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five up on the snakes. thanks for fixing the widget picture, it was buggin me.
on a roll, season wise, not just currently wise, and that means rolling your own into a team, our Gman be doin that
Ed – if you get out and get a glimpse of the Olympic Torch, send it to one of us, and we’ll get it posted on the Flap. My email is chipower9@hotmail.com.
I did get out but the weather was rough. Thunder, torrential rain and black skies. Unbelievable storm even for an island country. As soon as I would take my phone out it was too wet to shoot anything but raindrops.I got back an hour ago and the whole town centre went dark after one lightening bolt! 😦
Who will be this year’s Cody Ross?
Weatherproof games: Angels at Blue Jays, Tigers at Rays, Padres at Astros and Red Sox at Mariners.
Sunny is the word of the day for Thursday, with hot temperatures of the 90-plus variety in the offing for Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York and Atlanta. Denver will also see the mercury rise, with the chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. Texas will be the most “melty” of all the baseball venues, with a high of 102 in the forecast. Los Angeles will be sunny with temperatures in the low 80s and San Francisco, as usual, will be cooler (68) and cloudy.
ssshhh…that’s what I’m going to bring up Saturday thread!
should have been under loo’s post, not the weather report, where it should be typical SF summer weather as blade says—cloudy and cool in the City, warm everywhere else 20 minutes away.
It has to be a little daunting for NL Teams to see the G-Men starting staff now looking at full strength.
3 weeks ago… they could count on a Timmy and Zito breakdown…. that thought could be gone.
Even in the NY area sportsworld the Giants are turning heads…
If LA thinks their answer to there offense is Kemp.. think again..
It’s beginning to look like ’10 all over again … just with more offensive (hitting and stealing) punch to
complement a pitching staff that’s the envy of MLB.
Awesome series for the Giants. It seem to me that the Dodgers own the Giants in the early season series’ then the Giants play them tougher later in the season. Don’t know if it’s true, but it feels that way to me. The Giants have been gelling for awhile now, and are playing .640 ball for the month of June (ESPN). No June Swoon this year.
The Freak is back and yesterday’s game is something he can really build on. Tough pitcher again tonight.
Nicely said
It’s better to be the hunted (first place) than the hunter (looking-up in the standings). The D-Backs just won’t go away (and I doubt they do as the season progresses). Even with losing the last two and 5-5 in the last 10, they are still only 5 back. I would not be surprised if it is a three-team race at the end, and if one of the top three in the West fades, I suspect it will be the Bums.
Regardless, it sure is good to say “First Place San Francisco Giants,” again!
Dusty and the Reds in town for three. Was checking out their record. In June they have been very streaky. Swept the Indians (Home) and Mets (in NY) in back-to-back series, and then got swept by the Indians (Mistake by the Lake) and lost a series to the Twins.
I know it is only one month, but Belt in the last 28 days:
.306 BA, .421 OBP, .581 SLG, 1.002 OPS, 4 HR, 15 RBIs…
yeah, Belt is really starting to produce the way the Giants thought he could, I also think Crawford’s offense is coming around
romo with the 4 out save…that’s what I was talking about couple days ago. He is more than capable of handling it; if he comes in middle of an inning, gets out of it and isn’t scheduled to bat, leave him in! Casilla is likely to see a lot of work as closer (even with the stat standard 3 run lead in the 9th) and has “stressful” innings that wear you down. Nice to have such quality back up.
romo reminds me of something wilson said about closing. Everyone knows what I’m throwing so it is pretty much ‘see if you can hit it’.
A couple of years ago batters _were_ hitting romo.
This last year not so much. As seen last night the movement on his pitches is working.
Yes…it was good to see Bochy trot Romo back out for the 9th.
The new thread is now up. Sorry so late with it!
Crawford hit .203 in April, 231 May , 269 this month…he’s definitely improved.
This year’s Cody Ross? Do you mean a guy we pick, don’t play in favor Jose Guillen, then finally give some time when Guillen “craters”. “The Accidental Playoff Hero”. They had no intention of doing squat with Cody, they just wanted to block the Pads. If Guillen doesn’t screw up, Cody never fets on the postseason roster.. of such things are champions made..
But to the question: as it looks now, they have no needs at the deadline. If they’re really serious that Huff is coming back, that about has to spell the end for Burris, so a middle infielder with pop would be about it, IMO..
Kelly Johnson could be available, Jays will be out of it. And he might be resignable at a reasonable number( he’ll be a FA)
Lowrie keeps coming up- fine, IF the Astro’s don’t consider him part of the future. His injury history means he won’t get what his value is, so he’s more valuable to them that what they’d get for him.
Placido Polanco- 37 YO and a rental but he wouldn’t cost a lot. Not a ‘pop” guy but a good player
First Place!