One Possible Positive from the Posey Injury
Winning the World Series had to be the biggest baseball high any of those players have ever experienced in their careers. From that type of high there’s really no where to go but down. They all got paid. They all got their rings. The mountain had been conquered. At the very least, entering 2011, it was probably hard for many of them to maintain that same killer drive instinct that so many of them rode through the playoffs last year.
In fact, we’ve seen a lot of Giants this year kinda stumble out of the game. The only player on the team who was having a better 2011 than 2010 was probably The Panda.
Then Buster went down…….
I can imagine that maybe this was one of those watershed moments in a season where everyone looked around at each other and basically said “Barry Bonds isn’t walking through that door to save our offense. Somehow, some way, we have to get it done”. Either they were going to overcome the adversity or succumb to it.
And from that moment on I think everyone on the team recaptured a focus that was missing to start the year. Maybe they’re taking an us v world mentality, maybe they just don’t want to be embarrassed on this World Series tour. Whatever it is, it seems like this team just knows that one of them will step up and do whatever is needed to win the game.
Everything happens for a reason. We might end up looking back at the night Buster broke his ankle not as the death of the season but as the moment the match was lit. And if you’re trying to repeat as World Champions, is there any other way to look at it?
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very true flav!! I’ve been thinking the same thing, and the catalyst has definitely been the huge surprise of Crawford!!! who really so him coming like this, this year?!!
Motivation is the key with this roster. Prior to the injury to Posey, my thinking was that motivation was behind almost every roster move. Going into spring training, Giants management had set things up where almost every position outside of pitching 1-4, 2B, and CF was up for grabs. Panda locked down 3B in spring training, but coming out, almost everybody else was still fighting for a job. I really think that management knew that Belt was not going to stick at 1B, but was lighting a fire under Huff. Putting HF in the OF also increased the pressure on the outfielders to perform and compete.
Now that Posey is hurt, I agree Flavor that the full “bunker mentality” has set in. Those guys are not fighting for jobs anymore, but fighting to contribute to save the ship, which is also a very powerful motivator.
By the way, I was at the 13 inning game on Monday with my wife and kids. We usually travel down to one game a year. The funny thing was that we had parked the car in Oakland and taken the ferry over to the game, and it forced me to make a painful choice. The way the ferry works at the end of the game is that it leaves at 25 minutes after the last out or 11:30pm, whichever comes first. So in the 12th inning, my wife and I had a choice to make. I ended up taking one for the team, and rode the ferry back to Oakland to get the car so the kids could stay and watch the finish. So I was on the ferry with a bunch of other bummed out fans following the game on iphones when the Giants won the game.
It was funny, there was a gal getting the game on her phone and shouting out the results to everybody. Nobody could believe that Stewart actually got on base, and the whole boat cheered when Freddy won it. My kids were stoked when I came back and got them, they had gotten to see a classic comeback and win.
The A’s are calling up a guy named Godfrey to start for them, replacing “TBA.” Godfrey Daniel, as W,C. Fields would put it.
My question is, as these guys become increasingly irrelevant, anything to cherry pick from over there? Fangraphs mentioned suzuki as kind of a lark suggestion in an interesting column about available catchers week or so ago, along side the usual suspects
. Could you turn Posey into a combo c/1b….is that something SF should consider? In other words, instead of looking for a back up (which mostly suck), set your sights a little higher and go after starter material?
Not with Belt being the nominal starter for the immediate long-term future . . .
hard to figure what happens to belt. If you pick a solid mlb C, put posey at 1b, belt is a capable back up there and fights for a full time job in OF, where opportunities abound, and you solidify two positions. For now his “immediate…future” seems to be fresno.
I like the theme of your opening topic a lot, flav. It’s up to everyone to contribute a little more….Cain with a complete game W is a fine example. And if you’ve got a bat in your hands, make something happen. vogs got a sac bunt down the other night that moved the game winner into scoring position.
You see stuff like this happen in b-ball all the time…starter is hurt, and sub guy gets a chance at big minutes and puts up 25.
As a coach, one of the mistakes I make the most often is to leave a talented kid in who is not going well for far too long. Usually once I take him out, a sub does something to contribute and the team plays better…other kid cools off and gets some rest and then he’s OK and refocused when he gets back in, after some brief coaching.
that’s why I like what bochy does, giving sub guys some ABs like Gillespie..let him get on the field with the big boys and put the bat on the ball. Mix match is going to be a key, and with all the injuries a tough job to keep guys fresh and balance that out with allowing vets to find their way out of slumps.
I think youth and vets who have never been to the playoffs much less the WS are huge in motivation. Crawford is a great exmple. the vets from last year, Huff and Ross. This is another reason why I don’t think Pud is the answer to the Giants catcher. Wasn’t Pud on a WS team?? What is his motivation to produce?? Now I don’t know if Kruk was being a homer last night or what but he was talking about Stewarts release time to get a throw off to second base and he said it was as good as Poseys. I think that is what the Giants need their catcher to do block bad pitches and throw guys out on steal attempts. If they can bat .200 or better that is just a plus.
If the Giants could somehow get Pudge, it is a no-brainer, they have to bring him in. I have been a Whiteside defender in the past, but he is worse than terrible with men at first. What is he 2 for 22 throwing guys out at 2nd? Right now, his arm is basically an open invitation to take second.
If any deal is possible for Pudge, the Giants must do it.
Why get a 40 year old?? What is his motivation to get another ring?? none IMO
Tejada must be getting a little antsy, though. With Crawford taking over at SS, Gillaspie here, and Panda soon to be here, he becomes the guy w/o a spot. Much like Bubbles . . .
I have been really hoping that the Giants keep Font over Tejada, but I just don’t see that happening now. With the emergence of Crawford, one of those guys has to go. Tejada backs up both ss and 3b well enough. Plus, keeping Tejada over Font does give Bochy more lefty/righty options at ss.
If Tejada ABs get any worse though, all bets are off. He is really not helping himself or the team at the plate at all right now.
flav, i’ll back you up on another one. You weren’t up for deJesus as I recall from last year. SF was supposedly all over this guy until he got hurt; then off season A’s snagged him right away and I was disappointed. Like most of the guys Beane picked up to add some juice to his puff ball offense in the last two seasons, he hasn’t done much. Feel bad for Matsui, by all accounts a class guy, forced to sit and watch while hounded by the J media as the A’s flounder and play in a dump yard in front of 10,000 on saturdays….and SF second stop on the road trip a week from now after AZ.
Flav, Great post. It has got to be a good feeling being in The Giants system. Lots of jobs there for the taking.
When he is with the big club, Belt will be in the OF through at least next year when Huff’s deal ends. I don’t think they’ll put him at 1b other then occasionally.
I’m pretty sure when Panda and Font get back, you’ll see Manny and Conor sent down with Tejada and Font to the bench. The interesting thing to me will be when Ford comes off the DL. If the Giants want him to stick, someone will have to be traded or DFAd.
Also, I will give props to Tejada on busting his butt down the line. He may be past his Sell-By date but he is a pro.
Bob Geren OUT in Oakland. Say hello to another Bob, Melvin. Good luck with that shit.
Can he still catch? Oh wait, we could always bring up Decker, never mind.
Why not Dennis as manager? For the A’s it will not make much of a difference. Lousy players and a lousy season.
I must have missed part of yesterday’s game. What did Liza Minnelli do at the plate to garner POTG?
She married a gay man for the 4th time during the 7th inning stretch. It wasn’t televised
Twin, have you been to Jole up there in your neck of the woods?
Nope. Top restaurant I’ve been to lately got excellent ratings on the “#3 Platter”..
The key phrase with DeJesus was “He got hurt”. The guy was one of the most consistent OBP hitters in baseball, we could sorely use a consistent .360 guy..
Font, Burriss, Tejada? If Manny has options left, I suppose he goes but right now he brings more to the table than either of the vets..
As far as the “Posey Theory”, it’s romantic and all but they moved into a tie for first on May 11, their drive for the lead began on May 3 against the Mets. They were 14-4 from May 3 until that Florida series when Buster was injured.I’m looking for a
transcendent moment but it’s most likely a boring series of events: Vogelsong, Torres and Ross returning, Nate’s heroics, now Crawford, the pen, the defense going from horrific to outstanding-in short, the champs rounding into form..
If Nate continues to play well, I think Belt goes back to Fresno. Burrell cut for Ford…
I find myself hoping that the Giants find a place for both Ford and Burriss. But I wonder, if Burrell goes, the value of Ford goes down marginally. Without Burrell in the lineup, you aren’t going to pinch run Ford for any of the outfielders. That leaves only the pitcher slot, and it seems to me that Burriss could handle that role.
Of course, if Burrell isn’t playing or is not getting on base, then Ford can’t PR for him either.
I’ll be interested to see how Bochy and management handle all this.
He’d run for any of the OFers except Torres depending on the situation,IMO. Why not? Bochy ran him for Fontenot, hardly a slow runner, last year in the pivotal game against the Rockies.No one except Torres and Burriss is close to being as fast as Ford .The other advantage in keeping both is that if one is starting, they still have the speed on the bench.
I think that Both Sholtz and Ross have enough speed on the basepaths that it is doubtful that Ford would be sent in to run for either of them. I dunno about Rowand, but I doubt Bochy would PR for him, but maybe I am full of shit on that score.
For the infielders, if both Burriss and Ford are on the team, I think that Burriss is now the PR choice in the vast majority of scenarios. Of course, you are correct that if Burriss is already in the game or on the bases, Ford can PR for several of those infield guys.
Well, I don’t want to get into a dumb argument again so I’m sure I’m totally wrong.
That’s funny. I remember in some of my earliest postings here I argued with you that I thought Whitesides was a “serviceable backup catcher,” you disagreed pretty strongly.
I was wrong. It has become clear to me that Whitesides does not have a minimally competent arm. His throws to second are a nightmare. So, I am more than wlling to stipulate in advance that any argument you have with me is a charity event on your part.
It would be great to repeat as champs, obviously, and of course I hope they do; but the odds are always against that, for any team. What I want for SURE to happen this season is for the Giants to at least make the playoffs. I feel like, if they make the playoffs, then whatever happens in the playoffs, the Giants will have defended the crown well. And they will have gotten at least one big champagne celebration together this season. Even just making the playoffs this year, in its own way, adds even more glory to last year’s title, because it will show that this group of Giants wasn’t just a one-year phenomenon. The core of this team has a chance to be a yearly playoff presence. Keep getting to the playoffs each year, and see what happens.
Checking out MLBTR I noticed that a Fangraphs commentator with a Polish backname ~ no its not M~ added to the chorus, stating that he felt the Giants would bite the bullet and release Tejada upon Panda’s return. With his hand still hurting Pablo is iffy batting LH. So is he that terrible hitting RH against righties? Has he tried that any time in his ML career?
Good opening post, Flav. The motivational factor has become huge on this team and the loss of Buster has to be somewhat of a contributing factor even if it isn’t primary. These guys have that can-do attitude, picking each other up and all. That’s Gigantic.
Checked out the team stats. Team ERA is now at 3.20, a close second to the Phillies though still trailing Atlanta by a bunch. They are fifth in doubles, accounting for many of the runs they do post. Twelfth in HRs is so-so, but with Cincinnati starters for four games and then roadies in Arizona and Chicago, that stat may improve two or three positions. They are 13th in SP, but still barely ahead of the Pads in runs scored. That should improve somewhat as they play more teams with poor pitching such as the Twins and Cleveland and with summer weather coming in most of their road games.
Kevin, regarding Pudge being 39 years old- the Giants just want someone to finish out this season with. Pudge could fill a role, even if he only started half the games of the regular season, and could possibly be lightning in a bottle in the playoffs. The Giants offer him a chance to get to a World Series again, instead of languishing in or near last place with the team he’s on now. I gotta believe he would be motivated to get back to the World Series. Maybe he doesn’t want to get traded, but I think he would warm up to the idea very quickly once he was traded. Playing in front of 41,000 rabid fans at AT&T, in a playoff hunt. His competitive juices will kick in.
All good points Zum, but I just look at Tejada and think why try that route again. over on the Bleacherreport one of their writers is suggesting Ramon Castro. I know not much younger but another option
Well, Pudge would be a big improvement defensively AND offensively. Tejada is neither at this point.
Fully expected to see Matty as POTG, but hey, you can’t give enough props right now to Crawford. And just as good as the triple was the “Stamos robs Ramos” play in the 7th.
Should be a good 4-gamer vs. the Reds, who come in leading the NL in runs. I suspect a good chunk of that has been accomplished in their cozy bandbox of a ballpark, so we’ll see how they handle a less forgiving place vs. the likes of MadBum, Vogey, Timmy and Dirrrrrrrrrty.
Had a look at the stats for the Cincinnati starters and noted that except for Johnny Cueto who starts tonight, they all have sky-high ERA’s. They do not give up many walks but average more than a hit per inning and give up quite a few HRs. Giants strategy may be to work the counts as best they can, to hit em hard and hit em often. Sticking with my prediction of SF winning three of four vs the Reds.
C’mon guys, give some run support to the Undertaker tonight. A win tonight could result in a sweep unless Timmy remains mired in August and/or Sanchez continues the discount airline gig and gives away a raft of free passes. Big need to get at those starters and not need to do it against their BP which has more than a few lights out types.
Pudge had a lifesize bronze staue erected outside his home. Any guesses who or what it is a statue of?
Starbuck, from Battlestar Gallactica.
Vernon Davis?
He seems like a bit of an arrogant fuck. How bout himself?
Edgar’s return. He probably has gotten his ring from the Giants already, correct?
He’s appeared in half of the Reds’ games; he’s at .237/0/10.
I read that they are expected to give him his ring on the field before the game. Fans should leave and never return if he doesn’t get a Standing O to rival any for Mays, Bonds, etc.
It’ll be a huge ovation. I’m sure it’ll be a pretty emotional moment. All the off-season jive will go out the window.
The only thing is there may not be a huge amount of people in the stands before the game. A lot of pre-game stuff is witnessed by only half the fans or less. The exception was the team ring ceremony when the Giants organization made a special push to encourage everyone to be in the stands early.
That guy killed a freaking dragon for the Giants. I hope the fans at the game just rain down love on that guy.
Before the game.
Hell, Uribe was treated well by the home crowd when he picked up his ring and he’s a fucking Dodger. Rent will be all right
I was surprised at the tepid applause at City Hall after the parade. Hope SF does better tonight.
Some of those people were bandwagon-jumpers. Some of them have been hardcore Giants fans since September of 2010.
After the O he got in ST, it should be huge tonight for both the ring and his first AB. After that it’ll probably be back to normal (half and half). I’ll always clap for the guy no matter what team he’s on.
Of course, the glory that Rentaria gets for that homer could have gone to Shawon. His Game six homer should have been the dragonslayer.
The only difference between the two home runs is the Giants had pitching left in the tank in Texas. In Anaheim, the fumes finally ran out.
Before last year, that last sentence would have killed me yet again. No more 5 more outs!
DMD: You got it!
Zum: You’re absolutely right about bandwagon jumpers. When the Rangers won the Stanley Cup in ’94 the crowd at the parade was estimated at one million. The Rangers might have 50,000 fans, and 15,000 of them have season tickets.
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Looks like Tommy John surgery for Joba Chamberlain. Wanna make a deal with the Yanks?
YAHOO gave the Giants a “D” for their draft picks:
The Picks: Joe Panik, SS. Kyle Crick, RHP.
The Buzz: Panik seemed to be a – pardon the pun – panic pick as the Giants went way off the board to grab a shortstop that was not projected much above a fifth-round pick. He is very fundamentally sound and could progress quickly, but does not seem to have much more than serviceable big league ability. Crick was talked about at the bottom of the first round, so grabbing the hard throwing Texas in the bottom half of the sandwich is surprisingly good value – if he can progress into a pitcher and not a thrower, that is.
I don’t think anyone has bashed Rent more than I have, but I’d stand an give him an enthusiastic standing O if I were in the house tonight.
Loo can be counted on to search out the doomorini view.Here’s an analysis from John Sickels, as respected a draft evaluator as there is:
San Francisco Giants: First-day picks SS Joe Panik (St. John’s), and RHP Kyle Crick (Texas HS) offer variety, a polished good-hitting infielder and a raw prep fireballer. C Andrew Susac (2nd round, Oregon State) and 1B Ricky Oropesa (USC) are advanced college players with strong bats. Susac will probably want first round money but I would give it to him. LHP Bryce Bandilla (4th round, Arizona), RHP Chris Marlowe (5th round, Oklahoma State), LHP Josh Osich (6th round, Oregon State), and RHP Raymond Black (7th round, Pittsburgh) all hit 95 MPH, though concerns about Osich’s health dropped his stock at the last minute. He was rated as a late first round talent most of the spring.
Sleepers: RHP Derek Law (9th round, Miami-Dade CC) has scary mechanics, but throws hard and put up excellent numbers this year. OF Kentrell Hill (10th round, Arkansas Baptist) is a toolsy pick who could exceed expectations. SS Kelby Tomlinson (12th round, Texas Tech) has a very strong glove. Deep Sleeper: 1B Ben Thomas (34th round, Xavier) is big and slow but has considerable power. Overall, I would be happy with this draft if I was a Giants fan.
Andrew Susac, Sacramento native, went to Jesuit High school. My son know him, was thrilled the Giants picked him up.
Knows him,
Good english skills
The fact that the San Jose Giants have won their league 3 or 4 years in a row is incredibly impressive, given that the best players just about always move up the next season.
Hector Sanchez got promoted from SJ. Not to AA, Richmond, but all the way to Fresno. NO Whitey has damn near a career day for him, and they’re already looking to push ’em out the door. That’s an outrage.
Torres CF, Tejada 3B, F.Sanchez 2B, Huff 1B, Schierholtz RF, Ross LF, Crawford SS, Whiteside C, Bumgarner P
And wouldn’t Burriss hitting second look a little better than Tejada? That’s another outrage.
The Yankees are having to deal with some of what the Giants had to deal with last season- Adrian Gonzalez. It’s nice having him out of the NL West.
yeah, and he gets to hit in those bandbox yards instead of Diego for 81. Yanks have to try and get him out in Fenway, where I saw him go yard to left, over the monster. Notice boston is pounding yanks in NY…that’s gotta get on the nerves of a few steinbrenners.
“Five San Jose Giants players have been named to the California League All-Star team and will participate in a game versus the Carolina League All-Stars on June 21 in Modesto. Outfielder Gary Brown and pitchers Heath Hembree, Kelvin Marte, Craig Westcott and Zack Wheeler will represent the two-time defending California League champions in the All-Star contest.”
Hembree is a 98 MPH reliever who’s Ked 39 in 21i innings. He’s had some off field problems.
No need to worry. Though Heath’s left arm looks to be bent and somewhat even contorted, his right, and pitching arm is safely secure and tucked away underneath his body. Holding another Beck’s beer, but of course…
The only problem is he spilled one . . .
Bum had his worst start as a big leaguer vs these Reds last yr at home. 2 2/3 7H 7ER 3HR allowed. I’ll go out on a limb and say he pitches better than that last line. That said, I like the OVER (7) tonight.
That was the series with the evil winds- we scored 38, the Reds 19 in the 3 game series..
Those must be the same “evil winds” that kick around Candlestick that cause A*** S****’s passes to sail five yards high and to the right.
Are you referring to starting QB, and Harbaugh second in command, leader of “Camp Alex”, the redoubtable Sir Alex Smith?
You have to be the first person to have ever used the words, “redoubtable,” “Sir” and “A*** S****” in the same sentence.
You deserve a prize. Frank just took another shit in his litter box. UPS at noon OK for you?
Good job by Giants management and the players in honoring Edgar
That was cool.
Yankee fans still waiting for the game to start. Over 3 hours sitting in the rain…
Rain? They canceled the Belmont card today because of “excessive heat.” Now New Yawkers can’t play baseball because it’s too rainy? WTF has happened to your once great and proud city? Speaking of which, I’d very much appreciate if you had any “inside” knowledge for Saturday. I see your favorite horse is running in the Manhattan. Gio Ponti has a heart as big as the moon. I’m not sure if his feet can keep up with the tides…Prince Will I Am?
As for the Belmont, he was never my horse, but the Animal sure looks tough to beat. I want to beat ’em. I’m trying to beat ’em. I’m looking to beat ’em. But I dunno. Another “insider” of mine was trying to sell me on Santiva. I told ’em to keep pushing that 1978 Ford Pinto on the next sucker who walked onto his lot.
Don’t really trust any of ’em, DMD. I’ll probably go down the drain again with MMM. The new shoes and the jockey upgrade might just be window dressing, but I think he’ll lay close to Shackleford and wear him down inside the eighth pole (in my dreams).
That ceremony got better and better as it ground along, and the crowd’s MVP! MVP! MVP! capped it. I know the scoreboards were prompting, but the fans delivered.
speaking of the Yanks, fangraphs guy disses Cervelli pretty hard for being unable to throw out runners yesterday (etc.). Happened twice in the first, the last one before Ortiz bomb.
Eli’s already one up on him tonite.
It’s a rare treat for this Jerseyan to see someone named Eli complete a successful throw to a player wearing a Giants uniform.
Not a good day for coaches and managers. Besides Geren’s firing, Texas canned its hitting coach. [bad sentence structure] Some other team fired its coach, not interested enough to remember.
Speaking of hitting coaches, before the 2010 season I frequently said Meulens would / could make a huge positive difference. I stand by that. But to be TwinFan-number-crunchingly rigorous, do I have to equally blame him for current hitting woes? Time will tell.
Haven’t seen anything tonight, but I’m all for showing Edgar Renteria lots of pregame love.
PawliesPandas’ pitching line tonight, so far: 13 inn, 10Ks, 0.69 ERA, 1.46WHIP. I have no idea how I gained last night. I’m smelling first place tonight. But I’ve misjudged pheromones most of my life.
Haven’t had a chance to respond to your e-mail, but I certainly applaud your efforts in reminding Mr. Wilpon just were those orange colors came from. [excuse the ending of a sentence with a preposition] Whether the New Yorker publishes your letter or not, you got the word out. Mission accomplished.
Thanks, Dennis. Regarding ending a sentence with a preposition, it is perfectly fine, as is splitting an infinitive. These are Latinate rules imposed on English in the 1800s by schoolmarms. Winston Churchill supposedly said, regarding the preposition “rule”: “That is more than up with which I can put.” For all to see, here’s my letter to The New Yorker, unpublished:
Subject: Wilpon’s glaring omission
The reported description of Fred Wilpon’s design plans for Citi Field (“Madoff’s Curveball,” May 30) confirms a bias rarely mentioned. The avowed pro-Dodgers, pro-Brooklyn slant ignores half of the Mets’ legacy. The orange color and the font of the Mets’ “NY” logo, of course, honors the New York Giants, of Manhattan. With Giants’ fans everywhere basking in the team’s first World Series championship since 1954, it would have been both timely and accurate to note Wilpon’s skewed view of history.
“Basking, by the way, was a nod to Flappers everywhere.
that is the sort of arrant pedantry up with which. . . . . apocryphal, but apt
Well, I’ve always maintained that what a hitting coach can influence is just not understood. If you want disciplined hitters, for example, better acquire discplined hitters.Certainly a guy can improve but that’s more a function of repitition than coaching. .The ability to spot mechanics issues and resolve them is probaby the hirtting coaches’ most important job. That and drink better than his pupils..
I thought it was only to be Huff’s “off’ year when it came to hitting? Boob.
Nifty job by Bum to escape any damage in the top of this half inning. Par excellence.
Kostaz’s site got flagged. Does anybody know of another live stream?
Wow, Torres (or Tejada) cost them in the 1st. Now it’s knife through butter time . . .
Nice escape job by Bummie.
Dusty, Sweet Lou . . .
“That is more than up with which I can put.”
For some reason that reminded me of a Paul McCartney lyric:
“In this ever-changing world in which we live in….”
oh THANK you, Zumie. I thought I was the only one who has been bothered by that for years.
Dick Williams?
2 K’s for Votto . . . impressive.
I think the question was “active” mgrs…. Dusty & LaRussa?
Bumgarner is starting to remind me of Steve Carlton. Can you dig that?
Carlton is my favorite pitcher of the late 70s-early 80s. I always liked how his expression did not betray whether his team was ahead 6-0 or behind 6-0. Just give me the ball, show me the glove, I’ll throw it there. Sadly, I also remember him, at the end, w/ the Giants, just after we got him, on a Saturday NBC game, in the dugout, trying to learn the grip of a splitter. Too late.
I certainly cannot be the only one peaking in on the NBA Finals, n’est-ce pas?
I hate rooting for ANT team from Dallas, but the Heat can kiss my horse’s chestnut ass.
95-90 Dallas
Ahhh. That leaves out Lou . . . La Russa it is . . . Shit.
Here’s an angle for you Dennis in the Brooklyn….Eldaafer has never finished 2nd in 27 career starts. Tomorrow’s the day.
Be nice to get one right back here . . . . Is Cody’s wife 18?
Not yet
Rally time. Like seeing the Huffster going to the opposite way…
I feel a “Shitholtz moment” coming on…
Had a feeling Reds would score in that inning with the heart of their lineup. Well, it wasn’t the big two, but Rolen and Gomes broke the ice. Time to get Bumgarner some run support. Giants can’t throw shutouts every game.
that *ovation* for Renteria during his first at bat was a fucking joke. Some polite applause with maybe a dozen guys giving him a standing O. Horrendous show by the giants fans…….
I didn’t see the pre-game, Flav, but I was thinking the same thing.
There was hardly anyone there.
Seriously? 15 mins prior to the first pitch, nobody’s there. But when the HP ump gives the signal, seems people find their seat. WTF where they 15 mins prior?
Another Cody Ross bat flip. I’m telling ya, the guy still needs to get plunked for flipping his bat after he hit the HR vs the Horse. Fuck him. He still needs to pay his dues. Asshole. And for the love of Christ, hold onto the goddamn bat.
Uh, delete! Delete! Thought you were talking about pregame. During the game? Fuck it.
WTF Ross, never heard of pine tar?!?!?!
No. He’s heard of it. Just uses it in the wrong place
Modesto?
Uhm..okay Chuck. Let’s… say Modesto
Ross needs to talk to Freddie Biletnikof
I’m really tired of the bat tosses from Ross. He endangers people on a daily basis.
Great zum. Now you’re going to start a maple bat argument
The replay close-up they showed the other day showed him intentionally opening his hands to let the bat go. If he’s trying to save his wrists from the backswing, whatever, but it’s a horrendous habit. I’ve had the thought before that throwing the bat into the stands should be an automatic out, except in the ninth inning. Just a wacky thought one day.
Huff’s are more dangerous. He’s going to take out an ump, catcher, the on deck guy-and he does it in anger.
He wants to singlehandedly bring back bat day . . .
Mays got bigger ovations as a Giant visiting Shea on any given at bat than Edgar did when he came to the plate tonight…
Uhm..Loo?…It’s Mays
I fucked her
wtf is Lasorda doing in the stands?
Loo–I was talking about his first at bat, I didn’t see the pre-game. His first at bat should have been a thunderous applause……..
Zumie–totally agree, Ross has to do something about that. It’s irresponsible to not hold the bat tighter, use some pine tar, whatever……
I knew what you meant. I just didn’t make it clear…
I wonder if it became an ingrained habit from playing 81 homegames at sparsely populated Marlin games.
I think Lasorda does some shit with Milken for Prostate Cancer…….
The junk bond guy?
yes. He raises millions for prostate cancer research…..
oh, yeah, now I remember them swinging through last year, too. I just lost focus there for a moment, when I saw Lasorda’s mug on the screen.
research fund raising. lol.
Jason Terry with a HUGE 3 putting Dallas up by 7 with 33 seconds left . . .
And now the part I hate about basketball. 17 timeouts in the last 30 seconds.
Go Mavs!! Beat da Heat!!