FIRST PLACE
I find it doubly satisfying that the game SF wins to put me in the $ on the *over* for the season win total is also the win that bumps us into first place for the first time….all season? I think that’s right. There was a post about Bochy winning MOTY and I think that’s hard to argue when you look at what he’s done with the bullpen this year and how he’s mixing and matching the LU at the most critical time of the year. How many other managers in the league in September have to pencil in a new leadoff hitter every day? Renteria? I’ll mark that one down as a successful string pulled……
I made my peace with Bochy a couple of weeks ago with a mea culpa post about him. He’s not a flashy guy and he’s never going to argue with an umpire the way I’d like, but when it comes to running a team for the long haul and making a ton of decisions with a lot of different moving parts, it’s impossible to argue with his results this year……..
Milwaukee series coming up. This is OUR time, I’ve been talking about these Padre/Rockies road trips for weeks. I’d like to be greedy and say let’s take all 3 from the Brewers, a team that is doing nothing other than trying to pad their individual stats at this point. Sweeping them is totally doable…….
Quick housekeeping note: The esteemed Matriarch of the blog, Lady FerretHead, somehow ended up in my spam filter with some perfectly legitimate posts that shouldn’t have been zapped. 1000 apologies. Sometimes the filter zaps royalty when it should be zapping rubbish……
A Place To Talk About Giants Baseball 
First I thought bunt was a bad idea considering the runners and the likelihood that Bum would be on the bases. He’s supposedly a decent hitter. Then I thought it was probably the best way to stay out of the DP. Never mind.
Just a horrible bunt by Bumgarner.Easy DP.
You can add Guillen watching his hit at the plate while you’re at it. No excuse for him at least not trying for two. That whole goddamn inning was the shits.
Maybe … but I admit, I called single when I saw it hit off the wall. Guillen is not a running kinda guy, obviously.
Sitting here, tired, just got hit with the most frightening thought: what must huff’s thong smell like after a game? And is he not washing it like a baseball cap? Ugh. We could send all our troops home and replace them with a bunch of skillfully placed huff-used game thongs; just lay them around anywhere and probably win whatever war we’re fighting wherever in a jiffy…..
Wow BF, that is some weird shit. That is way past whack sock stuff.
go to bed fer feck sake
Wow what a nice pitch from bum, and he finally gets the call to K Hart.
Boz, I hear you. Pirates haven’t won since they dumped Bonds, huh?
But, if i had a kid coming up looked as good as Walker, I’d dump Franchez ass in NY minute.
The Bonds jinx? Watch out Willie. all those Ruth fans will be coming atcha with an asterisk.
did Kuiper just say ‘Huff takes a bender for a strike’?
I think I have done that
One thing I notice about our hitters, especially as the season has worn on–and tightened–is they are pressing. This is more usual than unusual, especially with teams that are young or who haven’t had to play for anything in a while. Some hitters, like Pablo, tend to exaggerate it when they are under intense scrutiny. Everyone is trying TOO hard, not so much to be a hero, but to do something. And as a fan, when I see the Pads pounded and the Dodgers competing for once, I REALLY want our guys to hit and win against this lesser team. But I’m going to try to send ‘do your thing’, ‘its all good’ sorts of vibes their way–and let Boche deal with it if they screw it up!
which is something I wonder: do you go for all you got or do you take the sac fly?
Will someone tell Braun it’s Yom Kippur?
With my socks on and adding up the numbers, it looks like Bum threw 140 innings last season btw minors and SF. So far, 175 (82 Fresneck 93 SF)….so that’s about 30% increase. Hmmmmn…..
If I recall correctly, Bum’s FB has a couple mph up right now over what he threw at the end of last season, too.
Wow, Mat Latos got shelled tonight. 1.1 IP 8 earned.
Lowest ERA for September? That’s an easy one, 1.58. Second lowest? Goddamn Brewers at 2.95
And I’ve had it with the orange jersey bullshit. The magic has worn off. Bust out the black ones from ST. It’s do or die time anyway. Might as well be dressed for the occasion should it arise.
Fruckie Suckie.
Rentie Too, Jesus Christ, boyz
Damm it Freddy put some mustard on that throw!.Just cost us a run!
I see Randy Wolf is as tough as ever on the G’s.
Well, that was literally unearned, no matter what the stats say.
Any self respecting ump calls that first pitch a strike just for the batter running out of the strike zone. It was sure as hell close enough to call
That shit has got to be turned by the runt and/or Huff. Bad throw and no help with the scoop. Now WTF was that? Renteria gets no outs. This shit is going south.
Fucking orange jerseys.
That’s a great fucking inning for MadBum. We win now.
Bum is so composed…
hey, I didn’t say it wasn’t some weird shit. I just started trippin out on the thong and the….ugh…smell….and all of a sudden……I dunno, I kinda blacked out after that. Continue on.,…..
turn off the lights, Magnus. now…
So 5 innings, and Bum has gotten what, 18 outs!? 🙂
I was pulling a Craig and intuiting the game from comments here. Sheeesh. Reading these posts, you’d think we were down 16-0.
Every infielder has fucked up on defense. It’s a frigging miracle it’s just 2-0..
The old rally killer. Rox up, G’s down. Time to get this shit going.
I guess Villalona wears orange every day…
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Bum is one tough-minded kid. And I still think he looks ready to make every start from here to early Nov. with his best stuff.
I’m not near a computer but can one of u guys look up the last time we scored a run when bum was actually pitching in a game? It’s like 30 innings right? Or am I still in a fog from the thong trip?
Pitcher who averages almost 17 pitches per inning getting by with 10 per tonight … so is he tough on the Giants, or are they just tough on themselves tonight?
Braun’s OPS is 130 points higher vs. righties, unless I can’t read (which is possible)
It’s not like Bum got hit real hard.And the D cost him both runs.But the pitch count did him in.Still a good job with bad luck.
I believe I’da still had him try to get out of the inning with one more hitter.
OK, were the guys out doing a serious party last night? If I’m Bum, I’m bummed.
This ump is a complete piece of shit!!
Don’t look, Denny…
I think Wolf’s pitch count is about negative 4.
Rowand’s mind is gone.
OK, now that’s starting to be stupid … 3 pitches, 2 outs.
So we’ll all cheerfully welcome Pablo back to 3B tomorrow night? (Gallardo’s a righty.) Man, this game is the opposite of last night.
Only one error thus far in the box score, but our defense has stunk up the joint tonight.
what’s the deal with Runzler anyway? is he on the roster? if not, why not? [sounds like an essay question]
Fucking Uribe can’t even get a tag down.
Dodgers clawing back against the Rockies. But it won’t last.
You know, we’re told about Milwaukee’s offense, but that’s 4 pretty bad hitters at the bottom of the order. If you keep them in the park, you should win.
He and Fruckie have been just awful tonight.
Gomez may have been safe, but the umpire had no idea from where he was … and on the move, I might add.
Lopez has almost made Jeremy an Aff-terthought.
Is Runzler still on this team?
Over the winter, a couple of people here (not me) were trading Wilson and making Runzler the closer. Yikes!
Uribe’s defense tonight reminds me of brenly’s 4 error game sans the 4 errors. He’s been abysmal. Maybe he wins it with his bat. His head is somewhere else right now though….
Awful terrible shit.
My God!!
Well, that was good “around the horn” practice.
What a fuckin’ display.
It’s a motherfucking disease tonight. Goddamn bocce ball tournament taking place.
Loo. I thought runzler could be the heir to the throne, not take over the job in 2010. Obviously I was way off. And trading Wilson would have been equally idiotic as trading dirrrrty. I don’t have a problem admitting when I’m wrong.
Little League execution at the start of the fucking season.
Ought to be 13-0.
Could Jeremy had thrown it any harder? What was he, about 40 yards away?
Oh well … if the Giants had a decent offensive plan and had Wolf out of the game, they’d have a decent shot. You might swing at the first strike when you have a control pitcher or someone with strikeout stuff. Wolf is neither.
not watching…what the heck is the defense’s problem? too much fog? not enough? too much bong? not enough?
40 feet I meant
Fucking Sanchez Defense is just as bad as Uribe tonight.He makes the DP throw they don’t score.He ketches Ross throw to second and that runners out as well and they don’t score.
at this rate, Mr. Belvidere can get our guys out
How many DPs has Affeldt induced this year? Amazing how much him and Sandoval have fallen off.
Well, he got 3 ground balls there
Yeeesh. What a deflating game.
The G’s should be down by 7, though, so there’s a little hope.
Keep it within 3 and they’ll get Hoffman.
Did Braun always have such a pronounced uppercut? He looks like fuckin’ Kingman…
The pelican says it all…
Yeah, he missed the fish.
Rohlinger and not Pablo? That’s just wrong.
I think swinging 2-0 with the tying run on deck was worse. But either way
Down 3, Ross had to take at least 1 after 2-0. I agree.
Any of these runs earned?
Two.
I agree Tell …Give yourself one crack to get the tying run on base,Swinging 2-0 down three is just dumb.
Im guessing no one has a take sign any more … but that was the place for one.
This latest pitching change brought to you by Overmanagers Anonymous
Gomez!?!?!?
And here come the Rockies. What a let down after the Dodger series.
Fucking Dogs. 7-4 rox…
For the 2435th time,though: settle down. Part of the price you pay for the power they added is the erratic offense. Too many nervous nellies here.
Michael, I know you’re right … but even hackers can make a guy work a little bit. Just not fun to watch, so nothing else to do but bitch about the Giants letting a pitcher do to them what no other team has allowed him to do to them FOR YEARS … even those with more power. When you beat yourself, you beat yourself. I think it’s fair enough to say.
Panda with the PH granny?
Sure, it’ll happen…
Edgar, a HR is no better than a walk now. Team wide idiocy and ineptitude tonight. And no Panda to blame.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, biscuits…
I just hope they keep up with the lose-the1st-game-of-the-series-and-win-the-next-two deal…..
Bases loaded for the Bums, down 3.
Just don’t tell me how “masterful” Wolf was.
And just for an academic discussion … DOES any team have a take sign in today’s game?