Chasing Misery
What a sleepless night it must have been for Count Chocula, eh? He’s 3 more Chris Davis failures from getting off the hook. Of course, Velez made $400K back in 2011. Davis makes 23 million dollars a year. And he has 69 million more coming to him AFTER this season. With all due respect to the fat dollars Longoria makes, Chris Davis is the owner of the worst contract in baseball….
Let’s see what the Giants can do against Lauer tonight. Before yesterday’s game, Marty Lurie said he was *hopeful* about the offense. Then they got shutout again.
To put the Davis contract in perspective, I think we would all agree that at this point Buster Posey’s deal is awful. But he’s *only* making 22 million this year. And while he is owed 44 mil in 2020/2021 there is a 3 mil buyout in 2022, the same year Davis gets another 23 million….
So from that standpoint, Buster is looking like a bargain, aye?
Anyway, “Pura vida.”
I’m out for a bit….
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LOL . . . The “simple life” eh? Well, for a a non Tico, you’re getting with the program.
Have fun, Flav. Great beaches out there. You gonna be near Manuel Antonio?
Love that place. Four buddies of mine and I were on the beach and you never, ever – all go in the water, without someone staying ashore. Why? If you do, the monkeys will steal your belongings.
Hah! We stayed in a hotel on the ridge overlooking the beach that was insane. $75.00 a night, and it was so nice. The Mariposa. wWe stayed in another hotel near the rainforest that had those Jesus lizards everywhere. Damn things were about 4 feet long and they could still run across the river that ran behind the hotel. And there were giant frogs everywhere as well.
They had a butterfly enclosure with like 500 butterflies in it. They were the size of dinner plates, and just insanely colored. We hiked 6 miles into the rainforest to see a huge waterfall, and saw shitloads of the poison dart frogs and a few sloths. Birds were everywhere. Man, what a blast. We drove all over the place. Didn’t see the volcano though. My daughters went there last year and went to Arenal.
I absolutely love this picture.
Lol 😂 Blade
They don’t monkey 🐒 around on the beaches in Costa Riça I assume..
Warriors nostalgia tour as last season in Oakland is cool, but one guy you still don’t hear much about is Bernard King who was flat out unstoppable in his time here. just saw stat that Nets DeAngelo Russell has had 10 30 pt games for them and is youngest to do it since King played for Nets 78-79. You match something he did it’s awesome.
Nice to see and hear some Sleepy Floyd highlights, cool player. Taking down LA in those days was awesome.
Yeah, he and World B Free were fun to watch. Unfortunately Joe Barely Cares wasn’t.
Bernard King was my favorite Warrior at the time and probably my top 5…World B. Free was my first favorite Warrior…
I figured Belt and Longo would be our lone offensive bright spots. So far, 1 out of 2 ain’t bad.
Connor Joe, gone.
Some dude from Minni, in…
BF, 20 years ago I escorted my 20 year old surfer chick daughter to west coast of CR. Jaco, I believe, was the name of the town. great place to drink and hang out. SW crocs at least 20 feet long in nearby river. Watch out for the rivers by the coast. Have a drink for all of us.
Jaco is awesome. We stayed in the Eco-lodge there. Near where we hiked into the rainforest. The restaurant and lobby had no walls. Everything was wide open. There was a bridge over the river on the ocean where you could look down and see hundreds of alligators all swarming around going after fish. Crazy.
Tyler Austin from Minn/NYY. Dude has some RH pop anyway. 17 HRs in 268 ABs last year. That is enough to be Babe Ruth in this line up.
Who knew the flurry of moves would just be a game of musical chairs?
I like the move. Connor Joe from Kokomo and Michael Reed are never going to do anything in the bigs. Pillar is looking like all glove-no hit, so we need power from somewhere other than Belt. Even Longo has cooled off.
At least it is better than the beginning of last week.
Hope you’re right, Unca. Still, if these are the planned moves Farhan had since last November, the plan B he mentioned when he didn’t get Harper, I have to wonder what plan C was.
I like the move in teh context that Reed/Joe absolutely suck and anyone would likely be better.
How these guys got om a starting roster is still baffling.
Posey and Crawford – 0 RBIs. Panik – 1 RBI. Longo – 2 RBIs.
Half of our starting line up has 3 RBIs. This is a BIG problem.
Meanwhile Bummis has 2 RBIs. Panda has 3. Duggar surprisingly has 5. Unsurprisingly Belt has 8.
Is there any other org that has NO outfielders in its upper minor’s worth using? ZMan is Rolling dice with other orgs OFer castoffs because he knows the poor quality of SFs own potential castoffs. Mac the Oaf was supposed to be a starter. He ends up unclaimed off waivers and back in Sac. Now, if they even want to trade Bum for bats, they are in weak position unless they just put him up for auction to highest bidder with honesty that this is a lost season. Don’t wait to trade him till he hurts his arm or has a series of games where he gets hammered …
Yeah, I know. We have been through this for 40+ years.
Actually, he’s already been hammered (as I pointed out the other day). That pristine 1.38 ERA is a mirage, as 5 runs were taken off his ERA due to his own fielding error. IMO, they blew it by not getting rid of him a couple of seasons ago after his first injury . . . and will have probably definitely blown it by not getting rid of him during this off season. Wait and see. Also, his 1st 2 games were at pitchers yards. Wait until he hits Colorado, Arizona and the band boxes in the East.
If Bummie keeps giving up bombs his value goes down. He needs to show he’s worth something. I ain’t worried about him getting injured. Throwing.
Giants acquire Tyler Austin from the twins
https://www.mlb.com/news/giants-acquire-tyler-austin-from-twins
Wash Post reports the Drumpf Admin just canceled the deal signed 4 months ago by MLB and Cuban Baseball Federation that allowed Cuban ballplayers to sign with US clubs and maintain Cuban citizenship, dealing with bonus money handling, etc. No longer need to defect, etc. 30+ players were already ID’d to use the program. Another idiotic move, probably pandering to S Florida political motives. Obama Admin was for it, so Drumpf had to toss it….
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2830223-donald-trump-cancels-deal-allowing-mlb-teams-to-sign-cuban-players?fbclid=IwAR2GUC3QWhBT_lzzQkxn3QSUdfWaXeNW1y17edJis_h0-HMFbt33J94qCS0
Wow. “Now that I’ve fucked the country over, I’ll fuck with the national pastime.”
Connor Joe’s 1st and only dying quail hit to LF,as the ball goes back into the dugout the coaches,manager,etc sign the ball “Congratulations now your Cut”
Like Reed, I really wanted Joe to succeed. I hope he clears waivers and we are able to keep him. Same thing goes for Austin – who actually hit more bombs than Longoria last season and did it in ONLY 244 at bats in stops between the Yankees and Twins. Come on down Tyler!
No reason to not go get Austin, again, essentially for shit. I bet Bobby Evans doesn’t even know who Pillar and Austin are. That’s the biggest and best difference for me so far. Zaidi is actively trying to make the team better. That’s all you can ask for in a GM. Evans would finish off a few signings in December and then sit on his hands for a year. Fuck that. I like what Zaidi is doing right now….
by the way, I’m going to be very close to the Costa Rica Sailing Center. The closest town is probably Playa Potrero. They don’t really have addresses down there so it’ll be interesting getting around…..
You didn’t say how long you were going to be down there. If for a while, go about 300 miles south to Manuel Antonio National Park. Like Unca and the rest of us were saying, it’s probably the highlight of Costa Rica. The roads are very good down there and it’s essentially a straight shot on route 34 and 1.
Blade I believe you don’t get Conner Joe back, even if he clears waivers he has to go back to the Dodgers cause he was a claim 5 pickup that had to stay on the Giants big league roster all year.
You’re absolutely correct AK . . . I forgot he was a rule 5 draftee.
Ahh, you are way up north,Flav. Punta Arena is supposed to be a great surf spot/US ex-pat area. didn’t have time to go there but for a quick beer on the beach before we got on the road.
zMan is doing exactly what he was brought in to do. Trying to upgrade this outfield while playing a season. He knew the Gianta OF was crap, and he couldn‘t move the contracts in the infield, at least right away. He’s upgrading on the cheap. I love the musical chairs. It’s laughable how long Sabevans put up with Gorkys et al…
Snarkkle fuck, I’m so happy that you are excited by the moves that Farhan Luke has made so far. Sorry he hasn’t figured out a way to trade someone you want traded, oh well. But hey, I’m also thrilled beyond belief that you loved my musical chairs reference. Gorkys? I wasn’t a fan but he did hit 15 HRs last year. I know we won’t be missing that as we get this guy for a week and then that guy or maybe that guy, hey that AAAA guy wore Dodger blue we need him.
Have a good night.
The Over/Under on the attendance at Oracle tonight at 20k????
Monday work day/night I would normally say under, but Bum’s pitching so I’ll go over..
you’re never gonna see it under 30K because that’s what they’ve already sold and they never release the actual *butts in seat* number,
Ahhh and that is the number I was guessing….
I’m starting to think every other white guy in baseball is named Tyler.
I can’t keep track of them anymore…
Chris Davis lined out in his first at bat tonight….
Great picture at Claiborne, Flavor. Last time I was there, it was Unbridled’s place, and he was roomies with all time great sires Mr. Prospector (nicknamed “Pops” by his caretaker) and Danzig. Big Red was already long gone. Saw everyone of ’em race – even Danzig who had a very brief career…
Chris Davis lined out again in his second at bat. Tied with Count Chocula….
This is a great article about Michael Jordan’s attempt at playing baseball when he was 31. The author wrote a scathing piece for SI at the time where he mocked Jordan’s swing. Fast forward today, he thinks that if Jordan had stuck with it, he would have eventually succeeded and made the White Sox. However, this dude is a writer. What is more amazing is that baseball people who were intimately involved in Jordan’s experiment, say they he could have made it too, including his manager at the time, Terry Francona. Remember, this was when baseball went on strike, so he ultimately gave it up due to that strike, as well as his seemingly poor results. However, this article disputes those results . . . Anyway, if you get a chance, read the article. This is why I love baseball and understand when the Joes, Reeds, and Kratz’s of the world play the game. As one person points out, “one thing is certain. That summer did Jordan a world of good. “It was like a spiritual retreat” where he came back to basketball rejuvenated.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26449232/the-true-story-michael-jordan-brief-promising-baseball-career
I always thought Huggy Bear was pretty good gloss too.
Boom. NOW he can rest easy.
The streak must not count pitchers. I’m positive Bob Buhl and Ron Herbel among others had longer ones…
From his obituary:
A hard-throwing right-hander, Buhl was known for his mastery of the Dodgers but also for his futility at the plate. While pitching mostly for the Cubs in 1962, he was 0 for 70, setting a record for most at-bats in a major league season without a hit.
Oh that’s why I’m easy
Easy like Sunday morning
Yeah I’m easy,easy like Sunday morning 🌞
Chris Davis…Now 0-48
There is a motherfucking “yoga room” at SFO near my gate. What is happening to the world?
When I was in SF a couple of weeks ago, I saw a Goodwill turned into a yoga place.
When I was still smoking those used to be smoking rooms. Like walking into a forest fire.
Like walking into a forest fire, that is great.
Flannery just posted a tweet warning Tyler Austin not to rent a place in SF as he won’t be here for more than 10 days. Ouch!
Snarky post from Flannery who doesn’t understand underlying numbers enough so he shits on Zaidi. Fuck him.
A Pillar assault!
Lol, I been telling you guys you’re gonna like him.
According to my radio, Pillar just hit a grand slam…
Fucking right he did. So the boxes he’s checking off is 1) defense 2) speed and now 3) flashes of power. Hey, the bar is low on this shit team. Celebrate him goddamit! Lol
Flight delayed. Fun.
I used to like drinking at airports during flight delays.
People are friendly. Assuming they still have bars at airports…
Oh yeah. They have fricking breweries there now.
I am breaking my 3 year rule of not drinking in California and having a nice IPA right now. The dude told me what it was twice and I didn’t hear him either time. Anyway, the beers are flowing a little early on this trip now.
Hey BF as long and it’s not the pilot sitting next to you at the bar, I say slam a few down!🍺🍺
Love dem crooked numbers on da board.
Wow. Told my son ( hhe;s back from Chico for a couple days) ‘here’s his pitch. let’s see what he does’ Boom. nice.
He hasn’t seen any baseball up there and he’s like ‘who are these guys?’.
This is how I’ll always remember him . . .
Oh fuck yeah. You have another great pic of him or maybe my dad has it I can’t remember
I saw Velez hit a leadoff HR off Pedro Martinez vs. the Phils in ’09. The Giants didn’t score the rest of the night.
I will say that was the earliest that a Giant has ever hit a GS in his Giant career since Brian Dallimore.
I’m sayin’ it before they can research it…
Or was it Bobby Bonds?
Gotta be Dallimore
And calling dallimore that quickly was an epic pull, nice
Even if you’re wrong, you’re right cause of that epic pull
Looks like it was 3rd AB for both…
So you got them both immediately? Man I would not have wanted to go up against you in a triva game back when we could still play that shit with people who didnt cheat
Ok, the question of the night is, what do we do with the Masterpiece? Keep it? Sub in a bbotd? Thoughts? Should we even be talking about this?
Well, it hasn’t been lucky. Somewhere I have “making of” snapshots that I took with a disposable camera…
I’d say that Eugênio Velez picture should be sent to Chris Davis, autographed from him that says “Thanks for being more Irrelevant then me now”
VA-TT having themselves a finish…
This is crazy
Did you see that guy who bet $1500 on then at 20000-1?
200-1 sorry
Overtime!
Gorkys had a .285 on-base % last season. And his fielding was over-rated by K&K.
Bum doing his best to lower his trade value …
Get Bum out now.
Next to the yoga room there is a room called “animal Relief”. If I go in there am I just gonna see a bunch of dogs chillin’ no longer worrying about anything? Man SF is a lot different than SJ
Kind of weird Bochy let Bum face that righthander. Seemed like just the right time to call in Moronta.
Wow- then Moronta blows it anyway.
My god, this team is fucking awful.
Bum is just a legend at this point. Ain’t nobody paying up for a legend. He just isn’t the same guy anymore.
This definitely looks like a bad penny year. A bag of ’em…
Anybody want to extend Bum at 4 yrs for $110MM ?…
Thank God sabean is gone and Baer is “unavailable”. I think trading him has always been Zaidi”s first plan but if he keeps pitching like this . …..
Doubt even twinfan could put a + spin on this shit
If this game goes into extras, some daredevil might attempt an outdoor crap in the kale garden…
*some Daredevil* LMFAO!
Bum was very outspoken about teams that don’t try to win NOW. Maybe he’s gone sour on the new mgmt because he sees the revolving door as not being serious about winning now. I don’t know, maybe. And maybe he’s actually angling for a trade. Not realizing that sucking is going to hinder said trade.
Have a great time in Costa Rica, Craig.
He could go 6-15/4.25 and still get 5/125 from someone as long as he’s healthy…
Yes, perhaps one of the rich teams that seems to falter in the playoffs. Only a few of those come to mind…
Highly doubt that the way teams are run these days. The analytic guys hate bum
I mean, 2014 was 5 years ago…..
Don’t forget his WC masterpiece in 2016…
It’s just too long ago. Game has changed. I’d hoped he would retain enough value to piggyback on to a mid season haul but he’s just a guy now. He’s just a guy.
Longoria did some rally-killing tonight.
You know what’s dumb? Planes. Another delay. More IPA please
The only thing better then winning a NCAA championship is hearing the traditional closing music “For One Shining Moment “ truly a classic!
Cards beat the Dodgers. That’s a cool thing.
Did Larry Jaster pitch?
My old man is celebrating big time tonight. Born and raised in richmond. Big Spiders fan. But this shit took him over the top tonight. me? I’m bummed the guy who coulda won $300k on a $15oo bet lost. Sick.
I did like Jeff Lamp…
Trailblazer. Fuck yeah
Twinfan woulda hated the SF airport today.
Alright Panik, make em pay.
Not diggin’ the Duggar that time.
Kratz.
This is the post of the year. Think about it….
That game went all splat.
Anytime I need a laugh, I can always count on this:
Yeah that was a morbid classic moment, I believe some intern was feeding the Anchor obviously wrong info,and she just rolled with it..
2 outs and all you have is Kratz??My god this team really does suck..
Oh ballgame, no surprise..
Bum blew a 5-0 lead. Yikes.
Announced Attendance: 28,625
Actual attendance12,000.
That’s gotta be the season ticket number right?
From One Shining Moment to One Shitty Team.
So true Macdog!
Lol it’s been happening for some time now, reality is a good thing