Saturday
Tyson Ross is lame. He always seems to handcuff us and he hasn’t been good in like 3 years….
Hard to score runs when Cutch, Posey and Longo(ut) go 0-12…
Up and down is what we are going to be until our pitching staff gets restored to mlb levels. I’m calling a win today, that base hit had to have taken a lot out of Richard the other night. lqtm….
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All things considered, the Giants are hanging tough after the first half of the month. I wouldn’t have thought so looking at the schedule, combined with our patchwork pitching staff.
It’s frustrating when they do hit (as they did last night with 10), they’re never strung together where runs are scored. No surprise we’re last in that category.
Ross hasn’t been healthy in long time.
Hindsight being 20/20 re: health of Giants SPs, I really wish Giants had looked into him this winter when he was there for anyone interested. Could windup being a steal for the Pads who can run him out there every 5th day or sell him off to contender.
Smdrz going in San Jose tonite, the FLR too.
Last time I was there met up with blade and Snarkk who came in all the way from East Bay on Friday nite.
Small yard, full of families with kids, between inning give aways and promos and for $12 you could sit as close as you want. Plus big benches out where the bbq and food are served.
Had a great time, wonderful to see these guys in kick back environment and watch baseball besides.
I went with my cousin’s family and had the same experience. We also went to the BBQ area just prior to the game and that alone is almost worth the price of admission. Entire ball park experience is kick back from way back . . . Frankly Willie, except for the product on the field (which is good baseball, but obviously not as good as the MLB product) – I much, much prefer the minor league vibes versus what occurs at the Phone Park. You’re just so close to the action and the overall experience just puts a smile on your face. Not bad mouthing the Phone Park, it’s just different. Almost like the commercialized Christmas today versus what I experienced in the 1960s.
Anyway, yeah – I loved it when I got together with you and Snarkk. I would do that every day and twice on Sunday (doubleheader? lol) if given a choice of going there or San Francisco, fighting the traffic, crowds, etc.
Minor league baseball rocks. AAA isn’t all that far separated at all from the ML product, but it’s fun at all levels. Willie summed it up, good family atmosphere, accessibility, pricing, etc. If you really enjoy baseball, it’s a great alternative to corporate game we find in the major leagues. I mean I got to see Ken Griffeyl, Jr. make his pro debut against the Bellingham Baby M’s, and saw Tim Lincecum dominate Tacoma about a couple of weeks before his ML debut. Can’t beat it:
The pisser is wasting all the good early pitching.
Been to the Reno Aces ballpark twice, now called “Greater Nevada Field” it’s really a beautiful mini ATT with the bricks entering the stadium.They have a nice selection of craft&domestic beers on tap,ridiculous size burgers,foot long corn dogs.son-cones.soft serve, killer lemonades.Dollar Hot Dog day.Every Friday Night themed fireworks show, a berm grass seating area too for a cheaper ticket option.Its a great place &bang for your buck, highly recommend going to any flapper heading to Reno..
My local minor league team, the Lakewood BlueClaws, now has a miniature golf course at the ballpark. I may have to check that out.
I love the minor league ballpark and ballgame talk. Coincidentally, tomorrow afternoon I’m going to see the the Modesto Nuts (Mariners) vs. the Visalia Rawhides (D-Backs) in a Single A game.
The Modesto Nuts. You have to love it. Another great thing about minor league ball, the names and caps (logos).
The Nuts have three mascots: Al the Almond, Wally the Walnut and Shelley the Pistachio.
Here’s Al the Almond in action:
Here’s a photo of all three:
Here’s Tipper T. Bull, the Rawhide’s mascot.
Yeah then theirs the Lansing Lugnuts a A League team in the Midwest affiliated with Toronto Bluejays..
Great name! One time I heard they had a lugnut giveaway night, not a good idea 💡
Looks like the Dubs have turned on the switch…
You all know that Melanoma received a stem cell injection. I was wondering what sort of timeline we can expect before he is back? I still have very little idea, but found this on the web:
“Most patients feel no improvement for at least 3 weeks and possible 6-8 weeks. Once you feel improvement, you will notice continued improvement expanding over 6 months. What is the recovery like after a stem cell procedure? There may be some mild soreness in the joint for up to a week after the injection.”
We’ll see him 2019, maybe…..
I’m thinking the same thing. By the by, this is his 3rd stint on the DL since he signed with us. #SMH
Joe Ritzo, who I’d never heard of, is a broadcaster for the San Jose Giants. He posted a photo of his scorecard from the game where the two SJ Giants hit for the cycle in the same game. The Hall of Fame has asked him for the scorecard. Pretty cool.
His style of score-keeping has a few differences from mine, but that’s OK. 🙂
The most fun, of course, is coloring in the diamonds when the Giants score.
Man, Joe is pretty compulsively neat when he colors in his diamonds. It’s a little freakish.
I like dashed and solid lines to describe batted balls to the OF
He should hold out till Barry gets inducted
Belt’s on the bench tonight and, holy shit, most of the Giants pre-game show was about how gutless Belt has been (many video demos of him taking third strikes). Then they added insults about his recent defensive gaffes. Man.
Hundley and Gorkys get a start. Bench power!
otoh Flems said that should Giants continue to get guys on base, batting with RISP will eventually even out and Giants should score more runs. Talked about Richard, his tendencies yada yada. Thought SF guys were gripping and swinging at bad pitches, needed to chill.
Btw him and Lurie just good baseball talk.
Pfffttt!
I think Melancon may effectively be done.
A pitcher is not out for essentially a year like this and serious surgery without threat of being cashiered as an effective pitcher.
That’s $64 million at risk of down the toidy.
He’s been crap and basically ineffective since he blew his very first save opportunity in Arizona last year.
If he’s done, the Giants should do a post mortem on that deal and figure out what the hell happened with their due diligence, so they don’t do that again…
The Giants ownership group would be justified in wanting some answers on that.
As fans, we no longer expect to see a contribution on the field from Melancon. He’ll try to get back on the field, which will keep him getting paychecks, but we’ve seen this kind of thing before with other players, such as Scutaro.
Maybe Melancon will make it back at some point down the road.
Once in a while you hear about a team getting an insurance company to pay off the contract of an injured player. Mets did it years ago with Mo Vaughn and I think have that option with David Wright. Anyone know what the deal is with that? Melancon seems like a perfect candidate…
Speaking of post mortems, they ought to perform one on Evan’s brain after he passes away, i.e., I have no idea what he was thinking signing and assuming Longoria’s 5 year contract.
One of the many great perks of coaching my son’s little league teams is getting to wear the team caps. All our little league teams are named after Minor League teams, as are the uniforms. So far I have coached the Blue Claws, Hooks, Thunder, and this year the River Dogs. Unfortunately I don’t think we have any Giants affiliates in our league.
fantastic.
Other team scores first.
Not good…
As a Physical therapist specializing in sports medicine, and baseball nut is was an easy sell for me to connect with the GM of an Independent league in Long beach 18 years ago called the Long Beach breakers. I set up there pre season medical screening and helped the ATC ( a new grad) with team rehab.
I sat in the dugout for home games for their 1st 2 seasons. The manger was Steve Yeager and the Pitching coach was John Curtis ( former Giant, SD Padre). It was a blast. The players we all very cool. A few guys made it to majors, and a few had played in the Show! A highlight was when a guy on the team got beaned. The next inning i was sitting next to Curtis as Yeager explained to the pitcher that he had to hit there guy when we went out on the field.
The players all knew what was about to happen. It was tense and everyone in the dugout on the edge of the bench ready to run out to brawl. I was in dress cloths from work luckily cause the guys were saying I had to go kick ass with them since i was part of the team. Curtis got me out of it thankfully!
The 1st pitch a strike down the middle. Yeager almost had a stroke. He can curse like you wouldn’t believe. A string of F bombs God damn MF SOB can’t even hit a guy GD MF SOB useless MF and on and on…Screaming. fans could hear players on the field. It was hilarious. Good times at Blair field…
Mr. Sports Dude, you bring it almost every fucking post. It’s sometimes late at night, goddammit you never get any props, but let me take this moment to honor this post and your commitment to the blog. Well done my man, well done.
Cool story. So, the guy never got plunked?
Waiting for the Giants to score….
Joe Ritzo:
“Jeff Samardzija tagged for six runs in the first inning here in San Jose. Gave up four hits, including a two-out grand slam. Also walked two. 35-pitch inning.”
no K’s? That’s his fucking bread and butter.
Thank God the rehab is going well and he’s the same old Jeff . . . Oh wait.
I’d hate to see that scorecard.
Upper deck and Holland back to even!
Longo dongo
What’s the opposite of Pfffttt?
Shart!
That was a shot. Bout time.
Craw coming out of it is hella good sign.
Lot of frustration let out with that tape measure shot. BOOM!
First triple for the Giants this season.
Crawfish getting it done the past two games.
Greetings from Petco. Good Lord is it packed. Maybe a sellout. That ball from Longo was smoked.
Did you get tonight’s promo, a Pads replica BP jersey?
Yeah it was. Had to be awesome live.
Action jackson. Good to see us hitting a stiff. Or middle-of-the-road lefty.
Everyone teeing off now. Flav’s win prediction is looking prescient (again).
Revenge of the Duds!
Wow, another bomb!
Boom! XBHs per AB starting to go up.
Cutch crunched that.
That was no cheapie by McCutchen 427 ft upper deck!!
On delay…top 4. Gotta like the crooked number. Get a conga line going boys….
Or another bomb.
Pirela is the guy who reminds me of Gary Matthews.
DID NOT get the promo item. They ran out at my gate.They offered slips to get them elsewhere, but I passed.
Passing on the giveaway item is not something I can comprehend.
Holland is wimping out here,
He gone
Not worried about Spurs at all. Without Kwawi they have no chance. Their old with no firepower left,Dubs sweep this series book it and book him Dano.
Goldy 2 run HR vs. Dodgers.
The Giants got him back on track.
True.
Lqtm for sure LJ
Wow, nice play.
Moronta throws one pitch hustles that big butt over to first and inning’s over.
Kinda funny if official scorer were ultimately to give him the W.
Typical 3-4-1 putout lol,way to hustle over their fat boy Monronta !
Moronta has a face only his mother could love..
Just hope Moronta becomes the next Mota/Petit.
Marrero 3 run HR vs. Dodgers.
Damn, Marrero with a 3-run homer. 6-1 Snakes.
I think he can be every bit as better Chuck.Hes not afraid to go inside, he has pretty nasty stuff and he throws strikes, a good combo for a reliever..
Oh fuck it’s Oshit!!
So much for That theory with Oshit!!
Now they’re saying Marrero passed the runner. Didn’t look like it to me.
arrgghh. I’d have left Moronta in to finish this inning. Dang it.
If Osich can NOT get LHs out, he’s gotta go. now!
You can’t come in and can’t get the lefty out like Oshit couldn’t your days are numbered! Boch jerked his ass fast as he should have, expect the Sac bus to start rolling..
D-Backs with a baserunning glitch on the HR. 2 runs score instead of 3.
5-1, Snakes.
wow that was a big out. Gearrin with 2 beautiful pitches to K Pirela.
and then gives it right back.
Will Smith cannot get here fast enough. Oshit needs to go bye bye.
Or be willing to use Watson in high leverage situations earlier in the game.
I think most of us can’t stand Gearrin for his mound slowness, but he gets the job done, maybe cause he frustrates a batter so much they give up on their bats..
Gearrin has been effective so far.
He’s been effective since he’s been a Giant.
Panik has such a great swing..
And a great slide to his game this boy isSafe!!!
2nd angle seemed to show no tag.
He missed the tag on Panik.
He’s safe.
I don;t know if he touched the plate.
That must’ve been the real issue
Bad call . . . 3 of 4 angles showed him safe.
Or not.
They fucked up that call, no way he got tagged anywhere on his jersey..
The only one that looked like he really tagged him was on the helmet, but his foot had already touched home plate.
He was safe.
Replay is a joke if that’s an out.
It wont matter, but the Gmen will protest the play.
Why can’t the Giants light up Rich Hill like the D-Backs can?
Pollock 2 run HR vs. LA.
7-1 Snakes.
Are you shitting me? Petco turning into a band box.
That was a hell of a 3-4-1 to end the 5th. Cutch fucking crushed that HR…liking what I see, so far, with 22.
You might want to pause right there, Chuck.
Ahhhhhh fuck. Nice job, human slo-mo reel.
Fucking A !!
Panik’s safe, but not
Basehit&Bomb and now we’re losing!!
And fuck NY!!
It’s all BS to have them do replay decisionsWTF how did that happen to start with???