Just Don’t Call Him “Late for Dinner”
Whether you call him *Eddie” or “Nunie” or “EdNu”, one thing is for certain: he’s ours. He’s AAAAAALLLLLLLLLL ours!!!!! He’s very nice insurance for Panik’s head and Duffy’s heel. GEICO couldn’t get you that type of sweet *dome to toe* coverage.
The Nun-erator has blasted 12 dongs this season. He hit 12 dongs in his previous 4 seasons combined. That spike in production reeks of something juicy going on but that’s not for me to determine. He’s also decided to steal the shit out of some bases and regarding that I say, keep on running my man. The bottom line is that this dude has more speed and power (this year) than Panik and Duffy have combined.
Will he be able to play the NL game? Is he gonna pull a “Leake” and puss out now that he’s in a competitive situation? Two very valid questions.
But this is no “Orlando Cabrera” pick up. This dude is at the peak of his career (or his cycle). We should all be excited about this first move by Evans…..
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Booby delivers the dongs. Juicy, juicy dongs!
(this is going downhill fast, I’ll stop now)
I think we’re going to see a shit load of little moves on Monday morning. I understand they can’t make trades on Sun but what about Sat? I just hope Bobby Evans isn’t a “I refuse to work on the weekends” type of guy, because you know a shit load of conversations will be taking place all weekend even if trades can’t be transacted till Monday.
Wondering if Nunez could play center-field. Pagan is tolerable in the OF. Williamson seems to be developing. Pence return is eagerly awaited. Span and Blanco are meh. Nunez’ versatility is the key.
Jeez Stix, with all due respect, I think Span has been a pretty decent outfielder. He made a very nice catch yesterday, and I can recall several others. Blanco too has made some good plays over the years. It’s true, neither one of them can consistently hit worth a damn for the most part.
I do not expect to see Nunez in the OF, and think with Pence’s return imminent, that the OF is okay. But when Pence returns, someone has to go. As much as I appreciate Blanco’s contributions over the years, I think he should be DFA’d (keep Parker and Williamson up and continue to get them some playing time).
Interesting to see what they do with Nunez, who could be a spark that helps re-ignite the offense.
If you look at numbers, Pena and Gillaspie have done just about exactly what Panik has hit for this year, and both have hit better than Duffy. Imo none of above are top of order hitters. Giants OB seems to have slipped overall except for Belt and Posey, tho the kids Mac and Parker have been OK.
Dunno what to do about leadoff, as no one else has high OB. Span and Pagan are dang near equal for OB and others like Belt and Craw would be better at driving in runs. Given what I’ve seen, Span is the best CF other than Blanco; Pagan has enough issues trying to play LF.
Even with all the lackluster play lately, Giants right with everyone else at top of league standings. I think getting a good solid game in all facets settles everyone back into win mode for the upcoming road trip.
BB, fwiw, the late great George Duke really did play trombone in Zappa’s band for 2 cuts on 1970 released “Chunga’s Revenge”–once on the tune I mentioned and again on skewering of Musicians union reps “Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink” where he soloes on it. Good stuff, the inimitable FZ.
Saw Duke lead a small band over at the GAMH next to the Mitchell bros strip joint, very creative guy who really seemed to enjoy what he was doing.
How about that! I never knew he played trombone! Doesn’t surprise me all that much, super talented guy, obviously. Thanks for the edification Willedav!
The pianist I knew from the Zappa band was Don Preston. He was a huge Paul Bley fan. When I toured with Bley, Preston showed up at some gigs and Bley appointed him as our ‘sound check’ pianist … Bley hated sound checks … He’d quip, “I checked my sound 20 years ago!”
Giants are currently tied for 4th in the majors in OBP (tied with Colorado at .332. Pirates are 3rd at .333.
Nunez’s OBP is .325. Pena, Span, and Pagan are the top candidates to lead-off, and have the best OBP (outside of the middle of the order guys) at .333, .331, and .328, respectively.
Kid came into store where I work the other day in black SF jersey #19 with Scutaro on the back. Told him I loved to watch that guy hit for Giants–tremendous job of hitting the ball behind runners to advance guys, even with 2 strikes. None of Giants do that today, including Panik and Pagan.
I do remember when Bobby Bonds hit leadoff for Giants—tremendous combo of speed and power at top of LU.
Also K’d a lot, 175 one year iirc. But definitely brought excitement.
Maybe shaking up the LU somehow wouldn’t be such a bad move.
Loo thx for Alou article, great pic. Matty, the little guy pretty much forgotten as a Giant, wound up being quite a hitter for Pirates later on.
Shout out to GH for The Smith’s reference late last night. The Giants have been playing like a Smiths song. Depressing and at times morbid. Though The Smith’s definitely had more pop.
that’s classic!
And the Giants make me want to jump off a bridge…
Whoa, GH. Don’t get ahead of yourself, cowboy. While there has been a bit of sucktitude of late, back in 2014 from 6/9 through 7/8 they went 7-20. They had three 6-game losing streaks and a handful of 4-game losing streaks. So, as the infamous Roger Craig would say “Don’t Get Your Dauber Down.” HUMM BABY!
Wilco…love me some Smiths…one of my top 3 shows of all time at the Greek in Berkeley 1986!!!!
Lineup in a Coma . . .
So true…
Just checked out the MLBTR comments section to see Twins fan reactions. Generally positive on the trade as the Twinkies have been soooo hurting for rotation quality. Though a Minnesotan i have barely followed them this season. Mejia may spend 3 weeks or so at Rochester, but don’t be surprised if he gets the call before September. Baseball people figure him for a #4 starting out and a #3 after a year or so in The Show.
So this could be a possible lineup with all hands healthy…
1) Nunez – LF/3b
2) Panik – 2b
3) Crawford – SS (why not hitting 3rd??)
4) Posey – C
5) Belt – 1b
6) Pence – RF
7) Duffman – 3b (Pagan in LF when Nunez at third)
8) Span – CF
Span is not going to sit after signing a 3 year deal. What would look better is this:
1) Nunez – 3b
2) Panik – 2b
3) Crawford – SS
4) Posey – C
5) Jay Bruce – LF
6) Pence – RF
7) Belt – 1b
8) Span – CF
Wow, that looks as good as anyone in the NL. Bruce and Pagan both free agents and if you cant bring Bruce back, Nunez plays left and hopefully Duff reclaims third…
Still need a bullpen arm and another starter locks up a playoff spot IMO…
I think Nunez is principally insurance for Duffy. With that Achilles (that has given him problems since high school), I am not expecting him back anytime soon.
Man if only Bruce was controllable for a couple more years, I would be all over that. I just don’t think Sabevans will win a bidding war for his services and of course you have to pay a premium to get them (power hitters) to play at AT&T. By the way, Bruce is from the same hometown as my wife. Beaumont, Texas. The biggest shithole in the state of Texas. And that’s saying something. A lot of professional athletes have come from that area though. Not much to do but play sports and drink (a lot).
Checked out Beaumont back in 93 or so while doing antique show at Port Arthur. This was in January and you could pretty much smell the air. Struck me as if the April-October heat and humiliated relatives would be through the roof. Did find a couple nice coin shops there including one with several low-grade large cents from the 1840’s and 50’s which sold like hotcakes at various venues for nicely inflated prices as per their book values to serious collectors. That was in my gotta make a living outside the corporate matrix days.
Yep, Beaumont, Port Arthur and Nederland make up the “golden triangle”. My wife is actually from Nederland. You could throw a rock from one town to the next. Janis Joplin was born in Port Arthur. Still haven’t made it to her museum.
I read somewhere recently that Port Arthur is listed as the country’s most humid city. I believe it.
I think Bruce is moving somewhere by Sunday and maybe the free agent status is lessening the offers the Reds are getting. Who knows maybe they can sneak in there somewhere and the Reds take a Parker or Williamson as the main piece and one decent piching prospect…
One of the reasons I couldn’t give a shit if the Giants traded any of their top pitching prospects is that none of them have dominated for an extended period of time. If you look back at Bum, Timmy and Cain, those guys were men among boys in the minors. As far as I know they don’t have anyone who is dominating at every level on a consistent basis. If come Monday afternoon, Beede and Bickford are no longer in the org, it will be a good thing. It means management has done everything they could to win NOW.
Pretty much my sentiments yesterday Wjoe. If the gyros had a superstar starter below, he’d be up. This squad needs shaking up, so let it continue. I would adios Blanco to make room for anybody. btw, I hear on radio talk that bringing up ADRIANZA would be good. How ba can it be if that guy is looked on as bringing real help?…
Cashner to the Marlins. Thats fine by me as I sidn’t want him here. He’s Brett Tomko all over again–the radar gun lights up and the stuff looks good, yet crooked numbers continually get posted by the opponent.
Good call, SanD.
The Giants are in a coma, it’s really serious. Do you think they’ll pull through?
I was diggin’ all the Smiths talk.
I would imagine Bruce is a type A free agent, so if he walks, the team will get a compensatory pick? If so, more reason to move a Bickford of Beede for him. You get Bruce the remainder of the year and then you replace Bickford or Beede with a player of the same or greater upside in the draft. Win-win. Now if he we could do that for a front line arm, even better.
I guess it was 2008 or 2009 when our farm system was stacked with talent. Most of us flappers were wise enough to not want the team to deal a Bum, Posey or Belt at the deadline. We knew they were the future of the organization because their numbers spoke for themselves. Fortunately the only top prospect we dealt was Tim Alderson for Glass Sanchez. Is Alderson even still in baseball? Fast forward to today and 3 WS rings later and no one is complaining of giving the farm away to win another ring. I dig that.
Just looked-up Alderson. Played last year at AA for Nats. Playing for an Independent team this year. Even with Sanchez’s “glass-like’ status, the Giants made-out in that trade.
Who goes to make room for Nunez? My vote is for Gillespie.
Pence is supposed to be activated this weekend sometime. Who goes for him? I vote Blanco.
Your not going to get much of an argument from me Chi. Gillaspie’s departure doesn’t affect me to any degree but Blanco’s would make me sad. It’s been said many times here that when he is coming off the bench he is a lot better than when he is getting regular starts. Overall, for a guy off the bench he has been a good Giant imho.
I will not argue with anything you say there, Lisle. I just think that if one has to go (and they do) between Blanco, Parker, and Mac, that Blanco draws the short straw for me. He has been a wonderful Giant, and I am very appreciative of what he has brought to the fight.
Liriano is about the only guy who really was a superstar that we traded, and he had a ton of injury issues. Wheeler, Alderson and now Crick, and Beetlejuice? Trade ’em. You can count on one hand the Doyle Alexander/John Smotlz type deals.
Shit, I was sure Liriano won the AL Cy Young at some point.
Jay Bruce has played a grand total of 11 games in LF in his career and zero since 2008.
These roster decisions are tough, mainly because they have to carry 19 pitchers.
I would be stunned if they cut Blanco loose – he’s done too much good for them and he has all that versatility and post-season experience. Pena could be spared over Gillaspie because he switch hits and plays more positions. I think they’ll package Parker, Susac, and more for something decent…
Your synopsis, if it pans out, would not surprise me, Loo.
With Panik back and Nunez here, I’m sure it’ll be Pena that goes when Pence comes back.
I have to go with San Diggity and stick with Span in the lead position. We even discussed this in NY and both of us shook our heads at the venom he receives here. I still think he will do better going forward. At least he walks more than the rest of these guys, so there’s that. As you pointed out Chi (Willie did too), there’s no difference between Nunez, Span and Pagan in OBP.
Personally, if we had any frickin’ power in this LU, I would have Craw batting lead off because of his OBP and walk rate. However, he can drive in runs and until Pence is Pence, and Posey is Posey, we need him to plug other holes in this ship of fools LU.
This is my favorite Smiths song. There used to be a cheezy 1/2 hour video show that would play on the local TV station when I lived in Colorado, and they must have had all of 25 videos to play. This was in the rotation and it just seemed so cool compared too all the other crappy 80s videos out there.
A great one!
GH, I totally disagree with your 2 ideal LUs, e.g., Belt and Span in the 7 and 8 slots? Hilarious. Belt has 60 walks and Span has 40 walks – they’re 1st and 2nd on the team. You want the guys who can get on base at the top of your LU, not the bottom. Please explain your rationale . . . Inquiring minds would love to know?
Well Span goes down with Nunez joining the team and likely leading off or should. I contemplated Span hitting 2nd but not enough of a contact hitter to be in the 2 hole and not with Panik back. They tried Belt hitting 3rd and that flopped. If you have Pence back and possible Jay Bruce has a wish and a prayer, Belt and then Span cant hit anywhere except 7th and 8th. If you want to pop Span as the #9 hitter as a second lead off, fine by me.
Span has a better OBP than Nunez. So does Pagan and Blanco. Nunez has had the most success in his career in the three hole (albeit, only 12 starts there). Most of his career he has hit down in the LU.
I have to agree with Blade on this one, GH. No way you drop Span that far down in the LU to supplant him with Nunez.
If anyone thinks Nunie is the next Lou Brock, you’re in for a big disappointment…
I found this interesting re Jay Bruce…
Reds president of baseball operations told reporters, including Zach Buchanan of the Cincinnati Enquirer and MLB.com’s Mark Sheldon, that interest in Jay Bruce has been surprisingly tepid to this point in the summer. While a number of clubs have reached out to him on Bruce, Jocketty contends that the offers have been shockingly weak to this point, telling Buchanan, “You wouldn’t believe some of the stuff,” in reference to the packages offered by interested parties. While the immediate assumption might be that the Reds are asking too much, Jocketty sounds fairly grounded in his expectations, telling Buchanan: “We want a legitimate prospect. The guy’s a valuable player.”
It would seem, then, that the Reds would be content to move Bruce for a package centering around one quality prospect — a seemingly reasonable expectation for a player that is slashing .271/.323/.572 with 25 homers on the season. Jocketty suggested that he expects added action over the weekend, but added that “basically the same clubs” have been sniffing around on the veteran with no teams being “really aggressive” to this point. Defensive metrics do peg Bruce as one of the worst defenders in all of baseball this season, though Buchanan notes that he’s spoken to evaluators with other clubs who don’t believe Bruce’s glovework to be nearly as poor as Defensive Runs Saved and Ultimate Zone Rating would otherwise depict.
As I speculated above, there may be a tepid market for Bruce, meaning a Giant offer of slightly better than crap may cinch a deal. Parker and Beede I think gets her done…
He’s not a LF, GH…
Really. Duvall made the jump from IF to OF without too many problems. Certainly JB can move from RF to LF if need be. He was a good defender not too long ago.
Jay Bruce will do far left damage at ATT Loo than if he played right. Plus if Bonds played in left at the end of his career, then anyone big and bulky can try. Keeping Blanco around for defensive replacement makes sense to me…
Hah far less damage than far left damage…that is for Bernie Sanders..
I don’t see any way he comes to SF.
He doesn’t really fill a need…
The names Morse and Burrell spring to mind.
Pagan and Blanco are our LFs for this season. Next year, who knows?
The mistake was not going after Cespedes. He’s gonna opt out but his price tag will go way up…
In response to your 12:42 Head, Bernie never got a chance to do any real damage. He got fucked-over by Wasserman-Schultz and the DNC. But, if you are a repub (as I know you are), then he did some damage, as he has definitely moved the needle left, and in a more (and much needed) progressive direction.
I’d put Nunez lead-off. Span can bat 8th.
It’ll probably wind up the other way around…
I know. And I won’t be thrilled about it. Why keep Z-Span at lead-off when he’s been struggling?
The same reason they kept Duffy hitting third, I guess…
Because while he sucks of late with a stick in his hand, he still has the highest OBP for any guys who would be potential lead-off guys.
As it should. Span has a better OBP and has drawn more BBs. As I mentioned earlier, Span, Pagan, and Blanco all have better OBP than Nunez.
Well, at least Nunez hits the ball . . . .
They have big money invested in the rotation except for Bumgarner. As a whole, they may not be very good, but as long as they’re healthy they’ll keep running ’em out there. The outfield is set for better or worse. Nunie’s a nice pick-up but I wouldn’t get too carried away with it. Maybe a package including Parker and Susac can get Frazier for 3B. I don’t think Duffy’s making it back and he was having a lousy year anyway. Other than that it’s just gonna be Huston Street for the pen…
I was too old for Sesame Street, Chuck. For me it was Fun At One and Captain Kangaroo.
I remember wanting to beat the shit out of his dumb sidekick, Mr. Greenjeans…
LMAO…me too, Loo (wanting to put a whoop-ass on Mr. Greenjeans). And the talking bear, too! I mean with Mr. Greenjeans, even as a kid I was saying “can anyone really be this fucking stupid?”
Glad you agree, Chi. I did kind of like that Grandfather Clock, though. He didn’t give a fuck about anything…
Oh hell, I had forgot about the Grandfather Clock, Loo. Damn, my man, your memory is much better than mine. Hey, has anyone seen my glasses and my pipe?! Fuck, I had a beer around here somewhere, too!
Just don’t lose that metal water bottle!
Water bottle? 😉
I suppose you want me to post some Zappa now. . . It was a little after me, too but some of my friends had younger siblibgs.
We had Captain Satellite, and Charley and Humphrey. Same dude I think. Pat McCormick?
Did someone say Zappa? Frank for President!
Adrian Belew is just insane in this.
Is it the video, or am I having an acid flashback?!
Yes . . .
I see mucho stacks against Lincecum this evening in DFS.
Yep, I just stacked mine. Now watch him go six shoutout innings.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I believe Bruce wouldn’t be a rental he has another year left on his contract..
Yes, Bruce has a year left on his deal.
Bruce does NOT have a year on his contract. There is a club option for next year – 13 mil with a 1 mil buyout.
Also a limited no-trade option: Arizona, Boston, Cleveland, Miami, Minnesota, NY Yankees, Oakland and Tampa Bay.
Ahh, I thought the option was for 2018. Nevermind. Or I didn’t read the fine print.
Interesting no trade choices. A few of those teams are in contention (Cleveland, Boston and Miami) and only a couple aren’t real hitter friendly.
Yeah, I get Oakland and Cleveland, but NY and Boston? He could challenge fricking Maris for HRs to the short porch.
Not a peep here about Osich hitting the DL or the retread call up replacing him…
Peep…
About time!
Peep.
Reynolds? Sounds good to me. A good Irish lad.
I’d still bat Nunez leadoff. At least Nunez gets on base by hitting the ball. .006 diff in obp isn’t enough to warrant Span over Nunez. And Nunez is a legit base stealer.
Span isn’t. I know Bochy doesn’t run much, but Nunez is a threat to steal. Since we don;t move runners over, this is a necessity. Or a nicety.
I heard that before the season, Bochy ordered 162 pre-printed lineup cards that began with Span & Panik…
. . . and Duffy 3rd . . .
Agree Chuck, that there’s a rats asshole difference in any of these guys in the lead off position, until one of them shows they want the job. Yeah, go ahead and put Nunez there and see what he can do. However, I am still saying,
Regarding GH’s out of the box (or out of body) suggestion to put Span 7th and Belt 8th in the LU.
Yeah, Belt 8th is a head-scratcher.
This PGA championship has me on edge. I have Mickelson in my big DK tourney but I need to root against him birding or potentially eagling the 18th hole as it will lower the cut to plus 1 and Jason Duffner,plus 2 will miss the cut. Very complicated shit.
I haven’t played fantasy golf this year. It’s just too…..random, lol. But I will be rooting for you my man!
It really is a crap shoot. I think that’s why I like it so much. I don’t have to do much research other than pick names that I know and it makes watching the majors even more enjoyable than they already are. I have only done majors so far this year as I like the big tourneys with the fat pots. This is the first time I am in the money going into the weekend.
Nice! I am not following this tourney yet at all (if no DFS I usually don’t get interested in golf till the weekend) but I follow a bunch of DFS big wigs on twitter and they’re all lamenting how shitty they are doing this week in golf. So at the halfway point you have that going for you! You’re ahead of the pros headed to the weekend!
Dude, that is exactly why I am so excited. DJ, Rory and Sergio all missed the cut. I didn’t have any of those guys but they were obviously highly owned. I am at 213 points but the leader ($50,000) is at 300 points with guys (no names)who will likely fade over the weekend. There are only 30 players currently abovd 280points. I haven’t seen a DK golf tournament with such medicore scores since I started playing.
Timmy vs. the Red Sox lineup tonight….
Nunez should absolutely be leading off. The lead off hitter isn’t simply about OBP and walks. It matters what they do when they get on base. And this dude will run unlike Span. He’s got pop (unlike Span). Bottom line is that Span basically does shit when he gets on base. I’m ready for a dude to fly around the bases with his helmet trailing behind him. That’s Nunie.
So could they have picked up Nunez to package injury prone Panik and someone else to get a closer or a starter?
no. The Giants don’t operate that way. This is who they want–a dude who can play multiple positions who hits line drives and plays good defense. He’s got a great arm, too, that hasn’t been talked about. He’s going to throw rockets from 3rd base when he plays there.
Oh really? … a great arm? Where did you get that info Flav?
I heard some sports writer from the Minnesota Star say exactly the opposite in a KNBR interview this morning. He spoke of watching Nunez taking infield practice by purposely working on bouncing throws to 1st from in the hole because his arm wasn’t strong enough to get off a clean one at that distance.
Dan Gladden. He’s the Twins color guy. And I heard him say it directly and I trust him more than whoever the fuck you say you heard.
I’m just the messenger, relaying what I heard. It was a pretty in depth interview — only once interrupted by my wife starting up the vacuum cleaner .. until I started screaming. I heard his name but I cannot recall whatever the fuck it was now. I take it he was the equivalent of a Baggs or Pavolich type guy for the Twins. Often times I trust the opinions of those types with the Giants more than their so called color guys, but that depends on the circumstance.
Wow- the Giants lineup tonight. I hate when Pagan, Span, and Blanco all start in the outfield together. That should never happen. I know Williamson had a big strikeout last night, but he’s not going to get better getting jerked around. He’s always a threat to run into one.
I’m also still full steam ahead on the “Nunie” nickname. But I’ve got “Noonan!” at the ready if he plays like shit. lqtm…..
Forgot more GHead Trivia…in the movie Big, the kid who played the young Tom Hanks was the cousin of one my fraternity brothers…NY Jewish family…
we’re all cousins, GH. No more trivia unless it’s directly related somehow to you and cast members from the movie Big. lulz.
Ok how about the same fraternity brother’s real brother and his tv commercials…i kiiiiiiddd i kiiiidddd…
Lincecum just has to be like “fuuuuuuck this.” He’s got plenty of dough and probably wants to just smoke weed all day with his homeboys. He doesn’t need to keep running out there to get blasted. Hopefully this will end soon, I hate seeing these box scores with him getting lit up..
Yeah, the hip surgery was a good thing for him to get to get rid of pain and be able to live his life better, but it did nothing to improve his pitching, unfortunately.
Sayonara Meijia. Personally, I’m not going to miss him. Baseball America says Mejia “profiles as a solid, durable No. 4 starter.” Mejia was listed as the Giants’ No. 5 prospect at midseason after being No. 10 entering the season.
Fangraphs’ Eric Longenhagen offers his scouting report, saying Mejia “doesn’t have the fire-breathing stuff that many of his fellow 2016 Futures Game participants do, but he combines a deep, usable repertoire with advanced sequencing to accrue outs — and was arguably the most advanced arm in the 2015 Arizona Fall League.” Longenham concludes by saying he thinks Mejia has a future as a No. 4-type starter.
Consensus? Back of the rotation guy and we have too many of those guys already, e.g., Cain, Peavy, Alphabet.
Of course, this guy Nunez has worts too. Probably why the Twins bit on Meijia. Per Fan Graphs, this is what they said in part:
“Yep, worst season ever. Nunez converted about a third as many of the difficult plays as the average shortstop, and about a fourth as many as the best. There’s also this, too: he only converted 94.7% of the routine plays, the sixth-lowest total among 130 shortstop seasons of at least 500 innings since 2012. In 2013, Nunez was the very worst shortstop at making difficult plays, and nearly the worst at making routine plays. In other words, he just didn’t make any of the plays. That’s how we wind up with a -28 DRS in 600 innings.”
Here is the entire column: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/eduardo-nunez-and-the-case-of-the-minus-28/
that’s great. I’m going with what I heard Dan Gladden say. He’s got a rocket arm. And I trust Dan Gladden, he has no reason to make that up.
sorry, I misread your post. 🙂 you said you “weren’t” going to miss him. My bad.
I never said I saw him pitch. I’ve read multiple articles on him and based on what I read, he profiled as a #4 starter or reliever. Consequently, Sabes or Evans did well to maximize his worth. To me he is just a trading chip. That’s all . . .
Sorry, writing while you were writing . . . No worries. 🙂
no dude, 100% my bad I misread that part of you post. My apologies.
i just thought it was an odd thing to say about someone you’ve never seen pitch and that’s why I questioned it. Of course, I could have tried carefully reading your post first before I reacted. 🙂
But Nunez wont be playing short for us on any normal basis…
What’s the lineup?
Tonight’s lineup is amaze-balls!
CF Denard Span (L)
LF Angel Pagan (S)
2B Joe Panik (L)
SS B. Crawford (L)
1B Brandon Belt (L)
3B Conor Gillaspie (L)
RF Gregor Blanco (L)
C Trevor Brown (R)
P Jeff Samardzija (R)
I hope it doesn’t happen, but this lineup could get no-hit tonight.
hey, didn’t see you post this. Sorry I double posted it
I mean, think about it. Doesn’t Gladden risk looking like a fool if he say the dude has a rocket arm and he doesn’t? And what possible benefit could he get from floating a rumor like that out there? I suppose it’s possible that Gladden is like Kruk and they are from the same era. Maybe he thinks everyone has a rocket arm just like Kruk thinks everyone in baseball has speed. We’ll see. I do not like getting questioned about shit I post here though. You guys know I don’t make shit up and that’s the vibe I got from Lisle and I don’t mind saying that his post pissed me off.
Here’s another Fan Graphs article on him. I think the main thing about Nunez is that he has to play to be effective. I think early in his career, he got pigeonholed as a utility guy. I also think if you are not in the LU everyday, it’s more difficult to get comfortable and produce. Twins were a Godsend for him, allowing him to play and show what he has.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/eduardo-nunez-shipped-to-the-dock-of-the-bay/
I think the possibility of him being on steroids has to be considered. He’s got a stat line that almost screams it.
My strategic thoughts on the presidential election:
Unless Trump can flip Pennsylvania, he will have a hard time winning the election, even if Hillary can’t hang onto Nevada and New Hampshire. And it’s doubtful he can flip Pennsylvania. African-American voters in Philly and Pittsburg should be a decisive factor.
Hillary should be able to hang onto Nevada; but New Hampshire, who knows? I wouldn’t claim to know much about that state.
It would be nice if she could hang onto Florida, because that opens up more paths to victory; but Florida is Florida, a state you never want to HAVE to be counting on in the election.
Lisle, here’s a tip: don’t give me an “oh really?” It sounds like you are questioning the validity of something I said. Like I made it up. I am fine being wrong like everyone else here. But at this point I hope Flappers know I am legit, I don’t make shit up, I live my life honestly for good or for bad. And even if I hadn’t earned that reputation in my life and certainly HERE, nobody likes being called a liar, directly or not. So stick that “Oh really” up your ass and let’s just move on from here, ok? No harm no foul.If you want to call people out on making shit up head to Yahoo!. I support your raised brow at a place like that. These guys here, at least the guys I know, are legit. No more *oh really?*. Ok?
Wow! Didn’t mean to goat you there man. It truly was more of a … Hmm, not sure I can pull this off .. how bout .. “OH,! For real? Weird, because I heard just the opposite from what seems to be a pretty reliable source … And then I stated what that source was.
It’s all good man. I understand you guys don’t know me well enough to ‘get’ my intentions here on the
Flap. I love baseball and in particular this team. After some rough spots the Flap has been an oasis in my life.
I’m passionate but of course not always right. And don’t have much issue in acquiescing to more experienced fans such as yourself. And I think I said from the outset of my first post I respect all the opinions here.
Sometimes, it’s a little hard to get squashed here so much here .. But hey, I worked the hardest job in the world. I was an artist which means being as authentic as possible ALL the time. What you guys throw it me is pretty light weight in comparison to what I have had launched at me for half a hundred years.
In a nut … I was NOT calling you a liar or insinuating in anyway that you were just making shit up … Truly & Honestly.
As well, I sincerely apologize for any misunderstanding.
here’s your LU Loo. No Buster. That doesn’t bother me in the slightest.
CF Denard Span (L)
LF Angel Pagan (S)
2B Joe Panik (L)
SS B. Crawford (L)
1B Brandon Belt (L)
3B Conor Gillaspie (L)
RF Gregor Blanco (L)
C Trevor Brown (R)
P Jeff Samardzija (R)
Posey will pinch-hit late in the game and break up the no-hitter. 🙂
that’s more than he’d probably do if he got 4 at bats. I’m an unapologetic Posey skeptic. The money he makes allows me or anyone else to question his production. I’m ready for him to be an MVP type guy again. He’s getting paid like it, he should produce like it.
I think this is pretty much who Posey is the rest of the way.
The way salaries are going, in a few years, $20 million a season might be seen as a bargain.
yup. You’re probably right. I’m gonna stay old school on this though. It’s why I would be leading the way on hating Sandoval if I was a Red Sox fan. You get paid, you produce. I know Buster is a stud and he does a lot of things with leadership and managing the pitchers and all that shit. I’m not comparing him to Sandoval. I’m just never gonna give Buster a free pass on average production. By the way, if I was a Twins fan I’d feel the same way about Mauer. And hopefully one day Buster gets put at first base……
I’m fired up right now. Half the reason I started this blog was to get away from all the bullshit of the unmanaged Splash and other stupid ass places you can go on the internet and say anything you want. It’s half the reason I started setting up Flapalooza’s, so normal Giants fans could get together and hang out in person. In the world we live in today, either you’re a *keyboard warrior* or you are who you are. I don’t have any interest in writing fake shit on the blog. What would be the point of that? Be who you are in real life here or you will likely get exposed and asked to leave. Or told to. I need to go crack a beer, lol
one of the greatest Seinfeld episodes of all time. “here’s to feeling good all the time…” lol
Well thanks for posting the lineup Fla-Zum.
Will Nunie be in uni?
yup. Looking forward to that helmet flying off at some point later tonight in a ph or pr performance……
Supposedly Nunie will be here by game time and Pence is in house. Why the heck Pence is not in the LU is anyone’s guess. Must be a scheduled day off??
Ok you all are posting faster than I can keep up with Mr. Robot….
So Nunez has not arrived yet? Sorry i missed any updates but whongot sent down for Nunez. I would think Williamson or Parker goes down for Pence…
Parker got sent down. I don’t know who else.
I actually like it when you have 2 choices in the bargain bin of DFS. Tonight’s choices were Kolten Wong and Greg Garcia, both of the Cards and both going for the minimum (or almost minimum) of $2100. I took Garcia only because Wong has had a shitty season thus far. Although both are doing well right now, the clear “winner” is Wong with a 2 for 3 line, including a triple, with a run and an RBI.
I’m at the game tonight. The gates opened as the Giants were finishing BP. But pence went an extra round. Man does he look charged up and ready to go. He hit one bomb to the top of the bleachers in lcf, just below the mitt.
That is some darned good news.
Nice to see you Xoot! Hopefully you have *Zumiee luck* that dude hasn’t been to a game and lost in years. At least, that’s what it seems like.
Gary Radnich rant: He had no idea who Nunie was. That is unacceptable to have his position at KNBR and not know who an all star player is. I have disliked Radnich for a while now, I can’t stand how he insists on the show being called “The Gary Radnich Show with Larry Krueger” when LK is the guy literally carrying the show. Fuck him.
He MC’d an East/West Shrine lunch that I was at as a young lad and he went out of his way to be nice to me. So I should be kinder to him now but I just can’t stand incompetence at any level. Looking forward to him finally retiring.
great xoot good luck.
What I heard is Pence gets activated tomorrow, so at least one more move coming.
should be Pence “starts” tmw, as Amy just confirmed.
Todd Frazier late scratch from Chisox line-up with “the flu”
Yeah right…
Trade?
He’s very logical to get shipped out…
hungover?
It’s not so bad getting sent down this time of year. You’re back up in a month anyway and you’re already eligible for post season…
or you could be Chris Heston who hit the 60 day DL 4 weeks ago and still gets paid an mlb salary.
Speaking of Radnich, I rarely listen to him, but heard him a little today, and he really annoyed me with something. He said that, even going back 30 years, he could never understand why people would want to go watch the 49ers practice in summer camp. Some friends and I used to go watch some practices in Rocklin in the heat. You could get pretty close to the various practice fields and watch them do drills, and then go sit in the bleachers (it’s a junior college) and watch 7 on 7 drills, Joe Montana throwing to Jerry Rice, John Taylor, and others, being guarded by people like Ronnie Lott and Eric Wright. If Radnich is such an elitist schmuck that he can’t see why that would be fun for 49er fans, than he’s completely tone-deaf.
Nowadays, summer camp is pretty much closed to the public, I’m assuming, which is too bad. Back in the day, the camp practices were open to the public, AND the Niners were winning Super Bowls.
Shit I used to see them practice at Sequoia HS in Redwood City. They’d go to Harry’s Hof Brau afterwards.
yeah. I could go on and on about how bad he is. I usually am working during his time spot but listen when ever I’m not working. Can’t help it, I am a KNBR radio junkie. Anyway, he’s horrible. He thinks most people put premium gas in their car no matter what the car. Who thinks that?
Yeah, there’s no end to his schmuckiness. I remember him saying that Warrior fans who were “real basketball fans” should be flipping the dial back and forth between the Warriors quest to win their 73rd game, and Kobe’s final game for the Lakers. That’s such a ludicrously ridiculous statement that you wonder what planet he’s on.
Henry Schulman @hankschulman 2h2 hours ago
Interesting. Bochy says he’s mulling some lineup changes with speed guy (Nuñez) coming. Wouldn’t divulge. Wants to talk to players first.
Nice to see this tweet. Span is done at the top of the LU…..
Panik could (should?) topple as well.
Nunie-Pagan up top?
Panik gets more than one day to find his sea legs.
Isn’t that interesting how Bochy usually says he’s going to talk to players before making changes? He doesn’t have to do that, but he does. He’s very big on communication; one of the reasons for such good clubhouse chemistry. And we rarely see players do acts of disrespect towards him because of it; Casilla being an exception that one time.
Still seems kind of eerily quiet around MLB regarding transactions. Saturday might get pretty crazy.
I am probably the outlier here but I have always liked Radnich. Of course I haven’t listened to him on a regular basis in about 20 years. I always enjoyed his schtick. He would say shit to people that no one else ever could or would. I always thought Dan Patrick was a poor mans version of Radnich. I don’t always want to hear a recap about the Giants game and why Bochy should have done this or that. Radnich never gave a fuck about that and I for one enjoyed his style which was a nice break for three of four hours in the middle of the day. I guess that schtick can get old but twenty years ago there was no one like him in sports talk radio. Today every major sports market has a sports talk host that tries to mix in pop culture, non sports comedy, but none of it ever works. Every once in a while I tune into him on IHeart radio and I still laugh my ass off.
Wow Joe! That’s my feelings about Radnich too. Of course, this is back when I heard him in the 1980s. I may have heard him a half dozen times since then, due to being out of the bay area.
Radnich was a refreshing change 20 years ago. Now he’s a babbling caricature.
exactly.
Wait, who doesn’t put premium gas in their car? What’s next, Amici’s is better than Round Table?
What’s Amici’s? 😉
Lulz. A terrible no good impersonation of pizza, Joe!
Did you just…what are the words you’re uttering? Dude, you’re wondering about my most favorite pizza on the planet. Probably my most favorite food. The Boston. Fried eggplant pizza. I only order it once a week to stop myself from ordering it every single day……
Dirt…I thought I knew you. Head hung low right now (mine). Sad (me).
I don’t think we have Amici’s in the Central Valley. We do have Round Table and other chains. Extreme Pizza has some interesting choices.
Fried eggplant on your pizza? Oh, FFS!
(desperately fighting the temptation of an “oh, really” here)
i’ll buy you a goddamn *Boston* and shove it right down your throat until after the first piece and you start BEGGING me for it!!!!!!! Good God, what has happened to me? Amichi’s has changed me……
Give me King Arthur’s Supreme or give me death!
Between only those two, it is a toss-up for me. I like Amici’s, but RT puts together some special pies sometimes that are pretty damned good.
But my absolute favorite pie ever is the Margherita at Hey Day Cafe here in Placerville. Best I have ever had, hands down, and I have ate a LOT of pizza in my 59 years.
But, it also depends on what I want. Sometimes I want a classic Chicago deep dish, and Zelda’s in Sacramento does it as good as anyone. I first went there when going to Sac City College back in the early 80s. There are a few waitresses and bartenders there now, who worked there then. The pizza has not changed, either. The pies are cooked in these deep dishes that are black on the outside. Damned good pie!
Pizza Rock, downtown Sacramento has some great pizzas, too. Guy has won a number of international pizza awards.
Dirt, is it a chain?
There’s one across the street from AT&T Ballpark. On a diagonal from the Willie Mays statue. I’ve never eaten there, but I did buy a Coke there once.
Yes, Blade. Small principally Bay Area, I believe. New York style.
cbs site said Giants after Melancon along with other teams. He’d be a big upgrade but is FA next year.
Pirates only couple games out of WC…hmmnn.
Unc thx for posting Zappa, Muffin Man one of his classics.
Still don’t think much of Bruce as a hitter–low OB low BA. Honestly I think potential of Mac and Parker, who aren’t gonna cost anything, as hitters and overall players, outweighs renting him or paying him $15 mil plus per.
Couple of excellent Zappa videos. I posted Muffin Man, cannot recall which one Charlie posted. Zappa was always a favorite of mine, still is. I was fortunate to see him live at the Memorial in Sacramento in 1981. Great show!
thx chi. saw him a few times, with buddy of mine who had everything he’d ever recorded and hooked me.
As a kid I used to listen to KNBR more than I watched TV. I would fall asleep at night listening to Sportsphone 68 with Dave Newhouse and wake up to Frank and Mike in the Morning. If you guys remember they used to do the Giants Replay during the Frank and Mike show the following morning. I called in and won that a couple times as a kid. Did the same for the Warriors replay once. When I got accepted into UT’s journalism school as a broadcast major it was a dream come true. I got to host a sports talk show for our student radio station which was an absolute blast. I quickly learned how competetive the industry would be so I never set my hopes on continuing into broadcasting as a career choice. I just enjoyed the hell out of it as long as I could while in college. Best days of my life.
Frank and Mike were classic, for decades. They used to interview Don Nelson once a week when he coached the Dubs the first time. One morning he was on the phone, out walking his dogs. All of a sudden, it went silent for a few seconds, and Frank Dill (probably) said, “hey, Nellie, what’s going on?” I don’t remember the dog’s name, so I’ll make one up here. Nellie said: “Sparky stopped and is taking a dump”…
Something else that flew under radar–return of Johnny B to the Yard. Pretty gutsy move to yank Pap last night.
Anyone read that book he wrote about Monterey Pop Festival he went to?
Did he hand Pap the game ball as he walked off?
I saw that reviewed, but haven’t read it.
No, but it is next in my queue and sitting on my nightstand. Looking forward to the read.
Flav, my old supervisor, half Italian who grew up in Buffalo, turned me on to Amicis years ago. He’d order Margherita with garlic and basil, and told me I had to fold it over. Good stuff
good supervisor. Led you with sound direction and good advice. Can’t put a price tag on that.
I am such a pizza fanatic that usually people will not share a pizza with me for ONE big reason. Can anyone guess why?
You like anchovies?
Yep.:-)
Of course, it always means more for me. lulz
In case you missed it the first 15 times I posted it:
When McCovey came up to the majors he told people that his name should be pronounced to rhyme with anchovy, but they didn’t listen and he soon gave up on that.
Maybe tomorrow I’ll discuss Bumgarner’s contract and the lack of recognition Larry Doby gets…
Because you will eat the whole damned thing! There was a reason we each ordered our own pizza in Boston (well, besides having some leftovers for a homeless person). I am an absolute pizza hound, too!
OMG . . . Those were some pizzas, eh Chi? Must have been 5pm when we ate and we didn’t eat or need to eat another thing until the next day. lulz
Good size pies, and I think we only had like three slices left. Gave them to that old homeless dude out by Fenway. Made his day!
Dirt’s 7:20 is POTD. LMAO
It’s a lead!
Nice 0-2 whack! Scherzer has been leaving ball in middle of plate and Giants this inning have hit the ball hard.
SB for Blanco too. Dunno why he has slid so far this year he had great season 2015.
last season .291 BA .368 OB .413 slugging
This year every one of those is 50 points worse and OPS is .656.
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Anyone else still using the MLB app? It used to be decent but now it’s turned into endless ads.
Like almost every other damned web site on the planet.
The McCovey Chronicles is ridiculous with ads. Very frustrating website to me.
it is one of the best things about this place, right? Fuck ads.
among many others, yes.
My pc hates F/G site, ads are freaking everywhere. You close one to read something another pops up.
Get off my screen!