With Authority
What a tone we set in San Diego last night. We didn’t just eek out a victory, we dominated them, burying the memories of their 8-0 start against us to start out the year. With their fans absent and our fans filling their seats, there’s no way the Padres can maintain their confidence……
Another chance tonight for Dirrrrty to back up his hubris against SD. Do you sit Buster? I know Bochy wants to give him a blow but I don’t think this series is the time to do it. And as bad as he looked on Wed in AZ he sure looked spry last night. He’s going to get a blow Monday and then Bochy could give him another one against the checked-out Dodgers or even Milwaukee. San Diego will be losing plenty of games next week when they head off to their 10 game roadie on Monday. Posey should sit then, not now…….
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My home is under contract for sale (since last Saturday), so I haven’t had time to visit here. I have to find a new place to live by the 3rd of October.
However, the reason I’m here this morning is in regard to the explosion in San Bruno . . . I hope all of you are safe and similarly, that your friends and relatives whom might have been effected by this tragedy also are safe and sound. Be well and go Giants!
He’s a young guy and SF is in the thick of it. Sitting Posey would be a bad move.
Just saw the Burrell blast on the Giants web-site. Damn, he crushed that pitch.
Great win. Time for Sanchez to continue his recent run.
That was a bomb, one of those majestic, soaring shots. Burrell’s been great of late. Garland said after the game last night that the Giants are hungry. It sure looks that way from where I’m sitting.
I think Twin mentioned this last night and I agree. After those shots to the head, you might want to sit Buster until he can remember his name.
He should visit Cheers
Buster thinks his name is Norm? Somebody better get him a beer then.
Concussions are overrated. Unless Buster wakes up thinking he’s goddamn Napoleon Bonaparte, he plays.
Very macho, dennis. Very stupid too
Mike Matheny
Caught a piece on NPR just yesterday about concussion victims in the Middle East “conflicts”. They interviewed one couple, a vet and his wife – who broke down in tears describing his memory loss. Damn government plays it like it’s nothing as well – the guy’s getting redeployed into Afghanistan as a troop leader.
Makes you sick.
that was a nice message in the opening round, like a left hook to the liver body shot. Luv to see JS connect with a solid KO punch, like what he laid on LA last time out.
And I’m not benching anyone, Panda included. A day off to rest and recoup is fine, Posey could use one too, but everyone is pumped right now. Adrenalin will take over for fatigue at this point. My best 9 only get on the field.
Failto Hittheball is no longer classified as a dangerous bat – unless you mean as a danger to DP records.
And by DP I’m not speaking of the Rebecca Linares variety.
I agree, don’t sit Posey this series. He’s a dangerous bat and the G’s need all of those they can get.
Great win last night! They did exactly what they needed to do in winning the first game. I watched the highlights of Cain’s outing, and it looked like he had his dominant stuff. Everything was darting and diving. When he’s on, he’s as good as anyone. Nothing he throws goes straight.
Dirty needs his third straight good start to keep it going. GO DIRTY! GO GIANTS!!!
RE-SPECT MAH AHH-THO-RAH-TAH
Steve Henson, writing for Yahoo Sports, noted that the Padres are checking their rear-view mirror. The objects that they see are not just bigger than they seem. They are Giants. Buster Posey is the coverboy on Yahoo Baseball today, highlighting last night’s power barrage. Since when were the Giants ever associated with power? Since the days of a guy who wore #25 and whose initials are B.L.B.
Bochy will have a talk with his catcher. He’ll ask a couple questions, sound him out and watch for subtle nuances. Unless he picks up a pretty definite message, his game-caller and cleanup hitter plays tonight. Giants lineup looked intimidating last night, despite hitting into 3 DPs. A double, a triple and four ding-dong dingers will do that. Only guy not in double figures for HRs in that LU has a pair over the last 3 games, the Runt does.
It probably comes down to the hitters, cause that couple of lefties on the mound tonight make for one nasty matchup. Richard has dominated SF, SO FAR this season. He has not faced the current LU, however. No doubt he will use every bit of gas left in that portside arm, cause he’s facing a loogie who has been hotter than a three dollar pistol on Saturday night the last couple outings, a guy who no-hit these Padres last season. The pitcher for the Giants has earned the nickname Drrrrty. Only argument seems to be the number of “R”s in Drrrrrrty.
Classic matchup tonight. Yesterday’s losing pitcher may have summed it up in a postgame interview. He said the Giants looked hungry. It’s the tenth of September. They are one game out. Their destiny is in the hands of one ripped lineup and a nasty lefthander. May they dine in style.
Well, with the fact that Posey took a beating behind the plate, he hand one out on the homer. With that said, how many years do the Giants let him catch. Taking a beating like last night and over the course of years behind the plate will start to affect his hitting. A players legs are so important for hitting and running. I give them 3 years before they think about a perm position at 1st base.
Totally agree. This guy’s hitting is too good to sit behind the dish for 7-8 years. Posey is not catching by Opening Day 2013…
TEDSPE– can you send me a current email so that I can send you Pawlie’s contact info?
tedspe@msn.com
Loo… If we had lost the first three, I don’t think I could be around a bunch of my smug Padre friends rooting for the sweep.. Violence might have insued… Don’t have to worry about that now that we got the first win out of the way… I will be there tonight… lets break through against Richards… everyone else has seemed to figure him out
Tonight’s game forecast:
Forecast : 65°F
Feels like: 65°F
Sunset: 7:01 PM
Probability of Precip:0 %
Spectator Index: 9
UV Index: Low
Spectator Index of 9, gentlemen. Adjust your viewing pleasures accordingly.
Dennis…”Concussion are Overrated”…I Doubt Mike Matheny would agree with you.
It’s easy to forget how beat up these these guys get over the course of a career.Watching Buster Posey take a foul balls off his mask every night..like every other catcher gives me the hee-bee-jee-bees.He’s a sublimely graceful ballplayer and seems to do everything well and with such apparent ease,it would be a shame if catching took it’s toll on him like it did Matheny.A good hitting catcher like Joe Torre extended his career by playing both 1st and 3rd something Posey could do effortlessly.Nothing to do with the 2010 pennant race of course,but something to think about for the future.
Jesus H. Christ. The “concussions are overrated” was a goddamn joke, hence the Bonaparte reference. But this isn’t a joke; if the doctors give Buster the OK, HE PLAYS. Nobody and I’m mean nobody sits this series. Monday’s are off from here on out. They can rest after they win the World Series. Rest IS overrated. Play ball!
I think Posey should have been pulled in the 7th last night. The game was pretty much in hand at that point.
I’m starting to think its going to be both Giants and Rockies in the playoffs, with the Braves missing out. Atlanta has this weekend series with StL as well as 6 with the Phillies.
Let’s go back to the loss in April when Jason Werth’s bases-loaded, two-out, opposite-field, 9th-inning dunker hit the rightfield chalk line. A 4-1, 9-inning win, became a 7-6 11-inning loss. Win that game and the Giants, Phils and Braves are all tied at 80-61. The Padres are percentage points ahead at 79-60, the Reds are half game back of the four tied teams, and the Dodgers still suck. What a ride this season has been.
Even though the loss against the Phillies was chaep, at least it was within the parameters and rules of the game. That shit happens. Cuzzi’s blown call against the Mets and then ridiculous explanation about it afterwords hurts so much more. That’s a game the Giants did win, but didn’t get any credit for it. We’d be tied for the division and wild card right now.
Oh, and don’t look now, but Cuzzi is behind the plate for Timmy on Sunday.
Who fucking cares about Cuzzi? Winning teams overcome mistakes whether they be their own or missed calls by blue.
I care. Those outside strikes yesterday were criminal.
It is hard to see how management could keep Posey behind the dish if he continues to rake in The Show. What has this club been missing forever? A plus bat at 3rd. Who knows how well Posey could play either of the corner infield spots but maybe he plays 3rd better than Sandoval. Move Sandoval to 1st and Posey to 3rd and sign someone like Ramon Hernandez to catch on a 2 year deal. Then maybe Joseph or Sanchez come up from the farm in a couple years..
Ken Rosenthal likes our chances down the stretch. He noted that one scout in attendance last night could see the Padres “panic” after we seized the early lead. Good thing that scout isn’t at my place when we fall behind early, I’m a fucking nervous wreck.
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Last night was something else. A ball getting hit in the sand box at night is unheard of. Then Uribe hits one opposite field into the sand, which I think may have been the first time that has happened in the history of the yard. Then Bat doinks one off the top of the Western Metal building.
Totally blew my mind.
I’ll be in the house Saturday.
Pat was on the green in one!
Dirt, Agreed about Cuzzi, unless we miss the playoffs by 1 game. Then it’s time for a hitman.
SF is poised to pull even in the West with Sanchez set up to for redemption.
Interesting how he has been responding to the pressure and pitching well lately when you consider that the mental approach has been thought to be the missing piece for him. At the start of the year who would have thought that he and Cain would be neck and neck in the win column?
Henry Schulman Tweets…I’m seeing alot of orange in my hotel lobby.Who knew Giant fans were Marriott whores,too?
Posey will stay as catcher. Bank on it.
Nipper, you’re obviously not well versed with Flapper vernacular. Over here we would say…
Posey will stay as catcher “Book it!”
I think that’s because most here never have any money to deposit. Hence the unfamiliarity with the word “Bank.”
Do they still give away free toasters?
Only if you bring them some bread
(rimshot)
Are they Onion style USB toasters?
Book it, Dano! You got any of those shows on DVD? A lot of “yes, boss,” or “yes Steve” in those shows. Easy lines to remember. Oh another chase is about to commence! Screech those tires!
Even before the last couple starts Sanchez had shown significant improvement-as he has every year. There was never any justification for the heat he took from some.
As to sitting Posey, I don’t know what kind of tests, if any, are available to show possible damage that could manifest itself later.Not many people know that umpire Cal Drummond died from the effects of a foul tip:
“During a June 10, 1969, game in Baltimore, Drummond seemed unhurt after being struck on the mask by a foul tip. The incident and even the batter’s identity had been forgotten by game’s end, when Drummond lapsed into unconsciousness. Released after a week’s hospitalization, he began the slow path to recovery and resumed umpiring the next spring.
But on the final day of a minor league rehabilitation stint, Drummond collapsed and died. An autopsy attributed his death to the effects of the foul tip, making him the only on-field participant since Chapman to have sustained a fatal injury during a major league game. As with so many athletes until recent medical revelations into brain injuries’ hidden toll, the delayed and mystifying course of the injury has left Drummond all but forgotten. ”
No, dear fools, this is not “Buster Hate”, I’m just urging that whatever precautions or tests might be available, do it. And if sitting him for an evening seems prudent, by all means he should sit.
Does Matheny tie his own shoes yet?
Many catchers of the 19th century suffered catastrophic brain damage from repeated blows, back then they had just a rubber mouthpiece.
Still amazes me to see old footage of Hockey goalies from the 50’s not wearing protective masks.A Hard Breed those boys were and stupid.Who the fuck want’s to stop a 100+ mph shot with your face?
You mean, besides Dennis?
The NFL has imposed much stricter rules this year to try to protect the players who have suffered concussions or even if they display any symptom of same. Singletary said in his day they’d hold up 2 fingers and ask “How many”. If you replied “2 1/2” They’d say “Close enough. Get out there”
Posey, give him a rest tonight…have him play first!
Richards starting should force Panda to sit and I would probably go all righty and consider resting Huff as well
1) Torres CF
2) Sanchez 2B
3) Posey 1B
4) Burrell LF
5) Guillen RF
6) Uribe 3B
7) Rent SS
8) Whiteside C
Ted, the owners want to implement an 18 game season.
Thus shortening even further the life expectancy of the players . . .
Yeah I read that. Didn’t they partly try to justify it by having only a 2 game pre-season?
Well, the last 2 preseason games are VERY sparse for the starters.
The point being, make those games meaningful, and it’s 130 more plays per season that these guys smack into eachother.
Back in the 60’s there were 6 preseason games. There were 6 mainly for the players to get themselves back into game shape. As these athletes trained longer and longer (and didn’t need outside jobs), the reason for that many preseason games changed. So, they went from 6-14 to 4-16.
Cue to now, and these guys are scary fast and very large. Like Harris Barton said years ago, playing in a football game is like getting into 65 car accidents over the space of 3 hours.
If the owners had ANY kind of sympathy toward the players, they’d simply cut 2 preseason games off the schedule, and leave it at that. But there is no way in the wide wide world of sports that’ll ever happen. The owners would NEVER give away even one meaningless preseason game (at full price of course) in the name of player safety.
2013? I have Brandon Belt penciled in at First!
Anybody know what’s up with Villalona?
GH, Panda might sit tonight since they’re facing a lefty on the road, but not Huff. He’s been getting into a groove the last few games and I doubt Bochy will have him on the bench.
For Pawlie & whoever: Tonight’s game is on MLB Network.
Huff is hitting .400 (6/15) against Richard.
Lineup:
Torres CF
Sanchez 2B
Huff 1B
Burrell LF
Guillen RF
Uribe 3B
Renteria SS
Whiteside C
Sanchez P
Guess Posey failed the finger test.
Did the doctor use any KY??? Oh, wrong finger test.
Remind me never to stop by, 3bag . . .
Funny
I think they only use the KY test on Freddy Sanchez.Don’t you all remember the movie “Freddy got Fingered”.
So what do you guys think…is Posey hurt or are they just giving him a rest?
If he’s hurt, I’m glad they’re sitting him, but I hope he’s OK to play the rest of the series and for the sake of his own health.
If Bochy’s just giving him a rest, that sucks. He didn’t look like he needed a rest when he hit the upper deck dinger last night. Bochy could have at least played him at first with Huff in right…but then that would go against Guillen’s promised playing time.
My guess is they’re being both cautious with Posey and confident with who they’re putting out there. I mean, hell, Whiteside can’t suck *all* the time
Yeah. Precautionary. Those were 2 wicked shots to the head.
Yeah, he’s young. But al that shit adds up. . .
Besides, it’s time for a Whithead granny. . .
That will happen right after Jimmy Raye opens the game with a double reverse flea flicker that originated out of the Statue of Liberty formation.
Having Whiteside catch doesn’t bother me as playing Guillen over Posey. I know Guillen’s been making hard contact lately, but he only has a .597 OPS against lefties this year and a .480 OPS over his last 7 games. If Posey is too hurt to play 1st over having Guillen in there against a lefty, I’m a little concerned.
Since they’ve said it’s precautionary due to the shots to the head, you might be wise to let go, children.
Did I miss something? Who said it’s precautionary?
Baggarly reports that. Any more idiotic LU bashing regarding Posey tonight will not reflect favorably on the culprit.
I guessed correctly. It’s the right thing to do
Of course it’s the right thing. One would have to be a true Buster hater to suggest otherwise.
Amy G spoke to Posey about the day off.Said he took 2 foul balls off the mask last night within 5 pitches.Feels fine,said ‘i’ve had worse”.
The player is the last person to consult as to his readiness on something like this. Give it up nimrod.
He needed a day off anyway, now at least there’s another reason to give him a blow. Ok, I’m gonna go knock back a few, catch u guys when I get home
Don’t you guys think the Giants should take a “Precautionary” stance in starting Whitey as well?
Is San Diego actually in California? Cause there is only one NL Califronian team;
that would be the San Francisco Giants.
Viva those guys.
You know, Vincent Price used to say San Francisco wasn’t really part of America
Posey did sound a bit ‘reserved’ during his post game interviews saying the in-the-dirt bouncer that got him in the thigh as the most painful.
So I say maybe, just maybe, we can win tonight without him, giving the recovery time to those that need it. Not just to those that are tired.
Plus, whitey used to be dirrrrtys personal caddie anyway. It’s fine, he needs the rest and will probably win the game with a ph anyway.
El Presidente, he’ll hit a double tonight, going 1-4. Just for Dirttty. 2 months ago we’d not think a whit about Whitey catching Sanchee, it was the regular thing. Posey needs a break, especially after the head clunks last night. Panda resting, no surprise there…
Whitey’s challenge, should he choose to accept it, will be to hold the Friars at bay on the base paths.
Not so much losing Buster’s bat as it is his arm and ability to make runners inclined to steal, no so inclined.
If the Padres run rampant on Dirty and Whitey, we’re mud.
I don’t see that SD has that much speed in their lineup tonight.
Gotta pitch around this fucker…
Max: agreed.
8-1 Col already…
Am i crazy or has whitey got a “touch of grey” going?
both.
Test
Uribe!
Does Pablo make that? not a chance.
Ridiculous.
When Sanchez is throwing like this (slow and wild) he can go literally 5 minutes between strikes.
Dirty could use some runs.
God i can’t stand that little shrimp.
Definitely put the balls in the humidor tonight. That ball Rent just hit was long gone last night.
These fuckers cheat just like the Rockies.Why don’t we cheat? I’m all for cheating.
Typical Drrrrty outing.
Always appreciate the opposition making an out on the only strike Sanchez throws out of the first 7 pitches!
Frustrating. They aren’t doing shit when he throws it over the plate.
Bingo
Nice DP
These boys are into leather tonight.
Jesus only a guy like Dirrty can walk 7 in 5 innings and still keep them scoreless.
I’d rather see Sanchez keep going but SF has got to beat SD at their game tonight. Eek out a run and take this.
I don’t know how much eeking they’re going to do. Don’t know if Darren Ford can bunt, but Bochy says we won’t see him batting anyway, which is understandable.
No video feed here tonight. Relying on Yahoo. Slow. His pitch count through five wasn’t particularly high, so what was the reasoning of PHing Rowand!? for Sanchez?
watch her stix in spanish…or lower the sound.
http://channelsurfing.net/watch-mlb-2.html
Better eke one before they eck one…