From 3am BBC radio hosts a child themed set of programs aimed at teachers and re-broadcast in the classroom. So I wake up to a squeaky voiced group singing that all time favorite: “did you ever see a kangaroo hopping so slow?”
I took it as a sign that I should get on KNBR and listen to this evening’s game.
tomorrow night I remember to set the sleep timer.
Did I see the ball dude hanging round the cage with Torres?
Good to know we are still giving opposing pitchers ego-boosting at bats.
MadBum and Zito are WAY over the league average. The others are well under… but yeah, whenever a picther gets a hit, it really registers. Ocassionally numbers do serve to confirm or refute our recall..
Monta opted out of his deal with the Bucks. This is fantastic news. Now he can go to LA and play with his buddy D-How and they can both contribute to the ongoing demise of that franchise. I love it.
He did adjust his play with the Bucks, he and Jennings were a good pair. Bucks had other problems. Word I’ve seen is that Dallas might be a destination.
Whilst I was in Nawlins (New Orleans) eating some fried, gamey ‘gator and stating it tasted just like chicken a gentleman from a table just to my side stated “Naw–tastes just like croc”
One of the few times I put my firearm background to use in civilian life was when one of my cats got in a staredown with a rattler in my Boulder Creek days. Neither were moving, 2 hours. So I blew the head off the snake, my friend made a hat band and we all had a nice cormeal battered rattler appetizer…the cat was rather freaked. But he had all of his body parts and lived a fine life with the proper respect for Daddy 😉
Damn, one out short of a quality start…
A dog in the same situation is bit in maybe 1.1 seconds if he’s the smartest dog in the world. As it was, the cat was going to eventually get it. Daddy was hero for a day…. just once !!!
Zito pitches a 5.2 inning – technically not a – “quality” start, but gets rousing applause from the home crowd. I’m enrolling the entire stadium in Flav’s Quality Starts 101 course next fall.
The sun has broken through the trees streaming all over my picture window and forcing me to close the curtains to continue seeing the game. (thanks blade)
I can just imagine Johnny Antonelli watching this game is Rochester, NY: “Jumpin’ Johosephat! Can’t the Giants get a starting pitcher to go seven, eight, even nine innings?! Pitch count, smithch count.” Antonelli had ONE HUNDRED TWO COMPLETE GAMES, with 18 CGs in 1954 alone, the last year the Giants won the World Series before 2010.
Reminds me of this scene from Blazing Saddles . . .
Lili Von Shtupp: Would you like another schnitzengruben?
Bart: No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben.
Lili Von Shtupp: Well, then how about a little…
[whispers in his ear]
Bart: Baby, please! I am not from Havana.
Lili Von Shtupp: Will I… see you again?
Bart: Well, it all depends on how much vitamin E I can get my hands on.
And one of my favorite lines that was cut from the final cut of the film cuz it was considered too..something:
Lili Von Shtupp: Is it twoo what they say as how you people are gifted? (unzipping sound) (pause) Oh, it’s twoo..it’s TWOO!!!
(and the line that was cut)
Bart: Uhm–lady–you’re sucking on my arm
That’s because it’s frickinn classic, politically incorrect pure comedy. And despite what one might think, considering Richard Pryor helped write the script, he didn’t write a lot or maybe none of the–n-word jokes. In fact, he wrote most of Mongo’s lines (and Mongo was considered an un-PC character as well as people thought it was an insult to Mongoloids but Mel Brooks stated he simply named the character “Mongo” so a character could scream “MONGO??!! SANTA MARIA!!” Who was a rumba quinto master and an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. Mel Brooks just thought that reference alone was funny.
But Richard Pryor wrote the classic line:
“Mongo, only pawn in game of life”
I just saw the Richard Pryor documentary on either Starz or Showtime and yeah, I had no idea Pryor wrote most of the Mongo lines, including the classic one you cited. OK, if this game doesn’t end soon, I am going to fall asleep on my keyboard.
Any thoughts why Zito is much better at home?
Heavy air = better curveball?
Zen center nearby?
New found gun love means he can fondle .45 calibers in his den night before the game?
Just lucky?…
I don’t think it would upset even the most avid Zito fan to say that Barry’s starts are nothing if not unpredictable…I think he could turn those splits around for two months and we wouldn’t know the why of that either…
I couldn’t keep my eyes open and crashed after the ninth. I woke up this morning and saw the video of Venable’s over the head catch of Woo Hoo’s shot . . . Damn. Only good news is that I didn’t have to watch it live.
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I got nothing. I just wanted to be the first one to post a comment.
Still, provocative. The guys at the Merc blog just yell “First!!!!”
It’s lame
This post is . . . is . . . is . . . is . . . EPIC!
I spent all night on it, thanks. Trying to write the perfect post and I think I mighta nailed it tonight
It has a certain panache and “zen” quality to it. Simple is always best. 🙂
Two pitchers who are pretty good half the time.
consistency, obviously, is over rated
unless your name is Wainwright.
Zito getting through the first two unscathed a good sign.
Damn jinxed him.
Wonderful start! Not.
That ball dude is gunning for Torres’s job.
POTD candidate.
From 3am BBC radio hosts a child themed set of programs aimed at teachers and re-broadcast in the classroom. So I wake up to a squeaky voiced group singing that all time favorite: “did you ever see a kangaroo hopping so slow?”
I took it as a sign that I should get on KNBR and listen to this evening’s game.
tomorrow night I remember to set the sleep timer.
Did I see the ball dude hanging round the cage with Torres?
Good to know we are still giving opposing pitchers ego-boosting at bats.
How frickin’ wonderful would it be if Perez became our “Trout” or “Puig?” Yeah, yeah, I know . . . That shit only happens in Money Ball. 🙂
we should be happy if he’s our Juan Pierre 😉
good one….in his prime or not? doesn’t matter
We always wonder about those hits to the opposing pitcher. Here ya go:
Pitching to opposing pitcher:
MadBum 7-28 .250 2 2B 1 HR
Cain 3-33 .091 1 2B 1 HR
Lincecum 3-24 .125 no extra base hits
Zito 7-29 (before tonight) .241 2 2B
Gaudin 0-15
There is much the staff can learn from Gaudin.
Can the offense learn anything from him? Cause they’re working on a pretty sickening scoreless streak right now…..
Well, in this instance, MadBum and Zito. Tim has been very good and Cain just has the HR as a black-eye.
Good in pitching to the opposing pitcher, that’s not an overall “good”.
Sure seems worse than that. Bum @ .250? That’s ridiculous…
It’s in the pitcher’s splits at Baseball Reference.
Sure seems.worse for Tim ..maybe its the 4 walks he’s issued
twin:
Does that mean “fans-eye-view” doesn’t always align with the numbers?
Or are those numbers higher than league averages?
MadBum and Zito are WAY over the league average. The others are well under… but yeah, whenever a picther gets a hit, it really registers. Ocassionally numbers do serve to confirm or refute our recall..
Monta opted out of his deal with the Bucks. This is fantastic news. Now he can go to LA and play with his buddy D-How and they can both contribute to the ongoing demise of that franchise. I love it.
Monta is a very skilled offensive player who adds, strangely, very little to a winning effort…
that’s the way it goes when you play no defense and hog the ball
He did adjust his play with the Bucks, he and Jennings were a good pair. Bucks had other problems. Word I’ve seen is that Dallas might be a destination.
There ya go, Flav!
Oh. I. see. So, the action is HERE!!!! — and I’m fuckin wondering why it’s just me and Blade on the earlier thread. Story of my life.
I’m sorry, I should have given you the password and told you the secret handshake.
You did it on purpose, didn’t you? Figured “eidetic” would distract me by playing to my ego. Smooth, Steve. Very smooth.
Hector! And after what might be the first stolen base during one of his ABs.
Hilarious. What the fuck is the pitching coach going to tell him? “Umm, son . . . Can you make sure they hit it EXACTLY at our infielders?”
Perfect, blade.
“Son–what you wanna try to do is–make it go–where we is (butt slap). ALRIGHT LET’S PLAY SOME BALL!!”
These “seeing eye” singles are killin’ the Padres . . . Too funny.
Corbin human. “Marlins Tie Rattlers” [What IS a diamondback anyway?]
good eating
And fine hat bands…
During my Thailand 3 day trek, I ate snake once. Once!
Tasted just like…well…no, FUCK no tasted NOTHING like fucking chicken
Actually, it did taste like . . . ya know. 🙂
Ted is steadily working his way back to form.
Whilst I was in Nawlins (New Orleans) eating some fried, gamey ‘gator and stating it tasted just like chicken a gentleman from a table just to my side stated “Naw–tastes just like croc”
One of the few times I put my firearm background to use in civilian life was when one of my cats got in a staredown with a rattler in my Boulder Creek days. Neither were moving, 2 hours. So I blew the head off the snake, my friend made a hat band and we all had a nice cormeal battered rattler appetizer…the cat was rather freaked. But he had all of his body parts and lived a fine life with the proper respect for Daddy 😉
Damn, one out short of a quality start…
LOL . . . Poor traumatized kitty cat.
Not being overly fond of cats, not sure what I’d do.
A dog in the same situation is bit in maybe 1.1 seconds if he’s the smartest dog in the world. As it was, the cat was going to eventually get it. Daddy was hero for a day…. just once !!!
Is it just me or is Zito starting to look like Bochy?
Zito pitches a 5.2 inning – technically not a – “quality” start, but gets rousing applause from the home crowd. I’m enrolling the entire stadium in Flav’s Quality Starts 101 course next fall.
The sun has broken through the trees streaming all over my picture window and forcing me to close the curtains to continue seeing the game. (thanks blade)
De nada buddy.
Jean Machi. Love him as a pitcher. But if all else fails, it’s the perfect name for a dictator
That’s it. Ted is officially BACK.
Thank God for Uncle Jesse at short
I can just imagine Johnny Antonelli watching this game is Rochester, NY: “Jumpin’ Johosephat! Can’t the Giants get a starting pitcher to go seven, eight, even nine innings?! Pitch count, smithch count.” Antonelli had ONE HUNDRED TWO COMPLETE GAMES, with 18 CGs in 1954 alone, the last year the Giants won the World Series before 2010.
Jumpin’ Johosephat/ That’s good.
“Heavens to Murgatroyd!”
Reminds me of this scene from Blazing Saddles . . .
Lili Von Shtupp: Would you like another schnitzengruben?
Bart: No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben.
Lili Von Shtupp: Well, then how about a little…
[whispers in his ear]
Bart: Baby, please! I am not from Havana.
Lili Von Shtupp: Will I… see you again?
Bart: Well, it all depends on how much vitamin E I can get my hands on.
And one of my favorite lines that was cut from the final cut of the film cuz it was considered too..something:
Lili Von Shtupp: Is it twoo what they say as how you people are gifted? (unzipping sound) (pause) Oh, it’s twoo..it’s TWOO!!!
(and the line that was cut)
Bart: Uhm–lady–you’re sucking on my arm
Ted, I just saw that movie Friday . . . Still cracks me up.
That’s because it’s frickinn classic, politically incorrect pure comedy. And despite what one might think, considering Richard Pryor helped write the script, he didn’t write a lot or maybe none of the–n-word jokes. In fact, he wrote most of Mongo’s lines (and Mongo was considered an un-PC character as well as people thought it was an insult to Mongoloids but Mel Brooks stated he simply named the character “Mongo” so a character could scream “MONGO??!! SANTA MARIA!!” Who was a rumba quinto master and an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. Mel Brooks just thought that reference alone was funny.
But Richard Pryor wrote the classic line:
“Mongo, only pawn in game of life”
Okay. Perhaps I’ve written too much
😉
I just saw the Richard Pryor documentary on either Starz or Showtime and yeah, I had no idea Pryor wrote most of the Mongo lines, including the classic one you cited. OK, if this game doesn’t end soon, I am going to fall asleep on my keyboard.
Fish > Snakes
Snakes Lose; Stantoned.
Dear Jean, thanks for ruining my quality, qualified, whatever you wanna call it, start. Yours, B. Zito
P.S. Go fuck yourself
Gave up the lead, but it could have been much, much worse.
That was a helluva turn.
Any thoughts why Zito is much better at home?
Heavy air = better curveball?
Zen center nearby?
New found gun love means he can fondle .45 calibers in his den night before the game?
Just lucky?…
Probably all of the above.
I don’t think it would upset even the most avid Zito fan to say that Barry’s starts are nothing if not unpredictable…I think he could turn those splits around for two months and we wouldn’t know the why of that either…
Let’s get a few runs off of Margaret Thatcher here.
Nailed HEDDY!!!!
(Hedley..HEDLEY!!)
Unfrickingbelievable! Woo Hoo Perez!
Juan Pierre could never have made that throw.
Pierre needs a cut off man to get it to the cut off man..
Wow, I thought he had none chance…
Logan runs into an out.
In honor of Jean, that’s my new name for Perez . . . Woo Hoo Perez.
Freeman with a walk off home run against the Mets. The Met’s Gee was pitching a complete game 1-0 shutout, when Freeman went yard, for a 2-1 win.
Goodnight all. I’ll watch from the “veranda”…
I hope I am about to smell the sweet fragrance of Eau de Walkoff all the way to the East Coast.
I STAYED UP FOR THIS?
Glad to see I’m not alone.
I couldn’t keep my eyes open and crashed after the ninth. I woke up this morning and saw the video of Venable’s over the head catch of Woo Hoo’s shot . . . Damn. Only good news is that I didn’t have to watch it live.
we all did. when you see a play like Abraue made in center field ya kinda think it is their day.
You mean Venable, right?