House Money

Posted in Uncategorized by Flavor on October 12, 2014

The Giants are making it rain on me. Seriously, how much more house money could we be playing with? We showed up in the NLCS series with very little expectation and a wheel barrel full of house money. I asked the baseball Gods for but a single win out of these first two games. We won Game 1. Boom. More house money.

I would like to take all of this house money and slide it *under the table* to MadBum to thank him for his epic pitching skills. He’s simply become the best, most reliable playoff pitcher in the history of the franchise. Overstatement? Prove me wrong.

Today is a very busy day but I will sit down at 5:07pm ready and focused. See you guys then.

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dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 12, 2014 at 7:37 am

Can’t prove ya wrong. I was thinking back to 2010 last night. Everyone thought hmm, this Bumgarner kid is pretty good but Lincecum, Cain. Then 2012. Wow, Bumgarner, pretty awesome but Cain. Now 2014 and sweet Jebus. Bumgarner is carrying this club one filthy snot rocketed victory at a time. This guy is for the ages.
unca_chuck said, on October 12, 2014 at 8:23 am

Bummie is becoming one of the most reliable pitchers in BASEBALL history
eddacker said, on October 12, 2014 at 8:45 am

Exactly what I thought in Washitonian after the game one win – there’s that win we needed to take back to SF and dag nabbit they brung us TWO back.
🙂
Go Gigantes!
eddacker said, on October 12, 2014 at 8:47 am

and I am beginning to dislike Fox almost as much as the doggers, I wonder if the World Series will be on ppv, too?

entertainment delivery systems? or is it the cost of all those contracts that force mlb onto ppv.
- dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 12, 2014 at 12:03 pm
  
  What don’t you like, edd? The announcers? I don’t care for all the in game nonsense but I like Verducci and Reynolds.
  - eddacker said, on October 12, 2014 at 12:14 pm
    
    I do not like that the national sport playoffs are on ppv. how many layers of payments do they need? I pay over $100 month on dish, $50 season for mlb and now pay for ANOTHER sports package to watch the national league while the american is on basic cable? arrrggghhh
  - dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 12, 2014 at 12:19 pm
    
    Ahh, I see. Sadly it will all be that way sooner or later eh?
paulinasia said, on October 12, 2014 at 9:12 am

Reporting in from Saigon, past 11pm Sunday now, catch ya back here our early a.m. You Bay Areans feeling the vibe there? I always loved being there, or any city with a team in the playoffs, come the post-season. Electric.
- Nipper said, on October 12, 2014 at 10:22 am
  
  I special ordered some orange and black sneakers from that city and country. It’s difficult to find orange and black colors in sneakers in the USA.
stickman said, on October 12, 2014 at 9:29 am

Thanks so much for your ongoing labor of love in putting out this blog, day after day and right on through the year. Kudos.

Are we in their heads yet? Lance Lynn is gonna hafta pitch the game of his career today to keep the Cardinals in this thing. Take a look back at the Redturds defense yesterday. Gift after gift from a usually reliable defense ~ and in their own yard. Giants seem to have developed something like a postseason magical mystery tour where their opponents get caught up in and by the mystique.,
DJLoo said, on October 12, 2014 at 9:32 am

A big shot gambler once told me there’s no such thing as playing with “house money”.
Once you win it, it’s yours.
#Killer Instinct
Nipper said, on October 12, 2014 at 10:18 am

MadBum setting post season records. That’s something for the ages.
snarkk said, on October 12, 2014 at 11:41 am

What is it, something like 27+ innings of shutout ball on the road in the playoffs? That’s beyond house money, that’s owning the other guy’s house. I hope to hell Bum’s arm stays strong the next 7 or 8 years. He’s already our Andy Pettite, and could eclipse the guy in playoff appearances if Sabean does his job…
snarkk said, on October 12, 2014 at 11:43 am

Lance Lynn, I believe, started for the Cards in that Zito game for the ages in 2012. And, he threw that ball to second that hit the bag and dribbled out into center that set up a big inning for the Gmen. I’m hoping he brings a similar disastrous vibe to the Cards today…
snarkk said, on October 12, 2014 at 11:46 am

Lovin’ it that the Cards are steamin’ about that non-called balk last night. Let them stew about nothing, and meanwhile they’ll boot a grounder or two again and swing at Peavy sliders in the dirt, and help out the Giants win another one…
sportdude said, on October 12, 2014 at 12:00 pm

Love Peavy now after seeing his interviews after the last few games. Love the intensity and his never talking about himself, only teammates and Bochy. His reaction to the Crawford play was priceless.
snarkk said, on October 12, 2014 at 12:33 pm

Giants are fortunate Wainright isn’t right. But, then again the Cards are fortunate Pagan’s disc is MIA.
The more I hear these East Coast pundits focus on the Cards whether they win or look silly losing, the more I’m convinced it’s mainly because they just don’t know the Giants, They don’t see them much, don’t pay attention to them until post-season. You can’t talk intelligently about somebody you don’t know. So, you focus on the team you do know…
dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 12, 2014 at 1:02 pm

Blanco CF
Panik 2B
Posey C
Sandoval 3B
Pence RF
Belt 1B
Crawford SS
Ishikawa LF
Peavy RHP
- zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 1:47 pm
  
  Bochy can play some 3-D chess as a manager, but when it comes to the #1 spot in the batting order, he’s decidedly old-school. He has his image of how a lead-off hitter is supposed to physically look, and that’s that.
  At the height of his career, Youkilis sometimes batted lead-off for the Red Sox. But Bochy would find batting Belt lead-off to be laughable, probably, even though a case could be made for trying it. Which is ironic, because Bochy is Sabermetric in his (mostly) disdain for steals and bunts. Yet, he can’t get outside the box on the lead-off hitter situation, where OBP rules. It shouldn’t have taken him so long to put Pence there in the middle of the season, and now, either Pence, Belt, or someone else would be a nice change from Blanco for a game or two. Or maybe Panik at #1, Belt at #2.
  Or, how about this: if Bochy must put Blanco as the lead-off hitter, make him the lead-off hitter, but skip his first AB, to limit his ABs.
  i.e. bat him 9th, behind the pitcher.
  - snarkk said, on October 12, 2014 at 2:01 pm
    
    Blanco now 2 for 27 post season…
  - twinfan1 said, on October 12, 2014 at 2:12 pm
    
    Just because he’s had a poor postseason is not justification for the endless trashing of a very valuable player. And he’ll be here next year so get used to him.
  - zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 2:14 pm
    
    I don’t consider it to be trashing him. I just think Bochy bats him lead-off too much. My criticism was more for Bochy on that.
  - dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 12, 2014 at 2:24 pm
    
    I think that’s a fair criticism but I also think there is something to be said for the players knowing what to expect (for the most part) at this point of the season. Even though Blanco didn’t get a hit last night he still contributed to the runs scored in the 2nd inning by reaching base.
  - snarkk said, on October 12, 2014 at 2:35 pm
    
    Facts are facts. Call it trashing if you will. He’s a good defender. He’s a terribly spotty offensive player, thrust into a starting role he’s horribly unqualified to play. Not his fault, other than he refuses to use his speed to try to get on base. He is what he is…
  - twinfan1 said, on October 12, 2014 at 2:47 pm
    
    He *created * the error because he hit the ball so hard. He also made a couple of pretty tough catches look easy. Sure he has his faults but as a 4th OFer basically being full time for 2 years in a row, he’s done a darn job . Fergawdsake, he actually had a better *slugging* line than Morse, after the break.
    As a little side note, who had the worst BA on fly balls: Pagan, Span (tied for most hits in NL), or Blanco (roundly criticized for *trying* to hit fly balls).
    Worst: Pagan. Next worst: Span. Best BA- Blanco. And Gregor was just 9 for 98. The point being that Blanco is not an anomaly- it’s COMMON among hitters of a type.
  - twinfan1 said, on October 12, 2014 at 2:55 pm
    
    Facts are facts: Since after the break (mid-Julyt to 9-30) .296 BA .362 .365 OBP .449 Slg Pct. .814 OPS.
    “thrust into a starting role he’s horribly unqualified to play.” That’s a ridiculously overblown and false statement.
  - snarkk said, on October 12, 2014 at 4:00 pm
    
    Blanco is not qualified and is not a starting MLB OFer. True statement. If Pagan were healthy and Morse were healthy, he’s on the pine, where he should be, as a utility guy. BF called him idiotic the other day for not using his speed to get on base, for being a fly ball out guy, not a ground ball out guy. I won’t go that far. He’s a serviceable utility outfielder that goes on long tears of batting walkabout, like the 2 for 27 stretch he’s on now. The Giants are winning so far without much contribution from him at the plate, so whatever. I just hope next year somebody better takes his spot…
pawliekokonuts said, on October 12, 2014 at 1:33 pm

Back home. Picture-postcard drive. Go, Giants. Let’s add to the highlight reel.
zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 1:55 pm

Harold Reynolds does a good job as an MLB Network pundit, IMO, but not as good being an analyst during a game. He seemed kind of all over the map last night. But once in a while, he had a good one. Like when he was talking about Bum’s toughness, Reynolds said “Bumgarner hit Puig with a pitch, and then Bumgarner said: “You want some of me?””
We Giants fans love that story.
- dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 12, 2014 at 2:26 pm
  
  I missed that but there was another point where he sort of challenged/questioned Verducci on whether or not Matheny should have pinch hit for Wainwright. I like the enthusiasm Reynolds brings.
twinfan1 said, on October 12, 2014 at 2:14 pm

Last night was presicely why we win and also why there’s no respect for the winning. It’s like ” sure, they can pitch but the Giants don’t win games, the other team loses”. There is some truth to that but it misses the mark. For one, good pitching isn’t a ” yeah, but”, or an after thought, it’s the core of the game. Secondly and this so important, IMO- Bochy doesn’t *create* pressure. There’s enough in any game, but Bochy doesn’t manufacture it- there’s a job to be done and his demeanor says “let’s do that job”, not we *must* do it. I loved his line about MadBum throwing away that attempt to get the runner at third. MadBum didn’t just throw it away, by jove, he threw it away “well”.Right there he’s taking the pressure off of Madison by not overreacting, just laughing at it and putting it behind. There’s a lot more but I think that the most important thing is that they are not afraid of the moment-and that comes down from Bochy, too. As somber as Bochy appears, he has created a loose crew- have you checked the dugout during those edge of your seat moments? You’ll see guys who are visibily *enjoying* it all. While we suffer the torture…
- WilcoJoe said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:22 pm
  
  Great post.
zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 2:25 pm

From the True Blue L.A. blog today. I found the Brooklyn aspect interesting:

I’m sitting in a Brooklyn coffee shop working on the final draft of my musical, and boom—a guy walks in wearing a black n’ orange “2010 World Series Champs” jacket. And so of course, now I’m momentarily distracted with thoughts of Why? and How? and Oh, Clay… and so forth. In retrospect, the year ended with Game One. If they watched the game I watched, seeing Kershaw (the closest thing to a team leader we’ve got) so brokenhearted seemed to suck the life out of the players and the fanbase alike. Matt Kemp’s Game Two homer wasn’t really a series comeback, but a hint of better things to come in 2015. Hopefully.

But I digress. I’ve decided the best way to deal with my deflated expectations for the 2014 Post-Season is not to talk or think about baseball until next year—unless, of course, I see another jerk wearing a jerk jacket. I don’t think I’m alone when I say that the very thought of seeing a subpar Cardinals team or an even more subpar Giants team playing in yet another World Series makes me physically ill. Even the possibility of the Orioles or Royals beating them doesn’t fix that, especially because this year it seems like the more I want a team to win, the more they’re doomed to lose.

So it’s a total baseball blackout for me until it’s all over and 2014 is in the books—the exact same way I’ve gotten through many a National election. See you all in 2015, and thanks for the memories. No matter what, we’ll always have the No-Hitter.

by Bicoastal on Oct 12, 2014 | 12:37 PM reply
- zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 2:26 pm
  
  The Dodgers had two no-hitters this season, if I remember correctly.
  - dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 12, 2014 at 2:29 pm
    
    F that chump and his sour grapes. The dodger may have better talent but they don’t have a better team. Speaking of chemistry. Where the hell is James anyway?
  - snarkk said, on October 12, 2014 at 2:46 pm
    
    Dirt, is your gravatar = Pence on the Fence?
  - dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 12, 2014 at 2:51 pm
    
    snarkk, yep. I couldn’t edit it to make the figure orange otherwise it’d be perfect.
- snarkk said, on October 12, 2014 at 2:41 pm
  
  If the Giants are “subpar”, what are the Doghairs? “Submerged”? I second Dirt’s motion to screw the Doghair fans trashing of a Giants team now in the middle of the NLCS, while the Doghair players are now practicing their “goggling” for next year…
ewisco said, on October 12, 2014 at 3:02 pm

Talking to the bochy lead off issue, this is the guy who started aaron freaking rowand at leadoff. so the guy will think out of the box. and as bad as the 2/27 looks, i don’t think it’s cost them any games.
- twinfan1 said, on October 12, 2014 at 3:12 pm
  
  You might be surprised at Rowand’s line leading off.
  - ewisco said, on October 12, 2014 at 3:29 pm
    
    i remember that he was actually fairly successful at it for awhile, my point was that AR isn’t the sort that comes to mind when you think lead off.
zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 3:15 pm

For whatever reason, Blanco’s numbers at lead-off are far worse than his numbers batting lower in the order, if I remember correctly, from seeing that in a graphic on one of the Giants’ recent games.
- twinfan1 said, on October 12, 2014 at 3:29 pm
  
  His numbers are very poor leading off, it’s not possible to deny that. Bochy has never settled him in at another spot so his sample sizes are relatively small outside of the 1. But just an example, and I’ll just use PA and BA:
  1. 158 .213
  2. 31 .148
  5. 16 .455
  6. 74 .288
  7. 64 .259
  8. 61 .404
  
  Obviously the guy can hit, just not in the 1. And it’s always been so. I don’t support batting him in the 1.
zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 3:21 pm

From the True Blue L.A. blog:

Royals seem like the team of destiny though to be honest

by Don Killuminati on Oct 12, 2014 | 4:52 AM up reply

We shall see, how powerful their destiny is vs the giants black magick voodoo doll powers.

by underdog on Oct 12, 2014 | 9:20 AM up reply
- zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 3:23 pm
  
  Yes, fear those black magick voodoo doll powers!!
- giants54 said, on October 12, 2014 at 4:16 pm
  
  You’re too obsessed with the dodgers.
  - zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 4:29 pm
    
    Sorry, I find a certain entertainment value in it.
    
    And, of course, you always have the option to start a new topic yourself. You have the power.
- WilcoJoe said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:26 pm
  
  That’s hilarious.
unca_chuck said, on October 12, 2014 at 3:22 pm

Subpar my ass. I feel like finding that blog just to laugh in that clown’s face. Dodgers revert to mean. They donp;r know the meaning of the word team. If the Cards are dsubpar, why do you keep losing to them?
Flavor said, on October 12, 2014 at 3:31 pm

Dirt. That’s the best avatar I’ve ever seen (biased, but true). Can you send me that?
- dirtnrocksnomo said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:08 pm
  
  Will do
twinfan1 said, on October 12, 2014 at 3:39 pm

Enjoy the game, fellows.
- Flavor said, on October 12, 2014 at 3:43 pm
  
  you too, Twinner.
snarkk said, on October 12, 2014 at 4:03 pm

Looks like I may this game actually meet edd for some Giants and a brew.
Will report from the brewpub, if possible…
snarkk said, on October 12, 2014 at 4:04 pm

I’ve got fingers crossed for a leadoff HR from Blanco, the All Star.
I’d settle for a drag bunt hit…
snarkk said, on October 12, 2014 at 4:12 pm

Pence isn’t exactly lighting up the playoffs from the plate, either. He’s into his “swing at any slider” moods.
So far in the post season he’s 6 for 24. He needs to run into one..
Leading OPS in the playoffs:
Belt: .964
Panda: .807
Posey: .757
Panik: .645
Pence: .641
Craw: .635
Ishi: .583
Blanco: .241
snarkk said, on October 12, 2014 at 4:15 pm

Raiduhs are horrible, they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory this time…
zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 4:41 pm

Seahawks lost to the Cowboys! Groovy.
eddacker said, on October 12, 2014 at 4:56 pm

Off to San Ramon (named after a local sheepherder) to meet Senior Snarkk at an Irish pub and watch some Giants baseball.
unca_chuck said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:01 pm

Lynn sucks. We’re going 2-0.

Still have Belt hitting the first dinger.
unca_chuck said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:08 pm

This dude’s 0-4, 4.79 against the Giants.
zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:09 pm

Just one more Dodger blog item. They make me laugh:

Game 1. Cardinals lose in front of their home fans.

Game 2. Cardinals lose in front of their home fans.

Game 3. Giants lose in front of their home fans.

Game 4. Giants lose in front of their home fans.

Game 5. Giants lose in front of their home fans.

Game 6. Cardinals lose in front of their home fans.

Game 7. Asteroid.

@Lobo 46 minutes ago
- WilcoJoe said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:33 pm
  
  That’s great. Keep em coming.
- blade3colorado said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:50 pm
  
  That is hilarious Zum. Love it!
Macdog said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:14 pm

Another 1-out hit for Panik.
snarkk said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:15 pm

Off to quaff a few with Edd.
Panik, great AB and the hit to end it….
pawliekokonuts said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:31 pm

Gawd’s sake. This MLB.tv is the biggest bait and switch. The FCC or FTC, somebody, should investigate. Blacked out again. At least they’re giving me KNBR audio. Really irritates me, this deception they pulled.
- blade3colorado said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:36 pm
  
  CommieCast can be accessed with a good VPN program (probably James, Zumiee, Dirt, and PaulinAsia know WTF I am talking about).
  - pawliekokonuts said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:45 pm
    
    Blade, I’m trying some alternatives. Back to the good ol’ days of pirate streams. THIS is why I didn’t want to give MLB.tv my money to begin with.
  - blade3colorado said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:48 pm
    
    I am forwarding the email snarkk sent to me yesterday (your last night in the time continuum/WAABAC Machine) . . . It has a link which I can’t utilize due to having an Android OS, sans Adobe Flash Player.
zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:34 pm

BF said it well- Giants fans have no interest in the Pence sign thing, regardless of how often the national media talks about it.
blade3colorado said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:35 pm

Sweet! CommieCast is carrying the game . . . 🙂
- Macdog said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:43 pm
  
  I hope they’re not biased toward the Redbirds.
paul said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:44 pm

screw the giants if they can’t have it on the tv for thaverage joe to watch, if the is for rich, then the rich can watch them loose too, bad luck for the giants, there going to loose today
- zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:45 pm
  
  What, no blame for the Cardinals on that? There’s two teams playing.
- pawliekokonuts said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:46 pm
  
  it’s the MLB industrial-commercial complex
stickman said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:45 pm

Lynn is at 43 pitches through two. That is 8 pitches than Wainwright was last nignt. If Giants hitters keep working him at the same pace he should not go more than five innings.
ODDB said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:45 pm

I wonder if Joe Fuck wants the Cards to win
- carmine said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:31 pm
  
  Not looking good for Peavy/Giants. One of the worst teams coming from behind?
DJLoo said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:48 pm

Pence strikes me as the kind of guy who would succeed at anything he wanted to do and not necessarily in sports.
zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:52 pm

Peavy’s missing outside a lot.
ODDB said, on October 12, 2014 at 5:56 pm

“Thanks for loaning me the ‘Wonger, he’s bitchin”
zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:00 pm

The mid-game dugout interviews are physically painful to me.
- DJLoo said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:05 pm
  
  I don’t like ’em either, zum, but Bum just said something unintentionally funny about the Giants 2nd base situation before Panik took over:
  
  “We had a lot of guys contributing, but not really”
  - zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:06 pm
    
    True, that dude says some cool stuff sometimes.
  - WilcoJoe said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:16 pm
    
    I missed that. I laughed my ass off last night when he told Erin Andrews ” i didn’t think it was a balk, but it was pretty close though.”
blade3colorado said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:10 pm

That frickin’ ball was tattooed by Carpenter. F*ck!
zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:10 pm

Carpenter took a curtain call. Seriously? After hitting a solo HR to make it 1-0. A curtain call.
- Flavor said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:11 pm
  
  haha, i thought the same thing.
  - zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:12 pm
    
    In the 3rd inning. LOL.
  - zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:13 pm
    
    It makes you really wonder about the mindset difference between the two dugouts.
  - DJLoo said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:15 pm
    
    And it wasn’t as if the crowd was clamoring for it.
    He just shot right out there…
  - WilcoJoe said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:17 pm
    
    That was the worst curtain call in the history of baseball.
pawliekokonuts said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:14 pm

We are gonna win.
zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:15 pm

I wrote two keys to the series yesterday, and one of them was limit Carpenter’s extra-base hits.
snarkk said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:15 pm

Sittin here slamming a Racer 5 with edd!…
- DJLoo said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:17 pm
  
  Like I know what that is…
- blade3colorado said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:21 pm
  
  Is that what SpeedRacer drinks?
- Flavor said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:25 pm
  
  that is FANTASTIC! Tell Edd all about us….
- pawliekokonuts said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:28 pm
  
  is it a video game?
DJLoo said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:19 pm

Pence is beating so many balls into the ground…
ODDB said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:21 pm

Sandoval: you fuck. Ball four.
Posey: you’re so fucking slow, you need to hit a HR or have one hit up your ass behind you
- Flavor said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:24 pm
  
  you’re starting to leak at the seams a bit. Might be the end of the night for you.
zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:21 pm

Harold Reynolds said: “And Yadier drives a nice car.” Really? Can major league baseball players afford nice cars. Who knew?
- blade3colorado said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:33 pm
  
  Yeah, what a “throw away” line. Yawn.
zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:25 pm

Peavy’s stuff isn’t as good tonight, and he knows it. He’s really trying to shave the corners.
- zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:26 pm
  
  And the ump’s squeezing him a bit this inning.
  - pawliekokonuts said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:29 pm
    
    the radio guys say that but somehow leave me hopeful; I may be delusional in any event
willedav said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:29 pm

Curious move there to bunt with a guy like Molina.

Likely a better chance to drive one in than guys behind him. See what happens.
zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:31 pm

Horrible 1-2 pitch.
pawliekokonuts said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:31 pm

phuck now it seems to be unraveling
blade3colorado said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:34 pm

I wish he would have gone . . . Pence would have nailed him.
- pawliekokonuts said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:35 pm
  
  if we get out of it no worse than this we are still in this game…if…if
  - pawliekokonuts said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:37 pm
    
    gimme dat ol’ time TORTURE
  - blade3colorado said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:44 pm
    
    Yeah, not even sweating this shit. They probably shot their wad. In short, their offense sucks.
WilcoJoe said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:36 pm

Anyone surprised Bochy didn’t bring in Lopez to face Carpenter? I am not.
- DJLoo said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:38 pm
  
  I was surprised he was up so early…
- zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:38 pm
  
  I would have been surprised. Bochy thinks ‘big picture.’ He’s going to possibly need Peavy for another start in this series, and possibly beyond. He wants Peavy to know he has full faith in him.
zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:36 pm

Matheny messed up the Cardinals chance for a bigger inning with that Molina bunt.
WilcoJoe said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:37 pm

And it paid off.
Flavor said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:39 pm

I def 2nd guessed not bringing in Lopez there. If not then, when? Who cares what inning it is in a game like this. If Carp gets a hit there the game is over. But it worked out.
samdog said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:42 pm

You don’t remove your 2nd best starter in the 4th of a 2-0 fucking game.
- zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:43 pm
  
  You’re saying manage the playoffs the same as the regular season? I wouldn’t agree with that, overall.
Macdog said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:45 pm

Another clutch RBI groundout.
zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:46 pm

Hey, we’ll take it. Big run.
WilcoJoe said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:50 pm

For you guys watching on Gamecast, the screen is correct. Lynn is throwing nothing but fastballs.
zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:50 pm

Runners on second and third, one out, and the Giants go Arias and Blanco in the order. Sigh.
Maybe could have batted Morse instead of Arias, or maybe better to save Morse until later.
#HoboCampBench
- WilcoJoe said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:52 pm
  
  I want to know if Samdog thinks they should have just batted Peavy.
- unca_chuck said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:56 pm
  
  Yeah. Got to save Morse for later. I think we still get to Lynne
blade3colorado said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:52 pm

Zumiee . . . Card fans dislike Reynolds (and Buck, Verducci) as well:

Here are their remedies . . .

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2014/10/11/6962647/NLCS-st-louis-cardinals-san-francisco-giants-sabermetrics-broadcast-fox-sports-one
- zumiee said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:59 pm
  
  I feel their pain. 🙂
unca_chuck said, on October 12, 2014 at 6:55 pm

Yeesh. Peavy gutted that out pretty well. Our fearless bench comes through with the GO.
willedav said, on October 12, 2014 at 7:00 pm

I’m gonna agree with Snarkk, here–as Reynolds pointed out might have been a good op for a bunt from blanco. right side of IF was way back, and Adams doesn’t look like a gazelle out there. Just dump one slowly down the line. Matty Alou was excellent bunter, used to do it all the time.
snarkk said, on October 12, 2014 at 7:01 pm

Edd was born in SF, went to his first GIants game at age 6. I’m onto Racer5 #2…
WilcoJoe said, on October 12, 2014 at 7:01 pm

Do you guys on the west ( and east) coast get those commercials for the dating site, farmersonly.com? I am guessing its a regional deal, but I could be wrong .
- blade3colorado said, on October 12, 2014 at 7:07 pm
  
  Umm, insofar as the “east” coast, no WJ . . . We get Vietnam Cupid and AsianDating.com here. Oh wait, did you mean “far east?”
Macdog said, on October 12, 2014 at 7:08 pm

Yeah Pence! We got a tie!
WilcoJoe said, on October 12, 2014 at 7:08 pm

Hunters game!
paulinasia said, on October 12, 2014 at 7:08 pm

HUGE.