1.78 ERA/.182 BA against
Those are the pitching staff numbers for September–and that includes the 10-run Zits game in Colorado. Truly amazing and probably the best month of pitching by a staff ever (Elias?)…..
After the Yankees clinched a playoff spot, my daughter’s grandpa, a diehard Yankee fan, barely cleared his throat in celebration. “They’re playing horrible, we’ll win nothing this year,” he grumbled. After I told him that if the Giants make the playoffs I was going to die my hair black and party like it’s 1999, he just stared at me with a confused look on his face…..
I cannot fathom the depth of the depression I will sink into if we lose 4 straight to the Padres right now…….
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ESPN reported it is the 5th lowest ERA by month in modern baseball history…the lowest since Koufax-Drysdale…
interesting. Take out the 10 run deal and it would have to be the lowest even if you take out the highest run game the other 4 teams ahead of us allowed
I was impressed, but I was thinking it was just some sort of freaky streak, and that it wouldn’t necessarily carry over to the playoffs, where they would be facing potent lineups and high pressure. And then came the Colorado series. Lincecum and Cain locked the Rockies down, under playoff-like stress. There are now no doubts that SF pitching is capable of competing and winning in the post season, against anybody.
At this point, the only real unknown is Sandoval. We can be fairly sure of what we are going to get from everybody else, and IMO it is enough to guarantee that the Giants will be very competitive in the post season. I wouldn’t say they should be favored, but they can play with anybody.
Sandoval has been horrible, but in the last two he has been looking and talking like he might be able to contribute. I think if that happens the Giants turn the corner from competitive to favorites against all NL teams except the Phils.
…Panda has changed his stance and his bat. IF he’s even close to recapturing some of the Kung Fu Panda magic, then the Giants will have the offense to complement their pitching.
Let’s get something straight- do not EVER call me out on the Splash, you cocksucker. I have never said this before because I didn’t want to get into it even more-but SealClubber called me in the ICU at USF to insult me in my hospital bed. I will always call him out. Now get the fuck out of here.
…if this is directed at me, then you can kiss my ass, Twin. I haven’t called-you-out in several months, not since you told me I had made my point during the height of the Splash civil war.
If BF tells me I’m not welcome here, then I’ll leave and never return, but you telling me to leave is nothing but bullshit.
You just did this morning, you lying piece of shit.
…the only lying piece of shit around here is you. I did not call you out this morning. Once again, and as seems to be your way this year, you’ve gone over the top. Fuck you!
9:15 this A.M. fuckshit. You took up the scum Seal’s side.
Just a little while ago I reread my posts, and there is nothing, absolutely nothing, this morning, afternoon or evening, that even comes close to a “call out”. Even the 9:15 post that seems to have offended you isn’t a “call out”.
Now if you WANT a call out, I guess I could oblige you, because there is a lot of ammunition available, but I’m in too good of a mood to do much more than play with you while I await the beginning of the game…
I have based my “responses” on what has been written on the blog, both the Splash and to a lesser extent here on the Flap… what occurs outside that parameter is unimportant to me, and shouldn’t be important to me ~ that you apparently have a personal problem with Seal outside of the blog is not my problem, nor should it be… and I will not allow it to be.
This season, since August, you have been TOLERATED on the Splash… yes, that’s right, tolerated… partly out of respect for your knowledge of baseball, a knowledge that goes far beyond what the average fan can grasp, and partly because you have been, or were, entertaining. But this year you have fouled the waters of the Splash, and even done so here on the Flap. The “civil war” that occurred on the Splash was caused by you, and everyone here knows it. Yes, Stan and others stepped over the line, but you pushed him over that line, just as you have goaded and baited many others ~ even the Flap was almost shut down because of you. There are a lot of fans, mostly here, but I include myself in that list of fans, who have made excuses for you because of your ailments, but it doesn’t change the fact that YOU are the cause of most if not all of the bitterness on the Splash, and YOU are the root cause for most of the fighting that takes place here on the Flap.
I’m tired of you attacking anyone who doesn’t agree wholeheartedly with your point of view… and so are many others on the Splash as well as here. As with all things in life, there is more than one viewpoint, and as we all know, multiple points of view can, from their respective perches, be correct. While in past years I have witnessed you debate points of view ~ elegantly, I might add ~ and you have usually won those discussions [although BigFlavor bested you on occasion], but this year you have not “debated”, you have decreed, and in the process have gone out of your way to insult those who don’t agree with you. As I have said to you before, you have become a shadow of what you once were, and I am sorry for that, because as your ability to make your point crystal clear has declined, you have turned into a desperate, thin-skinned old fool! And as we all know, there’s nothing worse than an old fool.
Take your meds, dude… or whatever you need to shove at least one finger into the hole that most of us call reality… because with this attack on me, you’ve moved into some bizarro world that only makes sense to you.
Twin, I respect your baseball knowledge, I envy your willingness to actually research baseball facts, lore and statistics, and as I have throughout my tenure on the Splash, I have, and will continue, to acknowledge that you know more than I insofar as baseball is concerned. But dude, you need to lighten-up… the Giants are on the verge of clinching the NL West ~ don’t ruin it for me, or anyone else. Enjoy it, please… we’ve all waited a long time for this.
I am not your enemy… I’m just not always on your side, blindly agreeing with you.
Just back from biz trip to NYC….weird sitting in hotel room watching SF games end at 1 AM. Pitching and Earl Weaver ball rule….that’s what won it for Yanks last year. I thought for sure that a team with firepower of Angels 2009 could hang with NY, but Yanks shut them down, and Philly too. SF can shut down anyone just as well, imo.
Great to see them hang on to division lead this week and put stranglehold on Pads…time to end all suspense.
All year long Sports analyst’s have been saying no one wants to face this pitching staff in the playoffs.
I will say it right now, BF don’t worry they clinch tonight!!
I’m fired up, as I’m sure everyone here is. The lads know they have a wee bit more business to take care of and leaning on Cain is OK by me. Go out and get some runs early and watch the birthday boy do his thing (I not only want the win, I want Matt to get it).
2010 Giants will be the 88 Dodgers. Clutch hits from the players we expect (Posey, Huff) and an out of nowhere performance. Panda wins NL playoff MVP.
Cain Linecum duo will dominate, but Sanchez will tip us over the edge. 3 dominant starters.
We must win tonight, and hope for a Cinci loss so we get Atlanta in the 1st round, and the Cinci game we came back from 10-1 only to lose will not come back to haunt us!
As long as we win one of the next three we get Atlanta at home, unless the Pads and Braves tie and the Pads win the one-game playoff. Then we’d get the Reds at home.
Bagger – the Giants will pretty much have to play Atlanta – two teams from the same division can’t face each other in the first round of playoffs…
Go Giants – Go Orange Fridays!!!!!!!!
Exactly, that’s why they will unless the Pads take two of three from us and the Braves lose two of three to Philly. The Pads and Braves wouyld have a one-game-playoff. If the Pads won that, they would be the wildcard and would play the Phillies, while we play the Reds.
My bad. The Braves would have to get swept and Pads win two of three for the one-game playoff between them, but there’s still a possibility.
Yeh, moving Cain up, to me, sends the signal that Zitio isn’t going to keep his #2 spot in the playoff rotation. My thought is, do away with ANY hope for the Pads by shutting them down in game 1. Zito would likely get through a 5.2 inning, 4 walk, clusterfuck of a start. We might win, we might not. Just put the teamon Cain’s back, and shquash all hope . . .
As far as Panda goes, he said he worked with Bam Bam a few days ago, and went over tapes from last year when he was in the groove. He said they saw some things that the fixed.
If so, why the hell didn’t you do this 2 months ago, Panda?
Unfortunately, he did. After the allstar break, Panda went on a little tear and said that durring the break he reviewed tape with Bam Bam and his brother and found something in his step toward the pitcher. He hit well for about 4 games, then rverted back to Pablo Strandemall. Hopefully, this time he reverts to KFP.
#2 in the playoff rotation? Zito? You’ve gotta be kidding me. Maybe with the A’s. Not here. Lincecum and Cain give the Giants a great shot at going up 2-0 against ANYBODY. There’s your 1,2.
Bleep!
“The Giants can beat the Phillies. I have no doubt in my mind.” – Peter Gammons
…no doubt in my mind, either.
We must win tonight, and hope for a Cinci loss…”
We win tonight, it doesn’t matter what Cinn does. We clinch HF because of the tie breaker.
Braves will win the WC and the puking friars are going home.
I popped a Willie Mac poll up there– keep comments here though
Max…
Thanks for clarification. I didn’t know for sure who owned the tiebreaker between us and the Reds…
Has to be Torres, Flav. He was the biggest surprise to me. He wasn’t even the starting CF opening day. He forced himself into the lineup, and became the catalyst down the stretch. The fact that he came back from his appendicitis earlier than expected, and has a couple big bombs (and steals, and catches) to show for it, just cements the deal.
Sent Rowand to the bench. Loves to play. You have to give the guy an award.
Posey will just have to settle for ROY!
Oh sniff……
Let’s win the damn division first before sizing WS rings. One game at a time. Pads are dragging, to be sure, but tonight it is do or die for them, so they will throwing everything they can at the Giants. Black is a good manager, they aren’t going to throw in the towel just because it’s Cain’s birthday…
Who’s saying anything otherwise, Snarkk?
Look at yesterday’s posts. KNBR and CSNBA are talking like this is a foregone conclusion. By all rights, it IS definitely in the bag, we only need 1 of the next 4. I get it. But, I’m gun shy from 2002, I admit it. Call me doomer, but let’s actually win it tonite, THEN party on and talk about matchups with the Braves…
Go back to the start of their skid and you’ll see the Padres have gone 12-22, and the first 10 of those 22 occurred in a fucking row. Shit happens.
But not to these Giants. Not the way they bust out when they have to.
Snarkk is right!
I’m so damn excited I don’t know what to do with myself. Considering going AWOL to make it to the city for some October baseball. The last time the G’s went to the playoffs I missed all of it because I was in basic training. Damn if I’m gonna miss it this time!
One more win. Tonight. Players know it. Bochy knows it. Padres know it. Fans know it. Happy Birthday, Matt! May it be your best ever.
BF, no disrespect to grandpa, but fuck Yankee fans. And I have a very good friend in DC that’s one of them. I say that to him when we talk baseball. Can they even be called “fans” after 27 WS titles and an annual $200M payroll? The only thing they are concerned with every year is not IF they will win the division or the WC, or hit 100 Ws, but which one, or two will happen. And, winning the WC pisses them off — that’s a bad year. Give the Giants a $200M payroll, and we’ll all be geniuses…
Can’t stop singing that Rod Stewart song….”tonights the night….”
Totally fitting that it is Cain tonight. Longest suffering and tenured player on the club, anchor to the staff plus its his birthday. If you can say anyone deserves a crack at wrapping it up it is Cain without a doubt.
WSW: Got a very nice chuckle from “Tonight’s the Night”. Thanx.
Flav, purge those negative thoughts man!
With the season winding down and lurkers finally jumping into The Flapp to post. I am curious about the blog traffic. Stats man. Stats.
Oh. Just great. Now I have a Rod Stewart ear worm. Thanks wsw.
Happy Birthday, Matt. Here’s your cake. Make a wish and blow out the Pads
I’ll go totally polly for just one minute. Who would you rather have close out the clinching win, and start the on-field celebration – Cain or Wilson? I go with Cain. He’s toiled a long time with not much run support. He deserves it…
Yeah. Dramatically and emotionally, it would be nice to see a Cain complete game. We’ll see.
Oh yes, my friend.
We’ll see.
Snarkk, agree with you there. Cain. All the way.
Dirt– I’ll kick the stats down a little later– wordpress.com kinda sucks when compared to the google analytic tracker (which wordpress.com won’t let you put into your HTML for tracking purposes). WordPress counts the number of times someone clicks on your url or on different pages within the site. They don’t count my hits so that’s good. But they don’t show me how many specific IP addresses come to the blog each day— I haven’t checked it in a while but the number of hits a day will average around 1800–2200 hits a day with the worst days on Sundays for some reason. But I’ll check and get back to ya. Craig
Others sharing a B-Day with Matt today…Former President Jimmy Carter (86), Julie Andrews (75), Rod Carew (65), Mark McGwire (47) and Cindy Margolis (45).
I wonder how many times Jimmy Carter has been downloaded?
In his heart, he’s been downloaded many many times.
In June we had 44,000 hits
July: 48000
August: 54000
Sept: 58,000
Headed in the right direction……
I’ll admit to jumping onto this bandwagon. I’ve been reading the blog for 16 months and finally posted yesterday for first time.
Bustin’ your cherry right before a division win? Cheeky, but welcome to the Flap. But, you’re not properly initiated until “someone” calls you a Fuckwad. May not take long…
What a fuckwad!
I kid, of course. [gay-ass smiley goes here]
‘Rock band! Welcome to the party! I’ve bbq’d lots of steaks and sucked down hundreds of beers with RockBank back in the day at Candlestick….
Flav, right on man. I think I said a while back that this mofo was blowing up.
I’m not going to send you a computer or anything but I’ll spring for a few beers next time you’re up here.
sweet, I will take you up on that next time in in Reno.
Long time lurker here. I’ve been following most of you guys since way back when on the splash. I don’t post much because I don’t feel like I can add much to the conversation. But I know that the friars are a scrappy team and from what we know about Bud Black they aren’t going down without a fight…..with that said I have a feeling about this team even Kruk said it this morning he thinks WS is definitely looking good.
And I agree about Cain going tonite. He’s very deserving
The decision on who finshes off will have nothing to do with who “deserves” it. It will be the same criteria as always…BTW, Wison is certainly in the Willie Mac conversation, big error omitting him.
I agree. Nobody deserves it and the shuffling is clearly with an eye to the PS. It is nice to see Cain get the shot though.
Well obviously the finisher will have to pitch his way to the last out. But it would be very fitting for it to be Cain.
As long as it happens tonight, Snarkk, it could be Romo for all I care.
Just git ‘er dione. Man, I shoulda bought tickets long ago. Fricking $60.0 for bleacher seats on stubhub? Was going to take the family, but, not at those prices . . .
Anyone going to any of these games?
I’m getting excited and it’s not even my birthday nor am I in the running for the Willie Mac Award.
Yeah, Wheezy should get some mention. I voted for Torres. Only because Alex Smith wasn’t an option.
Burrell’s not getting any love in this poll. I should vote for him
Back in 02, I saw 2 Atl playoff games, and the clincher vs StL.
Just the ultimate in excitement when Lofton got the single in the bottom of the 9th . . .
Didn’t see any WS games, though.
I’ve never had much luck with going to PS games. In fact, I’ve only been to one.
But it was in ’87 against St. Louis. I don’t remember which game it was, but I do remember, I got to see, live, in person, a certain gentlemen smack a bomb and as he rounded the bases
ONE FLAP DOWN!!!
Off to work, where I hope to keep a watch on the game as well as follow all the excitement here. This blog has been great fun all season, and if the Matt the Horse can wrap it up tonite, this place will be off the charts. Bring it home, Giants!
I don’t see Cain going complete game tonight if Bochy can help it. If they have a chance to win, Bochy’s going to start thinking playoff preparation.
Chuck, I saw game four of the first two series in ’02 and was there for games four and five of the WS. Back then, my brother was working in the IT department of the front office. I paid face value, which was super cool. I need to start inquiring whether I can get ahold of playoff tickets this year through his old co-workers.
Break those Padre hearts tonight!
Tough call on the Willie Mac award (I do like the fact that the players vote on it).
That said, for his leadership, lightening up the clubhouse, talking management into looking at Pat the Bat AND wearing a red thong, I’d vote for Huff.
For his fighting spirit, being the spark plug that we needed AND rubbing dirt in a fresh wound I’d give the Hutch award to Torres.
For 47 saves (and counting) AND orange shoes I’d give the team MVP to Wilson.
Everyone listed (if you include Wilson and also Cain) is deserving. In my mind, so many have stepped up at one time or another this year, it’s been amazing.
The Willie Mac award is awarded to the player who “best exemplifies the spirit and leadership” consistently shown over the years by Stretch. All the guys BF listed have some claim to it. I give it to Huff. I give MVP to Torres, Wilson a close second, Huff 3rd. Most critical/key/clutch play of the year (so far): Uribe HR against LA that won the game 5-4.
To all of us: This has been a marathon,as are all baseball seasons-this season perhaps with a few more low lows & high highs.But, things seem to really be aligning in a “magical”,deep into the playoffs.who knew kind of way.I would love to see us wrap it up tonight,get a few people a little rest for the next couple days,and Blast our way through the postseason.
What would be the most fitting way to win tonight? How about?:
-Matt goes 8 strong innings
With the score tied in the bottom of the 8th Torres gets a hit,steals second,and scores on a 2 out hit by either Huff or Posey.
Fear the Beard Wilson closes it out,naturally with a whiff for the 3rd out.
Matt gets the win.And a Birthday cake to the face.
Pandemonium Reigns!!!!!!
I didn’t include Wilson but I could have—didn’t want to go more than 5 and I don’t see how you omit any of those 5. I think that Wilson is more of a candidate for the League MVP award than anyone else on the team and I bet he has a good showing in terms of votes….
Some MVP votes most certainly. CY votes would be nice too but, historically, maybe not. At least as Loo pointed out, when Beck had 48 saves he got bupkis
“historically” isn’t going to play out this year–I don’t think. The Mariners are shutting Felix down with 13 wins and say they think he’s already won the CY so he doesn’t need the Sun start– with 13 wins. Crazy.
My vote for the Willie Mac award was Posey. I love Torres and will cheer his victory when he wins it. But if it was my vote Posey would beat him by a whisker, followed by Burrell, Uribe and finally Huff……..
I’ll let the players decide the Willie Mac….they know what’s up inside the clubhouse…On the field, while everyone has contributed to put them in this position, the 2 rookies have made it happen. Mad Bum to stabilize the 5th SP, and of course the Buster, who with no doubt, the team took off when he assumed full time C duty.
I was at the mets game when jt hit the homer to tie it. just an incredible moment.
i forget what happened after that.
I think it’s cool that so many of us fans remember that game as one of the greatest ever – even though it was a loss. That JT homer was just monumental. Let’s hope for some moments like that but with a better outcome this year.
That game was probably my quickest swing from elation to depression ever.
I’d vote for Torres, Wilson,Posey
Been to two PS games. Snow 3 run homer game in 2000, and game 7 WS. Not a great history….I’ll be at a WS game if we make it…
I was at the game vs. the cubs when they won the pennant. i was flirting shamelessly with one of the cubbie wives, something my buddies have not let me forget.
Back in the winter when I first heard that “grab your seats, it’s magic inside” slogan, I thought it was ridiculous. Of course, they had to drop the weird shit about grabbing seats at some point — I mean, people either bought season tix or they didn’t. But the magic part had some life to it. Now I’ll be damned if I don’t believe it.
Huff for the WMac Award. Assuming he starts tonight — this will be his 155th game of the season. Remember at the start of the season everyone predicted Huff would sit occassionally, if only for defensive reasons? Remember when Posey got called up everyone predicted Huff would sit against lefties? Remember when Burrell joined the team everyone predicted Huff wouldn’t be able to cover RF? And his heart-of-the-order numbers speak for themselves. In other words, insofar as leadership is by example, he’s the man.
It’ll be really interesting to see what the players decide.
The only Giants pitchers with three or more consecutive seasons with at least 200 strikeouts:
Tim Linceum, Juan Marichal, Christy Mathewson and…Amos Rusie?
The original famous Amos . . .
This is so awesome. The WMA could go to Torres, Huff, Posey, Wilson, Uribe, Burrell, Wilson, or Cain. And you can say the same about almost all of them for team MVP. That’s what IS so magical about this team. There is no one superstar standout that can be pointed out and said, “he’s the reason they’re here.” It’s a total team effort with almost every player on the roster coming up big at times. So, as far as the Willie Mac… you’re all fucking right and the Pads are fucking out!
More excitement around here today than when a bumblebee got into Trustfund Tillie’s knickers. Bet The City’s abuzz. Gonna be weird for those visitors to McCovey Cove coming from down there in north suburban Tijuana. Hope Baer and his braintrust have the sense to crack out a nice big “Happy Birthday to You” over the PA system when Matt nails it down, or at least leaves it to the BP sporting a big lead. Time he got a little compensation for all that heartbreaking lack of support over the years.
Looking to an Orange and Black Rocktober.
I’m out for the weekend. Got a nephew wedding to attend. I’ll be trying to sneak a look at the games whenever possible, and have a tiny walkman I’m takin that can hide in my shirt pocket with an earpiece. I better watch out, though, I might yell out in the middle of the rehearsal dinner — OOOOOOREEEEEEEBAYYYYYYY! Go Giants, get ‘er done….
Kat, I like your take on the best scenario for the Giants to win the game tonight, but you missed a couple things. It’s got to be a 0-0 tie going into the bottom of the eigth, when Torres gets the hit, steals second and Huff drives him in. (It should be Huff for all the years of not even sniffing the postseason and Posey has a whole career in front of him. Huff should be the one to get the walk-off to get in. Not to mention it would be even more dramatic with two outs.) With the way these two teams pitch and tend not to hit, I expect nothing less than a pitchers dual. Hell, maybe it should be a perfect game for Cain and a shutout for Clayton going into the bottom of 8 with Torres reaching on an Eckstein error (honestly, how many times has that fucker robbed us this year?), then Huff drives him in on a gapper to 421 and legs out the inside-the-parker just to remind us of his first one way back in April.
fuckyouecksteinfuckyouecksteinfuckyoueckstein!!!
Got that off my chest.
Tonight is just going to be flat-out fun, no matter what. This totally erases the bitterness of 2004, when I had a long, long, long walk out of Dodger Stadium about 6 years ago tomorrow.
Yeah, I’m down with knocking down Eckstein just for fun.
Larry Herndon was a Will Mac winner? forgot that one
John Shea tweet: Way to go, Andres Torres, this year’s winner of the Willie Mac Award as the most inspirational Giant.
Win the Willie Mac Award, you get to lead off:
Torres CF Sanchez 2B Huff 1B Posey C Burrell LF Guillen RF Uribe 3B Renteria SS Cain RHP
The appendectomy clinched it. Huff was robbed.
Almost as bad as Secretariat over La Prevoyante for ’72 HOTY.
Let it go, Loo. Go get a sneak peek of Diane Lane tomorrow. Does Disney do nudity?
I’m not gonna see it Denny. At least not till it’s on cable. Running the Belmont at Keeneland is a mockery. And Diane Lane as Penny Tweedy is beyond absurd. Agnes Moorhead would’ve made more sense. Who’s playing Lucien Laurin, Denzel Washington?
…Dianne Lane nude?? WHAT CHANNEL?!!! I’ve been a fan of hers since “Streets of Fire”!
Is it 6:45 yet??? Hell if I can handle work right now. Going to the games tonight and tomorrow, although I still expect the clinch tonight. I was there for Clark’s game winner against the Cubs and the earthquake in ’89 and game 4 of the 02 WS. I was a little young to understand the weight of the games in 89, and this season feels so much sweeter than 02. Just can’t wait.
Bagger,I was thinking of a blowout theory as well.The Giants bat around in the first inning.Panda hits a rare homer right handed,and a flustered Richards gives up a solo homer to Matt as well,because that’s what birthday boys do.The Pads become dejected,start using subs in the second inning to get some youngsters some playing time.David Eckstein upset all game,first cause his Fag arm can’t even throw out a runner at first on a routine play,and later getting tossed arguing strike calls on balls that replay shows to be pretty much down the middle,and the crowd laughs at him.By the sixth,A Gonz has contacted his agent about F/A off season trades.Cain slams down the door on a complete game shutout,and on a rare occasion for him, gives Latos a snake eye in their dugout just before he strikes out a Hariston brother to wrap it up.
I’ll take anything. Just win baby.
“the most inspirational”? well, I’ll bet Huff voted for him.
I like Torres as Willie Mac winner, but the MVP of the team, IMO, is Huff. The exclamation point on it for me was when he stole that base last night. What hasn’t that dude done to help this team win this year?
I think Huff has been every bit as indispensable as Torres. You could almost make that argument for Burrell or Posey — w/o either, the Giants are probably tied w/ SD right now. At least in terms of run productivity, Huff is the MVP. And his SB percentage leads the league!
If anyone is due a home run, it’s birthday boy, Matt . . .
A granny in the 2nd . . .
Xoot, do not bring this stuff over to the Splash. That’s total bullshit.
I’ll do whatever the fuck I want to do.
Now I don’t feel so bad about sending Yogi your address.
Right. Identity theft threats. What a piece of shit you are.
I’ll look forward to the bogus papers, “Esquire”..
There will be no papers, asswipe. You will do nothing. You’re a piece of shit.
IMO, the team is dead meat without Torres leading off, covering the OF and providing the only speed on the bases. But to top it off, he has hit for power. Easy MVP.
And a no brainer as the Mac winner. This was Secretariat pulling away in the Belmont. Huff had no chance. Should have been unanimous. A 32 yr old with 11 yrs in the minors who was considered a 4th OF at best? Hollywood should be calling.
Here’s your Willie Mac Winners since it’s inception in 1980: 1980,Jack Clark,1981 Larry Herndon,1982 Joe Morgan, 1983 Darrell Evans, 1984 Bob Brenly, 1985 Mike Krukow, 1986 Mike Krukow, 1987 Chris Speier, 1988 Jose Uribe, 1989 Dave Dravecky, 1990 Steve Bedrosian, 1991 Robby Thompson, 1992 Mike Felder, 1993 Kirk Manwaring, 1994 (No Award due to strike) 1995 Co Winners Mark Leiter & Mark Cameron 1996 Shawn Dunston, 1997 JT Snow, 1998 Jeff Kent, 1999 Marvin Benard, 2000 Ellis Burks 2001, Co Winners Mark Gardner & Benito Santiago 2002 David Bell, 2003 Marquis Grissom, 2004 JT Snow, 2005 Mike Matheny, 2006 Omar Vizquel, 2007 Bengie Molina,2008 Bengie Molina, 2009 Matt Cain, 2010 Andres Torres… Congrats to All!!!!!
Of course it should be Andres. He’s the team MVP as well.
Mike Felder?
Look, don’t kill me … I’m not pouring water on tonight at all, but Guillen’s OPS for two months is .640. Given his other challenges, I’m just stumped.
Phenomenal pitching has meant that he’s not been needed, and maybe that will continue all the way through the playoffs. But it’s worth a question, no?
I know, screw it. It is what it is. Shut out the Padres. Hit Eckstein. Wrap it up.
Alright, I’m out! Let’s end this tonight. Strike first and it’s probably over. GO GIANTS!!!
Wouldn’t mind seeing Torrealba whiffing w/risp to end it.
Absolutely strike first … you don’t want to see the Padre bullpen while trailing. Fuckers all balk on every pitch … what’s up with that?
LETS GO GIANTS!
LETS GO GIIIIANTS!!
LETS GO GIIIIIAAAAANTS!!!