Game 2 V Milwaukee
Dirrrrrrrrty Goes Today……..
Over the long haul Brandon Crawford can’t hit….
Would rather see Burriss in there…..
Belted out a very loud “Fuck Yeah!” after Whiteside tagged Fielder and flipped the ball in front of him….
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Still numbed and bumming out for Posey, and hating on mlb baseball a little bit.
Took a road trip with my son yesterday and listened to last night’s game with my son on the car radio. We stopped and got some sandwiches for dinner, I didn’t want to listen (I thought the mood of dinner might be better if we weren’t listening to a fucking Brewers game, seriously why is that team even in the NL?) but my son wanted to listen to the game, so we took our sandwiches out to the car, in time to hear the Miggy ab with men on first and third.
So while my son and I watch the sun get low in the California sky and munch on our subs, my son and I got to listen to the divine intervention of a Miggy walk, followed by the Crawford Slam. It doesn’t get any better.
Because of that scrub douche Cousins, the Giants will almost assuredly not repeat this season, and that fact still really pisses me off. But that moment with my son was pretty special. Good times.
Nice SN.
Yeah, repeating is a long shot now, but it was going to be very tough with Buster. Still, in a short series…who knows?? Eli could pull a Gene Tenace. Obviously everyone will need to step it up, Pablo will have to come back strong and Belt- Crawford will have to contribute. But what a story of perseverance, overcoming adversity and the odds that would be.
I just watched “Raging Fred” . . . Too funny.
Congrats to Crawford, but yeah, he isn’t the answer . . . Numbers in the minors are less than overwhelming.
Handicapping the West:
Numero Two – Arizona: Here are your Giants main competition for the rest of the year IMHO. Three teams in MLB have won 8 of their last 10, but the Diamondbacks are hotter than them all. They have won 9 of 10 and 11 of 13. Not certain any Flappers caught this/mentioned it – AZSnakepit manager Jim McLennan tried to describe the happiness Buster Posey’s injury brought him. That involved trying to parse the difference between celebrating the actual injury and celebrating the end result of the injury – that the only team ahead of them in the division just got weaker. You can bet that wasn’t well received by Giants players.
Numero Three – Los Angeles: The Rockies aren’t the only team who seems to lose close games late. Los Angeles lost two walkoff games in one series this week. Injuries have ravaged the Dodgers this season. The Dodgers used at least 3 of their planned starting 4 infield for just 14 of (their first) 47 games this season. Bullpen sucks, especially closer position. Nevertheless, they are the Dodgers and they will try to “spoil” the Giants run to the Division title.
Numero Four – San Diego: The Padres are well on a track to be sellers at the All-Star Break. ‘Nuff Said.
Conclusion: Forget the dual sweeps and first place standing. Absolutely nothing happened with the Giants last week except for Buster Posey’s gruesome injury. At least, that’s how it appears. Posey will likely require surgery to repair torn ligaments and a broken leg. If all goes perfectly, he might return in time for October. That being said, the GMen are in 1st and that counts for something. In the meantime, Flappers will get a wash of minor leaguers. With Posey, Mike Fontenot and Darren Ford all going on the disabled list, Brian Sabean called up a slew of youth. Brandon Belt (who has been burning through the PCL) was called up again. He could play first base with Aubrey Huff sliding to third. Or Belt could play corner outfield.
29-year-old catcher Chris Stewart has been in AAA for six seasons after first reaching the level in 2004 with the White Sox. The Giants are his fifth organization, and Stewart really is just a placeholder on the roster until something better comes along. Who dat is anyone’s guess.
Consequently, I’m going to back track (different from “untrack”) on my prediction that this would be a cakewalk . . . Giants still win the Division, but it will be close in lieu of Posey’s season ending injury.
Don’t know what I ate for breakfast, but I forgot about Colorado . . . Squeeze them in at “Numero Four” and bounce San Diego down one. Ubaldo still hasn’t one a game this year (now going back to Sept. of last year). Couple that with musical chairs in the infield and outfield – They just inserted Eric Young into the infield and outfield mix (Lopez losing favor with Tracy). Bullpen might as well be called “Gas Can Brigade” and they lost their top pitcher to injury. Tulo less than inspiring lately; Gonzales is starting to hit, but you know that Helton can’t keep drinking from the fountain of youth forever.
*won
The rest of the division, sans Dbax, is falling apart right in front of us….I just think anyone writing off the season is way over-dooming it.
good for the kid, who made all the plays in the field, which would be the larger issue for burriss. Is he a mlb SS or a career bench guy utility back up?
I am 100% behind (was it bozo?) whomever suggested Fielder gets to pick himself up out of the dirt. This is way overdue, imo. Sanchez is not a comfortable AB anyway, and putting the thought in the back of his mind a high and tight one might be coming his way at any time is a good thing.
Plus you might get one freebie…Sanchez buzzes him and then the umps issue the warnings.
Props to the Prez too, who now gets full time reps for Sanchez, Lincecum, wilson et al.
I doubt Vera’s ambrosia tops Draeger’s….mandarin orange, coconut…I’m biased tho as my dad worked there for 25 yrs in menlo park original. I used to help out on occasion…only thing I ate except turkey done on a spit.
Highly inspirational win last night. After being swept at home by the Fish and then the loss of Posey this team couldda gone into a total funk with nobody being particularly surprised. Could still happen, but Timmy maintained just enough starch to allow for Crawford’s miracle blast and another wild save by the BP, crescendoing with the Drama Queen’s typical Broadway production in the 9th.
Blade: Tempting to go along with your analysis as its quite good and may well make for the final display. Snakes may be second best in the division when all is said and done, but no way Jose they can keep up anything vaguely resembling their recent record. Teams get hot and teams get not. IMO, they are two or three pitchers short of being dead serious competitors for the Division title.
Drrrty Sanchez vs the Howling Wolf this afternoon. That mixup could go any which way. IF Bochy replaces Burrell with Belt today, batting Brandon second and Franchez third, i’ll predict a Giants win. Granted, the production capacity of the LU would be a bit front-loaded with Torres, Belt, Sanchez followed by a who knows what middle order and not much sting at the tail. Nevertheless, i think the On Base factor might result in some RBI’s from unusual suspects and enough gas in the tank for Drrrty to bring it home.
Crawford earned an extended look with last night’s heroics. Never underestimate the psychological element in athletes. Provided Brandon does not start swinging for the fences ~ tempting, i’m sure ~ the lift he just got could give him the edge to be a .250 ML hitter. Being a skilled defensive SS, fielding behind a powerhouse pitching staff, that kinda offensive level with occasional pop, could land him a fulltime job. What a story if he pulls it off.
I am not writing off the season. I still think the Giants are odds on to win the division. But the playoffs are another matter; with the loss of Posey, the Giants went from being one of the front runners to a long shot.
Of course, that analysis changes if Sabean makes some trades. Replacing Posey is impossible, but replacing his bat is do-able.
Whether Crawford is the answer remains to be seen- but Burriss will never be the regular SS. As far as not hitting in the minors, Burriss hadn’t hit AT ALL above Low-A (.165 at SJ, .258 in just 60 AB at Fresno, with zero pop). Manny has been being groomed to be a utility guy and that’s his future…
They’re not going to say they’re looking for a catcher, it would be dumb to say that…. but thry’re looking for a catcher…
If they’re going to drill Fielder, June 24 at home is the time to do it..
It’s poppycock to be saying they can’t win in the playoffs without Buster. Hell, by September we might have a Sanchez catching Sanchez and raking the ball. Or a trade. Buster will be missed but absolutely no one is irreplaceable..
Or with any luck, a Gomez catching a Gomez
Belted out a very loud “Fuck Yeah!” after Whiteside tagged Fielder and flipped the ball in front of him….
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hahaha. Me too. It was like “Okay. You’re out you fat fuck. Now take this with ya…”
“IF Bochy replaces Burrell with Belt today, batting Brandon second and Franchez third, i’ll predict a Giants win.” The Burrell bashing may soon reach Fred Lewis-level irrationality.
Pat the Bat was swinging like a barndoor in a hurricane yesterday. I’m not talking pining him for the duration, or especially even, a release. But it is plumb, pure, plain, poppycock to call up Belt and relegate him to the pine while Burrell did not produce in a production spot. Giants under Bochy have been a mix n match L.U. pretty much all season. Belt is a major part of the Giants future. Burrell MAY stick around for the season. Huff won himself some time yesterday with his two for four effort. So the logical dropzone is Pat the Bat.
I’m not gonna go so far as to say the Snakes are “for real,” but they’re not doing it with smoke and mirrors either. People like to harp on our difficult schedule to start the year with all the road games, but the Snakes haven’t had a cake walk either. They didn’t have to play as many road games, but their competition was stiffer than ours. Their pitching is better (it couldn’t get any worse) than last year. And say what you want about Gibby, but he has those guys playing hard and, more importantly, believing. I’m expecting them to be a royal pain in the ass the rest of the way.
I sure hope Belt remembered the cream and sugar for Bochy’s coffee this morning. Asinine.
DBacks have exactly zero chance. BP counts Buster’s loss as a minus-3 ( blog potatoes always over estimate a players worth). Before some of the other injuries they projected 95.
Here is the up to date projection, which I’ll take over Doomer Dennises’ :
SF 89-73
COL 84-78
LA 82-80
AZ 79-83
SD 74-88
Due to the now weak NL West, Giants have the best chance in the NL to make the playoffs at 87 percent.
When Pablo is back, the SS will either be Crawford ( if he hits at all) or Tejada. Nobody else is in the picture. If it’s Tejada, Burriss and Font will be the reserves, Crawford down. If it’s Crawford, Burriss vs. Font for a spot.
IMO.
Schulman speculates that Crawford, Burriss and Tejada will rotate at SS.
Rotate? More like sit and spin if ya ask me.
If you guys think Belt is starting today I’ve got fer sure thing for ya in the 3rd at Belmont.
Belt is nothing more than a goddamn gopher. Might as well call him Fred Grandy.
Stix you have a point regarding the Snakes pitching. However, scroll down below to what Dennis wrote “Gibby” and their difficult schedule this year . . . I stand by what I said in regard to them being our main competition going forward. Likewise, I agree with you Dennis that Belt has to play EVERY DAY and he will. I have to believe that Bochy had legitimate reasons insofar as matchups for not playing Belt the last two games . . . insofar as him not playing last night, Huff did get two hits.
*about “Gibby”
Hit a salami in your MLB debut? Grab some pine, meat.
Rowand CF, Sanchez 2B, Burrell LF, Ross RF, Huff 1B, Tejada 3B, Burriss SS, Whiteside C, J.Sanchez P
Judging from that lineup, Giants lose this afternoon. Looks like one of those Right/Lefthander scenarios, but i prefer the hot hand. Does Bochy have a reason for not playing Belt today, or is it merely an excuse? If Burrell again does not produce in the 3-hole there’s gonna be at least one mighty pissed off longtime Giants fan.
WTF do you mean by “excuse”? Bochy would prefer not to win? I’ve explained the Belt situation to Dennis. He’ll get some starts. they’ll just choose the match up carefullty.
Well, so much for Mike Karnak. Obviously this is due to a tough lefty.
I think they would have left Belt in Fresno if Ishikawa hadn’t been injured. It seems they just wanted a LH bat off the bench. Belt had been slumping. This many injuries does call for unusual moves.
“unusual” moves? That’s twinspeak for “only a fuckwad manning the latrines in Room B would do that.”
But since it’s Bochy and the Giants, we’ll call sitting Belt on the bench “unusual.”
Pay attention: Belt was only called up because Travis was hurt. Brandon was slumping in Fresno, but they wanted a LH bat for the bench. They aren’t starting Belt reegularly because they dson’t want the earlier failure repeated. If he’d been hitting, he’d be starting.(.222 last 10)..
BTW, Neal is back from the DL and raking.
Someone on the Splash posted the Fielder/Greene video:
http://tinyurl.com/3o52qyp
Ouch.
Casilla activated, Runzler down to Fresno to get “stretched out.”
They should just call him a stretch limo and ship him out.
You need to switch your antipsychotic , Dennis.
the same points that i made earlier still apply: you just need to stay near .500 until after the all-star break. divisions are rarely won before and teams that do well in the post-season come in on a roll, battling just to get there. this is a TEAM. not just 2-3 guys in the middle of the order that you have to get past. anyone can beat you. the key is that people like crawford and burris and nate and pat and cody and aaron and tejada and andres all step up at different times to make a difference. there will be some brutal loses out there where it will look like they’ve never seen a pitched ball before. but this group has NO quit in them. If you weren’t prepared for another ride this season, you weren’t paying attention.
btw: werth is such an obnoxious punk. he’s hitting .240 and complaining that they’re not “winning”. wow. the nats. not winning. who would thought? hows that bank account asshole.
I don’t like Rowand and Burrell both starting at the same time, because they’re basically the same guy now. Two guys slumping badly, who are swinging and missing a lot of pitches. Huff is almost that guy, but is getting the occasional clutch hit.
I’m not diggin’ the platooning of Torres. I don’t think Rowand should be getting many starts the rest of the way. He’s in his usual going-down-the-toilet mode. They’ve gotten the most they’re going to get out of him this season.
BTW, Eli WAS blocking the plate. Fielder didn’t do anything out of line on that play. Clean on both sides.
I didn’t like him shoving out his arms. What’s the rules on that? He practically was punching Eli, it seemed like. I’m guessing there’s no clear rules on that. If it was ever too egregious, a player literally punching the catcher, the league could suspend the player for a number of games.
Question [attention Elias Sports Bureau]: Has anyone ever COMING FROM SINGLE-A hit a GS in his first game or as his first hit?
“AZSnakepit manager Jim McLennan”
Blade, I’m not sure who you meant by this. Gibson is the AZ manager.
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No one feels sorry for somebody else’s team, that’s for sure. Giants fans weren’t grieving over Atlanta missing Jones and Prado in the playoffs last season.
Sorry . . . No, I did not mean Gibson and I should have clarified, he manages the primary AZ diamondbacks blog. Zum, think McCovey Chronicles or the Flap . . . In short, he is their Flavorino. However, I did make a mistake noting that Giants players would be upset. I doubt they read his shit and I meant Giants fans (as well as AZ fans that understand baseball). Anywho, my bad mentioning some nobody.
Well, we get the last laugh, because his D-Backs are going NOWHERE. (grin)
OK, more broadcaster pet peeves…..Brenley always says “ballgame” instead of “game.” Every single time. And now that I’ve told you all, it’s going to bug you every time you hear him do it.
Eli flipped the ball toward the mound, not AT Fielder, another misperception. And watch the replay, Fielder and Whiteside each thrust toward the other- good play by Eli, even better throw from Ross -and clean all around.
http://tinyurl.com/3geebuu
When Burrell’s OPS drops below 700, he’ll be the same guy at the plate as Rowand. It’ll also be the sure sign that you may as well just play Belt or Schierholtz every day. After Posey’s injury, they really should find out if Pat the Bat is no more. As it stands, he’s having a better year than every other hitter in the line up today, Franchez excepted.
That’s why I’ll never be totally sold on that kind of statistical analysis. You’re not factoring in where the player is RIGHT NOW. Burrell was better at the start of the year. He’s not that some kind guy right now.
I meant “same guy” at the end of that sentence.
How do you know that he won’t return to his early season form? He’s had 50 some scattered PAs over the last month. Huff, for example, has had nearly twice as many over the same period.
But neither quite as good as the real 2010 team MVP.Pat also has some, uh, defensive deficiencies…
.354 .771- Andre
.347 .754- Fruckie
.343 .744 Pat
No argument that Andres is the better player. I did say today’s line up. As for the defensive deficiencies, they were there last year, too.
And his OPS was about 130 points higher.
A question, seriously.You don’t seem to put any stock at all in defensive stats.Why not?
Yes, but the league OPS is down by 20 points this year, and the relatively low number of PAs can still create big fluctuations over a couple of games. He was at 768 before yesterday’s game. His collective OPS last year was 817, so that gap is currently at 80.
I do. I trotted them out in the Fred Lewis days. But it is generally acknowledged that they are works in progress, and not as reliable as the offensive stats in assessing a player’s value. Look at Fruckie’s defensive stats right now.
“I’m not diggin’ the platooning of Torres. I don’t think Rowand should be getting many starts the rest of the way. ”
When Rowand starts the Giants are 17-12; with Gomez they are 11-10.
Rowand may stink to high heaven, but maybe he’s a good luck charm.
If Gomez wants to starts vs the lefties, it might behoove him to get a hit off one first.
So now Dennis is saying Rowand is the difference? 9 guys start, Doomer Boy.
Vinny Casino? Guess I missed that one. What’s the TF Scouting Report say?
errr… nevermind. Typo from Schulman. Sorry for the interruption.
Dirrrty better throw well today because for offensive threat, today’s SF lineup looks like a Miracle Whip on Wonderbread sandwich. Between the three of ’em, Huff, Burrell and Gamer need to hit at least two roundtrippers for SF to have a shot at this one. Itz possible, Wolf is either very good or very bad…
And
I disagree with the ‘fat-fuck’ comments about Fielder. As a Giants fan he is a pariah to me, but did any one see the ESPN special where he works out with the sumos?
He has more muscle than flab in that big body.
I sure didn’t see Crawford jumping from San Jose to SF, but it was fun to get a win.
Is Brenley in the booth tonight? haven’t heard much, but then with the Cubs down 7 zip a colour guy doesn’t have much to colour.
Or Whiteside could hit a slam. Or Fruckie. Whoever. How quickly some forget.
but not huff, apparently, in the top 40 for RBIs is amazing considering all his 0 fers.
I *think* I was saying that if Crawford can win one… well…
and I have been praying for Huff to get hot for a third of a season now, well it seems like a third anyway. His personality and a streak could lead this whole team forward.
and Nate, nate is good for a game winning knock.
nothing like digger phelps giving the cubbies’ fans a pep talk. ‘we got 3 innings to get these runs (10)’
Eli flipped the ball toward the mound, not AT Fielder, another misperception
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You don’t know that. No one but Whitey does. And either way, when the perception tells a better story than a fact, tell the perception
I thought NO Whitey threw the ball exactly where he intended; not towards the mound but not at Fielder either but just close enough to grab his attention. Mission accomplished. Chalk one up for NO Whitey.
It was directly toward the mound. Whitey won by tagging him out. That’s all.
Actually it’s clear on the video. But go with the misperception.
Since Dirty is going today, I wanted to post an idea I had from the last homestand with the Marlins: Sanchez for Stanton. Marlins would probably want a bit more. They don’t appear to need pitching, but they have no left-handed starter. Dirty would also be closer to his Puerto Rican roots. And Lord, we could use Stanton’s bat.
Was thinking of going out to the park to cheer on lame Nats vs. Pads, but its hot and humid here and my NoCal, fog-raised system doesn’t appreciate the summer stank. Nats are a lifeless bunch without Ryan Zimmerman, who was supposed to be gone two weeks, but has disappeared. To add to someone’s earlier post, Werth is one of those guys who benefits from better players ahead and behind him. Left exposed, you might get .260/22/78. His contract however had as much to do with skinflint ownership needing to show the fanbase they were doing something, particularly after Strasburg went down.
Florida will trade Stanton in his 5th year maybe. No fucking way right now. OK, maybe for Dirty, Wheeler, Surkamp, Neal… seriously, there is no way on God’s Greenish Earth they are trading Stanton.
I know Twin, but I tried to marshall support for it! Another negative from the Marlins standpoint would be that Dirty would be relatively expensive for them. He’s making 4 plus million this year; can’t remember if that’s contract or arbitration award–if the latter, he’s potentially even more expensive.
I’m still pissed and in full on whine mode, so please forgive the following “master of the obvious” rant.
The difference between the Fielder play at the play and the one by scrub douche Cousins is the difference between clean and dirty. Fielder came in to a guy completely blocking the plate in a situation where a slide is an out. Fielder did as much as he could to knock the ball loose and no more, he targeted the ball in Whitey’s grip with his forearms when he hit. Believe me, he could have leveled Whitey MUCH harder.
Scrub Douche, OTOH, went all out to completely level a catcher in the process of making a catch and turning to tag. Posey was NOT blocking the plate, there was a lane to slide. Scrub Douche did not improve his chance of scoring, he had an equal chance to beat the tag as he had to knock the ball out. His target was Posey, not the ball. A zero athleticism, no skills scrub move. Fuck him.
Totally correct, people are just pissed at Fielder for past transgressions.
Sierra, saw your earlier post about listening to the game with your son. Hope that remains a good memory.
I agree with you and Twin about Posey. Bengie Molina pointed out in Baggerly/Steward’s interview that Buster had dangerously exposed himself to the runner without having the ball, rather than getting the ball and going for the runner. Man, he must so want that play over. On the other hand, Whitey had time, thanks to a great throw and slow runner, to get the ball and position himself–in his case–on the line! Purposely. Whitey was blocking, Buster was not, although exposed. And as you point out, Cousins had a better chance of being safe by sliding anyway. Prince had no choice but to try and break it up, Cousins did.
Gomez is 2 fer 6 (both homers) vs Wolf. You’d think if he was gonna break out vs a lefty, today might be the day.
I guess we’ll have to chalk it up as another “unusual” move by Bochy.
But that’s OK. The Brewers are literally starting a “Gomez” in CF today.
Nice of them to play along with the joke.
You just never learned after being wrong all year in 2010, did you? Really, no Spash doomoron was more wrong more often than Doomer Dennis.
Hey, on this date back in ’98, Buck Showalter intentionally walked Bonds with the bases juiced and two outs in the B9 and the Snakes held on for a 8-7 win.
I can’t recall the next batter, but I believe he lined out to the RF who made a nice play to end the game.
I thought the move was fucking brilliant myself. I like Mgrs. who thinks outside the box. I wouldn’t of let BB beat me in that situation either.
Brent Mayne.
The Giants are 7-1 on Saturdays. 4-0 on the road. [NO Whitey jinx]
7-1 on Saturdays? Must be those special Saturday line ups.
If you know anything at all about the Buckster, you’d know it’s a miracle that a player or players haven’t murdered him yet.
Burrell seems to have some anger issues
Ah, fans can get a bit over-wrought, can’t they. Somebody on the Extrabaggs comments said that not starting Belt today is “madness.”
That’s pretty funny.
MADNESS!!! INSANITY!!! ONE FLEW OVER THE BOCHY’S NEST!!!
At least the Bat got a good bat slam outta that AB. Not even in the same zip code on that swinging third…
Gomez
Shiite
That’s a Gomez for ya. Fucking Clown. Fuck you, Bozo!
You CANNOT give him an inside the parker on that hit. That’s a double and a two base error.
WTF do they get these official scorekeepers?
Well, as someone who’s kept score of hundreds of baseball games, it’s the very typical home bias in scorekeeping. Give the hitter the advantage when it’s the hometeam, give the error when it’s the visiting team batting.
If they give Ross an error, the run doesn’t count?
Pat might have picked that up from Huff, who is seriously dangerous the way he flips, flings, and breaks bats.
Wolf has a no-hitter going…
Should this hitting anemia continue, it will be hard to justify having Belt and Crawford up here to chew sunflower seeds and collect pine splinters…
Pat’s gotta sit. He’s done as a starter.
Bochy already acknowledged that both will be in the starting lineup tomorrow.
Does us no good now.
The Machine needs to stick to his day job as a pederast. He can’t hit a baseball any more, might as well hit that ass…
yuck.
Why can’t the Giants locate Jim Ray Hart? His pension checks are being mailed somewhere…
Wiki says he’s still alive, last seen as a Safeway employee in Tracy in 2006. If he’s alive, can’t be that hard to find. Maybe they didn’t try too hard. Or maybe they found him, and he didn’t want to be found, but Kuip wasn’t told…
Shit jumping out of the way of a throw??
Hey, that woulda been an owie..
That was a shitty throw from NO Whitey, but Burriss avoided that ball like it was the plague.
He needs to block that ball. Burriss is a liability at SS. Crawford may end up not hitting much, but his glove appears to be rock solid. The way this team is constructed, they cannot be giving up any free 90 ft. Defense is/should be paramount with this club. I’d stick the kid in at SS at wish ’em the best of luck.
Pat & Panda still share the team lead in HRS with 5, although they haven’t hit any since 4/18 & 4/19, respectively…
Panda has been in a deep slump since he went on the DL..
And he may still be the team leader when he comes off it…
WTF kind of defense was that by Burriss — has he been studying torreador moves in Fresno? That was poor…
Torreador D results in a run…
Whitey does get *some* blame for a terrible throw. Well, most would say so.
Yeah, it was a poor throw.
And, in that situation, Burriss’ job was to knock it down, not let it through, at all costs with less than 2 down. Kuiper said that, not me, and he played in MLB, not you. Burriss skipped out of the way, didn’t even make a try. That was pathetic.
Major blame on Burriss, he F’d up, and that run basically cost the game…
Give ’em credit there, nice play to end the ending. But that doesn’t change my thought process any.
I’d play Crawford everyday. Hell, he doesn’t have to hit much to be valuable. And given our production from the SS position, any hitting would be welcomed.
Hey, a base hit. I don’t wanna say what I think is coming next…
Still plenty of Reyes to SF talk on NY sports radio. And not just by the idiot callers.
MMM is getting a new farrier and a new pair of shoes for the Belmont.
Like Mars Blackmon used to say, “it’s gotta be the shoes!”
Yes, now it’s the idiot hosts.
NO Whitey pecked away and worked the walk. A certain someone would be so proud.
You always want a guy who will leave the 2 out ribbies to the fucking pitcher. Bocock was EXCELLENT at that.
Bautista HR pace: 73.6
Pity-Pat
Burrell is utterly useless. He needs to go post haste.
Runs scored: Brewers 2, Sausages 1, Giants 0
Well, they could move him to the 8. From Kuip: “Pat’s looking to get on for Cain”…
Our offense remains to be a complete joke. Randy Wolf is not that good. And only 83 pitches thru 7. Gonna need some heroics from off the bench to turn the tables. Crying shame if we don’t, another excellent effort from Dirrrty.
If he holds them here the wildly inconsistent basket case Sanchez will have given up more than 3 earned runs just once this year..
That’s an excellent point about the old style catcher’s mask.
Gomez still doesn’t have a hit vs a lefty, but that was a good AB. Rally time. Hey, Rowand got a hit.
Here we go…
Does Bochy have Fruckie bunt here? I wouldn’t. Franchez has been swinging a hot bat. His next hit will be career number 1,000. I say let’s make it a memorable one.
NO Whitey bunt!
He (we) needed that hit. Way to go, Bat! And Kuip was right on that point; SS HAS to dive for that ball.
Week effort.
Fucking Clown is having a shitty day. Oh well, that rally got Dirrty off the hook. That would’ve been a brutal L on his record. He threw another pearl today.
And props again to Gomez for starting that rally with the leadoff walk. Well done.