Taking a Strong Hold of First Place in the NL West
This is an important 3 game diddy with SD. After these winnable games the Giants go on a tough 10 game road trip and then return home for a couple of high octane series’ v Boston and The Dopes.
So let’s get these 3, ok? With the pitching we have and our 6th in the league scoring offense, I’m feeling pretty confident. Well, with the first 2 anyway.
Truth be told, I’m a little surprised we are ranked 6th in the league in runs scored. We are 3rd weakest in home runs, ahead of only Philly and Atlose-a. I was surprised to see us ranked so highly in SB category (4th with 28). Still, it doesn’t feel like we play the speed game. Either way, runs are runs and we’ve 198 of them. Philly’s only scored 142 and they’re 6 games over .500. Just something to consider…..
As usual, and it will always be this way for us, it comes down to pitching and defense…..
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Yes, pitching and defense are key for our team, but the thing I like about our hitting is how we spread it around. Even with the streakiness of some of our hitters, each of our starters has 10+ RBIs. Brown also has 10, hell the Shark has 5. It may not seem like the conga line is up and dancing but 6 of our starters have scored 20+ times so something is moving to the conga beat.
Speaking of Philly, how about Ryan Howard’s line? 8 HRs but only 18 RBIs. He is hitting .161/.233/.381, but my favorite is 42Ks in 118 ABs. Did the Giants ruin him or just expose him back in 2010? I wonder if he sees beards in his nightmares?
He’s in a platoon now with good ol’ Tommy Joseph
Wow, I almost feel sorry for the guy, almost…
Yeah, yesterday it was interesting that they gave him an opportunity against a right hander, as he is usually platooned against a lefty.
Giants currently are exactly where they belong in the NLW and they just took a series from the leading team in the league. Yes, it’s important to not let down the pressure against the Dagos and to use the series as a springboard to face that challenging but not necessarily daunting roadie. Hitters need to get that conga-line in gear. Much of our scoring has followed a schizoid trajectory with blowouts and then squeezers. Not a lot of consistency. Steadily racking up 4.5 runs per game average would translate to a smooth 90 win season.
I still, unlike many of you, am not tripping on the streaky hitting. Just win baby, and keep that top spot in the standings. Hey, if our boys can win a fucking World Serious with the line-up they had in 2010, then ANYTHING can happen…
MLB power rankings have Giants now at 4th, behind Cubs, Nats and Baaahstin. Though even Pence, Belt and Panik are rated no better statistically than upper-mediocre to date; those 3 top Starters, each with 6 wins, are tied for 4th in the NL. Cubbies and Nats each have 4 in the upper brackets, though the likes of Lackey and Roarke are probably elevated up there by the slipstreams generated by their top guys. Continued progress by Cain would match us up with anybody’s rotation. Peavy, sorry to admit, has only the second worst ERA amongst league starters. Giants do need to maintain focus vs the Pads and hopefully rediscover their congalinearity vs. Dago pitching.
Sorry, off the hook all weekend. I posted this on an old thread . . .
I’ll tell you one thing, ‘Dog, when the Warriors were in the middle (and at the end) of their 17 year playoff drought, the fans were still filling the Arena, and the fans were suffering along with them. The Kings? Ehhhhh. Sort of.
Absolutely. W’s fans in general have paid their dues and stuck with the team. That’s what concerns me a bit about the move to SF. Oakland is a passionate basketball town, and I wonder if the fans attending games in a fancy new arena will be the same way.
I remember quite a bit of griping about AT&T it’s first few years, with complaints of the nouveau riche fans behind the plate with cell phones and chardonnay there to see and be seen and not really giving a crap about the games. AT&T has clearly developed into a raucous and rowdy bunch. I remember fans at the 2002 WS being subdued. In ’10, ’12, & ’14 they were rowdy as hell and were a big part of the Giants winning the titles.
And this TOTALLY bears repeating . . . (zzzzzzzz)
Bass, the good news is the team is winning DESPITE Posey basically sucking wind so far. He will get rolling at some point, as will the rest of the crew. Sure, I get furious as well when they hibernate at the plate, and I’ve gone back and forth with James over this same thing. What he says is bad pitching I call a systematic failure of the team to drive in runs when ducks are on the pond.
The pendulum SHOULD swing back the other way at some point (I’ll give that to James!) and the team should continue to rack up wins and drive in runs a little more consistently. Yeah, we’d all like to see 6 runs per, but as Flav has so eloquently pointed out, this team does not have a lot of power. And what little speed they do have seems to be of the caught-stealing/thrown-out-at-3rd variety. So we aren’t going to mash teams into the ground with 4 bombs and crooked numbers across the board. We are going to grind shit out as we have.
And in kind, I will repeat my response from the end of the last thread …
Chuck, what you say makes a lot of sense. Also, James & Big Flav too. I understand we are not a power team and that we play half our games in a difficult park; I have mentioned here numerous times how much I covet a big power bat; I accept it ain’t in the cards for us. And yes, Posey et al are giving me fits, especially with the duck hunting opportunities.
I’m actually pleased with the overall results lately, who in their right mind couldn’t be? A win is win, by 1 run or 101.
Worrying that a weak offense will put an inordinate amount of pressure on pitching (which is arguably the best in MLB at present) to the point where they get out of whack is what I do. And I do it well. Stressing too that allowing even one run can result in an insurmountable lead puts the screws to a lot of departments, defense included — I thought for sure Span was gonna kill himself last night.
I admit I’m a worrier. It’s just my life experience: bad shit happens. I accept that it is quite the opposite for many others. I congratulate them.
Then topic of runs scored and the team’s league ranking on that front has come up a few times lately. I’d be curious to know if anyone has checked out the home/road splits for runs scored. Anecdotally, the Giants seem to really wake up offensively when the hit the road, like they did in AZ a week ago. They were hitting the ball all over the yard.
On the surface it does seem like they struggle to score runs, but I think it’s because they do struggle to score runs at home. When the restraints of the chilly, cavernous ballpark are lifted, they seem to do okay. 4.6 runs/game overall is pretty good, but the perception persists that they have trouble scoring.
Thoughts? Opinions?
That has been my perception LJ … they have trouble scoring, especially when given opportunities to do so. And yes, they seem to do better away from the chilly confines of home but that sorta makes sense. I was never as cold living in NYC as I was living in SF. I’m wondering if the chill is what fucked Peavy this year? Everybody has their limits. Certainly the aging process doesn’t help. Interesting that his best outing was in AZ while he was supposedly running a fever.
Actually the run scored splits are pretty close. In 24 Home games they’ve scored 102 runs, in 22 Away games they’ve scored 96.
We lead the NL with the fewest Ks, we are 2nd for the most Walks, 4th for the most hits and 2nd for the most Sac Flies. So even though we’re 6th in Runs scored, we put guys on the bases and we put the ball in play. Which makes me think some of those line drive outs will start to fall in and we will score more runs.
I think I posted this a couple of threads ago, but the Giants also lead in hitting into double plays. which shows they are hitting the ball, just at someone. It is hard to complain too much when your team is in 1st place with a 4 game cushion. Just my take
I am with you, Clown. To each their own…glad I am not a worrier…I have always been that bubbly-assed glass half-full guy. But seriously, thanks for the numbers. Even before you shared them, I have said numerous times that I am not tripping on the hitting. Sure, I get frustrated as hell when they cannot get a run home with a runner on 3rd and zero or one out, but I remind myself to look at the big picture…just win the game, and keep at or close to the top of the standings.
When they do score, it seems they score a lot. I had it all broken down a couple weeks ago how they lose low scoring games and win higher scoring ones. That has changed recently though.
We have 44 games to go before the AS break. An even split of 22 home, 22 away. Interestingly, in that span, we play only one team that currently has a better record than us. Boston. And we only play two games against them and those 2 games are at home. Things could change but seems like we have a relatively “light” schedule … I’m expecting huge success 😉
Being 4th in SB sort of surprised me too. Of the 28 here’s the break down.
Spahn – 6
Duffy – 5
Pagan – 5
Tomlinson – 4
Panik – 3
Crawford – 2
Blanco – 2
Buster ‘Racecar’ Posey – 1
I guess Pence is under strict orders not to run. His issues staying on the field are a bit of a concern.
This got me thinking about SBs so I had to look. Did you know that the last time anyone stole 80 bases was 1988. V Coleman swiped 81 in the NL. The Rickey with 93 for the junior circuit. Yeah, yeah stolen sabermetrics yadda, yadda. I just remember the early 80’s and the excitement over the stolen base.
Here’s a fun blurb on it from 2013 for those that are inclined.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/where-have-all-the-stolen-bases-gone/
James, thanks for the reminder on the last thread. I sent in my NRA renewal 🙂
OH oh … Vogy carted off field after being hit in the face by pitch!
Wow—sorry to hear that.
Yep…was going to comment on that, and saw you had it covered. Heard this while I was out and about at lunch. Hope he is okay. VogleStrong (and Nicole and her chicken enchiladas) will always hold a special place with me.
@Chuck—are you saying that over the past 25 years, Warrior fans have been more loyal and have packed the arena at a better rate than Kings fans???? I don’t know about that claim. I’d love to see the stats on that one. I would guess that Kings fans would blow Warrior fans out of the water on those numbers.
I have my money on the Warriors on that question…they were filling the arena in the late 80s with crap teams till TMC….
I think Dog is right. I had an uncle who had season tickets at Arco Arena during the late eighties and nineties. This was back during the Wayman Tisdale days when the Kings were so bad they made the Warriors look good. I remember him saying that the Kings nearly sold out every game back then. They actually had a waiting list for season tickets and he eventually sold his rights for a nice profit.
Likewise we went to a fair amount of Warriors games during those years and those games were far from sell outs. Unless they were playing the Lakers, Knicks, Celtics or Bulls. I think I told the story of us sneaking down and sitting in some sweet court side seats only to be kicked out by none other than Ronnie Lott. Who was very cool about it by the way.
Yeah, I remember doing that a few times myself Wilco . . . Warrior games were always an easy score back in the late 70s, 80s, and 90s.
I think SanDog is right, albeit, it is difficult to find records going back further than 2001. Here the Kings were 100% filled until 2007, with the Warriors under 100% during the same time period (01 to 07). Warriors did NOT ascend to 100% until the 2014 season.
http://espn.go.com/nba/attendance/_/year/2001
Good article
http://m.giants.mlb.com/news/article/179679316
Nice read, thanks Kevin.
If we win the first two games in this series, Peavy should be diagnosed with a surprise illness. Pads pretty much suck so giving one of our young guns a surprise start when Pads are not ready for it may keep the young gun calm and give him some confidence…
Regarding attendance figures between the Warriors and Kings. Here is a start. This is a ten year stretch from 2001- 2011. Warriors ranked 15th…Kings 23rd. I am going to keep digging to find more comprehensive numbers, but I doubt seriously that the Kings have better numbers than the Warriors, and if they do (over 25 years) I doubt it is substantial. The Kings get the draw because outside of the RiverKitties, they are the ONLY professional team in town (okay, there have been a few soccer and hockey minor league clubs).
https://sportslistoftheday.com/2011/12/01/nba-teams-with-the-highest-attendance-of-the-past-10-years/
ESPN has better records going 2001 through 2016.
So where’s the link brother? I tried to get that one to come-up, but it would not load.
Also, you are looking at total numbers Chi. Only thing that counts really IMO is filling the arena, which the Kings did every year from 2001 through 2007. As I said above, the Warriors didn’t do that until 2014.
True, Blade. Home numbers are the ones for which we are looking. I really do not care one way or another. The Kings franchise has been a mess for a really long time.
Your point about being the only game in town has credence also. Couple that with a smaller arena (apparently), it is difficult to say for certain who is “most loyal.” All’s I know is that when a team performs, then the fans come out (unless you’re the fucking Oakland A’s . . . lulz).
Whoops. Warriors did 100 % in 2008. No idea what was going on then that they did that.
I think that was circa we believe Blade
Ahh 🙂
Good read on the article you shared, Kev. The only thing that made me cringe (and I am NOT surprised) is this quote by Bochy in regards to Peavy, and Bochy having him on a “short leash:”
“I don’t have a leash on him right now so I don’t know how long a leash I have. That’s my confidence in Jake. The five starters are going to continue to go and, no, we’re not moving anyone around.”
So, is the problem with our rotation purely the back “20 percent” (Peavy, only)? Has Cain found his groove and going to be more consistent rest of the year?
Fuck, I wish they would just give Jake his gold watch already, give him a good pat on the ass, say thanks, and send him on his way to his farm in LA (Lower Alabama). Hey, Peavy could slot right in with Flan and his Lunatic Fringe.
See my 12:49
Yeah that was the scariest part of the article. Bochy and his loyalty sometimes gets in the way of his better judgment.
I know it is still early in the season, but where would you guys rank the pick up of Cueto and Jeff S? gotta rank in the top three greatest ever by the Giants?
Free agent signings? Not in my mind . . . Just off the top of my head, Huff is the biggest IMO.
Bonds and Durham round out my top 3.
Maybe in a tie with Durham is Brett Butler, who I really dislike as a person, but between 1988 and 1990, Butler averaged 106 runs, 174 hits, and 42 stolen bases. Awesome center field for the Giants 1989 NL Pennant winning squad and was the perfect table setter for Will Clark, Kevin Mitchell, and Matt Williams.
Bonds has to be the all-time number one. Outside of Bonds, I would rate the Dreadlock Dandy and Shark right up there with any others.
Take of these numbers as you will, but it shows that at least tickets purchased was pretty similar across the board. Sac had the advantage of being new to the area (and the ONLY pro game in town as noted) for its first 6-8 years. Then they got good around the late 90s. The Dubs were horseshit from 92 to 08 and still did well attendance-wise. The Kings dropped off pretty hard once the Peja / Bibby / Divacs days ended and the ownership was trying to get out of town.
GS
1985-86 41 401,279 9,787
1986-87 41 423,997 10,341
1987-88 41 465,348 11,350
1988-89 41 587,820 14,337
1989-90 41 616,025 15,025
1990-91 41 616,025 15,025
1991-92 41 616,025 15,025
1992-93 41 616,025 15,025
1993-94 41 616,025 15,025
1994-95 41 616,025 15,025
1995-96 41 616,025 15,025
1996-97 41 621,844 15,167
1997-98 41 500,260 12,201
1998-99 25 335,837 13,433
1999-00 41 509,152 12,418
2000-01 41 591,981 14,439
2001-02 41 593,182 14,468
2002-03 41 634,935 15,486
2003-04 41 665,648 16,235
2004-05 41 670,368 16,350
2005-06 41 749,185 18,272
2006-07 41 742,267 18,104
2007-08 41 804,864 19,630
2008-09 41 776,660 18,942
2009-10 41 739,120 18,027
2010-11 41 766,398 18,692
2011-12 33 622,311 18,857
2012-13 41 794,293 19,373
2013-14 41 803,436 19,596
SAC
1985-86 41 423,653 10,333
1986-87 41 423,653 10,333
1987-88 41 423,653 10,333
1988-89 41 677,197 16,517
1989-90 41 697,574 17,014
1990-91 41 697,574 17,014
1991-92 41 697,574 17,014
1992-93 41 709,997 17,317
1993-94 41 709,997 17,317
1994-95 41 709,997 17,317
1995-96 41 709,997 17,317
1996-97 41 709,997 17,317
1997-98 41 605,434 14,767
1998-99 25 418,751 16,750
1999-00 41 720,033 17,562
2000-01 41 709,997 17,317
2001-02 41 709,997 17,317
2002-03 41 709,997 17,317
2003-04 41 709,997 17,317
2004-05 41 709,997 17,317
2005-06 41 709,997 17,317
2006-07 41 709,997 17,317
2007-08 41 580,181 14,150
2008-09 41 520,169 12,687
2009-10 41 543,416 13,254
2010-11 41 569,496 13,890
2011-12 33 478,764 14,508
2012-13 41 563,743 13,750
2013-14 41 667,949 16,291
Pat the Bat? Jason Schmidt? Shit, Darrel Evans . . .
Sad to hear Jimmy Ray Hart passed . . .
We traded for Schmidt IIRC. Then we signed him as a FA.
I think you’re right. Trade deadline deal?
Yup.
Speaking of Schmidt, didn’t someone here win the Jason Schmidt signed ball in the Flap fantasy league one year?
Schmidt II – besides his contributions to SF, one of the reasons I think he was a great Giant was that after signing with LA, he tanked it.
Ah, you beat me to it, John! I was going to offer the same kudos for Schmidt.
“I don’t have a leash on him right now so I don’t know how long a leash I have. That’s my confidence in Jake. The five starters are going to continue to go and, no, we’re not moving anyone around.”
Translation: “We’re paying the guy $15 million this season, so he’s going to keep starting for a while.”
If this ends up costing the Giants a playoff spot, Bochy and the front office are going to get roasted by the fans on this one.
If Cain continues to put quality starts out most of the time, I cannot see Jake being the key to us either making or not making the playoffs. But if we miss by ONE GAME, then you have to wonder.
Here’s some “fun” facts about Jake:
This season so far, 1-5, with an 8.21 ERA, and 1.9 WHIP.
It’s very close to his career playoff record of 1-5 and 7.98 ERA.
In the ’14 World Series he was 0-2, with a 12.79 ERA.
He sucked balls in the 2014 post-season, but had a lot to do with us punching out ticket to the dance. I will always appreciate what Peavy brought to the team, but I think it is time to close that chapter of Giants baseball. Order that damned gold watch, NOW! 😉
Bonds has got to be the #1 free agent signing of all time. Completely transformed our franchise.
Only thing I remember well of Durham was awful he was at the end. So I don’t remember much of the positives. Cueto may well go down as second best….
No, you’re wrong GH . . . Durham’s average season as a Giant was .276, 15 HR, and 31 2B. The season we won 100 games, he hit .285 with 30 doubles. He was signed to be a piece of the championship puzzle. It’s not his fault the front office said “fuck it” about adding any other pieces.
Speaking of “Taking a Strong Hold of First Place in the NL West,” the division lead already grew today. The Rockies played a rare Monday day-game, and lost. The division lead is 4 1/2 games now.
I felt that last year Cain would be the game changer for 2015 and – he didn’t make it. I still think he is a very valuable piece of this team when he is pitching and pitching well.
Welcome back, Matt.
I have also been telling anyone who would listen that the wins in AZ and SD were nice, but the real test would be back home at AT&T and we done good. WOW.
Lovely? nope – gorgeous it was. Our #5 beating their #2. sweet.
Defense is always less streaky than offense and it appears our Gmen are settling in for a long summer of lights out play.
Hitting? Ouch! 16 hits with RISP in the last 98 opportunities. “We’re having a tough time offensively,” manager Bruce Bochy confirmed.
SF knows how to win low scoring games.
Kudos to Span and Parker for joining the fray and to Buster P for his awesome pop fly catch yesterday.
Cubbie fans are butt hurt about a bad call that didn’t get them a man on first in the 8th. I’d be more worried about some of the frustration on Madden’s face when he looks into the 3rd base dugout. His strong management skills looked ordinary with Mr. Bruce in the house.
Lets go Giants.
As far as trades go you can’t beat stealing Jason Schimdt we got all the great years out of he was a Stud!!
Got a good bat out of that deal off the bench as well VanDerwal?
Funny thing about that deal Ryan Voglesong was part of that along with Armado Rios??
And even worse for the Pirates, I think Rios had a season-ending injury soon after the trade.
I used to like to say that the Giants made both the best and the worst free agent signings in the history of pro sports, and they were both named Barry. I still think that statement is pretty damn close to dead-on, though Barry Z redeemed himself a bit at the end. (He didn’t TOTALLY REDEEM himself like Lloyd Christmas did when he traded the muttmobile for a mini-bike, but he did redeem himself to a certain degree in my book)
Warrior attendance numbers are better than I would have guessed, but I still would like to see % of capacity rates for the two teams over the years before I call a truce to this epic Sactown/Oaktown throwdown.
Which reminds me of another reason I’m not wild about the Warriors. They are an OAKLAND team, and I don’t like Oakland teams. I don’t like the Raiders, I don’t like the A’s, and I don’t like the Warriors.
Yeah, yeah, I know the Warriors played for years at the CIvic Center with those sweet uniforms with the numbers in the middle of a cable car silhouette, but for my sports-fan existence that goes back to about 1970, the Warriors have been an Oakland team. (Although it was super cool when they played some NBA Finals games at the Cow Palace after the Ice Capades took priority in the Coliseum) The Ice Capades trumped the NBA FInals! That was a different era, my friends.
Ahhh, but they played in SF from 63-71 or something like that. Saw a lot of games at the Cow Palace. The Cow Palace was actually their home, though they did go on the ‘road’ and play in SJ and the Civic from time to time. . . . Still and all they were the San Francisco Warriors to me. The fact that they moved sucked balls (just like the forty fucking niners) but what do you do? At least they stayed in the area . . .
And the weeknight NBA Finals games were often shown on tape-delay at 11:00 PM in those days. Ouch!
Any happy memories of these guys?
I’m with you GH. Ray Ray galled me to no end. Most of my battles with Twin were over Ray Ray.
Glasschez (forgot who coined that gem) was galaxies better in my book. Another sweet trade deadline deal for Sabes.
Glass was traded to the Giants for minor league pitcher Tim Alderson (yes, I know he signed as a free agent afterwards) and see my response to GH regarding Durham. You’re both wrong. What the fuck – did you expect Durham to do it single handedly? For what we got, he was good. The Giants fucked up surrounding Bonds with anyone else and they’re at fault for that.
A bizarre note to the Vogey injury- it was with the bases loaded, and he got an RBI. But obviously didn’t walk to firstbase, so there must be rule regarding that situation. Obviously the opponent wouldn’t be allowed to benefit in that situation.
Given what an intense guy he is, I have no doubt that Vogey will remind people that his injury brought in a run to help his team win the game.
Tough way to do it, though, obviously. Possible facial bone fractures.
Must be a rain delay at the Dodgers game.
Rain delay? What are you talking about Zum? They are playing in sunny LA, where beach balls are de ri·gueur
Ah, my bad. For some reason I thought the games were in Cincy.
You had me in a panic for awhile . . . Flav and I were discussing the potential likely rain out in Washington and Minnesota for DFS LUs. About had a heart attack, as I have shares in the LA game.
Just read Peavy’s next starts. He will be starting on June 5 a Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN/MLB network. Hopefully he won’t embarrass himself or the Giants.
Phantom injury for that. They just can’t let him go making a fool of himself on national television.
I remember I used to call Durham “Stonehands” or some such, here on this blog, or maybe it was on the chronicle’s blog back then. Yeah, Oracle would rip me, too, Chuck, for criticizing Durham, since I was obviously a racist… :). Dang, that was a while ago– how long have I been posting on the Giants– it’s been a while…
Does anyone know how Twin is doing?
haven’t heard from him in probably a month.
The top 5 guys I’ve ragged on with posts on this blog or at the Chronicles blog (forgot it’s name), I tthink:
5. Bochy ( pre-2010)
4. Sabes
3. Durham or Torres
2. Zito
1. The Gamer (aka the guy that took 500 swings a day in the cage while stealing $60 million)
Josh Hamilton out for the season with a knee injury. Choo and Stubbs (on the same team) on DL. Rough day for the Rangers. Choo was a stud for Cleveland and the Reds, but has been a zero since signing with the Rangers.
Just heard Draymond Green not suspended. That’s good.
I’m not totally sure he did that kick on purpose; you can look at it from several angles, and they’ll show something different each way. It’s not outside the realm of believability he was flailing arms and legs to get a call from the ump. Second, the NBA would be seen purposefully handing a win to the OKC if they grounded Draymond. Can’t do that. If somebody throws a punch, well, then that’s probably a suspension…
Tommy Joseph bombs away again. Nice to see him making something of his limited opportunities. And Snarkk, I tend to agree with you though I feel pretty confident that was intentional. But would I suspend him over “pretty confident?” No. NBA did the right thing although twitter seems to think they completely blew it.
If a guy throws hands, that’s pretty unequivocal. Apparently, per radio they reviewed previous videos where Draymond kicks and flails to get foul calls on shot attempts, so this wasn’t something new…
if it were just the one kick, I’d agree it was probably just him flailing a leg out to get a call. But we are talking about Adams calling the Warrior guards “monkeys” (and I don’t think everyone bought that was an innocent slip up), then the next game Draymond is screaming into the back of his neck AND he did knee him in the balls that game too. That one looked accidental. But there is a pattern of Green going after this dude, specifically his ball sack (which I find fairly hilarious actually).
Yeah, somebody on radio mentioned that monkey thing as maybe an under the radar motive thing going on. All I know is Draymond better get back to cleaning the glass and stopping guys in the paint this next game…
Agree snarkk, Draymond needs to be Draymond, and do his damned job. And let’s win the next one, and the series. I originally said Warriors in six. I say Warriors in seven now.
Damn. I just saw the LU…Crazy Horse in the 5 hole. And Specs in the 2 for Panik. And Pence out with the hammy issue… Interesting
I think I said a few weeks back I thought I saw Pence not really moving like he used to. I wonder if this leg thing has been going on for a while. Maybe he should stop the Paleo diet and his vids with his GF, and start chowing some In N Out like Timmeh used to do when he was throwing heat…
By the time this series is over, the Gmen will have already played 1/2 the season series against the Pads. I like the wins so far, but seriously, I’m kinda sick of seeing the Pads. I’ll really be sick of ’em if SF doesn’t take at least 2 of these 3…
Absolutely, on ALL counts! That 10 game road trip is looking pretty damned good in that regards…
Yeah I’m skittle tired of the Maxi Zpads as well Snarkk. So I’ll settle for a heavy dose of the Braves instead..,
Fuck my phone I’m not even drunk yet…
Pads are one of the most boring teams in baseball. Agreed.
Runner on 3rd. Two outs. Giants cleanup batter at the plate. No problemo, says Pomeranz.
So Stix, are you saying say shit, different game?
If the ump still carries the little whisk broom he can hand it to our catcher so he can clean-up something.
Sharks goal! 5-3 Tiburones with less than a minute to go!
How about them Sharks!!
Just got an empty netter up 5-3and their handin St Louis the Blues right now!!
Steal back the home ice if that matters?
Oops make it 6-3 now on cruise control…
Yep. Both teams have been better on the road, so I hope the Sharks can close it out at home.
I gotta hand it to sandog – he said Toronto wasn’t bad, and they R giving LaBron all he can handle in Toronto. Ugly game, lots of standing around and one on one crap…
I read somewhere that Vogey’s orbital bone was broken. Sounds awful. Looked awful. Speaking of sounds awful, I was at Citi Field when Cain beaned Wright. I don’t recall seeing it, but the sound was dreadful. #PrayersforVogey
This Pomerantz kid can pitch; if SF had him instead of Peavy, the division would be a shoo in. Here at the brew pub, the Hip Shovel IPA from Bear Republic is some good stuff…
Love Bear Republic’s brew. They put out some fine beverages. I love the whole Racer series.
Hop Shovel..,
Stupid, stupid, stupid–and it sends the message to Tomlinson that we don’t think you can get it done swinging the bat.
….and if he did that on his own, shame on him. Lame.
He’s been a hitting machine. I didn’t get that one.
Specs with the really bad bunt fiasco. Sheezus , first and third with 1 out spells doom for the Gmen to score…
Josh Hamilton out for 2016. That contract with the Angels? Ouch.
the Pujols deal is the cherry on top of the shit deals they give out.
see Jeff Passan article now at Yahoo. (Can’t seem to link it.) Puts Howard’s as the worst. Good read.
I’m not gonna dig it out, but I said when he signed it that it would be one of the worst. It’s in the archives somewhere.
Anyone paying attention to Ichiro Suzuki? He will get 3000 hits this year. Lights out thus far this season. In fact, he has been an excellent “punt” for me twice in the last week in DFS. Dude is hitting .417, playing in part or all of 34 games this season. Love the guy and wish the Giants would have had room for him since he left Seattle a few seasons back.
loving this season for him. Starting to play more, hitting .417. What an amazing thing this could turn out to be. I was wanting the Giants to either trade for him or sign him as a FA for the last few years, he woulda killed it with all those LD’s at AT&T
Mind boggling .478 OBP. James would have creamed his pants. 🙂
Let’s hear it boys…runner on third…
Gotta like Cueto, he just gets the ball and fires it in. No screwing around…
Not sure if we’ve talked about this enough but the Giants even if they struggle to get runs their “DEFENSE” has been rock solid all year!
Their ranked 7th right now with just 19 errors in 46 games. They really could be ranked higher because they have played 3 more games then a lot of teams with just 1 more error…
pitching and defense. Skink!
Loo, you might be aware that Billy Martin played for the Oaks. His manager on the Oaks? Casey Stengel. When Stengel got the Yankee job, he wanted Martin there, too.
The Pacific Coast League team, of course; not the ABA team. 🙂
Dang, Buster is SLOW. Is this guy hurt– he is hitting like $500K, not $20 million…
Buster surely is getting close to breaking into your Top 10 “ragged on” list. 🙂
Oops, Top 5, I meant.
Hey, let’s score one of those “run” things.
Pomeranz has 62 pitches through 4. Cueto at 57 in five innings.
This game is going zippity-doodah.
So is the Dodger/Reds game.
And the RISP fiasco continues…Giants continue to do squdosh there…but I think they will ultimately win the game. Thing ground attack…
I hope Cueto didn’t sap his energy sprinting to first on his bunt…
He’s always thinking basehit on all of bunts.
I’ve always liked Pomeranz even with his days with the A’s. The kid has one of the best 12-6 curve in the game. His main issue has always been control that gets him out of games early, not the issue tonight however. Yeah as our 5th starter and being a lefty to balance out the starters( I’ve always liked 2 lefties starting) so to give Peavy a full time gig on the Lunatic Fringe tour,would be great..Though Boch won’t let that happen quite yet dammit!!!
Tomorrow night’s promotion: “Until there’s a run”
I’d support that.
Still no Jim Ray Hart patch.
What’s the fuckin’ problem?
They seem to be able to concoct every stupid looking uniform possible in no time…
i mean, a patch? They’d have to patch up the whole goddamn uni if they did that every time an Ex Giant passed.
JRH is not just any ex-Giant. He had a much better career than Davenport…
Davenport’s thing was as much for his years as a coach, too.
My brother would beg to differ with you on that one. Davv was his guy. Yeah, Hart had much better offensive numbers, but Davy had a decades long run in the organization including a stint as manager. (Albeit not a great run)
And some of the current Giants knew Davenport.
It’s disrespectful. It’s the least they can do. They gave out 20,000 Phillipino hats tonight and are wearing AIDS ribbons. Maybe tomorrow night every Russian with chicken pox gets a free tee-shirt.
But fuck the great Jim Ray Hart…
Would you settle for a moment of silence and a video tribute?
I don’t think it’s happening man.
Yeah, but JRH didn’t return as manager for almost all of a 100-loss season.
If it comes down to this, the Giants’ first pinch-hitter should be MadBum.
I am tired of this continual run scoring constipation.
Take a damn team wide dose of salts or something, and score some damn runs!…
How come when I say this kinda stuff ? … whine, whimper …
I think you guys are trolling me!
I’ve said similar shit for years, off and on…
Thanks … good to know.
But I can also find a ton of Snarkk posts that have positive things to say.
We better get some pitchers up … not to pitch … to hit!!!
lulz
Shit that was a big time ML play by Ramirez on Span’s shot.Guess his wrist ain’t hurting that bad!
Oh nice blast by the Duffster, get me in Buster!!
Buster ain’t getting nobody in ..
Jesus fucking christ. I am going to start sounding like Lisle! Another inning, another runner stranded in scoring position. But, to my earlier post, I still say the Gigantes pull this one out…
Chi … You know how I love to eat copious amount of crow … I sure hope you are right … Me, I’m not feeling it tonight … am I ever though?
Krukow commented on the drawn-in outfield on Pagan: “They’re playing him like he’s a weak-hitting pitcher.” Krukow acted like it’s shocking. It’s not shocking.
What’s really pathetic , the Sharks scored 6 times, the Pads& Giants have combined for 5 hits total and “ZERO” runs!!
Pagan’s MRI bills are approaching the national debt…
another reason I dug seeing Specs in LF. He’s had good ABs lately and Kruk said he is fastest Giant, not saying a whole lot but…
definitely remember ABA Oaks, where Barry jumped to play for (iirc) his father in law. Lot of cool players over there including my first look at Warren Armstrong later Jabali. cool player awesome slam dunks with left hand that I know we’ve talked about before. ABA like AFL tons of good players.
Didn’t Pat Boone own the Oaks, while they lasted?
Ya know, I wonder if some of this run score constipation has to to with the weather conditions. It has been cold as crap in a lot of night games at ATT so far. Last Friday night, I was freezing my nords off out there. It was cold as hell and breezy. Of course, that was the 8-1 game, so it didn’t seem to bother the Cubs…
I have made a lot of comments about the inability to squeeze across a run tonight, but seriously, I am not tripping on this team. 10 of the last 11 are wins. First place by 4-plus…Life is good.
Speaking of constipation Snarkk, anyone know what Constipation Stance Aaron Rowand is doing these day?
Maybe “Butt Sliding off a toilet seat”
I think it was last night I pointed out that it’s curious that Fake Skeevy’s best start was in AZ on a day he was supposedly sick & had a fever … Of course, that’s not about hitting but the cold must affect everyone … It certainly seems to stymie the southern boys like Posey.
Bum is getting ready to PH…
Don’t you guys think Larry Baer will have his promo dept team come up with” Cueto SF headband night” with optional dregs…
yeah likely so AK. remember when Dodgers did it with Manny being Manny.
Why the F not bunt Belt to second with Craw up? I don’t care who’s up next, get the guy in scoring position…
Yep, and there is the exact reason they should have followed your lead, snarkk…