Wild Card Bonanza!
Well, that’s out of the way. Time to move on to the wild card.
The Giants have more pressing issues to sort out–like who is going get hits, drive in runs, etc. Because it damn sure hasn’t been Hunter Pence or Pablo Sandoval. And we can whine all we want about the pitching but without Pagan and Morse (and, essentially, Pence and Pablo) we can’t lay all the offensive expectations at the doorstep of Chris Dominguez.
So who’s going to step and drive in runs for this team?
You can’t win a baseball game with hope and magic.
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There’s no way they should have a champagne party if they lose this game. They should postpone that until they win a game in this series.
I even think it would be a bit weird if they had one after winning the game. Backing in and you pop the corks? Perhaps if it was short and sweet…
Rally time.
Uh, maybe the Pen decided to boycott getting batters out…
Wow. Never seen that before. Hit the bag AND the ump. Shoulda been a double.
The wrong manager’s upset.
Damned pinball game going on out there….
Just would be nice to see Panda get hot.
There you go . . . Missed his other rbis. Pence on the other hand
The bats absolutely need to pick-up the bullpen right now, especially if this team is going to create any mojo going into the playoffs. And the the bullpen needs to slam the damned door closed for the final two frames.
Pence is so overdue, it is pathetic…
Would be nice to see Pence make solid contact
They really going to celebrate?
I guess that’s progress for Pence.
Pence not hitting into a DP might be the best AB he’s had all month.
Well, at least it was a productive out. I thought Pence had finally got “that” hit…
BELTED!
Welcome back BB!
Fuck yeah!
SAAAAAAAAAFE!
Gorgeous safety squeeze…only play I like better is the suicide…
Well, Belt just may save this fucked up season of his. Get hot and stay hot.
Let’s get some insurance here…
Bochy Bunts!…
You know your bench is weaker-n shit when you have Perez coming out to pinch-hit. Shit, might as well get Bum out there to hit.
Holy Snarkk, the safety squeeze!
I love a great bunt in the evening…
I love a great bunt anytime. Suicide squeeze is the best play in baseball, IMO.
Weak. At least they took the lead. Now the five cent question is can the bullpen hold the lead…
The league wants ideas on how to speed up the game? Just concede Perez is an out and move on…
lqtm…
Awesome AB by Perez. And by ‘awesome,’ I mean awesomely terrible.
That is why I said you might as well have Bum pinch hit there (instead of Perez). The dude just flat sucks at the plate…
He is a technically terrible hitter. He never shifts his weight off his back foot.
He swings like a fuckin’ ballerina.
I wonder where Romo got that big scratch on his right cheek…
Some R. Clemente worthy community activity.
It’ll have to be someone other than Baggs to find that out.
Dunston has long fingernails.
I think they ought to have Susac catch, Posey at 1b and Belt in LF as a regular lineup. Get more oompf in the LU from the get go…
I agree snarkk. With the guys they have right now, I think that is the best line-up.
Nice inning by Romo. Get one like that from Casilla in the 9th…
No drama would be nice. 🙂
No torture. I am still recovering from the opening game of the bumbino set.
I’ve been against the Belt-in-LF-Posey-at-1st for all-time (or whenever the idea was floated) but I’m for it now. Morse is a distant memory and the combo of Dominguez, Perez, and the ghost of Gary Brown ain’t doing it for me.
Posey has improved enough at 1st, and LF? Might as well be the barcalounger. Belt will be fine.
That is why I prefaced it with “the guys they have right now.” If Morse was healthy, I still am not sure I would have him out there regularly. He might be mainly a RH bat off the bench…
Yep, Belt will get to more balls than Barry did in hid elder years…
Next season I think it’s Casilla in the 8th inning, and Strickland closes.
Romo will have be having his shouting match in some other team’s locker room…
I wouldn’t sign the closer role over to Strickland just yet. I think there is a good possibility…he will certainly get his chance in ST, and how he performs there will probably drive that decision.
Agreed. He’ll have to earn it. He’s got the stuff, and looks like the command and the FU attitude needed. He should develop a split or a changeup just so he can show it. I don’t think Casilla has enough FU ‘tude, he’s got the other two…
Think it will be Ishi in left against RHer’s.
I think you’re right, but I think it should be Belt, and Ishi avail for PHing…
I would have Belt there most of the time, but mix in a start for Ishi on occasion to keep him fresh in that position. He could also be a late inning defensive replacement at 1B in games in which they had a late lead.
Having Belt get hot would be huge boost from the left hitting side of the box. That might light up some of the other guys…
You CANNOT walk the leadoff guy Santi . . .
Belt hot, and Pablo, too. We”ll need at least two guys per game to put together good nights at the plate to make some noise in the playoffs.
Ballgame!
Nice sliding catch by Blanco.
There you go . . . Get pence going somehow, and i’ll feel real good.
Had ’em all the way.
Maybe a momentum win? Pretty cool to comeback after losing that huge lead…
And Timmy gets the W!
Tim Tim gets the win?
Lincecum throws 2 pitches, gets the win.
Dumb rule, but whatever…
At this juncture. Just get wins and the rest is immaterial. But that was a nice come-back. I was looking for the razor blades and firearms again once they coughed-up the 6 zip lead!
Do you think they shampoo the carpet after this or just replace it completely?.
Now, for the dumb champagne showers. Not to be a spoil sport, but for a Wild Card spot?
If you win the Wild Card play in game, do you do champagne then too?…
Teams do the champagne again if they win the Wild Card game. Pretty silly.
When NHL teams win a division series, do they do champagne? — I have no clue…
Whoo….Pence is FIRED UP! Let’s see some of that fire in production at the plate.
They just had Pence live over TV ripping off a stream of obscenities in his speech — going George Carlin in the locker room. Awesome…
6 “fuckins” and one “shit” from Pence before MLB package cut out!
That’s some kind of preachin’, right there…
Same on CSNBA…boy was throwing around F-bombs better than either you or I can, Loo. Damn!
I have mixed feelings on the celebration, and commented about backing in earlier (not here). The flip-side is that the season is a grind, and I don’t think it hurts for them to blow off some steam, short-sweet celebration, and then focus back on tomorrow’s game. (And I would be very surprised if that is not the case.)
Yeah, I’m tryin not to be a party pooper here, getting in the WC is good, obviously. It’s just kind of like getting into the house through the back door…
Sure. Your preference is to win your division, but truly, it is all about getting in and seeing what happens. And with the grind and the injuries this team has fought through, it is satisfying knowing they have a chance to play for it all.
Hell let em enjoy it…there may not be another op to celebrate
Yeah, I’m down with them celebrating. As you said Chi, the season is a grind. Anyone who survives it and gets in the playoffs, deserves a beer or 8. Ha. 🙂
Or 8…you got that right, Blade. How is Cambodia my friend?
I am having a lot of fun, but as I mentioned just a second ago, I got sick late last night, so not doing too much today. Tomorrow I am in Laos.
No idea if any of you muggs are still up? Nipper? You in your van? Anywho, I just got back to the room and read all the posts (albeit, this time I snuck a look at the final score and knew the outcome). Again, great posts – the ebb and flow of the game is captured perfectly by all you Flappers. Thank you! Best thing I did all day. 🙂
What time/what day is it over there, blade?
It is Friday and 1:30pm
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope you are having a kick ass time. If those last pictures you shared were any indication, I would say you are doing alright… 😉
Actually Chi, I was sick last night and today with major diarrhea. Feeling better now though.
Prior to being sick though, Pisey, a gal I met here – took me to a fashion show.
Feel better brother. Waiting for the next pictures of some of those hotti…er, temples and ruins. 😉
Is the wild card a day game?
Last I heard it was TBA. I doubt it would be a day game. It’s going to be on ESPN, I think.
Salt. It has not been announced.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/ps.jsp?y=14
Cool, thanks Chi.
Some of the rounds are on FS1? Is that just regular Fox more or less?
Not sure. I am certain it will be one of their main channels.
G’nite guys…
Nite Tom
So, it seems we play on the 1st, correct? I’m slow – who are we likely to play?
Right now it would be the Bucs, blade. But Pittsburgh could overtake the Cards, and then it would be St. Looie. Advantage there is I think we own the tie breaker against them. Bucs own the tie breaker with us.
Thanks Chi. Good night.
Night Flappers. Great win. Let’s do it again tomorrow.