Winning With MOMENTUM
What a win last night. What a glorious, unexpected, needed win last night.
Joe Panik has become one of my favorite players and a reminder to all of us that our minor league system is developing more than just roster fillers.
Michael Morse is a beast.
Buster Posey could care less about pain and jacked out his 2nd bomb in as many nights.
I feel like this team has really turned a corner and I can finally stand behind them with genuine belief that they’ll be in the race all season.
My old man was mistaken. That wasn’t a sunset he saw. It was a sunrise.
Here’s a clip of the text exchange I had with Pawlie Kokonuts last night and today. PK was at a minor league game last night and watched Nate S play.
and this morning:
A Place To Talk About Giants Baseball 
Can I get a witness? Amen!
A story this week at MLB.com, by Ryan Hood, says it well:
That [success] comes as no surprise to Ed Blankmeyer, who was Panik’s collegiate head coach at St. John’s and has fresh memories of Panik dominating pitchers Jed Bradley and Danny Hultzen, fellow first round picks in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft.
“Joe was never one of these flashy guys,” Blankmeyer said. “He doesn’t run tremendously fast, he doesn’t have big-time power; grade out his skills and he’d be very mediocre. What he does, is he performs.
“The guys with the sexy tools get more of an opportunity than the marginal tools guys, but this kid has proved himself to be an excellent player at every level. Right now, I think he’s proving himself to be a pretty darn fine guy in the big leagues.”
To Blankmeyer, Panik’s best attribute has always been his even-keel approach, to life, not just baseball.
“If you can just maintain a steadiness about yourself, you’ll come out of your highs and lows a lot quicker,” Blankmeyer said. “I wish I could bottle his.”
The piece continued:
Having Fresno friends Adam Duvall and Andrew Susac to hang out with off the field helped Panik regain that stability. Instead of spending his down time in an empty hotel room, Panik can invite Duval and Susac over to his apartment. Instead of Panik bringing Jeremy Affeldt water during workouts, Affeldt now makes Susac keep Panik hydrated.
“It’s funny, because [Duvall and Susac] are older than me,” Panik quipped. “It’s been good to share some moments with them. It’s given me a sense of comfort just being around them.”
Despite the initial struggles, Susac always felt it’d only be a matter of time before Panik found his footing in San Francisco.
“I knew he was going to do it,” said Susac, who roomed with Panik in the Minors for the last two years. “He’s very consistent; it just takes him a little while. He’ll start a little slow, make plays under the radar, and then all of a sudden this Panik guy is on fire.”
All he needed was a trip home.
Oh heck. Here’s the first part, now you have it all:
SAN FRANCISCO — The first six weeks of Joe Panik’s Major League career didn’t go as dreamt.
On-field success was hard to come by: The second baseman made three errors in his first week in late June, and by August his batting average was hovering just above the Mendoza Line at .203. Major League pitchers were mostly foreign to him, and playing in front of 40,000 people on a nightly basis at AT&T Park was daunting.
Off-field comfort proved more elusive.
Away from the Triple-A Fresno teammates he’d grown close with while scaling the Giants’ Minor League rankings, Panik felt isolated and out of place in San Francisco. The hotel the 23-year-old was staying in didn’t feel like home, and his family and friends were three time zones and 3,000 miles away back in Yonkers, N.Y.
“Let’s say you have a bad game and want to talk to your girlfriend, or your dad, someone you’ve always talked to after games,” Panik explained. “It’s 1:30, 2 a.m. back home, so they’re sleeping. It’s hard to communicate, especially when you’re used to certain things like seeing them a lot. You don’t have that sense of comfort because you’re alone out here.”
The finale of the Giants’ four-game set in New York against the Mets two weeks ago showed to Panik that he belonged. After being reunited with old faces in familiar places, he went 3-for-4 with a double. Not since the 2000 Subway Series has a trip to Queens felt so fulfilling for someone who grew up a Yankees fan.
“It brought a little extra out in me. Something clicked, and that was something I’d lacked for a month or so,” Panik said. “There wasn’t one exact moment. I just had a good game that last one against the Mets and I’ve kept building the momentum.
“Going back home really got the ball rolling.”
He’s been driving it all over the field since.
Beginning with the finale against the Mets, Panik has hit .419 (18-for-43) in his last 12 games, which has skyrocketed his season average from .203 to .282. The early fielding struggles are a thing of the past, too — he hasn’t committed an error since his first week.
“I’ve hit my stride here,” said Panik, whose only setback in the last two weeks was a dislocated left pinkie that’s not believed to be serious on Sunday. “I’m comfortable with where I’m at.”
Where he’s at — second base — has been a troublesome position throughout the season for the Giants. Brandon Hicks couldn’t hit. Marco Scutaro can’t stay healthy. Dan Uggla … happened. Finally, it appears the Giants — who have lacked bottom-of-the-order production for months — have found a reliable option to spark the bottom of the lineup while playing solid defense at second.
After hitting .257 at Double-A Richmond last season, it was fair to wonder if the Giants’ 2011 first-round pick had stalled in his progression. Thanks to a .321 average at Triple-A Fresno this season and Hicks’ struggles, Panik got his first Major League callup. Now, he’s making a strong case to be the Giants’ second baseman of the future and orange “PANIK ATTACK” signs can be found inside AT&T Park.
“Panik is showing that he belongs up here,” manager Bruce Bochy said after Panik’s multi-hit performance last Saturday. “He has a knack of slowing down the game. That goes with confidence, but this kid has the ability to get the good part of the bat on the ball.
“He’s earned going out there every day.”
Thanks paw.
Nice story, except no mention of MacaLooza being the true catalyst for Panik’s turnaround. 🙂
The story reminded me of something from “Trouble With the Curve.” There’s a highly touted minor leaguer struggling, and Clint Eastwood’s aging scout character suggests flying in the prospect’s parents for moral support. Lo and behold, the kid starts playing better.
We’re definitely not getting the accolades we deserve, Mac…
Great post. My morning just got a little brighter.
For all the grief Sabean gets it is pretty amazing how quickly the club has gone from a mostly homegrown pitching staff to penciling in a homegrown infield.
Good point Dirt (especially coming from you, as you’ve been a bit down on Sabes lately, i.e., does this mean you are reconsidering your opinion that he should ride into the sunset? Either way, good post).
Haha. Fair enough, blade. I’ve also been a consistent defender of Sabean over the years. I’m withholding my final judgement until the end of next season. I think the club has the offensive pieces in place regardless of what happens with Sandoval. If the arms on the farm don’t come to fruition or Sabean can’t bring in a dominant third starter I think it’s sayonara.
The rain just stopped and the sun came out here. Hey! wha’ happened?
Nice reads from PK today and James last night at end of thread.
Morse has just as good offensive numbers as anyone on team, including guys getting paid 2 and 3 times as much. Good luck finding that next year from somewhere else. I’d worry a lot more about back end of rotation
wsw mentioned run scoring being down, and I’ve been tripping on NL league leaders last week or so. Ben Revere is still second in league in batting…at .315. 7 through 10 are at .301, .300 and 2 guys at .299.
Stanton has 32 HRs, closest is Rizzo at 29, Justin Upton at 25. These are the BEST in the league. wow.
I’ll give Panik credit, he appears to have figured some things out. Being smart enough to do that and make it work are what separates him from others. Bryce Harper has incredible athletic skills, but is still dumb enough to get himself picked off 1b by Posey last night.
And it isn’t easy being lone rook in LU alongside all the vets on the team, on or off the field. Even guys like Arias Crawford Belt have been around for few years now and have progressed beyond rook status.
It appears that bowker gang these guys are not.
Lone ugly spot last night in the 3 plus innings I saw was Gutierrez. Ugh, he makes me wish for more of Kontos.
Wonderful post Flavor. ‘Nuff said.
Flav: enjoyed the pic. Definitely sunRISE. Pawlie: Danke fur den anekdoten und erzalungen. Spellchek does NOT do German. Hope you do.
Yes, the Panik Attack has become our new meme. Beltless, we donned us a new brace of galluses. Giants were absolutely jonesing for a spark. Glad the Yonkers Yanker is not a Yankee but with what was the senior team from Noo Yawk ~ at team at long last (2010/2012) fully settled in at the City on the bay.
Here a bunch of us were anticipating that this would be BB9’s breakout season. Things were looking good early on as he was leading MLB in home runs. Then the injuries. Then Pagan again. The June Swoon and the doldrums of July. No real energy. Delighted that BB15 stayed steady as she goes with the kid, maybe realizing that Panik is the kinda guy who needs to find his rythym and when he does ~ look out! So last night in D.C. was our second baseman’s big breakout. Four for Five ~ with the one out advancing the baserunner ~ and his first ML home-run. Yeah, that’s a breakout.
Besides the serendipitous blessing of Panik we cannot overlook the return of Ishikawa who, back home in orange and black is giving us a nice dose of daily doubles. His fine fielding makes us not miss Belt so much as we had.
Finally, it all comes down to pitching. Though only fifth in the NL in ERA our staff leads the league in WHIP at a tightfisted 1.17. Our starting staff is well above average while our bullies are the best. Even Gutierrez, the runt of the litter, does have an ERA well under 4.00. He’s kinda become Bochy’s designated slop-man. Do a little stat-survey on our bullpen. It is simply scintillating.
We’re on a bit of a roll now ~ but one game at a time, gang.
Stick, you are the alliterative maestro of summary.
Don’t know whether i’m channeling my inner Skald on a DNA basis or from the other strand of sourcing. But it is something which requires no thought whatsoever, so thankful for that. Too much thinking gives me headaches. Nicer when it flows.
This time, at least, Sabean waited until the last moment before cheaping out: https://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS/status/503215811885297664
Hey Maalox, you’ll have to find a new place to troll if we keep on winning.
It’s the new “Here Comes the Sun” Flav!
I just read, or read more carefully, James’s coda on Morse, and defense, and LF from last night — and Loo’s appendix on beer leagues. I’m coming around. Which in itself is intriguing and a tribute to James. When in life does ‘reason’ or well reasoned arguments get you to change your view? Pretty rare, notably on political topics. I have a nephew in CT with whom I have discussed politics over the years. If you go by labels, we are on opposite ends. But at his place not far from Newtown the night of the horrible tragedy, I told him, “Why bother? Why talk? We never change our views, neither one of us.” He would say, “You liberals think that…” I held up my hand. Stop. I told him, “You really don’t know what I think, so let me tell you and let’s avoid labels.” And — surprise — on, say, 8 topics we agreed on several, maybe even most. Still, I must conclude that well reasoned arguments of opposing views rarely change minds, so kudos to James on his baseball persuasive skills. I say that fully aware that many here disagree, even me (I merely get confused by stats; statistics, the only course I ever failed; I lean toward the emotional and poetic facts even if the rationalist scoffs. They scoffed in 2010 and 2012, which amps up the celebratory vindication for me.)
Magnus texted me to say Nate is up with the Nats. ‘Nate a Nat’ could be the hed. I won’t repeat my sardonic doomer text back to him.
i might put that text exchange in the main thread for a good laugh
go ahead
Today’s game is being nationally televised on Fox Sports 1 if that helps anybody…
thanks; helps me a lot
No help Loo, unless you’ll pay my cable bill.
But that’s ok, in the “cut the cord” movement, we don’t need no stinkin’ cable or satellite . . . We steal the signal via the web.
What a lede BF, testify!…
I would be OK with Arias spelling Crawford at short for a game. I think Craw is back into a funk mode, he’s letting his offense get to his D. Lurie said this morning he’s the worst regular player in the NL in terms of LH hitters facing RHPs…
Did McDuff get sent back down? Haven’t seen his name in the boxes lately.
Raining here pretty well…
You at the game, gh?
I really thought Crawford would turn the corner this year but he’s just fallen off in all categories. Last year he really worked counts and seemed to approach every AB as if it was his last. He’s gotten away from that and is just lost out there. Add in the uneven defense and..well. It sucks.
Agree, except I thought earlier this season he was beginning to solve lefties. Pfffttt! As you said, he’s “. . . fallen off in all categories.” In this day and age, a shortstop can’t just be “good field” and an automatic out when he’s at bat. Even his fielding has been suspect, especially on the routine balls hit to him. I will give him this, his RBI total has been impressive (9th in MLB among SS). Still, I would not be surprised to see Sabes bring someone in to add competition for the position next season. Regardless, I bet Duffy gets a fair shot of replacing him.
Blade: I’m all in on Duffy. Eastern League is loaded with pitching prospects. He raked in that venue ~ a very good sign. Hell, Panik only hit .257 for Richmond last season. He sure has made the transition this season though, between Fresno and The Show.
Yeah, he really hasn’t had a chance to shine up here (which was warranted with Panik doing so well and the commitment to Crawford). Next season I think he will get a fair shot to join the club. Crawford will have to perform next season, especially if the Giants get another infielder that gives him some competition too (along with Duffy).
My total guess is that he gets worn down since he rarely gets a day off, and/or somehow has a nagging injury/injuries they’re not talking about. If neither, then there’s a real worry about his career arc…
Pagan CF
Pence RF
Posey 1B
Sandoval 3B
Morse LF
Panik 2B
Susac C
Crawford SS
Lincecum P
Go Giants!
Bet they scratch Pagan due to the minor injury and wet field…
As for Morse next year, I get James’ stats argument. He’s 8th in NL in OPS for OFers, and top 15 in most of the major offensive categories for OFers. OK, good, better than satisfactory. And I’m not that concerned about his D, it’s not horrific like a Dunn, it’s generally OK. That he disappeared at the plate for 2 months concerns me. Plus, his age, and his huge size, which means he’s, IMO, more susceptible to injury than a smaller stature player. Sabes took a flyer on him when the market said he sucked. He’s returned better than $6 million results, certainly better production than a season full of Blanco and Perez, or similar, but that’s a low bar. I just think the Giants should seek to acquire a better all around OFer than Morse for the next several years if they can, because he’ll get at least a 2 year deal, and he’s not going to get better. If they can do it, they should. That’s why I’m a little peeved they didn’t close on that Castillo deal. Time for the Giants to break out and make a real stunning personnel move not involving pitching to goose this offense over the next few years…
I’m not. The Red Sox signed Castillo to a seven-year deal beginning in 2014 and continuing through 2020. Castillo, who will earn $100,000 for the remainder of 2014, will receive a base salary of $10.5 million in 2015-17, $11 million in 2018-19, and $13.5 million in 2020. To me, that is just plain fucking dumb. Plus, this contract also includes an opt-out to become a free agent after 2019 (which will be Castillo’s age-31 season). The dude is 27 years old and hasn’t played one inning in the show.
However, the silver lining is probably this . . . The Red Sox know that the Dodgers will take their flotsam as long as the contract is outrageous, so yeah, I guess the deal makes sense for this idiot organization, when there are dumber organizations around to clean up their mess.
I’d rather take a flyer on this Cuban at a max loss of $72 over 7 years than have given Cain 6 years for $120M given the mileage on that arm/elbow when they signed that extension…
Snarkk, you know how I feel about long term pitching contracts, so yeah, absolutely I would take that Castillo deal too if that is the comparison. Cain’s deal was dumb, only out-dumber (is that a word? Fuck it, they made a movie out of it) by Lincecum’s deal. Fortunately, they screwed The Undertaker, so I guess they’re even. 🙂
The fact is the Giants value pitching far more than hitting and fielding, far more than most other organizations value pitching. Every team wants great pitching, the Giants are willing to skew their organizational ethos far more in that direction than most. It is the organization’s mindset from Sabes on down philosophically and due to the ballpark specs. Hence, they’ll risk $120M on Cain and his elbow full of gravel, but not $72M on a Cuban OFer over 7 years. I think their outfied acquisition approach is all wrong. With a park that big, they should be drafting and acquiring speedsters and total gap, high average/OBP hitters for all OF positions. More guys like Pagan, all day long…
I would put Pence in that category and so was Melky. It has been patch work last season and this season (albeit, the Morse signing was a clear attempt to bolster their putrid HR totals from 2013). In any event, I agree with your statement and Stix regarding the type of outfielders needed at the Phone Park. I think they (Sabes, et. al.,) recognize that.
Snarkk: I’ve long been on board for tailoring the OFers to the dimensions of the outfield. Speed and slash; speed and slash; speed and slash, with one 35ish clouter and one more speedster for the bench.
It’s fuckin’ pouring in DC…
If/when the rain stops let’s keep up the momenTim.
Jon and Flemm prognosticating via weather reports/radar that the rain will end soon and the game will get underway…
I’m worn out on the ALS challenge (just give some money and stop with the attention whoring) but I thought Bochy’s was pretty good. Video at the Merc blog.
I’m with you on that, Dirt. Enough already. If they want attention, have Amy do it bra-less.
Now, 2 pm pacific time predicted for game start…
Has the front office filed their protest yet?
I put on the Little League World Series game between Las Vegas and Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West All-Stars while waiting for Giants to start. Shouldn’t the Jackie Robinson team all be wearing 42?
No, it’s been retired. Everywhere from everything.
From now on 6 x 7 = 43.
Give me Kate Longworth in a wet shirt any day over Amy G.
hope they get this game going soon. Looks to me like a bunch of heavy weather headed towards them in about 2 hours.
Hey, Pawlie, the one problem with your analogy, if I’m following, is that there’s a well reasoned argument on the one side versus emotion and poetic facts on the other 😉 Really, they are different conversations, no?
if you’re bored waiting out the rain delay, I popped my text convo from yesterday and today between me and PK into the main thread.
question for you east coast flappers: How did you guys get used to living summers with all this freaking rain? From Nor Cal, where we basically have very little weather change each year, I can’t imagine having to deal with all that downpour. How do you deal with it? What am I missing?
“East Coast Flappers”
Ten years from now . . . “question for you Philippine Island flappers: How did you guys get used to living summers with all this freaking monsoons? From Nor Cal, where we basically have very little weather change each year, I can’t imagine having to deal with all that downpour. How do you deal with it? What am I missing?”
Rain’s a helluva lot more annoying in winter/early spring, when it’s still cold out. But rain in summer can be pretty refreshing if it’s been too hot out; it only really annoys me if I’m off that day. And as long as I don’t get caught driving in it, I absolutely dig a thunder/lightning storm.
interesting. Thanks!
FP Santangeroid said on KNBR today that usually the 2nd game after a long flight/really late arrival on a roadie is the one where a team flattens out. That’s today’s tilt. So, either Timmeh is going to get clobbered again by the Nats, per his recent history with them, or history and FP be damned. I’ll go with history be damned, and I never cared about FP anyway…
Why is it that they tarp the infield, but not the outfield? I get it that dirt turns to mud, but grass turns slippery, no matter how good the drainage. Is the outfield grass not as important to keep dry as the infield grass?…
LOL . . . Gods who oversee the Giants are favoring us again.
Except for Lincecum.
That was a fucking crazy swing, but, wow!
FP Santangidiot was on KNBR today chatting up Span for NL MVP. Forget what you think of this nomination for a second. Span has 1 homerun this year. What MVP won the award with the fewest # of HR’s in a season? I don’t know the answer, I figured Loo or San Dawg know, trivia is their thing….
I was secretly hoping that Ishi and Nate would start tonight. Those 2 have been inducted into the Bowker Gang Hall of Fame, it would have been epic to see them square off in the box score tonight……
Seattle, we have a problem….
Eck, then Z. Versalles?
Timmy’s hair is already stuck to his neck. It’s not that humid, WTF?
Really tired of this first inning bullshit by Timmy. Does he/Rags change up anything in the preparation for first inning to avoid this first inning wildness? Seriously, how can he be considered a potential full time reliever when he comes in like this from warming up and can’t get people out/ find the plate?
It doesn’t help that when he throws a strike, the ump won’t call it…
There’s no reason to believe he’ll be any better in the bullpen. He’s not going to magically pick up velocity or command there.
actually, I think he did have more velocity when he came out of the BP during the 2012 WS. Didn’t look this up, just a memory call. Could be wrong.
Yeah, but we’re two years on now.
come on, he’s just barely out of his 20’s. You’re talking like he’s half dead. If, in fact, he picked up velocity when he went to the BP in 2012 I would bet it would still happen if he did it again (this year)
It’s easy to fall into thinking that the lefty hits better against the righty, and vice versa, but as Crawford’s numbers point out, certain pitches work better with the righty/lefty match-up. A righty pitcher that has a good back-foot slider can be tough on a left-handed hitter, and vice-versa. I remember Randy Johnson striking out a lot of right-handed hitters on the back-foot slider.
It’s inexplicable how the Giants could “gift” Lincecum $35 gazillion dollars for 2 years after they knew what he’d been the previous 2 years. Oh, I forgot – Giants fans love Timmy so much they would storm the castle if he was traded/not signed. lqtm.
Getting texts from Saratoga – trying to tout me on to Mr. Speaker…
I’ve had enough of Timmy already. And, the Giants go into defensive brainlock often when Timmy pitches due to his wildness. Adios for the afternoon…
He can be painful to watch.
I may go put away the laundry, or dust something…
Ice bucket yourself, Loo. I’ll pay the $100 to ALS on your behalf if you do it and send me a video. I promise not to upload it anywhere, I just want to get a look at ya ice bucketing yourself. It’s like “Flapper porn”, kinda, weirdly……
It’s funny how “Mr 10-14” is the only guy not lighting Timmy up tonight.
Dwight Gooden stuck around until he was 35.
Who can turn a sunny day into gray? Timmy.
pretty bad from Timmy tonight but the good news is (yes, I’m keeping the + vibe going in the comment section) is that we have plenty of time to come back and win this bad boy. Come on! Who’s with me?
Its entirely possible if they do reach the playoffs he suffers the same indignity as Zito and is left off the roster.I would start Petit now over his sorry arse.
Dreadful effort by Timmy. He’s usually much better at nursing a deficit…
Here are the Giants’ five top-paid players for 2014 and 2015
1. Matt Cain $20.833M $20.833M
2. Tim Lincecum $17M $18M
3. Hunter Pence $16M $18.5M
4. Buster Posey $11.278M $17.27M
5. Angel Pagan $10.25M $10.25M
I can hear flushing sounds for a lot of this scratch.
Here’s a 9 minute sequence example of the way a dipshit loser spends his Saturday afternoon in my spam filter:
DBO
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Lincecum:
You cocksucking piece of shit
ODB
Pussylick@gmail.com
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Submitted on 2014/08/23 at 2:37 pm
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ODB
Pussylick@gmail.com
198.228.216.154 Cleared by Akismet
Submitted on 2014/08/23 at 2:33 pm
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Fjntl433@charter.net
198.228.216.154 Cleared by Akismet
Submitted on 2014/08/23 at 2:31 pm
Lincecum you cocksucking piece of shit
Flavor, this is where that idiot is located based upon his IP address . . . In case if you want to hunt him down or send the police after his dumb ass.
IP Address Location Information For 198.228.216.154
IP Address 198.228.216.154
Host 198.228.216.154
Country United States
Region California
City Pico Rivera
ISP Service Provider Corporation
Organization Wireless Data Service Provider Corporation
Latitude 33°58’59” N
Longitude 118°05’48” W
Yes, quite a crime spree the guy is on. He must be stopped!
I don’t really care about him or any other trolls. I find ODB’s sad existence pretty funny, actually. This dude spends literally ALL DAY trying to get past my spam filter. Sometimes he does, and during that exact moment that he’s high fiving himself while alone in his parents basement, his cleared comment gets moderated to more accurately reflect what a fucking tool he is.
So, in summary, I enjoy the few times he gets through. Beats a rain delay or a beat down like we’re going through right now…..
Someone here said that he was barry4ever (and his many aliases). I remember that guy from The Splash. One of the main reasons The Splash went downhill. Not certain he still posts there.
Good Trvia Q Flav. I got nothing, but I think James may be onto something with Zoilo. Nellie Fox or Dick Groat are a couple of other possibilities I saw after scanning a list of post dead ball MVPs.
Clearly no MomenTim tonight. Posted yesterday, maybe, that with #55 we could be looking at spectacular or it could be horrendless. Definitely the latter this go-round. We may need to add a starter for next year. We may end up with the most highly-paid bullpen maestro ever.
Well……back to reality….Timmy shitty again.
Just got in, checked out cbs site. Baggs tweets: Lincecum ERA in first inning is 8.31, after that 3.75
HRs allowed: 7 in 26 vs. 10 in 117.
Also tweeted Susac the rook told him key is getting through the first.
If even he knows it, guarantee rest of league does, though tonite obviously later innings also bad.
Agree with Snarkk, how can this possibly transition to pen? Plus, everyone knows how bad he is at holding runners on. A lot of closers have similar issue, but can pitch effectively out of the stretch.
Once again, I am way less worried about LF, manned by Morse/back ups, than back end of rotation for 2015…and rest of this year.
Off to seeing my younger snarkette at a dance performance. She will nail her parts, guaranteed, unlike what we can expect of Timmeh next time out. This is serious bidness now, we’re in the stretch. I’d send Petit out there, and sit Tim down for a turn, or DL him. I know Petit’s no great shakes at starting, but hell, Tim’s been crap since the AS break. I don’t care what Timmy’s paycheck is, either management is interested in a starter having a shot to give the team a chance to win in the stretch, or they aren’t…
Ironically, he has been crap since his closing gig . . . Right after that, he went downhill.
Voggie going tomorrow. Per the Nats broadcasting crew, he got lit for 9 runs the last time he faced them. Ugh. Enjoy your evening Flappers! Try to get ’em tomorrow!
Was there a positive in the game? 5.1 perfect no-hit no walk effort by Petit and Castillo. Snarkk ~ was thinking the same thoughts about flipping Petit and Lincecum. I’d give #55 one home start , just in case he still has it together at ATT, but ready to pull the plug toute de suite.
C’mon guys – sometimes certain teams just have a pitchers number – Lincecum O and 6 in his 7 starts against the Nat’s. If that’s not having a pitcher’s number, nothing is. Lincecum will be fine – throw him out there at will – just not against the Nat’s!
he does suck against the Nats and, lately, other teams too. I am not usually a *mechanical guy* for excuses but right now that seems obvious even to a noob. And your Correia and MillionManNames thing seems to be going ok. Good luck with that going forward……
Petit sucks as a starter so far this year. When he knows he’s starting. Timmy ain’t going anywhere. Petit s doing fine as the l r
ouch. Dodgers just went down 3-zip. I’m feeling a looooog dinner coming on for Rooster. 10-20 courses. lqtm…..
DJ Loo, you clearly aren’t about email so i’ll say it here so it’s been said. You are without question one of the best bloggers I have ever read anywhere.
I laugh all day at shit 3D people say to me. Funny people. But no one makes me laugh like the GREAT DJ Loo…….
POTD^
Pico Rivera? Where the fuck is Pico Rivera?
Yup, more rain. I was getting worried about a dry summer when the standing water in my yard got less than ankle deep. Get em tomorrow, Giants.
This looked like a team that arrived at their hotel at 6 am the day before…at least I got drunk at the game…
Flav Trivia Question…didnt Verlander win an MVP?
As the game went to the bottom of the first, I turned to my client and his son and said I can see Lincecum giving up 4 runs in the first..lucky he only gave up two but with the rain delay and early arrival Friday and no BP for 2 days, I immediately felt the negative vibe with Lincecum on the mound. The defense did not help the situation, but Lincecum should have been yanked right away in the second. You could just read Posey’s mind watching Susac chasing every pitch in the dirt and shaking his head that he did not have to suffer…
I know one city and team Lincecum will never play for….
“ouch. Dodgers just went down 3-zip. I’m feeling a looooog dinner coming on for Rooster. 10-20 courses. lqtm…..”
Naw – Just got through BBQing chicken thighs that had been marinating in Yoshida’s teriyaki red label, with corn on the cob – grilled with the husk on, a tasty garden salad and a few cold ones.
Oh, and it’s now 7-4 Dodgers, bottom of the 7th – good game so far.
Choke on it.
How bout a side of ptomaine poisoning?
Haha! unca – I had to pass up a Soundgarden show at Irvine Meadows last night ’cause i had to work – haven’t seen those guys in YEARS – a friend of mine had tickets for the pit, said they rocked the place.
Angels about to go down HARD to the A’s AGAIN – brutal for them.