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Pitching Rich of The Middle Class

Posted in Uncategorized by Flavor on July 1, 2018

With Smargerine and Cueto coming back soon, two guys gonna have to go. It’s a great problem to have. Neither vet can come back thinking they’re just sliding comfortably back into their rotation slot. If nothing else, that guarantees focus and effort. And look, none of these Fives are going anywhere. With the exception of Holland, they’re all young. And the best part: they proved they belong up here. If Smarge can’t recapture his magnificent strikeout to walk ratio the Giants aren’t going to keep running him out there every fifth day, there is too much at stake. Glory and destiny is still firmly within reach. And while we don’t have a bunch of Lincecum’s and Cain’s in their prime down on the farm we have multiple guys who can get the job done. In today’s game, I will take that….

I still don’t understand why Minnesota just cast Baby Pudge aside. Their pitching staff is painfully average and non-descript. They couldn’t use a guy like Rodriguez in the rotation? They just let him go for nothing? None of that makes a lick of sense to me unless the answer is, the Twins are just run by buffoons.

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  1. Flavor said, on July 1, 2018 at 3:36 pm

    Hundley is obviously the best back up catcher we’ve ever had. Anyone want to nominate a runner up? Terry Kennedy? Matt Nokes? lol. I got nothing.

  2. chipower9 said, on July 1, 2018 at 3:48 pm

    Damn…this game is taking for….ever….

    But, sure beats the hell outta being out in the sweltering heat….

    Bums up 5-4, B8

    • Flavor said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:39 pm

      my buddy is in Arkansas for the month trying to get signatures for some ballot measure. He sits every day in a walmart parking lot. I don’t think there is shade. Sounds awful.

  3. alleykat69 said, on July 1, 2018 at 3:53 pm

    Well if I was the ump, I would of went to the mound and flat out told Twirl boy, you cut that twirling out are your gone!!

    • zumiee said, on July 1, 2018 at 3:58 pm

      The pitch clock is coming. Maybe next season.

  4. willedav said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:03 pm

    just like Arenado, inevitable I guess for Golds to hit bomb off SF.
    Johnson had clean inning before. consensus seems to be he is first to go when Smrdz/Cueto activated.

    • willedav said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:11 pm

      Flav asked ? yesterday re: Golds or Judge. I’m biased having not seen much of judge except for bomb highlights, but I think if Golds could hit in NY he’d be impossible to pitch to with how he uses RF.

      • chipower9 said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:24 pm

        Me, too (not knowing enough on Judge) to make that call. Isn’t Judge quite a bit younger?

  5. chipower9 said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:03 pm

    Red alert! Get the hook. No fucking around and giving this game away!

  6. unca_chuck said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:08 pm

    Was wondering what you were talking about. I’m on my own tape delay.

    Fuck.

    • chipower9 said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:28 pm

      It sucks being on a delay and trying to comment here at the same time. With Giants Raw, I’ll just go live now, and catch the recap on Raw….

  7. chipower9 said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:23 pm

    Need to close this bitch out for a W. bums beat rox, 6-4.

  8. chipower9 said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:24 pm

    Nice snag, Watson. Elementary…

  9. zumiee said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:26 pm

    Is there anything calmer in baseball than a Watson inning?

  10. chipower9 said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:27 pm

    Nice work by Watson…

    • Lurker John said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:31 pm

      He’s just been phenomenal. What a great pickup.

  11. willedav said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:32 pm

    MINAJ! that’s more than cutch has done all day.

  12. Lurker John said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:32 pm

    There’s another month on the roster for Actionless.

    • zumiee said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:33 pm

      His trade value will never be higher! 🙂

  13. Lurker John said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:32 pm

    And why the hell is Melancon up in the pen? Save situation, bring in Smith!

    • chipower9 said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:38 pm

      Melancon will get his shots at closing, just not back-to-back…

  14. Lurker John said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:37 pm

    Gorkys has two frozen ropes to that same spot today and nothing to show for it, though he did move two runners over.

  15. Lurker John said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:37 pm

    That’s McCutchen’s second shit AB in this game.

  16. Lurker John said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:39 pm

    And Crawfish picks his ass up!

  17. chipower9 said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:39 pm

    Ya need every run you can get against this club in this yard…

  18. Lurker John said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:39 pm

    And we finally have a guy with 40 RBI’s!

  19. willedav said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:40 pm

    puro congas! 16 hits today 0 bombs bunch of walks HB. Hundley the guy they want up again too.

    • chipower9 said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:41 pm

      Ha! Fire up the Conga Line Cha Cha…

  20. chipower9 said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:49 pm

    Come on Melatonin…close it out!

  21. chipower9 said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:52 pm

    Get the hook! Mr. Smith, Mr. Smith…paging Mr. Smith…

  22. Flavor said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:52 pm

    Jesus Fucking Christ, Melatonin can’t finish a game with a 4 run lead? Worthless.

    • chipower9 said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:52 pm

      No shit. What a waste of sperm…

  23. Lurker John said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:52 pm

    Yeah, great idea bringing this guy in. He’s shaky as hell and a shell of whatever he was in Pittsburgh. No more 9th innings for Melancon.

  24. Macdog said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:52 pm

    So much for Melancon getting back to the 9th inning.

  25. Lurker John said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:56 pm

    Smith nails it down! SWEEEEEEEEEP!

    • djloo27 said, on July 1, 2018 at 5:14 pm

  27. unca_chuck said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:56 pm

    Fuck. Just when I thought it was safe to chalk one up.

  28. Macdog said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:56 pm

    Desert sweep!

    • zumiee said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:57 pm

      • Bozo said, on July 1, 2018 at 5:21 pm

        It was good, it was bad, it was ugly but it was a win and a sweep.

  29. unca_chuck said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:57 pm

    Oh boy. I never FFed my DVR. Walk here?

  30. mrsprtdude said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:57 pm

    YES!!! A quality sweep on the road. !!!!

    • zumiee said, on July 1, 2018 at 5:03 pm

  31. unca_chuck said, on July 1, 2018 at 4:58 pm

    Oh! Even worse. Melonhead with the gurgle.

  32. unca_chuck said, on July 1, 2018 at 5:40 pm

    My sentiments exactly/

  33. snarkk said, on July 1, 2018 at 5:48 pm

    Great sweep!

    Melancon = 4 x $16 million per year for this dude.
    So far, $24+ million expended for a bust…

  34. snarkk said, on July 1, 2018 at 5:49 pm

    Friggin Belt had one of his best ever games as a Giant.
    2 Hits, 2 RBI, and a couple of top defensive plays that saved a lot of bacon…

  35. snarkk said, on July 1, 2018 at 5:54 pm

    And, I’m luvin’ some Slater. This dude has to play more…

    • Flavor said, on July 1, 2018 at 6:11 pm

      more good Stanford men are always the answer.

  36. Bozo said, on July 1, 2018 at 6:10 pm

    Happy Bobby Bo Day. Ya gotta love a $1.2 mil a year parting gift from the Mets every July 1st. Talk about a luxury tax…

  37. zumiee said, on July 1, 2018 at 6:20 pm

    LeBron to the Lakers.

    • Flavor said, on July 1, 2018 at 6:34 pm

      good. The NBA has gotten boring. All this winning is getting old. Time for a real rivalry

  38. gianthead said, on July 1, 2018 at 6:20 pm

    We own the Douchbags in Arizona…I am starting to believe just a little bit…

  39. zumiee said, on July 1, 2018 at 7:59 pm

    Today in the A’s game, there was an inning where 10 straight Cleveland batters reached base.

  40. chipower9 said, on July 1, 2018 at 8:05 pm

    .

  41. djloo27 said, on July 1, 2018 at 8:47 pm

    Great response by the team after Thursday’s nightmare…

  42. unca_chuck said, on July 1, 2018 at 9:32 pm

    The LeBron in the finals every year ends now.

  43. zumiee said, on July 1, 2018 at 10:46 pm

    Long but interesting article at the Hardball Times rating which fan-base has the best “fan experience” of all the teams. After analyzing various factors, they decide that Giants fans have the best fan experience.
    https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/introducing-the-fan-experience-index/

    • zumiee said, on July 1, 2018 at 11:47 pm

      From the article, a photo of the view at the Oakland Coliseum before Mt. Davis was built. What an act of destruction. And now the Raiders are moving away anyway.
      https://i.imgur.com/DRAdqvQ_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

      • zumiee said, on July 1, 2018 at 11:55 pm

        I sat in those outfield bleachers many times in the 1980s. I used to go to watch AL teams before so much baseball was on TV. After Mt. Davis was built in the mid-1990s, I’ve rarely gone back at all.

  44. snarkk said, on July 2, 2018 at 12:18 am

    Baggarly speculates that Samardzxxx to the Angels is a trade scenario that makes some sense.
    Angels are one of 8 target teams that don’t require his consent to be traded. And, Angels need starters, big time…

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