Game 1, NLCS
I won’t bother you guys with analysis of this series since everyone here probably knows as much as I do. I would say the biggest difference between the Cards and the Nats is the playoff experience the Cards bring to the table. I doubt we will see any of their relievers piss themselves on the mound and throw an intentional walk pitch to the backstop. We aren’t going to see any hitter throw his helmet to the ground in protest of a strike he failed to swing at. And I don’t see Matheny getting kicked out of any games.
I’m just stoked beyond belief for whatever comes our way. I don’t take a single trip to the baseball playoffs lightly. I honor and respect what these men have done to put us in a position to enjoy the drama and the excitement they have given us and will continue to give us while Dodger fans get nothing and like it.
So do whatever it is you do to get through the day and I’ll catch you guys on the flip side at 5pm….
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Here’s a funny pic making the rounds on Facebook
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Is there a more nerve-wracking play then when the firstbaseman makes that throw to second to try to start a doubleplay? Nice to have a lefty playing first when that play happens.
It’s right up there with when your pitcher throws to try and get an out at third. Not that our pitchers have ever problems with that. 😉
Good point!!
They keep mentioning that Gonzalas went to Gonzaga and I remember some March madness from that small school.
Seems like the Gmen have been knocking at the door all game, but scoring has been excruciatingly hard…
Pence right now is a sucker for the outside slider…
Belt needs to swing and try to crush one…
Craw hits pretty well against LHPs…
I don’t think Matheny is checking those stats.
Jesus. Opportunities are coming and going as fast as Loo’s one-liners . . .
Not many extra-base hits. The rallies are having to rely on singles.
Runners left could cum back to fuck us in the ass
Nothing better then taking the Cards fans out the game.
The “Undertaker” like in Pittsburgh digs more coffins and buries more opponents in the postseason!!
Not sure I would want to order just one plate of garlic fries to share with Matt Adams…
LoL
Frustrating how the broadcasters called that. The Giants have the wrong approach to pitching Jay.
There is NOTHING wrong with that tag by Bum…
Nice play there, Bum wouldn’t let him get to the base.
That Reynolds is a dopey sack of shit.
Matheny’s got no argument here. He was out before anything questionable happened…
Both of Bum’s feet were inside the baseline. How can it be interference?
I mean, not in that runner’s chalked lane to first base.
Ishi , nice pick up, He’s my man but even I expected nothing more than some defense until Belt got back. And he’s been smooth in LF.
Nice play by the outside linebacker,,
Bum steering the cow out of his way!!!
Dude is awesome get the fuck out of here with a nice cattle prod forearm!!
Memo to Kershaw: That’s how you get through the 7th in a playoff game.
Way to get out of it Bum! Got a gift, on the no balk call.
lucky there. Absolutely a balk.
Oooooooh. That looked like a balk.
Brakes on a bus brakes on a car
Breaks to make you a superstar
Breaks to win and breaks to lose
But these here breaks will rock your shoes
And these are the breaks
Break it up break it up break it up!
Balks must not be reviewable on replay. How did all the umps miss that?
F the balk. Balk calls are idiotic. A balk is supposed to be called when there is an attempt to deceive. I didn’t see anything like that there…
You’re right, but balks do get called sometimes for things like what he did.
When a pitcher is as good as MadBum sometimes he gets a bit of extra advantage. Recalling a Giants-Braves game back in the 90’s with Greg Maddux on the mound for Atlanta. Ump would consistently give him 3-4 inches on the outside of the plate ~ big margin. Not so for the Giants pitcher at even two inches off. The Undertaker did one helluva 7 innings and now is at 104 pitches on the evening. Even with the shutout going 9 looks quite dubious. Eight? Not so sure. Probably not ~ unless Big Country makes one mighty fuss about it.
Giants must have some St. Looey chicks line up post-game. They went through those ABs like they’re late, and being charged by the hour…
Non call ought to light up the Card blog.
Tom, what link did you send to Steve? Could you pass it on to me? paulherethere@yahoo.com. Yeah, Steve, I got up at 7am but when I saw car racing on Fox2, I figured they’d shot their baseball load on the ALCS. Can’t give too much baseball to the masses over here, afterall…. Go Giants! CommieCast. Still chuckling at that one, Loo.
Check your email…
One base runner here and Bum rides the baloney poney
Oddball, you keep posting these gems and you might get POTD…Maybe.
I see my autocorrect has a sense of humor.
Oddball was a good one.
ODB seems obsessed with homosexual sex.
Hella night from the Ace, 4 outs to get.
Man Cards do not want to see him again. Don’t think anybody else does either.
Is ODB a fan or a deranged troll? I really can’t tell.
His biography will be called “Cum On Feel The Noize- The ODB Story.”
Lulz.
He’s a fan. But he’s also slightly deranged. Most *old, dirrrrrrty bastards* are. LQTM. BUt he hasn’t been able to play by some very simple rules so…..
The pitchcount got Bum. The old-timers would just shake their head watching that.
No sheit. I’d have left him in. The guy is as strong as an ox…
Let’s go GIANTS!
I’m all for honoring your contract but how ’bout Baer drops off an envelope to MadBum’s locker……
C. Johnson ought to do it himself.
Two hundred head of Angus just show up at the ranch in Hickory?…
or a cow.
“Sucked” in I see. Go Giants.
Don’t take a crimson tampon up the ass.
When the man’s right, he’s right…
He definitely makes some good points…..
Posey looks tired to me. That AB had some weary looking swings…
The beef in the Giants lineup wasn’t beefy tonight.
Sure Zum, but it didn’t need to be. And the Cards have looked mostly pathetic, nobody Rendon like.
And Casilla wipes them off the map for tonight!
They’re gettin’ it done. 🙂
Thanks, Tom, got it (just in time for the 9th…)
One down, three to go!!!!!
This Bum’s for you.
You should be a headline writter, Mac! You always have the best game ending one liners.
Thank you, Wilco. Believe me, it means a lot.
Congrats…city by the bay
Giants aggregate ERA through post season so far: 1.14.
Holy Hot Pitching…
Humm baby.
Wowsa, great win to start this series.
Bum was terrific. Giants should have scored more, didn’t need more…
“Giants just keep on rolling.” Yes they do, Joe.
Playoffs. This is how we do.
Damn good start.
Even now, still in his mid-20’s Bumgarner has probably earned a slot as one of the top five post-season starters in MLB history. When crunch time comes the Undertaker is there to pack em away.
uno abajo . los cardenales pueden continuar a chupar la polla para el resto de la serie
Loque sea hombre. Habla ingles.
Merriam-Webster online dictionary
Ace:
1.highest card in a deck of cards
2. Giants” pitcher Madison Bumgarner
I looked up LF and it says Travis Ishikawa. 😉
Bum: ” I don’t think it was a balk, but is was pretty close though.” Fucking awesome. Don’t ever call him to the stand as your star witness.
Giants Baseball”Nothing Better in the Playoffs”
Go out to Woodys shed and party all night!
Oh and Joe Buck,go milk some of Bums cows, cause that’s the most excitement you will get this postseason!
Frankly I thought we would lose to the Pirates but was pretty confident we would beat the Nats, but that series was still nerve wrecking nearly every inning.
Not for a single second did I think we were going to lose tonight. Pretty confident we are headed to a third championship…The AL has no pitching with the “intestinal fortitude” of our staff…now it is just the f’n Orioles blowing my 20-1 bet to meet the Giants…
Farm boy does it. Bravo!
This team just wins. How they’re doing it without Pagan, with Blanco an automatic out essentially, is amazing to me…
Said the same to my son Snarkk…just amazing
Blanco has a bad postseason at the plate so far but he was key in the second half and is always a superb defender-that counts for something. We’re lucky to have him.
According to tweet from Henry, Bum was still throwing 93 on pitch #106.
Pablo with 3 hits, Belt 1-3 with sac fly.
Cards Grichuk Holliday Peralta Adams 0-15, Molina (what’s up with the neck tat?) 1 bloop hit in 4 trips. Does like to swing at first pitch as I’m sure scouting report notices.
Casilla looked damn good. Should give him some confidence for going forward…
Totally agree, snarkk. Good to see Casilla rounding into form.
Beginning to appear that the Giants may have arrived at the post-season with a very unusual offensive game plan. Take pitches. See a lot of pitches. Dink those singles. Draw walks. Go the other way. Keep the line moving. Except for the Pittsburgh blowout the SF offense has been the death of a thousand cuts with Wainwright being the most recent victim. In the process of all that the Giants got a look at a good chunk of the Cardl’s bullpen while St. Louis got the briefest of peek-a-boos from Romo and about as much of Casilla as they will want to see.
When the Road Warriors win Game one in a post-season series, whether five or a full 7 games, it immediately puts a hurt on the home team. We saw that with the Nats. They were a bit desperate in game two and fell victim to a beautiful longman stint from Use More O Petit. Down two after the 18 inning marathon they amazingly got it together vs Bumgarner in game three but must have used up most of their moxie in that one as they were dead meat vs gameface Vogelsong.
So the Redturds will be a bit desperate tomorrow, particularly their starter Lance Lynn who has pitched well for them but has been devastated by the Giants. Will the offense continue in the death of a thousand cuts mode or will they go for broke in game two?
Cards were shuffled on 4 singles tonight. They face yet another gamer tomorrow.
Gamer!
Speaking of paydays..you Panda naysayers on board yet that he is a must re-sign?? I think the Undertaker knows he is going to get taken care of…Once Timmy and Scutaro and Hudson comes off the books after next season, we have over $30 mill to take care of the Bum…
What should the Giants be offering Sandoval?
low ball.
So, what are they saying on the True Blue L.A. blog tonight?:
I hate you baseball
by doscinco on Oct 11, 2014 | 7:02 PM reply
There’s always the Arizona Fall League! I haven’t been able to make myself turn on the NLCS, it stills bums me out.
by SLCDodgerfan on Oct 11, 2014 | 7:39 PM up reply
I hate the cardinals with the fire of 1000 suns
I knew they’d just go bust vs SF. Tho I take perverse pleasure in seeing them hosed a few times by HP ump.
by underdog on Oct 11, 2014 | 7:50 PM reply
Go team I hate slightly less than the other one, go.
by ranoutofSNideas on Oct 11, 2014 | 7:52 PM reply
lol, that’s awesome. Suck it, ‘Dealers. Try building a bullpen next time……
As much as I love hearing Dodger fans pout, there is no question that Giants fans dislike Dodger fans much more than the the vice versa. I chalk that up to Giants fans having more passion and regard for the history of the rivalry.
Tons of Doghair fans more concerned about traffic and getting out of the parking lot than worrying about the Giants…
I agree with that, and I also think some of it is Tommy Lasorda’s legacy and his era as manager. His attitude, and the Dodger fans’ attitude, toward the Giants and the rivalry was to treat it with a kind of smarmy disregard. True, the Giants weren’t good a lot of the Lasorda years, but the dismissing of the Giants didn’t go down well with us older Giants fans.
Panda quietly had a 3 for 4 nice game tonight, and flawless in the field. Pablo is bringing it in the playoffs, and adding to his next contract…
No doubt we will overpay, cause that’s what we do for our our own. We will all bitch about it next year as he and the Giants struggle to a third place finish. Then we will win our fourth World Series in seven years in 2016 and all will be right with the Panda once again.
I like it!
Amazing patience across the board, minus Pence. Taking advantage of the errors, getting it done.
Had a good feeling about tonight. Didn’t quite hammer Wainwright but got a ton of pitches out of him.
Peavy’s up next. More of the same.
I had to turn off the TV and follow the bouncing dots. But that’s okay, as my son snored his way through sleep and a cold. He’s 33 and I felt like a father of a sick three-year-old. I’ve come to a simple and obvious conclusion: to succeed in the postseason your team, especially your pitching, just has to be good enough to get to the postseason. You don’t have to have the best ERA or best anything. Just get to the postseason. THEN. THEN. Be the best. Especially pitching. Right? Save it for when it counts most. Right?
I’ll give a “right!”, Pawlie…. 🙂