.500. Always .500.
For his second straight start, Suarez got to face the team with the worst hitting VMI number on the board. That’s some sweet luck and he took advantage of the opportunity to throw another *shut out*. He could be a guy we count on in next year’s rotation. If nothing else, he battles, although you can say the same thing about Ty Blach and I don’t want him in the rotation next year.
Awesome to see this Garcia kid come up and have such a great night. Is it so hard for Giants brass to embrace this? Screw the vets, this team is toast, play the kids and see what happens. What’s the worst outcome? A loss? Newsflash: that’s likely no matter who you send out there.
I’ve seen enough Hunter Pence and Gregor Blanco to last me 10 lifetimes……
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Regarding .500, the A’s are currently 26 games above it, and are making a serious run at a division title.
their pitching is starting to catch up with them. It was probably never sustainable anyway. I wouldn’t expect this *serious run* to last through Sept. They simply don’t have the SP
The A’s are just having fun anyway. Zero pressure on them. No one expected anything from them. The loosest team in baseball.
It would be fun to watch Gearrin bring the excitement of a game 7 to a complete halt…
Pure gold.
Blanco with a pinch-hit double in the 6-run 8th, that oughta get him a run of starts the rest of the season.
The difference between seeing all the games and just reading a few offensive stats:
Haven’t heard a peep from anyone in NY about McCutchen’s decline as an outfielder…
Cutch’s deficiencies on defense may get masked at that ridiculous RF bandbox, where balls that would hit off the wall or into the gap at AT&T will instead end up in the seats.
True Mac, but he even screwed up on balls that were hit almost right at him.
Can’t recall how many of his fuck-ups were on the road.
It does seem like they were mostly at AT & T…
Hunter Pence starts in LF today. And so he begins his farewell tour.
Blanco shouldn’t get one AB in September unless he’s the third of three still healthy OFers, and the only PHs left are pitchers…
Shaw, Duggar, Slater and Williamson seem to be the candidates for OF positions next season. They all excel in some aspects of the game, but they also have significant holes in their game too. Out of all of them, Williamson.has impressed me the most. Too bad he’s the oldest though and coming back from significant injury (concussion).
Speaking of the unfortunate incident that befell The Oaf, if they’re not going to build real bullpens, they should at least get rid of the mounds on the sidelines. Would it kill these guys to loosen up on flat ground?
They could get rid of the mound on the playing field. There’s no rule that says there has to be a mound. There’s only a rule limiting how high the mound can be.
I could see Bill Veek or Charlie Finley doing that for one game, just for the sheer stunt of it. The “no mound” retro game, like the 1800s.
There’s some cool Giants hitting dingers and pitching on this vid…
https://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/the-men-who-have-taken-wiffle-ball-to-a-crazy-competitive-place
Sitting at a sports bar in Austin wachting college football. There may be more enjoyable ways to spend a Saturday afternoon, I have yet to find them.
Falling asleep while reading works for me, too. 🙂
“And he’s the social director”
-Oscar Madison
i need the Cal game to be like 60-55 lol
It’s even better if you can go to the games. There’s still nothing like the atmosphere of a college game on Saturday.
I love afternoon drinking, Wilco, but it kills me for the evening…
Cutch leading off with Stanton right behind him. Gonna see some strikes, if nothing else…
Suarez has a better arm than Blach, and better stuff. I think he can be a solid 3 or 4.
Oklahoma hosted Florida Atlantic. Business as usual. Oklahoma gets an easy win, and Florida Atlantic gets a nice chunk of money.
Gruden smartly got rid of Mack for a bundle of draft picks. He rightly assessed that paying one guy so much would hamstring the team to get the bodies it needs. Same with Bum…
Smartly got rid of a former defensive player of the year and one of the elite pass rushers in the NFL? That one will end up biting Gruden squarely in the ass. Stupid move by a coach with a miserable draft history. There’s already reports of fissures in the Raider’s locker room. Carr and Mack are tight.
How’s Raider Nation taking it?
Not good from what I hear…
No, they’re not happy. The two most difficult positions to find in today’s NFL are QB and pass rushing DE. Ask the Niners, they’ve been unable to find a rusher for a long time. There’s just not that many really good ones out there. Mack is one of them.
Which is more annoying: Krukow saying Dutch Holland all the time, or Brenley saying Goldy all the time?
(Trick question. They both grate on your nerves like someone using a jackhammer.)
Goldy by far…
Brenley also annoys me by always saying “ballgame” instead of “game.”
“Ballgame” once in a while is fine, but all the time makes me cringe.
And in just a few minutes of watching football, I got to hear “football” all the time instead of just “ball.” It’s brutal.
Cutch K’s looking…
well, i did say he’d see strikes….
Lulz.
LeMaster is a southern cracker. Who knew?
Everybody?..
I’m the only one who didn’t know. 🙂
Hunter & Lexi’s children will probably have big laughs someday when they see video of daddy homering in his “Underpants” jersey. At least he’ll have that to show for his season…
The Giants seem to have the striking out part of the modern game down pat anyway.
Solid Iridium!
fucking classic Niner bullshit.
The NFL is a mess. I’m not watching it anymore. I’ll read some Niner game articles, but that’s it. Unwatchable, this kneel protest stuff is a mess, 80% or more of dudes playing it will get CTE, on and on. I’ll pay attention to college Ball that is only 50% BS, and that’s the NCAA and corrupt coaches part…
He got all of that one.
Nice bomb. Playing baseball for Longo must be a trip. Every season his team sucks, he never gets to experience post season play, you wonder if this guy has just gotten used to playing with zero pressure.
maybe next year he’ll take a little step up before the contract turns really ugly in the final years. Every time I hear his ONP is around .285 it’s WTF time— how is that possible for a guy making that much Coin?…
OBP
He went to the World Series with TB in 2008.
He plays like he has TB now…
Cutch K’s swinging…
but he’s seeing strikes, right?
He was just grazed by a pitch. He seems to be squinting a lot as if his contact lenses are uncomfortable. I don’t know if he even wears contact lenses…
Shaw needs to play everyday to see what he can do. Maybe they can shorten that swing a bit to cut down on the Ks…
Duggar’s also got that long swing…
Hanny with the D!
And Frazier with some of that awesome MLB baserunning.
I can’t stand Frazier.
Not sure why…
Melancon gets through innings the way I got through algebra…
Need a gorkys dinger here…
Didn’t get it, tho’…
Ump blew the foul tip call. Giants catch a break.
What do Belt and a TV have in common? Both are 4K.
Belt’s swing looks slow.
No one would’ve got the runner at home, but Pence’s throw was still sad.
Cutch grounds out…
Pence gets to be a major-leaguer for one last month.
Strick was throwing low-90s fastballs. What’s he without a high-90s fastball?
The losing pitcher?…
Yep. He’s had years to work on an off-speed pitch and he still threw a lolllipop hanger to Flores.
Musclehead needs a change of scenery in the offseason…
I would add Belt and Panik to that list…
Craw has missed two games in a row for some reason.
i was listening on the radio and when Strickland gave up the double to Flores he really gave it to Strick. Kept going on and on about what a terrible pitch it was. That’s not the first time I’ve heard him go off on him. Miller doesn’t like Strick.
Low baseball IQ plays really set Miller off. He’s old-school about that.
Wtf does like stricknine?
Yanks got 2 hits today and still won. That’s hilarious. Cutch right at home with a team not hitting
Giants gave up 6 runs in five games this week and still found a way to lose twice.
staff still leads mlb in ERA since June 1. That’s the stat of the year as far as I’m concerned
Strick and Smarj never get better. They live out the “dumb jock” stereotype.
Another one run scored by Giants, this time over 11 frames.
Pathetic…
Musclehead gave up the winning sac fly on a 1-2 count, the catcher called for high fastball, which Muscelehead delivered not high enough, and the fly ball resulted. You need a grounder in that spot, or a strike out. Why is the catcher calling for a high ball in that situation — I don’t get it…
Didn’t look like a fastball to me. Looked like a hanging breaking pitch.
So this is what it’ll be like following every game to the end, to the end. At the NorCal weather is improving.
At least
The Razor (Ralph Barbareril sp?) was always getting on the carribiean players for being dumbshit..Especially Benitez who personally helped Sabean to finally get rid of him with all the bad criticism he was getting.,
Are you thinking of this, Kat?
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Alou-offended-by-radio-host-KNBR-suspends-2618251.php
Belt hit one bomb in July. No bombs in Aug. This guy fucking needs to go too, time for a scenery change. He needs it.
Just said the same thing a few minutes ago up higher.
I think he can block trades to 10 teams. He has $48 million coming through 2021.
I apologize for only having knowledge of the NY teams, but he is ideal for the Mets who also crave defense and have a mish-mosh at first base. That’s why I think there’s a deal there, and Jay Bruce is absolutely part of it which is fine with me for $29 million through 2020. Some other pieces as I’ve said ad nauseum could be Panik, Strick, Lagares, Flores, etc. I promise I’ll stop now…
Bold moves are needed, regardless of whatever backlash happens from fans attached to certain players.
despite Belt’s shit year he should be able to bring back something other than other bloated salaries of guys who are overpaid or who suck. He’s still very good defensively. And the illusion of him being able to hit bombs regularly is still in tact. But they need to trade him this off season, they can’t wait till next year at the break. The cat will be out of the bag by then….
I’m not suddenly in love with Bruce, but he’s only a year older than Belt and they’d only be stuck with him thru 2020. He’s learning 1B and he should be good enough for as often as they’ll need him there. He might still have something left. He looks a lot livelier out there than Belt does lately…
they need less LH batters, not the same or more. If it were me I’d build this team 80% right handed hitters. Maybe more.
having said all that I do like the idea of only being stuck with Bruce thru 2020. We simply have to find a way to rid ourselves of all these bloated deals.
Lefties would do fine there if they would just pull the Goddamn ball…
we have too many line drive hitters who have shunned the ways of the home run swing. They all suck in today’s game. ALL OF THEM.
launch angle is for real. It makes no sense to try to hit the ball hard if it’s just gonna go die in the shift. Get the ball up, try to get it out, there’s no other way to play the game now.
Hernandez was saying the wind at ATT always blows out but you have to hit the ball high (above the stadium) to take advantage of it, because the inside of the park is sealed off from the winds.
That would play into the launch angle angle…
he’s correct. The wind is mostly minimized inside the park. You have to get the ball pretty high to take advantage of it but it can be done
I agree that the offense has to get right handed. With this ballpark configuration, a mainly LHed hitting lineup is insane. Lefty hitters should be gap power and fast, the RH hitters have to be power hitters…
agreed. If we aren’t gonna move the fences in we’ve gotta get lefties who can hit doubles and triples. Melky’s line in 2012 was real nice: 25 doubles, 10 triples, 11 bombs…and he did all that in like 100 games. Forget the juice, the approach he had is what we need more of from lefties. We need more triples out of triples alley. It’s that simple.
I agree, but nowadays, it shouldn’t matter as much. Look at the Yankees.They always stocked up on LH batters to take advantage of the short porch in right. Now they’re loaded up with RH power and haven’t missed a beat…
I’m sure Sabean would say it worked in the past, and it did.
But the game has changed in just a few years. A juiced ball, all the shifting, and so many relievers coming in throwing mid to high 90s. It’s hard to string hits together for rallies. You need some power in the batting order.
I’m talking about the Giants having so many left-handed hitters in the recent past.
exactly. And I believe shifts have nearly ruined the left handed hitter who can’t get it over the shift consistently. The shift definitely fucks the lefty’s, Boras isn’t crazy about that he’s dead right.
Yeah, you can put a second baseman out into the outfield on the right side in a way you can’t do with an infielder on the left side.
also in 2012….Pagan. 15 triples. More of that please.
So, to recap, Melky (in half a season) and Pagan hit 25 triples between the two of them in 2012. This year our entire team has hit 26. Fucking pathetic.
Huff hit 5 triples in ’10, which is impressive given his limited speed.
D-Backs have 2 runs off Kershaw tonight. 2 solo HRs.
They lead 2-0, but there’s still 2 innings to go.
i’m sure it’s happened but I’ve never seen this before
Cal over N.Carolina today 24-17. They probably should have won by another TD. But, the defense showed some skills and takeaway ability, which is what they needed to improve. Onto a BYU roadie next week, which may prove tough to handle. Offense is still finding its way, and the QBacking situation is fluid. I’m figuring this team might grab 6 wins this season to get to a crappy Bowl, but the defensive improvement is encouraging…
Machado gives the Dodgers another batter that grinds out long ABs, wearing down the pitcher.
Even if the Giants wanted in on Machado, he’s financially blocked by Wrongo & Crawfat…
theoretically there’ll be no financial block after the Giants reset the luxury tax this year–they’re supposed to be willing to go all in, knowing that the tax will end forever when the current CBA expires. That was the reason for straining to squiggle under the bar in the first place. As I’ve said before, I think they’ll revise those grandiose plans and instead go light on the FA bidding, despite their original PR bs. But, theoretically, there should be no block . . . .
I get ya, Xoot, I was only thinking about positions he could play.
I didn’t word it well…
That’s a great point though (now that I understand it).
Kemp 3-run HR. The D-Backs bullpen just can’t close them out.
D-Backs have the tougher schedule and are in big trouble. Goldy better start getting some clutch going or the D-Backs aren’t going jack anywhere.
Machado has the worst haircut in baseball.
And it’s tough to outdo Harper.
Ohio State had a rough time, but managed to squeak by Oregon State without Urban Meyer:
77-31 …
Oregon St. got paid some blood money.
Rutgers won today, bring on the Buckeyes!
Can’t start snowing soon enough for me…
Agree Loo. I just arrived at my condo in Colorado and am looking forward to snow and cold weather.
Raider Nation is finally PO’d because Gruden got rid of Mack for a bunch of draft pix? Raider Nation has to be the stupidest fan base in pro sports. Having their team abandon them twice in Oakland, stick it to them with a ridiculous PCL program when they returned the first time, screwing the Colossem with Mount Davis and leaving Oakland holding the debt for it, fielding crap teams for two+ decades run by a senile owner for the last 6 or 7 years, NOW they’re pissed?…