Bum’s Back
MadBum goes 8 shutout, Melancon closes the door with a clean 9th–just how Sabes drew it up—15 months ago.
Low scoring, well pitched games as I thought it would be. Super insightful comment here:
Hanson is the disruptive force that we thought Noonie should have been…
….a good reminder that…
No, you can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometime you find
You get what you need……
I don’t know, but I am feeling it in the air. It’s coming….
I’m calling a Mac bomb tonight.
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Nice to see Bum dominate and Melancon have good inning, 3 dribblers one of which snuck through and a K as he is regaining strength and health. Who closes is less important than who is healthy and throwing well.
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Smrdz Cueto hopefully have regained health too. Cueto may need 3 rehab starts per Hank, Smrdz threw 70 some pitches and allowed 4 hits 2 runs in 4 innings at Sac. He said earlier this is best he has felt, fwiw.
Yes as Mac/Unc said first time all year Giants SP went 8. Great start to series.
Good to see us throttle the Pads as they have been a thorn in our side for years now. This will hopefully be the sweep we were hoping for with the Marlins. Tie to make hay while we can. With Cueto dodging the knife and nearing his return, we could be getting ready for a run here.
Smarglebargle I’m not as confident about, but if he can keep the ball in the yard and find his command, hey, that’s gravy.
Mac has to hit one eventually, amirite? I’m calling Pence pulling splinters out of his ass all night.
Forget the rehab starts. He can rehab here. Maybe one. If it goes well come on down..
At this point I can do without Smardzxxx. 5 innings and 2 bombs is his MO. Give me Suarez or Rodriguez, they can do that, and getting better…
read that Smargerine is hitting 94. If true, that’s another good sign. He’s definitely someone who needs his velo
His straight 94s belt high down the middle routinely get smoked over the wall…
his 205Ks/32bbs in 2017 will play nicely on this staff.
Didn’t he give up more bombs than walks last year?
Close, Charlie. 30 HRs to 32 BB, last year. He did have a 1.136 WHIP last year. You cannot eat that salary if he is healthy and pitching well, IMO. He isn’t going anywhere once activated.
If he is pitching well at the deadline, there may be interest from other clubs, but Giants would have to eat some salary, I’m sure (18 mil per through 2020). He also has a limited trade clause where there are only eight teams to which he could be traded.
Nightengale blasts the state of MLB in USA Today this weekend. Manfred is going to be all over this article.
The article says the pitch clock is basically a done deal (I don’t mind) and the NL will be getting the DH within 5 years (I do mind.)
We all agree there are some things we don’t like about launch-angle baseball.
Here’s the article:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/718162002
That new board at China Basin, just to the right of the scoreboard showing distance, launch angle and exit velocity after every ball hit in the air is almost as interesting as the radar gun reading. It’s ephemeral, too, like the gun show. People in the stands who don’t see the stats before they vanish ask each other “how far was that one?” and “what was the velocity on that?” Bloops and broken bat wounded ducks make for some funny moments.
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That’s an amazing stat.
Wow! I had no idea.
Also knowing he wasn’t going to the Nets with the next pick.
Although the score was only 3-0, I never felt like the Giants were not in control. Speaking of control, Madbum had outstanding control and pinpoint accuracy. I don’t think I have seen him look better in quite awhile. However, last night I asked if his velocity got above 91? Does anyone know? Care (if it didn’t)?
I guess my biggest concern is that his velocity doesn’t get better; but perhaps as Loo indicated (I think he said it), Madbum has never been a power pitcher.
No opinion on Alphabet. With him velocity does matter – as Flav indicated – so hopefully he does much better than he did before his DL assignment.
According to MLB.com pitch-by-pitch, he never got above 91.
Thank you Mac. I wasn’t certain because I was doing a number of things last night, including watching the game.
Last night he had his perfect umpire, giving him a wide plate for right-handed hitters. Basically the Tom Glavine strikezone last night. Bum was a happy camper last night. But to be fair, he consistently hit Posey’s glove and his stuff had good movement.
We all know that it isn’t all about velocity. For Maddux it was not important:
“ Maddux relied on his command, composure, and guile to outwit hitters. Though his fastball touched 93 mph in his early years, his velocity steadily declined throughout his career, and was never his principal focus as a pitcher. By the end of his career, his fastball averaged less than 86 mph.“
Depressing article shared by Zumiee (thanks for sharing Zum). The chart showing more strikeouts than hits is especially telling . . . An investment chart refers to this as a “death cross.” The death cross can occur in individual stocks, within various funds, and when examining indices and averages. Considered a bearish signal within the market, a death cross occurs when the short-term, 50-day moving average, also called a price trend, crosses below the long-term, 200-day moving average. In reference to baseball, this is showing a very “bearish” signal for baseball. Sad because there are no easy answers on how to increase baseball’s popularity. I know one thing – I do not want the DH or any other type of quick fixes and I also wish, that they would come up with a uniform baseball specification, where you did not have “rabbit ball” and “dead ball” eras. How difficult is that?
Ironically, as bad as the author thinks baseball is getting, I personally hate the current state of affairs with the NFL (injuries and rules directed toward increasing offense) and NBA (lack of competition). Those two sports lost me years ago.
All three sports, in a sense, have a problem with fans being more knowledgeable and savvy. More fans are like: “OK, my team is in tanking mode for a couple years for high draft picks. Cool. I’ll check back in a couple of years from now.”
My wife did that with the Braves. She didn’t want to watch the Braves tank for a few years, and she chose to watch other sports that interest her, in particular soccer and tennis. Now that the Braves are legit again, she’s watching them again. She’s not a bandwagon fan, but she didn’t feel she was obligated to watch the entire tear-down rebuild. She watched them trade away favorites of hers, like Kimbrell and McCann. Fortunately the rebuild eventually worked, but there was no guarantee that it would. And there’s still no guarantees for this season, as to making the playoffs.
Absolutely agree on no DH and a consistent baseball. I would even vote for robot umps to call strikes and balls on a test basis.
Nothing in that article is particularly new or groundbreaking. K’s are up? Big deal. Batters are taking a lot of pitches? So! Bemoaning the stats? Huh? Ignore them. Some teams suck? That’s on the owners. The league has at least tried to get the owners to put their gobs of money into their teams, but you can’t mandate brains and smarts and solid drafts/FA signings. These aren’t the problems with the game.
The problem with the game is the fact that Manfred Mann wants to fuck with it to make it more appealing.
Fucking with it will piss off the fans he already has and lose them. Lose them and then you will see the death spiral of the game.
Save time by bringing back the bullpen helmet cart.
Where would the Giants park their cart? lulz
Heh heh! I still think the easiest way to speed up the game would be to return the win requirement to 6 innings pitched.
And the robo-ump would likely result in faster games as guys wouldn’t be taking so much.
lulz
Feeling a little ratty this morning . . .
Chuck, I see your points, but the owners are seeing that attendance is down 6% this year, and they’re fretting.
And a lot of the things in the article are not new to us, hardcore baseball fans, but the average person flipping open their USA Today and seeing a cover story in the Sports section headlined “The Awful State of Baseball” makes an impression. Plus Manfred and the owners are grinding about articles like that.
And I’m not saying Manfred and the owners think logically about all this stuff. Clearly so many teams tanking or sort of tanking is going to affect attendance.
Dumb fuck Manfred said he thinks “weather’s a big part” of the drop in attendance so far. lol
Manfred is an idiot. I do not trust our game while under the direction of that asshat.
About 1/3 of the plays now are HR, K, or W.
The fielders are only involved in 2/3 of the plays.
I’m kind of tripping on something I heard Dave Roberts say several weeks ago when the Dodgers offense was struggling so much. He said “our offense is walks and HRs.” Just flat-out said it. At that time they weren’t doing that very much. Now they’re doing that a lot again. The Dodgers make no pretense of trying to string hits together for rallies. They load their lineup with HR-hitters and rely on intimidating pitchers into getting walks.
I think of people inventing and playing baseball in the early 1800s. A big part of baseball was always about running the bases and fielders trying to make plays. Hanson’s triple was so exciting last night. There just isn’t as much of that in baseball anymore.
Another exciting play was the relay from Cutch to Panik to Posey for the out. Cutch grabbing the bounce barehanded was the key. Plays like that translate to TV better than HRs. HRs are great things, but they’re not actually that great in real-time on TV. They’re better appreciated on replay camera shots like the splash-cam.
The Bloody Bastards of China Basin. Until Patton breaks the siege and delivers an intact 25 man roster, playing 500 baseball is tantamount to the 101st Airborne holding the crossroads at Bastogne.
I’m not making any predictions on their W-L record, but one thing’s for certain, when the final game is over or the last healthy player is carted off the field, they’ll be wearing Giants uniforms.
I overheard this story at the barbershop, not sure how much if any of it’s true (Holler swears by his source, Mo thinks it’s bullshit.), either way, it sickens me.
So there’s a group of extremely wealthy Dodger fans who have a vast cache of the liquor Hitler stole from France. Stalin’s personal collection of vodka, sake from Hirohito. They hold secret satanic ceremonies in the basement of the Getty Museum where their ghastly collection of inibriants is stored. THOSE SICK MOTHERFUCKERS!
Imma gonna take the tram up there and steal that shit back.
This is one reason why I don’t bother with haircuts…
yup
I see 2 issues: 1. Children not playing the game; and, 2. Teams refusing to compete and worse, lying about it.
Here’s an article that backs up my first point . . . https://www.mother.ly/parenting/baseball-is-losing-popularity-with-kids-so-are-most-team-sports
Regarding the 2nd point, MLB’s economic system actually makes it feasible for a team to lose a lot of games and make money. Teams have figured this out, which is why so many teams have low payrolls this year. The free agent market was extremely soft this offseason, and teams have increasingly pocketed the savings. This hurts competition, which hurts credibility.
Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said Sunday that the Pirates’ ability to spend money is related to their attendance. That’s a similar refrain from the Pirates but it’s a flat-out lie and fans have finally stopped buying it. The Pirates now have a credibility problem, but again, they aren’t the only team.
There are 16 teams at or below .500 right now. The Reds, Marlins, Orioles, Rangers and Royals are all likely to lose 100 games or more. It’s only June, and the American League is essentially down to the winner of the East and the Mariners. The National League has the opposite issue, with an abundance of mediocre teams still in the race.
Interesting article; thanks!
Yeah, more and more young folks would far rather play with their electronic devices than run around playing sports and getting all sweaty. The sports-playing would be healthier for them, though. And it does help create fans for pro sports.
I do think there are a lot of older fans watching pro sports that aren’t appreciated much because they aren’t going to be big spenders on the stuff that’s in the commercials. That probably includes me. 🙂
The baby boomers are the last bastion of baseball purist fans, I’d guess. it’s hard to figure out because the people I know that watch baseball appreciate it for what it is, not what these clowns are trying to make it. My 21 year old son (and both my daughters) gets it, but there are a lot of kids that don’t understand the game, the pace and the strategy. Which is why putting the DH in the National League will drive more people away than bring people in. .
Manfred would argue (I guess) that he just wants to restore MLB to what it was when we grew up watching it (and more often listened to it on the radio), faster-paced with more balls in play.
The’ kids are playing video games’ spiel is just that. A spiel. There are tons of kids that play sports and run around and do shit. Any given town has 150 little league teams. And fields. And participation. Every suburb I’ve lived in has had hundreds of kids in every sport my kids played in. Soccer, softball. little league, tennis, golf, you name it, there were more than enough kids playing. It may be only lower middle class to rich folks, but the game is being played by plenty of kids everywhere.
If there’s anything driving people away from the game it’s the fact that tickets are $40.00 a pop. A dog is $8.00, a beer is $12.00, and parking is $40.00. A family of 4 costs around $500.00 for decent seats at your local ballpark.
Sure the owners have to pay their players, but these guys are raping the fans for everything from water to sunflower seeds to a goddamn $18.00 crab sandwich.
I totally agree about ridiculous prices, and what a deterrent they are; but there’s also these stats from the article Blade posted:
“a report from the Sports and Fitness Industry Association showing how specific sports have lost ground among kids aged 6 – 18:
participation in tackle football was down 5.4%
participation in soccer was down 7.1%
participation in baseball was down 7.2%
participation in basketball was down 8.3%”
Over what period of time are those numbers, Zum?
Like, since when?
I assume recent years, but the article quotes the stats from the Wall Street Journal, and the full WSJ article is behind a paywall.
Maybe Blade has WSJ access?
I had never heard of the Sports and Fitness Industry Association. They do annual reports on sports participation, it looks like, with a lot of research. It makes sense to do it, as I assume this information is mostly used by sports equipment manufacturers.
https://www.sfia.org/reports/all/
The reports are proprietary info, and have to be purchased.
And kids are doing far more than just playing video games on their devices. They’re on social media, they’re texting, they’re watching TV shows and movies, they’re watching YouTube videos, sometimes from YouTube channels (whatever those are), and who knows what else.
Well maybe these parents should get these fat ass kids off the couch 🛋 and get outside, and freakin excersie “Their really is a Sun ☀️ out there” But I guess nowadays PÉ isn’t even a option these obese kids have to take!!
PE to them means “Personal Electronics”
Preach it, brother!
Get ‘em Kat!
Having said that, the temperature is reaching 105 today in the Central Valley. Yikes. Outside activity is limited today.
When we lived in Roseville, my oldest daughter played on a traveling team in a softball tourney. They played 3 games on a Saturday in July in Galt. By 3:00 when the 3rd game started it was 108. Neither team wanted to win to play the next game.
Speaking of low attendance, very sparse “crowd” watching the White Sox host the A’s.
A tanker playing a semi-tanker.
The A’s are the worst example of how to run a team. the ownership group has been pissing and moaning about the fucking stadium they play in for 20 years while the GM trades away every start player to gather bargaining chips for future trades.
As far as participation goes, I get why football is down. But are these number nationwide? Statewide? High school? grade school? Last 5 years? 2 years? 10 years? Those numbers don’t mean much without context.
And it is the parents that drive this. As with anything else related to children.
Nationally, ages 6-18. But I don’t have the year or years of the report without the rest of the WSJ article.
Maybe Blade can get past the WSJ paywall. 🙂
Budget cuts have forced a lot of public schools to drop PE. It isn’t the kids driving these problems, its the adults
Damn! Of all the games to miss. We were in Tahoe for a Trampled by Turtles concert last night, and had a fantastic dinner (one of the most memorable in a looong time) at Edgewood restaurant. The elk steak was to die for. If you want to treat yourself to a wonderful dinner (pricey), with a great view of the lake, check it out. Highly recommended!
I followed the game best I could while at the show. From reading the recap and looking at the box, Bum was dialed-in. BOOM!
That’s kind of my night tonight, sort of. Dinner at a local Mexican restaurant and then a concert at a small local venue. The band is completely unknown to me, and I can’t even remember their name off-hand. The description is something like “acoustic combo that performs songs that combine American folk music and French music.”
OK….hey, I’ll keep an open mind. 🙂
Do you know Trampled by Turtles? Six piece all string band. Amazing musicianship and some good song writing. Show was not as good as when we saw them at North Shore in 2016, but still a very good show.
I’ve heard of them, but haven’t heard them yet. I’ll check them out.
“The elk steak was to die for”
Or from…
Wheeler hit 98 on his strikeout of Pederson. Wow!
That first inning was the Wheeler we’d always heard about but haven’t seen much of. Dominant stuff.
I used to get my haircuts in a big shop with all women cutters, many of the recent immigrant variety. I stopped going when one day the girl cutting my hair was using a clipper on my neck below my chin line and the damn thing was hurting me, pulling the short hairs or something. I told her “stop that, you’re hurting me”. She paused, then kept going. Same result, same request, louder. She kept going. The last time the thing was really hurting so I jumped from the chair and yelled “STOP THAT — YOU”RE HURTING ME !” The whole shop went silent and stared at me. Owner/manager came over and I yelled at him that I was done, your cutter won’t stop hurting my neck after 3X asking. I said I’m leaving and not coming back, and left. Never returned. Now I get my haircut in a small shop from a dude that has to be about 83. He takes his sweet time, talks his ass off about his time in the military, etc., and cuts my hair damn well. Only problem is when he wields that straight razor to finish off the edges on the back and sides of my neck. Hot shaving cream and everything. When done, it looks good, but dang, that’s nervous time when he’s working with that razor…
My daughter provides a great haircut, and the price is right (she owns a salon in Folsom).
Manfred’s nightmare: Wood struck out the side in the first inning; Wheeler struck out the side in the second.
Okay, I wasn’t able to get past the pay wall, but I found something better, i.e., a synopsis of the WSJ article with the most pertinent parts. It states specifically that all data is from this article. Additionally, the time period in which the study was conducted (All data is from 2008 to 2012):
Here is the link . . . https://www.athleticbusiness.com/high-school/youth-participation-in-team-sports-on-the-decline.html
Thanks for tracking that down.
One of the commenters on the article said, regarding a surge of interest in lacrosse: “parents will gravitate to where they think they have the best chance.” Some parents are chasing lacrosse scholarships for their kids.
De nada . . . By the by, I haven’t tried this with the WSJ, but I get an email synopsis of the New York Times, where I am allowed 10 articles/columns a month. This is how you get around that:
1. Highlight the article or column headline.
2. Cut and paste and/or do a google search of the headline.
3. Click on the article via your Google search results.
To the best of my knowledge, this works on the Washington Post too (as well as other dailies and periodicals), if you have an email account with them (a paid subscription is not necessary).
I do that blade. But, if you do that multiple times the paper’s cookie will trigger a stop to that. You can remove the paper’s cookie from your browser, and start over…
Also, the primary concern of children not playing sports or not being active is what Zumiee and AK stated earlier – that children obesity will result in an adult sedentary lifestyle and they will probably have health issues.
Of course, MLB, NBA, NFL, and other sports owners know that a child not playing their sport, likely means they will not attend or watch their sport either when they become adults. So yes, they should be concerned if the goal is to make money.
Great catch, Mets centerfielder! Highlight reel!
1. Gorkys Hernandez (R) CF
2. Buster Posey (R) 1B
3. Andrew McCutchen (R) RF
4. Nick Hundley (R) C
5. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
6. Mac Williamson (R) LF
7. Pablo Sandoval (S) 3B
8. Alen Hanson (S) 2B
9. Chris Stratton (R) P
Quite a pitching duel in CitiField.
The airplanes get pretty annoying.
I believe they changed the flight pattern when the team moved to the new park (right next to wear Shea stood).
At Shea they would literally come in for landings directly over the field at times.
Drove Hernandez especially nuts…
FWIW, Francesa on WFAN claims to have heard that Arizona is in heavy talks about Machado…
Machado and Goldy?
That could be the most interesting pair since The Defiant Ones…
2 walks, a flare, and a grand slam. A Dodger rally.
Good to know ya, Wheeler.
Followed by Puig getting stupidly doubled off first (again).
That GS was no cheapie…
Some very good baseball going on in the College World Series.
I have a really good barber in Oakland. 25 years gone and a cut is still $16. He won’t accept appointments. Guys line up and wait. He gives out free PBRs. He also puts blues on the box (he plays the harp in his off time), and he loves to discuss legal issues. He can’t use his scissors while he’s busy talking and gesturing with his hands, so it takes a while for him to finish dealing with my dwindling mane, but he’s really good at his craft. I’m sure he once mentioned exotic WW II liquor in Los Angeles, but iirc it had something to do with Disneyland and the bar built underground, next to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. Most of his stories are more personal. I’ll bet it’s a hundred times now I’ve heard the tale about Charlie Musselwhite inviting him on stage to jam with the band.
More Gorks juice!
Vungo!
Posey crushed that. should be 2-0.
The powerful Hundley scared him into it.
Wilco if you’re in the Tablesetter at DK tonight (28,000 other competitors) take a gander at who is currently winning that bitch.
Loo I just got your email, The bat looks insane. I’ll post a pic of it in tomorrow’s thread.
It’s the nicest thing in my apartment…
Late to the discussion on the state baseball, I think that unca 1:53 post just about nailed, families today have to think about what there budget can afford. Now you are thinking of going to a game $500 out of the vacation budget, young kids are told baseball or Disneyland? I think most of us know which one kids are going to take. And when you look at the other two sports baseball is still the cheapest to pay for.
Last fastball to the SP from Strat was 92. Every other one except one to Galvis 91 or 90. Cleaner inning there, see how long he can last.
Giants usually score for him.
Think the drop off in sports participation has lot to do with increased specialization and expensive travel teams.
when I was in HS late 60s, leading b-ball scorer was football QB and other guys played all 3 major sports.
Not anymore.
Goes for girls too. V ball softball soccer b-ball club teams turn it into year round stuff. If you aren’t involved tough to fit in.
I know a guy who is asst to local powerhouse HS b-ball at private school. Their kids are already playing AAU tourneys, from middle school to HS age. August only month they get off and schools start earlier now too.
By participation I thought they meant just your average kid who plays for fun, but not necessarily on his school team or in some organized thing…
that’s probably way down too Loo. I don’t see kids doing that these days. Ones I know from b-ball, middle school or HS age, every thing is organized.
Neither of those last 2 Mac swung at were anywhere near strike zone.
He’s hitting .217 with .294 OB.
Has anyone else noticed the Gorkster/Keith Richards headband look a like factor? Would PEDs have been better for the Stones than smack?
I can see it. Nice.
you guys have to see what Loo did to Twin’s bat. It looks incredible. Wish I had sent it to him years ago. He did that bat proud. Twin would be proud.
Road trip!
It’s a rare physical artifact of Flap history.
Can’t take that stuff lightly…
Why is the ASG so late this year?
With the season having started in March, the Giants will have played 100 games at the break…
Jesus. Gave away 2 runs there.
nice snag tho!
also I might have to stop calling Mac bombs, I think it’s stressing him out or something…
actually fuck that, I’m calling them till he fucking hits one
April 28th, 2019. For the Nippon Ham Fighters . . .
Need a Belt belt.
Krukow obviously failed physics…
And the Pads displaying yet another turnoff about today’s game.
I was gonna say, he better make it.
Maybe if there were more “energized benches,” attendance would go up again.
Hear hear for Mac finally laying off the backfoot pitch.
I haven’t figured out if Hanson is any good or not, but he looks damn cool out there, and that counts for something in my book.
yes. And cuts into the weighted Honky ratio and that’s good too
Do you bunt Gorkys?
I’d like to think you know where I stand on this issue.
On a whim a couple of years ago, I took two of my kids to meet a friend and his family at Disneyland. He actually gave me one ticket and so then I had to walk up to the window and buy the remaining tickets to allow us to go to both parks. The sticker price was unbelievable. I still remember the price. It’s the name of one of my favorite Beach Boys songs. He is a good friend and I hadn’t seen him in a while, so I just bit the bullet.
Good thing it wasn’t a pretty cool Beatles song.
🤡
Disneyland sucks, imo
If they added some fine dining and craft cocktail options, a spin on Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride might still be entertaining.
they already infuse the air with some sort of tranquilizer, dulling aggression and appetite. That’s the only explanation for the docile families lined up interminably for the rides and for the utter lack of crime.
“give me a bullet to bite on, something to chew. Give me a bullet to bite on, and I’ll make believe—- I’ll make believe it’s you.”
Gorkys looking like the Gorkys we know…
After clearly being ripped off by the ump, whiffed on a better pitch than the one that just got Cutch.
Agree. Tough AB.
Pfffttt…
Hosmer is the modern day Keith Hernandez.
Ouch. Hosmer, one of the most overrated players in MLB, with two garbage hits tonight.
….and Pirela is Gary Matthews.
This Pierce went 16-6 for the 1962 Giants…
This Johnson had 12 wins in relief along with 18 saves for the 1971 Giants…
I was wondering where you were going with that. Nicely done.
Anybody ever go to ghe Pierce Street Annex back in the day? Does it still exist?
Oh yeah. The golden triangle. Doubt it’s still around.
I would say Will Smith kinda stunk on ice right there…
I still blame our bush league ballpark for ruining Mac’s mojo.
Stratton’s bid for some Ron Bryant-like glory took a hit tonight.
I like the analogy. Ron Bryant had to have enjoyed the suckiest 20+ game win season in history…
SanDawg, you mean Pierce St. Annex on Fillmore in Cow Hollow? Back in late ’90s, I lived right around the corner on little Pixley Street, and my flat backed up to the back of that bar. It was always so f-ing noisy at night from the thump-thump (not to be confused with womp womp) of the jukebox. My best memory of the place was stopping by and plopping myself down on a barstool in front of the TV just in time to see Brian Johnson’s big homer. 2nd best memory was the night a bar fight spilled out onto Fillmore Street and one of the bouncers pulled out a gun and shot it into the air to “calm the crowd”, resulting in half a dozen cop cars, some arrests, and Gavin Newsome walking across the street from Balboa Cafe to offer the bar owner a sum he couldn’t refuse at that point. The place has been (or had been, not sure about now) a rather upscale bar since that time…..
Ha Ha…I love it! I think the shot fired in the air is an under utilized tactical move.
Pierce St, Balboa Cafe, and Golden Gate Grill were kind of the holy trinity of trendy bars back in the late 80’s. Don’t sleep on the Desert Moon either.