RV’s And Almost NoNo’s
I remember being in my backyard on Tennyson in Palo Alto listening to Scott Garrelts try to finish off a no hitter. I think it was ’88, maybe ’89. He had 2 outs in the 9th and someone hit a ball up the middle, base hit. I fell to my knees and screamed out “you have GOT to be KIDDING me!” It was very “John McEnroe”. Last night wasn’t as desperate. We needed the win most of all and we’ve had enough no hitters since then to make Moore’s near miss not sting too badly.
I really enjoyed last night’s posts. I found this photo of the day me, Steve, Chris and Dave (buddy who ran into Kruk at the store) set sail on our meandering trip around the western US. Wanna say the route was LA, Vegas, Grand Canyon, back to Bay Area. Still best friends with those dudes today. Think this was ’92. Goddamn, I wish there was an “after” pic. Cooter.
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Bryant 2-run bomb!
Football? In August? …………
Vin says Chapman threw the fastest pitch ever clocked (105 mph) back in 2010 against the “great” Tony Gwynn…
yeah, well, let’s see if Chapman can lock down the Cub’s win here….
Cubs win! Cubs win!
Always happy when Clint can make an appearance.
Yep!
Paul, I was agreeing with you earlier about Parker. I accidentally wrote Williamson because I manage to mix up those two guy’s names quite a bit.
Rooster ordering seconds…
My new official mailing address in the US is about to change to Chippewa Drive. So, I’m going with it’s time for the Giants to continue to chip away….
Blanton, Jansen, and Libradore all gave it up for the Dodgers. That’s their big 3.
Jansen’s 6th blown save. Amazing.
Heyward got a big double in the ninth inning. He must have heard me ragging on him. 🙂
If the Giants play as we *know* they can, not what our eyes have seen lately, they catch and pass LA easily in September. And yeah, Zum, I’d take Williamson AND Parker both at this point…
Oh, who am I foolin’, ok, maybe not “easily”…. nothing’s ever easy…..
The Dodgers now 0-2 since trading Ellis. That would be cool if that became a “thing.”
I think it has a lot more potential to be “a thing” for them than trading Duffy was for us…..
Yeah, I can imagine Ellis bucking up the team with positive encouragement after Kershaw went down, and then he gets traded after they take the division lead. That’s pretty cold.
Cubs radio announcers said it should’ve been a passed ball on Ruiz that scored the tying run in the 9th.
See my 9:15 PM, Mac…
Yeah, huh, and now LA fans are probably all lamenting that “Ellis would’ve blocked that”…..
The one Heyward scored on was a bit high and outside, but Ruiz should’ve caught it. I think the wild pitch that got Heyward to third was in the dirt.
Trading Ellis definitely gonna be a “thing”!!! Trade a clubhouse fav and Kershaws best friend for an extra hit or two in 5 weeks. Dumb!!
Funny how quick the optimism came back! We will be tied by Sunday night. maybe even up one!
It’s up to the players now, with one month left. They marched on a slow drive to hell for 6 weeks, now it’s time to reverse course. And yeah, either we’re suckers to fall for it again, or.. we’re just good, knowledgeable head-nodding Giants fans….. 🙂