If Brandon Belt Were to Stick…….
I still don’t think it’s going to happen but there are enough national news articles on it right now so it’s worth kicking around again. Let’s say Sabean hands the first base reigns over to him. I’m actually fine with the idea (all I ever said was that I was certain it wouldn’t happen). Who goes?
Not as easy a question as you might think…
Travis Ishikawa? You could make a case to bounce Ishi but I wouldn’t do it. His defense alone should keep him on a major league team. JT Snow played for 7 seasons after his final 20 HR season in 1999. And I do believe that Travis Ishikawa will be a hitter in this league. How good isn’t an issue. He’ll be good enough to start for a few years with his defense saving him for that period of time……..
Pat Burrell? Negative. The Bat will lose his gig if Belt makes the squad but he could be a valuable RH power bat off the bench. Plus, he could spot start against pitchers he’s murdered (that list is long) and who knows, if he gets hot Bochy could keep running him out there till he cools off. The fact that he is only making a million dollars is another reason why it would be stupid to release him……..
Nate The Less-Than-Great? I don’t think they would have to release Nate, they could trade him for shit the way they traded Franny and Lewis. If they ditched Nate to the Indians for cash and some decent porn, I would give a half hearted thumbs up on that move. I like Nate but he just hasn’t seized his many opportunities. Plus, he shaves his beard in that George Michael’s 5 o’clock shadow thing and I hate that………
Aaron Rowand. I just don’t see a reason to keep your worst outfielder on the team just because he makes a lot of money. What do the Giants care about 24 million? They could eat 24 million during a 7th inning stretch. Release him, move on and never speak his name again (unless you are recalling his glorious catch to save Dirrrty’s no hitter)…….
So if it comes down to releasing Rowand or trading Nate, and I’m Neukom, I release Rowand. It’s time. End this nightmare now……..
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Well, you’ve ID’ed the candidates. But I think Ford muddies the waters. The guy could hit .125 and still be huge.So with that said, Nate and Aaron both go.
But can Ford really hit? Is he Eugenio Velez in waiting?
oh . . . “The guy could hit .125” addresses that.
The only plausible reason not to dump Rohand is that then I’ll be left with just Zito as a sure-thing, reliable punching bag. That’s not fair…
If you make a case for Travis’s defense, you have to make one for Nate, IMO. But then Nate has not shown anything at the plate. So for me it is a toss up for Travis and Nate.
I hear Byrnes was only invited to the station on a “make good”. He’ll compete with Bip and Kate For air time…
What station? Byrnes was just intro’d on KNBR with Razor and Mr. T as the new, Sportsphone and post-game dude. Bip’s never done a KNBR radio gig, as far as I know…
OK ,I mixed up the stations, BFD. I’m going with my default excuse- I’m a sick man…
This is merely a grenade tossed over the transom: The Branch Rickey School of GM would probably trade Huff to make room for Belt. He believed in trading guys when they had the most value. (A rigorous check would likely reveal he said it more than did it.)
And my rebuttal to Snarkk is on the other thread.
So is my re-buttbuttal…
gotta go see if Syracuse can beat the Sycamores
you guys are giving Byrnes too hard of a time. He’s a totally down to earth guy, he loves just shooting the shit and he knows baseball. He’s Tom Tolbert, basically. This guy quit baseball to play beer league softball. Who can’t appreciate that? Plus, I know him and I’m telling you, he’s not the ass that he presents to be. His dad dying a couple of weeks ago has devastated him…….
I’m not giving him a hard time, just fucking around.I think he’ll be good..
-I actually didn’t hate FP at all. And I don’t hate Marty Lurie. I didn’t love either one of them either. THe thing about them is, they’re totally into what they’re doing and that alone will keep my attention. They try. You don’t like their schtick, I can dig that. Even Bip. I can’t stand Bip, I rank him dead last by a mile in terms of Giants radio/tv guys ( i put JT ahead of him but behind everyone else). But I do appreciate how hard he tries.
I hope you’re right on Byrnes. But his repartee with FP was typically adolescent level stuff. Maybe on his own he’ll upgrade the IQ level of conversation. As for Marty Lurie, I dig the guy. He actually let’s people talk. The only thing I don’t like about him is that he’s too courteous — lets dingbat callers talk too long. He knows his baseball history; he gets interviewees to actually give up some good tidbits of baseball info. And he’s not afraid to criticize bad play or stupid moves…
Can’t release Nate. Who will represent the monied elite?
With all the statements about “baseball decisions not money decisions” I think the writing is on the wall with Rowand.
Really though I think Sabean is sending him down regardless. All the quotes are just print media attaboys. Belt to Fresneck. Keep him hungry for a couple months and delay some service time.
It just depends on how bold Sabean feels like being. He’s been so conservative for so long. But hey, it got him a world series. But maybe now he figures that it’s time to flip-ship just to stay fresh. Do something ballsy. If they think the current LF job is a drag, then fucking pull the trigger. I’m down with it.
KNBR has so many broadcasters that I don’t like listening to, that adding another one like Byrnes I guess doesn’t matter that much.
I like the Giants broadcasters, and I like Tolbert, and I like Lurie, and that’s about it. Woodson has grown on me.
All the others are complete schtick-meisters, and I’m just so tired of radio schtick. I’ve actually been listening more to the Sac station, 1140 more lately during drive-time. Grant Napier is kind of over-the-top but it’s straight sports-talk, no schtick. He reminds me of Rick Barry a bit, who I think did a real good job for KNBR when he was there, so naturally they let him go.
By over-the-top, I just meant that Napier sometimes sounds like he takes sports a little “too” seriously sometimes. His intensity becomes almost parody sometimes, but it does come across as sincere, and he puts a lot of thought into what he says. He obviously follows spots ridiculously closely. No one should probably follow sports THAT closely.
In fact, I often listen to music during drive-time, unless there’s a game on.
I actually think Nate will put together a good year this year but yeah that face trim is pretty lame.
Ah, the callers, though. What can you say about someone who waits an hour on hold to ask Ralph Barbieri what he thinks about something?
I grade the KNBR slot time guys by one thing: how often do I threaten to call in and join the *debate*. I haven’t called in to the station in years. The last time I called in it was early 1990’s. Bob Fitzgerald had a show before he stole Papa’s gig and he was going by “Young Bob” back then. I called in to give him a new nickname. I said, “you should be “Carl Jung Bob”……He paused for a second, then said “Craig, I’m a man of the people, that’s too academic” and he promptly hung up on me. I actually had a good chuckle over that call……..
I thought Bob was OK when he was the evening guy by himself. He had his “Bitter Bob Thursdays,” and stuff like that. He’d try to come with interesting topics for each evening. I think his show nowadays with Rob Brooks is just hopeless.
Speaking of Napier….he broadcasts the Sac Kings games, and he has one of the worst catch phrases of all-time. In fact, I wouldn’t even call it a catch-phrase, because it will never catch on to anything. When the Kings do something great, like someone finishes a big ally-oop or something, he says: “If you don’t like that, you don’t like NBA basketball!”
Who’s getting the last spot in our pen? Bochy *seems* intent on it being a long man. Don’t necessarily agree with that, but they don’t ask me. All three guys who pitched today didn’t do anything to distinguish themselves; Suppan was Suppan. Mota gave up two homers in his inning of work. And although Vogelsong was tagged with the L, he didn’t pitch that bad. My guess is that Ryan breaks with the big club to start the year.
Do the callers out there use the same idiotic opening lines that they use here?
“First time, long time”
“Thanks for taking my call”
Unfortunately yes, or long time listener, first time caller
“I’ll take my answer on the air” is another one that gets my goat.
No you won’t. Stay on the damn phone and hear what I have to say right now!
long time listener, first time caller.
Grants rants, gotta love those. When is Lurie on KNBR? On the drives home from ATT all I ever here is Urban, have never caught Lurie on the radio. Who the he’ll did KNBRhave on this morning? I had to turn them off. In the morning I flip from KNBR, the Rise Guys on KHTK, and The Herd on ESPN. Evening drive home It is either KHTK or KNBR. Depends on the topic.
Yeah, Grant’s rants at around 5 in the afternoon are good. And often he raises a subject that I knew nothing about. The other day he did one on the NFL players’ union asking the college players to boycott ESPN’s draftshow, and why that was wrong of the union to ask the college players to do that. It was a very eloquent rant!
Lurie will be on KNBR pre and post game on weekends and now on spot duty in the evenings. They booted Urban from weekend duty, no great loss. Marty sells his own radio ads, that’s a plus these days…
If Nate is traded my opinion is that he is worth more than a third-rate prospect and a sack of used jocks. Right now Texas has a lengthage of catchers. There may be other teams out there who could use an excellent outfielder with good speed and a plus arm, if nothing else, for a late-inning D. replacement that he did quite ably for the Champs. Rowand is toast here. Enough butter by way of salary prepay and some other team might take a gander. Besides his defensive value, Ishi isn’t bad as a late-inning clutch P.H. I don’t know if he’ll ever have the OBP to be a regular ~ here anyway.
Emerald hillsides
Green that takes your breath away
The rain is worth it!
–Melissa Ridenour
We haven’t had a haiku in awhile and that one was in my paper today. I kinda liked it.
C’mon Huskies. I got them beating NC on Sunday.
I never listen to KNBR except for the game itself. I called in to a radio show once, don’t remember the host. I forgot what I was going to say…
My Dad told a story, it was a college football game. Usually the scoreboard was left on.This time as he glanced at it to give the final score, it was off. He ended the broadcast with “Folks, the final score is… well, I forgot…”
True story..
The absolute worst thing I hate to hear a caller start with (as I go into a Grant’s rant) is:
“(Name of host), I have a quick question.”
Aaaarghhh!!!!!
IT’S NEVER A QUICK QUESTION!!! The caller always launches into their usual rambling long question.
I absolutely LOVED when that host, the old curmudgeon, what the heck was that guy’s name….Pete somebody (the King they called him) just thrashed a caller over that. It was classic and it was wonderful.
It went something like:
Caller: Pete, I have a quick question, I-
Pete: Then why didn’t you ask it.
Caller: I was going to, I-
Pete: Yeah, but you wasted time telling me you were going to do it. How can it be a quick question if you’re already wasting time telling me you’re going to ask a quick question?
Caller: Uh…uh….my question is-
Pete: Ask the question!
Caller- I’m going to…my-
Pete: Ask the question!
Caller: My question is-
Pete: Ask the question!
Caller: My quest-
Pete: Ask the question!
Caller: My q-
Pete: Ask the question!
Caller: My-
Pete: Ask the question!
Caller: M-
Pete hangs up.
Pete Franklin. On callers, he used the flushing toilet gag alot. Appropos, since he was usually FOS…
Thanks!
Alec Pavlovich must read the Flap. Filling in for Baggarly for awhile, he opened his coverage with: “Ho Hum. Another game another victory for the Champs”. Could be we just tuned into the same wavelength, but his statement was almost word for word identical to one i made the other night: Beginning with “Ho Hum”. Though the Flap is not link-listed by a lot of the other sites covering S.F., i do believe it is perused regularly by Giants cognoscenti.
Stix, I don’t link with any other blog on purpose. I don’t advertise anything here on purpose (though I’ve considered it). All I want at this place is word-of-mouth giants fans who want to keep it real and talk giants baseball.
I get 3-5 requests a day to link to another guy’s lame blog. Fuck it, I don’t give a shit about that. I get traffic by not doing anything other than changing the posts. That has to burn them to no end…….
and believe me, I know that the main reason I have any traffic at all is because of the old Splash regs. Without Denny who hit this place first, and everyone else who came over from there, this place would be a ghost town.
the one thing I think I’ve nailed is that I know what bloggers like:
no trolls: check
something new every day: check
A big titty count down: double check
a community that you can count on every day: triple check and thank you guys for that……..
I’m with you on everything except the swimsuit gals. It’s an awkward thing to have on the page for some of us married dudes.
Emphasis on the “some”…
That was usually followed by the sound of a toilet flushing.
What was Pete’s last name? It’s going to bug me now that I can’t remember.
Franklin
franklin
Thanks, both of y’all!
Schulman’s article today reported virtually no trade interest in Rohand, “tepid” interest in Ishi, and more interest in Nate. The Giants should act accordingly in reverse order in deciding who they keep…
I thought the brief Scott Ferrell era was terrific. I’m not sure exactly what it was, but it was creative and original. Especially the simulcast they were doing on TV. For a few months there wasn’t anything like it before or since.
I find it hilarious that Barbieri has a big grudge against Ferrell. Ralph has dissed Ferrell repeatedly over the years. What Ralph can’t stand is that Ferrell was so good on KNBR in those few months that he got a big offer from some LA station and left. Ralph likes to make listeners forget that part of the story and make people think that Ferrell got fired or something. Ralph will say “Ferrell was only here a short time and he left.” Yeah, Ralph he got a better offer somewhere else. The bottom line is- he was better than Ralph, and Ralph knows it. And Ralph knows that he’s fortunate Tolbert fell into his lap, because Ralph wouldn’t be jack without Tolbert. There’s a mean side to guys like Ralph. They’re the classic insecure manager-type that people have to endure at jobs. Someone promoted beyond their capabilities, and fiercely defensive about it.
Rare, but I actually agreed with the Razor today. His monologue rant was on giving refs and umps passes for bad performance. I’m 100% with him. It’s illogical IMO after a tough, close game only to lose it on a blown call to say that your team should not have been in a position to lose by a blown call. That’s basically dissing your opponent as unworthy. If both teams played a great, tough game, it should be decided by their play, not by a blown call by a crappy ref or umpire. When they blow it, they should be held accountable. Phil Cuzzi, Exhibit A…
If they are going to show *us* the blown calls, instant replay becomes a must.It will come, the only question is how soon
If a Yankee pitcher had been robbed of a perfect game, we’d have it now. The instant replay for homerun calls was put into place when a Yankee lost a homerun on a foulpole call.
I wouldn’t miss these fattass umpires one damn bit, other than maybe the home plate ump. In tennis, they have the laser on the baseline to assure fault calls. So, I’m sure there is now a way you could rig up a wireless audio or electrical link between a first basemen’s mitt and the 1b bag so that there would never be a question of safe vs. out at first. At least until the teams discovered a way to cheat it…
Same day so still…fuck it
unequivically…best…bb…ever
(I love this bb)
Unequivocally, if you like fake O O.
On TF’s POTW on the last thread. I was reluctant to get too excited about a father who tells his kids how much he loved baseball. Then this evening an unusual event occurred. My younger son and I had to perform a few tasks together as part of an evaluation that will determine who has custody of him for the next few years. One “game” required us to collaborate on a list of ten wishes. The first nine turned out to be pretty personal and, to me, very moving. The tenth, suggested by the kid, was, “An unlimited number of tickets to Giants games.” That was pretty fucking moving, too. Of course, it’s all up to a fucking judge in the end. But no matter how those things turn out, the kid has the love of baseball.
We all remember our first glimpse, through the tunnel openings in the stands, of the green grass on the field. Nothing better.
Well, I might waste a wish on unlimited access to the daily BB. But, “An unlimited number of tickets to Giants games”? That’s one smart kid…
Do you remember the first player you ever saw live and in person?
Mine was Pete Ward.
A good day for you guys, even in ST
thanks Flavor, Twin, and all the flavor nation
ending with the dad-son thing was just nice
I rarely ever listen to KNBR hosts, except to catch Radnich or Ratto etc. on the way in to work. Invariably, he interrupts the caller 5 times, talks to his cohorts, then gets round to what the guy actually said. Caller says “I want to talk about…” and then you get 5 minutes of what the host thinks.
Most of these guys can be reasonably intelligent and make a decent comment about the side of an issue they care about, but I’m reminded of Living Colour’s “Cult of Personality.” It’s all about them, not you.
My Dad traveled so much it was actually my Mom who nurtured my love affair with the game. She was my catcher, she wrote the “sick notes” when I HAD to skip school for a game, she was at all my Little League games, it was Mom who was at the 1960 7th game of the WS with me…she still insists that the soda she dumped on the Yankee fan after Maz’s game winner “slipped”. I know better..
As you know, I’m a bit on the short side which enabled me to stay in Little League until the age of 37. Because of my height I had a very small strike zone. One year the coach batted me leadoff every game and ordered me to never swing. I once walked 8 times and scored 8 runs in a game. That, and being molested by an umpire are my most enduring memories.
Depends on how old you were. If your encounter with the ump happened between 18-37 doesn’t that just make you gay?
equivically…best…bb…ever
And Rough Trade, makes no never mind to me
Each to his own. I’ve never obsessed over large T’s. But for the record, I’ve nothing against augmentation or implants when needed. Doing it for the sake of having extremely large (and too often unnatural looking) breasts is another story.
Blame the plastic surgeons. Too many of them are hacks.
me neither Ted. I have absolutely zero problem with the fake titties. Are they real? They’re REALLY there. Good enough for me……
I watched “F is for Fake” again a few months ago. Orson’s babe cuts any of the BBs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K1cZse0K6k
Can you breast-feed with fake ones? Do they still work?
“Our Eli” in the 7th at the Big A today Dennis? How can you resist?
Maybe he’s white or at least grey. Of course he’ll have to beat “Master Splash.” Master Splash was a fun and entertaining horse 3-4 years ago.
..and exciting
“Our Eli” is owned by Aaron Racing Stables. NO Whitey joke. Talk about shit owning shit.
“Our Eli” is indeed a gelding. But I’m sure you guys already knew that.
Good stuff, folks. You’re all on a roll this morning!
Henry’s post inspired some of the best Splash commentary in a long time..
Belt opening in the bigs is gathering momentum, with Rosenthal coming aboard.
http://tinyurl.com/5ragnl6
Nice article, thanks. Here’s hoping the kid makes the opening day roster. It would be exciting to see him battle Freddie Freeman for ROY all season. Another Giant vs. Brave rookie of the year competition. Both teams have bright futures.
Barfield, the Phillies second-base replacement, with two errors so far, as the Orioles lead the Phillies. One of the errors didn’t count as an error- he botched a doubleplay opportunity and got one out. No Utley on the horizon, apparently.
As if all the rain wasn’t bad enough. This tweet from H. Schulman:
BREAKING NEWS: Wilson out with mild oblique strain. Will be reassessed Monday. Opening Day in doubt. I’ll blog shortly.
Time to shave the fucking beard.
It’s early, but I think our concerns about another basically injury free season for the staff are well placed. The odds are against it…
You know what’s cool? I stumbled onto the old flap blogspot, and there in all it’s glory is Buster Posey’s 1st major league hit. STILL fun to watch . . .
Cool beans . . .
I wouldn’t just outright cut Rowand, and neither will they. I would send him to the AL for whatever they could get.
Problem is that everybody knows they want to dump him- so they might just wait.
So let him take 34 RBIs somewhere else and find out how easy it is to put together $24 million in cash. You won’t find there’s any hurry to do this kind of business.
Henry mentions a few guys as potential closers if Wilson is out, but what about Kroon? Pressure is probably just as big in Japan.
Kroon? I don’t even think he makes the 25-man, do you? If I know Bochy like I think I do he’ll go closer by committee. Matchups and L-R will dictate the call. I don’t see him anointing one guy the closer in the interim.
No, I don’t think he makes the team. He has the most experience AND success closing, however.
Speaking of Japan, my dentist, a career Army man said today that he has ZERO sympathy for Japan. He also gave me a root canal without novacaine.
“Our Eli” and “Master Splash” ran second and third respectively.
Do they have a wager for picking the runner-ups? Color me gold.
A career Army dentist? I think you’d have a better chance with the other kind of vet.
Posey goes yard.
Buster! I can’t get over how much Doug Greenwald sounds like his father.
I think he received some extra nuclei in the vocal cord DNA category.
5 innings of 1-hit, no run ball thus far from Zito. You just know he’s dicking us.
Oblique strain. Ugh, those are the WORST. They can linger for-fucking-ever. This is awful news and I agree with Twin, go with Kroon until he proves he can’t do it. He’s got the most experience and that’s huge when it comes to that job……
I think ZitBoy is giving us his best this spring. April figures to be 7.00…
There were some here that were ready to hand the closer job to Runzler after his strong debut in 2009.
I think Runzler IS a future closer. But you don’t give that job to somebody just because they have great stuff. Kroon has done the job successfully for years. Who gets the job after Kroon? Affeldt has done the job years ago but I wouldn’t trust him. Casilla is crazy, no fucking way does he get it. Romo? Ugh, no. I’m telling you, Kroon should be the OBVIOUS pick……
Speaking of Wilson, he started the year off with a fucked up back and now he’s got an oblique problem. To me, this screams of a guy that didn’t pay much attention to his core in the off season. Sorry, but if you’re gonna go on tv and brag about all the Thai hookers you fucked you better show up to camp ready to ring the bell. He didn’t. That’s a fact…….
I don’t know. He’d be pitching great. The injuries could be just freak things or from overworking his body. By all reports, he’s a fucking maniac when it comes to exercise.
What’s the worry? It’ll probably be a short stint for whoever it is (if it’s even necessary). Even guys like Hermanson, Big Sweaty, Herges, etc. were adequate for a while.
A pitcher with muscle strain? In ST?
I would be surprised if this strain isn’t from over training.
he could be shut down 3 weeks.
I still mis-trust the Giants medical/physio staff and that is no way for a fan to feel.
Ireland ran all over England in today’s Rugby World Cup championships and next Friday the Formula One 2011 season begins two weeks late thanks to some kind of troubles in the middle east cancelling the Bahrain Race.
go figure?
“On a serious note, they asked me what kind of music you want to listen to in the MRI (machine),” Wilson said, “And I said ‘I don’t care, whatever is playing.’
“I kid you not, ‘Smoke on the Water’ was playing, so everything is going to be good.”
I guess that’s a better sign than if Mozart’s Requiem was playing.
Hey, he’s had an oblique issue before when he first came up. Took about a month. He says itz not as bad this time. Maybe this will keep him fresh for the Stretch. Hey, Itz not an elbow, this is a minor setback. Look at me, being optimistic…
Oh, and on the subject of a font to identify sarcasm and avoid misleading your fellow flapper (Kevin said, on March 18, 2011 at 9:33 am):
I offer the following:
this font is code and clearly looks sarcasticthis is cite; much like em(phasis) or i(talic) none of which get my vote
Don’tforget ‘strike’ it can besarcasticuseful.maybe we could
n’trun a poll?Casillia gets the save striking out 2 (the bottom of a ST order).
Zito 4 walks – one to load the bases followed by a double play to end the inning.
3 homers Ross, Huff, Posey
all in all a good workout
As for the BB, if that’s a corporate ladder, I’m all for her climbing it…
Nothing but baby steps.
Today, the Pen pitched 3 frames of 2 hit, zero run ball. And, Zits had a good line for six innings, except the 4 walks. Does that mean anything against a ST Royals team? No, other than as usual, Zito needs to cut down on the walks…
FWIW, the Royals lead the league (151) in runs scored this spring.
Marty Lurie just echoed my biggest concern as we approach the start of the new season: defense on the left-side. We know Tejada has his limitations. And, shit, I thought the new slimmed-down version of the Panda would make for a better defender, but he has 5 errors this spring in only 30 total chances. That, that, that, that ain’t too good. Something tells me I’ll be praying for fly balls and strikeouts.
Yep, still a work in progress. Maybe he’s daydreaming about Lincecum’s 3 double double’s, fries and milk shake.
Zito’s BB to SO ratio this spring is absurd. 11/7 in less than 16 innings. Nobody’s gonna be swinging away at him in the regular season. ABZ.
Anyone see the article in biz section of SF chron about a co that creates apps so you can order food etc. (including souvenirs) from your phone at a game, and get it delivered to your seats w/o having to get up and stand in line? Tested out at EQuakes soccer games and will be at their home games this year in Santa Clara, where Q’s will offer 10% discount on the “Yorder” system.
Btw, Wolff owns the Quakes too….
Another vote for Ishi from me. I also think he has accepted the role of PH off the bench and D replacement late innings. I can’t think of anything Nate does well except throw, and it doesn’t always go to the right place.
Rowand, tho, I can’t believe would accept such a role as Ishi has as late game replacement for Burrell, a start every couple weeks, and occasional PH. With deRosa healthy, he and Burrell would be prime RH bats off the bench if they weren’t in LU, and appear quality AB guys and solid vets in the clubhouse whether they play much or not. I don’t Rowand doing that and liking it.
OMFG. The two fouls, one committed by both Butler and Pitt in the final 1.4 secs have to make one wonder; can people get any dumber? For the love of Christ, as the man said, “thin the (fucking) herd.” Stoopid people should not be allowed to procreate. Period. End of sentence.
When others start to make me look smart, I know we’re in fucking trouble.
BYU has 5 white guys on the court. Isn’t that against the rules?
6 strong from Zito. Somebody better get a towel for Haft to clean up the jizz.
Fuck Zito. I’ll assume when you used the word “strong” that was code for “shit”. Zito has walked 11 batters in 15.2 innings while striking out only 7. When your bb/SO ratio is 11/7 it’s time for you to find something else to do with your time. The only reason he’s not giving up more runs is because he’s throwing the ball so far out of the strike zone they batters can’t reach it. His curve ball was a joke today, it was all over the place……
Yes by strong I meant shit.
It’s just the latest turning of the screws from Barry’s House of Terror and Mayhem- pitching well when it doesn’t count..
new post just to keep it real……