Give It To Me
God dammit. This post season finally got to me. I’ve spent each series trying to convince myself that I’m just happy to be here. I’ve kept my celebrations muted. I’ve avoided expectations. I’ve been more like “Painfully Awkward Rob Lowe” than the ebullient Big Flavor.
But with but one win to go, I can no longer keep this charade up. I want what is rightfully ours. I want another flag flying at the top of Flap Mountain.
And make no mistake about it, these championships are as much for us as they are the players. There is no flag without the fans. With each championship we bank, our identity gets stronger, our head nod gets tighter and the supernova burns its brightest yet.
Enjoy all of it, FU. Let’s go get our 3rd in Five….
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Me too. No more Mr Nice Guy and glad to be here.
Yes, yes, yes, another street fight in the Heartland.
I’m with Hunter on this, “Saddle up, and burn it down!”
Win it in six DAMMIT!
I am certainly certifiably chest swelling proud of this team. From here at all in 2014 to all in for 3 in 5. yes, yes, yes.
I am also of the opine that Ventura can be hit. And why not tonight?
Go Gigantes!
Biggest take away from last 2 for me is Giants have figured out how to beat their pen. Second one would be how everyone in LU has contributed, not just the big money (or about to be) guys. Third, Bochy vs. Yost, no contest.
SF has Peavey and Hudson if necessary tomorrow, both vets that know how to get guys out and a solid set of guys to back them up and finish off Royals. Plus they get an extra bat in the LU to score some runs.. We score, yada yada. it’s ova.
I see Buster flipping his mask and running towards Casilla with both arms raised. An awesome scene all to familiar!!!
Right On BF!!
We want to be the Cool Rob Lowe, not the loser one!!
So let’s get this one done tonight and rock another championship in San Francisco..Giants Baby kickin some booty tonight!!!
I made the same confession a few threads back. I too had been trying to play that card…and no effing way.
Each game I just find myself pacing and wringing my hands. It was apparent that this potential championship means as much to me as 2010 and 2012.
I am with you Flavor…I want what is RIGHTFULLY OURS!
It IS OUR TIME.
Tonight is THE NIGHT!
* Two words: The Bench.
This had been a horrible bench for most of the year. Now here we are 1 win away from another title and SEVEN bench players have been key. I say 7 because White Shark and Ishi are essentially bench players thrust into starting roles. Morse- swinging like it’s April again. Arias, from sure out to almost sure hit. Even Susac with a big hit-in his only chance. Duffy- a 12 year old playing like a savvy vet. Guy looks like we should airlift him food. And maybe most of all- Juan.This is a kid who couldn’t buy a hit for 6 months Now he’s showing why Bochy was steadfast in sticking with him. Why he was the guy called up when many were clamoring for Gary Brown.Or Molly Brown. All he’s done is play great defense, get key hits, move some runners. And what a thrill and matter of pride it must be for Perez and Arias in particular. They surely knew that they had contributed little during the regular season, the postseason must as sweet as the finest chocolate , the redemption earned from staying ready even during the darkest of times. And a very special nod to the Beast, who suffered from a long slump and losing his job and yet his obvious and heartfelt joy at the exploits of the guys who took his job away became the epitome what this team is all about. I have critizised him-sometimes relentlessly- but he’s earned my respect as a true team guy- one of the group that became absolutely indispensable . MadBum is the undisputable postseason MVP but I’ll dub these role players “The Magficent Seven”…Bravo to every one of these players who have stood tall on the biggest stage that sport has to offer.
BTW, another great post, Craig. Throughout the season you have perfectly captured the high and lows, the frustrations and the redemption ( there’s that word again) of this most unlikely season. Good job. And terrific comments from all. I may not have posted much but I lurk with the best of ’em.
Now go get them, Jake…
You sure tell it, Twin. It takes 25 players to make up a team and the Giants are providing the clinic on exactly how that works.
Another gem, Michael. You may lurk with the best of ’em, but when you do come out with a comment, they are often some of the best. Hope you are well and thanks for another beauty.
Great post Twin…but here’s the but…you missed Petit…Not a “bench” guy, a “pen” guy…what can YOU say about him?
I thought about adding Petit but he’s not really a bench guy- I think that he might be the 2nd or 3rd MVP of the pitching staff, though.
This could be true of any number of this year’s Giants…but without Petit, we are not having this conversation.
great point about The Mag 7. I have no idea where they came from, just glad they came.
As unlikey as this run has been, why the FUCK not!??!?!?!?!?!?
Bring it home in 6! Peavy exorcizes his KC demons tonight.
We. Score. We. WIN!
C’mon, man. You couldn’t let me get my post in first? Sucks to follow yours . . .
(insert dumb-ass smiley face)
I’m with the The Reverend and The Clown on this one…
Saddle Up, and Burn it Down!
YES! YES! YES!
As Hunter said (referencing Bochy) is his passionate speech when they clinched the WC…We’ve got the motherfucking champion blood!
If this doesn’t get you fired up…you are either dead or comatose…
I don’t really know what “saddle up and burn it down” means.
But, hey, if it’s yelled loud enough to get the squad motivated, I’ll go with it…
To me it means giddy the fuck up…we are on a mission (World Series win) and there is nothing or anybody who can keep us from accomplishing that mission.
Yeah, I was wondering when you were going to wake up from that “just glad to be here” zombie state… :-p Absolutely f-ing glad to be here, but rooting so hard that winning it all is all that counts at this point. This would be fairly devastating to lose these next 2. Best way to avoid that is win this game 6. Come out charging, take no prisoners, never let up. Although I must say, I was not overly pleased to read an article (sorry, can’t find the link now, I think it was on Yahoo) wherein Peavy was kind of yucking it up talking about how he’d love to join the Cubs next season, along with his buddy Jon Lester. Yo, dude…. focus. Sheesh….. First sign of Peavy giving it up, yank him, Bruce…..I’d say start Petit to really fuck with the Royals, but he’s been so key in his situations that it’s good to keep him where he is. Michael, spot on about the bench. These guys are kings in this battle against Royals. Bed time in Saigon, I’ll be waking up early for first pitch. Enjoy it all, FU….
Peavey was yucking it up doing press the day before his start in Game 2, too. And then he’s Mister Red-A## on the mound. I’ve given up trying to figure the guy out. I just hope he pitches really well tonight, as we all do. 🙂 He needs to get past Butler ok. Butler has something like a .430 career average against him, with a pretty good sample size, 40 ABs or something like that.
Paul: Yeah i read that piece via Yahoo about Jake talking it up about him and Lester going to the Northside. Got me a bit peeved too. Well, to get that big payoff from Epstein he’s gonna hafta be on his A-Game tonight. So even if he wants to be a Cubbie the road to Chicago runs through another parade down Market Street.
Did not read the piece and don’t give a fuck what he said. I did see an interview with him, on CSNBA I believe, (think he had his two sons with him) and he was focused, and I think sincere in saying he was going to do everything in his power to win this one for the San Francisco Giants.
Had a good laugh with Bochy answering the flight question: “it’s the way we have always done it.”
IN YOUR FACE other managers. This reason may work for minor things like schedule but on the field?
I think the sleep thing is brilliant. I didn’t even know they did that.
Fairly uncharacteristic for me, but I feel good about tonight’s game. Nervous, but good. With all the talk about the S.F. Giants failures in game 6’s of the past, I always think back to the 2010 NLCS, when the Giants had to go back to an absolute snake pit of a ballpark and try to finish off a good Phillies team. No, it wasn’t the World Series, but the pressure was every bit as great, and Juan Uribe’s late inning heroics washed away a lot of bad memories. And remember, that game started poorly for the G’s. Poorly enough that I now have less hair than I did before the game. 🙂
This team is stout of character and on a nice little roll right now. Mr. Peavy will have a choke chain of a leash around his neck tonight, so he either delivers the goods or the pen comes in to do its job. With Boch having all of his weapons at his disposal, including a ridiculously game Bum, I think they win it.
Go Peavy. Go Giants.
Great post, TF.
I was thinking about Perez’s double (almost HR)…..man, he almost tore a chunk out of the wall with that. That ball was smoked, and the padding on the wall had to dig deep to absorb that blow.
Hopefully the series doesn’t end with the Royals winning from the Giants putting the ball right into the fielder’s glove. Don’t want 1962 memories of McCovey slamming it to Bobby Richardson (NYY). (Fun fact: Charles Schulz, creator of Peanuts, was a big Giants fan, and he created 2 World Series comics in December 1962 and January 1963. The more you know!)
A Series of not only good baseball but also interesting characters: while Perez has truly *become* a Giant, looks like MadBum has even more truly become a superstar.Very cool.
This is frickin’ hilarious . . . Make sure you watch the video of Hunter Pence’s Hitting Camp under #2. lqtm.
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/10/hunter-pence-san-francisco-giants-world-series-weird-mlb
That is fucking hilarious, Blade. Loved the Hunter’s Hitter’s video…
Don’t fuck with our caveman.
Peavy’s track record in post season and at KC is poor. No getting around it. I hope he can get through 3 with no damage, 4 at the most. Anything better than that would be gravy, and tempting fate. I heard Bochy say something vague that IMO clearly meant that tonight Peavy is on a choke chain. He can be a red ass all he wants, but it’s time to perform, or get out of the way. So, as far as I’m concerned, Peavy is a Pen guy tonight, not a starter. At the first sign of trouble, he gone, and if he wants, keep heading to the Cubs. So, Petit at the ready at the drop of Bochy’s size 8 1/2 cap. Go Giants, let’s do this thing. Why the Fuck NOT?!!…
That was then, this is now. Rewind…Delete.
Each situation is different, even if there is history there. Let’s Get It On and see what the hell happens. I feel pretty damned good about having Peavy on the bump tonight. Bochy has his full arsenal and will play this one like it is either a game 7 or the end of the world (us against the aliens).
Past postseason work may not be very relevant. As to the choke chain- every guy except MadBum is on a short leash. Bochy may use the whole staff, Murphy, and Kim Hudson if need be.
Peavy pitched to past post season form in game #2. He needs to step it up tonight in a place he historically does poorly. Now or never. I don’t know if he’ll be back, but sounds from the blurbs quoted above that he’s into the Cubs. WTF would you say that stuff when you’re in the middle of a WS with another team? Goes to show these vet guys that have bounced around are largely mercenaries. They’ll go where the cash is, especially if they’ve already got a ring like he has…
BTW, Rob Lowe is a tool…
How about Bochy changing things up tonight, catching KC off guard a bit, and starting Petit instead of Peavy!
Chance of that = asteroid taking out the planet at 5:07 PDT tonight…
Cute. I am assuming that was your intent.
There is absolutely NO FUCKING WAY that happens.
Speaking about the bench, I’m not sure if anyone posted this NY Times article on the Duffman, but I thought it was kinda funny.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/sports/baseball/world-series-2014-a-giants-rookies-rise-just-a-bit-cartoonish-.html?referrer=&_r=1
Had not seen this article, John, but did hear Duffy interviewed on KNBR about a week ago and he was talking about the stickers, etc.
At the very least Flav, you need to make yourself more like the version of Rob Lowe that heads over to the gym when his cable goes out to “watch folks swim.”
I mute the TV during the games, but I hustle over to unmute to hear that line, which is my favorite of the whole series. Love his outfit with the binocs and cowboy boots.
I also love the Dodge Dart ad that doesn’t get played too often where the guy wants to key his neighbors car to do him a solid and get the first scratch out of the way.
As for tonight, just trying to keep my cool and let the game come to me…
How about starting Morse? Anyway, I feel like a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. I WANT THIS.
He’ll be the DH…
Long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs…have not heard that one before Mr. Kokonunts. Good one.
I find I’m so excited I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head.
Me too. I want to pace and mumble to myself like one of the mental cases on the promendae by McCovey Cove. Oh, believe me, they were out in force.
Remember, DJ. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.
Excellent, Dirt…
Yeah, give it to me good. (I used to work with a guy who would expound on the intricacies and complexities of “giving it good” versus “getting it good.” Aptly enough, his name was Bo.)
With zum as my inspiration I’ve been perusing Royals blogs over the last 24 hours. There is a lot of ink about how the Royals have the Giants right where they want them. They play best with their backs to the wall, won’t have to face Bumgarner again so this thing is wrapped up…yada, yada, yada.
I find this interesting because starting with the game on Saturday it is the Giants that have played their best as the screws have tightened. I don’t know what to expect heading into the game tonight but I think of the core players Posey, Sandoval, Crawford, Pence, Blanco and yes Ishikawa. They’ve been here before, smell the chum in the water and will close this thing out.
As to your thread, Big Flavor…most excellent dude.
IF it goes to a game 7, they most certainly WILL face Bum again, at some point, unless the game gets out of hand one way or the other real early…
rotowire posting it as Ishi over Perez
Gregor Blanco (L)
Joe Panik (L)
Buster Posey (R)
Pablo Sandoval (S)
Hunter Pence (R)
Brandon Belt (L)
Mike Morse (R)
Travis Ishikawa (L)
B. Crawford (L)
Sorry, didn’t see yours.
I have no prob going with got ’em this far.
Well, that’s the only thing to talk about in this LU. Pretty much expected, Bochy doesn’t like to upset the applecart. If the only thing we can really toss around is whether to start Ishi or Perez, well, it’s pretty much time to just play ball. I gotta say I’m more jazzed about this game, and a game 7 IF there is one, than a half dozen Niner Super Bowls. There is something about anticipating a tight WS game for all the marbles that IMO is just far more exciting than the BS surrounding a Super Bowl. Literally here every pitch counts. Every manager move will be dissected. To me, there’s nothing better in sports than this game tonight where it’s elimination time for one team, and your squad has a shot at the ring. And, IF there’s one tomorrow, it will be off the charts…
I love marbles.
Any kind of marbles.
For all the reasons you mention, I will take baseball over ANY other sport, all day, every day. Especially if there are marbles involved. I’m with Loo…I love marbles.
Tonight:
1. Gregor Blanco (L) CF
2. Joe Panik (L) 2B
3. Buster Posey (R) C
4. Pablo Sandoval (S) 3B
5. Hunter Pence (R) RF
6. Brandon Belt (L) 1B
7. Michael Morse (R) DH
8. Travis Ishikawa (L) LF
9. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
Twin, are you surprised at Ishi over Perez? I sort of am.
I thought it was 50-50. I imagine that Bochy will go to Perez early if we grab a lead.
I agree. I think Bochy’s logic is to put the guns in there that give you the best chance to score, and when that happens, make the D-related changes.
It’s a game like this where the guy making the big bank, Posey, needs to step up big at the plate. He homered down the LF line in game #4 at Detroit. I’m not calling for an HR, but a double or two with a few RBIs would be nice. And, BTW, hey Flannery, don’t send Posey home on anything less than a dead solid certain score…
A big game from Posey tonight, in a Giants win, would stamp his Hall of Fame ticket, in my opinion. He would have 3 rings, an MVP, a Rookie of the Year, a batting title, and assuming he can continue as a solid player for another 7-8 years, some solid numbers overall. Some MLB Network pundits were debating whether he’s becoming the national face of baseball, with Jeter retiring.
BUT- he’s got to get ‘r done first. Tonight, hopefully. And if need be, tomorrow night. But we aren’t thinking tomorrow night. It needs to happen tonight!
I’m thinking back on that grand slam he hit off Latos in the NLDS decider in Cincy in 2012. That was the backbreaker. Something along those lines, maybe not quite so dramatic, but effective, would be nice…
Would love to see some of the big guns tee off, but I have no pre-conceived notions that anyone needs to step up to the plate. All that matters is that the Giants win the game. And if that is a shitload of singles from up and down the line-up, so be it.
IMO Posey needs to step it way up. And he deserves some heat for low production. 17 singles or whatever is good, but he’s not getting paid $168 million to be a singles hitter in the post season. If he is, then he should be earning less than 1/2 what he’s being paid. Panik has 2 doubles in post season, Posey nada. Panda has every right to ask why the Giants won’t pay him big coin, as he’s producing big time, and way better than Posey. Posey has 7 RBIs, Panda 5, Pence 8, Panik 8, Crawford 8, Belt 8.
Here’s the postseason OPS and runs scored so far:
Pence: .875, 11
Panda: .816, 10
Belt: .758, 6
Panik: .654, 7
Posey: .617, 5
Blanco, .508, 10
” looks like MadBum has even more truly become a superstar”
Yeah, definitely. Yesterday I was in a grocery store and I heard a check-out clerk tell someone she wanted to get a Bumgarner shirt. He’s getting well-deserved limelight.
(Btw- writing that got me curious where the word “limelight” comes from. Maybe you guys knew this; I didn’t- back in the older times, they would burn a lime in a flame to cause a more intense light to shine on a certain actor in a certain scene in theater. Ah, no wonder I like reading history; you learn bizarre stuff like that.)
San Dawg– more proof that you and I were separated at birth— this morning, I spent about 15 minutes watching all the Dodge Dart commercials (the one with those two dudes) over and over on youtube. There are several that never made tv but they’re on youtube. Classic, hilarious stuff.
I did the exact same thing about 10 days ago!
MLB Network reporting that Peavy is dealing with a sore thumb on his pitching hand.
Not seeing anything in print on that…from MLB Network, or anyone. Hmmm…
Well, Stix has talked about the need for a “fireman.” A hurler to come in and get one critical out, etc. Looks like Bum could be that guy…
http://m.giants.mlb.com/news/article/99865360/san-francisco-giants-pitcher-madison-bumgarner-could-be-available-out-of-bullpen
Madbum totally deserves the MVP for his awesome work this postseason, but if they go with Co MVP,s it has to be the Reverand, his “All out All the time Hustle” is just contagious with this team.
“Bet if anyone goes to his pad, there wouldn’t even be a chair in it, cause he can’t stand still for a moment”!!
The other night he hit a clearly foul chopper down toward Flannery, yet he was down the RF line running it out, Dude is all hustle, like Pete Rose use to do.
Please Kat, don’t give Ortiz the game ball just yet.
The 1981 Dodgers had 3 Co-MVPs in the WS.
Guerrero, Cey and Yeager.
How ridiculous is that?
How fitting for a team that won it all in a bogus strike year.
Well that was on Baker being a dumbshit, letting all the Angel players and fans see him showing them up Loo!
Bochy would have never done that, he has to much respect around the league from managers& players..
But to your point. Yes getting ahead some with my “Oddball Postive Waves,not the Negative waves Moriarty ( From Kelly’s Heroes)
From Pav: “Bochy said Peavy bruised thumb when reaching for foul ball the other night, but he’s fine. Passed all tests, threw a couple times.”
Maybe it’ll help his slider break more…
Wish Bochy could have found a way to play Susac a bit more in the postseason, get him more than one AB, I think it is. They were up 11-4 the other night, could have got him in to take the last inning, maybe get an AB in the 8th. He’s got some pop…
I forgot he was on the team…
That’s not the way Bochy rolls in these World Series games. I thought for sure Eli “The Prez” would get a chance to catch the 9th inning when the Giants blew out the Rangers in the 8th inning of Game 2 in ’10, but no, Posey was still in there for the three outs.
Scanning the 2012 comments from yesterday’s post, Irish Kevin wrote that if he never saw Casilla pitch again that would not be soon enough. Hilarious Kev!
I have the cigars and champagne on ice but to keep up the good luck I will continue to avoid posting tonight…let’s go Giants and close this out…
Ha ha I am consistant with my comments.. just insert a new name!! ha ha Brilliant
A friend just sent me this
According to Andrew Baggarly and USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, Jake Peavy is pitching tonight with a bad right thumb. He hurt it trying to catch a foul ball in the dugout during game 3. Supposedly he’s throwing okay but he’ll be on a short leash tonight.
Also, Bumgarner is going to be sitting in the bullpen although Bochy continues to say that he’d likely only pitch to a batter or two if there was a critical situation in the game where he’d be needed.
Why would a starting P in the WS reach with his pitching hand for a foul ball hit into the dugout? Unless it was necessary to protect his face, that’s pretty dumb. Like trying to catch a falling knife with your pitching hand…
totally agree snarkk. what could he have been thinking. Trying to pull a Kevin Mitchell I guess.
If this team remains consistent in its MO, they lose tonight, we give up on them, and they blow out the Royals in game 7. Not that I’m currently wishing for that scenario to play out . . . .
One of the awesome things about sports is we never really know for sure what’s going to happen.
Although…..back in the ’86 Super Bowl, I was real real sure the Bears were going to beat the Patriots.
I’m not even counting some of the ridiculous college football and basketball mis-match games as real games.
Felt the same way about the Niners and the Broncos. And the Niners and the Chargers . . ,
I’m going with the position that 2002 was 2002. This is a different team, different management, different scenario. Screw 2002, let’s get ‘er done…
Funny, just heard an interview with Ishi and he said I sure hope they pull me in the 6th inning . . .
Sitting here in BART headed back home. The buzz around the city is finally approaching fever pitch. I think it took World Series games being played on our yard to finally work the crowd into a frenzy. Also,I think a lot of people felt like you did on your original post Craig. Not sure how we got here, but we’re here and I’m gonna enjoy every second. Almost time!
And Twin the magnificent seven, I love it.
Lets GO GIANTS!
LET’S GO!!
And the Niners and Miami at Stanford Chuck, when everyone ( except me of course) was handing the Trophy to Dan Marino. Yeah right, Ahh, there’s a guy named Joe Montana who schooled him so bad, he never went to the “Show Again”!!!
It was all media hype for the Dolphins as they tried to make the legend just an ordinary Joe, who of course dominated as only he could.
comparing this team and the 2002 team are ridiculous the 2002 and before them San Francisco Giants and their managers never won a goddamn thing… these Giants are two time world champions going for their third tonight …let’s do it!
LET’S GO GIANTS!!!
pretty locked down at home tonight. Don’t take my absence as a bad sign. Might come back mid game, gonna see how this one starts….
Get Timmy up…
Not starting out too well here, Peavy…
With all the stats they have, I wonder why they don’t have one for a pitcher’s throws to first to hold a runner on or try to pick him off. Each one is almost like throwing another pitch which everyone is obsessed with.
The great base stealers of the past would draw a half dozen or so every time they reached base.
Keep hitting ’em to RF.
This guy surrounds fly balls…
it might behoove Brandon Belt to move off of the plate and start hitting these inside pitches
Pence Baby!!!
Batting .500 now with that 2 bagger!!
LOL… Looks like that visor Marlin guy, who the KC management wanted to move out behind the plate, makes a statement and let a brother in Giants gear take that seat!! Hilarious way to stick it to em!!!!!
The guy in Giants gear is E-40 a very prominent rapper from Vallejo. (He lives in Blackhawk now). I’m sure he paid for that seat. He’s friends with Tech 9 the rapper from Kansas City with the beard next to him.
Paging Mr. Petit.
I would’ve had Timmy ready this early…
If you’re prepared to use Petit in the 2nd inning, then why not just fuckin’ start him?
Need a line drive DP here…
What the hell was Peavy doing?
He fell hook, line and sinker for the bluff from the guy on 3rd. Brutal.
He can still catch the 10:15 to O’Hare…
Freakin not good for Peavy, just to much of the plate,had to make the change to Petit and now we need a DP and keep it at 2 runs
thanks Jake for helping us get to the post season but go with your friend Jon to Chicago. None of us were thrilled to read that
Bochy should have read my 11:00am message and started Petit…Knowing that the Royals have a history of hitting Peavy in a big way, there is no way that Peavy should have started this game…Boche’s first real big blunder!
As I feared, Peavy had nothing, so we basically spotted them a lead …
If Petit fails to hold em here, best yank him and save him for tomorrow. Let Timmy mop up
Agreed. Great point.
we’ve won every game Petit has appeared in let’s keep the streak going
Well, this sucks ballz.
What a nightmare inning…
Bochy must think Bum can go 6 in relief tomorrow…
No shit. Salty is spot on. Save Petit!
oh well since you guys are into predictions Lincecum is the hero tomorrow night
So much for our secret weapon
Touchdown! Kan-sas City!
I think there’s an NBA game on.
Peavy not perfect for sure, but Royals getting some breaks too. Not a critue of boch cause they all do it, but give up a 2nd run and play the infield back Inning over already if infs not playing in..
There’s usually a lot of luck involved in any big inning. It started with a pop fly by Gordon.
Still a lot of game left but Jebus, gotta get out of the inning.
Well, that sure got ugly fast. This is a one hour half inning.