Scotty, We Need More Power!
Happy to get a win but this is all a mirage. You can’t win in today’s game, consistently, with dinky-dunky-bullshit. With Belt out some bats need to step up big time. Panik has been nice, getting on base, scoring a run. But we need more than that. It seems the 5 Fives need to be at home to do their least damage. So from that standpoint maybe all isn’t lost.
This series has been a great reminder about park factors. The Phillies blasted us to the moon in their ball park. Now they come out west and can’t score a run.
Dub Nation tonight. Rise up!!!!!!!
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Had to find a way to fix yesterday’s headline. My main man in Reno, PaSalon, admonished me with a text yesterday saying “Sulu was responsible for the engaging the shields”. I was devastated to make such a silly mistake.
mm, you can win if you limit the other side. Giants have still hit 2 more bombs than they have given up. Last year was way different.
with one ace back in fold starting Tuesday and 3 good appearances in a row (25 scoreless innings overall), can Giants SPs be called 4 of a kind? Full house– I like it.
Giants are still only 2 and a half out. Mediocre? OK, so is entire division, winnable by anyone not named Pads.
Belt is at .950 OPS, Craw just over .800 and Posey just under. Panik Longo get rolling cutch gets out of slugging doldrums (career low so far) yada yada. Giants are top 5 NL for BA OB SLG OPS, and can get better.
Still, pitching imo is key, not what happens with Blanco or MINAJ
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Bum as part of regular rotation I think gives all the others someone to look up to. This is what a successful ML pitcher looks like, how he conducts himself and goes about his trade. There isn’t anyone comparable in 5/5s and I think the younger guys can learn a lot just being around him and watching how he prepares. Maybe he helps lift others up collectively.
Belt’s gone, man. That OPS ain’t doing shit in the ER
Belt’s not dead, just oout. You think he falls apart or is done fo the year?
I think we can’t afford to lose him for 3:weeks
what I’m trying to say is they didn’t hit like this last season. Gorks and Mac have .800 OPS–unsustainable maybe but still way better than what most giants hitters other than Posey and Belt did last year. Especially if couple others can get going.
Get Bum going and improvement from SPs/less wear and tear on pen, winning combo, with or without bombs.
I thought that Cutch catch was a good running catch last night, sure. He’s still got wheels. Maybe even very good. But, it wasn’t a Catch, at least in my book. He just ran it down, it was speed enabled catch. Maybe I’m missing something, or because he’s hit for S so far, people are making too much of it to compensate…
I’m giving him slack still on figuring out how to play RF
McCutchen still has a lot of season to boost his numbers. I wouldn’t bet against it. His defensive lapses will be forgotten if his OPS winds up in the mid-800s again. And he’s really been more disappointing than terrible thus far.
James, I know you more or less agree that batting average, slugging percentage and on-base percentage all have basic flaws, which don’t exist in OPS . . . Consequently, OPS is one of the most universally accepted tools for evaluating player performance at the plate. If you disagree with this statement – say so.
If the aforementioned is true, what’s your opinion of Longoria at this point in the season? He has a .769 OPS, slightly better than last season’s mediocre OPS of .737. Does he get a pass for his bombs? And, are you betting he will boost his numbers (OPS) by the end of the season?
It’s interesting comparing Belt and Longo. Belt has 3 more hits, but Longo has more XBH, 27-23. Both are close in strikeouts. The big difference appears to be walks — Belt has 28, Longo only 9.
Belt also has him 1-0 in appendectomies…
I almost mentioned something last night about Longoria, Blade. I’d be content if Longoria did what he’s doing at the plate right now for the rest of his SF tenure. At this point in his career, he’s the kind of player that would get overvalued for his power numbers in the unenlightened days of yore, but OPS is OPS — doesn’t matter how you compile it, and his is ok (his D needs to get better). Which brings us to Mac’s Belt comparison, which some may interpret as “Longo and Belt are closer than it seems.” Longoria has made a lot more of the team’s total outs than Belt has. Your OPS indirectly measures this, too, via OBP. That is a crucial difference in how you judge a player’s overall offensive production.
1. Joe Panik (L) 2B
2. Buster Posey (R) C
3. Andrew McCutchen (R) RF
4. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
5. Evan Longoria (R) 3B
6. Pablo Sandoval (S) 1B
7. Mac Williamson (R) LF
8. Gorkys Hernandez (R) CF
9. Dereck Rodriguez (R) P
i’ve never missed Belt before. Till now.
Wacha at 107 pitches through 8 of his no hitter. Easily his most this year. Interesting to see if they let him finish it if he starts off with a deep count or two
Arrieta with 19 pitches through 2?
Jeez, what a way for the scoreless streak to end.
I’ll be surprised if lil’ pudge makes it to the 5th.
Longoria Ks a ton, why do a hit and run w/Craw on first and one down with Longoria having 2 strikes on him? So, he Ks into a DP, swinging at ball 4 per Miller…
hunter pence is on deck…..This shit show minus Belt is just not enough O man…..
Pence back to the dugout. Good.
soft liners will work….
Oppo bomb! Nice
Oppo-Cutch!
yaha waiting for one of those from Giants on a warm day here.
‘Cutch bomb. That’s what we need baby!!!!!
Wow, was that fair by more than a foot?
Yeah, he tucked that thing right inside the foul pole. Perfect.
Nice to see Cutch end that string of singley bullshit. We need power!!!!!!!
Did Melancon break 90?
yes. 91 on a couple. He’s never been a power pitcher, he can make hay with 90-91
Yeah, great breaking ball.
Agree, he can still get grounders and Ks and is a good add to the BP which is looking stacked.
I didn’t notice.
The curveball was very good. 12 to 6, straight drop.
Melancon back and looking pretty good, minus a little velo. All the pieces are starting to trickle back in, with the big one coming next. Let’s see what happens now. Nice to see Cutch hit his first homer in a month and break this thing open.
cbs site game tracker has twitter posts on side…wow Phils fans going off on Phils official one with stream of negative posts . sound a lot like Giants fans last year, POS offense. There are still only 4-5 teams in NL with better record.
Scoring 1 run in 3 games and that one courtesy of your SP, will do that I guess.
They’re primed to not like Kapler. Kapler has s personality that many find annoying.
You mean like he’s an cocky jackass?
That’s the impression. 🙂
well must be galling after how they kicked SF ass at home.
Maybe Melancon can eventually slide into the struggling Gearrin’s slot.
hope so for everyone’s sake, More good set up guys Bochy has at his disposal, the better.
FLR not off to good start this inning tho.
Phils actually seem like a cool team, lot of young guys that can hit (tho not so much right now) and have to be most non honky team in the league.
Phils position guys:
Altherr
N Williams
Alfaro
C Hernandez
O Herrera
Franco
Santana
bench guy Valentin and P florimon (on DL)
Pitchers:
Velasquez and 3-4 relievers including Neris
half the team can’t think of a team offhand like that
Payback mofo!
Buster bomb!
Another rocket from cutch. don’t think Neris getting his closer job back anytime soon. He’s either almost beaning guys or getting hammered.
Wotus wtf?
Broom the Phillies!
Sweep the Pheckless Phils!
Sunday Clint gifs are the best
Dodgers are about to sweep the tissue-paper Rockies.
took them 7 pitchers to do it. rox hammered Alex wood for 6 runs in 2 innings. He ain’t having same season as last year.
Rox expensive closer Davis gave up 3 in 9th to lose it. Giants almost beat his ass too.
Giants go back to LA in 2 weeks; gotta see how Bum lines up for that. Scheduled to start Tues vs. AZ.
Iggy still out, Klay good to go
Arrieta not putting up with this bullshit, lol
Nightengale had a mistake in his tweet, obviously
Hey Flav—you gonna restart the WAB wins after Belt stat from last year?
no he’s been very good this year. Swinging the bat, not walking as much, hitting less ground balls. I’m liking his approach this year and I’m bummed he’s hurt.
Hey look at it this way—might be one of those things that helps bring everyone closer together–got to do a little more now that best hitter is going to be out for a while.
Posey homers today, cutch does, Melancon gets clean inning first time back, they get the kid a W, yada yada.
All good stuff, not to mention revenge on Phils
I watched a Carly Simon documentary. It was very interesting and had lots of fun facts. Mick Jaggar sang background vocals on “You’re So Vain.” Listen to the song again, and you’ll hear him. I never noticed that.
Bass guitar on the song was played by Klaus Voorman, the guy who did the cover artwork for the Beatles’ “Revolver” album.
I watched it late last night as I was getting around to some things on the DVR that had been on there quite a while. Also a Steely Dan documentary. Very interesting and entertaining.
When that song was popular you would hear it every 10 minutes on the radio. A lot of people thought it was about Jagger and that it was odd he would agree to sing in it. Then it became pretty much accepted that it was written about Warren Beatty. I have my doubts, since I don’t remember him owning any horses that ran at Saratoga…
In the documentary she said she combined three guys into the lyrics of the song, and that Beatty was one of them, but not Jaggar.
Sheila E with Los?
only here would that happen…wonder what overall response is, lol.
Always enjoyed when philly used to have Grover Washington do it.
When did Carlos Santana turn into Tony Soprano?
I predict the middle of the nation experienced butt-hurt.
Finally a great start for once
Nice sweep. Gotta be pretty rare for an early sweep by one squad, and payback sweep later on same season by the initial sweepee team.
Young SF pitchers starting to show some experience.
This Rodriguez kid has good stuff, and not a lot of mileage on the arm. Good combo, plus he throws strikes.
Maybe they’ve got one there.
Dubs starting off with a decent first quarter, for once…
lotta uncontested layups by GS.
Seriously, does anyone know why Minn cut young pudge loose? They got so many pitchers lying around they can cut a guy who can clearly pitch up here?
I hope they stick Smdj in the pen when he comes back. He can replace Gearrin. I guess Johnson’s a goner when Bum is activated…
More intensity and effort on defense by the Warriors in game 2 so far.
Hill was on the Kings earlier this season, looking every bit the journeyman.
That Carly Simon song was a clever little ditty but as Loo said, way over-played in its hey day. I’d heard she was singing about Neil Young…. but don’t know if he actually owned any horses either. Nice win for the G’s, keeping their dauber up. Wonder whatever happened to Pam Dauber. I always thought she had nice…. arms…..
3 dumb possessions and then west from 3…just what Kerr drew up.
Bell, sometimes, just does the dumbest s out there.
hustle play there after talking to from Igs.
Cavs can’t give up 30 points a quarter. Better passing and ball movement from them tho.
That crazy Curry 3 should just about do it for tonight.
I was shocked many years ago when the NBA began to allow the home team to pump whatever noise and music they wanted over the PA system during live play. To this day, I don’t think any other sport or league permits that…
My first memory of it was the Pistons arena doing it during the “bad boys” Dennis Rodman era. If I’m remembering that correctly.
earlier this year the Warriors played a game on the road (can’t remember where) with no sound and no PA guy. The players hated it, all of them said they couldn’t find a rhythm
The Cavs would have to win 4 of the next 5. That’s brutal math.
Great day by the Bay!!! Curry rainbow 3 at the shot clock buzzer despite great Cavs D. EPIC!
Draymond taking a little shot at The King?
Yankees have the best winning percentage in baseball, and yet they’re 1 game behind the Red Sawx….
The Yanks have played fewer games; more rainouts. It messes with the math. 🙂
Yes, I understand why, I just find that kind of statistical oddity to be interesting. Not to be confused with a space oddity.
And that’s likely going to be a great race in the AL East, with NY having a half-dozen games in hand at the moment…
I always thought Carly Simon was singing about James Taylor.
Good solid wins for the Dubs and the G’s. Bron Bron was dead by the end of the 3rd quarter.
Marilyn Manson covered this song. Who knew?