‘Shoptawk’ with Daniel and Flavor
Here are the questions he asked me with my answers:
Daniel: What are your thoughts about the series so far? Are you content with the split?
Flavor: I am totally content with the split. We just needed one to have a realistic shot at taking the series. Now, playing at home is almost a negative for this reason: If our bats are silent, which is usual, the crowd gets quiet and there’s a lot more pressure on the hitters to perform. I’ve watched it happen for going on 2 years now. I would PREFER to play all of our games on the road.
Daniel: The Giants have seemed to score a lot of “fluky” runs this postseason. Is there a concern that the offense could be in trouble if they dry up or is the attitude they are doing well now, just imagine if the bats start going?
Flavor: The offense stinks (as I said before the series started). I don’t think anyone expect the bats to suddenly wake up. That’s why advancing will be such a longshot. It’s going to happen with outstanding pitching and fluky runs or it’s not happening.
Daniel: What should we as Cardinal fans expect out of Tim Hudson and Ryan Vogelsong?
Flavor: They should expect both to pitch very well. The pitching staff is locked in. Huddy’s waited his whole life for this oopportunity and Voggy never turns in a bad playoff performance.
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And my questions for him:
Flavor: What are your thoughts about the series so far? Are you content with the split?
Daniel: I don’t know if content is the word, but it’s a far sight better than what it could have been. I feel like the Cardinals could have taken the first game with a more Wainwright-like performance, but most everyone expected that this series would go at least 6 games and taking a game against Madison Bumgarner can be a huge task anyway. So, all in all, the split is fine.
Flavor: Aside from his game winning HR, Wong seems to make a lot of mistakes. Do Cards fans like him or do they find him too inconsistent?
Daniel: I don’t seem to hear a lot of a groundswell against Wong, for a number of reasons. One, he’s just a rookie and we know there’s going to be a learning curve. Two, he’s not holding anyone back. If Wong didn’t play during the year, it was Mark Ellis and Daniel Descalso, neither of which got the fan base excited. They’d much rather have Wong out there than anyone else. Plus, with two big postseason home runs, he’s built himself up a little baseball capital.
Flavor: What do you think the final score will be for today’s game? I’ll say 2-1 Giants
Daniel: That’s a reasonable prediction and while I think the Cardinals will win, I can’t imagine the scoring being much different. Maybe 3-1 if someone gets crazy. There’s already been a backlash over Mike Matheny using Randal Grichuk instead of Peter Bourjos, given Bourjos’s superior defensive capabilities, so it’ll be interesting to see how that goes over. Plus the Cardinals don’t have Yadier Molina which will likely play a factor as well. If more than four runs are scored in total in this game, I’d be stunned.
Flavor: To an outsider, Yaddy seems to be comparable to Buster Posey in terms of his leadership and importance to the team. How devastating is it to not have him out there?
Daniel: It’s pretty rough, there’s no doubt about it. It’s good that Molina is still able to be with the team, to travel and be in the dugout to impart some wisdom and leadership. Not quite the same as having him behind the plate, though, especially when it comes to getting close calls. The Cards will miss him, definitely.
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This is arguably the biggest inning in Hudson’s career coming up.
Well, does Hudson start the 7th?
Dubious fucking move letting Hudson start this inning
Hard to tell via radio/the dots. I will be surprised if he doesn’t at least start the inning.
Wish he didn’t start the inning now Chi!
I wouldn’t. But the pen didn’t exactly comport themselves the other day.
FUCK!!!
Bottom of the order as well.. . . Are yoi fucking kidding me?
sweet jebus Bochy.
Four fucking nothing, and now this?! Pathetic…
It was predictable.
So much for that quick shutdown inning. It’s hard not to scream sitting here at my desk.
No shit, Charlie…that’s what really bites…it is the bottom of the damned order.
Bochy you fuck
That’s just a load of shit. Bochy usually doesn’t wait too long. He thought he could sneak Huddy through the bottom of the order.
Would have been a good spot for Strickland or Machi. Then Affeldt to start the 8th. Crap.
A lot of Bochy’s pitching moves and non-moves aren’t working out lately.
Yep, but I still take him over any other manager in the game.
I hear ya. Players still need to perform.
OK, you ass monkeys. Start hitting the fucking ball all over the park.
Everyone on the planet except Bochy could see that Hudson had nothing left after the last inning.
Wrong ass monkeys
I am SO FUCKING PISSED! Let’s score some runs, Giants! Come on…do this!
Cardinals have a couple of hitting machines at the top of their order.
At least got Jay out that time.
Hudson shouldn’t have started that inning period. Petit was brilliant in Washington and hasn’t been used seen since? Meanwhile we’ve had Gopher Strickland shoved up our assholes.
1 hit since the 1st, and that was Hudson. C’mon, shitty offense, let’s get the fucking lead backf!
Grant Brisbee wrote the other day about what’s the point of having Lincecum on the roster, if they didn’t use him in that 18 inning game. Seriously, what is the point, at this juncture?
Wow. Here goes the meekness
Juan Perez has a huge pussyhole in his swing.
Everything’s orifices with you, isn’t it.
Inspiring inning out of Mudbug,Perez, and Blanko. No chance.Shit are last hit was Hudson’s single in the 4th, just pathetic.
Yeah, it’s me raggin’ on Blanco again, I guess, but I just don’t get the guy sometimes. Could someone on the Giants ask him what the point is of showing bunt and drawing back on an 0-1 pitch, and taking strike two? He does that “show bunt” thing a lot, AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE POINT OF IT IS!
Everyone’s collectively sucking ass monkeys. We haven’t had a hit since the 3rd?
Blanco with some great D again.
I repeat, I don’t have a problem with Blanco starting, just batting lead-of is all.
OK we got the heart of the order. Come on. ONE STINKING RUN!!!
1 fucking hit since the 1st, and that was Hudson. C’mon shitty offense, let’s get the goddamn lead back!
Nice work Affeldt! Bochy should use Casilla even if the game’s tied. Romo will get his ASSHOLE pounded
It would be the standard move to use Casilla, the closer, in the 9th at home with a tie score
I feel like my brain is going to leap out of my head and do a little jig on my desk.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKK!! Score a run!!
LET’S GO GIANTS!
C’MON GIANTS!
Posey: you fuck. You’ve sucked walrus dick this series.
Not true.
How is this guy not their closer?
Shit Piss Damn Hell Cocksucker Motherfucker and Tits!
Well, maybe donkey dick, but he has sucked. This is why protecting the lead was so much more important than Bochy seemed to think it was by letting Hudson start the 7th
2 outs, bottom of the 8th, tie game, and Sandoval tries to take that outside pitch and slap it to leftfield, like a singles hitter. That’s just a bad move there. He has the most power of any Giants hitter. He needs to be looking for a pitch he can really drive there.
And all trust in Romo has flown out of a monkey’s asshole
That’s a way to get Wong out. The at-’em ball, line-drive.
A.J. with the 0-fer so far. Cool.
Way to shut em down Casilla. Let’s go Giants!
WHOOT! Let’s Go Giants! Time to win this Mother!
Casilla – 8 pitches. 8 strikes.
Rally caps, etc. on!!
Come on, A##-monkeys!!
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Fucking num lock. One meaningful hit in 3 series?
Annnd can you say 18?
Pence had a really meaty 2-1 pitch to hit and dribbled it. He’s not squaring much up lately.
Amusing AB by Morse. He’s out for 6 weeks, and swings at the first pitch for a dribbler. I think he swung at the first pitch the other day when he broke his bat…
It’s one thing to go out 1-2-3. But the Giants went out that way really quickly.
lopez pitching to a righty?
Fuck. I’ve got a bad feeling about this.
I’ve been in/out, mostly out.
I guess Morse was batting for Casilla, right? Otherwise, I’d like to have seen Casilla in again, he was dealing…
Casilla would’ve put up a better AB than Morse.
They have to start drilling John Jay.
Nice work by Lopez ,Knock on wood Romo can get Doc Holliday and not be his Huckleberry.
I’m not likin’ 89 mph belt high fastballs from Romo…
Pablito!
PanDa!
Good play Pablo!
Sheezus, that was close. Nice play by Panda.
Gotta win this one now in the bottom 10th…
Game-saving play by the Panda!
Considering the hop and how hard it was hit, that’s as good of a play as you’ll see at third base
Can Perez bunt?…
Perez has a terrible bunting approach…
Need a pb
and jelly!
Perez!
Woh- biggest hit of that dude’s career so far!
Unreal!
Can’t bunt, so finally Perez with the clutch knock!
Now, Blanco has to get it done here…
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Yee-ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!