittsburgh, Astros at Pirates. Man, I had been to PNC Park before, but this just reinforced how fabulous it is. As a Giants’ fan, one nice highlight was to receive a text from my friend who is a Mets fan saying “I hate you’re fucking team.” I did not rub it in his face by correcting his grammatical solecism, but it was great to see the boys jump to a 6-0 lead and find out before the scoreboard posted it. Highlights: two best games of the Pirates’ year thus far, $5 parking right across the Clemente bridge, $9 seats on Sunday (those prices are cheaper than a minor league game in Syracuse and cheaper than parking near the Carrier Dome), free! scorecards, many hotties [in Pittsburgh!], awesome vistas, stupendous fireworks, a race of pirogie mascots. Lowlights: I couldn’t find any pirogies to buy; generally poor food; the scenic route chosen by the majority of our threesome took seven-plus hours. But, great time, great fans, too. They deserve a better product on the field. Oh. And we had five minutes of fame by walking in and out of the Warhol museum.
Our ace really showed up today.
I guarantee you that some here believe that, BTW. (Referring top my last post)… actually, I hate arguing with you guys but the LU bashing truly is the dumbest thing you all do. It’s idiotic and if you go to BaseballReference yourself and do some browsing about, you’ll see how true that is. Factor on that if a guy is on the roster, he’s going to need to have SOME role. Right now Rent and Rowand are spot starters, which SHOULD make you want to party hearty, instead you’re STILL bitching…
You’re accustomed to cooking with USDA Prime and Choice at the restaurant on a regular basis. Meat delivery guy shows up with only Standard and Commercial grade cuts for the day. Might you not feel a little less enthused about cooking that evening?
It’s sucks,but Tim obviously doesn’t have it tonight.His FB averaging 89 just won’t cut it combined with a rookie ump leads to disaster.Shit even Kershaw hit the ball hard.Doesn’t add up for good vibes tonight.
Good to see you back pawlie, I got your pics they’re awesome. I’ll post them when the blog slows down a bit…
So Zito gets it done or it’s another series win for LA. I hate betting anything on that guy.
Quick Timmy assessment: he doesn’t seem like he’s turning back as far as he normally does. That’s just me visually comparing it to what I’ve seen him do before. He’s not tourqing back as far as he usually does. That’s probably what rags told him too 🙂 🙂 🙂
Hey, every ace loses. Phil Hughes got pounded tonight. Oswalt was lousy when I saw him in Pittsburgh. It’s going to happen. (Magnus, those pix weren’t mine but one of the guys’ shots from an iPhone. I just downloaded mine. I’ll send you selections. Also, significantly revising my story. Willie Mays becomes Diana Rigg’s daughter. hahahahahahaha)
Longshot pick of the night: tomorrow Timmy says his back hurts— just saying that cause he doesn’t seem to have his full range of motion on his pitches…
Nice strike out by raghand. He needs to get more intentional walks
More likely the blisters he doesn’t have.
Time for Rohand to step it u…. oops, a three pitch swinging K. Pathetic…
Oh goodie, an AB by AB breakdown, just like he did with Torres..
“Torres gets it out of the infield!” Flavoro starring as BarryForever. Trolling his own blog. Tut tut…
If in reggie bush and someone asks me to give back my heisman I would lqtm for many days in a row….
Have O.J.’s boys pick it up.
Who can take a nothing game, and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile?
It’s a hit batsman!
No need to go the at bat by at bat break down. Raghand has been abysmal since the all star break last yr. You might like seeing him in there. Bochy does too. Anyone else? Crickets chirping…..
Maybe it was payback for the Padilla/Rowand thing that a lot of folks have been waiting for.
I haven’t seen Flav post on this page. Is he posting under another name or something?
And yes every ace loses, but Lincecum picked a shitty fucking time to do it.
Terrible pick of Torres throw by Uribe. He took the ball way to far towards the infield side of the bag. Lucky on the overslide. I like Timmy hitting the batter. If we’re going to lose, let’s get it on with these putzes…
I like Rowand, but I would love to see the Giants dump his ass. Terrible signing by Sabean.
Zoom. No doubt. And I absolutely think he nailed him on purpose to light the team and himself up. I’m serious.
Sets up an interesting game 3. The NL West is just going to be a dogfight for the next 2 1/2 months.
Timmy wasn’t crisp, to be sure. But, give some credit to LA, too. These guys can hit, they can take pitches and wait it out. This ain’t your basic Astros…
You guys are handling this really well tonight. Me, I’m stewing.
I kind of doubt that. He’d just had his best inning of the night, and I would have thought another quick uneventful one might have fired up the team even more to do something next time through the order.
Wild night in baseball tonite, already 34 HRs hit, including 3rd of the year by Randy winn to get STL started in a rout of Philly, which is fading fast.
You really have to wonder about a guy with Kemp’s talent, and the dumb shit he does. He’s been caught stealing something like 10 times.
Indians DFA’d RHP Jensen Lewis. Didn’t he pitch for us in the ’02 WS? Or is it someone else w/ a similar name?
Pawlie, that was Ryan Jensen.
And for all the SF mistakes last night, Kemp got picked off by Bum, on a night when they only scored 2.
This game is still winnable, BTW. If Burrell hits a bomb, this one is back to a game again…
Snarkk, I just saw the Astros and they are dreadful. AND THIS GAME AIN’T OVER.
From the SFGate article on Jon Miller:
“Television is a passive experience,” he says. “We’re not absolutely essential to the telecast. They could do the whole thing without us. On radio, the fans are engaged with you, because they’re turning your descriptions into visual images that are strictly their own. At the same time, you can tell a good story.”
Tell that to Dave O’Brien and Rick Sutcliffe and just about every other new school TV broadcaster. They can’t shut the fuck up.
Wow I’ve never been so wrong about a ball I thought was gone by 30 feet at least
What a great fucking focused AB from the kid…I don’t give a fuck about the LU, but if I’m bochy Posey stays 3rd, Huff cleans up, torres leads off, and work from there.
Nice shot from Pat, but the ball hit the rook in the glove.
Well, Burrell almost got the tater. Looked like Manny on the D out there. This one is definitely not over. Kershaw will be outta there in 15 pitches…
You are on it Snarkk! Sando cracked that one, and LA pen is what I want to see.
Paul saved Kuiper from looking like a TOTAL fool. Instead, just a court jester with that call.
Pat the Bat just got AT&T’d at the Latrine. We need a hit Panda!
Shit what a gift.Thought for sure 3 run blast.Take the Freddy Lewis play though.
Panda!
Panda is back!
What happened?!
Hey back in it.Nice rope by Edgar just hung up.Giants have Kershaw on the ropes.Next inning should do it.
Jbat….Basehit sanchez,another basehit Posey,Burell almost HR dropped for an error.And Panda 2run double.
Plus we got Nate, Huff and Ishi waiting to hit.
Comeback makes Kemp getting thrown out look even more stupid.
Good move by all concerned…be smart here and get guys out. Get your payback on the scoreboard, and laugh later.
Hell yes FUCK YOU DODGERS!!! GET your Sorry ASS Bench coach to the SHOWERS!!!!!!!!!!!
God it’s Great HATING THE BUMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m totally ready for a brawl to wake up the hate I have for this team that’s lay dormant for several years….
“Plus we got Nate, Huff and Ishi waiting to hit.”
Kuo will probably be first out of the pen for that reason, he’s brutal. Hope they can grab the lead off Goober…
Nice shut down inning from Bautista, of all people, with a great curveball K of fuckwad NL leading batter. Might have saved himself a series of bus rides through the Central Valley this summer.
Nice of them to not throw at Aaron’s head. anyway.
Thanks Kat. And LOL! at your other comment!
As much shit as I give Rowand, it’s mostly because I’m just tired of watching him fail. I don’t doubt his commitment for a second. And I’ll never forget that catch he made the night of Dirrrrrty’s no hitter. In the Bautista inning they panned to Aaron with 2 outs and he had a look on his face like “it is ON mother fucker”. Gotta like that. He got a little payback courtesy of Timmy tonight. Good for him, he’s owed that plus some change……
The dodgers are playing some pretty stupid baseball tonight. They have the big lead and now throwing it all away with attitude. Giants have to take this one.
Agreed. Torre knows better, too, after all those years spent with the Yankees. Maybe Kent, who went off on all the kids and got abused for it, was right after all.
Stupid AB from Ethier right there, on first pitch.
I must have a little Chuck thing going: Left work at 5-1 and no hope, get home and it’s 5-4!
Damn. Did Freddy hit it hard?
No.
Ha, swung at ball 4. Casilla is a lunatic. I’m starting to like him more. 🙂
Huge DP there.
Bautista and Casillla can be a carnival act when their pitching days are over…
More props to Posey. He goes out there after the cross up, helps settle down the wildman, and they get Kemp for the GIDP. Man, he’s taken over, getting the most out of even the head cases.