Huddy the Mentor
Is it just me, or do all of you hope Tim Lincecum spends most of his free time these days watching and talking to Tim Hudson? I hope he’s taking copious notes. When Lincecum looks at Hudson, he should see his future. And the sooner the better. Timmy has a formidable task today as he’s facing his Goliath, Paul Goldshit. Goldy is 10 for 20 vs lil’ Timmy with 5 bombs. Those are video game numbers.
Aaron Hill enjoys his offerings as well. He’s 7 for 14 against him.
I think Tim Hudson could literally impact this entire pitching staff in a way Raggs and others never could. And that’s not a dig on Raggs, I think he does a good job. But sometimes, it’s not about telling someone something it’s about letting them watch and learn.
And no one on the staff is too old or too good to not soak up everything Huddy has to offer.
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I didn’t know Timmy was getting over an illness, as well as the knee bruise he incurred last week. Four runs and eight hits over six innings. He did’t walk a batter and struck out seven. Not bad, as it seems the pair of two-run homers did him in, but otherwise he pitched fairly well. He gets a mulligan in my opinion.
Agree Blade! Didn’t see the game but I heard Timmy threw 71 strikes out of 98 pitches with the no walks and 7 punch outs.Thats impressive even though Goldfish will have ownage on him for life, Shit the dude just rakes him over the coals, walk him or bean him!!!
the no walks is huge.
Maybe the folks at Elias are working on it, but I wonder where the Goldy/Timmy “ownage” rates on all-time ownages between batter and pitcher. It’s got to be heading into all-timer range.
I’m glad Timmy battled through it today, but if I were Bochy, I would still tweak the rotation so Lincecum can skip the D-Backs the next time.
Well, some minimal research brought up this fangraphs article that would seem to indicate that the Goldy/Timmy match-up is still too small a sample size to make a judgment of level of ownage. But then again I didn’t read the whole article; it was too exhausting. 🙂
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-absurdities-of-batterpitcher-match-up-numbers/
7 HRs in 22 ABs?
I hear ya. It’s a big enough sample-size, in my opinion. I don’t remember ever seeing anything like it before.
I remember how light hitting Tommy Hutton could really hit Seaver, Gibson & Jenkins…
McCovey was 18 for 33 (.545) with 7 homers vs. Bob Moose…
Stargell 9 for 18 (.500) with 6 homers vs. Mike Caldwell…
This is fun. Aaron 12 for 26 (.462) 7 homers vs. Don Gullett.
Goodnight.
I love these last 4 posts—right up my alley. I remember Mike Caldwell would intently stare at a batter the whole time he circled the bases whenever he got taken deep. Not sure he did that with the Giants, but definitely with the Brew Crew.
Didn’t get to follow the game today other than the occasional score check. Crazy Horse hitting well is huge and I’m glad Timmy righted the ship somewhat. One quality start out of 4 so far for SFG.
Vogy time? I HAVE FAITH IN VOGLESONG!
Stargell on Caldwell is lefty on lefty too. (Though I guess Goldschlager follows that trend as well)
I’m going to game 10, so I guess I have faith, too.
Watching the replay now. I had to laugh when they played Let it Be when the swarm of bees was attacking Pollock.
Chuck…the game being mentioned is 4/25. You in?
Yeah,. I think so. I think all the troops around here want to go . . .
I’m in Dawg – and I think Blade is trying to extend his NorCal stay so that he can join us, too. James mentioned going to game 10 (game 10 on the home schedule is 4/25). So, you going that Friday night, James?
I did some googling after Ralph Kiner died and stumbled upon a YouTube of Kiner’s Korner with him interviewing Seaver. Seaver mentioned the bit about Tommy Hutton. Also said he had a heckuva time with Woody Woodward.
Kiner’s Korner kicked my ass. I would have never missed that show if I had access to it growing up. They showed a clip of Seaver pitching to Mickey Mantle in the Astrodome. Just cued up the video without introducing it and let Seaver figure out what it was. “Where did you get this? Is this from the all star game in ’67? Oh, I remember now, its from the All star game in ’68. The only time I ever faced Mickey Mantle. I managed to strike him out.” (or something like that)
My 2 Kiner favorites that never got publicized:
1) On non-game nights, the Met station, Channel 9 in NY used to show reruns of the show Vega$. During a conference on the mound Kiner had to read a promo for an upcoming episode and said the following:
“Tomorrow night on Vegas, Dan Tanna picnics after shooting an innocent bystander”
(I think you can figure out his screw-up)
2) Kiner’s Korner has been brought to you by Mitsubitchy Motors…
Seaver is a product of Fresno High School, Fresno City College and glug, USC. The pitcher with the best use of his legs to drive the motion and pitch that I’ve ever seen. Dunno what his lifetime was vs. Giants, but it had to be good. I seem to remember he cleaned our clocks, mostly…
I know it’s been covered, but I want to praise Huff and Gutierrez again. This was a very winnable game for LA after it got to 8-4 . Who knows how they’ll fare going forward but it also demonstrated the essence of how Bochy handles his pen- after a poor outing he almost always sends his guys right back in there. It’s easy if it’s a Romo or Casilla or even Petit. He could have used Petit for a couple innings after Huff faced the two lefties and then gone to Machi for two innings and then the short guys, He did use Machi for an inning but when the Bums might have really gotten squarely in it, he used the 6 and 7 relievers to keep it under control. That’s why players love to play for Bruce- he shows confidence in his guys and that gives them confidence. Yeah, he prefers veterans but that has worked out pretty well over the years. We all want to see Hembree and Law and I do think we’ll see them here before the end of the year and they’ll be mainstays for years to come. Of course this is just my opinion.