Gold and Pure Gold
These have been fun games to watch. Regardless of the outcome. Although I’m probably just saying that because of last night’s outcome.
And big props to Snarkk and San Dawg and others for comments last night that transcended the game and the sport. Whenever I find myself reading posts more than once I know they are pure gold. Those are too long to put into the POTD but I am going to flood the POTD-best of a little later today when I have more time.
Peavy tonight! Fuck yeah, why not?
A Place To Talk About Giants Baseball 
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it’s sinking;
And racing around to come up behind you again…
BELT!
BELT-ED!
Belt baby!
yeah that probably is his last batter!
Belt is one big, strong dude. That was not an easy pitch to pull like that, breaking ball down. Anything he squares up has a chance to go.
Doesn’t seem too loud at ATT.
Are they all texting?
Probably a lot of Dodger fans there, unfortunately.
Must be nervous about the Sharks.
Belt takes Julio out of the ballyard.
SanDog: Now ESPN is saying right thumb for Buster.
Very possible Giant med staff doesn’t know the difference…
Lulz
The chink in Urias’ armor appears when he gives up a hit. That led to a Panik attack. Then he got Belted.
I know I wouldn’t want a chink in my armor…
Fuckin; Gascan.
His fastball is very straight and he’s inconsistent with his off-speed stuff. He still makes me nervous every time he’s out there.
That is why Strickland will never be the closer!
Why doesn’t he just throw his slider at 97?
Gearrin in the 8th?
Sorry for you Sharks fans, still had a great run.
Blanco can’t hit shit right now.
Blanco, 0 for his last 25. Brutal!
Blanco just shouldn’t play every day. He’s proven it time and time again. He’s much better with rest.
That looks like plenty of room for two nice bullpens. Make it so!
I’m a Flyers fan so I hate the Penguins by default. I feel bad for the Sharks and their fans but they had a great season and that’s to be celebrated. I was born in SJ, so it will always be my home town. Winning a title of this magnitude would have been fantastic for a city that was mostly apricot orchards when I was a kid, but they have a good team and can still get one. They made it to the Finals, now it’s time to come back and win the Cup.
It’s amazing how hockey has succeeded in CA. In my day it was all but dead after the Seals folded. The Kings had some good teams and some great players, but were never a serious threat to win the Cup. Now there’s 3 successful franchises in the state. Very cool because it’s a great sport.
You think Crawdad could have scored on that fly out? Strong throw, I know, but it came in so high.
Don Zimmer would have sent him…
I think with one out Kelly would have sent him.
Jeeeezus … fuckin lead off triple .. fuckin zip … these guys havent hit shit for 2 1/2 months .. everybody is a fuckin .250 hitter .. gag, puke … Belt being the singular exception of those not on the DL.
the only guy I’m down on is Posey. Outside of his 2 homer game in Col and his seeing eye game winner yesterday he’s been shit. You don’t get to be shit when you make that much money.
I tip my cap to you man, for somehow finding a way to blame Posey after that half inning that didn’t involve him at all.
I am 1000K % with you on that.
Span is “ok” .. acceptable.
Panik & Duff are having off years ..I hope that is all it is, I hope.
Craw is up and down, mostly down but that is who he is .265, .275 at best .
The bench Blanco, Gilaspie, Brown, meh ..
Bochy could have tried the squeeze with Blanco, but that’s just second-guessing.
I like Denard Span, but so far he’s basically a very wealthy Tiny Felder…
And here comes the Parade of Relievers.
If I was in a bar, I’d make Bochy’s pitching changes into some kind of drinking game…
Like a Clint Squint game. You’d be shitty in half an hour.
Oh Shit!
Oh-shart!
Who gives a shit what these fuckin’ idiots eat?
As if anybody gives a shit what they say either.
These ESPN guys act like the stadium opened this week. Every single time they come here.
lulz!
that is so classic and true.
Let’s hope not getting a lead runner at third home doesn’t bite us in the ass.
Man, that run would have been nice.
dang it belt needed to block him off there.
Great pitch there. Right on the black.
Gearrin looks like a keeper.
I like his demeanor out there…
What a pitch. Nice job, droogie
Gearrin’s kind of a poorman’s Romo. But not a closer.
Bochy’s recent use of the relief-pitcher-parade is like a bizarro conga line.
Yeah, but can you blame him? We got like 6 guys who are equally volatile.
94 mph on the black. Nasty.
Ouch. There’s no meat there.
Jerry Grote used to do that intentionally to get back at a HP ump…
I was was thinking the same thing.
Damn, that personal assistant they have up there is a hottie.
The umps should know better than having a Giants medico check them out.
Remember when the trainers always brought out that metal container of cold spray and basically used that to treat everything?
Chemical freeze the injury! What could go wrong?
Yep, baseballs version of duct tape.
Ethyl Chloride?
The ump’s in pain as the broadcasters have ice cream. That’s a little humorous.
Klay basically saying LeBron was butt-hurt by Dray’s words. Even Curry’s wife got in on the act.
http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2016/story/_/id/16156433/guess-feelings-just-got-hurt
I really hope Lopez doesn’t walk Gonzalez.
Challenge the guy; if he gets a hit, then so be it.
A bunt? Takes care of that.
Is anyone besides me even a little bit entertained by the Taco Bell flatbread commercial?
Zumie- stand down on the crickets GIF
🙂
Wow!
WTF A-Gone? I’ll take it.
God, was that dumb…
wow that’s a gift out. A Gon doesn’t run well so that’s kind of hard to understand. He needed to take a better swing and roll it past mound
For your own good and the well being of all Giants fans, please pull this off, Casilla.
Goddamn this guy.
He’s still a 3X World Champion, LJ…
Thank Christ!
Beat L.A. two of three!
YEAH! 2 of 3 from the hated Dodgers works every time!
Whew, great win! I felt like i was grinding all 27 outs.
yeah! Days Opie doesn’t pitch LA is in trouble.
Groovy!!
Sweet, sweet, sweet ~ or as the French have a way of saying things “toute de suite”. (all sweet in a manner of speaking).
Blast belongs to Belt. Win well deserved by resurrected Peavy. How sweet it is.
That A-Gon bunt; what a gift.
Soon to be a gif?
Could be….. 🙂
We handed them the first game and tried hard to gift them the second too .. only fair they (A-Gon) gave us a reach-around on this one.
Fuck scoring runs, I guess .. all we need is one more than the other guys and we get the big dubbya!
We sure are becoming expert in this one run shit.
It’s how the playoffs are.
Unlike LA now 7-12. 2010 was amazing ride, torture being a big part of it, esp with Wilson closing.
BTW, WD .. did you see my response to your Buster Williams query?
And in celebration of another great victory, I’m cracking open a can of Orange Splash lager from Anchor Brewing that a co-worker brought back after a trip to her hometown Gilroy.
Bingo. Good call.
Great and important series win. The team was floundering a bit and didn’t need to lose this series. The hitting is still woeful right now, but let’s see if the Giants can use this as a springboard to another nice streak.
Didn’t see or hear much of this one. But, sounds like Belt was the hitting hero again. Give the kid a contract, and he performs. I’m going to start ripping Peavy before every damn start he has. Seems like he pitches well to spite me… 😉
Literally no one saw it coming.
Interesting pitching match-ups on Monday. (I love the everyday-ness of the baseball season!) Cain (he returns) vs. the Brewers, and Greinke vs. the Dodgers.
We can project a bit from tonight’s win and our now full 5 game lead over the LaBumbos. First, LA is not really very good right now and the possibility of SF winning the NLW now approaches probability. Second, though not usually as dramatic as he was tonight, Belt does appear to be coming into his own and provided he stays healthy, this could be his breakout year. Third, Peavy appears to have resurrected himself yet once again. Remember when he came to the Giants from Boston, he was having a miserable early season there and he turned it around totally once he returned to the tutelage of his original manager BB15. Fourth, Cain is due to pitch tomorrow night. If he does even remotely okay it appears that our pen will be massively strengthened with Suarez stepping into the vital longman role. Fifth, the return of Pagan, most likely on Wednesday vitiates the possibility of two still questionable rookies playing the outfield in a given game.
Add it all up and the all too frequent June Swoon grows less and less likely by the day. We should expect to take two of three from the Brewers. If so, the team has gone through a period of sparse offense, following an early experience of 40% negativity in the Rotation and questions everywhere in the pen. All things considered, the team appears to have corrected its list and nears return to an even keel. The looming fear of desperation now has a 5 game cushion and some renewed confidence on the part of the team.
Nicely stated Stix. Not a single thing youve stated can I take exception with. I especially like your forceast of slipping the grip of the dreaded, seemingly perennial, June Swoon .. damn, even IM feeling optimistic … wtf? .. shit, see? .. ive even forgotten how to spell that word!
Lebron James is a chicken shit pussy. Still won’t help his sorry ass.
He caused the ‘fight’ and the whined to the refs after the game about it.
According to Steven A Smith, he says he’s been hearing from a lot of players that they think Bron is a total wimp for pushing the whole thing after the game.
ThrNBA should be ashamed of themselves for making these kinds of decisions waasaay after the fact. If the NFL did this , there’d be 35 suspensions a week.
Totally agree. LeBron comes out of this looking like a total jerk. And, the NBA looks like it’s trying to engineer a LeBron resuscitation. I hope like hell the Dubs win tomorrow, and Oracle treats LeBron like the wuss he is the whole game. That post game presser where he said he has 3 kids etc., and was shocked by Draymond’s language calling him out was such a load of crap. Beware, the Dubs will not only have to beat the Cavs without Green, but with the refs likely calling a foul anytime a Dubs player even breathes in LeWuss’s direction…
If GS wins tomorrow, I hope the presentation of the trophy is drowned out with booing for the NBA reps there.
Timmeh pitched tonight against the Grizzlies in Fresno. Yielded one hit and one walk, while striking out eight over seven scoreless innings. He had a no-hitter going through five. Next time, he pitches this Friday night in Oakland against the A’s…
Must see TV!
Check this out.
That poor LeBron, he just never gets any foul calls, such a victim. And, that Steph, nobody every guards the guy, unlike in the old days when real men like Oscar Robertson played…
excellent piece of video. Thanks for showing it to me.