Snake Bitten
Not much to say. Closed door meeting did nothing. The fresh new BBOTD was useless. Another day, another loss. And Voggy leaves me wanting more….
But still….”Panik Time!!!!!”
Don’t get too psyched, this dude just has to be a little better than the shit-duo of Hicks and Adrianza. At this point in his career, he should be able to at least do that…..
A Place To Talk About Giants Baseball 
Well she does have a huge Rack and nice smile, But Hell, when need a Win badly, heard they might get bad back Pagan in today, medical staff beware as usual…
Yeah, the baseball gods threw us a little crumb yesterday with that Dodger loss in the 9th inning. But it’s a pretty darned nice crumb. The Giants are still up 5 games in the loss column, which is actually kind of remarkable given the total collapse of the past two weeks.
How about a…….WIN today. A WIN. An actual WIN. Like, when our team has more runs at the end of the game than their team. A WIN!!
Pav:
“Second baseman Joe Panik is on his way to Phoenix and will be added to the big league roster Saturday. The Giants will need to make two moves, adding Panik to the 40-man roster and removing a player from the active roster.”
Hi Twin,
Well there’d a few ? Mark scrubs up choose from, and You can jettison Hicks, since they won’t do it to Ehire.
I’m not understanding most of your comment, Kat. I’d like Hicks to just go away, but they may like him as possible power off the bench. If so, I think Arias might go from the active roster and Dunning from the 40-man.
Sorry Twin, text phone scrabble from rushing.
I meant the 40 man Roster guys,Hell guys like even Angel Villanova,Blackburn, Cordier? And a few others not worthy on the 40 man as well, unless the org still something I don’t in them(trades who knows)
Yeah the active roster take your pick, Arias, Hicks, Adrianza, shit do we still have Kontos? On the 40, many to choose from IMO..,
Yep…in a bit of a Panik attack, management woke the hell up and recalled Joe Panik. As Michael said, corresponding moves have not been announced, but it appears at this time that Pagan will NOT go on the DL.
http://www.csnbayarea.com/giants/giants-recall-infielder-joe-panik-triple
And there were also pre- and post-game meetings yesterday. As we used to say out on the flight line when I was turning wrenches for the Air Force…time to kick the tires and light the fires (right before sending a jet out on a sorty).
http://www.csnbayarea.com/giants/rewind-bochy-players-hold-meetings-slide-continues
And for those scoring at home, Panik will wear number 12.
Time to turn things around and show the world that 1 win in 10 non-withstanding, the Giants are one of the best clubs in MLB.
Hi Michael – hope all is well for you and your crew. It has been good to see you here the past couple of days.
Since they’re calling Panik up, I hope they don’t sit on him. Or, he goes an initial 1 for 20 and Bochy bails on him. Play him and ride him hard, see what he can do for a few weeks in order to form a well-supported opinion before the deadline. If he can play, great. If not, no problem. He goes back down until callups and continues to improve and gets ABs. The Flap was right and way ahead of this move, as usual… 😉
Well if Panik tanks, he can ride our BBOTD hard on that cap rail for starters…
Panik is way more advanced in the minors than Belt and Crawford were when they were first brought up. Crawford stuck because there were no other SS options. Craw was it, and they sweated through that initial period when he was booting chances left and right for the first two months. Belt wasn’t ready, and they messed around with his swing while he was figuring out where the bathroom was, so he had to go back down for more seasoning, they had other alternatives, though not good, at 1b. Give Panik a full month on the job to see what he can do before deadline — unless it’s obvious early on that he’s overmatched. With his stats, it’s doubtful he’ll be clearly overmatched — he’s got a good approach at the plate…
Panik is a very patient contact style hitter. I too find it hard to believe he will be over-matched on a regular basis.
Hey, without doubt we are the best “collective GMs” in the fucking game. Sabes and crew probably frequent the Flap (or have a lackey do so) to see what the Flap has to say about the Giants’s world.
Don’t recall when I first said they should call Panik up but I do recall a good natured dispute here about whether he was in their plans ( I said he was) ..
When Evans said ( just a week or so ago) that there was no way Panik would be up this year I had to caution Pav’s folks- Never believe what management says…It’s almost a mantra for me.
Henry pretty much confirms that truism, writing in regard to their public stance:
“Privately, though, team officials conveyed a need to see Panik before the July 31 trade deadline. Brandon Hicks’ regression might have accelerated the move.”
In other words, I’m a wonderful man who knows just about everything.Except what I don’t know,.
Well, I never said he was not in their plans, but from the recent banter our of the three headed monster (Sabes, Evans, and Tidrow), it didn’t sound like we would see him prior to rosters expanding. But I do think that Hicks’ slide has contributed to the change in attitudes. You do come up with some good stuff Michael…just be careful and don’t hurt yourself while patting yourself on the back. 😉
The secret has been revealed!
Scutaro has a “bulging disk”. No kidding. Shocker there. It took half a year to reveal this state secret. Why now is the curtain pulled back — who knows?
http://www.csnbayarea.com/giants/marco-scutaro-i-cant-get-over-hump
I get the conservative treatment approach, but I’ve had several friends with bulging disks, and one that eventually ruptured. Platelets and therapy and cortisone, dot’s nice. But, unlikely to solve the problem to the point where you can play regularly, or well, at the MLB level. Usually, surgery isn’t done until the disk herniates. Surprise — this doesn’t look good for the rest of Scut’s contract. If it actually herniated, it’d be better for the Giants, most likely. Surgery would be needed, and fix the problem. A friend had a herniated disk repaired after a long period of pain and therapy (he walked like Grouch Marx) until it finally herniated. He was playing golf in 2 months after surgery – pain free. Ask Tiger…
I mentioned on a previous thread, it really depends about which disc(s) you are talking. I have herniated C6, C7, and have had excellent results with epidural steroid injections. My understanding is that lumbar discs are more problematic (and it makes sense as they bear much more of the body’s load). I was going to try (and did) EVERYTHING under the sun before going under the knife. No way in hell I wanted surgery.
Hey, long-term I hope Scoots can just live somewhat pain free and lead a normal life. He took BP and infield the other day. They say he may be able to come back and do some pinch-hitting and play some late-innings, etc. That would be cool…especially after rosters expand. I just cannot see burning a spot on the 25 with him playing only in a limited mode, though.
I know Dusty wore it for years (and many others) but to me #12 for SF will always be Jim Davenport…
Damm Right Loo,!!!!!!
Use to play Babe Ruth, through High School ball with his 3 sons, Randy,Gary and Don, great family and Jim was always a class act hanging around occasionally with are teams!
Good player for the Giants, but he owned most (88 losses) of the worst (only 100 loss season) in Giant history.
I doubt they do anything with Arias right now. He’s signed through 2015 with a guaranteed $1.45M in 2015. Bad move by Sabes on that second year. Anyway, he’s versatile on IF defensive positions. Hicks is only signed this year, making $525K. DFA him and they lose virtually nothing. Personally, I’d keep Hicks a bit longer and see if he comes around with some power. I was shocked to see this morning that Arias has had something like 83 ABs this season with NO, that’s ZERO extra base hits. Doh! Still don’t get why they don’t waive Adrianza. He’s been hitting a bit lately, but does anyone have confidence he’ll make a really clutch hit in a clutch situation? I’ve seen little to make me wanna keep the guy. He’s been in the system for what — 7 years or something? This far into his career, he’s not going to set the world on fire with newfound talent, is he?…
Yes they can cut these guys and yes you can complain about in a couple of years when they start to hit. Conor Gillaspie anyone? And since I’m picking on you, why do you think the team owes you any detailed information on an injury? If I’m management and maybe even the players, I may not want the opposing teams to know the extent of injuries so why would I broadcast it? How does that benefit the team? The fans and the scribes are on a need to know basis and they don’t need to know. That’s my opinion anyway.
First, yeah, they can cut these guys. The GM’s job is to cut guys that aren’t producing, and get guys that will. Period. This is the big leagues. Gillaspie’s performing now, I don’t know why they couldn’t get that out of him when he was with SF. He wasn’t ready then and they had to move on? Yeah, probably. As far as Scutaro goes, the team owes me squat, but it owes the fans the truth, because they pay the freight. Or, at least something near the truth. As in not saying in ST that Scutaro will be ready by opening day, when they know damn well he has a bulging disk and hasn’t been able to get healthy the entire off season. How many people bought tix after that assuming Scutaro was in the season’s mix? You could see he was in deep shit with his back the first day interview he showed up in ST — he looked like a beaten man and was obviously down in the dumps. Do they need to tell us which vertebrae? No. Just don’t treat us like fools, tell something near the truth. Bozo, what advantage do the Giants lose to other teams by just saying he has a disk issue, when he hasn’t even been on the 25 since the start of the season. If he does eventually play, are the other teams going to throw at his disk?
You’re the law guy, what medical conditions can be disclosed publicly if the player doesn’t want the details broadcasted? Do I want the other teams to know if I have an injury that hinders my swing on an inside pitch? Come on man, you act like it’s only the Giants. Why did Kemp’s injury make him less of a player? I don’t follow the Dodger scribes but I don’t recall hearing, he’s able to play but because (insert medical condition here) it’s not to abilities of the past, do you? My take on what you write is that it’s some great conspiracy or that this multimillion dollar organization only hires hacks to keep their investment on the field. I think there could be other resons.
And the Giants can’t develop players, did you want to get rid of Crawford when he didn’t hit? Belt? Were you sold on Pablo when they brought him up? I don’t recall you being pissed about the Gillaspie trade at the time, in his interview he said he needed to mature. Maybe, he wasn’t listening to the advise that he was given, I don’t know, but I don’t think it’s because of a lack of coaching skills within the Giants system and it sounds like you do.
This all came out sounding harsher than I wanted, so sorry about that, but I refuse to add a smiley face.
Take care and like you, I hope the Giants get a win tonight.
I’m with John on this one…and totally disagree with you snarkk. I don’t think the team owes the fans shit in regards to divulging details on an injury, etc. We can all agree to disagree on this one.
I don’t have a problem with your opinion, Bozo, not at all. No smiley face needed. I just have a different opinion, and I admit I am very picky when it comes to this medical stuff. What MLB teams can reveal to the press about player injuries is governed by the 2012-2016 CBA, Art. XIII(G)(4):
“For public relations purposes, a Club may disclose the following general information about employment-related injuries: (a) the nature of a Player’s injury, (b) the prognosis and the anticipated length of recovery from the injury, and (c) the treatment and surgical procedures undertaken or anticipated in regard to the injury. For any other medical condition that prevents a Player from rendering services to his Club, a Club may disclose only the fact that a medical condition is preventing the Player from rendering services to the
Club and the anticipated length of the Player’s absence from the Club.”
So, teams can tell us the truth about what’s going on in a general sense about the “nature of the injury”. Lots of money is at stake here. Don’t tell the fans Scutaro is going to be ready to play on Opening day in early March when fans are deciding on buying tickets for that game and for season tix, or that he’s 50-50 for the opener 10 days before it and right after he gets an epidural. IMO the Giants have a laundry list in recent years of questionable treatment of players with medical conditions, and being very coy to stubbornly vague to elusive about it to the press. It is one thing that really ticks me off about this team.
Other teams? When Kershaw came back from Australia this March, the Dodgers volunteered to the press that he had a “strained left teres muscle” behind his left shoulder. Pretty detailed as to the nature of the injury, they didn’t just say he had a “sore arm”. Their public info followed the CBA’s language about PR releases. Here’s a Doghair press release April 1: “After consultation with Dr. Neal ElAttrache and a review of the MRI scan, Kershaw will be placed on a rehab that includes a submaximal throwing program for the next two to three weeks. He will then be reevaluated by ElAttrache to determine when he can start throwing at increased velocity. The timetable on when he might return to Major League competition will be determined when he is reevaluated in two to three weeks.”
IMO Giants fans deserve the same level of disclosure as friggin’ Dodger fans…
As I said earlier, we can agree to disagree. Outside of what is “required” per the CBA, I don’t have a problem with the way the Giants choose to disclose (or not) injury details.
Fair enough, snarkk.
Panik? That’s fine. Anything is better than Hicks/Adrianza. I think. Hopefully the floor can’t fall much further than it already has at 2nd base…….
Messi wins the game for Argentina with an incredible shot through a tiny window of opportunity…
http://tinyurl.com/kjpzzgu
Earlier, an Iranian player got taken down in the box by an Argentine defender, no penalty called with the ump looking right at it. Blatant foul, should have been free kick. This WCup refereeing is always a joke — the big teams get the calls, just like the NBA…
Not the most ethical thing in the world for Scutaro to sign that 3-year deal without disclosing his back problem to the Giants. Fine, I can look at the $18 million as a nice bonus payment for his 2012. Nothing can change the magic of 2012.
But he did leave the Giants hanging at secondbase, which they’re still trying to fix. What bugs me a little is his trite answer to a sportswriter the other day. When asked what’s wrong with his back, Scutaro told the reporter: “20 years of playing baseball.”
Har dee har har. That’s really funny to Giants fans.
Renteria got $18 million in advance for one swing.
Well worth it.
Agreed!
zum, do you know that management didn’t know about his disk? Maybe they knew, and didn’t think much of it, went ahead anyway. They had to know at least that he had an issue with one leg shorter than the other, I should think, which can lead to back problems. Players supposedly get physicals before signing contracts. If they did know about his disk and gave him that deal, that was arguably a foolish risk to take for that kind of coin…
They definitely knew he had one leg shorter than the other. I suspect he never revealed that he also had one leg longer than the other.
No one knows when the disk thing really happened. I am not going to bag on Scoots for anything, as none of us know the real details or the timing with any of it. The contract is what it is.
I just watched the Rockies give up 3 runs on a passed ball that rolled 15 feet away from home plate. That was the most pathetic play I’ve ever seen. The Rockies are a joke.
Flavor, I have been watching the game from the beginning. I thought the inning before, where the Brewers scored 4 runs on a couple of hits and a couple of errors – was the epitome of PATHETIC. Wrongo . . . the play you described out did that inning. We’re talking innings, not games. Brew Crew has 8 runs and only 3 earned. Again, THE SHERPAS ARE PATHETIC. Only thing worse is the announcing crew. Ha.
If they’re pathetic, and they swept the Giants at ATT, then WTF? 😉
as Blade can attest, they’ve been playing like bumbling 8 year olds this game. All I can think of is that they must all be hungover or on no sleep. I have NEVER seen such a pathetic defensive melt down like this and we’re only in the 4th (I’ve been watching this one from the start, too).
Oh Blade, when are you going to come out of the closet and admit it to us all. It’s so obvious, the constant talk about how much you hate the other “team.” You’re like the Larry Craig of the flap. Just admit what we have all known for so long…You are indeed…a Rockies fan. 😉
Not that there is anything wrong with that. 🙂
Glad you had those 🙂 faces WJ . . . The only use I have for Sherpa players are fantasy league daily tournaments (albeit, I do have Dickerson on one of my FL pro teams) and then I never, ever, eveeeeeer – have one of their pitchers on my FL teams (daily or season). Seriously, baseball shouldn’t be played here. Right now, they have 4-5 players batting .340 or better. Ridiculous.
Snarkk, all’s I can say is that every dog or Sherpa has his day.
Eli Whiteside is starting for the Cubs tonight….
And El Presidente’s magical ride through the annals of MLB continues…..
El Presidente and Nate — the dynamic duo for the Cubs.
Unless somebody is hurt, by definition this must mean the Cubs got nothin’ in their system for catching. Whiteside is the Forrest Gump of MLB catchers — he’s been or will be everywhere…
Mark Grace used to talk about “slump busters”. He said that whenever he went into a deep funk he’d go find a troll to plow and he swore by it. So that’s the direction I’m taking the BBOTD tonight. Relax, it could have been a LOT worse. 🙂 🙂 🙂 Come on Dumpy Ass, break this fucking slump!
I can relate. That worked for my 9-5 job as well.
Wow, whenever BF goes for the brass ring of slumpbuster BBOTDs, look out. Like this new one, they usually seem to have some sort of outdoors, farm/agricultural theme going on around them. Like Dragline in Cool Hand Luke, he loves him some “Faaaaahm girls”…
Dragline would’ve taken Luke over any of ’em.
Those dreamy blue eyes…
I get it that Arias is owed 1.45 as opposed to only 545K for Hicks, but Arias hasn’t had an extra base hit since Moses parted the fucking sea. Hicks, while he hasn’t hit with pop of late, does have some pop in his bat. I would keep him over Arias.
So would I, but money talks…
When you have a 150 million payroll, the difference of 1 mil over who should and shouldn’t stay should not drive the decision, IMO.
Looks like the Warriors are coming to their senses and are rethinking their pursuit of Kevin Love. Thank God for Jerry West and Steve Kerr bitch slapping Myers.
Perez optioned again. Pagan must not be going to the DL.
LU, Panik will play tomorrow:
1. Gregor Blanco (L) CF
2. Hunter Pence (R) RF
3. Buster Posey (R) C
4. Pablo Sandoval (S) 3B
5. Michael Morse (R) 1B
6. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
7. Tyler Colvin (L) LF
8. Ehire Adrianza (S) 2B
9. Ryan Vogelsong (R) P
Well, good. Now they have a rookie second baseman and 3 back ups who can’t hit the bullpen pitcher.
Dunning designated to make room on the 40 man for Panik. We now have, for some reason, 4 2nd basemen on the current roster……
Sorry, didn’t see your post. We’re of like mind on the second basemen, though.
I don’t see the point of getting rid of pitching, even a fringe guy like Dunning, and keeping 4 second basemen on the active roster. Hicks should have been drop kicked to the curb. You don’t get rid of adequate pitching for nothing. You just don’t.
4 second basemen. 3 aren’t good, and the other we don’t know yet.
Missing Pagan and Belt is tough. They need to get back ASAP. I wonder if Pagan has a bulging disk?
One reason the squad is in this skid is that the HRs have disappeared…
I feel like Colvin and Pablo come on strong tonight. Blanco too. I think we score at least 7 or 8. I’m not in a “book it” mood but I like our offense tonight.
unfortunately, I could also see Voggy getting lit up again. 11-10 Giants win? Could be.
This offensive explosion based on the squad being scared S-less that unless they produce, the new BBOTD becomes a Giants groupie?…
lol, no. If they go win 11-10 Murph gets to go have a whirl with her. And that’s really a win for all involved….
Murph’s got some moves, dude. Do you remember that scene on CSNBA during the playoffs (2010 I think), where Jamie Sire was shooting outside the Giants clubhouse and Murph walked shirtless across the shot in the background? The media make a lot of mileage out of that one. Whatever happened to Jamie Sire — she could qualify as a BBOTD…
Alex Pavlovic @AlexPavlovic 8m
Panik: “This is what you dream of … You take a step back and say this is why you’re here, it’s time to go and help this team.”
About discs and shit, if Scoots has something wrong in the L5 area, that’s a major problem. I have compression fractures on L-4 and L-5, and a bulging disc between them, and there are times I can’t walk. All it took (after 2 weeks of moving) was sitting on the ground too long, and everything went haywire. I could barely walk for 2 days, and I finally went to an urgent care clinic. The doc there gave me a shot of Toradol. Lifesaving shit, that Toradol. Although I hear NFL players are suing over the use of that to get guys back into games.
It didn’t fix everything but it got me to the point where I could walk without excruciating pain. After that, it has been chiropractors and ibuprofen.
Belt is looking like early July?
Sheez, Chuck, you just gave more info about your back than the Giants gave about Scutaro’s back in 6 months. Sounds nasty, good luck, get healthy. Maybe you need to go to Miami and get some platelets.
Yeah, the last I saw was Belt being ready the first week of July. Giants did admit he had a broken finger and had surgery with a pin. I’ll give them credit for that…
Belt is gonna be here by July 1/2 for sure.
Scoots was there yesterday but he said he’s still not able to do much. He might be done but I keep looking at that 90% contact rate and if this guy can cobble himself together for even one at bat a game every 2 or 3 days, he could be a huge secret weapon for us off the bench as a PH. That is, if he could actually make his way out of the dugout. He’s got 4 other 2nd basemen to push out of the way to get to the on deck circle. 🙂
I’m glad you focused on that 4 2dbasemen angle. I would not have thought of it. That is mind boggling, when you think about it. Why not bring a guy like Duvall up? He’s raking at Fresno. Maybe if he just says he can play 2b, Sabes will get him up here…
to me, it would be kinda a waste to burn an option on Duvall at this point. 2 weeks? What’s the point, Belt might be back in even less than 2 weeks……
And Duvall might end up being one of those guys that shuttles back and forth a lot early in his career. And we know how bound to that *LAST OPTION* the Giants are. God forbid they get to that point. lqtm.
I would probably not be a good GM. At least not a patient one. When I see guys that are at 22-25 level on the depth chart just doing squat for half a season, and they’re at the MLB minimum or a little more (Adrianza, Arias, Perez), if I’ve got a possible division winning squad I would have no problem dumping their asses back down or DFA and bringing a guy up from the minors that’s raking. No time like the present…
it’s a balance of AAA depth and bringing guys up when they’re ready. Most of these GM’s know who is going to take it to the next level and who isn’t, It still surprises me that they DF’A Dunning but maybe it was just a sly way of working out a trade for him.
I looked. Duvall’s on the 40 man. They could bring him up, he’s in his first option year anyway, I’m assuming he was optioned down to the minors at the end of STraining. So, bringing him up or not is the same result in terms of burning an option year…
Wasn’t the closed-door meeting after the game yesterday?
before. Unless Baggs typo’d it.
There was a meeting before and after the game. According the Bagg’s article (I posted the link earlier).
What was the result of the meeting – pepperoni or sausage and mushroom?…
Alex Pavlovic @AlexPavlovic 2m
Panik on getting the call to big leagues: “I told (my mom) this is the first good call you’re getting at 3 a.m.”
Yeah, what’s the saying? Nothing good ever happens at 3a.m.
What a great quote!
I like this kid already…
Don’t they have like ten days to trade Dunning or is he non-trade able at this point? I think he gets picked up in a nano-second based on last years big league numbers alone.
it’s basically 10 days to either trade him (if he gets claimed) or release him or send him back to the minors (if he doesn’t get claimed). he’ll definitely get claimed so maybe they can work out a deal.
And he leads the team in ERA this year 😉
Based on my read of MLB rules and a Wiki article, the player can be traded within the 10 day waiver period anytime before his team puts him on waivers. This gives teams that are down the waiver list a chance to make a trade for a player they want, if they figure he will be snapped up on a waiver claim by a team above them on the list. But, I believe he must be placed on waivers within the first 7 days of the 10…
That is exactly how we got Ross…Giants were down in the pecking order of other clubs who wanted him.
Henry Schulman @hankschulman 21m
Called his folks at 3 am New York time with news. They beat him to the airport and Phoenix.
I just love this fucking shit. What a day they’ll have tomorrow.
And he beat his gear and glove to Phoenix, according to a Pav tweet. They didn’t make it today.
“I just love this fucking shit. What a day they’ll have tomorrow.”
Schulman tweeted that???
Andrew Baggarly @CSNBaggs 5m
Joe Panik is here. His parents are here. His glove? “In a connecting city.”
Beat me again.,
not trying to :). I have a pretty tight twitter feed these days though—-
BTW, in my experience Pav is very good at answering tweets and Emails.
Pav and Baggs are 2 of the best in the business. I might even put Pav ahead of Baggs, and I never thought I’d do that when ranking Bay Area scribes.
He really cranks out the posts. Everybody can edit their own comments which has worked out well for me. I’ve already changed 1,257 of the 2,017 comments I made saying that Morse sucks.
IMO, Baggs quality of writing has degraded some since he moved to CSNBA. He’s doing TV, so the writing is secondary. Also, not as much quantity – he doesn’t go out on the roadies all the time. But, his article on Tony Gwinn the other day was very good — had time to really develop it…
LMAO
That’s in regards to Twin comments about edits.
Although I thought the piece Baggs wrote on Tony Guinn was absolutely superb. This in reference to snarkk’s comments about Bagg’s writing not being as good since he took the CSNBA gig (and I agree…his writing is not as good as it was when he was at The Merc).
This is some good stuff for those wanting to know or refresh an overview on how these things work, and how they mesh together: major league 40-man rosters, minor league options, waivers, DFA, etc. Well explained…
http://www.purplerow.com/2009/2/12/756928/mlb-transactions-part-two
http://www.purplerow.com/2009/2/19/762532/mlb-transactions-part-thre
I think the last time the Giants brought up a rookie during the season who could hit from day one was Bobby Bonds. I almost said McCovey.
Will Clark?
During the season, Flav…Will homered off Ryan opening day, right?
And Will homered on the first pitch thrown to him in the minors — off the Doghairs’ Fernando Vuvuzela…
I mentioned this earlier. Watch how utterly inept the Rockies are on this play. Unreal that this could happen at the mlb level
http://m.mlb.com/video/v33918329/milcol-brewers-clear-the-bases-on-a-wild-pitch
Love that play! In baseball, something wild and new can happen any time…
Segura (the final run) had gotten hit in the back on a HBP in his first at bat (probably for hitting 2 bombs yesterday). He was looking to jab the knife into the Rockies and he found a perfect op to do it. That wasn’t that ballsy of a move with the P up and 2 outs. He broke up a double play earlier too, coming in HARD to 2nd.
and that was no wild pitch, it was a passed ball all the way. It was literally one of the worst plays by a defense I’ve ever seen–at least since little league. Rutledge, who had already committed 2 errors in the inning, should have gotten a mental error for not busting it down the line to back up the shitty throw from McKendry. I don’t think he could have gotten there, but he should have tried to back up the play at least. And then he woulda gotten the ball instead of that dejected shitty pitcher and he might have been aware enough to not let Segura score…..
my track record on slump busters in the BBOTD widget is not strong (recently). But I do have a track record. I feel good about this one tonight. 11-10 Giants.
Make it so, Dumpy Ass…..
4 on 1. fucking piece of shit Cardinal pussies. But, probably my favorite fight ever, in any sport.As we’ve all seen it 1000 times, enjoy one more time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hbxU20SkNQ
haha, in today’s pussification of dugouts *emptying*, appreciate how fast these 2 dugouts emptied. It was less than 3 seconda after it went 4 on 1.
Candy Maldonado with the flying tackle and roundhouse on Ozzie after Ozzie tried to rabbit punch Clark. Dusty went in there, too. Yeah, this one was actually a brawl…
Four years since we’ve had a 7 game losing streak? Ugh . . . Hopefully, “Dumpy Ass” brings home the bacon.
Panda! Let’s go, pour this MoFO on and get some Morse runs…
Colvin, yes!
The umps owed the Giants that no call on Craw’s check swing at 3-2…
Tyler Colvin, come on down. Yeah baby.
Without his hat Morse reminds me of Kirk Hammett from Metallica…
Watching the Snake video feed . . . Not absolutely certain, but I think former Giant, Bob Brenly is one of the announcers and he is already annoying me with his criticism of the Giants. Only the first inning too. As far as I’m concerned, he’s out of the “circle of trust.” Hoping we bury this team tonight.
I may have mentioned before my main criticism of Brenly as a broadcaster; he says the word “ballgame” a lot. Once you notice it, it drives you crazy.
What’s he saying about our beloved crew?…
Bad mouthed Colvin.
Is there anything stupider on Earth than that fuckin’ swimming pool in RF?
The forest at Coors Field?
I’m going with those Flintstone rocks in the Angels’ ballpark.
I’d have toi to with the entire Marlins ballpark
The Hill in the OF in Houston?
I think they took that out.
Nope, still there.
On that clip of the Giants/Cardinals brawl, Kuiper is the color analyst, and he does a good job; but it’s interesting to hear how his voice has changed over the years. He used to be more nasal and high-pitched. His voice has gotten deeper and more mellow.
Well, now that I think about it, that pretty much happens to just about everyone.
At one point in that clip, Kuiper mentions how Ozzie and Brenly “don’t line each other anyway.” Anyone know the backstory behind that?
Like not line
Kuiper probably does…
The big guys gettin’ it done tonight. It’s been a while.
Loving this. We could use a wipeout.
Pfffffffft…..
Oh oh.
If things were easy, it wouldn’t be the Giants. 🙂
Vogie had no reason to come in on that guy. Dumb shit.
Nice play on the carom by Blanco.
If he walks the pitcher . . . . .
Time to keep piling on. I love the approach of just slapping the ball through the infield.
Don;t push for the 5 run homer.
Right. If you happen to get one, great. Don’t push for it, though.
Take it one pitch at a time
Except when the pitcher throws you 2 pitches simultaneously. You have to be ready for that.
so far, all I gotta say is…
#dumpyass
farfignewton.
Seems like Vogelsong hasn’t had a 1-2-3 inning since the Pueblo incident…
slappy slapperson. Slap the damn ball!
there you go.
Blanco, gets it started.
Morse can’t hit the side of a barn with a shovel.
Flavor said, on June 21, 2014 at 4:21 pm
I feel like Colvin and Pablo come on strong tonight. Blanco too. I think we score at least 7 or 8. I’m not in a “book it” mood but I like our offense tonight.
Looking pretty good there…
Did he hurt himself on that 2nd strike?
Nice drive by Crawfish.
Whatever happened to Morse – I hope it isn’t serious.
Hurt himself swinging. Side/oblique thing ?
Yeah, I saw it, but how bad????
Vogie hit that same spot 4 times. No wonder he hit a fucking double.
Does Brenly ever say anything without mentioning Goldschmidt? Goldie this Goldschmidt that.
No shit John. Also, did you hear him go off on the ump just now?
Yeah, he didn’t say anything about the strike zone until “Goldie” got up there. I wonder if BB will get fined after the, I’m surprised this guy still has a job remark.
They even had some kid in the broadcast booth, working on a lap top – stuffing the online all star ballots with Goldshit’s name. lqtm.
It’s actually pretty weird.
Yeah, I’ve listened to some pretty shitty broadcasts, watching the Giants play teams all over the country, but that was definitely over the top. If MLB monitors broadcasts, Brenly will be fined for that over the top comment.
Fuck.
Giants starters aren’t throwing that great these days…
Pence with the blast! The Giants are really really trying to avoid the new BBOTD groupie…
Hunter had no problems with that strike zone. Man, he hit the shit out of that.
There you go . . . !
That blast put me on the cusp of winning some money tonight in Fan Duel (have him on my team). Nice.
Nice!
Been moving all day and just caught the Pence Crush and the Panic Attack.
My report from his AA Richmond game last year was that that he looked like a big league hitter. Glad we got two of his autographs…
And the Clark-Cardinal fight still the best ever…
Oh boy. Always Goldschmidt.
Collective exhale.
Whew.