So You’re Tellin’ Me There’s a Chance….

Posted in Uncategorized by Flavor on September 28, 2015

We’ve got a 0.1% chance of making the playoffs this year. That’s better than I thought. If we were able to sweep the Dodgers that would rank as one of the best things I’ve ever seen this team do. Maybe ranked right below the 3 world championships. One game at a time. “You could be walking around lucky and not even know it…..”

Hey, whatever happens, at least we aren’t the Nats. We don’t have petulant children like Harper. We don’t have stranglers like Papelbon. And our manager isn’t….well, you know……

Funny note about Williams and his sinking ship: He said he didn’t know the severity of the fight because he was on the other side of the dugout. Just how big is this dugout? A mile long? Was Williams asleep during the fight? He was probably doomed before the fight but he will get his proper firing at the end of the season. Guaranteed…..

I’m no Harp fan but I support him, to a degree, on this. Pap didn’t yell at him because he didn’t hustle, he yelled at him for the comment Harp made to the press the previous day about questioning Pap hitting Machado. Pap was looking to embarrass Harp the way he perceived to have been embarrassed by Harp in the press the day earlier. That’s stupid. And what exactly did Harper do wrong? He was at first base when the ball got caught. This wasn’t a ground ball that could have been misplayed, it was a lazy pop up. How often do those get dropped? It’s September, everyone is tired, I don’t see the point in running like a maniac out of the box on a lazy pop up with the 0.1% chance that the left fielder drops it and you give yourself a chance to make it to second base……

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unca_chuck said, on September 28, 2015 at 7:31 am

Going on Thursday with my company. Slim chance is better than none chance. If we take the first 3 it’ll be nuts. . .
unca_chuck said, on September 28, 2015 at 7:35 am

Yeah, if papelbon had a problem with Harper, he should have dealt with it in the clubhouse, not the 8th inning of a fucking Elmo action game.

Chickenshit move by papelsmear.
ewisco said, on September 28, 2015 at 7:39 am
- ewisco said, on September 28, 2015 at 7:39 am
  
  do they have a chance? Hell yes!
- alleykat69 said, on September 28, 2015 at 7:55 am
  
  Classic.. Well played sir!
- chipower9 said, on September 28, 2015 at 12:41 pm
  
  Classic…love that flick.
willedav said, on September 28, 2015 at 7:54 am

Greinke and Op again so it won’t be easy. But, enjoy all Flappers going to yard this week, esp D Zu.

Convenient excuse, but: Casilla and Lopez have pitched exactly same # of innings as last year, and Romo 10 fewer. Kontos the only mainstay that has jumped significantly. Strick has 50, Osich less than 30. Good experience for these guys, esp if Casilla option not renewed.
Romo, btw, has highest K pct of all of them, better than Strick even.

Like to see Giants pick up Byrd’s option right now and tell him he can come back if he wants to. I’d keep him and let Aoki and deAza walk, alongside Blanco Pence Parker Williamson. Pls, find a taker for Pagan and pay as much as necessary to do so. He had one good month at start/one decent month at end of season, which started off with him healthy that didn’t last long. Likelihood he has another good season left, slim and none. So go younger!

Giants have plenty of hitters—4th in slugging, tops in NL for hits BA and OB, 4th in runs scored. All this without Pence Panik yada yada.
willedav said, on September 28, 2015 at 8:33 am

I’m almost tempted to see Giants NOT spend big money on FA SP.
Shields yesterday gave up 3 HRs yesterday (2 to Inciarte) at Petco . ERA is 3.91.
So glad SF was unable to “land” either him or Lester for $150 mil.

Leake (who is also HR prone) is likely in 5 for $#75 mil range, Cueto Price Greinke 5 for $200 plus. Ouch.
- chipower9 said, on September 28, 2015 at 12:44 pm
  
  Evans has already said they will not be in on Cueto, Price, Greinke, or any of the other BIG FA starters.
  
  I suspect they make a play for Leake. Hey, I get it that he hasn’t done great in the short time here, but overall, the dude has good lifetime numbers, and most of those he produced in that bandbox in Cincy. I say sign Leake and add the likes of a Zimmerman, etc.
willedav said, on September 28, 2015 at 8:51 am

Pack and the Chiefs tonite? wow, somewhere Willie TC Mitchell (or his ghost) will have to relive not very fond memories of SB 1. The old AFL was a cool league, and West teams fought each other really hard…still do.

Props to local college teams for weekend also include my boys at San Jose State for spanking hated rivals of Fresno St. with 3 late TDs (probably in front of 20 thou, tops). Time was this was good rivalry and both programs sent a lot of players to NFL.
- djloo27 said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:27 am
  
  Is Fred (The Hammer) Williamson playing?
unca_chuck said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:35 am

EMuch as I like the Chiefs back in the day I never liked him.

Shitty actor too.
unca_chuck said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:36 am

How elimination became Elmo action I’ll never know.
blade3colorado said, on September 28, 2015 at 11:15 am

Down with what Willie said regarding FA starting pitchers. None of these guys excite me. Cueto has face planted the last couple of months in KC. Greinke is too fucking old, insofar as handing him the combination to the Giants bank vault. Price isn’t going anywhere in my opinion, albeit, he is the best of the aforementioned pitchers. Zimmerman, per reports – wants 6 years. Hilarious.

Sign someone who has a very high ground ball rate (Fister comes to mind). Or, go inhouse and hope for the best.

Save the money, and get someone like Jason Heyward to replace Pagan in center. The game’s No. 1 prospect in 2010 has continued to disappoint, albeit moderately, in his first year in St. Louis. Dude was a monster in 2012 when he hit 27 bombs. Strangely, his traditionally stunning defense in right has also seemed to have disappeared; after FanGraphs pegged him as the game’s second-best defender last year, with an Ultimate Zone Rating of 24.1, he’s only slightly better than average this season. Even so, he ranks this high because the potential for superstardom remains, and because he won’t turn 27 until August. He will no doubt become a $100 million plus player in this FA class. Only negative in my mind is that I wish he were a left handed batter to take advantage of right field.
- blade3colorado said, on September 28, 2015 at 11:19 am
  
  Also, you could “sell” Fister on the fact our guys run out pop ups and grounders. Send the Preacher to make the case.
pawliekokonuts said, on September 28, 2015 at 11:22 am

I mean, Harp made it to first, and, as you said, it was an easy popup. Thousands of players, including HOFers, don’t even touch first on a play like that. And someone commented somewhere that Pap doesn’t even have standing. He is a newbie on that team. Williams is GONE. Hey, Dennis, can I send your photo to the Flap?
zumiee said, on September 28, 2015 at 11:52 am

I’m all in for Greinke. The guy is 50-15 so far in his three years with the Dodgers. I’m sure his winning percentage against the NL West is even higher. He hits well, and won a Gold Glove last season. Yeah, the arm has some mileage on it; he came into the majors as a 20-year old, but he seems to keep himself in good physical condition overall. Plus, the umps seem to like him for some reason, and he gets the Maddux/Glavine extra-wide strikezone. It would be nice to take that weapon out of the Dodger arsenal and put it in the Giants’, IMO.
- Carstie Clausen said, on September 28, 2015 at 6:02 pm
  
  Intrigued with Giants offering Greinke 3 years at $100 M. Net effect would be to force the LaBumbos to blow out their budget completely,offering him at least four for $120M, if not 5 for $150.
blade3colorado said, on September 28, 2015 at 12:24 pm

Excellent column about Harper by Richard Justice of MLB (fairly certain WilcoJoe is familiar with him, from when he wrote about the Astros, i.e., a good writer). Adds context to what happened this weekend with Papellbon.

http://m.nationals.mlb.com/news/article/152032454/harper-papelbon-tussle-result-of-high-emotions
- wilcojoe said, on September 28, 2015 at 1:35 pm
  
  Yep, Justice was a good one. Just another one of the many casualties created from newspaper cutbacks…..Speaking of the Houston Chronicle there is a great picture of Astros rookie third baseman Matt Duffy (yes, you heard right) wearing a Giants hat and Giants Matt Duffy jersey as well as a red wig and kilt, as part of rookie hazing. All of the rookies had to dress in costumed clothing for their flight to Seattle…. A picture of Carlos Correa dressed as wonder woman donning tight fitting briefs is making its way around the Houston facebook scene for his, ahem, size able “package.” Something tells me, he may give JJ Watt a run for his money as Houston’s most Elgible bachelor.
chipower9 said, on September 28, 2015 at 12:48 pm

Well, what I have been calling for over the past several weeks has come to be. We host the fucking bumbinos, and the games have some relevancy. Yeah, I would have preferred that our Giants were closer to them, but WTF, there is NOT an “E” next to the Giants name in the W/L column.

Beat the Fucking Bums!
- blade3colorado said, on September 28, 2015 at 2:24 pm
  
  Good call.
unca_chuck said, on September 28, 2015 at 1:57 pm

We’ve had their number this year. Early anyway. Just need 4 more . . .

http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/09/27/houston-astros-carlos-correa-lance-mccullers-costumes
pawliekokonuts said, on September 28, 2015 at 3:04 pm

I’m with Magnus Flavoris: a sweep of the Bums would be almost as good as a ring, esp. with this AAAA squad. Ya never hear that in modern sports. Gotta win it ALL. But let’s face it; it’d be huge. But then who’d wanna stop right there after such foreplay? One game at a time, baby (OGAATB).
pawliekokonuts said, on September 28, 2015 at 3:13 pm

Papelbon suspended. This story gets more and more entertaining. Harper is out one game because he said something to Pap. Hello, calling all middle school teachers! Harper did not come out for the 9th; Pap did and was awful.
chipower9 said, on September 28, 2015 at 3:21 pm

1. Angel Pagan (S) CF
2. Jarrett Parker (L) LF
3. Matt Duffy (R) 3B
4. Buster Posey (R) 1B
5. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
6. Marlon Byrd (R) RF
7. Kelby Tomlinson (R) 2B
8. Trevor Brown (R) C
9. Jake Peavy (R) P

Giddy up and kick the living dog shit outta da bums!
- blade3colorado said, on September 28, 2015 at 3:41 pm
  
  Over/Under is 6.5 . . . Very low projected score, even for the phone park factor.
Flavor said, on September 28, 2015 at 3:51 pm

You have to think our guys will be playing loose and easy. They shouldn’t be feeling much pressure. Also , maybe Grienke’s leg will bug him just enough that he isn’t dominant
- blade3colorado said, on September 28, 2015 at 5:20 pm
  
  Love this Haft excerpt from an article he wrote . . .
  
  “Logic dictates that the Giants should have exhausted their allotment of chances by now. Four regulars — right fielder Hunter Pence, left fielder Nori Aoki, first baseman Brandon Belt and second baseman Joe Panik — are sidelined for the rest of the season with various injuries. They have been replaced by a group of rookies — outfielders Jarrett Parker and Mac Williamson, catcher Trevor Brown and second baseman Kelby Tomlinson — who have embraced the spotlight.
  
  “Don’t tell them it’s supposed to be hard,” Duffy said.”
  - blade3colorado said, on September 28, 2015 at 5:23 pm
    
    Also love this SF fan comment on what we should do if the Bums clinch in our park:
    
    “If the worst happens, just have Lou Seal drive out amidst them w/ the Triplets (extra points if Blue boys are scattered like bowling pins >;-/). Show them what we have, that they don’t/won’t! “
  - eddacker said, on September 28, 2015 at 7:39 pm
    
    Duane and Mike talked about dogger celebration plans posted on twitter. whatever that means. Probably pure fantasy, but I bet they do have something in mind. The blaggers.
Carstie Clausen said, on September 28, 2015 at 6:08 pm

Interesting test for Parker the next couple evenings facing Greinke and Opie. His performance may be closely monitored by both Bochy and the front office. Should he garner a hit against each of them i think he’s starting in the Opening Day lineup next spring.
eddacker said, on September 28, 2015 at 7:36 pm

I always prefer to be at the yard, and to be heading to the post season. But listening to my radio, I heard the crowd noise at the park and got a nice chill. I love baseball, Go Gigantes!
I would really like to SEE how Greinke looks for a better sense of the competition, but having Jon Miller has to be OK. I was all in with Greinke back before he left KC.But he has had some bad years over that time and I have cooled on him. Strong pitching was the old school giants, the new giants are defense and runs for 2016 so I hope acquisitions go that way. Not against middle tier pitchers like Jake was/is coming on board. I truely think some minor league building in in order. Go River Cats.
blade3colorado said, on September 28, 2015 at 7:50 pm

YES!
pawliekokonuts said, on September 28, 2015 at 7:52 pm

phuckyeah, Brownie!!
blade3colorado said, on September 28, 2015 at 7:53 pm

One more reason why I don’t want any Bums on my team, particularly Greinke. They seem to melt under pressure (at least that’s what their recent history shows).
eddacker said, on September 28, 2015 at 7:53 pm

WOOT!
sandog said, on September 28, 2015 at 7:53 pm

Tomlinson scoring from first standing up on a hit that Ethier corralled before it got to the warning track is pretty impressive.
pawliekokonuts said, on September 28, 2015 at 7:58 pm

doin’ heckuva job, Brownie
- djloo27 said, on September 28, 2015 at 8:46 pm
  
  Do we have to call him, “Brownie”?
  I’m still having Arizona nightmares.
snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 8:01 pm

I’m really diggin’ watching these young guys get experience. That is a huge plus for next Spring Training, and getting the starting 2016 roster 25 together.
Brown looks like a better defensive catcher already than Hector, and looks like maybe a better hitter for average, not as much power. He and Susac may contend for the second catcher next spring. I say Hector needs to move on to some other position or organization…
snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 8:03 pm

Parker eventually struck out against Greinke, but took him to 3-2 plus a coupla foul offs, pretty good AB…
- willedav said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:09 pm
  
  The walk was another good AB, from 0-2 start.
  Getting picked off 1b afterward, just a rook move he’ll learn from I guess.
eddacker said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:08 pm

I miss a lot of the behind the scenes action but do the Giants have 2 pitchers named Peavy? It appears one of them is now pitching IN THE SEVENTH.
Hold ’em g-men
alleykat69 said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:12 pm

Ball dude taking major grief as he should. You have in-between innings to pinch it off.
eddacker said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:18 pm

not sure why they would pull Peavy with the 8-9 batters due. He doesn’t have anymore pitches than Zac
- alleykat69 said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:36 pm
  
  Edd,
  Have you forgotten other then Bum, that all are pitchers blow-up after 6 innings. Boch is finally getting that..
willedav said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:40 pm

AGon has killed SF this year, no matter who he faces.
snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:42 pm

Why am I shaking a little with Casilla in, and 2 on?…
blade3colorado said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:45 pm

We were fortunate the damage was minimal.
willedav said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:45 pm

That’s too bad but after the bunt I thought they would walk Ethier to get to Utley with bases loaded.
snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:46 pm

Sorry, but I don’t get that move by Bochy, to not load the bases to set up the force at home, play everybody half way. Casilla didn’t even come close to a strike out to Ethier. Utley better have historical ownage on Casilla to have that make sense to me…
Bozo said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:50 pm

This is just some crazy shit.
Walk it off, Giants.
blade3colorado said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:52 pm

I knew Nicasio would fuck up with Posey. Sherpa bloodline is apparent. 🙂
Lurker John said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:53 pm

Fuck, they had Grienke lined up for the loss. Peavy has pitched really well the past month. Bet he’s brought back next year on a one year deal.
- snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:53 pm
  
  Yeah, because he’s signed for next year at about $13M…
snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:53 pm

Giants need to close this puppy out right now.
Do you pinch run for Posey here?…
willedav said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:54 pm

Byrd wins this right now.
And offer Byrd the option…beat LA you can stick around, man.
- willedav said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:56 pm
  
  Didn’t happen. Utley really wasn’t a very good pick up–he’s hasn’t hit for Dodgers any better than he did for phils.
snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 9:56 pm

If you had a runner at third, you could suicide it, go for broke — or even safety it…
alleykat69 said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:00 pm

Damm Nicaso made some quality pitches to Spec’s there.
Extra innings, wouldn’t have any other way against the Dogpile..
snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:02 pm

Why hasn’t Romo already been warmed up?
Friggin Casilla just pisses me off now…
alleykat69 said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:03 pm

Fucking Casilla, you POS walking the lead-off hitter.
snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:06 pm

Casilla’s been pitching on fumes for the past few weeks…
snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:09 pm

Well, Lopez is about ready to try to earn his high rate of pay here…
blade3colorado said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:09 pm

Nice . . . Unfortunately, Seager is up and he doesn’t seem to be your garden variety “pale in the limelight” Dodger.
snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:13 pm

Live to see another bottom of the inning, nice job Lopez. Bochy needs, if he has a chance, to pull out the stops here to win this thing. Get creative if somebody gets on. Or have Williamson just crank a walk off homer or something…
willedav said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:14 pm

Nice, Lopez gets him. worth his weight in gold.
Mattingly pulling out all stops too, but he has funny LU in there now.
- snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:23 pm
  
  Lopez weighs about 220, or 3520 ounces.
  At today’s trading price of gold ($1133/oz), Lopez’ worth in gold is about $3.998 million.
  His annual deal for this season: $4 million ….
Bozo said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:14 pm

Yes.
zumiee said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:24 pm

Parker has looked like the “old” Parker, tonight. Here’s a chance to show he’s not just Bowker Gang material.
- snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:28 pm
  
  Come on Romo, get it done…
zumiee said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:25 pm

Scary injury to Piscotty tonight, on a collision. Hope he’s OK.
- zumiee said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:28 pm
  
  Sounds like he’s going to be OK. This site has a video clip of the collision.
  http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2573305-stephen-piscotty-injury-updates-on-cardinals-lf-head-contusion-and-return
unca_chuck said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:28 pm

Sheesh. The 9th was a pisser but it could a been worse. The longer this goes the mor likely we blink.
- snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:30 pm
  
  Yeah, we’ve seen a lot of these the past two months. Tie it up, then can’t pee a drop more…
unca_chuck said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:29 pm

Speaking of fumes.
blade3colorado said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:31 pm

Romo needs to get back in the circle of trust . . .
zumiee said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:34 pm

There just wasn’t any way Romo was going to get Ethier out. You coulda bet the house on it.
- snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:35 pm
  
  Romo is pretty sucky against lefties…
snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:35 pm

Crap.
We’re down to Strick to save our ass. Come on dude, let’s get this done…
- snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:38 pm
  
  Now THAT is a closer type double play…
blade3colorado said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:38 pm

Speechless.
Macdog said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:38 pm

DeeeePeeee!
Bozo said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:39 pm

4-6-3, gotta love it.
unca_chuck said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:40 pm

Fuck me sideways. End this bitch. Double double home.
willedav said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:40 pm

Yeah! Gotta get one of these chumps before Jansen gets in there.
wonder if LA is spooked playing a game going this far in front of a full house.
snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:40 pm

Somebody needs to finish this puppy off. A walk off dinger, a runner at first scoring all the way on a double, a sac fly, a passed ball, whatever. Let’s win this one…
snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:41 pm

Duffman! Gettin’ it started.
Beat LA, Beat LA…
willedav said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:42 pm

Flaco !
snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:43 pm

If Buster hits a double, I’m sending Duffy…
- snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:45 pm
  
  Well, that didn’t work. Exchanged Buster, a slow runner, for the fast Duffy…
Bozo said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:47 pm

Now, you should run for Buster.
snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:48 pm

Keereist…
mrsprtdude said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:52 pm

What a annoying way to finish. I want to win, if only to win tomorrow and make them sweat a little. 6 games out means it’s less annoying that Bochy didn’t just use Casilla to start the 9th. The kid did great in the 8th. Should have left it at that. Still hope we win, but having leadoff guy on 4 straight innings and not scoring is not good…
- snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:55 pm
  
  He went lefty v. lefty twice, went with the book. I can’t blame him, given Casilla’s been inconsistent lately…
snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:54 pm

This is where Strick confounds me. The guy needs an out pitch here…
- zumiee said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:56 pm
  
  Sheesh, he had a hard time with Ellis, not a very good hitter.
  - snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 10:58 pm
    
    He’s gotta get more movement on that fastball. And, the slider just doesn’t have enough consistent break yet. Got to get on top of it more or something…
  - zumiee said, on September 28, 2015 at 11:00 pm
    
    Yeah, a guy like Strickland needs to be a strikeout guy out of the pen. He’s so inconsistent at it.
  - snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 11:02 pm
    
    Yep. A guy with gas like that should be lights out, not slog through a 10 pitch AB with tons of foul offs. He needs to study Kimbrel, and do THAT…
Bozo said, on September 28, 2015 at 11:00 pm

Whew. Come on Giants.
snarkk said, on September 28, 2015 at 11:01 pm

Great D all around. I give Rollins credit for making the Giants make a good play on a bunt to get him out…
zumiee said, on September 28, 2015 at 11:01 pm

Posey’s D at firstbase is solid. He plays the position as good as a righthander can.
unca_chuck said, on September 28, 2015 at 11:02 pm

Nice play there. Fuck. End this!