Weatherproof games: Phillies at Blue Jays, Marlins at Rays, Giants at Mariners.
Sunny is the order of the day for Friday, with only a thunderstorm in Minneapolis ruining the perfect forecast. Expect temperatures in the 80s and sunshine in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Washington and Atlanta. New York, Los Angeles and Oakland will be a bit cooler, while St. Louis and Texas are likely to play their games in the 90s.
In Central America, they call sand flies Chitras or “no see ums.” When those fuckers bite you, they leave welts worse than a mosquito. Bite, bite, bite . . . Scratch, scratch, scratch. Ha. You probably knew that Bozo because I think your State and a couple of others, have either them or the mosquito designated as their State bird.
We do Blade. In a normal season, after Memorial day the no see ums show up (they leave little red marks on me), this is followed by mosquitoes. After the first heavy rain in June we’ll usually get the yellow flies, the second this suckers get on you, you’re bit (these fuckers do leave welts on me). After the yellow flies (usually August) the mosquitoes come back until it gets cold. Last year and this year have been different. Last year we had a huge wild fire so the no see ums came in early and in droves (I think because of the smoke) but a very short yellow fly season. We then had the flood which produced mosquitoes like I had never seen (or anyone else around these parts). that with a mild winter has made the mosquito not only the State bird but I think the Governor as well.
We had our place sprayed (this is in addition to the guy who goes up and down the road spraying everyday). Now, in the beach towns this extra spray will last about 3 weeks, where we’re at it was one week.
To say I’m sick of bugs and mud would be putting it very, very mildly.
These are my top 5 destinations for No See Umms and Mosquitoes:
1. Grand Cayman – I was on a dive trip with a girl friend of mine and we decided that it would be romantic to walk along the beach at night. Wrongo! I was a pin cushion for a swarm and when I got back to the hotel, I had bite marks on my entire back. Disgusting. Ironically, the little fuckers didn’t come out during the day, only night.
2. Twin cities (St. Paul and Minneapolis). I was there during Air National Guard training for 2 weeks and got eaten alive by mosquitoes. Not certain which was worse – the friction’ humidity or the bugs. Only relief came from the 3-4 showers I took daily.
3. Three month RV trip across the western States and Canada (British Columbia). I would take a bath in a lake or river in British Columbia and immediately after exiting, I would get swarmed by the mosquitoes . . . Quite hilarious me running for the RV and locking the door, then spraying myself with DEET.
4. Boquete, Panama, where I noticed these big bites on my leg, that I was scratching constantly. Ironically, I didn’t feel the bites, only the aftermath. I asked around and everyone said, “Chitras.” No idea what that meant, until I googled the word and found out they were sand flies or no see ums. Ha.
5. Any camping trip I go on. Mosquitos seem to get advanced word I am coming for dinner . . . umm, me being the dinner.
Is there something in BF’s opening post that is only visible with 3D glasses or something? It just says “Go get ‘em….” here.
Well, I’ll make a baseball post, as usual. Sorry about your bugs, Bozo. Don’t you worry about the spraying? Do you know what they use?
Not sure what they used twin. The normal stuff they spray isn’t that heavy duty so we tried The Mosquito Guys (or something), it was great for a week but we hoped it would last longer. We live next to a huge wild life preserve and have canals all around us so we do expect the little blood suckers. But, with the mild winter and flood waters getting into areas that were normally dry we have mosquito larvae that had been dormant for decades. So what we have, I guess, is prehistoric mosquitoes used to sucking the blood from dinosaurs now wanting to dine on me.
we were camping along the Sacto river and when i looked down at the top of my thighs, my levi’s were black with mosquitos. They couldn’t get through the thick denim but it totally creeped me out. no one else was being “bugged” but i was covered (they fucking love me the little bastards). I sprayed the shit out of them and went and sat in my tent with the screen zipped up.
lowrie 0-10 in the series…anyone in Seattle look interesting? some guys on merc blog mentioned that could be Nate’s next destination. Can’t see it, esp since melk is coming off leg problems. Nate is league avg. hitter for his position if that who plays a good RF, and putting him there is OK to give the others a rest. I think Nate would do fine in a NL Central hitters park where he could jack more HRs, but he isn’t bringing anything except middle IF replacement level player in a deal. I don’t know anything about the new kid, but apparently he’s nothing special.
I know i’ve said this before, but dumping off Huff or Burriss isn’t going to magically enhance the team. Sure these guys suck but whomever takes their place, which is at far end of the bench, isn’t going to add anything of any significance. We’ve had Pill, culbs, gillaspie…zzzzz.
If you look at yesterday box (no posey), Giants have a few guys with high OPS (melk pagan blanco and sando), couple guys in middle .750 or lower (belt nate) and few others that are .600s (theriot hector arias, and crawford is there too). Kind of an odd mix…what is sabe’s next move? Bad Z outing i’m sure has to give him pause to wonder about pitching depth.
Anyway, as to Arias’ play and tyhat of Blanco. Blanco’s is one of the great regular season catches in MLB history- these plays are alwaysa measured not just for the difficulty of the catch on it’s own, but the significance of it. That it preserved what all observers agree was one of the 2 or 3 greatest regular seson pitching performance gives it it’s pedigree. Arias made a tough play but whether he stumbled as it appeared he did, or chose to back up, he had a hand in making it a difficult play. Don’t misunderstand( and don’t think this opinion means I don’t like him-he should have been here to open the season, and he should be starting ), It wasn’t an easy play but it’s not even close to being the category that Blanco’s unbelievable catch is.
If his play were in the World Series, it would be considered at least the equivalent of Willie’s catch. Why don’t we peak at three-Mays, Gregor, and maybe the best ever- Edmunds? Edmunds’ best catch is the first one in the series of top catches of his. I think it’s real close between his and Blanco’s.
I lived in Long Beach during that time and saw Edmonds play a lot on TV and in person. He was a great fielder. That Angels outfield of Salmon, Anderson, Edmonds was a pretty good one. I don’t think they were as a whole as good as Blanco, Pagan, Cabrera though.
I’ve only been lurking for a couple of years now, but I thought I’d mention that I’ll be at the Safe for all three games this weekend; Vogelsong, Lincecum and Bumgarner versus Vargas, Beavan and Felix. I’m really looking forward to it. The G’s haven’t had much luck in Seattle over the years, so hopefully that’ll change this time. The Padres mauled the M’s this week. I believe the M’s are hitting below .200 as a team at home this year.
Kudos to Matt Cain for one of the best games in MLB history. I only got to see the last two innings, but what a pair of innings it was. I still can’t believe what a great catch Blanco made. Phenomenal.
In the “summer of 68” book I read, dominant theme was year of the pitcher, after which they lowered the mound. McLain won 31, Gibson with 1.12 ERA, bunch of no hitters, Yaz leads AL in batting at .301.
We’ve already had two perfectos, total of 4 n/h, and it’s only June damn near 100 games still left.
I remember an interview with Bowa that Rome did during Bonds era of offense, and bowa thought that expansion had watered down talent level and caused teams to have too many pitchers of less than mlb caliber. Twin has pointed out runs and offense in general have been declining for a few years now–are there too many hitters that shouldn’t be at mlb level on rosters now?
For catches, I’d add DeWayne Wise grab that he bobbles, and the Gary Mattews Jr. one he twists above the wall.
I’ve been to the Mariners ballpark, SafeCo Field, a few times. It’s similar to AT&T in design and how it plays, and how nice a ballpark it is. One of the differences is that SafeCo has more outfield seats. They have a regular rightfield section at a normal distance; whereas AT&T has the narrow walkway, shorter distance, and high wall. AT&T obviously has the awesome view of the Bay, for the viewers above field level; SafeCo’s unique thing is that a railroad track is next to the stadium, and you hear trains going by during the game, as the trains honk their horns as they go by the stadium.
The last time we were there at the Mariners ballpark we bought an Ichiro bobblehead, and it now stands proudly in our bobblehead collection.
Mike, loved the Mays catch, as that’s the 1st time I’ve seen what happened AFTER the catch. Mays alwaysaid the throw was the most important part of that play, and it at least shows the runner on 2nd only being able to take 3rd even though Mays was so deep in CF.
Made it to my first San Jose Giants game last night. Nice little venue right next to Happy Hollow. Other than the home team winning there is not much to report. No Franchez sightings. Panik played SS and is hovering in the .250-.260 range. He had a hit, scored a run and fielded his opportunities but nothing really jumped out about the guy to me. Luke Anders triple in the 8th led to the winning run. Jose Valdez closed it out. He was noticably bigger physically than everyone else on the field and hit 95 on the gun. After fielding mistakes put runners at 2nd and 3rd he dominated the last two batters to slam the door.
Twin, I don’t know about Valdez but he the name was familiar for some reason. Any insight here?
My cousin is dating a guy Ken Mitchell who blogs SJ Giants over at the Examiner. It’s good to see her finally do something useful. I would share a link but he hasn’s posted his report yet. He’s a good guy. I have known him for about 4 years now and never knew he even liked sports. He keeps a low profile at family events. Probably to avoid my Aunt jumping on his ass about everything. Real bitch that one.
Jose has been mired in “A” ball since 2006. He was signed out of the DO at 17. As you saw, he’s a strapping guy-6-7 250. Just looking at those durn numbers, he obviously has big stuff, but has suffered with his control. This has been his first successful season, so far. Considering that he’s still in the low minors after all this time doesn’t bode well for him ever seeing any MLB duty…but you never know.
Well, I bailed yesterday about the time that the Twin-Flavor “throw-down” started…went back and followed-up on some of the posts, and this one by Kat had me LMAO…OUTLOAD. That was some funny shit.
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Why don’t you 2 Bitches get a room…
I’ m still on “The Tennessee Lighting Matt Cain” high right now smoking Romeo Y Julieta Havana Cuban Cigar with Some very smooth 17 year Scotch..Life is great when Matt Cain dominates.Every Giant Flapper should be toasting this guy!!
And every female that attended last night’s game are pregnant today with Matt Cain’s baby!
Of course the Giants have first rights on all the boys for future siginings as well.
Hoping Vogelsong gets it started on a right note tonight.
Not that some of our guys couldn’t use a little extended Spring Training, I sure wish these ST games scheduled while the season is going on didn’t count.
Yup. Don’t like it and I hate the whole DH thing to boot.
In my book, ST, All Star game and World Series are the only times the two Leagues should meet. And this weekend isn’t the ASG or WS.
Cheers chi.
I’ve said this before. Interleague doesn’t really matter in the Bay Area but I think it’s nice for fans with no access to get the chance to see the other league play live. Seattle fans will get to see the Freak, their hometown hero, without having to travel. I think that’s a good thing for baseball fans. But again, it doesn’t matter here in the Bay Area. if I want to see some players on an American League team, I can always hop on BART.
Yeah…I understand. I don’t have as much a problem with the interleague. Next year they are changing it up where the teams played will be more diverse, etc. But I am definitiely with you on the DH…fucking abberation. You play the game, you should have to pick-up a god damned bat, too.
You guys have probably seen it, but I read wherr Huff is probably headed to the DL, and the Giants will recall Justin Christian (hitting .364 with 7 jacks for Fresneck)…
Huff is a ghost, it is SO time to send him away. But if Christian is the big replacement, zzzzzzzz, he’s probably gonna haunt the dugout for a while after he returns.
I’ve seen it, it undoubtedly would have been Kieschnick, but he got hurt. Christian does give them another speed guy on the bench and a guy to bunt unsuccessfully, but he didn’t impress last year.
Me? I am happy that I am retracing the $25k I lost last month in the stock market . . . Those silly Greeks across the pond have been making my life a bit miserable . . . Fortunately, the market has been grinding higher the last couple of weeks and especially today, on the thought that we’ll get some sort of resolution with Greece this weekend (they are having elections). Ha. 🙂
Re: the comments above on watered down offenses, etc. A contributing factor not to be overlooked is the low percentage of black athletes in MLB. Now at 8% of total MLB players, less than half what it was in 1959. For whatever reasons, current day black athletes in the US are not interested in the game, or don’t have access to it as kids to become interested. Latin athletes have filled in the spaces mostly. They’re good athletes, but I think its a shame that baseball is losing potential black stars and superstars to football and basketball. We need more guys like Bo Jackson, Fergie Jenkins, Reggie Smith, Dave Stewart, Kemp now, or even lesser lights like Shawn Dunston. More black athletes in the game can only increase the quality of play. Supposedly Selig is doing something with these inner city programs, but I haven’t seen much progress. The fact that Burriss, at his pedestrian skill level, is the only MLB black player from the DC area, is astounding to me. Maybe this news about concussions in football will drive some black kids to baseball. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/story/2012-04-15/baseball-jackie-robinson/54302108/1
Snarkk, I actually think that baseball will once again be the sport all kids, black, white, etc., gravitate too. Parents, in a few years, wont allow their kids to play football anymore. It’s actually happening as we speak.
Just my take, but in 15-20 years, I think NFL football will disappear, and most certainly, Pop Warner/High School/college football will as well . . . perhaps sooner. Concussions and other serious injuries are the death knell for this sport. We will be talking about pro football, the way the post persecution Christians use to talk about the Roman Circus/feed them to the lions and gladiator fights to the death.
It’s ridiculously expensive for a young person to play organized baseball. Many leagues do allow parents to pay what they can, but equipment prices are insane http://tinyurl.com/79rezfk
What the hell happened to wood bats in little league baseball? When I was a kid and a bat cracked, we would do the following: Nail it and tape it. I remember they had different color tape back in the late 60s that was quite cool looking on broken or unbroken bats. Sheesh.
There are second hand sport shops where you can get used alum bats for way less than that. I got my younger Snarkette an alum softball bat for around $25…
Darren McGavin was one of my all time favorite actors..
Speaking of TV, I was watching House for about 20 minutes and the patient hadn’t inexplicably begun spurting blood from her mouth yet. The show has obviously gone down hill. That could always be counted on in 10 minutes or less..
If the patient de jour appears to be a guy with Exploding Brain Tumor Syndrome, I watch the Brady Bunch instead. But I like Dr. House, and wonder when the morons who work for him will wig on the fact that they have never been right.
Blade – re: your comment on the NFL going away in the next 15-20 years. I seriously doubt that.
Would love to see a renesaissance of baseball, and agree with Snarkk that the decline of black athletes probably factors to some degree. More baseball clubs need to do like our SF Giants, and have programs like the Junior Giants to help inner-city kids get exposed to baseball, etc.
But, you have to remember that in 1957 there were only 16 Major League clubs. By 1964 the number had increased to 20. And now, 30. So, from 64 until now you have 10 additional teams (25 man rosters…250 additional players). So, I do think that the player talent is watered-down from the days in which we were growing-up.
As Colin Cowherd said on ESPN radio this week: if mommies are afraid their boys will get hurt, they’ll have them play another sport. And if little boys don’t play football, they don’t grow up to be NFLers. The other issue: lawsuits. A friend of mine compared the concussion liability to the avalanche of asbestos lawsuits.
keeping an eye on the Open scores while waiting for the lineup and the game to start. the course seems to be winning. a couple of guys with a -1 but quite a few +4 and +5’s. I’m no Big Flavor but I’m predicting now that the final score will be -1.
I have no idea what you mean about me not going to UCSF. Except on very rare occasions I only go there for surgery or the Gamma treatments I had. Tests, most MRIs, now PT , etc. are done at St. Helena.
I love the brevity of the post by Mr. Flavoris. This will make it easier for him to complete his appointed rounds, meaning 1,000 posts, or whatever the magic number is.
Great catches? Among them is a leap by Dave Winfield OVER the wall in Yankee Stadium in the 1980s, I believe. (Loo, know it?) But, honestly, a catch has a context. Therefore, the importance and drama of Blanco’s are key factors. BTW, Mays says a catch in Brooklyn was way better. As I recall from his bio, he dived and passed out. They thought he was dead. Hung on to the ball. That’s what counts.
Has anyone heard from the Sun Dressed Goddess? Maybe she was sitting near Cain’s wife imparting good mojo.
“Therefore, the importance and drama of Blanco’s are key factors.” Absolutely. As I noted above, it goes down as one of the great regular season catches because it preserved the perfect game, one deemed as one of the 2 or 3 greatest regular season pitching performances…
What was at work that night? That was an impossible catch. And I think Pagan made reference to “Angels in the Outfield” when he said he thought Snyder’s drive was like 10 rows deep and came back..who were the Angels out to benefit that night? Cain? Or BigFlavor? And why? Wah-ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo…
I just watched that Wright non-error that the Mets appealed. Why did he try to bare hand that? Upton is fast but he’s not THAT fast. It was an error in stupidity for sure….
exactly, total show off move. I could see if it was a perfect bunt he was rushing in on to try to field, then you go bare hand and if you miss it it’s a hit. But he was just hanging out by the bag trying to showboat the throw. That is absolutely an error. And the *situation* of the game shouldn’t have mattered at all. That was an error you give and ENJOY giving it for him trying a show off play like that……..
If he ruled it an error right away, yes. But it would not be correct to do it after the game. At to the “situation”, the no hitter was no factor then, it was the 1st inning- and that’s why it should not be overturned. Dickey pitched the rest of the game with a hit on the books- extremely unlikely he pitches the no hitter if it had been ruled an error.
Oh I don’t think it should have overturned– they don’t want it overturned because it was a bad call, they just want it to get the no hitter. That’s bullshit. Can you imagine the Mets racing off to the official scorer right after it happened requesting him to change that to an error? Wright woulda loved that, lol. If they didn’t do it then they should yap about it now. Sounds like Dickey didn’t even want them to do it.
But yeah, it’s weird that didn’t get scored an error right off the bat. I just don’t see how that could be considered a hit the way Wright went about approaching and ultimately trying to field the ball
Plus, the sort of unwritten rule about the first hit needing to be a clean hit. But maybe that’s different if it’s that early in the game, and the game is on the road.
I know why they want it overturned-as you said , because they want the no hitter- and that would set the worst possible precedent. He pitched the rest of the game throwing and most importantly- thinking- he was pitching a ONE hitter. At that point it doesn’t matter if it was a good or bad decision- he did not pitch a no-hitter,and overturning the call is giving him a no-hitter, he still did not pitch one.
My dad, fairly tech challenged and still unable to post on the blog (though he reads it everyday) responded to my emailing asking if he saw that I had predicted Cain’s no hitter. His response was short and to the point: “yeah, but did you predict Raggs?”
Shit, tough sleddin’ being the son of a southern man….
Man, Tiger’s on the tee, par 4, 485 yards. A nano-second after he hits the ball screams “It’s in the hole!” If I was Tiger, I’d brain the the fucking clown.
Hamilton hospitalized with a viral infection? Assuming that’s true, this guy just has too many weird ass things happen to him. There was a list posted on the internet earlier today (CBS maybe?) that listed off all his career ailments and the number of games he’s missed because of them. It was a very long list.
I’ve watched a fair number of Ranger games this year (I’m watching Yu pitch against the Astros right now) and one thing I can say about Josh Hamilton is that he might be a dumb player. This guy is big, 6’5 250 or so, and he’s repeatedly sliding head first into bags. You can’t do that when you’re that big, injury prone, and getting older. It could be his gamer*ness and not his dumbness but if I’m a team that’s considering dropping 20-0+ million on this guy there is no way I pull the trigger on that, especially considering all the strange injuries and the possibility of relapse……..
I know. Well, my unreal predictions were blowing my mind (did you nail that chick, I gave it my seal of approval before I hit the sack that night) so I had to dial it down. Simplify. Reduce to lowest common denominator. All that jazz.
Plus, the only thing I could think of to do today was a spiel about Belt finally earning his keep and I didn’t feel like going down that road….
If I was at the Olympic Club, which I’m not, I would follow Casey Martin around and watch him go 74/75 100% of the time before I’d follow Bubba’s half hearted effort. He can’t wait to get out of here. There’s one thing I hate about all athletes: guys that get paid and then start mailing it in from there on out. I know the story of Bubba, family guy, private, just adopted another kid—yada yada.
If you’re gonna play professional golf and get paid that kind of dough then you should have a commitment to your trade and honor the fans of the game with 100% commitment to what you do for a living.
I think Bubba is about 50% golf these days…….
unca_chuck said, on June 15, 2012 at 11:51 am
A Night Stalker reference? My day is complete.
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I knew at least you and twin would get that, chuck. zumie had a nice lttle cha cha as wel
OK I’ ll lay it on the line,I will predict a Giants Sweep of this pathetic looking Mariners team.They are making wholesale changes right now,8 roster moves yesterday, How many teams do that?Besides a “SHITTY” team I guess.
Flav mentioned earlier about athletes “Mailing it in” when getting the big payday.
Besides are own boy Aubrey Huff , Mariners have both Choke Figgins and Miguel Olivo just playing out the motions and sucking donkey balls.This team is full shutdown mode.
You will see starting tonight, how the Orange and Black steamrolls them all weekend
To clarify an earlier post about Christian, I have no huge issue with him playing, but he’s a better fielder than Pagan, it’s more sense to DH Pagan, IMO. And I’m not trashing Angel, it’s just the way it is.
No shit. Manny couldn’t hit AAA pitching. Oh well. I might take my dauhters to see a Rivercats game when they play the Grizzlies. Maybe by the 22nd Freddie will be ready.
credit to Arias, nice AB—get a pitch you can drive in the air, and get a rbi. Belt starting to jack up the slugging pct., very good sign, esp vs. the LHP whom he seems to see very well.
Color me a belt apologist if you like, but I like what I’m seeing lately.
Seattle is just to congested for me
Some nice attractions like Pike’ Market, The Loucks where the salmon jump.
But a much better place to go in Washington is Anacortes /SanJuan Islands you drive your car on the ferry to such cool islands like Orcas, Lopez and Friday Harbor.
it’s so clear watching Voggy pitch what the diff is between him and Timmy right now. He throws the ball where he wants to throw it. He focuses. He’s patient. Tim’s pitches fly all over the place. I don’t give a shit what his FIP is, he’s lost right now. It’s not the defense behind him or luck or anything else.
vogs nibbles a lot–he walked a couple guys that haven’t been hitting at all, like the guy batting 9th that’s hitting .157 with Ichiro up next. He did hang a couple pitches that got whacked tonite too, but wound up in people’s gloves. Bottom line tho he shut them out, long way from what Tim’s been doing.
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Weatherproof games: Phillies at Blue Jays, Marlins at Rays, Giants at Mariners.
Sunny is the order of the day for Friday, with only a thunderstorm in Minneapolis ruining the perfect forecast. Expect temperatures in the 80s and sunshine in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Washington and Atlanta. New York, Los Angeles and Oakland will be a bit cooler, while St. Louis and Texas are likely to play their games in the 90s.
I got your back, Flav. Where dey at? Where dey at?
Umm, Flav? I don’t see em.
In Central America, they call sand flies Chitras or “no see ums.” When those fuckers bite you, they leave welts worse than a mosquito. Bite, bite, bite . . . Scratch, scratch, scratch. Ha. You probably knew that Bozo because I think your State and a couple of others, have either them or the mosquito designated as their State bird.
We do Blade. In a normal season, after Memorial day the no see ums show up (they leave little red marks on me), this is followed by mosquitoes. After the first heavy rain in June we’ll usually get the yellow flies, the second this suckers get on you, you’re bit (these fuckers do leave welts on me). After the yellow flies (usually August) the mosquitoes come back until it gets cold. Last year and this year have been different. Last year we had a huge wild fire so the no see ums came in early and in droves (I think because of the smoke) but a very short yellow fly season. We then had the flood which produced mosquitoes like I had never seen (or anyone else around these parts). that with a mild winter has made the mosquito not only the State bird but I think the Governor as well.
We had our place sprayed (this is in addition to the guy who goes up and down the road spraying everyday). Now, in the beach towns this extra spray will last about 3 weeks, where we’re at it was one week.
To say I’m sick of bugs and mud would be putting it very, very mildly.
These are my top 5 destinations for No See Umms and Mosquitoes:
1. Grand Cayman – I was on a dive trip with a girl friend of mine and we decided that it would be romantic to walk along the beach at night. Wrongo! I was a pin cushion for a swarm and when I got back to the hotel, I had bite marks on my entire back. Disgusting. Ironically, the little fuckers didn’t come out during the day, only night.
2. Twin cities (St. Paul and Minneapolis). I was there during Air National Guard training for 2 weeks and got eaten alive by mosquitoes. Not certain which was worse – the friction’ humidity or the bugs. Only relief came from the 3-4 showers I took daily.
3. Three month RV trip across the western States and Canada (British Columbia). I would take a bath in a lake or river in British Columbia and immediately after exiting, I would get swarmed by the mosquitoes . . . Quite hilarious me running for the RV and locking the door, then spraying myself with DEET.
4. Boquete, Panama, where I noticed these big bites on my leg, that I was scratching constantly. Ironically, I didn’t feel the bites, only the aftermath. I asked around and everyone said, “Chitras.” No idea what that meant, until I googled the word and found out they were sand flies or no see ums. Ha.
5. Any camping trip I go on. Mosquitos seem to get advanced word I am coming for dinner . . . umm, me being the dinner.
Is there something in BF’s opening post that is only visible with 3D glasses or something? It just says “Go get ‘em….” here.
Well, I’ll make a baseball post, as usual. Sorry about your bugs, Bozo. Don’t you worry about the spraying? Do you know what they use?
Not sure what they used twin. The normal stuff they spray isn’t that heavy duty so we tried The Mosquito Guys (or something), it was great for a week but we hoped it would last longer. We live next to a huge wild life preserve and have canals all around us so we do expect the little blood suckers. But, with the mild winter and flood waters getting into areas that were normally dry we have mosquito larvae that had been dormant for decades. So what we have, I guess, is prehistoric mosquitoes used to sucking the blood from dinosaurs now wanting to dine on me.
Back to baseball.
we were camping along the Sacto river and when i looked down at the top of my thighs, my levi’s were black with mosquitos. They couldn’t get through the thick denim but it totally creeped me out. no one else was being “bugged” but i was covered (they fucking love me the little bastards). I sprayed the shit out of them and went and sat in my tent with the screen zipped up.
welcome to Sac Town!!
A few of you must be tasty……at least to the bugs.
Might’ve been a few bugs in Nam…
Mosquito the movie 1995 has a excellent eye popping. trailer on you tube.
lowrie 0-10 in the series…anyone in Seattle look interesting? some guys on merc blog mentioned that could be Nate’s next destination. Can’t see it, esp since melk is coming off leg problems. Nate is league avg. hitter for his position if that who plays a good RF, and putting him there is OK to give the others a rest. I think Nate would do fine in a NL Central hitters park where he could jack more HRs, but he isn’t bringing anything except middle IF replacement level player in a deal. I don’t know anything about the new kid, but apparently he’s nothing special.
I know i’ve said this before, but dumping off Huff or Burriss isn’t going to magically enhance the team. Sure these guys suck but whomever takes their place, which is at far end of the bench, isn’t going to add anything of any significance. We’ve had Pill, culbs, gillaspie…zzzzz.
If you look at yesterday box (no posey), Giants have a few guys with high OPS (melk pagan blanco and sando), couple guys in middle .750 or lower (belt nate) and few others that are .600s (theriot hector arias, and crawford is there too). Kind of an odd mix…what is sabe’s next move? Bad Z outing i’m sure has to give him pause to wonder about pitching depth.
Anyway, as to Arias’ play and tyhat of Blanco. Blanco’s is one of the great regular season catches in MLB history- these plays are alwaysa measured not just for the difficulty of the catch on it’s own, but the significance of it. That it preserved what all observers agree was one of the 2 or 3 greatest regular seson pitching performance gives it it’s pedigree. Arias made a tough play but whether he stumbled as it appeared he did, or chose to back up, he had a hand in making it a difficult play. Don’t misunderstand( and don’t think this opinion means I don’t like him-he should have been here to open the season, and he should be starting ), It wasn’t an easy play but it’s not even close to being the category that Blanco’s unbelievable catch is.
If his play were in the World Series, it would be considered at least the equivalent of Willie’s catch. Why don’t we peak at three-Mays, Gregor, and maybe the best ever- Edmunds? Edmunds’ best catch is the first one in the series of top catches of his. I think it’s real close between his and Blanco’s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTNYsdQWAgc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlYTsVUGrvo&feature=related
I lived in Long Beach during that time and saw Edmonds play a lot on TV and in person. He was a great fielder. That Angels outfield of Salmon, Anderson, Edmonds was a pretty good one. I don’t think they were as a whole as good as Blanco, Pagan, Cabrera though.
I’ve only been lurking for a couple of years now, but I thought I’d mention that I’ll be at the Safe for all three games this weekend; Vogelsong, Lincecum and Bumgarner versus Vargas, Beavan and Felix. I’m really looking forward to it. The G’s haven’t had much luck in Seattle over the years, so hopefully that’ll change this time. The Padres mauled the M’s this week. I believe the M’s are hitting below .200 as a team at home this year.
Kudos to Matt Cain for one of the best games in MLB history. I only got to see the last two innings, but what a pair of innings it was. I still can’t believe what a great catch Blanco made. Phenomenal.
If I get any decent pics, I’ll post ’em.
Have a great time, JB! I’ve been there a few times; I like that ballpark.
Thanks zumie. It is a great place to watch a game. Go Giants!
please do. You can send them to me at bigflavor77@gmail.com
represent some orange and black!
Even though I am a 50 year Met-hater, I would take Swoboda’s catch in the ’69 WS…
yeah that immediately came to mind…just so unexpected…unlike candy maldonado slide approach.
The “Greatest Catch” is a totally subjective call-no right or wrong answer
In the “summer of 68” book I read, dominant theme was year of the pitcher, after which they lowered the mound. McLain won 31, Gibson with 1.12 ERA, bunch of no hitters, Yaz leads AL in batting at .301.
We’ve already had two perfectos, total of 4 n/h, and it’s only June damn near 100 games still left.
I remember an interview with Bowa that Rome did during Bonds era of offense, and bowa thought that expansion had watered down talent level and caused teams to have too many pitchers of less than mlb caliber. Twin has pointed out runs and offense in general have been declining for a few years now–are there too many hitters that shouldn’t be at mlb level on rosters now?
For catches, I’d add DeWayne Wise grab that he bobbles, and the Gary Mattews Jr. one he twists above the wall.
Here’s Swoboda’s. As I said, subjective. I wouldn’t rate it all that highly.
http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/25153908/1969-world-series.htm
I’ve been to the Mariners ballpark, SafeCo Field, a few times. It’s similar to AT&T in design and how it plays, and how nice a ballpark it is. One of the differences is that SafeCo has more outfield seats. They have a regular rightfield section at a normal distance; whereas AT&T has the narrow walkway, shorter distance, and high wall. AT&T obviously has the awesome view of the Bay, for the viewers above field level; SafeCo’s unique thing is that a railroad track is next to the stadium, and you hear trains going by during the game, as the trains honk their horns as they go by the stadium.
The last time we were there at the Mariners ballpark we bought an Ichiro bobblehead, and it now stands proudly in our bobblehead collection.
Mike, loved the Mays catch, as that’s the 1st time I’ve seen what happened AFTER the catch. Mays alwaysaid the throw was the most important part of that play, and it at least shows the runner on 2nd only being able to take 3rd even though Mays was so deep in CF.
While I wouldn’t rate it as highly as you, I can’t imagine anyone having a huge problem with it being considered the best.
Made it to my first San Jose Giants game last night. Nice little venue right next to Happy Hollow. Other than the home team winning there is not much to report. No Franchez sightings. Panik played SS and is hovering in the .250-.260 range. He had a hit, scored a run and fielded his opportunities but nothing really jumped out about the guy to me. Luke Anders triple in the 8th led to the winning run. Jose Valdez closed it out. He was noticably bigger physically than everyone else on the field and hit 95 on the gun. After fielding mistakes put runners at 2nd and 3rd he dominated the last two batters to slam the door.
Twin, I don’t know about Valdez but he the name was familiar for some reason. Any insight here?
My cousin is dating a guy Ken Mitchell who blogs SJ Giants over at the Examiner. It’s good to see her finally do something useful. I would share a link but he hasn’s posted his report yet. He’s a good guy. I have known him for about 4 years now and never knew he even liked sports. He keeps a low profile at family events. Probably to avoid my Aunt jumping on his ass about everything. Real bitch that one.
Jose has been mired in “A” ball since 2006. He was signed out of the DO at 17. As you saw, he’s a strapping guy-6-7 250. Just looking at those durn numbers, he obviously has big stuff, but has suffered with his control. This has been his first successful season, so far. Considering that he’s still in the low minors after all this time doesn’t bode well for him ever seeing any MLB duty…but you never know.
I only know one thing about Seattle:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069002/
Never trust a 144 year-old alchemist.
Words to live by, zum
The Endy Chavez catch in Game 6 of the 2006 NLCS might be, given the circumstances, the best I’ve ever seen.
Ooops, should be Game 7.
Pretty damned good…certainly “one of the best” (subjectively speaking) that I have seen…
And to all you aficionados of lousy cinema out there, let us wish a very Happy 83rd Birthday to Herschell Gordon Lewis
Thank goodness he didn’t pass away, I think the sympathy cut off age is 70..
In his case you’re probably right. Now, like old buildings and hookers, he can be looked upon with respect
This one didn’t make the cut, best catches generally involve actually catching the ball.
http://www.worldsportbloopers.com/2011/05/jose-canseco-homerun-off-head.html
I remember that one. Classic
Well, I bailed yesterday about the time that the Twin-Flavor “throw-down” started…went back and followed-up on some of the posts, and this one by Kat had me LMAO…OUTLOAD. That was some funny shit.
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Why don’t you 2 Bitches get a room…
I’ m still on “The Tennessee Lighting Matt Cain” high right now smoking Romeo Y Julieta Havana Cuban Cigar with Some very smooth 17 year Scotch..Life is great when Matt Cain dominates.Every Giant Flapper should be toasting this guy!!
And every female that attended last night’s game are pregnant today with Matt Cain’s baby!
Of course the Giants have first rights on all the boys for future siginings as well.
Hoping Vogelsong gets it started on a right note tonight.
Not that some of our guys couldn’t use a little extended Spring Training, I sure wish these ST games scheduled while the season is going on didn’t count.
Not tracking with ya, John…you imply that the interleague is equivalent to ST?
Yup. Don’t like it and I hate the whole DH thing to boot.
In my book, ST, All Star game and World Series are the only times the two Leagues should meet. And this weekend isn’t the ASG or WS.
Cheers chi.
I’ve said this before. Interleague doesn’t really matter in the Bay Area but I think it’s nice for fans with no access to get the chance to see the other league play live. Seattle fans will get to see the Freak, their hometown hero, without having to travel. I think that’s a good thing for baseball fans. But again, it doesn’t matter here in the Bay Area. if I want to see some players on an American League team, I can always hop on BART.
Yeah…I understand. I don’t have as much a problem with the interleague. Next year they are changing it up where the teams played will be more diverse, etc. But I am definitiely with you on the DH…fucking abberation. You play the game, you should have to pick-up a god damned bat, too.
You guys have probably seen it, but I read wherr Huff is probably headed to the DL, and the Giants will recall Justin Christian (hitting .364 with 7 jacks for Fresneck)…
Huff is a ghost, it is SO time to send him away. But if Christian is the big replacement, zzzzzzzz, he’s probably gonna haunt the dugout for a while after he returns.
I like Casper better …..he’s friendlier
I’ve seen it, it undoubtedly would have been Kieschnick, but he got hurt. Christian does give them another speed guy on the bench and a guy to bunt unsuccessfully, but he didn’t impress last year.
Me? I am happy that I am retracing the $25k I lost last month in the stock market . . . Those silly Greeks across the pond have been making my life a bit miserable . . . Fortunately, the market has been grinding higher the last couple of weeks and especially today, on the thought that we’ll get some sort of resolution with Greece this weekend (they are having elections). Ha. 🙂
Greece. Don’t get me started on the Motherland
“Go get’em”
Yer goddamn right, Nip..
Re: the comments above on watered down offenses, etc. A contributing factor not to be overlooked is the low percentage of black athletes in MLB. Now at 8% of total MLB players, less than half what it was in 1959. For whatever reasons, current day black athletes in the US are not interested in the game, or don’t have access to it as kids to become interested. Latin athletes have filled in the spaces mostly. They’re good athletes, but I think its a shame that baseball is losing potential black stars and superstars to football and basketball. We need more guys like Bo Jackson, Fergie Jenkins, Reggie Smith, Dave Stewart, Kemp now, or even lesser lights like Shawn Dunston. More black athletes in the game can only increase the quality of play. Supposedly Selig is doing something with these inner city programs, but I haven’t seen much progress. The fact that Burriss, at his pedestrian skill level, is the only MLB black player from the DC area, is astounding to me. Maybe this news about concussions in football will drive some black kids to baseball. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/story/2012-04-15/baseball-jackie-robinson/54302108/1
Snarkk, I actually think that baseball will once again be the sport all kids, black, white, etc., gravitate too. Parents, in a few years, wont allow their kids to play football anymore. It’s actually happening as we speak.
Just my take, but in 15-20 years, I think NFL football will disappear, and most certainly, Pop Warner/High School/college football will as well . . . perhaps sooner. Concussions and other serious injuries are the death knell for this sport. We will be talking about pro football, the way the post persecution Christians use to talk about the Roman Circus/feed them to the lions and gladiator fights to the death.
It’s ridiculously expensive for a young person to play organized baseball. Many leagues do allow parents to pay what they can, but equipment prices are insane
http://tinyurl.com/79rezfk
Wow! $269 for an aluminum bat? “Son, I was wrong to yell at you about that video game you were playing. Who needs sunshine anyway?”
(grin) sadly.
What the hell happened to wood bats in little league baseball? When I was a kid and a bat cracked, we would do the following: Nail it and tape it. I remember they had different color tape back in the late 60s that was quite cool looking on broken or unbroken bats. Sheesh.
There are second hand sport shops where you can get used alum bats for way less than that. I got my younger Snarkette an alum softball bat for around $25…
A Night Stalker reference? My day is complete.
Darrin McGavin was great on that show. As he was in A Christmas Story.
Darren McGavin was one of my all time favorite actors..
Speaking of TV, I was watching House for about 20 minutes and the patient hadn’t inexplicably begun spurting blood from her mouth yet. The show has obviously gone down hill. That could always be counted on in 10 minutes or less..
I avoid House at all costs. That actor is weird looking and the character talks too much!
If the patient de jour appears to be a guy with Exploding Brain Tumor Syndrome, I watch the Brady Bunch instead. But I like Dr. House, and wonder when the morons who work for him will wig on the fact that they have never been right.
Yeah they are morons. The script demands it!
Blade – re: your comment on the NFL going away in the next 15-20 years. I seriously doubt that.
Would love to see a renesaissance of baseball, and agree with Snarkk that the decline of black athletes probably factors to some degree. More baseball clubs need to do like our SF Giants, and have programs like the Junior Giants to help inner-city kids get exposed to baseball, etc.
But, you have to remember that in 1957 there were only 16 Major League clubs. By 1964 the number had increased to 20. And now, 30. So, from 64 until now you have 10 additional teams (25 man rosters…250 additional players). So, I do think that the player talent is watered-down from the days in which we were growing-up.
As Colin Cowherd said on ESPN radio this week: if mommies are afraid their boys will get hurt, they’ll have them play another sport. And if little boys don’t play football, they don’t grow up to be NFLers. The other issue: lawsuits. A friend of mine compared the concussion liability to the avalanche of asbestos lawsuits.
Agree. Sort of an extension of “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys.”
keeping an eye on the Open scores while waiting for the lineup and the game to start. the course seems to be winning. a couple of guys with a -1 but quite a few +4 and +5’s. I’m no Big Flavor but I’m predicting now that the final score will be -1.
I hope that Tiger does well.
OK, I’ll be the one to do it. Happy 28th Timmy, party tonight and kick some Mariner butt tomorrow.
I foresee a hospital stay in his near future. As in dehydration. As in hangover.
He’s due…but then I have been saying that for like his last six starts…
Haven’t you been going to UCSF, Mike?
They are having a fund-raiser. Would love to check this out, but it’s at an undisclosed location . . .
http://tinyurl.com/6ojka8n
I have no idea what you mean about me not going to UCSF. Except on very rare occasions I only go there for surgery or the Gamma treatments I had. Tests, most MRIs, now PT , etc. are done at St. Helena.
Checking out DVD of Austin City Limits – Them Crooked Vultures…awesome!
I love the brevity of the post by Mr. Flavoris. This will make it easier for him to complete his appointed rounds, meaning 1,000 posts, or whatever the magic number is.
Great catches? Among them is a leap by Dave Winfield OVER the wall in Yankee Stadium in the 1980s, I believe. (Loo, know it?) But, honestly, a catch has a context. Therefore, the importance and drama of Blanco’s are key factors. BTW, Mays says a catch in Brooklyn was way better. As I recall from his bio, he dived and passed out. They thought he was dead. Hung on to the ball. That’s what counts.
Has anyone heard from the Sun Dressed Goddess? Maybe she was sitting near Cain’s wife imparting good mojo.
she could sit next to me and provide a good blojo
At the nearest Hojo. . .
“Therefore, the importance and drama of Blanco’s are key factors.” Absolutely. As I noted above, it goes down as one of the great regular season catches because it preserved the perfect game, one deemed as one of the 2 or 3 greatest regular season pitching performances…
What was at work that night? That was an impossible catch. And I think Pagan made reference to “Angels in the Outfield” when he said he thought Snyder’s drive was like 10 rows deep and came back..who were the Angels out to benefit that night? Cain? Or BigFlavor? And why? Wah-ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo…
Oh dear. Berman’s doing the US Open, and his closing line before going to commercial was “There’s going to be a lot of tripping at the Olympic.”
Them Crooked Vultures? Cool.
Yeah…John Paul Jones…Dave Grohl on drums…Josh Homme on guitar…Austin City Limits set kicks ass.
Here is another link (in addtion to the one Chuck posted)…on the fundraising breakfast…would loved to have been there…
http://tinyurl.com/7hjk7bt
I just watched that Wright non-error that the Mets appealed. Why did he try to bare hand that? Upton is fast but he’s not THAT fast. It was an error in stupidity for sure….
He tried to make a “show-off” move and he botched it, and the whole thing blew up in his face because of how the game turned out.
The scorekeeper should have ruled that an error, IMO.
exactly, total show off move. I could see if it was a perfect bunt he was rushing in on to try to field, then you go bare hand and if you miss it it’s a hit. But he was just hanging out by the bag trying to showboat the throw. That is absolutely an error. And the *situation* of the game shouldn’t have mattered at all. That was an error you give and ENJOY giving it for him trying a show off play like that……..
If he ruled it an error right away, yes. But it would not be correct to do it after the game. At to the “situation”, the no hitter was no factor then, it was the 1st inning- and that’s why it should not be overturned. Dickey pitched the rest of the game with a hit on the books- extremely unlikely he pitches the no hitter if it had been ruled an error.
Oh I don’t think it should have overturned– they don’t want it overturned because it was a bad call, they just want it to get the no hitter. That’s bullshit. Can you imagine the Mets racing off to the official scorer right after it happened requesting him to change that to an error? Wright woulda loved that, lol. If they didn’t do it then they should yap about it now. Sounds like Dickey didn’t even want them to do it.
But yeah, it’s weird that didn’t get scored an error right off the bat. I just don’t see how that could be considered a hit the way Wright went about approaching and ultimately trying to field the ball
Plus, the sort of unwritten rule about the first hit needing to be a clean hit. But maybe that’s different if it’s that early in the game, and the game is on the road.
I don’t think it was game saving but I still like Kevin Mitchells bare handed catch
I know why they want it overturned-as you said , because they want the no hitter- and that would set the worst possible precedent. He pitched the rest of the game throwing and most importantly- thinking- he was pitching a ONE hitter. At that point it doesn’t matter if it was a good or bad decision- he did not pitch a no-hitter,and overturning the call is giving him a no-hitter, he still did not pitch one.
Absolutely xero idea why Christian is the DH. It doesn’t make sense on about 101 different levels
Blanco RF, Theriot 2B, Cabrera LF, Posey C, Pagan CF, Sandoval 3B, Belt 1B, Arias SS, Christian DH, (Vogelsong P)
Giants finally get to DH! Traditionalists are holding their big noses..
My dad, fairly tech challenged and still unable to post on the blog (though he reads it everyday) responded to my emailing asking if he saw that I had predicted Cain’s no hitter. His response was short and to the point: “yeah, but did you predict Raggs?”
Shit, tough sleddin’ being the son of a southern man….
Were you even alive whan Rags threw his no-no?
come on, I’m 42….
Man, Tiger’s on the tee, par 4, 485 yards. A nano-second after he hits the ball screams “It’s in the hole!” If I was Tiger, I’d brain the the fucking clown.
He’s tied with Furyk and Toms for the lead. Philbert Mickenmeister is currently right at the projected cut line, +7.
BLEEP.
Chuck – as a member of the clown union, I’ll except that brain. Pretty sure I could use one of those things.
accept…..
If I only had a brain.
Say what you will about Mickelson, but the dude is money with the wedge.
Well, he has a chance to squeak in.
Hamilton hospitalized with a viral infection? Assuming that’s true, this guy just has too many weird ass things happen to him. There was a list posted on the internet earlier today (CBS maybe?) that listed off all his career ailments and the number of games he’s missed because of them. It was a very long list.
I’ve watched a fair number of Ranger games this year (I’m watching Yu pitch against the Astros right now) and one thing I can say about Josh Hamilton is that he might be a dumb player. This guy is big, 6’5 250 or so, and he’s repeatedly sliding head first into bags. You can’t do that when you’re that big, injury prone, and getting older. It could be his gamer*ness and not his dumbness but if I’m a team that’s considering dropping 20-0+ million on this guy there is no way I pull the trigger on that, especially considering all the strange injuries and the possibility of relapse……..
Wise move.
go get ’em!
A big lefty who does dumb things, is injury prone and could relapse at anytime?
I didn’t know they were making a movie about the story of my life.
Brevity is a virtue.
By the way, Flav? Your intros are getting a little too wordy
I know. Well, my unreal predictions were blowing my mind (did you nail that chick, I gave it my seal of approval before I hit the sack that night) so I had to dial it down. Simplify. Reduce to lowest common denominator. All that jazz.
Plus, the only thing I could think of to do today was a spiel about Belt finally earning his keep and I didn’t feel like going down that road….
Belt is the first base guy ….period!
No, I didn’t nail her but I did manage a restraining order against me so that’s a step forward
If I was at the Olympic Club, which I’m not, I would follow Casey Martin around and watch him go 74/75 100% of the time before I’d follow Bubba’s half hearted effort. He can’t wait to get out of here. There’s one thing I hate about all athletes: guys that get paid and then start mailing it in from there on out. I know the story of Bubba, family guy, private, just adopted another kid—yada yada.
If you’re gonna play professional golf and get paid that kind of dough then you should have a commitment to your trade and honor the fans of the game with 100% commitment to what you do for a living.
I think Bubba is about 50% golf these days…….
Bubba should just do commercials.
unca_chuck said, on June 15, 2012 at 11:51 am
A Night Stalker reference? My day is complete.
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I knew at least you and twin would get that, chuck. zumie had a nice lttle cha cha as wel
BLEEP!
Chuck says that too!
No. chuck says fuck
It’s probably not the ideal thing when your choice for DH is hitting 9th in the order.
Yeah but when you’re using the DH…who’s an ideal?
OK I’ ll lay it on the line,I will predict a Giants Sweep of this pathetic looking Mariners team.They are making wholesale changes right now,8 roster moves yesterday, How many teams do that?Besides a “SHITTY” team I guess.
Flav mentioned earlier about athletes “Mailing it in” when getting the big payday.
Besides are own boy Aubrey Huff , Mariners have both Choke Figgins and Miguel Olivo just playing out the motions and sucking donkey balls.This team is full shutdown mode.
You will see starting tonight, how the Orange and Black steamrolls them all weekend
We could use a DH, and the A’s just released Manny. You do the math.
OK. Manny + Giants= when pigs fly
To clarify an earlier post about Christian, I have no huge issue with him playing, but he’s a better fielder than Pagan, it’s more sense to DH Pagan, IMO. And I’m not trashing Angel, it’s just the way it is.
No shit. Manny couldn’t hit AAA pitching. Oh well. I might take my dauhters to see a Rivercats game when they play the Grizzlies. Maybe by the 22nd Freddie will be ready.
(speaking of flying pigs . . .)
Speaking of the thrill of interleague play, looks like the Giants brought empty seats by the droves.
Sea is in yardsale mode I guess.
Vogie looks good.
I think Buster got that one.
Buster, with the Blast!!!
Anybody know why Hensley Muelens is coaching 1B?
Did we trade Roberto Kelly for another 1B coach TBD?
I wondered that too. Maybe he’s sick or something.
Nice work by are DH….0-2 weakly hit balls, with 3 runners stranded.
Wow, we’d better get Ramirez, STAT!
credit to Arias, nice AB—get a pitch you can drive in the air, and get a rbi. Belt starting to jack up the slugging pct., very good sign, esp vs. the LHP whom he seems to see very well.
Color me a belt apologist if you like, but I like what I’m seeing lately.
I love Jon Miller
been to the Pike market, Seattle is a beautiful city
My issue with Seattle is I heard the UnderGround City which is so fucking cool in THE NIGHT STRANGLER is actually…meh
Seattle is just to congested for me
Some nice attractions like Pike’ Market, The Loucks where the salmon jump.
But a much better place to go in Washington is Anacortes /SanJuan Islands you drive your car on the ferry to such cool islands like Orcas, Lopez and Friday Harbor.
“…you drive your car on the ferry to such cool islands like Orcas, Lopez and Friday Harbor.”
Cool islands? Sounds like a hell of a bullpen.
Friday Harbor. Great nickname
it’s so clear watching Voggy pitch what the diff is between him and Timmy right now. He throws the ball where he wants to throw it. He focuses. He’s patient. Tim’s pitches fly all over the place. I don’t give a shit what his FIP is, he’s lost right now. It’s not the defense behind him or luck or anything else.
vogs nibbles a lot–he walked a couple guys that haven’t been hitting at all, like the guy batting 9th that’s hitting .157 with Ichiro up next. He did hang a couple pitches that got whacked tonite too, but wound up in people’s gloves. Bottom line tho he shut them out, long way from what Tim’s been doing.
Fine ass girlfriend as well
It’s his wife. Unless they play some kinky dress up games….and nothing wrong with that.
Melky’s frightenly good this year. Pagan’s no slouch either. As I said about a month ago, Pagan just had a slow start
Kind alike Andres Torres and Jonathan Sanchez having a Slow year! All Year!
Why would anyone be happy to see them struggle?
OK, I’m losing it. It looked to me like a floor tom with a Remo Black dot, clear drum head sitting behind Home Plate.
Seattle, baby. Grunge City
Thanks Ted. I thought those flash backs that I was promised finally kicked in.
Well, can’t say they didn’t (gay-ass-smiley face)
Vogelsong. What a slacker. 2 hit shutout going.
Wimp
I love Romo. He looks like the main villian’s right hand man in a pirate movie
Seven innings of 2 hit ball. Barry and Ryan are keeping this club alive. I this isn’t the best 5 man rotation I do not know what is.
Say what?
Exacerbated.
Rollercoaster (Ohio Players)
I THIS ISN’T DAMMIT!!!!!
Lopez. Good. Not dominating but…good
Boy that fuckin clown (sorry Bozo) was on the field faster then Ichro opens a chopsticks pack.
Chopsticks pack? Oh Alley
Flapsters are always politically correct.
wow what a curve. casilla is fun to watch, and with stuff like that can be unhittable at times.
Git-R-Done!