Inter-league Play Sucks

Posted in Uncategorized by Flavor on June 18, 2011

Gawd, have we really been tolerating this gig since 1997? When I looked it up I thought it was going to be closer to 2001. Inter league play was fun when it started. It’s not fun now. How can the Chronicle label this “The Bay Bridge Series”? It’s just a random series against a truly boring team. Who do we have next? Minnesota—the worst team in the AL. Then the Indians. Wow, can’t wait to see Michael Brantley in person. Unless you’re getting the Red Sox or the Yankees, inter league play is one giant bore. And it dilutes the World Series a bit, too. I love that the DH is in the American league, it’s the only thing that really differentiates the two leagues. But after watching 9 or 10 games ALREADY in the season, you get to the World Series and just go, “huh. I saw all this already.” Get rid of inter league play…….

Last night’s game was like almost all of our losses–nobody stepped up late to win it. It would be nice if Bochy stopped batting Huff in the 4 hole. I realize it won’t make that much difference since it’s always random who steps up for us late, but just on principle I’d like to see someone different. Put Ross in there, he’s hitting the ball harder than anyone. Bochy gets locked into wanting to put a proven, RBI guy in that slot but that’s the WRONG approach t0 take since almost all of our late inning hero’s come from just about any other spot in the line up. But, like I said, it would just be for looks, I don’t think it really matters where our hitters hit in the line up……..

I’m lovin’ me some Dirrrrty on the bump tonight. He usually pitches well against them. Keep Bill Hall in there at 2nd base for a while. Burriss has blown his chance and Hall at least gives you a chance to run into one……….

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(Blade sharpens his tools with a 4.5 gain, Berra’s Bombers seems to have slipped into a low-40’s rut. Wither Orbo?)

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big flavor said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:04 pm

I’m guessing this will be a hard fact for some bloggers to admit……
- zumarust said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:11 pm
  
  I think you’re off-base there. You won’t see me rippin’ Sanchez, because I wasn’t rippin’ Lincecum either. I don’t like to rip the pitchers. They’ve carried this team for years now. They all get a pass from me. Except Zito.
willieD said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:11 pm

He was one strike away from getting out of the inning no worse than tied. the previous curve, matsui dribbled foul…the one he hit was not a bad pitch at all. Matsui went down and got it and it found a hole, hardly a line shot. Matsui got the job done for his team.
6 guys I’m sure on Baggs blog just traded Sanchez for anyone, including a back up C, and would be happy to admit it.
Macdog said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:13 pm

As my daughter just said, “My god, what a dummy.”
xootsuit said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:13 pm

Sanchez looked great early on. He was throwing the curve down and unhittable, but in the zone. Things fell apart. The starter did not hold.
twinfan1 said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:13 pm

I’ve rarely, if ever, seen Sanchez hit that hard. He looked like Timmy against the Reds.
Nice play, MVP.
DJLoo said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:13 pm

Maybe Nate thought he was on first.
willieD said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:13 pm

flav, you saw it, so I’m not even gonna say it…. but down two runs, ball hit in front of you…what you say if you were coaching xoot’s kid’s LL team?
DJLoo said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:15 pm

Maybe they should put numbers on the bases…
Del Mar Dennis said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:15 pm

Hey Chuck, you are a goddamn jinx. Go back to your wife and kids. This blog is NO Whitey place for a family man.
And now you just turned Shitholtz from a Cro-Magnon Man into Magnum P.I. And teach Pat The Bat how to PH better next time. Shit…
Del Mar Dennis said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:18 pm

Fuck this shit. I HATE losing to the Athletics. This is all Chuck’s fault.
twinfan1 said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:19 pm

Flavoro, runs in every inning count..
Nate is no fucking MVP..
Nice job from Nate, Pat, AND Andres there: A villain for everybody here.
zumarust said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:19 pm

Pat the Bat shat all over that inning.
Flavor said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:39 pm

Torres is working his way into Big-time suck ass zone and he’s YOUR MVP. That’s a bad look for you, dude……….
Flavor said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:40 pm

and cut out the racist shit, I’m not in the mood………
- twinfan said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:48 pm
  
  Nothing racist.Look, you’ve been trying to pick fights all night. I’m out.
twinfan said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:45 pm

As soon as FanGraphs or BP says GROK is MVP,, we’ll talk.
Del Mar Dennis said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:48 pm

Put Pablo in the exhibit at the modern museum for Cro-Magnon men. Brought to you by Charles B.. Writer, producer and director of “Chuck’s Niner Blog.”
I swear to Christ..If you ever say one good word about A*** S**** from here on out ll never visit your blog again.
[insert Telly Savalas, who loves ya, baby?”]
- unca chuck said, on June 18, 2011 at 10:01 pm
  
  Shit, I barely visit my blog….
Flavor said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:50 pm

I already did a vote, Nate won. You want me to have him and Torres go head to head?
- twinfan said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:55 pm
  
  I’ll go with Baseball Prospectus and FanGraphs. You go with your 11 idiots.
unca chuck said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:50 pm

GAwd, these fucking A’;s games are slow as molasses and played in a masoleum.

Coma- inducing shit here.
- Flavor said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:51 pm
  
  inter league excitement!
  - zumarust said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:56 pm
    
    Don’t blame interleague for the Giants’ hitting struggles.
  - unca chuck said, on June 18, 2011 at 10:00 pm
    
    The AZ games were exciting, This shit cures insomnia.
Del Mar Dennis said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:52 pm

Rowand got a hit! Stop the presses!
TedSpe said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:56 pm

I don’t mind losing but does it have to be so fucking boring?
unca chuck said, on June 18, 2011 at 9:57 pm

MVP? 15 HRs. 63 RBIs and a .246 avg. will lead this team.
twinfan said, on June 18, 2011 at 10:02 pm

Just so far: Torres 4.8 million performance value WAR 1.1
Grok: 1.2 million WAR 0.3
- twinfan said, on June 18, 2011 at 10:06 pm
  
  BP: Torres is 3rd in WAR, Nate 10th.
- unca chuck said, on June 18, 2011 at 10:07 pm
  
  You reading Heinlein again?
Del Mar Dennis said, on June 18, 2011 at 10:06 pm

We need a rally.
twinfan said, on June 18, 2011 at 10:09 pm

That’s position players. I’ ve already posted the team MVPs. Wilson is first, then Vogelsong
Del Mar Dennis said, on June 18, 2011 at 10:10 pm

Did Addams (first name withheld) have to make a first-pitch out?
Where’s Morticia when I need her?
Del Mar Dennis said, on June 18, 2011 at 10:14 pm

DP Panda. Fit for life. Fuck this.
TedSpe said, on June 18, 2011 at 10:16 pm

Aaaaaaand……………fuck
- zumarust said, on June 18, 2011 at 10:20 pm
  
  that
twinfan said, on June 18, 2011 at 10:19 pm

Rough night for Panda. Let’s see how many pretend they told us so.
Anyway- there is no POTG, Well, maybe Ramirez…
Del Mar Dennis said, on June 18, 2011 at 10:20 pm

FUCK! This was the worst Giants game I’ve watched in awhile. I got absolutely NO Whitey satisfaction from this shit.
twinfan said, on June 18, 2011 at 10:22 pm

Pablo had games like this in 2009 as well. We’ll see how he rebounds He did in 2009, last year it just steamrolled.
Del Mar Dennis said, on June 18, 2011 at 10:26 pm

And that’s that.
zumarust said, on June 18, 2011 at 10:37 pm

You can watch the Mavs win the title again on the NBA network.
snarkk said, on June 18, 2011 at 11:42 pm

I don’t mind interleague. I could do with fewer games against the Pads and Rocks quite easily. Give me some against the White Sox, the Rangers, the Red Sox, yeah, I’m OK with that. And BTW, as I said yesterday, this team ain’t goin’ to the playoffs scoring 3.5 rpg. And 2 rpg two games in row don’t feed the bulldog. The low scoring is starting to wear thin….
snarkk said, on June 19, 2011 at 12:11 am

Now the squad is something like 42 out of 71 games with 3 runs scored or less. You cannot win a division doing that, even one as piss poor as this one this year….
snarkk said, on June 19, 2011 at 12:31 am

The WS champ ’65 Dodgers had a thin 3.75 rpg average throughout their regular season. But, they had an all world 2.81 total staff season ERA….
xootsuit said, on June 19, 2011 at 1:50 am

Pablo looks fat to me. He rehabbed his subcutaneous fat cells while he rehabbed his right hand.
Stewart looks like a fourth tier Hollywood actor playing the part of “catcher” in a movie that has some background baseball scenes. He can’t hit worth shit. His rainbow sidearm throws to 2B get tossed quickly, and they’re pretty accurate, but they don’t zip on a line. One trick is what he’s got. If the runner gets a jump on him, he runs through his standard quick toss and he’s late. Other catchers, with cannons for arms, can sometimes see what’s happening and get the feet moving and the cannon shot going, despite a great jump by the runner. Buster’s done so more than once.
First place is theirs for the taking, if they can score a few more runs. Looks like some deals need to go down.
Nipper said, on June 19, 2011 at 4:15 am

This too will pass…..