Another Discouraging Loss
I don’t think I’ve ever stopped to acknowledge how brilliant Lincecum’s year has been. We’ve all heard about the “10 starts without receiving any run support” stat. I just looked up his last 7 wins. In those wins he’s given up 1,0,1,0,1,1,0 runs. That’s just what you have to do if you want to get a W as a starting pitcher on this staff. Ask Cain what it takes to get a win. He’s been here since 2005, has a career ERA of 3.35 and his record is 68-72. Voggy made a single mistake in his last start and took the L. Bumgarner has won 3 starts in a row–and he’s given up 3 total runs in those starts. That’s just what you have to do when you’ve got the worst hitting team flailing and failing behind you……
This is why I think Cain and Timmy, and eventually BUmgarner, will be leaving for the Yankees or Red Sox when they break free of the arbitration shackles. They’ve got their World Series ring, they have their place in history. If they ever want their place in the Hall of Fame, they need to start piling up the win total. Big time. Cain is in a much bigger hole than Timmy but it is an utter joke that Lincecum is 12-12 with a freaking 2.68 ERA…….
Extremely excited to see Voggy pitch in person tonight. He’s probably going to be over-amped as he’ll be feeling the weight of the Willie Mac Award as he takes the hill. But I am in the minority (and have been all year) since I think this is not a one-year wonder thing for him. He has decent stuff but what has always impressed me about him is how well he locates his pitches throughout a game. When he gets into trouble it’s because he’s trying to shave too much of the plate early in the count. He’s got the stuff to go after them early and finish them off late with the location. I wouldn’t hesitate to give him a 2 year deal for 6 million (total)………
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That was a classic tortous defeat from years gone by, a must-win game, Padres blow their lead, Kemp gets thrown out at second for the third out, but they blow the call and we proceed to blow the game.
Even Affeldt’s injury had the hallmarks of what would happen to this team in years past.
It was a great run for two years and we got our long-awaited championship, the next one will not hopefully take 50 plus years…
Flav, thanks for the props in the FL league . . . I still have to get by John (CrazyDiamonds) and of course, Pat (Tizzle). Both of them have played outstanding FL this year. They obviously are the odds on favorites to make a run at you. Nevertheless, I’m going to give it my all. I’ve made 131 frickin’ trades, FA acquisitions/drops, and other moves to even be this close, which shows you how much I want it. Besides Giant Head’s 130 moves (another keen competitor), everyone else in the league has only made 60 moves or less.
I am so far ahead in my other league, that other than setting my daily lineup, I could give a rat’s ass about it. Interpretation? I WANT TO DEFEND MY FLAP CHAMPIONSHIP AND AM ASKING BOCHY FOR HIS KITCHEN SINK TO THROW AT YA TOO! Anywho, regardless what happens – again, thank you Flav for introducing me to Fantasy League sports last year.
Go Giants! Let’s finish strong regardless of how the standings shake out – I’m still basking from last year’s World Series glow 🙂
Last night, not sure why, chose not to watch, just follow online. i think it was to avoid pain. But a better attitude would’ve been: watch Timmy, enjoy him when you can, you never know how long he’ll be with us (true for any of us, alas) or if he’ll . . . stop right there [was gonna do a riff on Affeldt; not funny].
Actually, I think Timmy is too West Coast to go to Yanks or Bosox. Plus Yanks would have him shorn. Yeah, I know for money and all that [look what Damon did to his hair]. But I think if he were to flee it’d be to Seattle. Correct, you don’t rack up wins there, either. Yet.
Enjoy the game, Magnus.
And congrats, Wilcojoe.
Sipping my last draughts from the cup of Bask.
Yeah, Pawlie, the cup’s almost empty. I don’t see the Freak going to warm humid weather stadia either; Cain and his family hopefully have settled in comfortably enough in SF to stick around too. It’s a nice place to pitch in, competitive team, park full of fans, and can’t believe Giants would scrimp on a contract for either.
Vogs is your classic woody type nibbler…if he has a friendly ump and gets a team willing to extend the zone to chase, he’s fine. Imo he is also the most likely to be outta there in 5; he doesn’t have the “stuff” to blow people away. He stormed the league in the first half, second half the numbers are more pedestrian. Sure I realize he wasn’t going to continue a lights out pace. His ERA last 10 starts is 3.29 and the league is hitting .260 off him, with the WHIP around 1.40. Very respectable…but even at home he hasn’t been the same.
So,,,where does he go from here is my question. Can he maintain his pace another year, or have we already seen his best and he only gets progressively more hittable? Interesting he is matched up vs. Kuroda, as I think they are a lot alike, and could easily have reversed records 10-6 vs. 11-15.
Have fun and enjoy, craig and keep us filled in…i start b-ball practice tonite so i’ll check back in after game over.
It’s beyond absurd to be guessing what these pitchers will do when FA is upon them. I supppose if one is going to believe that how the team hit this year is how they’re always going to hit.. well, you already be able to see how ridiculous the conjecture is. There will be many factors they’ll weigh, having the ring( well, one so far) will be a plus, a beautiful stadium, great fans, how well they’ve been been treated here, how this year’s injury plagued, and stupidly maligned offense looks THEN…yada yada. but stiil, as with most players it will come to bucks, people.
As far as rackin’ up those wins for the HOF, get real- Tim, yeah. Matt ain’t going to no HOF, and it’s silly to even start thinking about MadBum. You also have to consider, as heretical as it sounds to the “Tim is God” crowd, whether they’d be wise to offer the Zitoid type contract somebody else will offer Tim. You feel real comfy giving him 25 million a year for 6 years? Cain’s a different case- Tim has pitched even better on the road than in SF, Cain much better here. As much as he’s been shackled with poor support, he’s also benefited from being a fly ball pitcher at pitcher friendly ATT.
So- it’s absurd to even discuss MadBum yet, I think Cain would be extremely amenable to an extension here, and they might be wise to move Timmy after next year when his value will be highest due to contract status. This ain’t Timmeh hate, it’s just simple: no way any pitcher should be given the kind of contract he’ll fetch.
The thing that’s good about Vogy is not just his control, but more his attitude and grit. He gets in a little trouble, he seems to double down and really grind to get outta Dodge. Compare to Zito when he starts to flail — the difference is mind boggling. I said yesterday I’d go a 1 and 1 contract at $5M ( 2.5 per with club option in year 2), but $6M would be fine, too. He’ll want 2 years guaranteed. I don’t know what his status is, whether he’s gonna be a FA or they have some kinda control over him…
His contract status isn’t updated at BR, RotoWorld says he’s a FA for 2012, but Cot’s doesn’t list him as a FA, so I dunno. Now I see the Merc claims he has one more year of arb before he become a FA. So I doubt he’ll be going for a two year deal unless HE thinks it was a fluke. Another good year and value skyrockets. So most likely he gets one year here. Tough to find a comp- Dirty got 4.8, he won’t get that. Sydney Snarkk’s original guess of 2.5, but just one year, sounds right.
I feel a little guilty taking that 5 pt bump in the Flap standings. They came courtesy of Kershaw and Daniel Hudson. Don’t they know my team sucks? Too bad we’re gonna miss Barbara this series. She’s on my team as well.
Stanford is playing Duke today? Coach Krzyzewski better use stall tactics and play four-corners if he and his Blue Devils hope to stop Andrew Luck and the Cardinal.
8 1/2 out means this puppy is done, play all the callups, all the time. See who has even a shot at helping this squad next year. I get Belt needing to go to Winter Ball, but not playing him everyday for the next three weeks to get 50 more ABs against real MLB arms would be ridiculous…
Imagine being in a foxhole with Snarkk!
Belt should absolutely play every day from here on. I don’t remember the status of Dirty & Zito, but if at any point they’re physically able to pitch, then use ’em. Maybe Dirty can re-establish some trade value and I’d like to avoid unnecessary wear on Tim & Bum in particular…
Agreed. The fans want to see Pill, Belt, Crawford, Henry Sanchez, etc. Nobody wants to see Huff whiff on any more down and in sliders, or Whiteside flail at catching more balls in the dirt. Read Huff’s interview with Baggs, he’s mentally tuned out. Let’s make the next 3 weeks useful for next season, instead of playing out the string with dudes who for sure won’t be here next year. If they play the vets so they can make some contract milestones or some such, that’s crap…
To hell with what the fans want. Let them eat ice cream!
“. . . they might be wise to move Timmy after next year when his value will be highest due to contract status. This ain’t Timmeh hate, it’s just simple: no way any pitcher should be given the kind of contract he’ll fetch.”
Not only simple, but rational as well. It’s completely idiotic to think Lincecum will improve from his stellar performance to date. I am unequivocal in NEVER extending a long term high dollar contract to any player, especially pitchers who are likely to have seen their best days in the rear view mirror. This is especially so for pitchers. Let another team shake the dice, e.g., NY – Beltran, Colorado – Hampden and Neagle, Washington – Werth, and our own Giants – Zito and Rowand. The list goes on ad infinitum (or nauseum) of teams who thought they would be the exception.
By the by, this is different with regard to managers – as I pointed out in Mike’s poll the other day. Bochy is still the same manager he was last year and deserves a long term contract. It’s not his fault that all the players were injured this year. He made lemonade with lemons this year and for that, he should be praised.
As one of the more sensible writers noted, with a year left on his contract, they’re not going to humilate Huff by sitting him the rest of the way.So unless he’s DLed, he’ll get starts. They know what they have in most of these guys, as I’ve pointed out, these are fringe propspects who won’t be challenging for regular play. I’d be shocked if we saw any all “kid” line ups. Two or three at a time, and I hope not more until the Bum series is completed. If they manage to pick up a game or two- keep the dream alive for the real fans…
Bochy should not be extended. He’ll never manage young players properly, and that is where this team needs to go. After next year, he will and should be gone, and hopefully so will Sabean…
You don’t get more votes or cred by saying it over and over, Snarkkles.
Snarkk, who do you suggest replace them? I want to know why your suggestions would do better than Bochy and Sabean too . . . This ought to be interesting. Bring it.
Yes…..repetition is not a virtue!
Snarkk appears to be resting up for his postgame salvo.
It will be determined by how the team fares next year and there is ZERO reason to believe they won’t be serious contenders again, with Buster and Fruckie back, hopefully a less catastrophic injury list, and about the same pitching staff. It will be their fourth straight year as a contender- and perennial contention is what every team strives for.Snarkkles years long dream appears that it will not come true yet again..
Wouldn’t surprise me if they hand Nate RF from the getgo in 2012…
If he didn’t screw himself up…but, yeah, he could very well begin the season as the RFer, but he’s yet to show he can keep it. It would fill a huge hole if he can.
They’ll just have to put up with the occasional 3-37 tailspin. With 550 ABS, could Nate go 18/75/.280 hitting 6th?
I’d bring back Cody real cheap…..like Burrell cheap. Doubt he’ll have many offers. Good back-up OF.
Get Pagan for CF and pray that Belt can hack it every day. Andres looks hopelessly lost at the plate and the other night he even screwed up on the bases. Think he’s gone …Zito must be eliminated. Affeldt, Ramon, Casilla, Mota probably gone. Time to see what Wild-Ass can do with steady work.
2012:
Pagan CF
Freddie 2B
Panda 3B
Posey C
Belt LF
Nate RF
Huff 1B
Kepp SS
Giants are a rich team. Long string of sellouts. They are a large market team. No, not a huge market like NY, Chi, or LA, but large like Boston, Philadelphia, Houston and Atlanta. So financially they are near the top of the second tier and should set their payroll accordingly. As i’ve noted before, i despise profiteering capitalism in baseball or anywhere else, though pure free enterprise is fine by me. What we have in most of pro sports is the former, however. My ideal for team ownership is the Green Bay Packers, owned as i understand it, by a subscribed fan-base. What could possibly be better?
So my take is that at the very least, even ultimately in their best interest, team ownership should not look to their organizations as cash cows. A modest profit is okay by me, but look at the McDivorceCourt mess down in LaLaLand. They have been milking an incredibly wealthy franchise for richboy’s toys and richbitch glitz. My point, then, is that Giants ownership should realize they have a good thing going right now and be ready and able to reinvest heavily in the team and in the player development system. To me that does not mean going for the Prince Fielders, the Albert Pujols or even the Jose Reyes types. But it does mean keeping the core pitchers as well as Panda and Posey. It also means going after .280, 25, 90 free agent types when available and if their careers have not already begun downward trajectories. If they are not available this year, then the next. It also means scouting the hell outta every possible prospect or demi-prospect in every system out there and making trades for guys who might address holes in the system or on the big team.
Scouting, scouting, scouting. Rather than invest two-three million extra in a slowly slipping superstar instead of just a solid performer, that money should go into scouting and player development. Scouts and coaches do not command huge salaries. Giants should go for the best, even outbidding the huge market teams for those services. One superlative scouting job or one breakthrough piece of developmental coaching could readily provide that extra margin of excellence on the field which would make the difference between copping the consolation prize and winning all the marbles.
No long-term contracts to anyone over 30 who comes from outside the system and be damned careful of such contracts even with homegrown players. Three years max ~ and that would be a third year as team option. This team should have learned its lesson by now regarding bad contracts. There are good young players out there. One way or another Giants should get them and maybe even start stockpiling.
Good post Stix – especially agree with you in regard to scouting and player development system (which by itself wont cure everything that ails a team . . . see my recent post a few days ago regarding the Rockies). As I said previously, I’m also on board with you regarding long term contracts. I am sending you an email with a link unrelated to baseball (that you may have already seen, albeit, there is a chance you haven’t . . . very interesting article by a former Republican operative).
It should be remembered that teams don’t trade “good young players”. As a rule, they get those 6 best years out of them when they’re young, good…. and relatively cheap. Pablo made 500K this year..
Some bad news for Snarkk, I’m not going to be renewing your contract as Spokesdoomer for Room B. The young cynics feel they’re not getting enough bitching time and that your talking points are stodgy and lack flair. I’ll be interviewing on line for your replacement… I will give you Emeritus status however, and a place on the Mud Room Wall of Doom..
They’re not going to disregard finishing as well as possible and just play a bunch of over 25 “kids”. A reasonable LU one night might have Belt in left, Sanchez catching, and Crawford. Maybe it’s a lefty the next night and it’s Pill, Christian, and Gillaspie, giving Panda a break..
BTW, more crucial to the team’s WS run last year than ANY pitcher except perhaps Wilson, were Huff and Torres. Huff in particular deserves a ittle more respect than he’s received. He didn’t turn into a serial killer, he had a bad year. Criticism is certainly warranted, but not the animus from the Snarky crowd. He should always be a hero here, whatever happens with the rest of his career..
Put Decker up in place of Boch, he knows players, he’s had hundreds of games managed, he can pull a double switch as well as Boch. He’s the manager in waiting, so stop waiting. Wotus can stay as bench jockey, if he wants manager and will pout if he doesn’t get it, tough, he gone, been there long enough. Pitching coach? Rags can stay for continuity. Decker has some cred as a teacher and manager, and he’s younger. GM, I’ll think about, that’s more important…
This is why the Snarkk is being pushed out as Room B Spokesdoomer- the younger crowd want realistic representation. While many would like to see Bochy go,they are not loony enough to think it would even be contemplated during the injury ravaged season following the first championship in SF history. Thes kids are doomers, but they’re not idiots..the website “Firesnarkkernow” is currently under construction..
If you remotely think I actually believe the Giants would replace Boch next year, short of him having a bar room brawl with BowTie, you’re the loony one. My hope is his contract is not extended for 2013. Refreshing how now you’re so “nice”…
I’m out until game time. If you’re hangin’ out here, I’ve got some links to sites urging the firing of some of baseball’s most successful managers:
Girardi http://pinstripers.blogspot.com/2009/04/just-fire-girardi-already.html”
Manual http://firecharliemanuel.blogspot.com/
Gardenhire http://firegardy.com/2008/05/18/the-worst-thing-about-ron-gardenhire/
Leyland http://fireleyland.com/
LaRussa http://www.petitiononline.com/tlrmozel/petition.html
Fire ’em all!! We want:
How about the kid from leftfield who was getting help from his dad, the peanut vendor?
“Coop” Larry Cooper died, but his son Christie is still selling peanuts for the minor league Bisons and may still be available.
He is a bit young for manager, though he would probably have PR for Pill on third in San Diego when Burrell was batting. But, he definitely looks like he’d spit on the down and in slider, unlike Huff…
Is there anything better than watching a chick with big tits in a sun dress running to catch a train she’s late for? Pawlie would have appreciated the PA train stop about 5 mins ago 🙂
You’re always looking out for me, mate. Appreciate it. Appreciate THEM. Nice image!
you had me at “big tits”.
As would be expected from a savvy manager, a good mix of vets and younger guys, with an eye to winning tonight AND getting a look..
Christian CF, Keppinger 2B, Beltran RF, Sandoval 3B, Pill 1B, Belt LF, Cabrera SS, Sanchez C, Vogelsong P
Bochy talked about Pill, who he definitely seems to like better than Belt:
“You know what I like? He’s not playing with any fear,” Bochy said. “He’s letting the bat go and taking aggressive swings. He’s not backing off. He’s prepared hard for this, gone to winter ball twice, and now he’s looking to take full advantage.”
Well, that makes sense, as I said a couple of days ago. Pill has nearly 2800 minor lg at bats. Belt is still up there with not much of a plan, especially with 2 strikes…
The big titted sun dress chick just got kicked off train for not having a ticket. I swear to god, it was like watching 2 cats fighting under neath that dress 🙂
I don’t understand why Bochy continues to not so subtlely get on Belt’s case in public media. The talk about Pill going to WinterBall twice clearly is a slap on Belt. Has the kid dissed him or stolen his beer? Yet, the vets have driven the team into the ground, with hardly a peep. It’s ridiculous…
Big titted chicks in sun dresses expect to ride for free…
As they should
I’m sitting upper deck, she was right below me. I snapped a pic of her before she got bounced, I’ll send it to you when j get home Loo.
Why does Loo get all the fun. Share the wealth and send it to me too.
Hey, if I’ve got your email and you wanna see this chick, I promise to send her to you when I get home. You’ve got to imagine her running for the train though– I’m telling u, 2 cats fighting!
Trains have upper decks?
2nd level. Dont under estimate this photo Loo. What other blog monitor offers to send you pics of big titted chicks he sees on the way to a giants game? Full service blog, Loo.
I feel slighted. Feck, Magnus, you know my email! And you can give it to Loo, too!
BF is my BFF!
That’s more like it 🙂
Well, if it’s big breasts that you want to see……
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2006/March/06030602.asp
Boch’s vet love is teetering, apparently at least for tonite. Four of eight positions are manned by non-vets in the LU. Even a Hector sighting behind the dish. Alas, Cabrera still at SS, maybe for the usual lefty-lefty excuse, although Belt is in. Cabrera made a decent play last night, he gets a start for that…
I don’t know what you’re expecting. A manager can’t completely change a lineup while still in mathematical contention. That would give the appearance of throwing in the towel, and that is something that a manager in baseball, or headcoach in football or basketball just can’t do. Mariucci appeared to throw in the towel against Tampa Bay in that playoff game, and got fired after that season.
Zum, I’m thankful for tonite’s 4 new ones. It’s time, beyond time. If this is the best he can do until they are 10 out with 9 to play or whatever, so be it. So, I hope there’s at least 4 every game from now on. We need to see what they’ve got…
Lets play the new guys……goes the cry!
This lineup is not a full size towel. More like a washcloth…
I’m thinking more like a cheesecloth. Speaking of cheese…Jimmy the Cheese Man made some tough buffalo mozzarella. Tough like shoe leather I tell ya.
We are never going to see a complete LU of kids. The only team that’s done that this year is the Astros. We are the WS champs not the fucking Astros. Take a look at some of them but come on, most of these guys are just AAA filler. At least the ‘Stros are taking a look at some actual prospects.
Does Stroh’s beer still exist?
that and Hudepohl give me hangover memories of Cincy
remember too the Stros dumped off Pence, Kepps and Bourn, three full time players that had been playing pretty well. They have a lot more need than Giants do.
Sheesh Snarkk, it’s almost like you think he is the Captain of the USS Missouri, when in fact, he is Captain Bochy of the Titanic arranging the deck chairs. As Zumie and others have pointed out – he doesn’t have too many options with this current roster.
Snarkk thunks!
It doesn’t take much reading between the lines to see that Belt’s ‘tude is not appreciated. Snarkk would applaud a rook questioning his manager’s strategy as Belt did when he wasn’t asked to bunt a few night’s back,but it’s not done, sonny. You STFU and do as you’re told. Then STFU again.
He’s a rook!
Don’t wanna dive for that, Carlos, need to wear that uniform again tomorrow.
You want Beltran to dive? Like Ricky Watters said, “For who? For what?”
Not a good idea. That ground hurts.
OK, first pet peeve for next year: that fucking beard of Wilson’s best better have seen a can of Barbasol before Opening Day. Next.
And it goes without saying: the skinny kid from Washington best cut his hair. And I don’t care if he goes to Beverly Hills and gets a $1,000 style job from José Eber or if he goes down the corner to the barbershop with the stripped pole outside the door for the $10 Wednesday special. — get a goddamn haircut.
I did. Cost me 15 bucks.
I got that price beat, my friend. Every two weeks (sometimes sooner) I take my Wahl clippers to my scalp and give myself the Nate Schierholtz cut. I like to think I come out better looking than our Neanderthal RF, but I’m biased.
Dana eveland? This could be the worst of all of them…
Off season “To Do” list of priorities for Brian Sabean:
1. Write haircut and facial grooming standards memo, excluding upper management of course.
2. Vacation in France.
3. Caribbean cruise.
3. If time permits, shore up infield and outfield.
Eveland looks like he’s lost some weight. He was a real tubbo last time I saw him. But yeah, this is like getting beat by the groom in My Big Fat LA Wedding…
Last year was torture.
This year is agony.
No one got impaled by that broken maple bat. Selig can rest easy another day.
Let me guess. This’ll be Eveland’s first complete game shutout of his career.
Jon Miller: “And so it goes.”
That’s such a great phrase of his…not obviously critical, but capturing both disappointment and resignation.
got it from Vonnegut, presumably
Rodney Dangerfield paid Kurt Vonnegut to do a book report on one of his own works in “Back to School” only to fire his ass after he received a ‘C’ for his effort.
Irony aside, that’s about as funny as the Giants offense.
There goes the heart of the lineup.
God. Flav must be bored to tears.
Mel Brooks couldn’t even make fun of our offense. It’s beyond comedic discourse.
without even looking at the scoreboard, I knew Zona would tie that game. Can we talk about the chick in the sun dress again? “The Girls in Their Summer Dresses,” claasic short story by Irwin Shaw.
I’ve begun to realize that given the staggering number and severity of injuries (honestly, I cannot ever in 50+ years of following the Giants recall a season more riddled with serious injuries) and given the difficulty anyway of repeating and given the paltry offense — it’s amazing we’ve stayed even this close this long. Objectively speaking, it’s stunning we’ve done this well.
stunning it may be but it still sucks right now.
to say the least
“You know the nearer your destination
The more you’re slip-slidin’ away”
If our starting SS on Opening Day next year is 33 years or older, I’m making Chuck root for the Dodgers.
good night, gentlemen [insert interrogative, per TedSpe]
and it’s been a long time no woo-hoot from Ferret
no cause for one
AZ wins on a fucking walk
Watching the team flail with runners on the corners and no outs is painful. Forget winning a game now and then, how about I lower my sights to just a rally where we score a run! How long has it been since the Giants had 4 hits in one inning? Scored more than one run when a homer wasn’t involved?Agony!
Speaking of a rally, clutch hitting etc..
Az scored 2 in the bottom of the 9th to tie, again in B 10th to win….
How about listening to Krukow coach Whiteside on defensive technique from the broadcast booth. Whiteside’s awful, and we got to watch it all season. That may be the biggest drag about this season.
Last night, when Lincecum was struggling, I saw Stewart start to go out to the mound, then think better of it and just throw the ball to Tim. It got me to thinking how, given the ace level of our staff, the pitchers might not think much of the Posey replacements–‘just get back of the dish and put the glove up, son’–and those replacements know it. It’s all unspoken, but think of it, you don’t see the catcher’s imparting ‘wisdom’ to any of the starters, maybe a bit more to the relievers. Anyway, yet another consequence of this fractured season.
Yeah, a fractured season literally and metaphorically. It just never had a chance. Torres and Ross injured before the season started, having to start with those 4 games in L.A., and so many games on the road in the first couple of months, and then Posey’s injury, and then the cascade of other players injured. It felt like the Giants had to play uphill all season.
If NO Whitey is on the 25-man roster next year, I’ll say it again, we deserve to lose.
Fuck him. Fuck Vera. And fuck Vern. I don’t give a shit how good Vera’s Apple Betty’s taste…her son is a waste of space.
Really, you’ll say it again? You repeating something? I find that hard to believe.
You know what *I* find hard to believe? You still live out in the central valley with a wife who’s a Brave’s fan. I thought I had it bad. You got me beat.
He even got it wrong on Vera- her 4-Soup Chicken Casserole, Ambrosia Salad, and Sloppy Joe’s are legend.. her Apple Brown Betty is mediocre at best- wrong apples.
And Cody Ross best not be on my team next year. Screw him. He still has at least one plunking coming from the Horse.
OF is so thin they just may pursue him, Doomin’ Denny.
Belt and Pill both swung the bat well, that’s good. Vogelsong pitched well. I had a delicious dinner..
Oh yeah. What’cha have? I had tornadoes of beef for lunch. I still don’t know what the hell I’m gonna do for dinner. Think I might order Chinese.
Scratch the Chinese. I forgot: I’m on an all beef-train tonight. I made hamburger patties with the best GB that money can buy. But I’m taking a sidecar with the starch tonight; NO Whitey French fries with my burgers…I’m making hash browns.
Bon Appétit
Just a T-Bone and a nice salad from the garden. Just tasted particularly good.
I have nothing relevant to say (as usual), I just wanted to be comment #111.
That’s my lucky number. Good luck to the rest of you.
Didn’t see or hear much of this one, figured it would be a tough one. Had dinner out on the deck, nice Sonoma merlot. Late summer fresh tomatoes with mozarella, basil and 12 year old balsamic — worked well. Giants shutout again, oh well. Hope we can avoid dropping to third…
If we aren’t in the playoffs, who cares?
Although it is the Dodgers that are now on our ass, so fuck them . . .
This season has been one of pain, injuries, more injuries, and disappointment.
Shit, no one said this would be easy, but Christ on a bicycle, these guys ran into a buzzsaw . . .
Giants are in such a free fall, maybe Zito being activated would be like throwing anti-matter into the warp engines — either something postive happens, or the world explodes. I’d welcome either one about now. At this point, throw Zito into the mix and make him earn a half month’s $700K…
Giants starter when told he’s got the bump tomorrow….
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“Munch” Bumgarner
Yeah, Dennis, I go to bed each night with a lovely woman who loves baseball. I got it rough.