Don’t Get Hurt
I’m surprised Belt’s clown feet don’t get hit more frequently. They make quite a target. As much as I have to grudgingly admit it, we can’t lose him for any extended period of time. We’ve kinda used up our passes on guys getting hurt, haven’t we? Name a current starter who could go down and we’d be fine with a replacement player. Can’t do it.
So let’s just hope nobody gets hurt the rest of this season and I can’t even finish typing this sentence without worrying…….
John Shimmey goes today. I like our chances……..
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It’s a day game. 🙂
Glad Belt doesn’t have a fracture, but bone bruises can be painful. Hopefully he doesn’t miss too much time.
Giants are rolling again with Cueto on the hill today. Sweep ’em out of town.
Thank God for that. I really thought Belt was done for a couple months. Was at one of the games Matt Williams fouled a ball off his foot and he missed 2 months.
If SF really just wanted a stop gap kinda guy, I’d be in on Martin Prado who’d be a lot easier to pry away from Marlins than Marcel Ozuna. He can play everywhere and is conga line type on base guy. Can give a rest to Duffy and Panik and better hitter than Ramiro Pena and probably Pagan too for that matter.
“Grudgingly” lol. Even those who can’t stand Belt have to admit he’s been Giants top hitter by a wide margin so far. He’s still a bargain too at $6 mil.
As the F/G said, it’s possible Belt sold himself short on his big deal (insert yada yada).
love this pick up. Realistic too.
Belt has been a blessing this year but it seemed inevitable that, for whatever reason, he would not remain healthy.
Im hoping Posey is finally putting it together as we really need someone to step up and carry this team offensively.
Here we are half way through June and no sign of the Swoon … im knocking on wood as I write.
Willedav, saw Bob Cranshaw with Sonny at Lincoln Center outdoors concert 4 or 5 years ago … amazing, of course!
I attended Max Roach’s memorial at Riverside Church in NYC, Sonny was there. Bill Cosby delivered a very poignant & funny eulogy.
I’ve enjoyed seeing Sonny a bunch of times (was it the SF Opera house where he put all the stage mics on the floor and just blew acoustically for about 10 minutes?), but still my most favorite was seeing an interview with him at New Orleans Jazz Fest a few years ago. Man the stories were incredible.
Saw Max a few times, once with him and Elvin Jones on the same bill at the old Keystone Korners, and also another time when Max did his high hat tribute to Papa Joe Jones there (that absolutely floored me). Was hoping he’d play at an Abbey Lincoln show I saw but I guess they had already broken up by then.
I never saw Abby Live .. but toured with her former drummer John Betsch .. he had lovely stories about her.
Saw Max at Storyville in NYC (1977 or 78) with his band (Cecil Bridgewater, Billy Harper, Reggie Workman,) that had just returned from a State Dept. tour of South Africa. Max opened the evening with a drum solo, of which he announced the title as “South Africa, GOD DAMN!” … me saying it was one of the most powerful pieces of music I ever heard is an understatement.
Nothing beats a eulogy delivered by a funny and poignant rapist…
Yep, you are right, nothing quite compares .. although the thrill of the experience could not be savored to its full extent because it was long before any such inkling of Cosby’s proclivities were of general knowledge.
Prado is a guy I have mentioned numerous times in the past. I like this idea, too, but would love to have Ozuna.
What a surprise, Eric Surkamp of A’s gets shelled for 7 runs by 3rd inning.
Lincecum is supposed to pitch for Angels in Oaktown this weekend right?
wouldn’t the A’s, whose pitching is flat awful, have been a good fit?
Relative obscurity (13K last night), favorable weather big yard (plus foul territory) no pressure situation…might have drawn some crowds too even if mostly in Giants gear.
Timmy is slated to start Saturday’s game.
I sure hope the Giants do something to acknowledge the contribution Bum is making. They got him at such a bargain price, it would be nice if they did something like picked up the feed bill for his cattle for the next few years, bought him new fancy saddles for all his horses, a lifetime supply of boots & spurs, etc … some nice small gestures to say “we appreciate all you are doing”
How about letting him participate in the Home Run Derby???
Incredibly, halfway through June, Buster Posey still does not have 30 RBI. He seriously needs to pick it up for a sustained period of time. This team is starved for steady RBI production and he’s fully capable of providing it. With Pence gone for who knows how long, Buster needs to step it up.
And Belt has been great, but it takes more than one guy to carry the load. Crawfish has been good too, but he could use a nice streak also. Duffy, Span and even Panik, the list goes on. Those guys are better than .250 hitters.
Could not agree with you more LJ.
Bum makes what he makes. he’d probably look at a “small gesture” as some sort of slap in the face. Giants can sign him to an extension and make it up that way. If he stays healthy he’ll make 200+ million in his career. If not, sorry, not interested in paying for another guy who’s going to break down.
Oh yes, definitely give him the extension. Im just saying, in the meantime to be sure he knows how much he is appreciated and to do it in a way that says “you are family, we are aware of what is important to you, and we want to support you in ALL your interests” I dont think he would be offended by that.
I read a quote sometime back where he said, to the effect, he had more than enough money and didnt care that others at his level were being paid considerably more. With that in mind, and if it is true, im sure he would be pleased with some small gestures of appreciation along the way .. and the big bucks extension would be the icing on the cake.
If Belt is out for any extended time, do you think Ishi will get the call? Imagine the standing O for that.
What about Susac?
Good ? man. According to stats on the widget for River Cats, he’s only caught 26 games 88 ABs 21 hits 1 HR 5 doubles. Doesn’t sound good; no idea as to current state of his health.
Brown’s job looks safe for a while anyway.
Ishikawa has to be able to at least do what he could do before. Replacement level ho hum shit with a big ol’ bomb thrown in at the exact perfect moment…….
Yeah, not sure how he could top his last stint. Still, I can’t help but pull for that guy and I’m glad he’s back with the organization.
Hey Flav, if this jersey has #70 on it, you might want to check in with Daniel.
Feel bad for the guy but….LULZ!
If ever you could have empathy and still lulz at the same, that’s when. Kind of like when the homeplate umpire gets hit with the ball.
Ya gotta give him props for not losing the jersey.
Cueto better be on, getaway day LU…Posey in there but Blanco leading off in CF Pagan Parker Gillaspie 6-8.
Brewers giving Braun day off, Nieuwenheis (sp) in CF batting clean up. Wasn’t he a speed leadoff guy for Mets?
Odd as they seem to us, Bochy has pretty good luck with them.
1. Gregor Blanco (L) CF
2. Joe Panik (L) 2B
3. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
4. Buster Posey (R) C
5. Matt Duffy (R) 3B
6. Angel Pagan (S) LF
7. Jarrett Parker (L) RF
8. Conor Gillaspie (L) 1B
9. Johnny Cueto (R) P
An UNassisted caught stealing by Cueto of the current NL SB leader? Now that’s not something which happens every other day of the week and twice on Sundays.
That was pretty cool.
That works. WTG Buster.
anyone else having problems with mlb.com? I get stuck on their ad for MLB.TV
I used to when I accessed it using Firefox, but I’ve been getting a good feed when I’m using Chrome (knock wood, it continues to work)
All good. My work laptop died, and with it went all my auto load settings.
Had to navigate thru which email I used to set up the account.
Hey, Todd Rundgren.
Todd Rundgren? Did I mention I’m, ahh, not a big fan?
Heard it in the background of the broadcast. Not a huge fan, but Utopia is a pretty wild album. Black Mariah is a great song as well. He, Bowie, and T-Rex had the glam shit down.
Even lacking the presence of either of the two too tall Texans the Giants are speaking Congalese today.
Gotta love the Duffster always hustling.
Four runs in an inning and with Cueto on the mound are not a bad couple of signs as we enter the middle innings of the game.
Hitting in the leadoff slot today, El Tiburon Blanco es en fuego.
There sure has been some weird plays for the Brewcrew’.
Hey now, these guys go and play the Dodgers so don’t wear em down too much.
LaBumbos may be a welcome relief after getting unraveled by the Giants.
Blowout. Cueto looks pretty likely to cop his tenth win today.
Pretty rough week in Orlando. But the 2 year old getting snatched by a gator on Disney’s top dollar resort may be the most shocking. I have actually been to that resort (haven’t stayed there just visited) but never in a million years would I have been worried about a gator eating my kid on that sandy beach.
I can only imagine how much Disney is going to pay out on this one.
Wasn’t the singer girl shot in Orlando?
Zumiee: Regarding the Summer Of Sam movie, it was okay but what I found exceptional was the how Spike Lee captured the overall incivility, desperation and ugliness of the city at that time. Remarkable in that way. The critics hated it despite what is possibly the funniest scene ever filmed:
LOL!
This looks like a Seinfeld episode.
This Brewcrew broadcaster is doing all he can to sound like Harry Caray.
I wonder how many dogs auditioned for that role…
Hard to find a dog that sounds like George Costanza.
Own Milwaukee.
Sweep that shit up.
Was a bit concerned that Stratton would have a bit of a meltdown moment there in the top of the 8th with a couple cans of Old Mil on the basepaths, but he worked his way out of that and now they are down to their last out in the 9th. Good low-pressure opp for the kid to face some ML batters.
Sweep-a-Roni, baby, the San Francisco treat.
shit I forgot Zumiee went to this game. Hell this was in the bag the entire time
Dirt was there, too. Flappers were in the house!
Where are they now?
drunk, in bed … or both .. Too much celebrating another series win.