Bay Area’s Team Wins Game 1

Posted in Uncategorized by Flavor on July 14, 2018

This picture is hilarious.

Screenshot 2018-07-14 at 6.44.40 AM

Why are both of these yoked out dudes trying to take a painful dump on the Bay Bridge? Actually it looks like the deuce might drop on their respective stadiums and in Oakland’s case, would they even notice? Baha.

Additionally, the trophy is invalidated by the “NBC” on it. That’s like when Papa John’s sponsors your little league team.

But whatever, I’m in. Gimmie another damn trophy. We’ll try to find some space for it at AT&T….

REALLY interesting game tonight. Brett Anderson sucks and Smargerine is looking to try to hang on to what little glory he may have left. This one could go either way…..

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wilcojoe said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:56 am

When I was a kid I had a Bay Bridge World Series poster that looked very similar to this hanging on my wall in my bedroom. I am certain that’s the look they were trying to emulate. That ‘89 poster was cool. This is just embarrassing.
- djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:48 am
  
  My friend (early 70’s) had his bedroom wall completely covered with Playboy centerfolds.
  Was so jealous…
  - unca_chuck said, on July 14, 2018 at 10:39 am
    
    And the carpet was crunchy . . . *urk*
willedav said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:05 am

Moronta saved the game for bum–cool to see him chatting it up with Cueto in dugout afterward. those last 2 ABs by the A’s Bum had to throw 17 pitches before he ultimately walked them both.
Jackson, who also sucks, held Giants to 2 runs, one on the balk. Talk on MLBTR from Beane about A’s being buyers at deadline. hmmnn

Great night for the kid. like Unc said like to see Duggar and Slater out there together.
Still don’t understand why Duggar and Hanson weren’t stealing 2b last night. Doubt Bochy had the cuffs on; maybe they just didn’t feel right about getting good jump. Shame to waste what little speed they have.
- willedav said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:14 am
  
  Moronta had big helping hand from Pablo too who made super diving grab to save 2 run double.
djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:40 am

Panda’s made Wrongoria’s contract look even worse…
- zumiee said, on July 14, 2018 at 9:07 am
  
  When Pablo is batting lefthanded I would agree. He still needs to be platooned. D’anaurd has suddenly arisen as a good platoon option.
zumiee said, on July 14, 2018 at 9:11 am

The 1989 A’s were a scary juiced team. They had a few guys who were ahead of the curve on juicing up.
- unca_chuck said, on July 14, 2018 at 9:35 am
  
  If by ‘a few guys’ you mean 80% of them, then yeah.
  - djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 9:53 am
    
    And our answer was Bill Bathe…
- Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 4:43 pm
  
  They also had a lot of talent. It wasn’t all steroids.
zumiee said, on July 14, 2018 at 9:12 am

Muncy hit his 22nd HR last night, and there’s nothing suspicious about that.
dirtnrocksnomo said, on July 14, 2018 at 10:22 am

That poster is pretty funny. I think Wilco is right that it’s some sort of homage to the ‘89 Series. The club is looking to move Samardzija so he could at least do his part and put together a decent start to two in July. Anyone know what is going on with Longoria? Has he started his rehab assignment or is he just hanging around the house banging his hot wife on the regular? What about that dipshit Strickland?
- unca_chuck said, on July 14, 2018 at 11:05 am
  
  Wrongo is10 days from his rehab assignment
sandog said, on July 14, 2018 at 10:58 am

Great article IMO on espn.com talking to 3 good lefty batters about how hard it is to “just” beat the shift by going the opposite way. Love Matt Carpenter’s comments.
unca_chuck said, on July 14, 2018 at 11:06 am

stricknyne is a month and a half.
- Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 4:45 pm
  
  Someone should tell that dumbass to just make it the rest of the season. As far as I’m concerned, Smith is the closer. He’s been dominant.
Bozo said, on July 14, 2018 at 11:06 am

Snag the trophy, weld it to the hood of the lead tour bus for the ride to Oaktown next week.
pawliekokonuts said, on July 14, 2018 at 11:27 am

The Giant in that trophy cartoon looks like John Montefusco on steroids. Love the nicknames. Stricknyne. Wrongo. Wrongoria. Smargerine. Won’t get those anywhere else.

I didn’t watch it but followed the dancing dots on my phone. I saw bases loaded no outs. Pretty tough odds. Wow for Moronta.
- Flavor said, on July 14, 2018 at 12:34 pm
  
  I think it’s supposed to be posey and the other guy is supposed to be Kris Davis
  - Flavor said, on July 14, 2018 at 12:35 pm
    
    Or maybe Jose canseco for some reason
snarkk said, on July 14, 2018 at 11:29 am

Are they even missing Musclehead?…
- dirtnrocksnomo said, on July 14, 2018 at 11:38 am
  
  His return makes Dyson expendable.
snarkk said, on July 14, 2018 at 11:31 am

Moronta saved Bochy’s bacon again. Bochy is going towards full-on Dusty mode, pulling starters late. Bum didn’t have much the whole game, he got by pretty much on guile, not stuff. Bum really has not had great stuff since his return, that concerns me, but apparently nobody else…
- Flavor said, on July 14, 2018 at 12:37 pm
  
  What’s gonna concern me is if they extend this guy to another 100 mil. Don’t underestimate how much the front office this this guy and probably also think the fans would revolt if they let him walk
  - Flavor said, on July 14, 2018 at 12:38 pm
    
    That should say “loves this guy”. I’m on my phone. At the mall. Outside of a Forever 21 store praying my daughter doesn’t need me to come in for any reason
  - dirtnrocksnomo said, on July 14, 2018 at 1:00 pm
    
    The struggle is real.
  - sfsarge said, on July 14, 2018 at 1:31 pm
    
    I feel your pain with forever 21 and Pink and Vicky’s secret.
  - chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 6:40 pm
    
    Been there, done that with my daughter many moons ago, thank goodness that ship has sailed….
- Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 4:48 pm
  
  I said exactly the same thing last night, snarkk, so count me as one who sees the same thing. Bum has not been sharp at all since his return and was clearly laboring the whole way last night.
dirtnrocksnomo said, on July 14, 2018 at 11:37 am

Yeah, Bumgarner was clearly fatigued last night. Maybe he needs to run the bleachers or something. When Strickland returns he should go back to the set up roll with Smith as closer imo.
- Flavor said, on July 14, 2018 at 12:40 pm
  
  I hope it’s not fatigue. Shit this guy should have been running wind sprints 24/7 when he was on the DL. What the fuck was he doing?
  - dirtnrocksnomo said, on July 14, 2018 at 12:57 pm
    
    With a maximum fb that’s declining more energy is expended to maint an average fb in the 90-92 range and fatigue sets in earlier in the game.
  - Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 4:50 pm
    
    He looks very fit to me. I’m just holding out hope that he’s still in some kind of extended spring training.
  - chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 6:38 pm
    
    And loss of a bit on his FB could end up being no big deal if he can mix pitches, hit the corners, keep the ball down, etc. (think Maddux).
  - djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:03 pm
    
    Or Pettitte…
  - djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:07 pm
    
    Or the very underrated, almost forgotten, Jerry Koosman…
snarkk said, on July 14, 2018 at 1:13 pm

No friggin’ way in a baseball logical sense that SF should give Bum some long, expensive extension. As soon as they sign it, he’s got a good shot at going off a performance cliff, like Cain. By end this season, he’ll have pitched 1600 MLB innings, and if healthy, around 1800 by end 2019 when he’s a FA. If they want to reward him, sign him to some kind of 20-year Bobby Bo or Bruce Sutter deal where he gets his cash over a long retirement, but doesn’t hamstring the team’s current salary structure under the greatly feared current LTLL (Lux Tax Limit Line), the de facto GM. It’s not Sabes’ fault that Bum signed a deal that was Giants-friendly, and they used the savings to pay Samardzxxx $90 million over 5 years to stink it up…
zumiee said, on July 14, 2018 at 1:17 pm

Other than the earthquake, I remember almost nothing about the ’89 World Series. I completely missed Game 4 while playing with a softball team that night.
- Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 4:52 pm
  
  I remember domination. Utter domination. The highlight of the ’89 season was the NLCS.
  - djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 5:28 pm
    
    “Domination” is one of the best Pantera songs.
    I’ll spare you the video…
  - xoot said, on July 14, 2018 at 5:46 pm
  - djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 6:04 pm
    
    Thanks, Xoot!!!
    That’ll keep me out of the barber’s chair for at least another year…
zumiee said, on July 14, 2018 at 1:27 pm

The future of big contracts for anybody in MLB will never be like it used to be. Sabermetrics has hugely altered that.
Everyone’s curious to see if Harper and Machado can buck the trend. They won’t get what people a year ago thought those two would be getting.
- zumiee said, on July 14, 2018 at 1:30 pm
  
  It’s laughable now that some people were talking about $400 million for Harper.
  He’ll probably get 8 years/$240 million, and even that is an overpay.
zumiee said, on July 14, 2018 at 2:00 pm

Red Sox win on a walk-off grand slam. Pretty magical season they’re having.
- Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 4:53 pm
  
  It’s only magical if it ends in a championship.
  - chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 6:35 pm
    
    Truth
zumiee said, on July 14, 2018 at 2:12 pm

Pretty well-done photo-shop.
- chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 6:35 pm
  
  Dump trumpity dumpty. 😜
Flavor said, on July 14, 2018 at 3:41 pm

Santiago Casilla designated for assignment in a flurry of moves.

— Jane Lee (@JaneMLB) July 14, 2018
chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 4:13 pm

Let’s beat these chumps, again, because I would prefer to see that chessy-assed trophy grace the confines of the Phone Park over the mausoleum.

1. Chase d’Arnaud (R) 3B
2. Brandon Belt (L) 1B
3. Andrew McCutchen (R) RF
4. Buster Posey (R) C
5. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
6. Gorkys Hernandez (R) LF
7. Steven Duggar (L) CF
8. Alen Hanson (S) 2B
9. Jeff Samardzija (R) P
unca_chuck said, on July 14, 2018 at 4:53 pm

Duggar and Hanson anyway.

Angels 3-0on the dogs. bottom of 2nd, Wood walked one in.
unca_chuck said, on July 14, 2018 at 5:04 pm

Course the LAAAs are giving it away.
Flavor said, on July 14, 2018 at 5:07 pm

dudes tugging on that trophy just look like musclehead crybabies. Stop tugging on it, go out and win the damn games
- djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 5:45 pm
  
  Did you hear the moronic way the trophy (that I love) will be awarded if they split the series?
  - chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 6:34 pm
    
    No. Enlighten us, Loo. Inquiring minds must know.
djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 6:18 pm

If I would have told you in March that 96 games in these would be the stats, is there anyone who would believe the Giants would be 50-46 & 3 games out?

Posey – Pence – Panik combined: 9 HR/56 RBI
Bum – Cueto – Smardj combined W-L: 7-9

And I’m not even gonna mention the injuries and various other flops.
It’s a minor miracle.
DOMINATION!!!
- chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 6:33 pm
  
  Great stuff there Lo, and to answer your question, I would say HELL NO.
  
  I am truly digging this team. Sure, they can be frustrating as all hell when they go on one of those four-game dives, where they score two runs over 36 or so innings.
chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 6:31 pm

On the pre-game they are showing the trophy again, and boy did they fuck that thing up by putting the NBC logo on it. Lame-ass shanty-town bullshit…
- djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 6:43 pm
  
  If they split the series, the trophy goes to the team that won the final game. Brilliant.
  The NBC logo is the only thing wrong with the trophy.
  Otherwise it’s awesome!
  - chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:22 pm
    
    Agree on the awesomeness, minus the logo.
Flavor said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:06 pm

in case you missed it last night. I still think it’s a little overrated, it’s easy to climb a wall with spikes on. Still, a great catch

OMG! pic.twitter.com/VvaOyo8pKS

— MLB (@MLB) July 14, 2018
- djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:11 pm
  
  First guy I remember doing that was Griffey Sr. at Yankee Stadium.
  I think he tore a big gash in the padding…
  - Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:56 pm
    
    Hellz yeah, robbed Jesse Barfield, who was absolutely incredulous after the play. Griffey must’ve run 40-50 feet before he ran up the wall and speared the ball, leaving that big tear in the wall. I was watching that game on the tube.
  - djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:58 pm
  - Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:04 pm
    
    Shit, I missed the “Sr.” in your post! Forgot about this one. See below!
  - Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:05 pm
    
    Jr’s old man could play some baseball!
snarkk said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:20 pm

Hey, Belt with the aggressive base running. WTF not this early in the game?…
- sandog said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:23 pm
  
  I agree Snarkk! I can even support foolish baserunning if it is aggressive and puts some pressure on the defense.
chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:20 pm

Belt got lucky as hell on that throw…could have been hung out to dry…
snarkk said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:22 pm

WTF is this crap A’s hitting Giants 3X already with pitches in 10 innings?
Time later for some wildness by SF pitchers?…
djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:23 pm

How many guys are gonna get (Billy) beaned before we retaliate?
Bozo said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:24 pm

When did the A’s change their name to the Headhunters? They sure have hit a lot of our guys, maybe it’s time to remind them this is an NL park?
djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:25 pm

Buster could have 11 days of not catching if they rest him tomorrow and DH him in the 5 AL road games after the break…
djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:28 pm

Krukow: “Samardzija is just a gorilla out there mentally”
Is that a compliment?
- chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:31 pm
  
  Ha. I was wondering the same damned thing, Loo.
- Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:59 pm
  
  lol
chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:30 pm

Duggar showing-off the wheels…
djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:33 pm

Hideous throw by Cutch who also took an extra step…
Bozo said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:39 pm

Way to get that run back.
chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:39 pm

Boom. Got that run back…
sandog said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:39 pm

Dude is fun to watch run, no doubt about that.
sandog said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:45 pm

I got your back Hansen–stay aggressive!
djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:45 pm

Is it my imagination or have they thinned out or lightened up the annoying super-imposed strike zone box?
It seems much less intrusive lately…
willedav said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:46 pm

maybe that’s why hanson doesn’t steal more. Got the rbi tho.
Hope all the OF legs stretched out looks like one of those nights from Smdrz.
djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:51 pm

Smargarine’s pitch selection:
- willedav said, on July 14, 2018 at 7:56 pm
  
  yeah way too many of above tonite. Surprised they’ve stayed in the yard so far.
- Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:00 pm
  
  lulz
Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:03 pm

That was a great catch by Hamilton but he was fooled and took a lousy route to the ball. The thing about Griffey’s catch was how precise his read was. He read it, sprints to his spot and makes that ridiculous run up the wall to grab it at close to full speed.
- djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:08 pm
  
  Right on there, LJ. I just read that Junior and Senior would argue whose catch was better…
djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:12 pm
chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:13 pm

Double Duggar!
djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:14 pm

Duggar the Doubler…
Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:14 pm

Duggar is making himself right at home in the lineup and in CF.
- djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:16 pm
  
  Welcome back, Slater!
Bozo said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:14 pm

The kid is having him a time.
Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:16 pm

Short night for the Shark.
chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:16 pm

I so want to see at least a productive out from Slater….
- chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:17 pm
  
  And that is mo-bettah!
Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:16 pm

Slater!
Bozo said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:16 pm

Easy as that.
willedav said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:17 pm

use more of petit as Stix used to say. Slater sighting, nice job.
chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:18 pm

Good to see you around again, John. WTF is a Flap Universe without a clown…
- Bozo said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:29 pm
  
  Once you go clown, there ain’t ever a frown. 🙂 Cheers, Chi.
sandog said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:20 pm

Hey Chi– did you appreciate our boy Gorks trying to lay down a bunt on ball 3–while ahead in the count 2-0!
willedav said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:21 pm

Bout time for a bomb from Belt. Have to look up the last one, just seems like a while.
djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:22 pm

How ’bout a water shot?
Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:24 pm

Shit call.
chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:25 pm

Yep..bullshit call on Belt…
willedav said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:25 pm

Last bomb from Belt was June 28, 50+ ABs ago. He hit 2 in entire month of june, none so far in July.
- Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:26 pm
  
  That’s how it seems to go with him.
- sandog said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:29 pm
  
  Didn’t he also have his appendix removed in June?
  - willedav said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:39 pm
    
    yes Dawg. He had that one AB June 1 and came out, didn’t get back til June 16.
    May he hit .314 with 5 bombs. june after he got back he hit .226 with 2 bomb .680 OPS.
    OPS for July still .800.
  - djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:40 pm
    
    Yep. He was out from 6/2 thru 6/15…
Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:29 pm

WTF
sandog said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:33 pm

Good for Belt–I only wish he would have gone off while up at the plate, got his money’s worth, and then got run.
- xoot said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:35 pm
  
  the new and improved Brandon Belt is a fiery guy. He was absolutely right, not even close. Down side, of course, is obvious tonight. But he’ll be back. And he has smacked the ball off the bricks in RF recently. He’s still swinging well.
willedav said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:33 pm

man what a difference a pitcher makes.
dirtnrocksnomo said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:33 pm

Good for Belt. He’s a different guy since that vagecitis surgery.
sandog said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:34 pm

Mike Matheny fired.
- xoot said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:36 pm
  
  wow
Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:35 pm

Wow, that’s a pretty rash move for the normally conservative Cards.
- Flavor said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:37 pm
  
  Matheny sucks. I’ve said so for years. He finally lost the clubhouse, ownership had to can him. Looking forward to Daniel’s next blog post about this
  - djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:52 pm
    
    Matheny can dream about this…
- willedav said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:45 pm
  
  didn’t they re sign him to extension a year ago? Daniel generally stuck up for him but didn’t always seem to have his heart in it especially when it came to pen mgmt.
Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:44 pm

Holland is painting tonight.
sandog said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:46 pm

Love the part where the am/pm clerk tells Toomgis “its perfectly normal” to start growing facial hair.

Man, i would love to be in the room planning the next Toomgis commercial. I thnk I could have been a decent ad guy. I used to love the way 30 Something portrayed that business. Seemed accurate to me, but who knows.
unca_chuck said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:52 pm

Shiot. What’d I miss? Smarglebargle out? Belt tossed? Slater’s IN?!? With Duggar?Be still my heart!!

Oh shit, there Pence.
- Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:58 pm
  
  Belt got tossed for arguing a horrible check swing call. Samardzija sucked from the first pitch, and Duggar’s just gettin’ ‘er done. Slater too.
- Lurker John said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:58 pm
  
  For once Bochy didn’t wait too long to pull his starter.
  - unca_chuck said, on July 14, 2018 at 8:59 pm
    
    Smargle isn’t Bummie. Or Cain . Or Timmy.
  - unca_chuck said, on July 14, 2018 at 9:02 pm
    
    Thanks for the update LJ
unca_chuck said, on July 14, 2018 at 9:00 pm

fuck.
djloo27 said, on July 14, 2018 at 9:01 pm

They used to call that a “room service fastball”…
unca_chuck said, on July 14, 2018 at 9:01 pm

About as no-doubter as you can get.
Bozo said, on July 14, 2018 at 9:02 pm

Should have hit that fucker. Time to drill some of these guys.
chipower9 said, on July 14, 2018 at 9:02 pm

Fuck, step away for a minute and it’s 4-3!
Macdog said, on July 14, 2018 at 9:03 pm

Second straight shaky outing by Watson.