How Legit Are The Dodgers?
18-10? .645 winning percentage? I would predict right now that the Dodgers will finish the year under .500 except I think they’re going to be close enough at the break to probably decide to make a move or two to win *now*. But otherwise, just looking at their team, I am largely unimpressed.
They have Kemp and Ethier. And, that’s it. There isn’t a single member of their offense that I would want except maybe a little Dee Gordon just to make sure there is someone on base when Kemp hits his bombs. Our old friend Juan Uribe continues to pay off for us with a second season of uninspired play. Considering Loney at first base and that corner infield combo might be the most impotent in either league.
Their starting pitching is led by Kershaw but he hasn’t been consistently dominant this year. Two of his six starts he’s been hit pretty good and he’s only got 2 wins this year. Lady Billingsley is having a decent enough bounce back year but nothing to fear. Capuano, Lilly and Harang? Resounding “no” to all three. I think I used Capuano as an example of who the Giants should start signing in the coming year’s as a number 5 guy. But that’s all he is. Same with Harang. Lilly is hit or miss. In fact, the only arm I really fear from that staff (besides CK) is Kensley Jansen–now he is one fun dude to watch pitch. That guy strikes out at least a couple just rolling out of bed in the morning. Impossibly, Guerra is still the closer. That will be changing soon……..
I don’t think this series will be a cake walk but I’m not looking at this team and going “Uh oh, we are in big trouble.” Wait a minute, who’s pitching for us tonight? 🙂 🙂 🙂
Pujols hits his first bomb of the year on the same day I climb out of last place? Coincidence? Happenstance? Eerie…….
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has LA played anybody decent yet?
great thread yesterday; I finally got to watch a full game for first time in a while. And ST is right, I thought I heard K/K mention using belt as #2 hitter, one of Stix (donde va?) ideas.
when I was first getting into baseball late 50s while growing up in south bay area, watching games with adults around and starting to pay attention to what they said about the game, most of them did not care for Mays. You also heard the “uppity N-bomb” epithet in reference to wife Marguerite. throw in the cadillacs and eventually moving to white old money exclusive enclave like Atherton…another word I used to hear from the older men was “N-bomb rich.”
Something else I recall hearing from K/K was that Huff is due to come off the DL real soon, tho he might not be activated right at that date. What do you think happens then? Whose place does he take? At his salary, he isn’t going to get the DFA treatment; i f he is in LF, what does this do to the “rotation”?
I don’t think Huff comes off the DL for at least another week. Maybe in the Arizona series but I could see it happening after that and I feel nearly 100% confident that they don’t activate him for the Dodger series.
Sheesh, I thought it was hot at last Sunday’s game, this game the temperature was 80 degrees when we arrived about 11:30am. It was cooking at the old ball park . . . The game itself enjoyable, with Cain dealin’ for the most part. A shame he lost the W. Score was closer than it should have been, i.e., Marcum had nothing.
Pagan was having difficulty in the field . . . After Mays had his birthday song by the fans and Pagan’s second fly ball miss – a couple of fans cracked up the rest of us, with shouts of, “Is Mays still in the house?” and “Get that SOB out of there and put Mays in.”
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Insinuating that any criticism of Mays is/was racist is untrue. At that time in our history, of course there was more racism than now..
Mays felt slighted because Mantle was more popular, slighted because DiMaggio was more popoular, slighted because McCovey was more popular, he’s felt slighted that the Giants and MLB were making money off of him, he has never hidden his dislike for Aaron for overtaking Ruth instead of Willie himself……for years there was no biography of him due to his outrageous demands- many respected writers approached him- Roger Kahn, “the dean of american sportswriting”, among them.( he did eventually work with some writers, but there’s some legit concern sabout what concessions may have been made for the privelige). There is quite a bit of information about Mays and his nature to be found by anyone willing to look for it.His amimosity towards Aaron is well documented- all because of jealousy that Aaron would be the one to pass Ruth..
Here’s a little piece on the Aaron/Mays situation
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2010/05/hank_aaron.php
what i said about mays is more in reference to how fans viewed him, at least the ones i was around. Despite his accomplishments in the field he wasn’t well liked here, and the people I was around weren’t hiding it. Maybe he sensed that, I dunno. We all know what alvin dark thought about black and latin ballplayers and he wasn’t misquoted. And all his time here, Mays never won the big one.
I mentioned bill russell yesterday, because here was a guy who ran out of fingers to put his championship rings but refused to go back to Boston for a number retirement ceremony for a long time and is famous for categorically refusing to give anyone, even a teammate, an autograph. And, like Mays, couldn’t find someone of a different race to sell him a house in the city where he played.
Aaron playing in that launching pad in Atlanta and Mays playing at the Stick was quite a contrast. The HR record was hardly level.
Well, go back and change a few hunderd records based on the ballparks. Report back to me when you’re done.
Twin, great link you posted, not so much for the article itself but for the comments in which the writer of the article and the Mays biographer start going at it.
Good read…thanks for sharing.
So Mays was a surly prick- he didn’t hurt puppies as far as I know. Like I said, it’s the sugar coating that bugs me. He’s a complex man, for all the bitterness and such, he’s more interesting as the real Mays than he is as Mr. Cuddles..
Most here know I’m a Mays apologist; nevertheless, I greatly appreciated the piece Twin shared from the Village Voice last year. Good stuff. The article reignited my boyhood neighborhood arguments of Mays vs. Snider vs. Mantle. These arguments have so many what-if factors. Imagine if Mantle were healthy, if Mays had not been in the Army, if Aaron toiled in New York, etc. For me, there is absolutely NO denying the emotional impact Mays made on me, the immeasurable excitement factor. One tiny example: he gets traded to the Mets in 1972. I was at Shea for the Saturday game. Mays was in uniform; didn’t play. He played in the Sunday game, which I listened to during the drive back to Syracuse. A Mays HR gives the Mets a win. It’s not an OPS or other stat. Just an emotional bonus he often supplied. Not always, of course. That would be impossible. But often.
Right below the article Mike cited, there is another fascinating column about the greatest outfielder debate. Interesting how the author weaves in Mickey Mantle’s peak years, whereby he indicates that Mantle should still be in the argument . . . if only for the years he was at his peak performance. Regardless, it’s a good read.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/05/willie_mays_tur.php
Giants should have Huff do a stretch in Fresno to get some AB’s and timing down before they consider activating.
I agree…no way in hell I see him ready to go tangle with 1B tonight. Give him a week or so in San Jose/Fresneck.
Well, I’ll trust the doctors on Huff, but I’m skeptical about a recovery this quickly…
The Dodgers! The season has finally begun. And our opening day starter is..oh, I won’t be a surly prick about this- good luck to Mr.Zito tonight…Lilly is who I wanted before he signed with the Cubs.. we ended up with Zito, and I’ll admit I didn’t hate the signing right away. I think it was his 2nd start before I hated it..
I hope this guy doesn’t read the Flap:
aybackgiant 6:33 AM on May 7, 2012
Happy Birthday, Mr. Mays. When I was 13 I got to meet you in the winter of 1954 and you have been one of two men in baseball I’ve always admired and looked up to as a role model. It’s great that you hang out in the clubouse because you have so much to offer. One of the greatest things is that you are a link to the Giants of old, when a New York team (Giants, Yankees or Dodgers) was in the World Series for 10 years. When baseball was baseball. When you would play stickball with the kids before going to the Polo Grounds. Try finding a player doing that nowadays. I don’t think there is a person alive who could honestly say anything bad about you. I hope you live to be 100. I came thisclose to naming my son Willie Mays in your honor. Good thing I didn’t because it would have put so much pressure on him to play baseball.
That’s fucking hilarious. Mays may have been a surly prick, but hey…he was OUR surly prick.
I heard he he wound up naming his son Native Dancer…
We’ve seen that Bonds seems to be a sweetheat with the children, maybe Mays was just smart- only trusted the young ‘uns..
Ouch ….Mota suspended 100 games for the enchanment performance drugs..
9 appearance, 10.2 IP. 0-1, 5.06 ERA, 1.59 WHIP. Not like he was exactly setting the place on fire. Curious as to who in Fresneck gets the call…
Could be Hembree time, Chi..
While Mota’s numbers haven’t been great, what he did do pretty regularly was eat innings when required.
And provide a spot-start when needed…
Didn’t he get busted once already?
Say it ain’t so Mota.
Yep…back 2005 or 2006 with the Mets…
This will definitely hurt the team. He was a good middle relief pitcher (despite his numbers thus far this year). Damn.
Loux’s numbers at Fresno are lights-out (hasn’t always been the case).
http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=400076
So, does Hembree come up? Hacker is a starter…has been most of his career.
Numbers after 10 innings? Please. Mota was a rock…
Loux is a good guess,. but there’s 2 or 3 more possible.
Twin – I was just pointing out that his numbers this year (yes…all 10.1 innings) were not great. I did mention that he regularly ate-up innings and was good for a spot start when required. I see it as a big loss…not huge, but a big loss. Giants continue to drop like flies.
Agree, there are a couple of candidates at Fresno…will be interesting to see who gets the call.
I wasn’t singling you out, Chi. I just saw the 10 innings and I couldn’t help myself- I think I got 10 stuck in my head since Belt’s 10 AB “trial”…
Losing players every way possible these days. Mota was nothing if not sturdy. They’ll probably bring Otero back since he had a few innings pitched already.
Selig still saying the game is clean?
Peter King’s Monday Morning QB column had something that made me forget about Barry Zito’s contract for a nano second (grin) . . .
“Tweet of the Week III
“Albert Pujols is not even taking batting practice. He was essentially told by #Angels MGR Mike Scioscia to not even pick up a bat today.”
— @MikeDiGiovanna, Angels beat writer for the Los Angeles Times, at 4 Anaheim time Saturday afternoon.
You can’t tell me the Angels aren’t sweating over Pujols a little. Not that he’s finished; but, “My God! We have 9.8 years of this guy’s contract left!”
One-hundred-eighteen plate appearances. One home run. When Scioscia benched him Saturday, he was five for his last 47 (.106 BA, .128 slugging percentage, .253 OPS), with one RBI, over a two-week period. Fans booed him at the Big A Friday night. Not overwhelmingly, but there was more than a smattering. What an amazing story.”
I hope he does windows..
I seem to remember Pujols starting slow last year too.
You’re right Dirt . . . In Pawlie’s book, he indicated that he was batting exactly .300 before the last game of the season, but went hitless against the Astros and ended up at .299 or .298 (forgot which). First time in his career that he batted under .300 for a season.
At the end of April last year he was hitting .257 with 7 HR 18 RBI…
I guess the courier got Mota’s test to the lab on time.
Last yr at this time Jeter was at .250, 0 hrs.
Nobody can claim they’ve had or still have a “clean” team in MLB. But, the Giants have certainly had more than their their fair share of PED users. Looks like Mota wanted another year’s pay, and had to juice to make it — now he’s going to lose most that money anyway. From what I’ve seen, the suspension includes loss of pay.. Mota’s deemed dirty, but Braun is not? What a friggin’ joke this anti-PEDs program is…
Doesn’t every suspension for PED’s include auto loss of pay?
I think so. But, I can’t find anything definitive that says so, and I’m not Googling any more than two minutes on it. Given the strength of the MLBPA, I wouldn’t assume anything about suspensions and pay and drug tests…
I’m no Bryce Harper fan, but it’s hilarious that he stole home after being hit by Hamels. Harper’s legit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANueHU2GbUY&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
I haven’t paid much attention to him, but glanced at his stats (granted, the sample size is very small)…8 hits of which 5 are two-baggers. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Manuel (I have NEVER been a fan of Charlie Manuel)…
Hamels drilling Harper for no reason, er, the idiotic reason(s) he gave, was just that, idiotic. I see no point in it whatever. So, it was great that the kid stole home on him. Unlikely that any of the Giants would dare take that kind of chance, er, make that kind of heads up base running move…
I wonder if Hamels gets suspended for admitting he hit Harper on purpose. I was a little surprised He readily admitted it. What a tool. Some of these unwritten rules are ancient and arcane. What did Harper do? Face Hamels as a teenager?
Well, he’s been thought to be an extremely disagreeable young man. I don’t think I’ve ever heard as much dislike about a young player ever. Not saying he should be drilled for that but it’s a better reason than most .
8 games into his ML career and he’s most hated? I guess he better get used to being plunked.
And, what a pussy move by Hamels. He hit Harper last night because he got squeezed 6 years ago when he came in as a rookie?
It goes back to before he was even signed
There was this from Baseball Prospectus before Harper was drafted: “It’s impossible to find any talent evaluator who isn’t blown away by Harper’s ability on the field, but it’s equally difficult to find one who doesn’t genuinely dislike the kid.”
There is plenty about it if you care to actually look.
Look at him. I’d say it’s impossible not to dislike him.
He likes to wear a lot of makeup too . . . uhh, I mean eye black.
I like him already…
Hamels got fined and suspended for 5 games. Of course, a 5 game suspension for a starting pitcher isn’t all that big a deal.
Bruce Jenkins wrote briefly about Harper last week. He thinks Harper’s the best thing to happen to baseball in years
I read that, Jenkins seems to think he’s outgrown his Douche Bagged-ness… we’ll see. His talent has never been questioned..
The kid may have been a prick in the minors, but so far in the bigs when he faced Hamels, he hadn’t done anything to deserve getting drilled in the back by Hamels or anybody in MLB. I wouldn’t even call Hamels’ move a bush league move, it was just a total chickenshit move. And, the Nats manager rightly called it that. I doubt his Phills teammates were down with it…
The Harper thing was classic. Gets drilled and then has the balls to try to steal home on Hamels? If that doesn’t work he looks like a dope. I’d like Harper on my fantasy team but being around him regularly will probably have his own National pitchers wanting to drill him
Based on what, Flav? Are the Brewers pissed off at Nyger Morgan?
Oh, I don’t care. I’ve never been in favor of throwing a batter for any reason. Even Harper. But throwing at him was no more “chicken shit” than any other case where a guy has been thrown at. Considering his brief time up and what’s already hapenning, he should probably get used to it. No doubt his rep preceded him.
Harper’s a young ball player. I read the story in SI last year, and some other stuff, and most of the people who were his coaches and teammates had nothing but good things to say about the kid. HE doesn’t create the media shit-storm around him. He plays ball, and people take notice. He was a hotdog in college? Or AA? He was fricking 17. He’s been better than all his peers at whatever level he’s been at. It’s mainly jealousy. Hamels is a total dumbshit for doing what he did. Hamels should get suspended for 5 starts, not the non-existent 5 game suspension. He won’t even miss a turn. If I’m on the Nats, Hamels gets plunked a couple more times. In the ribs.
I’ve promoted him to douche nozzle, Chuckles.
By the way, douch bags like Harper are constantly doing shit to irritate other players. And it’s probably stuff we don’t always see. Did you see him toss his helmet off in between 1st and 2nd after (I think) his first major league hit? He’s got major douch bag written all over him. Who knows why Hamels drilled him? It could be for “future douch bag behavior”…
Can you believe Hamels didn’t use the Clemens or Gibson or Drysdale defense? “I was pitching him inside and the ball got away.” Of course, if you look at it, it’d be hard to claim you did not intend to hit Harper. Harper is an interesting case. I did not get to see him in his short time in Syracuse. I heard quotes from him after he was called up to the bigs along the lines of “I wasn’t in to playing in Syracuse in 25-degree weather….I had nothing to prove there…etc.” He did not do great in AAA, but they brought him up. I will say this: I was surprised to hear him sound more “mature” than I’d come to expect in a local TV interview that I heard on the radio. (I mention that because keep in mind that those who SAW the Kennedy-Nixon debates thought JFK won; not so on radio.) He sounded respectful and smart about baseball. The interviewer related how someone wanted Harper to sign a Mantle ball, and Bryce said all the right things, “Wow, I shouldn’t even be mentioned with him etc. etc.” But the kid does have swagger, which is good for the game — IF you deliver. I am reminded of a line whose attribution I can’t find, about Clint Hartung, a phenom in the early 1950s [even before my time]: “He should skip the formality of a career and go straight to Cooperstown.” I’ve Tweeted that one left and right.
I think all “Clints” are cursed. Clint Hurdle played for the Royals from 1977 to 1981, but never achieved the level of play suggested by his high draft position. Playing regularly only in 1978 and 1980, he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds in December 1981, and after spending 1982 with the Reds, went on waivers to join the New York Mets (1983, 1985) and St. Louis Cardinals (1986) before ending his career with the Mets in 1987. Hurdle had been featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1978 as that year’s “phenom.”
Remember when Joe West drew a line showing a hitter (forget who ) the batter’s box – Harper did that to an ump. It’s a small community. He’s going to have to be a real good boy up here or he’s going to have a lot of trouble- like it or not, apologists…
Even the villains in the old westerns didn’t eat breakfast being mean. He’s said some good thing, wow…
yeah, that was very recently, wasn’t it? last year? I remember it. In fact, didn’t Bochy elicit it somehow? HELP! When was that? I think it was a Sunday night ESPN game.
As long as Harper is producing and doing crazy shit like stealing home he’s fantastic for the game in terms of interest. But there is no bigger group of “over reacters” than baseball players. Everything seems to contain an opportunity to cry disrespect. Harper probably does literally 5-10 things a game that irritate the opposition.
Cespedes, known for his long HR looks in Cuba said “playing here (the US) means you get hit if you watch your home runs”– he learned the deal his first week here. Harper is going to break that unwritten code his entire career…
Looks like Huff is back!
Rh special. Pgone Theriot Cab Posey Pill Arias Sanchez Gillpie
They activated huff? Wow, I think that’s too soon—mostly because we really don’t need him. Who went down? Or did he just take Mota’s spot?
Maybe Mota can claim anxiety. OK! OK! I take it back as soon as I typed it (if you want to know the truth, I sent get-well cards to both Wilson and Huff last week). It’s laconic, like a DJLooism, though, in’t?
So, now Huff will have another 2 weeks at least to show that he can’t hit? And Belt will be grabbing more pine, I suppose. Huff in LF displacing Blanco from more starts in the OF will be total BS. Blanco needs to play more, not less…
Agree snarkk. Where does he play? How much? Who sits? As William Dozier intoned on that campy 1960s Batman show, “Tune in tomorrow — same Bat-time, same Bat-channel!”
We’ve had a lot of players hit and hurt by pitches over the years. Never been as much of an uproar as this for Harper.
What a long grind of a season is baseball. The Red Sox lost 15-9 to the Yankees and then won six straight. Lost in 17 yesterday in a game that people will inspect for stats like Talmudic scholars, winning 4-0 now, though the night is young. I give them and Bobby V some credit for resiliency.
Hmm. It was Aug. 1, 2010, vs. our Friends in L.A. and right afterward, Cain picked off Kemp. It was a Sunday night ESPN game. BUT something tells me something Bochy did to bring this on. http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/did-joe-west-really-take-casey-blakes-bat-and-draw-a-line-to-show-where-the-batters-box-was.194474841/#post-194475003
I was thinking about Casey Blake today. I was thinking that I don’t “feel” the rivalry as intense this week for some reason. The Giants winning it all in ’10 has a lot to do with that. But also that there’s no particular Dodger at the moment that “bugs” me. Blake was like that for me. He’d be hitting .240 and get three hits that night against the Giants. And who can forget Blake trying to schmooze the umps to try to get them to change the Donnie Two-trips call. You could tell he was saying something like…..”Ah, come on, man…..” Like, you know, “we’re the DODGERS, man.”
So, in a sense, tonight is a blank slate, with new opportunities for the rivalry to get inflamed again. The Dodgers are in first place, and this is an important series for the Giants. The most important thing is to not get swept. Anything else is acceptable. Winning 2 out of 3 would be very nice. Winning 3 out 3 would be really tough given the pitching match-ups.
Dirty is just about toast in 2 innings of play in Boston (4 earned runs already).
What is “just about toast”? A bagel that popped up too soon?
Yeah, actually the saying should be, “Just about burnt toast.” But I wasn’t in charge of determining Famous Quotes when this one came in the In Basket. 🙂
Moving along, I don’t know of any supportable evidence that the Giants have had any more or less PED users than any other team. Amid the inevitable suggestions that Phujols was a user, I’d just suggest that Selig presume everybody has taken them, forgive everybody and move along. Since baseball will never just acknowledge that the PED era will never end, and accept it, he can then enact the nuclear option and ban any future users for life.
I don’t think anyone (credible) is or has been suggesting that the Giants were bigger PED abusers than anyone else. Bonds was the poster child but that didn’t suggest, to me anyway, that the baseball world thought the Giants were the main culprits in the steroid era……
The question now is, how prevalent is it now? I believe PED use is way down. Mota is either stupid or he doesn’t care. NO ONE gets busted with a piss test anymore. Personally, I don’t think he gives a shit anymore and he just rolled the dice and it came up craps. But my God man, put a LITTLE bit of effort into masking it, lol
Snarkk did today.
I don’t doubt that use is down temporaliy. I also wasn’t born in a holler and don’t believe for a second that there aren’t more and “better” PEDs on the way. Those doors don’t close..
Agree with your point Twin. Personally, I would like to see either your suggestion or go 180 degrees in the opposite direction. Specifically, allow their use. Stop the “wink, wink” duplicity that exists in baseball and other sports, e.g., bicycle racing, track and field, weight lifting, football, etc.
This is a stretch, but you can also make comparisons to our “War On Drugs.” Total failure here in the United States, which is causing some countries, such as those in Latin America to say the hell with it – they are considering the legalization of small quantities of illegal drugs and also, in some cases considering legalization of drug manufacturing. In fact, Holland and other Nordic countries have the right idea about drug use and minimally, we should adopt their model for personal drug consumption.
In my mind, whether you are talking about PEDs or illegal drugs, such as Marijuana, Cocaine, Heroin, etc., it should be a personal decision, not a government one. This is one area, where I am totally Libertarian and wish government would mind it’s own business.
Actually, allowing their use is my preference also, I included the lifetime ban because I see that as more likely.
in my mind, good analogy . . . so much of policy regarding this — in sports and government — is built on wink-wink and pious notions of so-called integrity — as if sports or life somehow had a pre-existing pristine era, which is nonsense
I like Harper. Dropping out of high school to play juco ball in order to get drafted early was a ballsy move. He and his parents took a ton of crap for that and now it is obvious they new exactly what they were doing. The fact that he plays for the Nats endears him to me even more. Other than this year’s success they have been a laughing stock—just as they were when they were the Senators. I love underdogs that everyone kicks around and the Nats/Senators have certainly been that. I wish they were still called the Senators. I also wish the Houston Texans were called the Houston Oilers and still rocked the baby blues, but that’s a rant for another day.
Hard to top the Pirates if your rooting for a underdog San dog.17 straight losing seasons even have the most die hard Pirate fan kringing with no hope insight.
Well, the owners have chosen to line their pockets with revenue sharing bucks rather than compete. They are a very profitable team.
Buster doesn’t even limp…
That’s kinda of Stupid Giants management to activate. Huff who clearly atleast could use some AB’s at Fresno and work on his timing ,but the giants have 11mil invested so I guess they really give a shit.Huff probably the said I’m good to go now skipper,I even know where 2B is located.
This also leaves the Giants with 11 pitchers right now,something Bochy said he dislikes and Always goes with 12.
Huff coming back now make absolutely no fuckin sense. He was hitting for shit when he went AWOL. Now, he’s back ASAP with no rehab sessions below? Absolute nonsense, dictated totally by the contract….
I am intrigued and curious as to what algorithim Coolstandings.com uses for %chance of making playoffs. Seems like this: current status + schedule + roster + last year’s performance and press clippings and hype and outsized fantasies + a dash of psychotic fugue.
wow…I think we need to resurrect Stix quote about “gelding the Lilly.” Seemed to work out before, he doesn’t have great numbers against us lately I don’t think.
Looks to me like “the crouch” has been replaced by “the statue”…
Nice to see Jose Offerman back at SS…
Wonderful AB by Arias there . . .
Digging Arias.
H Sanchez’s outside the strike swing percentage going into this game was 41%. Kruk is full of shit.
Arias is the definition of what Bochy preaches. If you’re trying to win games NOW then he plays. Crawford sits. And the same goes for Belt, Nate and the rest of them–produce and win NOW or sit down………
Belt has been playing except against LHers.
i think james is right about hector. Lilly has schooled him–he keeps waving at the outside slop without any success. Arias got a pitch that was in the strike zone and got himself a rbi.
Small sample size, sure, but Theriot isn’t hitting anyone lately, and his OPS is worse than crawford’s.
what a fucked up inning…not saying z deserved better, but that’s a couple misplays by gillespie.
why again do we not walk Gwynn there???? Gordon would have weakly hit into that DP..of course if anyone can catch a frickin ground ball…
Because Bubbles walks too many guys as it is.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand sshit goess bad . . . . 0-2 to walk. And bad D. blehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Schierholtz continues his road success.
This fukked defense is getting tired. WTF has happened to this team’s defense? Are they not focusing? Is is lackluster, not intense coaching? There is bad defense all around the squad. You cannot get into the playoffs with such shitty defense. I think the incessant lineup changes have some impact on it. They have to fix this….
Bout time for Ryan The Riot’s 1st tater.
Man, Scully can really be annoying.
Or another fucking weak-ass grounder to 3rd. Fuck. When was our last homer? Cincy? NY?
This squad needs a Viagra or Levitra fuckin group IV to get some power. The slugging % has got to be crap over the last dozen games…
Good one. LQTM.
AZ?
We need McGehee…
A monkey???? Oh wait, I read it wrong.
Why do they even pitch near the plate to Kemp? Fuckkin A, they can’t get this guy out….
I have to believe that Pablo would have known what to do on that bunt. Gillaspsie is learning on the fly, so to a certain extent, it is expected that something like this would happen. No doubt, Bochy will discuss it in private with him.
Hasn’t he been at 3rd most of his baseball life?
Yeah, I think so, but he has played just 23 games in his MLB career and he’s only 24 years old.
Jesus, this is awful. Too many AAA guys on this team.
Damn, the wheels are falling off.
Wow. What revoltin’ development. Edlefson makes a horrible decision there. Welcome back to Fresno, Steve.
Bochy doesn’t seem to be winning this game NOW.
SF: Shitty Fielding
Fucking A. \Do the Giants pitchers actually practice fielding and throwing to the bases — ever? Unfuckingbelievable how bad this defense is…
Some of these guys go fishing where there isn’t any fish.
ok, I will be the first one to retract my years of bitching about Sabean signing old vets and not letting the “young guys” play…the vets are vets because they can catch and throw the frickin ball.
Have we had more errors than this season in the last 30 years??? 1982????
Have the Giants ever come back from a 4-1 deficit to beat the Dodgers?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN201009040.shtml
Excellent, Mac. I would never have gotten that one. Too recent for me. Of course I had this one in mind:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NY1/NY1195110030.shtml
I’ll be hard-pressed to find a rally from 9-1, though.