The Pirates Fought The Law And YOU KNOW What Happened!
I still think Derek Law looks completely out of shape. He’s like a skinny Rick Reuschel. And those teeth. Jesus, when he smiles, they’re everywhere. It’s like he’s got 83 teeth in his mouth……
But the dude can pitch. And that interview of him after the game was one of my favorite all year. He’s just a genuine, cool ass dude.
I’m gonna let the worrywarts freak out about Smarge. His problem right now is simple. His off speed stuff is flying just out of the strike zone forcing him to throw too many fastballs that all travel around 94mph and hitters are sitting on them and blasting them. He’ll be fine.
Pena. Gillespe. Osich. Law. Just pull a name off the scrap heap and Sabean will turn him into a contributing major leaguer.
It’s like we might never lose another game again…….
A Place To Talk About Giants Baseball 
We are getting us a bunch of badass bullies. Bully for them, as Teddy Roosevelt would have said. Early on it appeared that the retirement of Affeldt and the injury to Romo would largely crash the pen. Then there were the meltdowns by Casilla. Doomers were in their element.
Along the line something strange happened. First, it was the dumpster dive pickup Cory Gearrin. He contributed several stout outings. Then Law showed he would be effective waay more often than not. Next, Strickland showed more and more flashes of competence. Kontos has rattled along, not quite the master he has been in the past, but no slouch either. Suarez has shown that though not yet a Petit at his peak, he can do both starter and longman roles without embarrassing himself or the team. Finally, last night both Osich and Casilla demonstrated that they are hardly dogmeat out there on the mound. In some stretch of time Romo will return. Big question now is who would get the ticket to Sactown.
When Romo returns, I think Stratton gets the ticket to Sacto…
This is a weird year, that’s for sure. Gearrin is yet another reclamation project from the wizardry of Righetti and Gardner. Like someone else said, I had no idea he was 30. Thought he was another young droogie.
Tripping in the fact that this is Righetti’s 17 (and Gardner’s 14th) year of being our pitching coach. Both Dusty hires.
Fun Fact: An analysis by Fangraphs showed that Righetti has an uncanny knack for teaching pitchers to not give up home runs.
I’ve got zero faith in Romo coming back and being effective. He requires his filthy slider to be dominant. He can’t throw that filthy slider anymore. Puts too much pressure on his arm to throw it at its filthiest. He probably needs surgery. Romo at less than 100% is not a Romo I am excited to get back…….
Yeah, I have more faith in Kontos stepping up than Romo contributing this year.
Tend to agree that I’ve got no expectations on Romo. If a guy is out essentially 3 months, with a “setback” along the way, this sounds like a dicey elbow that’s being given TLC to see if it comes back without surgery. Especially with years of nastly sliders on it…
I guess it’s good that the Dogs are heating up as well. Wouldn’t want to get too complacent in our hunt for the playoffs. What’s better than a Giants/Dodgers playoff run?
Fuck that…I hope we bury their asses so deep, they won’t see light until ST next year.
They light and beyond!!!
Would it be overstating it to say Michael Taylor had the worst game in the history of baseball last night? He struck out 5 times and lost the game with one of the lamest defensive miscues I’ve seen in a while.
Cargo would be up there . . . He struck out 8 of 9 times (maybe it was 9 or 10 times) over a 2 game stretch recently.
Oh, Tire Fire had a few noteworthy meltdowns.
.500 ball the rest of the way = 90 wins.
In Bochy I trust.
I like those numbers…and I suspect they do better than .500 rest of the way…
The Dodgers have hit a lot of HRs lately, but I was surprised to see that, overall, they’re only middle of the pack, at 17th, so far. The Giants are second to last (29th), which is no bigee. The Giants were last in HRs during one of the championship seasons. Plus not having Pence for a while contributes to that.
Baltimore and Toronto are the top two, which makes sense.
Pirates wearing the camo unis….it’s already been exposed that the U.S. military pays MLB to do that, for advertising purposes for the military. There’s little that’s patriotic about it. It’s just MLB finding another way to make money, and the military finding another way to try to draw young people in to become cannon-fodder.
Hmmm…so, the military pays MLB to outfit their clubs once a year instead of dedicating that money as one one-billionth of a down-payment on a new F22 Raptor. I see no harm, no foul.
Also, the teams typically have the players autograph the jerseys, and then sell them to the highest bidder, with the proceeds going to an organization the likes of Jr. Giants. That’s a huge win right there.
And “little patriotic about it?” How is acknowledging our military not patriotic? There are much more important things to spin-on, IMO. We all have our opinions, and I respect those of others (like your’s Zume). This is a non-issue for me, but I am a bit biased since I served our air force for 33 years.
Great post chi and thank your for your 3+ decades of service.
The Air-Farce never should have been added in 1947. The days of the strategic bomber are over. The AF should be replaced by a Missile Command, while Army, Navy and Marines should take care of fighter planes, depending on roles.
Have to disagree with you, Stix. I was in the heat of it all during the first gulf war, supporting a wing of F-111 and EF-111s. Those were the types of missions cut-out for a traditional air force. My father-in-law (well, I continued to call him my father-in-law after I divorced, and continued to have a good relationship with him) flew 22 combat sorties over North Vietnam. Again, these were missions designed for a traditional air force. But, I agree, there is a transition in play now where the traditional fighters are being replaced by remotely piloted vehicles, and future wars will be fought as much in outer space and cyberspace as they will be on the ground (or in the air).
Thanks, LJ. It was an honor to serve. I would do it all again in a heartbeat.
Uh..if any of the armed forces is going to be cut it is the Army. Navy and AF transport troops, Marines are in the constitution.
I served with pride, zum, as did many of my friends and coworkers and none of us ever felt like we were “canon-fodder.” That’s just insulting. Defending our freedoms would be number one reason we joined in the first place. I know that’s a punchline to a lot of folks, but not to us. Please refrain from comments like that in the future.
Lurker: It has nothing to do with “defending our freedumbs”. That’s just empty rhetoric. it’s about defending the corporate empire.
Agree 100%. The U$ puppet regime’s military is totally under the thumb of the WarDefense industry. They are not there to defend the American people but to defend ascending profits for their primary stockholders via no-bid contracts and massive cost over-runs.
Great post Flav. I like Law a lot an laughed when I saw your Big Daddy (Reuschel) reference. Great comparison (body types). I still think it will eventually be him or Stricland that closes most of our games (Strickland needs at least one more pitch he can throw consistently for strikes).
Man, I missed a couple of innings last night. By the time I got home and turned on the game, G-men were down 6-1. So, I started doing my dinner prep, etc. and was outside at the grill for a while…come back in later, and realized “oh yeah, Giants are playing,” and we are up 7-6. Sweet!
That was bad ass the way they closed it out. Posey visits the mound, and I am sure he asked Casilla to throw a specific pitch. BOOM! Strike-out/throw-out DP. Game over! Take the series with a win today, and our boys go home with a tidy 6-1 roadie, and get ready for the Phils and As.
Suarez is looking like he’s going to get torched.
Hmmmm. Nice recovery for Suarez.
Nice K to escape the inning. Gotta get some runs.
Nice Houdini act by Suarez there.
The game is on my TV, it isn’t the middle of the night. This is fucking great.
These Pirate announcers are less than awesome. They’ve been talking about the movie Tombstone for the last 2 innings. Like the actual game is a distraction.
Can’t you chose KNBR on GameDay?
Yeah, I just wanted to listen to those guys for a bit . . .
Gillaspie has been swinging a hot bat for the past 5 games or so.
Let’s go, Joe!!
Yes!!!!!!
Whoop! Joe NO Panik!
Panik time.
Panik time!
Panik in P-burgh!
Tack on! Love those crooked numbers!
Kang with the clang.
Great comeback. Started with Suarez getting out of that dicey situation.
Sorry that I offended some military veterans on the Flap; I could have chosen my words better.
I just don’t like the way the military advertises these days sometimes, is all. Sorry we disagree on that. It bugs me that some of the TV commercials are trying to make war look like a video game.
I’m not anti-military. I may be the only Flapper actually BORN on a military base. A U.S. Airforce base in Tachikawa, Japan.
No harm, no foul, Zume. I do not expect everyone to have the same spin on our military as I do, and I respect the opinions of others. All good brother.
I was never much of a Dave Flemming fan to begin with, I’m becoming even less so each time I hear him.
Pompous Stanford fuck
I’d like to bitch slap that snotty tone out of his voice.
Wow, he got all of that.
Big Mac!
Mac kind of looks like Schierholz in the face, with that GQ stubble going.
Flem? Ehhh. After listening to some of the other guys on other broadcasts that I have, he’s gold.
Yeah, I am not a big rah-rah fan of Flem, but he is okay. Like you Charlie – I have certainly heard a lot worse.
Man, Suarez with 102 pitches to get through 5 innings. I have been in and out of meetings all morning, so was not able to follow closely. With only four hits two walks, he must have went deep on a lot of counts.
Just hang on for the W boys!
Arquimedes Caminero is a NAME, folks.
when I heard that name the other day I thought of Loo saying “I musta had 20 guys in my high school named that”
His middle name is Euclides. Of course it is . . .
There’s a lot of awesome in his full name.
She had that Camarillo Brillo…Flamin’ out along her head…
kinda interesting if you’re bored.
https://www.fanduel.com/insider/2016/06/22/whos-the-highest-paid-player-on-each-mlb-team-in-2016/
Something tells me Arquimedes isn’t . . .
Williamson coming to life would be awesome for the club.
Bochy with the golden touch batting him 3rd today.
he’s gotten out like twice in the last 2 days. OBP must be skyrocketing
lulz, yeah he’s pushed it up over .300. He’s only got 37 abs this year. I guess I was surprised as it seems like more.
All the fill-in guys were real good on this Pittsburgh trip. What a boost!
Crazy thing is, the Dogs have gone 8-2. And lost ground to us.
Yeah I SSW that in the paper today. Pretty sweet.
Saw
Thanks, ump!
Yup, on both Ks.
Damn. A clean inning lost.
Keep Frieze in the park . . .
Flem doing all he can do to jinx this.
Casillalater!
Yeah, baby! Good to see Casilla back on the beam.
Fuck Yeah! 6-1 Roadie!
Game.
Big exhale. 🙂
3 outta 4 ain’t bad!
Great roadie!
Sweet! Maybe the birth of his daughter has cleared cassilla’s mind. He’s looking very effective
Suarez with his first win. Tied with Iron Head Joe on the one-win list.
Shit. Rico Suave is 3-1? Who knew?
He’s 3-1. 🙂
20 games over .500.
6 game lead in the division.
just piling up the wins in the bank. In Sept we’ll be the one to catch…….
Looking Good!
Yep…even that old guy…what’s his name??? Pa-Gone??? 😉
I am going to make you cringe right here, Irish…I think there is a good chance you see Crazy Horse back next year. Just a hunch…time will tell.
Ditto. Too many people keep throwing Angel under the bus.
Whatever happened to the June Swoon? Getting kinda late for that to set in. Spose the Fillies can get it going at Willie Mays Field?
Man, Bochy and the Trainbust are gonna have some sortin out to do. Way these fill-ins and subs are doing the returns of Specs, Duffy and Pence is likely to lead to some pretty serious head-scratching. After shit-sad-sorry starts both Parker and Williamson are coming along nicely now after getting some serious chances at starting on the field. Pena? Whoda ever thunk it? Probably his offensive heroics will not last, but man, i’m digging the hell outta his recent production. Gillaspie the Grim could probably get a role in some epic Viking movie playing Harold Bluetooth or Eirik Bloodaxe. Meanwhile, he has made some Giant strides in the direction of being a keeper.
I mean, who do you send down?
Yes…the types of “problems” you like to have…
When/if Romo returns, I think Stratton. Duffy will equate to Pena going down. Pence will equate to Williamson (IMO). Either him or Parker, but as it stands now, I think it would be Williamson.
With a bochy special LU from ST B game no less.
Second great day from pen, I think 10 shutout innings combined. Pirates can hit too, lot of their guys have high OPS numbers. Healthy, they have a fine OF plus Harrison and Kang. No idea why Kratz is in there.
Today middle order for them 0-8 couple sac flies from Polanco. And once again Cutch in on deck circle as game ends.
Not to get into the politics, but imo camo unis are a bad look with a dumb cap to match. I guess it’s marketing, in other words all about money, but I guess I’m too old school to be much of a fan of teams wearing different unis, esp at home. Don’t much care for Giants Friday orange either—seems like another Baer money grabbing promo.
It’s a multi-uni world now. The ghost of Charlie Finley, I guess. Or Bill Veeck. In some ways, ahead of their time.
Dodgers are dipping into AAA again for a starting pitcher. Nick Temisch(who?) gets the start tomorrow night.
Wouldn’t doubt it if LA picks up a starter at the trade deadline…
The Phillies start a rook tomorrow night, 0-2, with a 10.82 ERA.
To be fair, he is a top-ranked prospect getting his first big-league exposure. He does have talent.
OUCH. Just the kind of guy who usually kicks the Giant’s asses!
Off topic . . . I’m happy for Cleveland fans finally being able to celebrate. Been a long time since their last parade:
High Larry Us.
Nice pull Steve. The town’s changed quite a bit since then.
Not really.
lulz!
Timmy gets his second start tonight, against the A’s again.
Timmy threw 26 pitches in the first inning; no runs.
Yeah Zum … That first inning sure looked oh so familiar from what we saw of TL the last few years … Damn, it saddens me, I really want him to succeed … maybe even come home next year … hoping he will put it all together in the next couple of months!
I agree with all of that.
Timmy isn’t going to go deep into this game tonight.
not after Semien’s 3 run bomb in the 2nd. A’s aren’t exactly an offensive juggernaut but they already have 5 hits in the inning with 1 out and 3 runs.
Tough night for those fans of OBT.
Yep.
Hard to watch.
It doesn’t help that the Angels’ D sucks.
Agreed. but no one on the field was catching the one Semien hit.
Fuck, does it EVER! … That single to the right side by Voght looked like it was playable if the 2nd baseman had dove for the ball … That looked like a pathetic effort … and the missed catch by Escobar was atrocious … ugh poor OBT!
2 innings 62 pitches 4 runs fb at 88.
Back to reality.
A grim reality.
After 2 innings, 63 pitches and 4 runs.
Was he not hitting 92 with the FB last week? He looks pretty drenched too … Sweating like a nervous pig in the slaughter house …
He’s such a junk-baller tonight.
Watching a slow-motion train wreck.
Of course, Fosse cracking jokes about it.
“Only” 20 pitches that inning.
This BREXIT is almost like a 1 run lead, 8th inning baseball game . . . Current pre-market is calling for a 500 point plus loss in the first few minutes when the Dow opens (if BREXIT passes).
Only 3 innings, mercifully.
Timmy’s next start is vs. the Astros.
Oh, thats too bad, Astros are getting it together lately.
British exit. hopefully that doesn’t end badly.
speaking of which, i hope sandog has escaped the worst of the fires.