Why is this Team Hitting So Poorly?
With nearly 3000 team at bats in the books, it’s pretty hard to argue that we have some “slow starters” on the team right now. This is who they are this year. A team that is hitting .242 collectively, with a .671 OPS. We are missing a few pieces from last year (Uribe, Posey and Sanchez), but is this a result of the subtraction of those guys or something else?
I had an “ah ha” moment during the game last night when the camera panned to Burrell and Ross chewing seeds on the bench. I know they are hurt but they looked quite content–like they could do that the rest of the year. And when you think about it, they already have something that they didn’t have last year—a World Series ring. That was a magical run they went on last year. It was partially fueled by something most of them didn’t have–a ring.
Now, I’m not saying any of them are dogging it or mailing in their at bats. But they simply can’t be fueled by the same fire they had last year. I think it would be normal to expect a decline in motivation this year. Or maybe I’m talking about passion. I don’t know.
What I do know is that we are past half way through the season and no one (except Pablo) is stepping up. I have a new appreciation for Miggy, mostly because I feel like he’s the only one busting his ass on every play. He’s also the only one without a ring. Obviously, his stats aren’t reflective of the effort he’s putting in on the field. But he’s driven by the same desire that the rest of the guys were driven by last year. If he could somehow share that with the rest of the guys we might be on to something. But he can’t, they already used it last year…….
The bottom line is that we didn’t have any margin for error last year. It took every single guy performing at their peak in critical moments to make 2010 happen. Any drop off, and we lose that edge. And that’s what I think is lacking this season. Short of a trade or 4, I don’t see this offense doing enough to get back to the playoffs this year…….
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I said several weeks ago this offense could not get the squad to the playoffs. Sabean obviously will have to make at least one significant move to bolster this pansyass offense. He won’t give up much, so he won’t get much. If Belt so much as looks warm back in Fresno, his bat should be brought up. I’m visiting the Gettysburg battlefield today. Not to equate the two, but the Giants last year had the cojones and conviction to mount a Pickett’s charge, but actually succeeded in taking the high ground despite withering fire. This year, the offense is stuck in the woods, constantly re-grouping while the enemy is consolidating strength on top of the divisional ridge…
Have you all debated the merits of trying to bring Juan Uribe back? Two more years on a contract at what roughly $7 mill per year. I think that is more than he ever should have received, but makes sense for the Dodgers to get rid of that contract. We swap them Tejada (roughly equal slaries for the remainder of this year) and then on the hook for two more Uribe years…would be good karma and avoids the potential injuried to be Jose Reyes…
I don’t see any complacency or less competitive fire out there. They still want to show everyone it wasn’t a fluke. I never questioned Tejada’s effort, just the decline in his physical skills. In fact, I’ve always figured he was trying *too* hard the more frustrated he became. To me, he’s not much different than what the Gamer and Zito have gone through. Like most pro athletes, they have enormous pride in what they do and wanted to live up to or even exceed expectations. Failure eats away at each of them. We’re seeing it now in part with Torres.
Hard to quantify, but teams, especially the Padres, do seem more emotionally jacked up facing the “World Champion G’s”. .
The good news is that the Giants are doing MUCH BETTER than they were at this time last year. Look it up, it’s true. I forgot what their record was last year compared to this year, but I pointed this out last week. However, Flav is correct in pointing out that the passion or drive to succeed like last year may be wanting . . . or worse. As he pointed out, they already have the “brass ring,” so what is the EXTRA incentive, besides their natural drive to compete? Personally, I think they need someone on the team (preferably a position player who plays every day) to call them out. Unfortunately, we do not have a Jeter* or Tulowitski who has the status and ability to light a fire under their team without it getting out to the media in a negative way (*Jeter isn’t even able to do this anymore because he can’t back it up with his play). If Huff could start hitting consistently, he might be that candidate to do so.
That being said, there is plenty of time for Sabean to make a move(s). Don’t expect the move(s) to be necessarily directed at making the playoffs, but rather adding players that will make some noise during the playoffs. Remember, we still have plenty of baseball left and the Giants are in the “driver’s seat” despite the “woe is me” attitude of certain Flappers and fans.
I doubt the offense was this bad at the same time last year. I can’t look it up right now but I will believe it if I see it
I didn’t say their “offense.” I indicated “record.”
The “woe is me” crowd would point out that our *record* is inflated. Fortunate if you will to be 9 games over .500. Pythagoras says is *should* be 44-43 given our measly +7 run diff. for the year. This team (offense) needs help. OUTSIDE help. Our lone saving grace? It may only take 84-86 wins to capture this godforsaken division. But I’ve already counted that as a given. I’m thinking big picture. And we ain’t winning shit in the postseason until we get some OUTSIDE help.
Is this team broken? That seems to be the question. Posey is gone for the season. Sanchez probably so. Huff is puffing. Magic Dragon rarely emerges. Now Torres has caught the virus. Pablo was out for a bunch of while. Others getting injured fairly frequently. So the offense is a mess.
Lincecum and Cain both going down to the Padres. Usually one would pick up the other, but may be the edge is not as keen as it could be. Constantly having to pitch too fine does take a toll. You can see it in the bullpen. The bulwark has started to crumble.
Five games left in the homestand. Two down. Giants will need to go with who they got till the Break. There was hope that against SD and NY, they would go 5-2. Now the fear is that may be reversed. What to do? Is there anyone in the Minors who can inject some energy? Would a trade add more than subtract?
We will find out a lot about this team over the next five games.
Cain admits he didn’t make his pitch. I don’t buy the “constantly having to pitch too fine” argument. These are guys are pros, facing pros every AB. They know one bad pitch can get taken out of the yard, anytime anywhere. That’s baseball, played at the highest level of competence.
I didn’t care for the bunt either in the 9th. you are down 2 runs, with 3 outs left; they already had 2 hits off bell to lead off the inning. He’d left pitches up to tejada and burrell and gotten whacked. In other words, he hadn’t got anyone out yet, so why give him one?
Qualls is a punk, and torres had something to say about him afterward. But again, give the f-ing Padres credit for walking in here and beating cain and lincecum, no small accomplishment. They are closer to 3rd place and the rockies than they are to the last place dodgers.
Pitching too fine when its always on the line? How many laughers have Cain and Lincecum benefited from this year? How many of our starters have been able to ride a three or four run bulge from the early innings? What i’m talking about here is the all important edge a starting pitcher must maintain. Sure, a tight game on a fairly frequent basis can keep a guy sharp ~ but consistently and constantly? Sooner or later psychological abrasion sets in. A ‘what the hell’ attitude starts creeping in. Matters start getting a bit rough around the edges. By the infinitesimal margin of one pitch thrown in a suspended state of distraction, the game is lost.
Happened last night.
they are more professional than that, stix. vogs had the early lead vs. the cubs, twice, and proceeded to give it back right away (not all of an 8 run lead, sure). They know what’s going on and how to deal with it.
and the game was not “lost” at that point…giants got guys on and couldn’t get them in. torres attempt was not a good decision either.
So with all the talk about injuries and lack of offense and Pitching. Does anyone here want to see a six man rotation for the rest of the year. Or do they trade for a bat. I prefer that the Giants continue to bring up players. FA is no longer the cash cow it once was, thanks to the crack down on steroid use. Teams are going to have to build there teams from their own farm system. Sure there is a possibility that there is a player out there. But what are you going to have to give up to get that player. And BF is right, when you have a balance of Vets and young quality players who do not have a ring the hunger is just there. So with that said who going to step up and lead the way. Tejada shows he wants it but I just don’t see him lasting as a starter. Panda sat on the bench last year so that is his motivation, he has a ring but he didn’t play.
They probably will make some moves but more with an eye to the postseason. They can make the playoffs as is. Actually, even the local cynics agree, no one thinks there’s a team to challenge them. I went through this shit with you yokels several times last year. You want to make it all about the offense and ignore the rest of the division and where the team stands- EIGHT games better off and ahead, not chasing three teams.
Yokels on this blog? I never knew!
None of you doomers have evaluated the other teams- AS A WHOLE. No one else is winning this. Period.
BTW, they won the WS by hitting .235 in the postseason, so I don’t wanna hear the “one and out” bullshit, either.
A writer over on Bleachereport is suggesting these SS for the Giants. Comments??
Willie Bloomquist, Arizona Diamondbacks
Edgar Renteria, Cincinnati Reds
Cliff Pennington, Oakland Athletics
Emilio Bonifacio, Florida Marlins
Clint Barmes, Houston Astros
Yunel Escobar, Toronto Blue Jays
Marco Scutaro, Boston Red sox
J.J. Hardy, Balitmore Orioles
Jason Bartlett, San Diego Padres
Rafael Furcal, Los Angeles Dodgers
For me I have no problem trotting out Brandon Crawford for the rest of the year
That’s very kind of you.
What’s with the “that’s very kind of you” shit? Are you going soft on me? I like you better when you’re mean, have a sharp tongue and when you tell people to shape up or ship out. Nipper, snap out of it!
Kevin: That writer simply has not been keeping up with events. Shortstop currently is one of the least of our problems. Who drove in that first run last night? Crawford is no Vizquel, but he is a quality defensive SS. He came up hitting, got ‘solved’ by the pitchers for awhile, but now has stepped it up again. Quick learner. The kid has a good batting eye and draws walks. His OBP is not that far south of team average ~ and climbing. He has shown clutch more than once already. Sure, throw in a good pitching prospect along with Brandon and every one of those teams would jump at the chance to offload one of their vets for a guy who in two years time may be a significant upgrade on any of them, PLUS gaining a good pitcher just for shits and giggles.
Kevin, seriously. You need to STOP reading the shit from the Bleacher Report. Those morons don’t know a goddamn thing when it comes to either the Giants or Niners. Citing anything from the BR only makes you sound like a fool.
Dennins, easy does it, I never said I agreed with this guy, I posted over there giving reasons why the Giants should not trade for any of these guys. I just wanted to see your reaction. You reacted to me not to BR guy!!
The likely SS of the future is still Adrianza, BTW, not Crawford. The process of adjustment to and by Crawford has barely begun. Get a clue..
And Snarkkles is suggesting that bringing Belt up would be that “significant move”? Fontenot, Belt, probably Hector Sanchez at some point, maybe Pequero-these are STANDARD moves, pal.
Standard moves, yes. But not OUTSIDE moves. Nothing inside is going to help. Think outside. Think Bob Uecker as Harry Doyle in “Major League.” “JUST a bit outside.”
Twin: We know that Crawford can hit a lick. Adjustments and re-adjustments will be made. That’s baseball. Scouting reports may indicate that Adrianza has great defensive skills. Jury is still out on whether or not he can hit and i’ve no clue as to whether he could hit in the clutch~ or get on base with some frequency. Should the Giants develop a powerhouse attack they could readily afford an Adrianza at SS in a couple years or so. In the meantime i expect Crawford to continue developing into an acceptable ML hitter. He already is better than average defensively, even with the odd lapse.
Who was in first July 4? Who did Doomin’ Denny GUARANTEE would be in first July 4?
You’re pathetic, they’d pick up a .240 hitting catcher OUTSIDE and you people would try the “I told you so” game when they win. They are winning it period.Make your call yea or nay NOW- before any moves. No conditions.
Will the Giants win the West? Put up or shut the fuck up.
It’s gonna be even worse. The Snakes will be in 1st place at the All-Star break. I already said earlier this morning they could win this pathetic division with 84-86 wins. That’s not my concern. I’m thinking past that. And if we don’t make any OUTSIDE moves we won’t win shit in the postseason. You can book that!
“Twin: We know that Crawford can hit a lick. ” No, we don’t.
I think that was a typo
Based on exactly what? Statistically to date, Crawford has been hitting a lick ~ maybe not a whole bunch more, but he has shown clutch more than once, gets on base about as often as most of his teammates and happens to be a shortstop, where hitting more than a lick is usually not an overwhelming issue. Your ex-cathedra pronouncements are well suited to an Archbishop, but without backup, are nothing more than that. So explain yourself or stfu.
He’s hitting .215, dipshit. I’d be happy but very surprised if he’s the SS EOY.
Just looked over the Fresno website and checked the individual stats. Though there are six position players who are hitting AAA pitching well enough to get a call by September, the pitching stats look like a chamber of horrors. Not one single starter worth a call. Most of the relievers with ERA’s currently challenging the space program. ONE exception in the bullpen. Dan Otero. Called up a few weeks back from Richmond where he sported a 1.42 ERA, he has been dominant in the PCL with a 0.90 ERA to date. Righty. 26. Less than one hit per inning. More than one K/IP. Several TIMES more strikeouts than walks. Statistically at least, Otero is a prospect.
Should a trade be in the works, one reliever besides Mota might be sacrificed, as the signs indicate, to me anyway, that Otero would be an asset to the Giants.
We’re either getting Philly or the Braves in the NLDS. And if the Braves p/u Michael Bourn (good chance they do) instead of us, say good night Gracie.
Michael Bourn, last i checked was hitting something like .262, but with a pile of SB’s. Should Torres stage a nice comeback, Bourn would be a bit costly for what would then be a supplementary rather than a complementary role. Tablesetter would be a bit of a luxury when compared with a guy who can consistently drive in runners. Add somebody like that to Pablo without taking away too much from other facets of the team and SF is virtually guaranteed the Division and figures better than three and out in the playoffs.
You are total sucker for these AAA stats. HSanchez and Belt are the only “top” prospects. Iffy are Neal and Gillaspie. Thart’s it. Otero? Maybe in a Mota role. And then Runzler.
The guy that could make a pitcher trade possible is Surkamp in Richmond.
Apples and oranges between Otero and Surkamp. Surkamp appears to be a damned good starter. Otero a quality reliever. Otero in a Mota role? Bad read. He’s not slop and neither is he a long-man. He’d replace one of the two “R’s”. Surkamp replaces Sanchez. A reliever, a starter and a second-line position prospect could bring a pretty serious position player.
Agreed that Hiram and Brandon are the only ‘top’ prospects. I was talking September, so not only would Neal and Gillaspie qualify then, but so would Edgar Gonzalez with plenty of M.L experience along with Brett Pill, who, top prospect or not, has acquitted himself nicely at Fresno and deserves the reward of nothing less than a nice cuppa coffee.
I never compared Otero and Surkamp. There’s nothing to suggest Otero wouldever be as good as the “two R’s”. If he had a role end of year it would be first or second outof the pen, like Mota.You are presuming a trade, never a good idea, Minniie.
I’ve already addressed Gonzales. Pill? Whatever. Better bet for a significant pop or two is Eldred.
The Giants have gone 39 consecutive games at home w/o scoring at least 7 runs. That infamous streak dates all the way back to 1902 and the Polo Grounds. This offense is historically bad. But we don’t need any outside help, though…
You need outside help, however.
Cute but meaningless, Dennis. Now I want 50 bucks in my Paypal account by end of day for your July 4 guarantee.
Home record is 24-15. That’s more relevant than your dumbass proclamation.
Listen to you. Demanding a 50 spot in your Paypal account for a bet that was never made.
Pay THIS, pal.
All the voices of doom but you’re happy with a .215 hitting SS. Torres is 10 times more valuable hitting .215 but he has tire tracks from the bus he got thrown under.When you be bitching about Ross and Huff and happy with the SS, you are seriously delusional.
Signore Archbishop: A .215 hitting shortstop is one thing, even if his OBP is around .300. One expects a whole lot more offense from outfielders and first basemen than from shortstops. A good player in those spots hits around .280 and over a season drives in 80+ with 20 or more Dingers. I like Torres, but when did he get thrown under a bus? Looks like his current problems are primarily internal. And don’t lump me with the voices of Doom, even if the current situation requires an A+ effort from the Undertaker tonight to stop the bleeding. This team is currently so messed up that it may need a 21 Y.O. to be the stopper. Uff Da.
Delusions are a common problem here. I wonder if some don’t hear voices at night!
What’s our Game 1 lineup for the NLDS going to look like? I could live with this…
CF Bourn
2B Franchez
3B Pablo
LF Beltran
1B Huff
RF Ross
SS Crawford
.C Pudge
.P Timmy
Play ball!
Oh Dennis, are you copying and pasteing Soph posts from the splash??? Are you that positive that the current Giants are not capable of winning the West?? Did you learn nothing from last year? Seriouly you need to relax, take a valium something. The Giants might not be what they were last year but they most certainly are not as bad as you portray them either. Get a grip dude!!
Yeah that Dennis has got to get a grip! What’s the matter with the guy?
I’d say the most likely LU by EOY would be:
Torres CF
Fontenot/.Burriss 2B
Panda 3B
Huff 1B
Ross RF
Rowand LF
Tejada SS
Whitey/Sanchez C
Catcher would be the position most likely to require a trade. Don’t be surprised if Pequero, the best OF prospect in the system, is up and taking over for Rowand and/or Torres.
What is Burriss doing that Crawford is not? Besides booting easy grounders?
I’d think they’ll stick with Uncle Jesse . . .
Not if he hits .215, regardless of the OBP. The kid hasn’t even been through the league yet and we have people claiming he’s made his adjustments.He’s a nice looking UCLA kid but don’t get carried away.
Like I said, what’s Burriss doing that Crawford isn’t? Nothing.
Crawford’s better defensively, and isn’t that much different offensively.
Crawford has more power. 6 XBH, 16 RBIs .318 slg compared to 1 XBH, 4 RBIs .238 slg in 117 ABs.
At least there’s the off chance that Crawford runs into one.
BTW, how was Tejada’s first-ever 2B outing? Born natural? (I didn’t get to see the game last night — only a few sporadic radio moments)
Tejada did fine, mrmrmr. He misplayed a high chopper that likely was an IF hit anyway. He turned a DP with Crawford with no problems.
Tejada didn’t “turn” anything. He started the DP and made a nice, easy feed to Crawford. That’s way different from “turning” the back end.
Primum non nocere, Dennis.
And for tonight’s game, as I am attending:
Pater noster qui es in coelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum; adveniat regnum tuum, fiat voluntas tua, sicut in coelo et in terra. …
Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem. THUNK!
And in honor of Dennis’ favorite movie, the walk to the electric chair:
Dominus vobiscum nabisco. Espiritu sanctum. De gustibus.
Me gustibus. You gustibus. We missed the bus. They missed the bus.
When’s the next bus?
Summa cum laude. Magna cum laude. The radio’s too laude.
Adeste fidelis. Centra fidelis. High fidelis.
Post meridian. Ante meridian. Uncle meridian. All of the little meridians.
Magna carta. Master charga.
Dum procellas. Lotsa Vitalis.
Ted, you were driving too fast and your Fiat is stuck in the mud?
You can’t even get out of bed, Dennis, and yer worried about turning or starting the DP?
Good! …nice to explore options that we didn’t know we had, if we need them in future. Next, we should explore the undiscovered option of — scoring.
Bit your tongue
You bit mrmr’s tongue?
I was hoping no one would notice the typo
Was it?
Would it matter what my reply to that is?
In other exciting baseball news, Roger Clemens trial opens … Will Roger Rocket come to the stand with his best stuff and fan the side? We’ll see as the prosecution waits for their pitch to take Clemens deep! This won’t be a can of corn case, and with the jury waiting to explode out of the box who knows if blind justice can get a good jump off the bag for a free 90 feet. Remember kids, you can’t steal first!
Maybe Tejada will get a chance to turn one tonight. He’s back at 2B again. And he’s batting 5th. That’s gotta do wonders to the confidence of those hitting behind him. “I’m hitting behind Tejada? How bad am I?”
Torres CF Crawford SS Sandoval 3B Huff 1B Tejada 2B Schierholtz RF Rowand LF Stewart C Bumgarner SP
Come on, Dennis, it’s Schierholtz, Rowand and Stewart; not Ruth, Gehrig, and Meusel.
Tejada is hitting .321 BA .387 OBP .921 OPS the last 4 weeks.I suppose the Doomer wants the Crawdaddy in the 5..
If Rick Porcello was ‘effectively’ wild last week, former Giants prospect Francisco Liriano was disastrously wild today: 4 1/3 innings, 5 earned runs allowed, 6 hits, 4 walks, a wild pitch, and he hit Damon twice and Rodriguez once.
Speaking of hitting, there may be some rib ticklers between these teams tonight.
Qualls spike at least should draw some ire after these guys see the replay. I didn’t see the punch that purportedly happened, but if so, more fuel for the fire.
Andres’ biggest mistake is that it was Qualls on the hill. If it’s Adams, go for it. But Qualls and his “heavy sinker” suck.
I hear that ‘heavy sinker’ shit out of Krukow’s mouth again, I’m gonna puke. Who was the guy? Munter? Shit, he said that 3,000 times when he pitched.
Font and Belt could be here as soon as Friday. Buh-bye Bill Hall and Pat the Bat?
First person that suggests they go with a 13-man staff gets my horse’s entire lt. hindquarters up their ass..
our leadoff hitter is hitting .218. Our 2-hole hitter is hitting .215. So much for *table setters*……
Well, at least our cleanup is hitting…uhm…say, how about that Sandoval, huh?
Nah, this should be a good game. Though Moseley’s no cake walk
Chad QUalls is FOS. I’ve sat right on the rail at the visitors bullpen twice before. I’ve never seen any of the things he claimed. Spitting on him? Maybe in Philly. In SF there’s some mild razzing. They do that *whoop–woo* thing when the pitcher throws–that’s more annoying that anything else.
Well, enjoy the game lads. I’m off
“I’m off”
Really, Ted. You needed to tell us this?
Har de har har.
have a good one, ted. Make sure to make a spectacle of yourself, that’s The Flapper Way
Ha! Glad to see others picking up on the absolute reverence that Krukow has for the sinker. The pitch is so awesome, the sinkerballer can get lots of doubleplays! Of course, it’s not explained why the sinkerballer is allowing so many baserunners on firstbase in the firstplace.
Bullshit. It’s a proven fact that a two-seam fast ball is 20 pounds heavier than a four-seam.
The Giants average 0.82 runs in Bumgarners 9 losses? Yeah, that’ll definitely get you some losses. Tonight’s lineup is not promising in that regard, but you never know.
Qualls did a great job blocking the plate with his bent leg, and the toss to him was excellent. The Padres were playing hard. But I also say the slap Qualls gave Torres as he slid in, and the spiked ball and shout pissed me off. I suspect Torres and the Giants felt even angrier. I would pay it back.
The Giants’ starting pitching has come up small so far this series.
Jesus H. Christ. Great start. Let’s face it, Bumgarner just doesn’t win at home. He has ONE lifetime W at AT&T in like 15-16 starts. Madison doesn’t like home cooking. Farmer John needs to order out.
agreed. I can’t even go outside to light the bbq before I find out we are down 2-0. But the SP can’t be expected to pitch lights out every game. At some point the offense has to put up runs or this season is going to end for us on the last day of the reg season. I agree with Twin, there is very little competition in the NL West. Really, it’s just going to be us and Colorado. But if we are scoring 3 runs a game Colorado will pass us in Aug after they add a SP…..
So help me Christ if we bunt here…
Huff still hasn’t homered since June 2, the night he hit 3.
We need a catcher. No one’s gonna replace Buster. But . . . .
Nice SQUEEZE.
Schulman was making some rumbles about Ramon Hernandez earlier today on Twitter…
At this point I’ll take any warm body not named Whiteside or Stewart.
Dump the Mississipi cotton boll, all Hernandez up.
ha! fuck yeah! I love when squeeze’s fail…….
I see you took my advice and slowed down a bit. Good for you.
Unlike in the world of the tiny brained, squeezes don’t always work.
Posey in the booth is a nice gesture by the Giants.
Bad tag and bad play not backing up the earlier overthrow..
Had hopes for Bumgarner. With Zito going tomorrow this one could turn into a sweep. Not only do the Pads have some sorta hex on the Giants, they have also been sizzling hot lately even before coming to the Bay.
This sucks.
OK, I’m gonna toss out a harebrained idea. Facts are facts; Bumgarner does not win at home. That’s indisputable. When Dirrrty comes back, and IF he’s not traded, I propose Sanchez (where his home numbers across the board are better than his road) starts the home games for the 4th spot in the rotation and Bumgarner takes the spot away from home. Scoff all you want, but Farmer John is well on his way to ANOTHER loss at home as I speak…
I guess it’s actually the 3rd spot, but you know what I mean…
One of your dumbest ever.
This is getting annoying. Pads are bad, no excuse for Cain and Bum giving up this many to a worse hitting team than we are.I don’t wanna hear any bullshit about the lack of runs breaking their little backs..
Shitholtz does his best Dr. FRONK-en-stein and brings this team back to life.
Nice going you Neanderthal…
The Cult!
Nice play by Tejada at second. I’m still waiting to see him turn one…
We’ve got bigger probs than Tejada’s new task description — an offense with as much teeth as a redneck Jack-O-Lantern, a far-sighted catcher sailing 1B throws to Nate in RF, and … I think I just saw our starting rotation on the back of a milk carton.
Sad to hear about the death of armon gilliam at 47. Cool player, cool haircut.
Tark didn’t recruit the all choir boy team, but he had some good ones, and could coach his ass off.
Errror by Stewart but Bum loses his composure again, Crawford doesn’t get over to back up again…. three way cluster fuck.
Why are you surprised Bumgarner lost his composure again? He’s pitching at HOME you Dunderhead.
He always loses his composure and everything else for that matter at home…
“Dunderhead” is owned by Twin.
Our catching situation is a goddamn joke and embarrassment. Fuck Sabean if he doesn’t have somebody, anybody different here by the deadline. Fuck this shit.
Dennis imploding on the Flap. Catch it at Eleven!
I was bummed about Armen Gilliam too. Same age as me-died playing hoops. My first year at SDSU, we played UNLV in the NCAA tourney at the Huntsman Center and Gilliam ate us up.
If pitching at home is a problem for the dumbfuck, it’s great news. He’ll bring more than even Tim or Matt.Trade Goober..
You can’t give the whole bag away, Crawdaddy.
The Friars are running fucking hog wild this series. And guess who’s coming in next? The NL league leaders in SBs, the Mets.
Get me a fucking catcher!
Friars are 8 fer 8 in SB attempts this series. Embarrassing.
This series is giving me a major headache.
Anybody wish the guy with the orange cast would fall out of the tree and land on the bitch who set her daughter’s hamster loose, breaking both of their fucking necks?
Bad night, Smiley?
Every night is a good one.
Right on
most of the steals are on the pitchers…and of course, you can’t steal first.
you can blame stewart for not calling for waste pitches with the 8 guy up, but bum is the one that threw him the pitch he whacked for the insurance run, with 2 outs and the pitcher up next, not too smart. He also threw a few that had his OF scrambling to the fucking walls tonite, including the one torres bailed his ass out on.
Only if the guy with the cast is named nipper and the “bitch” is his soph persona.