Judgement Day
And so, it has come to today. Of course it has come to today. Ar some point I was going to have to face Matt Harvey head on and account for the near constant crap I threw his way. Today is that day.
The two things I complain about more than anything, the Giants inability to hit AND the fact that Matt Harvey sucks, collide together today in spectacular fashion.
I guess I could take San Dawg’s generous buyout offer. Buying him beers for a day and walking around for 4 hours with that ridiculous TOOMGIS mug wouldn’t kill me. Of course, buying him beers for a weekend with my dignity still intact probably wouldn’t slay me, either…….
But nay! I won’t succumb to the lows of being nothing more than a common Buyout Bunko Artist. Matt Harvey may cost me some money but he’ll never cost me my dignity. I will watch the game and root for my team to pound Harvey harder than any beers he may have pounded last night; a tall request, indeed….
Hey, it’s also Pacific Classic day down at the old Del Mar and while I won’t be there this year I’ll be watching every race and celebrating every outcome because today is not about Matt Harvey’s glacial ascent to 5 quality starts this season. It’s about this being a salad day and that’s more important than yesterday and certainly more important than tomorrow. I’ll be in the moment today and loving every minute of it…..
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Saw something interesting, at least for some die hard Chiefs fans…QB Mahomes threw TD pass 69 yards in the air to Tyreek Hill vs. Atlanta last night. Reading the tweets on the thread one guy asks if he was even alive last time Chiefs went to the Super Bowl.
Not that it’s likely to matter but almost every other team in WC race won last night—STL WAS AZ LA Rox Phils.
Strick to get activated today. What do you do with him, short term/long term?
Hanson is becoming my favv Giant alongside Moronta, but K’d twice last night with guys on.
Panik had couple hits…maybe he jacks one out tonite. Just weird how many times Giants hit the ball on the ground, esp in hitter friendly yard where they should be fired up to blast away.
Put Strickland it the LU somewhere it couldn’t hurt.
Yeah Hanson didn’t look so good swinging at those breaking balls. But he is still the most exciting player on the team
Sorry sandog, but today Harvey takes a beating. Go Flav, Go Giants.
ha good one love to see Giants beat up someone. Maybe it goes like how the Reds bench coach P Kelly talked about facing his son Casey yesterday: ” I guess in a perfect world he throws 6 shutout innings and we beat the relievers.”
@sandog: OK when you stroll into AMPM rocking the Toomgis mug for your $.99 refill, what is beverage of choice?
The mildest coffee they got Willie……….tad bit of cream and sugar.
Plenty of time for Harvey to get the final QS. Love to see the Giants pound him today.
As for the Chiefs, I’m a little bummed they didn’t bring Alex Smith back for his final year. He was great overall for them and the playoff failings were about more than him. But, it is exciting to have a young and athletic stud taking over. Anxious to see how he does.
I try to steer clear of political comments here at the Flap but…..right state of mind out here
In the vicinity of Golden Gate Fields maybe??
Flav—no texts from you during game plz as I am heading into big city and will likely watch on delay.
Gonna suggest one more buyout for you to offer me for all you do for us here on The Flap:
-I buy my own damn beers.
-You haul around Toomgis for 12 hours. (Gag Order/NDA still in effect—of course)
-Lunch on you at Top Deck.
That’s it. You got til first pitch today. Otherwise the buyout window slams shut with more force than a Harvey Catchings slam dunk.
that might be too good to pass up. Noodling it now….
And some of us greatly appreciate you staying away from political comments here on the Flap. Plenty of others have no such trouble.
Sorta surprised to see coffee as the beverage of choice for the Toomgis mug. I figured sandog would go for the suicide mix at the soda fountain. Hilarious that this could all go down against the Giants.
Strickland The Dipshit activated and Sandoval moved to the 60 day DL. WTF, the club was a man down yesterday and loses in extra with their limp noodle bats?
If that’s true, that just about tears it for me and this team this year.
They do that shit often, even with the 10 day DL now available.
How can you possibly play a man down in a game when they are in this situation?
Unless they’ve given up…
It is true and, yes, inexcusable, considering how the game played out:
Agree Panda’s done for the season, they might just shutdown Rodriguez,Smarg is useless along with Pence, hey let’s just play with 20 players are whatever..
Only reason I could see them playing a man down was if the only players they could bring up would cost them the minimum, and that teeny tiny bit of salary pushed them over the tax threshold.
Exactly. Penny pinching SOB ownership.
The A’s are now everything I want the Giants to be.
Exciting young athletic position players.
A minor league system that keeps pumping them out ( only, until this season, to usually be sold off to other organizations)
Power bats.
No give up, comebacks galore.
Energy out the wazoo.
A manager that doesn’t issue mind numbing platitudes ad nauseum, and doesn’t look like he’s got one foot on the fishing boat.
Sheezus, the Giants are so far from where the A’s are from a talent POV, it’s nuts.
It’s even worse when you realize the Giants are swimming in money, and have totally screwed up the allocation of $200 million in payroll for the next few years…
Bravo 👏 Snarkk,só damm true, the only time the Giant players get excited is when the clubhouse buffet starts!
grudgingly admit I agree with everything you wrote here.
Matt Harvey couldn’t have dialed up a better lineup for him to face today. He will likely dominate, as do most other ML pitchers against this pathetic offense.
Whole LU should try and drop a bunt down 1st time up,couldn’t be any worse then actually trying to hit a freakin baseball..
1. Andrew McCutchen (R) RF
2. Joe Panik (L) 2B
3. Buster Posey (R) C
4. Brandon Belt (L) 1B
5. Evan Longoria (R) 3B
6. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
7. Alen Hanson (S) LF
8. Steven Duggar (L) CF
9. Madison Bumgarner (R) P
Jesus. I’ve never bought out of a bet in my life but I don’t know if I can watch Bochy just gift wrap this shit and ship it straight to San Dawg. Plus, his buy out offer is a good one. What do you guys think? Do I buy out or just let it ride? Keep in mind Harvey has probably 5 more starts after this one to get the last QS he needs to fell me……
With ~5 starts left, odds are he gets the one remaining. That said, take the buyout offer. Just buy yourself a pair of those Groucho Marx glasses/nose/moustach to wear, so that you are rolling incognito. 😉
I wouldn’t bet on this SF squad to bail me out of a wager about ready to turn south on me…
Take the buyout Flav. In fact, I will take any and ALL side bets that Harvey gets the remaining measly QS by the end of this season.
However we feel about today’s Giants lineup, it IS the “A” lineup. It’s not a lineup full of subs.
For what that’s worth.
If that is your logic, then our “A” line-up is a “C” for most other clubs.
A Rush song to pump up the Giants tonight:
“What’s the deal, spin the wheel
If the dice are hot, take a shot
Play your cards, show us what you got
What you’re holding
If the cards are cold
Don’t go folding
Lady Luck is golden
She favors the bold, that’s cold
Stop throwing stones
The night has a thousand saxophones
So get out there and rock
And roll the bones
Get busy”
feels like you’re telling me to reject the buyout and just let it ride. I like your style Zumiee, ok, there we have it. NO BUYOUT Diggity. And the bottom line is that you don’t drink enough beers to do any real damage to my wallet anyway, even in Reno. Now, if we were talking about The Boney One, or The Mudman, or PaSalon or Chachi or BirdDog or even the ever-largening Shindy….then I might have to do it. Also this allows me to be able to sleep tonight regardless of tonight’s outcome.
But thank you for the offer, it was a gentleman’s offer.
Now that both windows have closed, let’s see the Giants light up just one goddamn pitcher this year, ok?
Oakland smoking the Astros 7-0
Just hit their 8th Double in the game, most in a single game this year..
Hmmm.. Giants probably 3 weeks plus to hit 8 doubles.
A’s vs Boston in an ALCS would be offensively epic.
Every game probably 12-9 or some such…
So, 3/4 of the regular Giants broadcasting crew is out ?
Kruk I get, but looks like the other guys aren’t particularly interested in a hot weekend in Cincy.
Whoever this sub guy is on the radio doesn’t push my needle much…
they’re grooming this new guy to take over (not Javy, the dude the Marlins fired, can’t recall his name). Everyone except Flemm is 60+ it’s time to find some new blood. I support it 100%.
I figured as much. They need to try a few others. He’s got about a 60 watt bulb energy level, which about matches this squad at the moment, and I’m giving them about 20 watts they don’t deserve…
I wish they’d try Lincecum. I always thought he had a great voice…
11 innings in this hitters park, Giants have done nothing. Remember this the next time you guys start chirping about park factors and how Belt and Posey would hit 80 each or whatever if they played here…..
I’m not sure why the Giants think getting Musclehead back onto the roster is such an urgent thing.
Agreed. They could trade him for a medium+ prospect of some sort and I wouldn’t miss the guy for a second. Head case, selfish. 3+ years, I’ve seen enough…
The A’s are now tied with Houston for first place. They have been unconscious for about two months now.
We won’t be able to accuse the Giants of not giving Duggar a fair shake. They’ve done that, and he’s been wholly unimpressive, imo.
Reds announcer said what I was thinking.
Harvey seems to be throwing effortlessly…
Giants have sure been hitting that way…
Thursday afternoon at Citifield should be Bum vs. DeGrom.
Maybe I’ll find the energy for it…
I reckon that’s a pretty good place to see a game.
this fucking Marlins castoff just said “not only have homeruns been scarce but runs have been scarce”. Thanks fucker, go back to Florida.
2 homers in their last 88 innings. ROFL!
Kuiper thought Belt’s out was the first out; it was the third.
Giants broadcasters are even comatose.
I swear, anybody with the Giants or on KNBR that says a tear down and re-build is not needed is totally FOS.
Can the entire field managing staff. Can Sabean and Evans.
Revamp the entire organization from soup to nuts. Energize this ossified thing, and let’s get moving…
Yeah BF this Moron adds nothing we all don’t know..Runs are scarce, no shit..
Nice 2-strike pitch, big guy.
Ballgame!
As the moron says, maybe Harvey’s ball was the hardest ball they have hit..
Peraza his a 3 iron laser into the stands!
Ballgame? too early to call?
49ers are on I’m switching soon..
Just flipped the game on…and why I am not sure.
Hey there is a Bay Area team that can actually score 7-0 49ers Jimmy G to Trent Taylor!!
He’s celebrating prematurely.
Will he regret it?
Yeah I can see Bochy’s “Chewing out the players speech” really fired up the troops lol 😂 hmmm no- hit thru 5 my money is on Harvey let it ride..💰💵💸🎰
Harvey is throwing a no hitter vs our hitters who everyone says should be hitting in this dumbass park. At this point, I hope he completes it.
Yeah, this sub broadcaster isn’t doing it for me.
Yes the bad news bears follies continue..
Football 🏈 time, see ya 👋
What the…..
I’m seeing a Toomgis mug in somebody’s future.
Goodwin I have a feeling will pickup big fantasy football 🏈 Pts this year.
Jimmy G loves this kid, throw in a vet like Garcon,and possibly Pettis,he’s got of new toys to have fun with..
This Waltz dude is more irritating then Affeldt in the booth..
OK, the sub broadcaster earned a few points with the Spinal Tap reference.
and there it is. I have lost the bet to Diggity. My heart is empty right now.
Is is better or worse to have the final tide turned by the hapless Giants?…
it’s absolutely perfect. I was hoping they’d get no hit. You don’t get this type of perfect confergence on something too often in life. When it happens, let it fly. Today was incredible and I can’t wait to pay for Diggity’s beers. He’s one of my favorite people in the world.
He the best…
WTF I turn the channel to watch the Niners and turn back…0-6…how low can we go.
“My heart is empty right now.”
But not Kansas “Dust in the Wind” empty, though, right?
Sir Bounce-A-Lot does it again…
Only reason to keep coming back here to the Flap now is the banter and cameraderie. This team is not much the reason. It is crap, and sinking like a rock…
It turns out Togos has a pretzel bun sandwich. I may have to check it out.
Strickland at 93 on his fastball tonight.
94 on that one.
The only thing he had going before was a high 90s fastball.
Giants have time to make trades before the end August deadline. Everybody should be available and on the block. …
Nauseating…
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
just absolutely pathetic. Blade spent months talking about all the same shit over and over. There were injuries that invalidated his take. But at this point this team totally sucks and he needs some credit for sticking to his take from winter-on.
The thing I am going to have a hard time tolerating is anyone who wants to talk about park factors. Everyone who things these guys would blast off for 30 bombs if they played in Cinn I hope you are picking up the signs. Our hitters fucking suck at ATT and in Ohio. Interchange them as you like. They fucking suck everywhere.
More exasperated moments for Bochy!
“Somebody anybody needs to get that big hit blah blah blah..” Guess what Bruce that big hit ain’t gonna happen…
When the MLB Network shows a Dodger game, they use the Dodger broadcast about 90% of the time. It’s blatant favoritism.
Joe Davis hangs onto consonants at the end of sentences. It gets annoying.
Bellingerrrrr
Mookie Bettsss
Whoever this guy was today on the radio for the Giants suxxxx.
I don’t need another game to figure that out.
Long pauses. Staccato phrasing. Disjointed.
No bueno…
I said blow this S up last offseason after that disastrous 2017. Giants doubled down on 30+ year old veteran dudes to fill in the blanks in the OF, and at third, not to mention rehab Pablo, also in his 30s. The only thing that worked decent so far was Pablo, surprisingly. But unsurprisingly, he hurt himself. This entire scheme doesn’t work. This is one of the oldest teams in MLB and getting older. Blah blah. We know the situation. They are stuck. Do Bum a favor and trade him to a contender, get a bunch of prospects. That is the smart move…
Mariners put up 4 vs. Hill in the first inning.
Uncle!
Puig is appealing his dinky 2-game suspension. Ridiculous.
My 7:53 was stated without reading the rest of the thread, nor knowing anything about the game . . . Consequently, ignore it, as apparently the Harvey bet was already decided. Classic bet by both of you . . .
I don’t get to see much baseball over here, so I have a question about the A’s. It seemed that over the first few months of the season they were “hanging around” but didn’t look (in the standings) that they’d be able to do anything to catch ‘Stros or Mariners. What happened? Did they slowly but surely just “gel” as a team? Did they pick up some new players along the way? Just curious how and why they’ve become an apparent juggernaut at this point in the season…
They play very loose knowing they have nothing to lose…but they have hitters and a solid closer and enough starting pitching to be competitive. But they have no staying power for the playoffs…IMO…
They have enough pitching to do damage in the playoffs. They certainly have the hitters. I don’t think there are too many teams that want to face them. The A’s were 10 out on July 10th. A little over a month later and they are tied for 1st.
Puig should have gotten 4 games. They better not reduce it to one.
Jimmy Garoppolo looked good. Niner D? Not so much.
Who are these fucking announcers for MLB network? They should just blow every Dodger on the clubhouse.
All I care abut now is the Dodgers crashing and burning. Seattle trying to win it in the 10th.
They were using the Dodgers broadcast. Joe Davis and Garciaparra.
Walk off balk for the Mariners!!!!! Hah!!!
Mariners get the balk-off win!
I don’t see the balk; but that doesn’t mean anything, because I’m usually confused about balks.
The fuckin’ A’s hit 4 doubles in one inning. Have we hit 4 doubles this month?
A’s 40-13 in last 53 games. Tied with BoSox for best record…Crazy!
Definition of DROUGHT per ESPN
The Giants have scored three or fewer runs in 10 of the last 14 games and have hit just two home runs in their last 93 innings.