NOTHING!
Strasburg’s shutdown? boring
Trout’s ROY? too obvious
BZito shutdown of the dogers? Y’all already seen that
I got nothing and nothing is clearer than hindsight.
For me and my emotions nothing is more confusing than this part of the season . I do not want to believe it is almost over. I cannot hope for the post-season, just read ‘Baseball’s Starry Night’, authored by Paul Kocak and currently in stock and available at Amazon for $11.07; things change. I cannot just-watch one game at a time. My mind races back across the season highlights and jumps forward to the season final standings. I am sad because the season is ending and happy because my team is posed to win the west. I want more: more baseball, more games, more torture. I am selfish, the players never tire, they are there for my entertainment and joy.
Everything that is happening, with the Giants, has been covered and commented upon in this blog. The schedule looks easy for us. And not for the team trailing us. The rivalry, alive and well, is almost over for this year, trade or no big trade. The PED scandal re-ignited with our best player caught out. Errors, DPs, RISP, who plays where, Closer by Committee, SPs wearing down or off their game, last in HRs, playing with a home record below the away one, big game heroes Posey, Pagan, Scutero, and all the others. A depleted minor league, no big trades (one under the radar), sellout crowds everyday and owners only playing for profit. All covered and I got nothing.
Let’s talk playoffs, with Giants as NL West champs. Which means the team would get some time off while the wildcard game decides who will play the Nationals. Then we face the Big Red Machine. Probably two of the biggest challenges between here and the 2012 WS. I know I am going to be watching St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Washington. One or two of these teams will be our biggest games between now and October 24th. I would prefer Atlanta in the NLCS. After they snatch the WC from LA and pull off a win over Washington. That is what I would prefer. And there is a scenario where WS 2012 is a Bay Bridge Series. I don’t count out the Brewers or the Bucs, either.
So put away meager seasonal games and let’s talk playoffs.
(sorry Nipper, nothing took more words than I thought it would, a bottle of fortified wine on me)
A Place To Talk About Giants Baseball 
Who had the last multi homer game for the G’s?
Bonds?
Kidding, but have they done it this year?
To all of you ceding the division to the Giants, please stop.
To all of you dooming it up with any loss-stop.The division is theirs..
Yeah! Twin says so!
twin is right
Yes, we mustn’t anger the non-existent baseball gods. (grin)
Chuck lets a loud BLEEP!
booms out…..
Here’s the thing, the Magic Number (and thanks Flav for putting that bad boy up with a great fucking Muppet) even if the Giants go 11-11 for the rest of the season, the Artless Dodgers have to go 16-5. In the words of Bradley Cooper in THE HANGOVER:
Uhm..that’s not going to happen
Not sure my numbers add up but they’re darn close
I did scroll through the posts before i gave you the benefit of my observations but it hasn’t changed my opinion. pablo should sit tomorrow. and maybe the next day. and maybe the day after that until he gets a fucking clue that he needs to be in better shape. maybe he’s got a lingering injury. but maybe that has to do with being, out of shape. vogey needs to get a day. i don’t know who you start, off the top of my head, but you have to sit him for a day. you probably take an ugly loss, with belt getting to achieve his ambition of pitching, but he needs to sit and reflect. this team should not be comfortable. pagan has been a beast of late. playing with passion and fire.
I’m missing your “ugly Loss” reference.
I’m also missing your “belt getting to achieve his ambition of pitching” reference
Yeah, Panda could very well play himself down to the end of the bench. At leat get Arias a couple starts.
From Baggs: “Bochy not considering lineup change with Sandoval right now. Team is winning, scoring runs. Skipper values continuity.”
Does he value obesity?…
It looks like the A’s will reach 80 wins before the Giants do. Embarrassing when you consider the Giants are in first place.
The difference in tonight’s game? My pick is the homerun by the Rox pitcher.
Why is that embarrassing?
I missed a lo tof the game. I heard 2 errors let 2 runs score?
Embarrassing? Because it just is Chuck.
Who had the last multi homer game for the G’s?
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I think it was Belt but I don’t think it was this year, chuck
Nate had 2 earlier this year
See, the SFGiants are like a vampire. Sort of a Dracula entity. Even if you can put a stake in a vampire’s heart, unless you use the right wood and speak the correct words, mofo’s gonna keep going:
Ha! I made reference to this film a few weeks ago. It’s one of the first films I ever saw in a theater.
Me too. I was too young to see it when it first came out but the Balboa Theatre (still open, thank the Gods) in the Richmond District of San Francisco used to show old horror films in the ’70’s during the Summer and Halloween seasons. Saw this and FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED (with Peter Cushing) on a double feature.
Good times
Demp, your 8:16, I was thinking that and ready to put it in here. I’m getting more than a little tired of Pablo swinging at shit again, and hitting into DPs. Sit his ass for a game, and play Arias. The Defense level goes up, at minimum. I don’t know how the season ends, but one thing that has to happen is Pablo gets his shit together, physical wise. This guy has a ton of talent, and he’s blowing a lot of it by eating himself towards oblivion. One more off season to get into shape, and stay in shape next season. He’s got no more hamate bones on either wrist, so that won’t be an issue. If he blows up again into the Michelin man, I’d have no problem trading his ass…
Arias was on fire at the plate in August. I don’t see any reason why he should not play a game or two in place of Pablo. Sandoval needs a gut check day off or two…
Gut check? Oh you kid
I am in total agreement with you snarkk on Kung Fu Michelin. I saw Arias in Spring Training and I like his glove work can play multiple positions and has the occasional pop in his bat. Trade Pablo? Sure, for a pitcher who could be a #4 or #5 starter.
Yes, sit his fat ass tomorrow, but Bochy apparantly won’t. Damn.
The more I think of what Pablo is doing, and the more red wine I drink, the more ticked I get. This guy has a $17+ million deal or thereabouts, when the Giants did NOT have to give him that deal, and what does he do? Eats himself into a damn dirigible. Again. He didn’t learn from 2010, apparently. He’s got no excuses. He needs to look in the mirror, and figure out where he wants to go as a player. Become a perennial all star, or a fat slob that wastes his talent. His choice…
KNBR just said Pablo since he came back at .slg of .305, with just two doubles. That suxxxx, especially for the #3 hole. That cannot continue…
As a retired member of the military two years removed, I would be remiss if I did not mention to remember our first responders and our military around the world as we reflect on 9/11. Say a prayer tonight and give thanks to those who protect our freedom and for those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
Pity the Raider fans. Pity them.
Is that a comment or an order?
Just an observation. They got all dressed up, they were pumped up for Monday Night, and their team is a steaming turd out there.
It will take a while to get out from under Darth Al’s shadow…
Well, I do not understand other sports starting (football) while it is baseball season. Everyone was surprisingly elated over the twin SF wins on Sunday. The loss on Monday was not unexpected, travel, let down, Voggey. The battle back was there and as noted Pablo continues to underwhelm, saving his brilliance for the playoffs.
Pablo may end up saving his briliance for next season.
As giddy as SF fans were on Sunday, Monday was the day in the UK. A grand parade of UK Olympics and Paralympics athletes combined with a crowd that “did not want the party to end”. reminiscent of SF 2010 on a country wide scale in London was over-attended and over-whelming all around. I will point out that sport in this age is a powerful force for community spirit.
And the obvious US Open win by Briton Andy Murray is the equivalent of ‘the shot heard around the world’ with commentators losing their voices with excitement and emotion. After Federer reduced Murray to tears at Wimbledon, Murray has produced gold (against Federer) at the Olympics and now this.
I am currently on the last few pages of the Andre Agassi autobiography and I am amazed with what Murray must be going through.
That’s got to be awesome to be over there in the midst of all that. Epic era in tennis right now with Murray forcing his way in with arguably 3 of the all time greats. I just heard about Murray’s win on the ride home from the Padre game and I’m pumped for the dude. I was always a big Lendl fan, so I’m happy for him as well.
Murray made a deft move adding Lendl, I was a fan as well.
One of the reasons was because Lendl went a ways before his first Grand Slam title. According to the tennis pundits here, Murray has been a different player in good ways.
I know now why I had nothing for my topic. I could care less about football. 🙂 sorry
Magnus would have properly covered that today. Or Unca or Chi or most of you kindred spirits.
Everyone, plese read my post from 10:38 p.m. Thanks.
Last night there was a special on telly telling the story of some of the heroes on that day. Some of the surviors were the main feature and the security guard who was going up the stairs and more. It is not forgotten.
Telly? Oh you are so English.
Hell, you should be Knighted just for being a Giants fan and putting up with all of us colonists
It’s after snarkk’s comment at 9:52.
I’m having difficulty with this Sandoval hatred here. I realize Sandoval had opportunities that he couldn’t cap on tonight. And a few games here and there as well. But here’s the thing. When you have a dude with a 300+ career batting average who has a bit of pop, even if it hasn’t been evident lately, you keep that mofo in the lineup, as long as he’s not a liability in defense, which he isn’t. And he’s still recovering from injuries, not due to his weight..did ya’ll see that catch he made at first that injured his hamstring? That would have fucking injured fucking Fred Astaire!!!
Pablo Sandoval, an All-Star I might add, has earned his place on the starting roster. Yeah, replace him with Arias, a lifetime .275 hitter with, I might add *ZERO* pop.
Wake up and think before you poop outta your mouth.
Which, by the way…chicks don’t dig
Ted, nobody’s hating on Pablo. People are getting real on Pablo. He’s been getting kid glove treatment for a couple of years now while being generally in disgraceful physical shape for a pro athlete making millions. No more. A couple of days of Arias in there for him might focus him a bit. Bochy has sat Pablo to get that done before. 2010 comes to mind. Then, an offseason of focus on himself and his team and his physical conditioning, not on his phuckin plate. Since he apparently has a food problem, he needs to get it fixed. This is a MLB baseball team, not a Jenny Craig franchise. The very least expected of a professional baseball player is to be in shape…
Point taken, snarkk, but first two words–Tony Gwynne–And again, the mofo injured himself last time making a move the Nicholas Brothers woudn’t have made and he’s still hitting over .280 and, again, is not a liability on defense.
I just think this “weight” issue is being overblown.
Weight issue==overblown.
There’s a joke in there somewhere