Moving on From a Forgettable Series at Home

Posted in Uncategorized by Flavor on April 25, 2011

That little 3 gamer series just never got going, did it? Actually, despite the result, yesterday’s game had it all. They came back from multi run deficits twice. That’s hard to do and there’s no quit in this team at all……

Now they get to go play in the prettiest ball park east of ATT—But Pittsburgh is no pushover. That team has some of the most exciting (though currently slumping) position players in the game–Andrew McCutchen, Jose (you say tomato, I say) Tabata, and Pedro Alvarez. An interesting side story will be to see how Brandon Wood does in the National League–I’m betting that he hits more HR’s this year than our current shortstop………

Off day today so the floor is yours……

The Flap Fantasy Baseball Standings (Pawlie’s lead grows to a mind blowing 20.5 pts and Berra’s Bombers drops to an unthinkably low score of 24 despite that bomb from Molina 🙂 Seriously, how can anyone NOT love all things Molina??)

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Kevin said, on April 25, 2011 at 8:29 am

Now it is official, Happy 50th Birthday Chuck!!
Unca Chuck said, on April 25, 2011 at 8:50 am

What’s the old saying. Once you are oer the hill, you begin picking up speed?

Onward to oblivion . . .
- Nipper said, on April 25, 2011 at 9:07 am
  
  BLEEP Birthdays! I had an April Birthday myself.
  - Kevin said, on April 25, 2011 at 9:16 am
    
    Me too!
twinfan said, on April 25, 2011 at 9:00 am

Yeah, Happpy Birthday, Chucklet. Fifty!!! Have the kids disowned you yet?
- Unca Chuck said, on April 25, 2011 at 9:10 am
  
  Yeah, after we lost yesterday . . .
  
  2nd place with a bullet . . .
willied said, on April 25, 2011 at 9:02 am

SF played some of its best ball all year on the road at AZ and Colo. I’d expect nothing less vs. some of the bottom feeders/weaker pitching staffs. And you have to factor in all the resident hoopla that comes with the defending champs come in to town, anywhere, and the residual affects.
Thx to Twin for the cont’d updates on prospects…obviously there are holes in the LU that are going to need to be addressed at certain positions within the next year or two. The injuries to Torres and Sanchez last season and this concern me too. I’d be interested to see how some of these minor league guys progress, not just offensively but defensively as well…do the middle IFs have range and accurate arms? Belt has playing LF as I understand and I wonder how that’s going.
Flavor said, on April 25, 2011 at 9:04 am

I don’t usually forward these emails on but it’s an off day– if you’re bored, check this out:
Craig,

Hi. This is Chris Jaffe with The Hardball Times and I’ve got a new Giants-related historical bit up that you and your readers might like.

Today is the Silver Anniversary of one of the most unlikely (and possibly most infuriating) homers the Giants ever allowed. On APril 25, 1986 Padre reliever Craig Lefferts became the only pitcher since the 1960s to hit a walk-off homer, when he went deep against Greg Minton. That’s right, the guy who never allowed any homers – that Minton.

At any rate, after discussing that, the article gives a series of “day-versaries” (events which happened X-thousand days ago) and anniversaries, some of the more interesting ones involved the Giants. For example, on this day in 1969, Giant Jack Hiatt, who normally couldn’t hit worth a like – bashed out 2 HR & 7 RBIs. Forty years ago today, Juan Marichal lost his 100th game, which would be unremarkable except that he’s one of only 4 men in the last 90 years to win 200 before losing 100.

At any rate, if you’re interested, here’s the piece:
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/blog_article/silver-anniversary-of-one-of-baseballs-most-incredible-homers/

Thanks

Chris Jaffe
- Kevin said, on April 25, 2011 at 9:17 am
  
  Greg Minton, now there is a blast from the past!! he brings good memories and well as bad!!
Nipper said, on April 25, 2011 at 9:12 am

Unca in second place? I don’t believe it. And Berra is tanking on purpose. He should be thrown out of the league for incompetence.
twinfan said, on April 25, 2011 at 9:40 am

The Nats are 10-10, of note is Livan Hernandez. Amazing guy, made his 450th start last week, hasn’t missed one since 1997…
I had a birthday, too- 64 on the 13th. It’s such a nothing birthday, I almost forgot it myself…
OK- think about it. Belt will be back up soon and he’ll play LF (or Huff will). Somebody be leavin’…
Kevin said, on April 25, 2011 at 9:49 am

Well happye belate Birthday TF.

Belt has only been down what a week. do you really think they will bring him up this soon??
twinfan said, on April 25, 2011 at 10:10 am

I didn’t say “now”.
- Kevin said, on April 25, 2011 at 11:26 am
  
  It helps when I read the post more closely
TedSpe said, on April 25, 2011 at 10:22 am

Happy Birthday Chuck
Belated Happy Birthday Twin
Unca Chuck said, on April 25, 2011 at 10:47 am

Happy b-day, Mike . . .
Unca Chuck said, on April 25, 2011 at 11:14 am

Well, when Torres comes back, Ford goes down.

Soooooo, Belt replaces Burrell in the OF after his usual cooling-off spell?

Rowand is making a case to at least get SOME interest in a trade . . .

Philly can’t be happy with Ibanaez hitting a buck 87. Maybe they want Row Row back (with a truckload of cash) for Carlos Rivero, a fair to middling SS prospect . . .
twinfan said, on April 25, 2011 at 11:58 am

I’d think that they’re getting quite wary of Andre’s leg problems, he seems one stretch away from a tear. That could keep the Gamer here..
twinfan said, on April 25, 2011 at 12:00 pm

Scads of Panda highlights:
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TedSpe said, on April 25, 2011 at 12:17 pm

Oh, I just re-read the thread. A belated happy birthday to you as well Kevin
snarkk said, on April 25, 2011 at 12:42 pm

The Giants seem to usually have trouble with the Pirates, despite their perennial suckage. Maybe they go out and eat to many of those Primanti Bros. sandwiches. Anyway, for SF, going to the Steel City is not a necessarily good Rx to break out of a minor skid. Let’s hope this year is different…
- twinfan said, on April 25, 2011 at 12:52 pm
  
  They’re 4-2 against the Bucs each of the last two years, 2-1 and 1-2 on the road. The relevant point is that no team can be overlooked.
mrmrbill said, on April 25, 2011 at 12:42 pm

Leash on the Dodgers: anything more than lunch money… “In seizing control of the franchise, MLB told the Dodgers that any expenditure of $5,000 or more would have to be approved.”

Schieffer hired by MLB to run Dodgers
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/04/25/sports/s121833D49.DTL
- snarkk said, on April 25, 2011 at 1:09 pm
  
  This guy Schieffer has to somehow be a close bud of the Budster. That seems to be his MO in a lot of things he does. I wonder where baseball would be now if Giammatti had lived. The owners probably would have fired him anyway — too much a purist. I can’t fathom how there is talk today that this extra WC team starting in 2012 might add nothing but a one game playoff. That is nonsense. Two WCs could have a 10 win discrepancy, yet a one game roll of the dice between them decides it? There is no point in that, other than one extra TV game and the ad revenue. Or, I guess that is the point. Whatever form is proposed, the extra WC team idea is horrible…
  - xootsuit said, on April 25, 2011 at 1:44 pm
    
    Saint Giamatti was a heavy smoker (thus the early fatal heart attack) and a rabid Red Sox fan. He moved quickly from NL Pres. to Commish in large part because the owners liked the way he crushed unions when he ran Yale. Nonetheless, he was committed to taking action to get more African Americans into mlb coaching and managing positions. He was an expert on Spenser — and, not surprisingly, I suppose, lived his life like a guy who enjoyed slaying dragons. Not your usual academic. There’s no way to know how things would’ve turned out with him as Commish through the 90s, except to say it would’ve been a lot better than with Selig.
xootsuit said, on April 25, 2011 at 3:46 pm

NYT: “A federal judge gave professional football players a significant victory Monday, granting an injunction to stop the N.F.L.’s six-week lockout Monday. Judge Susan Richard Nelson of United States District Court did not stay her decision, sending the N.F.L scrambling to seek a stay from the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to prevent the league from having to open for business immediately.

“If the stay is not granted, the N.F.L. will have to put rules in place allowing players to return to work and free agency to open within days, creating a flurry of activity similar to the normal operations of an off-season. Teams will be allowed to hold workouts with players, players will be permitted to meet with trainers to rehabilitate injuries and coaches to study game film.”
Flavor said, on April 25, 2011 at 6:28 pm

I’ve got 4 Pirates on my various fantasy teams so I’m watching that game right now. Bowker just PH for the pitcher and lined a base hit ti right field. He looks a little bigger, maybe he’s hitting the weights harder. He’s got a swing and miss follow thru that reminds me of Rowand, only left handed. The dude better get it going or he’s gonna be selling refrigerators at Sears next year……
blade3colorado said, on April 25, 2011 at 6:32 pm

Flav, I feel the same way about Pedro Alvarez who is on my other FL team . . . Fucker don’t get it together quick, he can join Bowker at Sears, except with a demotion to vacuum cleaners.
Flavor said, on April 25, 2011 at 6:37 pm

I actually picked Alrarez up off the WW–had to, that’s an 8th round draft pick in a 12 team league. He’s on my bench but I like him and think he still hits 30 bombs this year. I also picked up Wood on a flier. He could use a change of scenery and he’s going to play SS which I love…….
If you’ve never seen Todd Coffey run in from the bullpen you should catch his act. He runs as fast as Craig Lefferts (or tries to run as fast as Craig Lefferts) but he’s got a rack on him that would make Benjie Molina look like nothing more than an A-cup. This guy has got c-cup titties and he’s running as hard as he can run to the pitching mound. It is pure gold comedy………
- blade3colorado said, on April 25, 2011 at 6:51 pm
  
  OK, question for you Flav . . . Everything I read, says to hold onto Alvarez. However, Delmon Young is available on the Waiver Wire in my other FL . . . He is rated 90 preseason vs. Alvarez’s 85, but is somewhat injured (ribs). Would you retain Alvarez (even though the Hurdle sounds like he is only going to play him against lefties going forward) or Young?
  
  You make the call (LOL)?
  - Flavor said, on April 25, 2011 at 6:55 pm
    
    Hurdle is full of shit, he’s not just going to play him against lefties. Alvarez is one of their top prospects and Wood is going to play SS since they have no one else there. He played 3rd tonight just to ease him into his first game, i think.
    I loath rib cage area injuries. Young played over his head last year.
    Keep Alvarez and reap the benefits this Summer……..
- blade3colorado said, on April 25, 2011 at 7:01 pm
  
  Whoops, I meant only righties.
Flavor said, on April 25, 2011 at 6:45 pm

Looking at that POTG pic, it looks like Rowand has just rescued Steve Perry from drowning at sea or something 🙂
- snarkk said, on April 25, 2011 at 7:15 pm
  
  Showtime’s series on the Giants was going to air an episode about Huff’s early season adventures in right field with a special title, but it was already taken by a popular cable show. “Deadliest Catch”…
blade3colorado said, on April 25, 2011 at 6:54 pm

By the by, unrelated to baseball, anyone interested in buying my 2006 Jeep Wrangler Golden Eagle, can make a bid on Ebay . . . Price is up to $14.5k.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130510151110

Going to buy an Audi S4 which has a stock V8 @ 340HP which has been tweaked to 375HP . . . Yes, it does 4.9 sec. 0-60MPH. OH OH!
Flavor said, on April 25, 2011 at 6:58 pm

of course we both meant “righties” not lefties. Alvarez is going to play full time and will get going here soon enough.
Flavor said, on April 25, 2011 at 7:00 pm

Blade, no prob, sell anything you want here. Nipper keeps trying to sell his 80’s porn collection here but I keep *yanking* it down before any of you can bid on it 🙂
blade3colorado said, on April 25, 2011 at 7:08 pm

LQTM
eddacker said, on April 25, 2011 at 7:10 pm

Tales of a White Hot Fantasy –
no, really, I am having fun at this. As I knew I would. But being it is so obvious I am the cellar dweller I must defend myself, a bit:

And this is what I’ve learned so far:
1 the draft is a lot more important than some make it out to be, so be ready.
2 there are no second chances: have a plan and do it everyday; hesitation is death.
3 even in free leagues winning is everything: it’s every manager for itself.
4 you get no points for defence, clubhouse karma, leadership or experience in these leagues
5 It should be impossible to be last in every scoring cataory, but your not looking at it from here!
6 there are a lot of teams, news, players and matchups out there and while keeping track of it all you will see mlbaseball, teams and players from a whole new angle.
YEAH! and 2 my defense?
At the beginning of the season I was at or near the top in several (projected) scoring categories and doing the math had me (projected, again) near 90 points for the season and then the injuries hit.
I have 4 of the ‘top 100’ players and 3 have been on the injury list nearly all season, so far. I had to let Jason Bay go to put in someone that was playing!
My pitching hasn’t escaped the injury list, either. today I have 4 of the top 50 pitchers and 2 are on the DL. One after breaking a rib playing pickup basketball in the offseason. that’s something Flavor would do, only he’d be a fielder and play through the pain. 🙂
Zumarust said, on April 25, 2011 at 7:11 pm

Broxton blows the save.
Zumarust said, on April 25, 2011 at 7:15 pm

Heyward homers early. He’s still on fire.
Flavor said, on April 25, 2011 at 7:15 pm

Ed, I love your Fantasy baseball posts. Don’t forget about the trade of Texieria for Hughes, that’s got a teensy bit to do with that last place standing……
Broxton, as I have said since last July, is DONE. The Dodgers have no closer with Kuo still hurt. Ossie Guillen would love to manage this team. “I have no closer”. It’s be perfect for him……
- Del Mar Dennis said, on April 25, 2011 at 7:20 pm
  
  Jamey Carroll let one go right under his glove that cost Broxton and all his fantasy owners the save tonight.
  Fucking Dodgers…
- blade3colorado said, on April 25, 2011 at 7:23 pm
  
  Contraire Flav . . . I picked up Kuo a couple of days ago, knowing that Broxton would BLOW . . . He did and Kuo comes off the DL this Friday. If he can be half the pitcher he was when he replaced Broxton late last year, then all’s good.
  
  Ed, as Flav said – you rock . . . Hang in there. It’s only April and God Bless Pawlie, who might just hold onto 1st place. However, no one is going to hand him the Flap Trophy over our collective dead bodies as long as Aurilia’s bobble head is hanging by a thread to his ceramic torso.
  - Flavor said, on April 25, 2011 at 8:19 pm
    
    there were no more perfect words to describe the Flap trophy, well done………
Zumarust said, on April 25, 2011 at 7:28 pm

The Cubs stink. 4 errors gave the Rockies 4 runs.
PawlieKokonuts said, on April 25, 2011 at 7:52 pm

happymultipleclusterbirthdays

and don’t forget Neil Walker, Magnus, on the Bucs
Flavor said, on April 25, 2011 at 8:21 pm

Pawlie, you are the unquestioned dominating dominator of The Flap Fantasy League. 13 asses are bent over for whatever the Hell you want to do to us……
twinfan said, on April 25, 2011 at 8:22 pm

Kuo is amazing, still dominant after multiple arm surgeries and injuries.
twinfan said, on April 25, 2011 at 8:51 pm

Goodnight all. Been yakking on the Splash. When will I ever learn? 64? Never…
Big Flavor said, on April 25, 2011 at 8:56 pm

Uehara is just as dominant as kuo, with similar arm troubles.
blade3colorado said, on April 25, 2011 at 9:10 pm

Ironically, Kuo’s injury this time is his back.

‘Nite Mike.
mrmrbill said, on April 25, 2011 at 9:33 pm

zumie, not only the 3 errors by Castro in the same inning, but he went 0-5, too. Bad day at the office?