This Will be a Very Interesting Series…..
Not because it will tell me something about the Giants. I’m hoping to learn more about the Braves. Simply put, I just don’t think the Braves are as good as their record is. Everyone is jizzin’ about Heyward but the dude has hit ONE home run since the end of May. They’ve got a good catcher and Prado has been a stud at the lead off spot for them this year (though we miss him during this series). They’ve got a solid bullpen and maybe 2 starting pitchers I’d want on our staff. Chipper is held together with rubber bands and Glaus (like Heyward) hasn’t done much after his hot start (no HR’s since June)….
I dunno, I just don’t get the hype about the Braves. Do they still do that dumb chop? I guess we’ll find out……
The Todd makes his glorious return to the team today with Bautista *walking* his way out of town…..
I think we win 3 of the 4…….
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From Baggs: Dontrelle Willis update: According to Giants VP Bobby Evans, he faced just 1 batter in AZL game last night because of torn fingernail on left hand.
I hope he didn’t just have them done….
I didn’t hear it live, but the Turner Field organist played “Puff the Magic Dragon” when Lincecum batted in the fourth inning.
Gotta hand it to those 80yo Betty’s being hip to the scene.
Must be cooling off a bit as the sun settles towards the West. Timmy was flat out dealing in that inning. Great news. Jurrjens leads off their 5th.
Oh, good. Buster gets the “friends and family” excuse.
Pat has a lotta friends here, too.
Normally Posey DOES dink a single with that runner on second. Guess we’ve gotten a bit accustomed/spoiled on that.
If tim, huff and posey get some slack it’s because they’ve been excellent all yr (tim has 2 cy youngs he gets a leash off those). Panda has been horrendous since April. If he gets it harder from the fans than the other 3, that’s the reason why…
He’s at least supposed to move the runner. It has nothing to do with being spoiled, it’s still his job TONIGHT. He is the main reason they are not ahead. He deserves every single bit of the praise he gets, but when he receives zero criticism for failure, it’s fair to look at why that is.
I already said that, Flavoro. But again, you cannot pretend that his failures tonight never happened. NONE of you even mentioned his pathetic first inning AB.
because none of us would rank on him like you do Mike every chance you get to, which is very rarely, when it comes to Buster
Go get some runs now GIANTS
Not the 3 guys coming up who usually work the pitcher, but they need to get Jurrjens throwing more than 7 pitches this time. He’s at 93 now, so baserunners and long ABs could go a long way to getting at him.
Willis has a detatched finger nail, not sure I’d that’s been posted here yet….
Well, Tim’s WAS a good enough bunt. Anyone not named Sandoval or Molina get there.
Rage on mo fo. Going out to dinner. . .
I missed the top of the 1st.
I’m not pretending shit, every baseball player fails a lot during a 162 gm season. As I said, if we don’t jump in buster for an unusual fuck up it’s because he’s been nails this yr. If he’d been ficking up all yr, like pablo, he’d be hearing it from the peanut gallery full force
Actually not, Chucklefuck. Posey, Ishikawa, Whitefux, Sanchez… a couple more don’t make it.
OK< THAT sucked, Tim . ..
Bullshit, you guys don’t miss a mistake from anyone ever. It is extremely curious for no one to mention such a terrible AB at all. Even with “He’s been great but..”.
i guess we all were in shock when he didn’t deliver a 1st inning run as usual…
Critical inning for Timmy, facing the heart of the order. If he makes it through this one unscathed i think they have a pretty good shot.
well, believe what you want. What I said makes perfect sense, the other guys have earned the break from the fans. Panda has sucked almost all year. Same reason Rowand gets it, Renteria, etc…..You can believe what you want but I have no problem giving Huff, Posey, Torres, Timmy, etc breaks all day long. All major leaguers fuck up now and again. Some of them fuck up all the time. THOSE are the guys who hear it from the fans……..
Theoretically, tonight’s game is being analyzed here. And thus far, Sandoval is better than Huff, Tim, and Buster…
then sandoval should be “dream girls”…he can sing “one night only”
Son of a bitch. Two goddamn “tatters” are biting Tim squarely in the ass.
He’s already given up two more than all of last yr.
Fraid of that going into the inning. Timmy lost just a bit of his edge. Now the offense must get at Jurrjens.
Just a hanger by Tim otherwise he has pitched a great game.Are own lack of execution is costing us the lead.
Where the hell they find this Venters guy? First time I can recall seeing him. Fuuuuuuck.
Old Fox, Bobby Cox. Just when the Giants were ready to get going on Jurrjens, here comes this nasty lefty. Ouch!
“Just a hanger?” It’s a mistake, an execution mistake like any other execution mistake.
Hitting for Venters? After that inning? If that’s Bochy managing, Room B is POSTAL. Anyway, thank you, Bobby. Venters is unfuckinghittable
Bochy managing: Yes Timmy’s the ace, but he was pretty drained after the sixth. No Venters in the Giants BP, but plenty of warm bodies.
You are confused on the question, Stix. It’s if Bochy is managing the Braves. Anyway, I’m sure the Giants are delighted to see anyone else. It’s like Broxton for Kuo. I’ll take that switch ANY day.
I’m thinking two or three runs right about now would be a good thing.
My point, Twin, is that Timmy was pooped. Bochy maybe should have started someone else that inning, even if Lincy is the ace. Trading Joe and Bowker for Lopez? Yes again. Great job by the new pickup.
he gave him a chance to win it by letting him go for the bot 7….
Mike and Jbat . . . I answered you in regard to your questions about Coors in the other Blog post about my day at Coors. To wit:
A friend of mine Mike (also retired) that I use to work with. His name is Steve too. He’s a good guy, albeit a Rockies’ fan.
JBat, I’ll preface my comment by saying it has nothing to do with me being a Giants fan . . . OK, hands down, the “Phone Park” is unequivocally better than Coors Field. Why? A number of reasons, including the fact that the Coors Ownership group got greedy and added 10000 additional seats (they saw that Mile High Stadium was at capacity (80k plus) during the Rockies inaugural season and decided to add more seats to the original architects plan); No views for the majority of fans, except in right field – mountains; food sucks compared to AT&T; Coors access is not bad, but I love the train access that AT&T has; and, the fans are . . . umm, not fanatics, like Giants fans . . . Just go to the comments section of any Giants article in the SF Gate and you will find literally hundreds of posts. Conversely, you will find only a couple dozen in the Denver Post (and only if they are winning). In short, they are lukewarm fans and tend to get on the bandwagon when they are winning. Coors does have SF beat in the immediate area around Coors insofar as nightlife. “LODO” rocks before, during and after a Rockies game . . . again, more so if they are winning.
an espn game in HD, first this year for me. Delayed, rowan just caught out 3.
but it is nice to watch the way you watch every game.
Lincecum looks great, if a little sweaty in this heat.
I hear there is a team out west starting to make some noise.
Botchy looks 10 years younger on HD
Gads! How sweet would life be having the game on HD every game?
I’ll take 201o saito over that last dude all day long
wow, those wags in the expensive seats look great, Atlanta seems ready to go post season
Fuck Atlanta, they haven’t shown me crap tonight. They’re beating a team, at home, who has blown several opportunites tonight. Giants are beating themselves….
exactly…1/10 with risp after 5 innings
another no decision (or worst) for our man Tim.
winning softly with no runs, winning softly with his game-e-am-e-am.
get er done, SF Giants.
Helluva job by our new LOOGY, or I should say LFOGY as he got us 5-outs. Time for some 9th inning magic.
Braves are due to boot a ball or two…
Tim SHOULD get *some* slack but facts count, too. He’s not appreciably better than Dirty Sanchez this year. ( 3.15 ERA to 3.38. 1.27 WHIP to 1.30). I’ve pointed this out before, the Freak is supposed to WIN the match ups with the Jurrjens of the world. Tim is not the guy who’s supposed to blink. It’s totally fair to expect more from the two time Cy winner, not less.
Billy Wagner time. Rather face him then Venters anyway.Venters should be their closer.Make Wagner throw strikes and we have a chance.
Franchez magic?
just showed replay of the liner catch
LOOK, Ma, what I got
homer almost
and we go home
drat
flav must be right, Miller just said,”missed chances early”
and th braves take momentum beating our #1
3am
night all
Michael is right…We do expect more from Lincy. When you think about it, it’s a tribute to the club that they are where they are, with Tim just above avg, and Sandoval way below. Those were the 2 faces of the club coming in.
“flav must be right, Miller just said,’missed chances early’ True. Posey, Huff, Burrell 9 LOB, and still only Panda is getting shit on the postgame.
Well, if we have “magic inside” going on in our ballpark, Lord only knows what the hell kind of tricks they’re pulling off at that place. They don’t lose at home. .731 winning% is damn ridiculous.
Fuck Hotlanta….that place sucks
Sooo close. Lots of opportunities. Couldn’t cash in. Jurrjens was tough in clutch situations. Venters something else again. Likewise Lopez. Timmy floated a couple of changeups and that was the ballgame. Posey had some butterflies at the plate. Pablo looking good. Torres: Torrid.
No killer instinct with ducks on the pond tonight. That stranded runner at third in the first with only one out was the big difference. That, and a long string of wasted doubles. Giants win this game were it in SF.
Haha, well if anyone knows about hotlanta, it’s bird dog… Out offense, including tims bunt fuck ups, are the reason we lost thus game……
The replay does not support what FP is saying. And at least Panda contributed to a run. It’s just not fair reporting to excuse Buster, as FuckPaul just did, and crucify Panda. It’s utter bullshit and anyone wanna argue that, I got allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll night.
Mike if you wanna stick up for the guy hitting 260 with 3 hr you go right ahead
It’s already been argued and I explained it to you…..
Barry Zito–mini-stopper. How the hell does that dumbass pitch in the sweltering heat?
Shit, last two starts vs the Braves: 2-0 (0.64) 14 IP 8 H 9K Don’t fuck it up Barry.
At least get your facts straight, it’s not 3. But it’s not a question of “sticking up for”, fuckwad. It’s fair and accurate reporting. Buster sucked tonight, Panda didn’t.
Now aren’t you happy I gave you the chance to stick up for him ? You’re right actually 266 and a whole 6 hr…
I explained it to YOU, Flavoro. Pay attention next time.
Buster had a bad game offensively. No biggie, it’s one of 162. And I never once said anything negative about Pablo’s performance tonight….
I don’t know, I think everyone except Torres and Lopez sucked tonight.
If one were to assign individual responsibilty for tonight’s loss, it would break down this way. It’s not arguable, BTW:
1.Linecum
2. Posey
3.Burrell
4. Huff
5. Rowand
6. Sanchez
7. Uribe
8. Sandoval
9.. Torres
WSWFuck: again, I am NOT defending his year, I am assailing unfair reporting as was practiced by FuckPaul Santangelo. Don’t distort what I say, fuck.
It’s obvious you didn’t see a post from the previous page. Pabl should join the cast of “Dream Girls” where he could sing the song “One Night Only”…
Posey is #2 to blame on tonights loss for not driving in a run in the 1st?
Don’t make me laugh.
Potd cl0wn. Fact is, this was a team wide suckage tonight. But twin is right, tim can’t lose games vs the ‘jair whatever’s” of the world. He played as big of a part in tonight’s loss as anyone….
Two game losing streak. Let’s hold it right there. Buster should be off the butterflies tomorrow. Changes the offense right there. No need to tear each other apart on this one. Shit happens. Tomorrow is another day. Dodgers beat Correia tonight and Giants ass is saved. Though the Rooster may re-emerge from his dung-heap. Somebody’s got to pop the Pads and it might as well be the LaBumbos. Giants have ten more games with the Dagos and a handful with the Bums. Beat em both! Hammer Hanson tomorrow!
There ya go twin, my post nailed the top spot on your top 10 suck list….
I never watch mariners games but I am tonight. These broadcast guys are worse than 90 % of the rest of the teams in the league
Stix, we don’t need a Dodger win. A Pad win is better. I’d explain it but logic is not popular here.
Two failures to move a runner from second or third, WSWFuck.
I’ll take that as a compliment…we both know why.
Actually I think twins list is perfectly ordered except there’s no reason to put torres on there . Just end it at 8
Benjie looks ljke he’s lost a few lbs. He just fucked up a chance to bring a guy home fro
third with one one.
I’m more concerned about the teams behind than the Pads. Plenty of games left with SD to take care of business themselves. Getting LA and Colorado dead and buried is more important now.
heartily concur…
They’re discussing it now. With his price now nearly nothing, it’s a question of whether you think Guillen is an upgrade on Nate Schierholtz… DO It. Uribe and Rent will take care of this “clubhouse presence” stuff…
Haha, one of the mariners stooges just said he thinks the rangers will go to the world series
If it’s Nate or guillen then that’s not even a question, it’s guillen all day l0ng. I would bet they guillen then would cut into the bat’s at bats and frankly I’m not that cool with that. Pat has carved out a nice spot on this team. As you said twin, he paid for his services this year with one swing…..
You guys all need to take advantage of my vast experience in all arenas. For example: buy only the cheapest doggy biscuits. I will tell you right now that your dog could give a flying fuck whether they are bacon, broccoli, or cardboard-flavored…
For your dog’s sake, please don’t take Twin’s advice on this matter. If you value your pet’s health, that is.
LQTM . . . Good one Mike and retort was also excellent, JBat.
So what are you suggesting or what have you misunderstood, JBat?
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