Settling in for a 9 Game Homey And Many Reasons to Feel Positive
Pagan’s home run was huge, it was the difference between us coming home 10-9 and 9-10. And 10-9 just looks better. We face San Diego, Miami, and The Brewers for 3 a piece. There are plenty of positives to indicate the Giants are headed in a winning direction right now…..
To wit:
Pagan has quietly put together an 11 game hitting streak. He also hasn’t taken a walk in 9 games and that is a streak that needs to end. I’m looking forward to at least 3 triples from him during this homestand………
It looks like Belt has finally gotten another chance at 1st base and that’s a positive for all the fans who think he’s ready right now. We’ll see if he takes advantage of the opportunity. He’s 3 for his last 7 and though it was only 3 singles he’s nudged his OPS above .700 to .732. That number needs to climb if he’s going to hit in the middle of the line up. I’m not optimistic that he’s ready for a regular starting job but will be happy if he is. And the fact is, there’s really no one else to turn to with Huff on the DL and Brett Pill being the only other option……..
Barry Zito is showing a fairly stable degree of reliability although I’ve been wrong about every single one of his starts this year so maybe I should just stop making any positive comments about him. “I formally predict that the Marlins will destroy him next Wednesday to the tune of 6 earned runs in 2.2 innings. He’ll walk 4 strike out none.” There, that should do the trick…….
The Giants are hitting an even .200 as a team with RISP. I actually consider that a *backhanded* positive because I think that number has nowhere to go but up. They are a decent, legitimate hitting team this year, unlike last year. There really isn’t any at bat that comes up that I feel like is an automatic out. Crawford comes closest to that but as we’ve seen with our own eyeballs, Crawford has hit many balls hard that have found a glove or just missed being fair by inches. Having said that, I am glad to see Arias up. He hits better than Crawford and he will give the kid a blow which is what he needs right now. And unless Arias is significantly worse at defense than Crawford, our LU is stronger with him in it right now. Mr DJ Loo noted an interesting fact about Arias the other day: He was the PTBNL in the A-Rod/Soriano trade and he was also traded for Jeff Francour. He’s got skills, and with Crawford nursing a thumb and elbow injury and a scuffle at the plate I think Arias will be an excellent insertion into our LU over the coming days……
Burriss is showing everyone how far he’s come as a major leaguer (Marty Lurie, please make a note of that). As I’ve said for a while now, Glass Sanchez’ career is over and it’s nice to know we have a young, home grown player who is finally ready to shine. I’m happy for him, he seems like a great guy……
Pablo has cobbled together an 18 game hitting streak to start the season. Luebke will be a challenge for him tonight but he will be up for it. All this guy has to do is stay healthy and he will make a run at the NL MVP award this year….
Casilla’s lights out/curtains drawn appearance yesterday will hopefully give Bochy the confidence to go to him regardless of the *match ups* from here on out. The one neg right now is our bullpen–Lopez is all over the place, Affeldt seems to have turned into a jerk and Hensley might not be as good as everyone thinks he is. Casilla has been the rock. Getting the ball to him with the lead is going to be the real challenge……..
The weather is heating up, the boys are back in town, and I’m ready for a game, son…….
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19-game hit streak?
Yep…it’s 19.
I don’t know if this is an omen or just a continuation of a banned joke. On the schedule today at Jazz Fest is the band Gomez (A band out of time and proud of it.). Don’t think I’ll see em but when I saw the listing, I cracked up for some reason.
Cheers Flap Nation, I’ll be drinking for the lot of you.
Good to hear that you are getting a respite from the home repair issues Clown. I wont even mention what Marshall did yesterday, albeit, you being a Giants fan, I doubt you give a rat’s ass. Enjoy John!
Blade – I root against my guys when they play the Giants, so youse right my friend.
enjoy, payazo. Let me know who you guys see, who you like. Found a Pinetop Perkins CD at local lib from the 90s last week, really nice band. Used to hit up JJs Blues often to see guys like Chris Cain ($5 bucks at the door in those days) and a beautfiul bartender, but been quite a while.
Gomez Addams was one of my heroes.
Freddy Sanchez= “Thing”
Ah…The Big Easy. I was there one year and caught both the French Quarter fest and the last couple of days of the Jazz Fest. Good times. Yes…knock back a few cocktails for me! Oh, and of course you have to stop by Cafe Du Monde for some beignets (breakfast of champions)…Mmm Mmmm Mmmmm.
“The weather is heating up, the boys are back in town, and I’m ready for a game, son……”
Speaking of ready for games, I sure am. I met one of our Flappers last night . . . umm, sort of. I spoke with snarkk on the phone. For whatever reason, I pictured this street smart New Yorker that gave Twin as much as he received (I mean that in a good way regarding them both). First off, the voice isn’t crusty like I pictured it . . . Actually, he has a voice that is very erudite and youthful sounding. I wont reveal his name, because I think he wants it to remain “snarkk” in public (LOL). No, the law isn’t after him. Anywho, apparently he got a 24 hour release from Mrs. Snarkk and the Snarkettes and we’ll be going to the May 2nd game . . . Looking forward to meeting him. 🙂
Very cool! Wish I had some free time…would love to scoot down to the City to see you and catch a game. My daughter is going to Sunday’s game. Have a good time!
That’s nice, but if you meet me Flav pays $$$…
Flav: Thank you for pointing out my fine baseball contribution from the other day.
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I loved Gomez Addams as well, particularly the electric train crashing. John Astin had a small but memorable role in West Side Story. He briefly had the Jets & Sharks playing nice at the dance, but sadly was unable to sustain it. I’d take the 1961 Rita Moreno over any of these present day Hollywood skanks.
i’ve never been able to grow a mustache like that either, or like richard boone in paladin, another one of my heroes.
Moreno, Astin and Boone all favorites. Best movie with Boone was Hombre. The scene in the stage coach station with the soldier was classic and you could tell he was a bad ass. Loved that movie.
Well, Boone was alright, especially as Paladin, but nobody can touch the DUKE, if I am flipping channels, and a John Wayne movie comes up, I stop to watch. all time favorite is Big Jake, Boone was the bad guy in that one.
My favorite Boone movie is I BURY THE LIVING but BIG JAKE is a close second. And I’d take Rita Moreno even *today* at 70something over most Hollywood skanks
Two things jump out. One, filling the hole in the lineup hitting behind Buster and two, the 7th inning spot vacated by Ramirez/Casilla. Belt and Hensley need to step up.
I think Belt has the goods to be the 5-hole hitter…he just needs to do it consistently. If he keeps getting playing time and is successful…the confindence will help in that regards. Bochy just needs to give him a really long leash and let him prove that he either is or isn’t up to the job. Jerking the kid around will only ruin any possibility for success.
As much as I dig Crawford, I won’t be surprised to see Arias get plenty of playing time there (and also some starts at 2nd). He brings a better stick to the game, and believe it or not, actually has as good (if not better) range than BC.
Weatherproof game: Mariners at Blue Jays and Diamondbacks at Marlins. There are potential thunderstorms in St. Louis (62 degrees) and in Atlanta (83 degrees). Apart from that, we’ve got nothing much to worry about for Friday. Expect temperatures in the 50s for Cleveland, New York, Chicago and Minnesota. Breezy conditions and low 60s are on tap for Philadelphia, Baltimore and Cincinnati. It should be 70 with some sun for Denver, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Texas brings the heat with temperatures just a hair shy of 90.
Thanks. I’m taking Pablo and Butler for my 2 beat the streak players but that could change, as it does a couple of times a day, before the games start.
Glad I could help Flav. 🙂
I’m sure others have noted this but what really has helped this team is the depth in positions this year. Blanco, Pill, Sanchez, now it seems Arias… Giving 1st team a day off doesn’t worry me as it did last year.
Crazy as it probably seems, I still can’t give up on Freddie…… Maybe it’s just to bring a little more of 2010’s class act back is what I’m hoping for.
I think he’ll be back at some point…question will be how effective/how much he can contribute.
With the lefty going, I would expect to see Arias starting tonight either at 2nd with Craw at SS or at SS with Theirot at 2b.
Any guesses on how long Pablo’s streak will last?
Lifetime
4/9 vs Luebke
0/3 vs Bass
5/16 vs Richard
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I’m not as geeked about Arias as everyone else. He had one nice game ( that I believe included an error). Lets not hand him the starting gig already. Crawdad has had a hit in each of his last 4 games and his defense has settled down after a rocky start with several nice plays mixed in. Doesn’t seem to me to be a good time to put the thought in his head that he needs to produce or get sent to Fresburg. I for one hope that he still gets the lion’s share of starts at SS —-though I did dig Loo’s funfact that Arias was the player to be named in the A-Rod deal and traded straight up for Frenchy Francouer. I totally agree with Flav re Freddie. Respect his career and love the contributions he has made in SF, but most of the time I forget he is still on the team. I like the energy Crawford and Burriss bring to middle infield and hope they get 120+ starts each this year.
I’m with you San…I too want to see Burriss and Crawford get the lion’s share of the starts. And Arias has had about 5 times as many starts at 2B as opposed to SS.
Hard to get too geeked about a guy with 11 years in the minors.
Then get geeked about a guy with a major league battinfg average 70+ plus points higher than Crawford.
“Doesn’t seem to me to be a good time to put the thought in his head that he needs to produce or get sent to Fresburg.” He absolutely needs that thought in his head. Time to make these good ABs translate into hits.
11 years in the minors? You talking about Arias? Nope. He has played three years in the minors and “parts of” five years there (split with a big club). I’m glad we have him…sure as hell more exciting to think about him in there as opposed to Ryan the Riot.
Pagan ……I like him.
Well, that’s 3 of us Nip.
“It looks like Belt has finally gotten another chance at 1st base and that’s a positive for all the fans who think he’s ready right now. ” It’s a positive for the TEAM.
“he’s nudged his OPS above .700 to .732. That number needs to climb if he’s going to hit in the middle of the line up” It’s climbing now. And he’ll get his extra base hits.
The problems in the LU are the horrid OBP for the lead off hitter, and Crawford’s numbers, period. And let’s hope Nate isn’t going feet up as he always seems to do when given a chance. Or maybe Bochy needs to stop awarding him the RF job, he flops everytime Bruce gives it to him.
Flopping is better than cratering…
At least he comes back. Of course injuries sometimes hurts this guy.
He’s already left holes in the field from his cratering. And the face plant seems painful.
Twin – I don’t think that Crawford is not in there principally to hit. If he can hit .240 or .250 and play stellar D…I’ll take it (and I think the team will too). Sure, he isn’t there yet, but it’s not like he looks lost at the plate, either (last 7 days he is 5 of 17)…so I think he is moving in the right direction. Also, he has been hitting the ball hard…just unfortunately many of those are not finding holes.
I know he’s not there for his offense. And I’ve heard the “if he can hit blah blah” before. THAT is tiresome.Just frigging do it. As I’ve said, the “good at bat” spiel at some point has to translate into hits. Above “A” ball, it never has.
Heading back to the bay 10-9 sounds great to me too.
It is still early but I think they are missing that Uribe type presence. That one big hit to pull them together. Maybe Pagan provided it yesterday, maybe Cabrera is that silent assasin they missed last year. I like that this club has so many hungry players. One guy with an 11 game streak another with 19 and they’re still searching a bit, trying to put together solid play all around. Once that happens, look out.
I told a Dodger Fan that the Giants would be tied or leading the division by May 7 when the Giants go to LA. The Dodgers built that record on playing the Padres 6 times!! I think this 15 days is going to be huge for Belt. He has to prove he is the guy. So that even when/if Huff comes back Bochy won’t be so inclined to put Huff back in.
“Hard to get too geeked about a guy with 11 years in the minors.” So you were out of town in 2010? Torres was the team MVP (according to me, Fangraphs, BP)..a lot of that was based on his GG level defense, which seems only to count if the player is Crawford.
“geeked”
What? I am not understanding your comment. I didn’t mention Torres. Wasn’t talking about Crawford either.
Above I had responded to ST’s statement about not getting excited a guy with 11 years in the minors. This post was supposed to be a follow up to that, not to your post. I didn’t intend it be placed where it was.
Your “Vungo-noia” is really tiresome, skippy…
His 2010 is the standard Pagan needs to aspire to.
I will never tire of a guy who inspired the whole team, even if it was just the one year. And doesn’t Chuck own the rights to this Skippy crap? Mr. Scott to you.
Sir Scott
Query: Who invented head first sliding? Was it Pete Rose?
Shemp Howard
BTW, this supposed rumor that I was Nipper- his “style” is much closer to that of Loo or the Bryn Mawr “gal”.
Bryn Mawr girl…I remember “her” from the Splash. LMAO…
depth is nice (compared to last year) but i’d prefer more quality than quantity. I’d like pagan more if he got on base and ran successfully; as to his d, he seems like a guy who could win you a game or lose you one. Nate could be on another of his famous 4-40s, and doesn’t belong as #5 hitter; belt might be better there and certainly more patient.
If Arias can hit better than crawford and play decent D, then no reason he shouldn’t be in there. I also think long run burriss will have more productive career here than C. He runs better and will get on base more often, and is so far playing very capable 2b.
Disappointing to hear Panik and Brown are off to such poor starts–hope they can pick it up and improve the quality of what we have at mlb level.
On pav blog are daily attempts by many bloggers to show bochy what his LU should be, and one guy actually blamed mgr. for the team not scoring runs. Whoever is in there, it’s their job to hit and do what they can to help the team win—they are the guys with a bat in their hands.
I had a baseball book as a kid that had funny quotations in it from old guys. One conderned the ump bill klem: he calls a strike on a batter who tells him “You missed that one bl=bill. Dlem replies, “Maybe, but I had your bat Iwouldn’t have.
Twin I think Vungo has come off (or is going to come off) the DL today or so. We can compare their stats all year or until Torres hits the DL again. And no one gives a shit about 2010 or 2011. It’s *what are they doing to help the team win NOW*— Yesterday alone, Pagan’s contribution directly caused a 2 game swing in their overall record. Vungo better get going…..
I thought it was “Yungo.” Torres even said the Giants had bungled his middle name. 2010 may be yesterday’s news…but I’ll always have a spot in my heart for Andres. He didn’t win the Willie Mac that year for no reason…
I don’t doubt that his leg problems might doom Vungo’s career. But as a Giants’ fan, I’m more concerned that the new CFer has needed an 11 game hitting streak to raise his numbers to poor..
I think everyone remembers and cherishes 2010. And the response was to the question about not being able to get get geeked about a guy with 11 years in the minors. Totally appropriate response to a rather foolish question.
That indeed was a huge hit, moving him to about 60 points less in OBP than what’s acceptable for a lead off hitter. At .241 with that .277 OBP, and less than average defense, the team would have benefitted more if *he* were on the DL. BTW, Baseball Reference lists his nickname as :”Crazy Horse”. Where did that come from? Now that’s the kind of question for Loo.
About Belt, the fans have called for the team to give him the proverbial longer leash. Actually, they should take off the leash altogether. At this point in his young career, the only way he’s going to get ready for a starting job is by doing the starting job. Take off that leash. Why would a Belt need a leash, anyway? ….
To leash or not to leash that is a question to ponder……
Cute and absolutely corrrect, Paul. Huff’s misfortune has left Bochy with no sensible option but to play Belt.
So he can walk side by side with his wife…
Ouch….
References to a player’s wife’s physical appearance never gets old. Gold, baby, gold..
Melky’s decent OBP might prompt Bochy to try him at lead-off at some point, which is something he talked about during the spring. Also, if Pagan is producing but not as a lead-off hitter should — the occasional home run or triple instead of just getting on base more — I wouldn’t be surprised to see him moved down in the batting order and try someone else at the top, like Burriss, now and then. I’m not down on Pagan, I still think he will contribute, maybe he’s warming up… producing in any way like last night is great. But yeah, clearly needs to get on base more at lead-off, or it might soon be time to try someone else there.
Pagan needs to show more patience at the plate if he is going to be at the top of the line-up. Last 14 days his OBP has crept over .300 (.333), but only 2 BB in 52 AB. For the year he has 4 BB in 79 ABs…ain’t gonna cut it as a lead-off. Burriss is only slightly better at OBP, and has only 4 BB for the year, too.
Cabrera is at .375 for the year (OBP) with 10 BB. He’s also hitting .295…I wouldn’t mind seeing him get a shot at the top for a while…WTF…can’t be much worse than what we have seen to date.
I think you mean that Pagan’s OBP has been .333 the last 14 days, not that’s reached that level. His OBP is an absymal .277 even after those 14 days. Manny’s OBP for the YEAR is .333, not slightly better but worlds better. But I have posted that Pagan deserves more time…he does have some track record of success leading off-.335 OBP as the lead off hitter.
Correct, Twin…thanks for the clarification. Yes. .333 the last 14 days, but still sub .300.
Heard Otero got sent down today . . .
Where did you hear/see that, Chuck? I haven’t seen anything on any Giant moves.
Wait for it . . .
Twin, you’ve been saying “don’t read too much into these early numbers” but now they matter for Pagan?
Uh, I think he said that “he (Pagan) deserves more time.”
Pagan has probably suffered a little bit from trying to do too much. He’s in a contract year, he wants to impress his teammates and his fans—it’s hard to impress the casual fan with some walks.
But his OBP in 08 was .346, ’09 it was .350 and in ’10 it was .340. I’m throwing out last year because he quit on a dysfunctional team (but it was .322 if you were wondering). This year it’s .277 and that, to me, is an indication of the above. I’m betting his OBP starts to climb soon.
Bottom line: he’s on the field, he’s made some nice plays in the OF (to go along with some bad ones) and he’s contributing to wins. Yesterday’s bomb was probably the biggest swing of the year so far……
I’ve repeatedly posted that he needed more time, Chuckles. But coming off a sub par season they have more validity.
Plus he’s over 80 plate appearances, that’s not the same as, say, Belt with 38. I probably wouldn’t mention Pagan’s numbers yet if his apologists didn’t act as if he was doing well.
Twin, why do you think Vungo’s “leg problems might doom his career?” He’s just had a couple of strains over the last year, no breaks or surgeries or anything. Nothing that would be career threatening.
He was on the DL twice last year, missed a lot of ST this year, came back twice this spring and reinjured himself both times. I don’t frigging HOPE this is career threatening. I have no idea why you would minimize this.
Otero probably was sent down for make room for Hacker, the guy I thought would come up. It’s not official as far as I know, so maybe it’s not Hacker.
Well like your call on Hacker coming up Twin, mine was on Otrero going down after he took one for the team in his last relief appearance.
transactions Purchased contract of Eric Hacker from triple-A. Optioned Dan Otero to triple-A Transferred Brian Wilson to 60-day DL
Didn’t Hacker’s agent already break this news earlier in the week?
Yes, but they had to make room for him. So Otero went down.
Chuck (or anyone else), although I am going to the game on May 2nd with Snarkk, I will still have two additional tickets. Anyone who decides to go to the park that day is more than welcome to take them (free of charge of course). Let me know soon -within the next couple of days – because I will probably find someone I know that will take them.
The team didn’t confirm that Hacker was starting until today. They could have just checked with me on that.
I thought it was sort of funny that his agent put that out there. Who’s his agent, family member or one of his boyz?
I would not be surprised if the Giants put Huff onto a 60 day DL, assuming that he can be put on that with an anxiety diagnosis. Others on other squads have been gone a long time for that diagnosis, so I don’t see why not. That would give the Belt/Pill/Posey experiment a good stint to settle itself and allow Arias to stay up and also settle into a very “regular” IF utility role. With Hector showing he can hit, there is reduced reason to put Posey behind the plate too much, especially if Belt/Pill don’t step up during that period. As for the pitchers, if they have a problem with Hector, just get used to him, look him off if you need to, then shut up and pitch. Arias can probably take 3rd, too, to give Panda a blow once in a while after his streak ends. I don’t see any other good candidate to take 3rd in case Panda got hurt — Theriot and Pill don’t seem like particularly great options. I’m assuming Franchez is not coming back, until he actually plays a handful of games at AAA and handles regular throws and DP cross-body throws without a daily “setback”. Unlike others, I’ve always been in this guy’s corner. I don’t think a guy with his history of success and bona fides is faking shoulder rehab issues. That was a major injury, and major surgery to fix it, with no guarantees. He would have incentive to do well this year since it’s a contract year, so I highly doubt he’s just picking up a check and doesn’t want to come back. If he’s only 70% or whatever the percentage is, he shouldn’t come back. We need guys at 100%….
I would like to see Sanchez make it back. He would fit well in the LU anywhere from 5-7 and help solidify it. I did see Bochy make a comment earlier this week at Baggs site that he may just serve as a PH if nothing else.
I too would like to see Sanchez make it back. And I agree…I don’t think he is dogging it. I think he genuinely wants to make it back and to contribute.
Arias has played all of 2 games at 3B in his career. Theriot has more starts there (9) than Arias. Burriss has had 2 starts there, too. They obviously do not have a long-term option if something happened to Pablo. My guess is that they would maybe bring up Gillaspie in that situation.
Good info guys on the other options that have limited 3rd base experience. I guess Gillaspie would be a logical choice as you indicate, and a quick look showed me he’s hitting in Fresno, but he’s really not distinguished himself consistently at the plate in the minors. Plus, he’s a LH batter, and they’ve got an oversupply of lefties. The best is to hope Panda doesn’t hit the DL for any reason…
If Panda was hurt, I’m sure Gillaspie would come up. As to Arias, neither middle infielder’s job is safe. They’re going to have to hit-in Burriss’ case, continue to hit…
Sanchez isn’t faking anything, but he’s shown he’s just not eager to play after injury. I’ll remind once again that Bochy had to finally give him a deadline to report in 2010.
Did not see your comment on Gillaspie, Twin…I agree…if a long-term option was required (injury to Pablo)…it would probably be Connor.
See ya. Might be back tonight. Hope Pagan and Mudbug go 8-8.
I can’t remember anyone ever getting off to a start like Matt Kemp…
if twin is resting
1. Angel Pagan CF
2. Melky Cabrera RF
3. Pablo Sandoval 3B
4. Buster Posey 1B
5. Brett Pill LF
6. Joaquin Arias SS
7. Hector Sanchez C
8. Ryan Theriot 2B
9. Eric Hacker P
All righty. Let’s get hacking for hacker.
also for the 29yo pitcher:
ASSETS: A good control pitcher with poise, he also has enough zip on his fastball to strike batters out in the minor leagues. Is deceptive and somewhat crafty.
FLAWS: Major injuries in the minors (to his elbow and shoulder) have slowed his progress and sapped some of his pure stuff. As a result, he cannot dominate big-league batters.
this year @ Fresno
4 0 2.19 4 4 24.2 20 6 3 6 16 2.19 5.84 1.05
W L ERA G GS IP H ER HR BB SO BB/9 SO/9 WHIP
R.I.P…..Moose Skowron
That sucks– is that the cat who used to take care of those who opposed you? If so, I’m really sorry to hear that Loo.
A five time all star first baseman Flav. Named Moose after Mussolini (people teased him about his haircut looking like the dictator after his grandfather cut it at age 7).
No Flav, I believe your thinking of my high school sweetheart, Mooseface Moran….
Sister of Bugs Moran – famous brewmeister from the 30s.
Mooseface Moran. Wasn’t she Charlie Moran’s younger sister? They grew up on Carmine Street. They need to show the neighborhood some respect.
Here’s a little something on the player whose franchise record was broken by Pablo: http://www.theruckerfamilysociety.org/V15_N1_2.pdf
Nice…printed it…will read it later. Thanks, Mac. Time to get the hell outta here and go get a cold one (or two)…
I can’t remember anyone ever getting off to a start like Matt Kemp…
Maybe Pujols several yrs back
I wonder who’s FL team he’s on?
Gotta love it. The Rucker was Crabapple Comet.
Brett Pill playing LF again? When he boots the ball like Landon Donovan in the 3rd inning you guys can cue the Andrés Cantor goal call and your own leisure.
Hacker’s ML experience: Pirates to Twins to Giants…..sound familiar?
Gold, baby……
Pa-Gone again!
What does Dennis say? PaGONE! Too bad he is sooooooooo cold.
I’ve decided to be warmed up to him.
Grin . . . Glad to hear it Twin. I know you love him. Just like all of us still love Torres. Dude will always be numero uno for 2010.
In any event, the SOB needs to stop hitting homeruns and start getting walks and stolen bases – ya can’t do that if you keep hitting home runs.
Actually, I’ve thought about the HRs. His previous high is 11, after that, it’s 7. Maybe he *is* screwing up his “basehit” swing. Torres seemed to do that.
Wow!
and the angel TURNS on that one
woo hoo
(miss ya ferret)
Hey, there’s a worse fielding team than the Giants.
I think we might have found a team in the Friars that actually plays worse D. than ourselves.
Hard to believe, I know. But Lili Von Shtupp told me, “It’s twue. It’s twue.”
I’m a huge fan of ballpark giveaways….but those knit caps kind of look like lampshades. But it’s all part of the wacky fun of Orange Friday.
speaking of giveaways, there is a reward for anyone that can get me a romo bobblehead. Do they sell those in the team shop?
haven’t seen them in the team shop … a few on ebay, however:
http://compare.ebay.com/like/170818989965?var=lv<yp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&_lwgsi=y&cbt=y
Wow, Mr.Bill, that’s actually quite disgusting. (grin) Someone is selling a bobblehead that they haven’t even gotten yet. Where’s the sentimental value!!
and the guy has 10 of them, how the heck?
He must have bought a bunch of the lowest-priced tickets, and has hired people to stand in line way early. That’s a lot of trouble to go to, to be a greedy jerk.
I suppose that’s a “hoping to get some” for the Wheels of Commerce, thing. I like Romo too much to give up a bobblehead (if I had one).
They probably sell Romo bobbleheads in the team stores, but it won’t be the same Romo bobblehead that’s being given out at the May 5th game. The giveaway bobbleheads are always different than the ones sold in the team stores, even if it’s the same player.
I think the Panda needs to pine tar that new helmet that Hack is wearing
so who is that woman in the trench coat sitting with the giants management, and the banasek kid?
so who is going May 5th and wants to make me the first kid on my block to display a Giants bobblehead for all to see?
They’re running some big race that same day in Kentucky. The Giants shouldn’t be giving away Romo bobbleheads that Saturday, they should be handing out bobbleheads of our pitcher, Seabiscuit.
**grins**
So after the last few games, someone at my work says they are reverting back to 2011 offense. After watching all the errors the Padres made in the first and no reruns scored, I am beginning to wonder!
I think Hacker’s battling and I like it. They’re obviously on him second time through the LU but he didn’t panic and he ended the inning with a K. Very surprised Maybin didn’t try to steal in that situation
Very difficult sinking line drive catch by Guzman.
Man Hacker is no Hacker up their.Impressive AB’s
So, recognizing that I don’t know what the cutoff time is to post this, I’ll say that I am supportive of letting Hacker bat there and go out for this inning. If I liked how he battled last inning I can’t not support another inning. They could have taken a shot there and handed it to Mota…..
Jesus, how many times is this guy going to leave the ball in the middle of the plate?
Hacker’s done about all one could expect out of him tonight, so far.
I would have thought about it flav, but I guess you don’t want to burn PH guys so early. Sf isn’t having trouble hitting tonight, and the Pads don’t have bell or adams in the pen anymore. Pads might need more than 3 to win.
5 Ks and only one walk thru 5, should be good for a 6th pitcher
love it.
The *homer-happy* thing Twin mentioned about Pagan is a legit concern. He’s in a contract year and I’m wondering if more bombs is on his to-do list. It should come off that list. He needs to start taking more walks. Lots of them. Shit, this guy could hit 25 triples this year if his *homer-swings* were for triples alley……….
Jesus Kick that Non Veteran FLAPPER out of the game ferchrissakes! !!!!
Ridiculous of K & K to make excuses for that drop by the 1B…
BTW this is my first Amy G sighting this year
Wow. Good goalie. Lousy 2nd baseman.
The Friars must have little gremlins in their gloves — they can’t catch worth a shit.
Is Amy wearing Gortex?
Now this is just plain silly. They can’t catch anything.
Melky looks like a completely different player than the clown he was as a Yankee. The word back then was that him and Cano were having a little too much fun and had to be separated.
Got to take advantage.
Not PHing for Leubke here? That’s worse than when we didn’t PH for Vogey in Cincy the other day.
He got bopped around a bit, but very credible effort from Hacker. Good job.
Seriously. Bud Black should be fired on the spot. No excuse for that shit. No one ready in the pen?
Don’t care. Fake a stroke yourself in the dugout to cause a break in the action.
Bud is a fucking mook.
Typical vet-protect job by Kruk. He spent a minute repeating the same thing (that Affeldt didn’t go off on Hector) and yet he offered no alternative message to what we all saw with our own eyes….
Well, that puts the Affeldt rumours to rest . . . ?