Pitching Rich of The Middle Class
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.
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.
I have no one who I would quantify as better. And after seeing this, I do not believe a better one exists…
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2013/8/12/4613124/giants-backup-catchers-quiroz
Damn…this game is taking for….ever….
But, sure beats the hell outta being out in the sweltering heat….
Bums up 5-4, B8
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.
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!!
The pitch clock is coming. Maybe next season.
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.
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.
Me, too (not knowing enough on Judge) to make that call. Isn’t Judge quite a bit younger?
Red alert! Get the hook. No fucking around and giving this game away!
Was wondering what you were talking about. I’m on my own tape delay.
Fuck.
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….
Need to close this bitch out for a W. bums beat rox, 6-4.
Nice snag, Watson. Elementary…
Is there anything calmer in baseball than a Watson inning?
Nice work by Watson…
He’s just been phenomenal. What a great pickup.
MINAJ! that’s more than cutch has done all day.
There’s another month on the roster for Actionless.
His trade value will never be higher! 🙂
And why the hell is Melancon up in the pen? Save situation, bring in Smith!
Melancon will get his shots at closing, just not back-to-back…
Gorkys has two frozen ropes to that same spot today and nothing to show for it, though he did move two runners over.
That’s McCutchen’s second shit AB in this game.
And Crawfish picks his ass up!
Ya need every run you can get against this club in this yard…
And we finally have a guy with 40 RBI’s!
puro congas! 16 hits today 0 bombs bunch of walks HB. Hundley the guy they want up again too.
Ha! Fire up the Conga Line Cha Cha…
Come on Melatonin…close it out!
Get the hook! Mr. Smith, Mr. Smith…paging Mr. Smith…
Jesus Fucking Christ, Melatonin can’t finish a game with a 4 run lead? Worthless.
No shit. What a waste of sperm…
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.
So much for Melancon getting back to the 9th inning.
Smith nails it down! SWEEEEEEEEEP!
SWEEP!
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Fuck. Just when I thought it was safe to chalk one up.
Desert sweep!
It was good, it was bad, it was ugly but it was a win and a sweep.
Oh boy. I never FFed my DVR. Walk here?
YES!!! A quality sweep on the road. !!!!
Oh! Even worse. Melonhead with the gurgle.
My sentiments exactly/
Great sweep!
Melancon = 4 x $16 million per year for this dude.
So far, $24+ million expended for a bust…
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…
And, I’m luvin’ some Slater. This dude has to play more…
more good Stanford men are always the answer.
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…
Check this article on Bruce Sutter for deferred money.
He may have Bobby Bo beat.
Unbelievable…
https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports/mlb/atlanta-braves/article213840114.html
Insanity.
Crazy shit…good on Bobby Bo, though..Take it if you can get it!
LeBron to the Lakers.
good. The NBA has gotten boring. All this winning is getting old. Time for a real rivalry
We own the Douchbags in Arizona…I am starting to believe just a little bit…
Today in the A’s game, there was an inning where 10 straight Cleveland batters reached base.
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Great response by the team after Thursday’s nightmare…
The LeBron in the finals every year ends now.
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/
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
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.
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…