Winning Ugly

Posted in Uncategorized by Flavor on October 15, 2014

Yesterday, Daniel and I had this exchange:

And while the end of the game certainly had a fortuitous feel to it, it wasn’t entirely “luck”. As I said after the game, when you drop down and rush a throw to first base like that the chances of it tailing on you is high. You might be able to pitch that way off the mound in your usual wind up, but jumping on a perfect bunt and rushing a sidearmed throw to first base? Advantage: us.

Krukow said something interesting this morning on the radio: “Two World Championships has bought them ‘calm’.” And that’s a perfect comment. If you have good pitching and can maintain a sense of calm in a high pressure situation, more often than not good things will happen. You can call that luck if you want but I think there’s way more to it than that. The minidset of the team is, “keep it close, stay focused and calm and more often than not, it will work out in the end.”

And it works both ways. As the game creeps along you know it gets in the collective mind of the Cardinals a little bit. Like, “what new thing is going to go against us now?” And I think the Cards are about as professional as they come. But this has become a way of life for the Giants this year. We score runs in the stupidest of ways.

It’s gotta have the opposition doing a slow burn. Again, advantage: us.

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blade3colorado said, on October 15, 2014 at 8:56 pm

Fox mentioning Rosenthall? Hahaha . . . Don’t want to give up the lead just to face that guy, but if it happens – I’m already salivating. Dude looked like a deer in the headlights last time we faced him.
eddacker said, on October 15, 2014 at 8:56 pm

I feel a ‘WOOT!’ coming on 🙂
salty said, on October 15, 2014 at 8:59 pm

A beauty
Flavor said, on October 15, 2014 at 8:59 pm

Carp, Jesus, sit down you woman.
- Macdog said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:00 pm
  
  LMAO
eddacker said, on October 15, 2014 at 8:59 pm

and a ‘WHOA’ watta strike three curve.
unca_chuck said, on October 15, 2014 at 8:59 pm

Casilla with the uncle Charlie working to perfection.
willedav said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:00 pm

Love Casilla’s breaking ball, really fools guys when he can get it down.
unca_chuck said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:00 pm

Somebody shoot that guy. Jeeezuz,
unca_chuck said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:01 pm

Oh scheistakovitch.
salty said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:03 pm

Gotta love Giants playoff baseball!
Flavor said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:03 pm

FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
blade3colorado said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:03 pm

I sense another World Series coming on! Yessssssssssssssssssssssss!
salty said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:03 pm

Santiago is a stud!
willedav said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:04 pm

Yeah! Couldn’t happen to a better f-wad.
eddacker said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:04 pm

WOOT!
Alleykat said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:05 pm

ONE MORE TO GO!!!!!!
Orange&Black going Back!!!
Casilla just Filfthy stuff!!
Undertaker will nail the coffins shut tomorrow!
Macdog said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:05 pm

Casilla ends Long Holliday’s Journey into Night, One to go.
blade3colorado said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:07 pm

This is mind-boggling considering the season’s up and downs. Wow! I need a massage . . . Later Flappers! 🙂
snarkk said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:08 pm

Most impressive come back win. Dang, this team is resilient…
gianthead said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:09 pm

The Cards’ pen continues not to impress…
snarkk said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:11 pm

Giants really “lucky” to comeback to win from 4-1 down…
- Alleykat said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:19 pm
  
  Not really Snarkk, we had the Brooks Conrad clone with Matt Adams, so I was confident.
stickman said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:12 pm

Ha, ha, ha, ha, i luv it. 3-1 and the Undertaker tomorrow. Line up those coffins. Halloween nears and the Halloween Machine is in full gear.
gianthead said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:13 pm

Pawlie, they have done that for previous playoff series in basically taking that whole section from fans and using it for media…males little sense to me…give them an outhouse
- snarkk said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:17 pm
  
  And very few media use it. Crazy…
- pawliekokonuts said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:21 pm
  
  ah, tnx
pawliekokonuts said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:21 pm

Just stunning that this team has achieved this.
We ain’t there yet, but getting there. (to paraphrase Bob Dylan)
zumiee said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:50 pm

So what’s going on over at the True Blue L.A. blog?:

Why does everyone play scared against the damn Giants?

by bstirrat on Oct 15, 2014 | 7:44 PM reply

because they are evil

by arbfuldodger on Oct 15, 2014 | 7:52 PM up reply
pawliekokonuts said, on October 15, 2014 at 9:51 pm

I apologize if I messed up the sequence somewhere. I had spelled the name of Keith Hernandez wrong and corrected it. G’night, girls, and TedSpe.
zumiee said, on October 15, 2014 at 10:08 pm

I was driving during a chunk of the game, and caught Krukow’s reaction to Pierzynski’s flop-job. Krukow’s visceral dislike of Pierzynski just oozed through the car speakers.
Bozo said, on October 15, 2014 at 10:16 pm

Dinks and dunks, drinks and drunks, whatever it takes because you know, the NLCS is not team Giants destination.
Bum to close this leg of the journey out. I do like our chances.

I’m going to Kansas City
Kansas City, here I come
- pawliekokonuts said, on October 15, 2014 at 10:17 pm
  
  are you? maybe I should join you
zumiee said, on October 15, 2014 at 10:17 pm

Trying to listen to the top of the ninth inning was almost unbearable. Miller is so good that the tension level just goes off the charts. His strike calls on Casilla’s pitches to Carpenter were as good as baseball radio broadcasting can get.
- pawliekokonuts said, on October 15, 2014 at 10:18 pm
  
  yessireee
snarkk said, on October 15, 2014 at 10:24 pm

Just one more game to get the Pennant.
WTF Not?…
snarkk said, on October 15, 2014 at 10:36 pm

Very good analysis by a St. Louis writer on why the Giants are winning, not just his postseason, but the 2010 and 2012 years.
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-giants-not-cards-doing-the-little-things-right/article_e50611f9-f399-5887-983c-089076cd912b.html
- unca_chuck said, on October 15, 2014 at 10:46 pm
  
  Hmmm, I get one sentence and 95 dashed lines,
  - zumiee said, on October 15, 2014 at 10:47 pm
    
    That happened to me on my lap-top, but I tried the link on my cellphone and it came through OK.
  - snarkk said, on October 15, 2014 at 10:48 pm
    
    Try it again. It worked fine for me on my PC.
    http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-giants-not-cards-doing-the-little-things-right/article_e50611f9-f399-5887-983c-089076cd912b.html
  - unca_chuck said, on October 15, 2014 at 10:59 pm
    
    Thanks, but no, Same thing.
- zumiee said, on October 15, 2014 at 10:46 pm
  
  I hadn’t realized the Giants were 12-2 in one-run games in the playoffs over that stretch. That’s pretty danged impressive.
zumiee said, on October 15, 2014 at 10:53 pm

And more from the Dodger blog:

It’s been a crummy month.

by Catherine the Blue on Oct 15, 2014

Come on! We’ve had way worse Octobers. Many of them.

by Franklin Brock on Oct 15, 2014
Nipper said, on October 16, 2014 at 5:34 am

Win ugly ……win tonight…..grind out another one. Go Orange and Black!