Giants Ready to Sweep?
I haven’t been able to watch many games lately but last night was a good one to make time for. Staked to an early lead Lincecum cruised along until his sweat allergy got the best of him but he pushed through and put the club in the position to win the game and now the series. Having waited all season for a moment to point to that brought the club together I really didn’t expect Cabrera’s suspension to be what did it. I read somewhere that Bochy had the team at his house for BBQ recently and I would rather believe that was what it was. Whatever it was remains to be seen but the Giants are playing well and they can keep rolling with a sweep today.
Go Giants!
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Getting to the next level for the Giants would be to finish off more of these last games of series that are opportunities for sweeps. I don’t think it means anything except that it’s evidence the team is getting better.
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Sorry about stating the wrong time for tonight’s game on the Flap yesterday. I misread the Comcast schedule. It appears they are doing a replay of last night’s game this afternoon, and I misread that as today’s game.
Tonight’s game is the same time as last night’s and Monday night’s.
But I’m sure y’all found my history of 3:00 start times to be thrilling stuff. (grin)
Absolutely dug the history lesson. Good stuff.
Zumie wrong again! I love it.
Come on Willie ……get that coffee up and running.
Henry’s piece as the team headed to LA portrayed a very loose team… not intimidated by the task ahead, but rather looking forward to it. So far, that has shown. This team has had phases this year bringing them to this point, and now it’s gelling time. Jelling time? This next month or so will show or not show the mark of a championship team.
Slightly interesting poll results yesterday (small sampling that it is) about who should play left field. More votes for a waiver wire pickup, which was my thinking before, not so sure now. For the bench, absolutely. I guess if that doesn’t happen, it comes down to which one is the better lineup, the one with Scutaro in LF and Theriot at 2nd, or with Blanco in LF and Scutaro at 2nd.
I’ll be disappointed if they don’t do it with Cain vs Capuano. Maybe playing at night will help. I don’t have the stats, but it sure seems they have played some awful games on Weds afternoon going for a sweep.
Day games are the Giants nap time.
A sweep would be nice, but a loss would not be devastating, Lets face it sweeps of playoff contending teams are hard to do, if they don’t sweep does that mean they aren’t good enough to win the division, a playoff series, the world series, I don’t think so. They have already won the series against the da bums. So a sweep would be nice, and yes I have my broom ready to go. GO GIANTS
Well, perhaps there’s a little too much of that in their thinking …Well, we’ve won the series so,… no biggie…But when you’ve beaten their best (kershaw) already and have one of your best going, you’d like to take advantage. If it were Zito today, you don’t expect it. Certainly not a must win but it’s a 2 game swing and psychologically big to come in here and put them 2.5 back.
Swish….swish…swish….
1. Was Melky at the BBQ?
2. If he was, did Bruce & Co. prohibit him from slathering Big Bad Bubba’s Manly Manliness Sauce Guaranteed to Be Free of Detectable Testosterone on his pulled pork sandwich?
Melky will never live that down. Ouch!
Melky was in the BBQ. . .
RE: Salty’s comment, I doubt they drop-into the “we’ve already won the series” mode, especially against the Bums, and with the race still close and lots of baseball to play. I do agree Salt that the two-game swing is huge. It would be so much sweeter heading back to NorCal 2.5 up as opposed to .5.
I put up a question late last night (think most Flappers had retired for the evening). Pagan has been hot lately, but we also know he has been streaky throughout the year. Does the Melky situation increase the likelihood that the Giants entertain trying to sign Pagan to a multi-year deal? What do you all think? Would you like to see Pagan back next year? (It would probably take a three-year deal – and I agree with Michael’s thoughts on this…probably in the 8-10 per year range).
just like SF, LA has issues scoring runs at home. Kemp’s in a slump and being out played this series by Pagan. Hanley hasn’t hit well at the Latrine and neither has rivera. Remember, the rox took two out of three from them and held them to 1 run total in first two games in LA right after we had hammered them at Coors.
Pagan has had a great august, hitting for some power and running like a demon and solidifying CF and leadoff. I really like the hustle plays he has made on the bases. Guy is playing hard.
I’m a casilla fan, but I don’t really care who closes. Romo is physically not up to it, esp with two balky knees. I think it’s good bochy has used casilla more as a set up since his recover from the blister. Either he feels better there or he’s ready to resume closing and shove affeldt etc back to set up. But I think it’s obvious bochy knows what he’s doing and yesterday worked great with mijares getting a big K and the others finishing them off.
I’ve said this before but I think that’s another reason SF beats LA for the division–bochy over mattingly, for pen management alone but other reasons too.
As should be obvious, if they are ahead of the team that has had the much better record in sweeping, they have performed better in other areas, making up that sweep discrepancy.One can focus on that failed seeep record, fine- add several “should have won” games. Then add some wins when we were swept and shouldn’t have been… uh-oh, 2-5 against against Miami-can’t have that… fact is, there are going to be oddities, anomalies, unexplainable failures
-win all those games that the uniformed think they should have won and we have a team who is not 13 games over .500 but 30 games over .500. This is strictly Soph shit- we HAD to sweep, we MUST win this, that yada yada. Yes, any sweep would be good, hell-great.. but as realists try to remember we just finished winning two games that we could EASILY have lost. We are 68-55 and we have NOT been better than the record indicates- we stand right where we should based on our level of play. Like all of us Dodger “dislikers”, I’m going to root root root for the sweep tonight-but know it’s hardly a must win.
On a side note- many final games of a series are afternoon get away affairs, and Bochy, like most smart managers, does take the opporunity to rest a player or two, creating the so-called “B” line up, or what the more observant call the “understand that the season is 162 games long line up”.
I’m grateful for the two wins in LA. Still a sweep would be very nice. Realists know better than to expect wins every game.
I could care less about the sweep record. If they’re winning 2 of 3 or 3 of 4 they’d win between 106 and 120 games on the season–
Very impressed with how the team has responded to the Melky thing. I credit the coaching staff as much as anyone for that. And the number of doom and gloomers we had here at the Flap was surprising to me. I’ll doom it up with the best of them, when it’s warranted, I just never felt like this was the end of their season or anything. Replacing a single position player is doable by other players stepping up their game at the other positions–something we’ve clearly seen happen across the board……
I would like to see the sweep due to the fact that watching SF backhand LA is always nice but mainly because i’m thinking of changing my name to soph.
Not sure if you guys have seen this but props to Jim Joyce.
http://tinyurl.com/chtkvaz
I remember Dusty always stressing that. Win the series, and the rest takes care of itself. Do that and you make the playoffs. I think they went the entire 2002 season not dropping a series.
Maybe Sept they didn’t drop a series, but not the entire season.
Saw that last hight, Micah. Of course BSPN prefaced the story by showing his blown call in the imperfect game.
I’m not at all concerned with their overall sweep record either. Want this one, though. Chi, I don’t think they are thinking that with this series either, but perhaps in previous ones. Just an observation about day games…as I would take the afternoon off to watch a few of them and they always looked flat.
On Pagan: I’d definitely wait till end of year.
I agree about day games (where a sweep is on the line). It is a trend, and not sure why. But as others have mentioned, if you win series…everything will take care of itself.
I agree on waiting until the end of the year on Pagan. A month ago I don’t think he was even on the radar as someone the team would potentially sign in the off-season.
No one cares who closes, no one that I know of anyway. We care who can do it, and Bochy absolutely knows what he’s doing- and he knows that closer by comittee is a temporary solution, not the solution going forward. Bochy’s expertise and the deepness of our staff has made it work as a stop gap, but it’s only a stop gap- Romo needs to get back to his regular role before his confidence is wrecked I actually don’t remember who I backed as closer when Wilson went down- it might have been Romo- his record as a “roogie” (he was never a true set up guy ) was
stellar and he’s a strike thrower Casilla, as I said the day they they got him, had the best closer stuff on the staff- his control and composure were issues then.Absolutely no one, including me, expected that he would be the mostly non-torture closer that he was until the blister problem happened. Now I’d expect that he’ll be THE closer again, perhaps pending another couple “confirmation” outings ,but in any case, if a permanent closer by committee became a neccessity, it would not be good news- two or three guys become unavailable in situations where they normally excel and a deep pen eventually becomes thin as a result-as good as he’s been, Kontos should be working only when they’re losing, ditto with Penny before he went down, and Hensley as well.
This is fucking hysterical:
http://tinyurl.com/d3y6ukx
That is too fucking funny! I thought the poor fucker was going to have a heart attack…
I HATE THE GIANTS!! I HATE THE DODGERS!!! But I wish for nothing but the best for Hunter and Shane . . .
Too funny.
Oh my, Is that Dennis??
I just watched this. Hilarious. Dude needs to chill though . . . Grin.
I am starting to appreciate the understated insights of Salty…
A sweep and a 2.5 lead would be very nice but a loss tonight wouldn’t be a big deal, either. As long as Cain and the pen pitch a decent game and don’t get blown out it’s fine. The LU should be fine against Cupuano.
Prince plays strip billiards in Las Vegas party during military break. Pictures @ 11pm. Whoops, not available in the UK as he is 3rd in line to be King.
All those no big deal losses will land your ass in 3rd place…
Loo, try to remember the big deal fucking wins for a change- they’re they’re in first place because they have more of them thus far…it’s amusing how the most unrealistic observers are those who make a BFD of these anomalies. OMG! We’re going to lose, like, uh- SEVERAL games this year. Some of them, sit down for this- games we COULDA won…
What?? the Giants are never going to win 162 games?? are you kidding me??? wow, I would have never known that!! hiliarious Mike
I have said it before and I say it now: One game at a time. get away games has to weigh on a pllayer’s mind. In less than 24 hours they will be in another city playing another tough team. all the more reason to not press during this game and not fret about the next.
Timmy looked good last night, but was still getting too many pitches up. Bruce is dong an excellent job with the closer situation thanks to the many choices available. Henry S said Heath Bell was “possible” but not “probable”.
“In less than 24 hours they will be in another city playing another tough team.” True – they’ll be home for a four game set against the Chop (who have dropped four in a row). So, the Braves have to close out their series against the Nats today, and then fly all the way across the country to face our Giants tomorrow.
Giants hit the road for their last eastern swing after the Brave series (Stros and Cubs). After that, the ONLY road trips in the month of September are 3 games sets in Denver and Arizona.
Don’t forget the last six games of the year are in San Diego and Los Angeles, Chi.
“Day games are the Giants nap time.” Nip may be onto something: Giants are 42-29 in night games, 26-26 during the day.
Also, the Giants have failed to sweep 10 times. Of the 10, nine of the losses have been during the day: 5 on Sunday, twice each on Wednesday and Thursday. The lone night loss was on a Wednesday.
What’s that all mean for tonight? Absolutely nothing. I like the pitching matchup, and I expect the Giants to go full-tilt and not be satisfied with taking 2 of 3. But the Dodgers aren’t exactly going to lie down and let the Giants leave town with a sweep and a 2 1/2 game lead, either.
BREAKING: A’s RHP Bartolo Colon suspended 50 games without pay after testing positive for Testosterone, a performance-enhancing substance.
I knew there had to be a reason for his fastball increasing from 87MPH to 89MPH. 🙂
LMAO…good one, Steve…
Hey Chi . . . In all seriousness, Colon must have been taking something. Not certain if you recall, but this dude use to throw the rock at 95 plus, sometimes touching 100. Fast forward 8-10 years into his career, his shoulder was shot (rotator cuff ligaments and tendons) and in 2010, he received a controversial transplant of stem cells, for which MLB is still investigating (I think). Colon still throws his 2 and 4 seam fastball 90% of the time (2 seamer 88-91MPH; 4 seamer 90-92MPH) and a change up. That’s his total repertoire. Amazing that he has lasted this long.
Yeah, I am sure there were (or still are) a lot of pitchers juicing. Sure, the hitters got all the press (chicks dig the long ball), but the strain of making the body do something it was not intended to do (pitching), takes its toll, and these guys knew this (juicing) was a way to recuperate quickly and get back at it.
Yes, it obviously has to do with more than fastball velocity. Whren a guy is having is best year since 2005, at age 39… well, this is not a shocking development..
Every manager with a brain often uses a get away afternoon game as a chance to rest some regulars. It can sometimes result in a loss the team may or may not have suffered otherwise. It’s a fact of life in baseball.
I went to the Pads game last night with my son. We had real nice field seats about 30 rows up. In the 6th inning, some guy coming up the aisle stopped at our seats and asked if we wanted his seats behind the dugout as he had to leave early. I said sure, but was really pretty ambivalent about moving. My son wanted to check out the dugout seats, so off we went. They were literally in the front row with the Padre dugout just to our left and the AP and local photographers right in front us. Seated next to me was Peter King from Sports Illustrated. It was pretty damn cool. I got to talk football with Peter King a little bit (I told him I had concerns about Alex Smith getting the ball to Randy Moss and he seemed to agree) and the Pads won in extras on a walk-off homer by Chase Headley—which was exciting. My son (Trevor–age 14) was a bit reluctant to come to the game in the first place, but he had a blast in those seats.
Don’t look now, but the Pads are putting together a pretty nice young group of position players. They might be back to being a legit pain in our ass as early as next year.
Everyone wanted a piece of Peter King and he was pretty damn cool about talking football and taking pictures with anyone who approached him. One drunk guy offered to take him out for a steak dinner—which was uncomfortable to witness. The same knucklehead was yelling out baserunning instructions to guys who got on first: “remember your mechanics, Will!” “Don’t go on first move, Chase!” Classic Stuff.
‘Dawg, you always tell some of the best stories. Hat’s off to you. Also, I personally like the division much more when all the teams are competitive, including the Padres. Really, I have a hard time even disliking them, i.e., they’ve never really been threats or spoilers to the Giants (or at least, I just perceive it that way). I like Headley too. He would easily have 30 bombs a year playing anywhere else but San Diego. Dude still might get 30 this year playing in that HR grave yard.
Agree Dawg, you spin some good yarns…
Glad you and your son had a good time.
Yeah I want this SWEEP bad. Giants have a chance to really shove it down their throats with a win tonight.Stay agressive and dont feel 2 out of 3 is good enough.
They’re ordering the wings and brew as we speak, Kat. Their job is done. Time to kick back and relax tonight.
Well 2 out of 3 ain’t bad if you consider Meatloaf an authority on baseball…
From Meatloaf’s Wiki bio: “Meat Loaf is a baseball fan and supporter of the New York Yankees. He is an avid fantasy baseball player and participates in multiple leagues every season. . . . Meat Loaf coached children’s baseball or softball in each of the Connecticut towns in which he lived.” And, of course, Mr. Loaf somehow got Phil Rizzuto to do the bit on “Paradise by the Dashboard Light.”
Mr. Loaf. LQTM . . .
One of the all time great songs, BTW:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMQzfncqOQc
Mr. Loaf looking to lay some loaf on Mrs. Loaf…
Only a fucking idiot has a problem with where the team stands and only an idiot’s assistant distorts the position that winning 2 of 3 games is a good thing into the position that we/they don’t want to win all 3. We all want to see a sweep tonight. Only the Sophites think it’s crucial.
First of all, no one said it was CRUCIAL to sweep the series in these situations. All we did was point out their record in these types of game, and wonder if it means anything. The only one that went BFD on it was you, really.
I think the point being raised, too, was that the team looks listless in these day games with a chance to sweep, and that’s frustrating to see as a fan. That’s all. They “feel” like giveaway games, sometimes.
Obviously, tonight being a night game might have a different feel to it.
Sportdude pointed out their record ,not “we”, he and I had a cordial, no BFD discussion about it. Then some of Room B piped in. If you don’t understand that afternoon get away games are often used by all managers as a chance to rest some regulars *and* understand the wisdom behind it, that’s a problem for you. The “listless” claim is in your head.
Some of those day games were right before a day off, so I’m not seeing all the “wisdom” in it.
Then you really don’t get it- the the opportunity to give a guy a couple days off is the whole fucking point.
Well the Giants have just lost their best hitter, have no closer, and only Cain & Bum have been reliable of late. Sweeping their arch rival and main competition on the road would be a great boost at this time. It’s not all numbers. Only a “fucking’ idiot” wouldn’t understand that.
I get it, I just disagree with it.
I was responding to TF’s 1:48.
Everybody hopes they’ll sweep. Only a fucking idiot doesn’t know that. You people pretend that because we realize it’s not easy and we realize that they don’t fail to sweep through lack of effort, that it wouldn’t be sweet to do so.Trust me on this, Loo-igi: you might be the last fucking person to be telling me about backing this team on any level- I hope they’ll sweep- you pray for 1 of 2 and doubt they’ll get it.
Speaking of “ordering” things – The Giants canceled an order for 20,000 Melky Cabrera T-shirts just in time. The original shirts had featured last month’s All-Star game MVP but have now been replaced by a “Gigantes” version, with creative editing that now says, MELKY SUCKS!
Just kidding . . . Center fielder Angel Pagan’s name is being slapped on the back (just as bad. Ha.). They will be handed out in a giveaway for a Sept. 8 game against the Bums.
Maybe people who need instant gratification should not be baseball fans? It’s the reason for so much frustration.
I stole this from the MLB blog, it is so true. We play one game and there are many, many variables. Sabermetrics tries to quantify those and is doing a fair job. So take the under and pray posey, pence and pagan beat that. Tonight’s game should be anything but ordinary.
Go, Gigantes!
“Maybe people who need instant gratification should not be baseball fans?” Should at least be “sentence of the day”, it’s so very true. Baseball is not a game for the impatient.
So now I’m praying for the end of time
To hurry up and arrive
‘Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you
I don’t think that I can really survive
I’ll never break my promise or forget my vow
But God only knows what I can do right now
A sweep would be sweet considering what those fucknuts did to us last month. The Bums are 6-11 at home since the break, so why not inflict more damage tonight?
Look at the season series so far. Giants lost round one, won round two, lost round three and they’re going to win round four. See the pattern? We need to win the last two series with these fuckers, or just have the Giants be up 4 with 3 to play.
Here’s a homework assignment for you Flappers: what is the Giants record this year when they play a day game after a night game?
Can’t you just tell us? Whatever- since their over all record in day games is 26-26, I’d guess it’s not great in day after night ones. On the other hand, they have just 12 day games left as per my count. It should not be a factor.
I’d go with ‘bad’ but I have no idea. It just feels that way.
I hate that song, Chuck (except for the Rizzuto part). You know the Scooter was upset when he heard how it was used. The only song that grates on my nerves more is “Born In The USA”…
Never been a “born in the USA” guy either . . . More of a “back in the USSR” guy.*
* I am Barrack Obama and I approve this message. 🙂
Ask my kids what my most hated song is and they will immediatley respond “Born in the USA”
I saw this on the MSN News site, and thought it was kind of cool and funny. I’m not a Lasorda fan, in general, but his quote here is classic:
“I’ve already told my wife that when I do go I want our home schedule attached to my tombstone. I want people who are in the cemetery visiting their loved ones to say, ‘Let’s go to Lasorda’s grave and see if the Dodgers are playing home or away.’
“Hey, I love this organization so much I want to be working for it even after I’m dead,” he told the LA Times’ T.J. Simers.”
In NY no one even dares to speculate that Jeter’s great year might be suspicious….
I’m moving there, just to vote on this issue. Do I need an ID? With picture?
“You people pretend that because we realize it’s not easy and we realize that they don’t fail to sweep through lack of effort, that it wouldn’t be sweet to do so.”
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I read this sentence 5 times and have no idea what you’re trying to say. And I wasn’t telling YOU or anyone else anything about backing this team, so what the fuck are you talking about?
I think tonight’s game will not be decided by efforts to sweep or relaxation on a get-away day. It will be decided because the team loves their fans and their fans HATE the dogers. The team will want to win because it is the hated dogers. get er done and git home.
“You people” is an unfortunate expression.
It is if one wants to take it in a “certain” way. In this case, it’s the phonies I’m referring to, and Loo’s dear Sophites.. I couldn’t care less if you want to make up what I’m saying. It’s par for the course.
Well, I’m telling you then- the only reason you and the other sophites think this sweep thing is so important is because you think they won’t do it.And don’t try to call foul on the Soph reference- you were a steadfast supporter of it’s nonsense. You throw up the alleged importance of, in this case, finishing off a sweep tonight so you can doom it up if they don’t. I actually hope they’ll do it.
Well you’re wrong. I fully expect them to win tonight behind Cain. And I didn’t say important, I said “great boost at this time.”
I also had no idea you were making a soph reference. I would never deny my support of Soph. I thought it was a hilarious character and I admired the commitment and talent of whoever was behind it. Wish it was here.
And LOO doesn’t eat sushi too. That’s a positive in my book.
And you inferred that I didn’t think it would be a great boost- that’s clear- read your own fucking post.Suddenly you doomer “realists” are implyng that pointing out the difficulty of sweeping is the same as not wishing for one or thinking “hey, two is cool, fuck tonight”… it’s completely typical of what what you do-in this case fabricating my position that winning two of three is good into meaning winning the third wouldn’t be even better.
Together we’re all GIANT!
Nip, did you steal that from Spartacus?
Too bad there isn’t an ignore function up in here.
Things definitely go smoother when fabrications, distortions, and falsehoods go unchallenged.
Twin, You’re endless divisiveness is boorish and tiring. Have fun demeaning everyone today. I hope it makes you feel good.
Politics at its finest!
That’s absolute bullshit-why don’t you stand up to a guy calling a player a fat fuck, and to your anti-semitic stablemate and the constant “kill people” references…I have only defended that those of us who are realistic enough to know that sweeps aren’t easy doesn’t mean we don’t want one. I wasn’t divisive on anything- I’m tired of the distortions put forth and I will challenge those who promote them.
For the record, Dennis was dropped from the stable.
Mazel tov!
Flavor said that ( that Denny was “dismissed” )- then he reappeared. Whether he’s a writer now, I don’t know. I do know that his disgusting threats, the Jew comments, the whole of his schtick were not condemned by the others,other than Flavor sometimes- Craig deleted the comment about the Jews and Steve noted his disgust- the rest of you seem to think he’s cute with that shit.
Well he never called anybody a dog-eating zipperhead, Dr. King…
Think of the DH and how nice it would fit into the Giants lineup if only………
Talking about Soph is so 2008.
And Dennis is no longer in the stable but not for the offensive post, it was for something unrelated. And for those of you who think I disregarded the Dennis’ comment because I don’t care about anti-Semitic comments you should know that my daughter is 50% Jewish.
You and I discussed that, I have no problem with how it ended up beimg handled by you. I have a problem that those who get all het up about something like my common sense take on the dumb sweep bullshit have had no problem with the many truly reprehensible comments like the Jewish one. I realize that for many the new blog is all about “Great thread, dude” …”Nah, yours was better”..”hey, did we miss the game”?.. here’s the poll of the month- Give it back to Craig, I bet he’d take it. His topics could be mad making but at least they were thought provoking and knowledgeable even if ripe for disagreement.
Posey out with a hamstring injury??
This isn’t good: From Baggs: Posey scratched because of hamstring, Bochy says.
I wouldn’t worry about it. They’re probably just being careful. Baseball players don’t typically fuck up their hammy’s working out or getting ready for a game. They almost always do it running in a game. I doubt it’s that big of a deal……..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3FwMa4SNLM&feature=fvwrel
Yikes!! For both the band, and the chance of it happening.
Well with Posey out nursing the hammy the Sweep just got alittle more difficult but not impossible.Belt and Pence need to step it up. Im predicting both will hit a bomb tonight,and the”Horse” will gallop to victory.
And watch out for another stellar game out of Marco “Professional Grade” Scurato.Dude just knows how to rake,and be productive this time of year with any team he’s been on.A playoff sniffing Vet ,like a Jeter, that knows what it takes to get in the post season.
TF, you shouldn’t underestimate how many of us were scrolling past Dennis’s posts at that time, and missed a lot of his jive.
And I think a lot of us like it when the blog is friendlier. Today you said some of us are “effing idiots”, “have problems”, “should be in Room B”, and are “dumb.” You ratchet up things up with that language and then act like you don’t know how things got all riled up.
We all have different expectations for the blog. Maybe I’m naive, but I like to think this is a place where people want to be friends in general.
I went back through and tried to figure out what you were reacting to, and I have to say, I’m a little confused. I lost the whole train of thought. The best I can tell, you think some of us accused you of being a doomer about sweeps, or something like that, which I don’t think is accurate of what was being said. There is a freak statistic of the Giants not having a good record in games with a chance to sweep. We all agree it’s hard to sweep, and we all agree we want the Giants to sweep tonight. But I also think it’s OK on a Giants blog to wonder if the Giants could do better in those “sweep games,” without being called an idiot.
Maybe you should read closer, Z. You don’t have a good record in understanding who started what- I remember an exchange we had about DiMaggio being a pall bearer at Reno Barschocchini’s funeral, as told to to me by a friend who was at the funeral. You condescendingly dismissed that, inferrring that my friend was lying. I later noted that Ron Fimrite confirmed the account. If you a apologized for your comments, I don’t remember that, I’m happy to accept your apology if it was proffered.
The “idiot” comment today was totally appropriate as more than one comment has suggested that saying two of three is good is akin to saying one is happy to lose the third. That is an idiotic position and the best way a person can avoid being called an idiot is to stop saying stupid things. Now I’m not discussing this with you further- like many, you do not accurately report the entirety of a disagreement.
Fine. I’ve got a scroll bar on my computer. I’m done reading anything by you ever again.
Twin, You are a hopelessly condescending jackass. You should apologize to Zumie and then go fuck yourself.
By the way- saying a comment “has suggested” is ridiculous.
And I never said your friend was lying. I wondered how a 70 year old man with bad knees could be a pall-bearer. And someone on the Flap said that the casket was probably on a cart of some kind. That would make sense.
And, no, calling someone an idiot is not an appropriate response. The vast majority of us learned that in elementary school. You didn’t.
Posey could have injured himself on any number of plays last night, but one that stuck out to me was that slow roller to shortstop that he may have thought he could get an infield hit on.
I thought Posey looked like he stretched something wrong on one play at first, I don’t remember the exact play and didn’t mention it at the time, so I may be wrong on that.
A sweep would be great but the simple clown math 101 is just win every series, take two of three, three of four, three of five, and five of seven, do that, and you win the whole fucking thing. I think clown math 201 explains just winning more than the other guy and you’re also good to go.
Not sure why this has become such a hot topic and I’m not going back in history to find out why. Go Giants.
I was waiting for your dumb ass excuse making response and again, you didn’t disappoint. Just so you don’t think that Zummie or Dirt are alone, I agree with them. As a matter of fact, EVERYONE HERE AGREES WITH THEM . . . Only because some Flappers are averse to conflict and abhor confronting you, that doesn’t change the fact that they are in their corner. By the by, I know that neither Zummie or Dirt need affirmation or my assistance. I’m doing this because of your response to Zummie, as well as the bull shit you posted earlier:
“I realize that for many the new blog is all about “Great thread, dude” …”Nah, yours was better”..”hey, did we miss the game”?.. here’s the poll of the month- Give it back to Craig, I bet he’d take it. His topics could be mad making but at least they were thought provoking and knowledgeable even if ripe for disagreement.”
The aforementioned post reeks with delusion, jealousy, insult and resentment. How do you live with yourself? You’re also kidding yourself about Craig taking the blog back. Craig wouldn’t touch the blog full time if you paid him a salary to do so. You ensured that with your countless emails to him whining and complaining about other Flappers; as well as your negative posting here, that he had to referee constantly.
Oh, one last thing – you were gone for a few weeks and yes, I am glad you are back. I think others feel the same way. Your baseball knowledge is excellent, bar none. Equally important, myself and others here have always wished you good health and support in regard to your illness – regardless of your negative attitude. That being said, if your coming back means that you are going to revert to being an insufferable asshole, then please don’t let the door hit you in the ass.
Steve, youi are a hypocritial, ungracious liar and if private E-mails have been shared with you, as you infer, you are also a true lowlife. You seem to think of yourself as Yogi did- an internet avenger. Keep your “fat fuck” nose in your own busioness- that you were wrongly attacking me while I was spending money on a PC that I had no reponsiblity to suppprt any more, says all there is to know about you. As to the stable and my comments- I was not dismissed from it, I chose to withdraw as I was having trouble doing it.
You have no idea of the full reasons the previous blog was abandoned and zero grasp of how it all went down. I’m, not going get into it with Craig- but you no clue and should stay the fuck out of it. I made the mistake of sharing some things with you that were too critical of myself.
I’ve actually been quite tolerant of your constant gaffes, try to stay on top of the games rather than appoint your yourself Hall Blog Nazi…
If I keep hearing how all the strife is my fault and EVERYONE agrees- along with Steve claiming to know of private E-Mails- I have plenty of E-Mails from various users myself- and they don’t support the fabricated claims by Steve and others.
Buster did have a play where he awkwardly handled an off line throw, nearly extending his glove hand in front of the runner. Unlikely to account for the hammie, but an example of why he shouldn’t play 1B, IMO.
I hope it hits him in the face.
Arias is getting tested tonight.
Suddenly our middle infielders are leading the charge.
August
Arias .405
Scutaro .313
Crawford .345
That’s crazy and another example of why a baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint
I have zero interest in “taking the blog back.” for starters, I already have it, there’s nothing to take back. Also, I totally enjoy and appreciate and look forward to the different voices that The Stable Boys have. Everything here is fine right now except a dispute about sweeps or something. I’m with Zumie, I can’t figure it out, lol
Curiouser and curiouser. Arias is on fire. I seemed to miss the anti-semitic posts that Dennis posted.
Then again, I miss a lot of shit. Mike, you have to wonder at some point that the shitstorm that surrounds you here has to be somewhat due to you. You blow up the the most innocuous things, and run them into the ground ad nauseum.
And telling Flav he should take this back over? Really? Thanks a lot, fuck-o. To a man, we all put at least some thought into this. You’re going to insult us all? Fuck you. If you don;t like them, then go the fuck away.
Also, to a man here, we’ve ALL done our little bit to help and support you through your various problems. Sure, it ain’t much. A phone call here, a voice mail there, whatever. You want to shit all over that? Fine.
Fuck off.
I was wondering when Hall Blog Nazi 2 would chime in. EDD made a wonderful post about your bigotry and it’s acceptance because “fat fucks” have no sympathetic following. I would have thought it would shame you…instead you thought the fat crap was funnier than ever…
I didn’t “tell’ Craig he should he take it back- I suggested a poll. If it helps- add get rid of me to the poll.. he can just ban me.
As to any well wishes towards me I’ve always appreciated them and been careful to thank all. I also tried to demonstate some appreciation, as you know. Do not dare to ever even suggest that I want or get any fucking leeway on anything because of my health.
You have ALWAYS been a poster who dies to argue- and you’ve done it everywhere, with or without my partication. YOU started yesterdays conflagration the the sweep discussion when you interjected your nonsense into what was a cordial baclk and forth with Dude.
I have never talked to you or heard a message from you in my life. Fuck off.
How quickly you forget.
How easily and quickly you lie.
Hell of a game, though.
Arias home run? Pagan lead off double? I could like this.
good morning, gentlemen (?)
As I scrolled through today’s “dialogues,” I had to wonder if the “gentlemen (?)” was more the latter half of that phrase than the former in this space, just for today. WTF do I know? I like a good laugh, even an irreverent one, and sometimes a borderline offensive remark but not intentionally hurtful. As they used to say of Milton Berle, “Anything for a laugh.” Almost. And I love a good debate. Was on the forensics club in HS (although that must-be-right quality is ruinous to nearly all my relationships). But I was never much good at towel-snapping in the locker room. And never liked it. for the record, if I were running for president, part of my platform would be proposing federal legislation banning Billy Joel’s MF-tiresome “Piano Man” from the airwaves. And I ain’t crazy about Meat Loaf or James “Fall Asleep” Taylor. Got it, girls?
OK, now my paranoia kicks in: waiting to the other shoe to drop. Waiting for the team (I know they’re professionals) to relax and lose this one. Over confidence and success, that’s the bad news. Worst case senario, thin I will have a single malt to calm down.
Unfortunately, that’s the sort of paranoia I typically exhibit. Can’t quite help it. That’s why 2010 was like a Fatima-Lourdes-Guadalupe-Mejugore miracle, anti-Catholic bias intended from a former seminarian.
that was a typo, or Freudian slip: “anti-Catholic bias NOT intended from a former seminarian,” is what i meant to type
That 1st inning had ex-Mets all over it: Pagan-Scutaro-Arias, and Capuano.
Sweep records and a 3-0 lead on our way to improving our sweep record should not inspire this much blog discourse. In fact, it should be the opposite. Everyone enjoying this game or would you all rather we be down by 5 on our way to a double digit losing streak?
silly question, we want to see great ball, a well played game.
and the Arias Show!!!
I am loving this way the Gmen are *trending*.
Bochy called that homer, cause we might need an early lead.
That’s my story and I am sticking to it
So they would be, what? 5 sweeps in 10 chances? I’m truly fuzzy on math right now but wouldn’t that make them 25-5 in those series? Is that bad?
I realize that would mean they could be 30-0 and if that’s the point, well, hard to arguue that 30-0 would be a fine thing.
By all means I’d prefer we were down by 5 on our way to a double digit losing streak. Why else would I root for these guys?
lqtm
Shit. I forgot to use the word “sweep” in my manifesto above. But what is “sweep” anyway, I ask, in a Clintonian pose.
what, my man, your OED is to far away to let us know when sweep was first used in a baseball context?
To sweep, perchance to dream
ay, there’s the rub.
Hell of a play by Arias! Doing it with the leather and bat tonight.2run bomb and saved a run with his great stop.
Nice get by Bekt there . . . Pagan keeps being a nuuudge in the OF . . .
Doing it defensively, doesn’t demand doubts, may the baseball Gods shine upon thee.
Damm Giants D is going all out tonight for this “SWEEP”,Arias,then Eddie Haskell Pence gun to the plate,and Panda backhand but more impressive play by Belt to save Panda’s Ass,Just a super play by Belt!
Okay, Edddd, you arsked for it, mate, though nothing specific on baseball.
From the Online Etymology Dictionary, a different OED. (Speaking of “different,” we typically say “different than” and Brits “different from.”)
sweep (v.)
c.1300, perhaps from a past tense form of M.E. swope “sweep,” from O.E. swapan “to sweep” (transitive & intransitive); see swoop. The noun meaning “range, extent” is attested from 1679; in ref. to police or military actions, it is attested from 1837. Sense of “a winning of all the tricks in a card game” is from 1814 (see sweepstakes); extended to other sports by 1960. As a shortened form of chimney-sweeper, first attested 1812.
sweepstakes Look up sweepstakes at Dictionary.com
“prize won in a race or contest,” 1773, from M.E. swepestake “one who sweeps or wins all the stakes in a game” (1495, as the name of one of the King’s ships), from swepen “sweep” + stake (v).
swoop (v.) Look up swoop at Dictionary.com
1560s, “to move or walk in a stately manner,” apparently from a dialectal survival of O.E. swapan “to sweep, brandish, dash,” from P.Gmc. *swaipanan, from PIE root *swei- “to swing, bend, to turn.” Meaning “pounce upon with a sweeping movement” first recorded 1630s. Spelling with -oo- may have been influenced by Scottish and northern England dialectal soop “to sweep,” from O.N. sopa “to sweep.” Related: Swooped; swooping. The noun is attested from 1540s. Phrase one fell swoop is from Shakespeare.
Oh, Hell-Kite! All? What, All my pretty Chickens, and their Damme, At one fell swoope? [“Macbeth,” IV.iii.219]
I did have a quick look and I did see the early Bridge reference and then followed by its use in cricket. So for over a hundred plus years that word has been used to indicate a winning movement.
Pagan was a total pussy on Loney’s flyball.Totally gave up on it.You could see it Cain’s eyes he was pissed.
Weird. The TV in my office is stuck on the American League scoreboard. The on\e in the living room is fine.
Ashon looks like someone pissed in his beer.
He’s so good at it- and therefore it can be very very close, but Belt seems doomed to getting called for leaving the bag too soon on close plays..
maybe the dodgers need to go back on the road. They haven’t hit much and now SF is starting to rake, without Posey. First game the OF went 0-12, last night couple hits but TL got Kemp out when he needed to, and Ethier again made the last out on a weakly hit ball.
Pablo had hit the ball hard in bad luck, and now he collecgts another rbi. Meanwhile not only our CF but our SS is outplaying theirs, at considerably less $$$ and fanfare. Gotta love it.
Of all the guys I was hoping would get hot, Arias did NOT cross my mind.
No shit. Arias is red hot.
I just hope we don’t follow suit when we get home.
Cainer’s looking a little off . . .
not to Kemp.
How do you mean Chuck? He’s scattered 6 hits, 4 Ks and no walks and 81 total pitches.
Just got a little squirrely for a minute there. Pence shoulda caught that ball though.
CAIN DEALING!!!!!Fucking digging the Dodgers getting their Asses wiped !
SWEEP,SWEEP,SWEEP,SWEEP,SWEEP,SWEEP,SWEEP,SWEEP,SWEEP,SWEEP,SWEEP,SWEEP,SWEEP,SWEEP,SWEEP,SWEEP,SWEEP,SWEEP,SWEEP,SWEEP,No PIXEY DUST JUST GIANTS BASEBALL!!!!
Love it Kat! Go Giants!