Dirrrrrty’s Mouth and Welcome Back Manny Burriss…..
This will be unpopular, but I like Jonathan Sanchez’ bold words after yesterday’s game: “We’re going to play SD and we’re going to beat them 3 times. If we get to first place, we’re not looking back. We are definitely going to make the playoffs”…..Hell yes, say it again, louder this time! And to make this bold claim even more impressive, Dirrrty had the balls to say this on the heels of the team looking so awful in Atlanta. I’m surprising this wake up call came from him, he’s not exactly a visible team leader. But I’m glad he said it. The Giants needs a reminder that this is August and they are in a pennant race. Freddy Sanchez doesn’t know what the hell is going on right now, he’s usually booking his Winter vacation around this time. The team has to play the rest of the season with a belief that they aren’t just good enough but that they WILL BE WINNING this thing. No other mental approach makes sense. Forgot all that “locker room pin up shit”– The Padres have been kicking our ass all year, I LOVE IT that they are now hearing an attitude from us— kinda reminds me of Rocky in Rocky 3 during the 2nd fight with Clubber Lang: “Ain’t so bad! Ain’t so bad! Ain’t so bad!!!!”…. Pin those comments up on every locker in SD for all I care…….
Manny Burriss getting recalled today (according to Baggs). No big surprise, especially since it will likely be The Todd who gets bounced. I would be more excited about Burriss’ arrival if I felt confident that speed was still a major part of his game but I think he isn’t going to be back to full physical and mental strength until next year. Either way, if his arrival sends Franchez to the bench a little more, I’m all for that……..
I didn’t make it POTD, though I should have. On the last thread, Zumie made a good point:
“zumarust said, on August 8, 2010 at 11:23 pm (Edit)
The thing that is the bad thing on any of these blogs is grating repetition. Soph, at the Splash, is horrible, but even more horrible because of the repetition. If someone has a criticism, make the criticism and then MOVE ON to other things, or come back to the old thing in a new creative way. This is why TF is so good at this stuff. I see people all the time talk about him never criticizing the Giants. Say what? The dude shares his criticisms of the Giants; he just doesn’t keep repeating the same criticism over and over. He moves on with the unfolding events.”
I’d like everyone to remember this. The Flap isn’t The Splash, thank God. Let’s not act like the posters still left in that tumbleweed town……
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“Zeke”…
And Spahn it is. Good call from the LooMeister.
Yes…Rent getting it started. Time to end it!
Thta’s what is known in San Francisco as Rent control
Yeah they owe us one Zumie after the Cuzzi call.
Let’s go Huff-n-Puff!
Hell YES!!!
Gotta walk Buster here…
H-R HUFF’N STUFF!!
They’ll walk Posey. Bastards.
HR Huff’Stuff…what ya do when things get rough…ya get a key base hit!
Fine by me. Burrell’s been hot.
Pat the Bat! Time to send ’em home HAPPY!
have you ever seen a Posey walkin’
Well I have…
fly ball time…replay of the other day
Pat The Bat.
We Win!
No outs. Bases loaded
DONE!!
Put it to bed!
YES YES YES!!! FUCKING A! Huge WIN!!!
Let’s play two!
fUCK YA eRNIE!
That’s some funny shit, Loo! LMMFAO!
Yeah Baby huge Win!!!!! Pat the Bat!!!!! and Rent’s big blooper…..
And a sweet good night to the Flappers on the Right coast…hell…a sweet good night to you all! 4.50 comes early…my ass is off to bed.
Slacker
congrats…well deserved win
Burrell…what a fucking pick-up. Thank you Tampa Bay!!!
Great win!! Listening on radio. J Miller clearly annoyed by FP.
ho isn’t?
The Big Kahuna should open up a big can of WHOOP ASS on FP.
Who the hell isn’t clearly annoyed by FP?
I’m annoyed by Frank fucking Paul ALL THE TIME.
Personally, i drive a fine ol’ pickup. Think i’m gonna start calling him Burrell.
That gentlemen (question mark) was an fuck FP trifecta.
FP can shove that Trifecta up his arse!
Yup!!
Yeah, if my sled wasn’t already named after my mom…Burrell would be a good one. My next build just may be named Burrell.
Woo-Freakin’-Hoo!!!
Ditto, sweety
I’d like to see Burriss get a start tomorrow at 2B. Lord knows they need the speed. Let’s see if the kid can hit enough to make his speed a factor. And they lose very little defensively.
Agree, Twin. They need to send Sanchez and Pablo to Fresno to sort thier shit out. They are both killing the team.
Okay…I REALLY mean it this time…good night Flappers around the world! Timmy tomorrow! Looking forward to some Cubbie ass kicking.
Don’t go away like that again, Chi. When you and Willie aren’t posting regularly this place takes a huge Baseball IQ hit.
Oh.
And…ouch
Gee, thanks Twin.
Iiiii…left…my…heart…
In San Franciscooooo….
Beyond excellent
Goodnight, gentlmen (question mark)
Even though we were down two-zip from the get-go, there was this feeling that the Giants were gonna win. Got aggravated with the drama and really miffed by the out at the plate, but that final inning just made it all come together.
Whether it was atem balls, or bad breaks, or more GDPs, or Giants hitters seeming to swing in a bowl of jello, the offense just didn’t seem to be able to get it going. Even Buster’s GR double only drove in one run because of the way the rulebook is written…..then RentMan blooped that makeup Texas leaguer. It drew Huff outta his schneid. Cubbies felt impelled to walk Posey and the rest was history. Point is, what we saw was the sort of high drama that every novelist and screenwriter would give their left nut to achieve…frustration, more frustration and then aggravation~~ but ultimately dramatic release. The hero clocks the villain and wins back the beauty.
What i’m getting at is that the WAY the victory came may have been more important than the victory itself. Only Eli was left on the bench. Casilla was the only reliever who did not get the call. The effort was all-out. Bochy pulled out every stop. Ultimately, it worked. Sometimes it takes a win like this to get a team to pull out of a dive and to hit a whole new level. That could be what happened tonight.
I’m not dissing the rest of ya, those two just boost it, OK?
Can’t it be both? I’d feel left out if I didn’t get dissed at least once for the evening.
How ’bout all our RP acquired via trade thus far; Ray (3-0) Ramirez has been solid and our new LOOGY has been beyond reproach. Must be the fog.
5.1 innings, 8 K, 0 runs tonight. Neither nooby has given up a run yet.
Bochy made it clear early on that this year was not about learning, not about gaining experience, it was about winning. He’s managed that way from the opening bell. There is no better example than Rowand going to the bench as soon as Burrell showed he could swing the bat. And once again, the pen management was excellent.
And nice rebound from Travis. One of the Godawful ABs of the year, then maybe saves the game in the field, sac bunt, nice hit late… so many are contributing now.
I agree – Travis doin’ it with the glove, even when he’s not hitting! You know how I appreciate good defense!!!
Everyone contributes…right Mike…and agree with stix.. great to win when the “luck” wasn’t goin our way most of the night…Travis has to be at least co potg.
Night all.