Ugly Loss in Chicago
Man, 14 strikeouts? F-O-U-R-T-E-E-N???? Remember when Fontenot was our hitting savior? That was last week right? He’s hitting .206 right now. And Miggy Te-nada has a .501 OPS. That’s pretty hard to score that low. I think you get three or four hundred OPS points just for putting on your uniform right…..
Several of you noticed Torres limping around the bases yesterday but I wasn’t able to find any follow up with that from any of our crack local scribes. I hope he’s ok……
Voggy goes tonight. National audience under the lights at Wrigley. As much as I felt like he would pitch well in his last home start I have the opposite feel tonight. If we throw a bunch of 0-4’s up there, tonight’s game will get ugly…….
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I think you get three or four hundred OPS points just for putting on your uniform right…..
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Yes, but Miggy’s fly has been down for weeks
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At least he stood up after the game and admitted he sucked. That counts for something.
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ha ha ha
bum did too, which also accounts for something. Walking the 8 and 9 guys in the order is one thing, but giving up two run scoring hits afterward is quite another. Same thing happened in the game he lost after the Tejada error. T got the blame…Bum’s the one with the ball in hands and he couldn’t get guys out before allowing deciding runs to come in.
Hopefully this is the realization the game ain’t that easy, and it takes a lot of concentration and focus on honing your skills and your emotions, in order to have continued success at this level.
And one more reason you absolutely cannot trade Sanchez…or as James puts it, “the wrong Sanchez.”
Gomez
Maybe we should give them Roman numerals. Gomez I, II, etc.
You know we’re gonna end up with 5-7 on this road trip, don’t ‘cha? Cubs suck at home; Rox and LA are only 1 over .500 at home — not the “home dominance” a team should have. 1/3 of LA’s roster is on the DL now. They’re on a “streak of 3” — against hapless Pittsburgh and Arizona. Rox were not impressive against SD last night, despite the final score. This will be a winning trip … put me down for 5. 🙂
(Is that “Polly” enough, for the morning?)
From Baggs: “Andres Torres was checked briefly after beating out a bunt single in the fifth inning but was fine, Bochy said. Torres is 7 for 15 over his past four games, but Bochy didn’t want to push him so soon after coming off the disabled list. Torres will rest Saturday.”
Who knows what to expect from V-Song, but if they “throw a bunch of 0-4’s” against Doug Davis, they really are offensively challenged.
Someone yesterday tried to liken MadBum to Sanchez- Jonathan loses focus, Madision loses his cool-there is a huge difference. For one- losing your focus won’t earn you a suspension. MadBum is a hot head and he has to overcome it…
Doug Davis is a Major League pitcher, he’s won 90 games up here. He’s not, as Splasher LiveFree would say: “career garbage”. He’s on the downside of his career but he’s a crafty lefty. He’s capable of beating any team and has topped 27 of ’em. Trashing the opposing pitcher as a way of trashing the Giants is BS…this is hardly “advantage SF” in this match up…
OK, point taken. The guy’s a pro and he’ll likely be jacked up for his Cubs debut and his first start since having elbow surgery. Davis is 5-8 with a 4.72 ERA vs. SF, so the Giants do have a pretty good history there.
That really wasn’t for you, Mac. A couple of idiots on the Splash were doing the Cy Young routine about Dempster.Slow start but the fucker won 43 games the last three years…Davis is a guy they *should* handle but you don’t hang around as long as he has if you can’t pitch a little.
You all know why Fontenot got cold???
Because I picked him in our league…kiss of death…
Does that mean I shouldn’t expect a no-no from Brad Penny anytime soon?
Top 5, most popular players in SF Giants history:
1. Willie McCovey
2. Nate Shierholtz
3. Willie Mays
4. Will Clark
5. Juan Marichal
Wait a minute. No Mike Methany?
Willie Mays the best I ever seen, Kevin Mitchell my all time favorite Giant.
Nate replaced Bonds?
(doomer post):
Affeldt fucked up yesterday, but I still have confidence in the guy. When he’s on…he’s fucking on. No, no. To paraphrase Sam Peckinpah:
BRING ME THE HEAD OF DAN RUNZLER
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And the Babbler Award for the most cliche spewing diatriabe goes to Cody Ross for his assessment of MadBum’s performance yesterday (annotated):
“He’s a bullgog. He’s tough. He’s confident he can pitch in big situations. It’s a matter of time before he gets out of it. He’s got a good head on his shoulders. He’s not affected by his record”
Bullgog? Didn’t he fight Godzilla?
No. That was Mothra. But I can see how you could get them mixed up.
Davis has handled us in the past, I seem to remember him dominating us when he was with AZ at a game I went to a few years ago. But, career wise, we hit him well. He’s had a ton of physical problems, I think he had cancer a few years ago and last year had a heart problem and then finally got shut down with an elbow problem. This is his first start of the year and you can tell how bad the CUbs SP is if they have to turn to this dude. He’s at the end of his career. A patient team would probably bypass his floaty corner pitchers 6 inches off the plate and then hammer him when he has to come in. But I think we all know that’s unlikely to happen tonight. Could get ugly, Cubs 8 Giants 0…..
(polly post):
The Flap once again scooped the Gate. Yesterday’s thread started with history making on the home series. The Chron only brought it up in today’s paper. In other news:
1. Huff’s got 20 RBI’s and is lifting his BA
2. Posey is a skosh over .250 BA (the general line of…competence)
3. Sure, Torres needs a day off but FUCK!!!! he’s made impact since he came back. 3 for 5 yesterday. Day off? Sure. We need this mofo happy, healthy and helping.
(and on the lighter side)
I posted the other day when Gomez…er…Lopez made the same arm crossing that Wilson does when getting the save. Turns out, he did it as a joking/homage to Wilson and Wilson dug it. Said Lopez nailed it.
God I love this team.
thanks for noticing that, Ted. And I hate to predict 8-0 but with Torres sitting we’ve literally got nothing at the plate right now. And I just don’t think Voggy is built for Wrigley field. Pray the wind is blowing in…..
i don’t get anything but the NY Times anymore, but a buddy of mine just told me he switched to the Merc because it was 5 times(!) less expensive than the Chron. Good thing the Chron doesn’t sell gas (with a Merc gas station right across the street)……
I would like a mathematical explanation of “5 times less expensive.”
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When ending a sentence with a quotation mark, does the period go before or after it?
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What has Runzler been clocking on the gun? Has he lost velocity?
Wasn’t he a consistent high 90’s guy when he burst on the scene in 2009?
Period inside the quotation marks. Commas, too.
I can’t help you on the math question Loo (I have 3 times the required university credits for a BA, but refused to attend any type of requisite math class). Also, can’t help you with the Runzler question. However, in regard to quotation marks, this is what applies:
Whenever we have to use a question mark or an exclamation point with a sentence that ends in a quotation, we follow the dictates of logic in determining where the question mark or exclamation point goes. If it is part of the quotation itself, we put it inside the quotation marks, and if it governs the sentence as a whole but not the material being quoted, we put it outside the quotation marks.
. . . Wait Loo, not done yet.
When it comes to commas and periods, though, logic doesn’t enter into the equation, at least not in the United States. Universal American usage places commas and periods inside the quotation marks, regardless of logic.
The only exception is when that last little item enclosed in quotation marks is just a letter or a number, in which case the period or comma will go outside the closing quotation marks.
Of course Loo, if another set of words or a parenthetical citation gets between the quoted material and the end of a sentence, then the comma or period will follow the intervening element.
Now, keep in mind that this comma and period inside the quotation marks business is strictly American usage. The British don’t do it that way. They are inclined to place commas and periods logically rather than conventionally, depending on whether the punctuation belongs to the quotation or to the sentence that contains the quotation, just as we do with question marks and exclamation points. But even more important is the matter of consistency. If we try to force international students to adopt the American style, they will end up mixing the two styles, sometimes placing commas and periods inside, sometimes outside quotation marks. It is far better for them to continue using the British style than to incongruously blend the two. Anyway, the point is that if you are an American, you need to keep your commas and periods inside your closing quotation marks, where they belong.
Are you glad you asked Loo?
By the by, you may want to check this out with Pawlie. Ha.
Good thing I get it delivered ( well, the tree does)..the Sunday paper is 12 fucking quarters in the machine. I’d need a week to to get twelve quarters in the slot..
I’m telling ya’ll this. Today?
Burrell goes yard.
Book it
He might need to.
Are you inferring that if Burrell literally strikes out today he’ll be shown the door tomorrow?
I am with GH somedays teams gotta score a lot of runs and now the Cubs have that out of their systems.
ALSO flavor commented about how, in today’s world, you can find statistics for everything so here goes:
At 14 letters Jarrod Saltalamacchia has the longest last name of any MLB player in history, for ever.
One for the record book.
Go
BombersGigantes!You know, I remember hearing that and being incredulous. In the whole 100+ years of major league history, 14 letters is it? Seems hard to believe.
Not to worry — some day, the Red Sox will call up Seth Schwindenhammer.
Runzler has hit 97 this year, that’s as high as he’s
ever been. Velocity is not his problem. Location and maybe confidence..
Minor leaugue notes: Crawford 4 for 4 in third game back at SJ, they’ll move him up to Richmond or Fresno quick. Gary Brown still blazing, he be a fast tracker. Tommy Joseph cooled off big time. Dominguez has 8 HR, they need to find out if he can hit adults. If he makes it at all, looks lke 30 HR, .220, 200 K… Baggs says Wheeler is looking real good
Kid pitching real well in relief: Hector Correa, who they got for Paulino
http://tinyurl.com/66u8tj4
Nothing much to speak of in Richmond, just the lefty Surkamp and maybe Verdugo. Culberson is disappointing. OPS under 7, 1 HR.
Fresno? Well, there’s Belt, that Brandon kid, and…that’s it. Edlefsen took a dump, Kroon is hardly blowing ’em away, Gillaspie is underwhelming.Neal isn’t even starting and he’s not hurt ( according to a Bleacher Report piece)
Crawford might be here if he hits even a little and Miggy doesn’t. Belt will be back soon. Outside chance on Surkamp if Zito’s injury lingers and Vogey reverts to form
Squeam a little squeam with me
I appreciate your trouble, Blade but if I get promoted in June, I think I’d prefer getting Zumie for English Grammar class. Much less homework.
Who does Tinker Bell like in the Peter Pan?
No strong opinion, but I wouldn’t leave Prime Cut out of my exacta.
Was feeling more and more uneasy as the one-run win after one-run victory streak continued through the homestand. Perhaps i have consulted the I-Ching too often not to be concerned about balance. Without the stats handy and trusting that my memory glands haven’t sagged too much, i seem to recall that SF opponents totaled ten runs during that stand and that the Giants never scored more than four in any of those games.
Yesterday’s blowout in Chi-town restored the balance in one swell foop. Not only did the Cubbies score more runs in one game than Colorado and Arizona managed in 6; but the Giants amassed four against Chicago pitching including a genuine, honest to goodness home run.
So now that the balance thing has pretty much balanced out it’s time for Vogelsong to compose a sweet tune on the mound while Giants hitters pick it up against Doug Davis and company to balance the series at 1-1.
Sounds like they might not even get this one in tonight. Stormy Weather (Lena Horne) in Chi-Town.
If they do, it’d be the first Sat. night game at Wrigley since ’02.
The rain is forecasted to stop at 6pm … of course, ymmv.
You make me vomit?
That’s not very nice…
Not sure, but don’t think they had a rain out all last year..
Maybe we’ll get some offense from an unexpected source, which would be anyone wearing a Giants uniform…
With tonight’s lineup? I wouldn’t bet your money on it.
Rowand CF, F Sanchez 2B, Huff 1B, Posey C, Ross RF, Burrell LF, DeRosa 3B, Tejada SS, Vogelsong P
Days are getting longer for most of us, they’re getting short for DeRosa and Burrell.
it’s the LU you’d expect to see v a lefty. Interested to see what derosa can do. It’s time for him to do something or all he’s doing is clogging up a roster spot.
Torres isn’t sitting for many lefties unless he struggles against them again. Pat is on life support, Bochy is giving him a chance. He needs to hit now. And DeRosa is close to retirement if he doesn’t get it on- Burriss is more valuable right now.
Since coming off DL last Tuesday, Gomez has gone 7-15 (.467) with 2-2Bs, 3B & 2 RBI.
Sitting him for ANY reason is just plain D-U-M dum.
I think he has to sit for one game. As much as we don’t want to lose his bat for 1 game, it would be worse to lose it even longer from him messing up his achilles. Andres is no spring chicken.
And better to sit him tonight against the lefty with Colo and the Bums up next.
He’s played FOUR games since coming off the DL. How fucking tired can he be?
And did Bochy say he was getting the day off because of his Achilles? I didn’t hear that.
Nate playing so well put the screws to The Bat..
SD beats Rox 9-7. Trailed 7-1 earlier….
The Frairs put up a 9-spot? That now gives them an 11 run cushion over us as we dwell in the cellar.
You know why the Rox lost, don’t’cha? They brought in Street in a NON-save situation and he rolled snake eyes.
looks like it’s gonna be a steady rain all game. Bummer, I was really looking forward to watching this. Got the steaks marinating and the brews ice. Now we’re gonna have shitty rain delays and maybe even a cancellation. L-A-M-E. Plus, it’s cold and shitty as fuck here in the Bay Area.
Dennis, you really want to run Andres on wet turf?
Gomez is from the Northern Dancer line. Who as we all know, sired Danzig, Lyphard and Sadler’s Wells among many other champions. All those guys loved a yielding turf course. Let Gomez run!
Dennis’ plan, were he to be handed the reigns as manager, would be to never let his closer enter the game at home in extra innings. Lemme know how that works out……
Seriously, Tejada’s OPS of .501 is almost too bad to be believed. Did that get calculated right? Unless he’s just completely fallen apart we should see a little more from him from here on out. Would .650 be unrealistic? I don’t think so. It’s funny, his fate is probably related to what DeRosa does. If DeRosa is done, Miggy probably gets another month. If he rakes and Miggy keeps hitting at the “Levi Jeans Mendoza OPS Line” then Miggy probably heads to the bench with more starts for Font at SS and deRosa manning third till Pablo gets back……
Bochy said he plans to run DeRosa out there at 3B quite a bit now. Use Font as the swing guy at 2B/SS to spell Fruckie and Levi Strauss.
Levi Strauss–haha, that’s fucking perfect.
“Bochy said he plans to run DeRosa out there at 3B quite a bit now.”
Well, he’s not gonna say “I’m giving it until Monday”… Snarkk or similar asked if DeRosa had hit a ball hard all year: no.
Horrible 3rd called on Rowand. that ball was at least 6″ low AND inside.
Last place?
My “dwell in the cellar” comment was in reference to our place in the NL in runs scored.
Bout time Pear Butt clutched up. He shoulda been dead meat at 2B in not for the Cub’s foibles.
No one can out doom Dennis, Blade.
Right-handers hitting just .080 (2-25) off of the Song this year.
And left handers?
.944
Thank you
Make that .142 (4-28) as I done jinxed the Song but good. Shaddup!
I messed up on the location of my last post Twin, i.e., I was referring to Flav’s 3:45pm post, where he said, “Dennis’ plan, were he to be handed the reigns as manager, would be to never let his closer enter the game at home in extra innings. Lemme know how that works out……”
Thus, my retort, “Last Place.”
A day late and a dollar short . . . sigh.
It’s all in the timing and palcement
And “spelling”.
See what I just did there?
He was fucking out
as out as ascots
As out as a Senator in a Minnesota airport
Fucking brilliant.
Lisening to the Giant radio-cast……I don’t think I’ve ever heard announcers in any sport talk so much about the weather. The guys who did the Ice Bowl complained less….
Totally agree. Karros sounds like a huge pussy. Go put on your mittens and find a heater you fuck
Is “huge pussy” more insulting than “little pussy?”
(Note location of quotation marks)
It looks really ugly on-screen, Loo. 20mph winds, stronger gusts, cold, wet, miserable.
Loo, do you remember your quote when Byrd hit a HR off us in 2009?
Whatever it was, I’m sure it was brilliant.
“Mine that Byrd” in honor of the Derby winner.
Well, what was it?
Enquiring Minds and The Star want to know . . .
Karros is the worst of the worst. Everything he says is either completely obvious or dead wrong…….
Phew
Looks like Levi Strauss now has a skosh more room in his 501’s.
“CO-DEFENDANT: COP STOLE FROM HOOKERS”
(no relevance. I just wanted to type that headline)
Dont any of you chumps ever forget how important mike quade was to the giants winning the WS last year. If he doesn’t light the fire for the Cubs last year and take down the Pads (when Cubs had nothing to play for) San Diego probably wins the division….think about the random chain of events: if Pinella’s mom does take ill and he doesn’t quit on the Cubs, Quade never gets a shot and the Cubs probably sleepwalk through Sept. Random things….
And if not for George Bailey, Mr. Gower would’ve poisoned that kid…
ha ha ha
Speaking of Lou Piniella, just WTF is he doing for this organization in Florida besides wearing white loafers and hitting the Early Bird special at Denny’s?
Why do they keep bringing up Vogelsong having bells palsey? Looking like Sylvestor Stallone is not always a debilitating disease. Not always
Jesus, 6 through 9 Vogelsong is the best hitter..
Could be time for Huff to start getting some sit-time v lefties….
Or anyone throwing a pitch
This dude has no command rite now, put this soft tossing chump to bed
WOW
WOWEE WOW
(to paraphrase Chris Walken)
Who does a better Walken impression. Jay Mohr or Kevin Pollak?
You know what I’d really like to see? Miguel Tejada impersonate a SS.
Jay Mohr. And ha ha ha
We’ll take the Cubbies charity. And we’ll take some more Cubby charity…
Haha. Power-hitting!
Depending on circumstances, a guy like Aramis Ramirez could be a nice 2 month rental.
you mean 2 week rental. When Pablo comes back, where does aramis play?
Pablo’s condition would be one of the circumstances…
Are those fans wearing burqas?
Per Glenn Beck, only Meghan McCain wears one (or rather, should wear one).
What’s he talking about? I’m not going to mention Jose Reyes…
D’OH!!
BTW, one day when I was out, Lisa’s ex-boyfriend Charles used my PC and posted that Miggy would hit 20-25 HRs..
funny
that’s fucking gold. What ever happened to that dude?
Jesus, they look like the Klan
Every inning Vogelsong guts out a tough one and gets a DP or some such to get out of it, the more I wonder why Zito should not re-sprain that foot.
Tejada needs to start generating reasons for why he should play much, if at all, once Panda comes back. He’s bad in the field, worse at the plate, not a good combo.
Huff is still friggin lost at the plate, regardless of the opposing hurler….
Vogelsong is mastering the Wrigley track just like Serena’s Song took to the Monmouth Park surface and won the ’95 Haskell.
Larry Baer is gonna “Jeff Gillooly” Zito’s other leg if Voggy keeps this up……
speaking of serena, I wonder where the guys who shot that commercial with the james brown music got footage of her actually playing tennis.
out number 3 here and this counts…hopefully “ugly loss in chicago” is the headline back there tomorrow.
My goodness, Miggy.
Tejada, sheezus this dude needs to sit…
This weather is beyond Candlestickian, even Dartmoorian. Expecting a huge black, snarling hound to soon run through the outfield…
Watson, the needle!
Very nice job by the Song to pitch out of that unnecessary mess.
Pads beat the Rockies
Truman beat Dewey…
Alydar beat Affirmed…in the Great American as a 2yo and in the ’78 Travers via DQ.
Or did he? You make the call. Approx. the 1:18 mark of the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6qUCO_bLns&eurl=http://www.hitak.com/home/alydar/1978travers.html
Rocky beat Clubber
Not the first time.
Okay. Rocky beat Appollo
Not the first time
Miggy. God. That was an awful swing, I don’t give a shit what the conditions are. If your plan is just to swing at it no matter what, fine, but don’t expect anything other than failure with that swing……