Heart
Woke up today feeling like we just won another one. Couldn’t be more proud of the perseverance these guys showed. The bench stepped up. And Steph, who I was cursing loudly and often at halftime, reminded me why I love him. I’m a damn fool for ever doubting him.
That *heart of a champion* stuff is real. Paul and Harden don’t have it. Steph, Klay, Draymond, etc… do have it. And is there a better sports moment than watching your team call on that heartbeat for one more run to the top? Doubt it.
I see the Giants were shut out at home 7-0. That was fairly predictable with that major climate shift they had to deal with….
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In this 5 year Dub Run (I’m trademarking that term!!), last night is clearly in the Top 10 best games!!!
Outside of the big championship finals games (especially the close-out ones), Game 6 and 7 against the Thunder may be the only ones that out-rank last night. Game 7 against Houston right up there…
After the clinch win at game 5 in Texas.
Iconic.
I miss that little guy…
talkin’ bout heart of a GIANT right there….
Castillo is really something though, devastating high 90s fastball and change. Fun to watch and he’ll no hit somebody if they let him go long enough. He had Giants zapped most of the night and this was second time they’d seen him in a week.
DRod wasn’t as bad as it might look, victimized by bad luck and defense. Austin flat out muffed a fly ball right at him. Then they almost had DP on bunt by P with 2 on but baserunner declared safe after replay. Then a bloop hit by C and deep drive to CF where Duggar almost made fantastic catch but ball fell out of his glove after he crashed into CF wall. Result was 2 run triple and that’s your game.
On the bunt play, P was at plate with 2 guys on and pops it up down 1b line. Isn’t the play supposed to be you let the ball drop because runners are frozen? This could have been easy DP by Belt going to 2b and Giants getting P at 1b.
I didn’t pay attention to last night’s Gyros game at all. And glad I didn’t.
Totally into the Dubs game, went to a brew pub to see it.
Pubbers were into it. There was a small group of Rockets fans started a “Go Rockets” chant, the Pubbers came back with a drown out of “Warriorrrrs, Warriorrrs…”. This was right before the last 3 minutes of the game amazing run for the Dubs. I’m still looking at highlights of Steph and Klay drain those clutch 3s the last 90 seconds. Unreal shots at absolute height of crunch time. Klay’s was the killer coup de grace, Steph drained the free throws to keep the lid on. They are indeed champs with great talent, and the heart to drive it to win (see photo above)…
Klay kept them in it with clutch performance in first half with 21, pull ups layups and long range.
And thing is, he was in there (while Curry sat out) with the scrub bench guys, as the only real scoring threat and still went off. Iguodala is playing better now than 10 yrs ago, shooting better from long range too. I’m sure that must have been fun Snarkk
Maybe I’m underestimating Milwaukee with left coast bias (didn’t see them much) but I thought GS-Houston was NBA championship.
GS rolled Denver and Portland reg season and can usually out score them. They are both fun to watch and having entertaining series but, not serious threats.
Toronto seems like one man team (Lowry doesn’t do well often enough to beat GS) and Philly is still too young and foolish.
agreed. If Warriors figure out how to deal with Greek Alphabet I don’t see the Bucks the same way the rest of the league does. Problem is, if we have to go through Nuggies the issue will be Jokic. He does so many things at an elite level and we don’t have anyone big enough to handle him
Oh sure Jokic has lot of skills, but he’s not athletic energetic type to out quick or out muscle GS inside. I can live with him shooting 3s; keep him out of lane and off boards with box out. Looney can do that and will outrun him to other end. Millsap inside is dangerous too and Barton seems to play well vs. GS. Durant comes back at any point this series, they are done.
Gotta admit it was fun to watch Bogut. He is so smart and excellent passer/screener. Contrast in styles like old school high posts.
Dig this story from the Athletic this morning, by Marcus Thompson. Chris Paul is even more a d-bag than I thought. Dubs are absolutely loving that win, for more reasons we didn’t know…
“HOUSTON — Draymond Green stood outside the visiting locker room at the Toyota Center, greeting teammates as they came in. When Stephen Curry made his way through the crowd, he looked straight at Green — before they slapped hands and bumped chests — and screamed, “Kick me off the court again, boy!”
There is a story behind that.
On the night before Friday’s Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals, after arriving from the Bay Area, Curry wanted to get some shots up at Toyota Center. The Warriors’ do-it-all manager, Eric Housen, booked the court from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. so Curry could work on his shot. Somehow, Rockets guard Chris Paul got wind. He decided to go to Toyota Center to get shots up, nixing Curry’s reservations. The Warriors’ point guard offered to stick to half a court, but Paul wasn’t having it. Curry was kicked off the Toyota Center court.
Hence: “Kick me off the court again, boy!” And Green replied to Curry’s taunt by screaming, “Kick him off! Kick him off!” “
I believe you, snarkk, but not the story.
Just doesn’t sound like something that would happen in today’s NBA…
I absolutely believe this story. Chris Paul is a bitch, 100% through and through. Plus, Marcus Thompson is one of the most reliable writers in all of sports.
Not to pick on him, but MTO has begun a minor o-fer (10).
I couldn’t tell you if he’s hit the ball hard since his great comeback game.
Just don’t want to see it turn into the old 3 for 32 crap…
Heard on radio that after last night, Steph has made 76 straight free throws in the 4th quarters and OTs of playoff games the last few years. Harden missed 5 last night…
In further news of the weird, Zito has written a book “Curveball” due to come out Sept, “detailing his rise and fall as a baseball pitcher and his discovery of religion.” According to story this discovery of Christianity came about during his tough times with Giants. Think I’ll skip this one.
He should’ve called it “Hanging Curveball”…
How about “The $126 million Game”.
The St. Louis playoff gem he pitched, maybe the only game worth remembering that he pitched his entire stint with the Giants…
Incredible win for our beloved dubs. From Green who talks a lot of shit but also truth.
“When you talk about heart, you’re talking about just the willingness to do whatever. The willingness to do what it takes. The willingness to step up in a big moment. You can’t buy it. You can’t give it to someone. Either you got it or you don’t. I think we showed that in a major way.”
“The Bunt” that will always be Zito’s signature moment for me..
Yep. That WAS a great bunt. IMO, Zito was, no joke, the best bunter on the Giants since they moved to Pac Bell to now. Easily worth $100 million of the $126 million…
What’s that 4 straight years the Warriors have smoked the Rockets? They know for sure now they can never beat them it’s called “OWNAGE” and it’s a satisfying thing like a good Cigar!!
Zito’s 2012 complete game shutout in Denver was a pretty good moment.
that used to be quite the lightning rod for me and Twin. I felt like 2012 post season exonerated Zito completely etching him a God in Giants history. Twin continued to hold a grudge.
We tend to get too hung up on contracts and I’d lean towards agreeing with you. Zito’s game 1 win in the 2012 WS was solid too.
Like Renteria’s HR…
Sorry, Zito’s not a God in Giants history, IMO.
For his entire contract, a ghastly expensive hemorrhoid, with a handful of days of relief…
Nobody is saying Zito’s a god inGiants history.
The Giants have claimed Aaron Altherr who was DFA by the Phillies. Outfielder & RH hitter who had some pop with 19 bombs-3 years ago.
BF’s 10:07 said exactly that…
The one thing I really like about Zman( not Zits) is he just keeps churning up dirt hoping a Nugget turns up! He discards players like old holey underwear once they crap on themselves he moves on to other combinations. Joe,Reed,Gerber were cheap fill-ins that didn’t pan out, so he just brings in the next batch,Austin,Vogt,Solano and hope they stick, if not no big deal with Z man, he moves players and I like that over the stale combo of Sabes/Booby approach of sitting back hand and out ridiculous contracts..
I guess when there’s nothing ready in the minors, he might as well do it this way – at least during the season..
I could care less how he pitched in games that didn’t matter. He could have pitched well, it wouldn’t have mattered, none of those teams were going to do shit.
He is largely responsible for the 2012 trophy. We have 3 of them. He’s a God to me, one of probably 15 or so.
Look, Zito didn’t give himself that contract that was Sabean’s mistake—he was a complete professional during his time in SF, as far as I know he was a great teammate and he tried his best. What else can you ask for? Throw in a World Series trophy BECAUSE of him and goddamn right I’m declaring him a God in Giants history—fuck it, Sabean too, for signing him. If he doesn’t sign him maybe we don’t win in 2012.
Loo, this dude is refuting the story about Curry and Paul. If true, my confidence in MT is shaken. Of course, this guy has reason to protect Paul, too
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/texas-sports-nation/rockets/article/Real-story-Chris-Paul-Stephen-Curry-controversy-13838150.php
good move. For free, another right handed bat with a little pop
Zito came thru with nearly 8 shutout frames at Busch in that elimination game . Yep, he did. And, in a WS game shortly thereafter, he got it done. That was pretty much it his whole contract. He was a bum for 95% of that time. Yeah, he didn’t force Sabes to shovel all that money to him. Anybody would have signed that idiotic deal, idiotic for the Giants. But, sorry, not a god. Voggie won 2 games that NLCS, pitched his ass off, giving up only 1 run each time. Including in the next elmination game 6. Voggie won 3 games in that 2012 post-season. He was the god if you want to find one, at a bargain price…
Don’t care about the price and absolutely Voggy is one of the 15 or so God’s from the WS run.
Here are my SF “gods”. Mays is in
his own Valhalla.
McCovey
Marichal
Bonds
Timmy
Will the Thrill
good list. Mine will be heavily influenced by the 3 beauties. I’ll fiddle around with it later today, see if I come up with 15 or more
D-Rod to Sac-town.
Report: Bum submits 8-team no-trade list
https://www.mlb.com/news/madison-bumgarner-submits-no-trade-list
Bum is smart this time. Maxing up his leverage by picking the teams most likely to want him. Whatever happens, he’s going to get paid the next two seasons at least as much as he earned his entire time with the Gyros…
So what’s his angle? Giants get a trade in place with, say, NY and he doesn’t approve unless an extension is in place? Seems like any team would balk at that, right? Or am I missing something?
“kick me off the court again, boy!”
Methinks the Houston sports writer is protecting Chris Paul or the Rockets team or both. What, Curry would suddenly make up something on the way into the locker room to yell at Dray (who seems to understand what Curry yells), and a story to back it up?…
exactly. Curry isn’t going to start yelling something random that Draymond instantly gets followed by a story explaining it.
very interesting list. Is he trying to block ANY trade by refusing trades to pretty much any contender (besides LA and we don’t trade with them, anyway).
https://www.mlb.com/news/madison-bumgarner-submits-no-trade-list
what I read is he is setting himself up for some compensation in return for waiving it. The list is not ironclad, it’s more make me an offer I can’t refuse.
Safe to assume that Bum has a new agent?
Seems to me like he wants leverage to get a multi-year from the team willing to trade for him.
IOW, he doesn’t want to be a rental.
And, for some weird reason, I can’t post on this thread in my phone, I can’t log in. Beem that way for a couple months.
I’ve been everywhere man, Ive been everywhere!!
Edwin Jackson will be joining his 14th major league club when he appears for the Toronto Bluejays.
He was tied for the most organization s with Octavil Dotel at 13..
You, Kat, and the Man in Black…
https://tinyurl.com/y3wbndov
The Curry/Paul story just didn’t add up to me, Flavor. Pro athletes today, especially NBA superstars, are all more or less friends far as I can tell…
For me, not only is 2012 everything about Zito but I’ve made this comment before, when he first came to DC as a Giant, he would sit out before the game and sign every autograph request. I think we got 2 one day and he was ready to sign another the next and told my kid not to bother. Also saw him pitch at RFK and son and I cannot remember who was catching but Zito struck out Ryan Zimmerman and the Giants catcher tossed my son the ball as he headed back to the dugout.
Forgot to note the other thought that the same son has endlessly been around Lincecum in those days and could never get an autograph…Bum tossed him a batting practice ball. Best interaction we ever had was with Javier Lopez while he was shagging flies when we were at the Nats new park out in CF. He signed and wr had a short conversation with him. In bball, I got a chance to say hello to Draymond and Baron Davis and best convo Adonal Foyle when I told him I had him on my fantasy team and he looked back at me and pointed to himself and said, “Me?” I said yes for blocks!!!
Of course, the greatest interaction I have ever had (pretty sure I have told this story) was with Stephen Jackson. After seeing him in warmups and calling him Captain Jack and me going crazy after Baron hit a go ahead 3 pointer with couple seconds left, Jackson pointed right at me (was only fan wearing a Warriors uniform in those days) and then as he was giving his radio post-game interview, he gives me a nod. I tell my son that we are waiting and when the interview ends he heads over and tosses us his head band!! Awesome moment. Putting Captain Jack in my Top 10 all-time Warriors!!
That didn’t take long.Leadoff walk,Votto triple 1-0 ..
Too early to say ballgame?
Puig hitting .206 so of course he hits a monster bomb
Our future Giant…he always seems to hit well in SF as well…
Ballgame..
At least the Sharks have a lead.
Our rotation reminds me of the early 80s Giants when I was growing up. They seem to be (actually no seeming with these Giants) always down a couple of runs at the start of every game…
Nice blast by Longoria!
Damm forgot to call it!!
Logo gets one back.
The thing I’ll never forget about Zito is how little faith I had in him to win those playoff games. He came through, so he’s a stud. All time great? No, but he’ll hold a warm little corner spot in my heart for coming through when we desperately needed it.
And, hey, maybe this opener thing ain’t such a bad idea.
BTW I posted some pics of Hank Aaron stadium in Mobile. Wish it didn’t get rained out Thursday. Looks lkie a great place to watch a game. The ‘expensive’ seats are $14.00. And it was thirsty Thursday. $1.00 PBRs and Rolling Rocks. Dammmmn.
Quick All-timers for me are:
Mays
McCovey
Marichal
J and Will Clark
Timmy
Matty
Bobby and Barry Bonds
Pablo
Cody
Ishi
Vogey
B Weesy
Romo
There’s too many not to list. Playoff heroics are numerous. Uribe, Renteria, Affeldt, Mota, Petit, Glasschez, Casilla . . . even the Riot.
You would’ve loved Cepeda, Chuck.
Kent just doesn’t get the respect he deserves…
Yeah, I missed him by a couple seasons. DId see Jimmy Ray. Loved the name more than anything when I was a kid.
During Spring Training, Smarj ridiculed the opener strategy.
Smarj is why the opener idea was invented.
I still have a special place in my heart for “Gamer Face”Connor Gilaspie (sp?)
Me too, Kat.
Best baseball moment I ever experienced in person…
My Giants favorites list would start with Bobby Bonds. He and Lon Simmons were why I became a Giants fan instead of an A’s fan. Lots of my friends were A’s fans because the A’s were winning rings at the time.
No Giant from ‘75 to ‘85 makes my list.
Not even Jack the Ripper? He made my list.
puig f’s that one up and Duggar with 2 run triple. all even!
Olé Puig lol 😂 tie game!
Just off the top of my head:
Bobby Bonds
Barry Bonds
Will Clark
Timmy
Matt
Buster
Sergio
Affeldt
Pence
Belt
Bum
Vogey
And:
Mays
McCovey
Fuentes
Marichal
Panik with the productive out, Giants take the lead.
Krakow drinking the koolaid again.
Rick Schu&Alonso Powell do such a great job with these hitters..I just want to 🤮
suarez sure got Gott what a bomb
Jesus… Now that was a bomb 💣 by Suarez it almost made the kids little baseball field!!
They better give us exit speed& velocity& distance on that missile 🚀
Clank.
Would love to see Panik do something.
Whaaaaaat? He looked safe, but why steal?
Stupid fucking play anyway. I’m assuming Boch didn’t call that steal.
Brutal call!!!
Fuck NY
Fuentes and Speier will always be in my heart. As does Robby Thompson and Omar Vizquel.
Somehow I knew we’d get fucked. How is that an out?
All we need is the single that won’t matter.
Why have replay of they can’t even get that fucking right? Foot hits the bag then 3rd baseman tags the leg.
Thompson doesn’t make my list because of his prickly personality. Kent, too. And Wilson.
And Leonard.
Thompson?? Never knew him to be a prickly guy. One Flap Down, Kevin Mitchell. Matthews, Maddox, Maybe a top 50 . . .
Zumie..But you put the biggest prick on your list with Barry?
True, good point; but he just did so much entertaining, though. I have so many memories of Barry moments, I had to include him.
Not a great moment in replay history.
Jeeeebus. Moronta is flailing.
But. He. May. Get. Through. this.
dang it Moronta blows strike 3 past puig and then gets beat by a bloop.
Fuuuuuuck
Bad teams find infinite ways to get beat. That’s true for both teams tonight.
Still chances to win this one.
There is no cause on the planet that I care less about than the weird hashtag of #LetPabloPitch
#Let Pablo eat” would be a better hashtag..
Any of you see the B/R article on maybe it’s time for a pitch clock on pitchers?
They showed Grienke pitching to Albies and it took him over 2 minutes to throw 2 pitches and they had the Kentucky Derby inlayed under Grienke and the race ended before his second pitch was thrown..
Best thing I heard tonight was Matty Alou struck out Willie Stargell. Twice!
This is the game, Chuck. A few months later they would trade him to the Pirates for (ugh) Joe Gibbon…
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT196508261.shtml
Very cool, DJ!
Christ. Yet another under-the-radar dogshit trade by the Giants. Never knew that one.
Gotta admit that commercial with the piano version of California Dreamin sounds great.
I had the vinyl LP White Rabbit by George Benson (before he was singing) doing a nice job on that tune too, CTI early ’70s.
The theme of the ads is very dark. Rifle shells littering a school hallway, candle light vigil, kids mourning, serious shit.
Fun Fact: California Dreamin’ was the first 45 I bought by myself with my own money…
First album I ever bought was Quadrophenia.
2nd album?
My sister had that “Fire” album. Great album!
But I haven’t heard it in 40 years, so who knows?
Fire and Skintight were monster hits.
Not sure if Love Roller Coaster was on this, too…
That was Honey iirc.
Grand slam for Parra vs. LA if I just heard right…
Playing 1B for the Nats, Damn, the Giants played him out of position.
Well that sucked and on SNL they have some lame band called Jonas Brothers playing. Talk about going gently into the night.
Giants starting pitchers keep getting tore up in the first inning. If only there was a strategy where the starting pitcher wouldn’t have to face the top of the order in the first inning.
If you bring in Smargle in the 2nd do you think he magically does better? It’s still HIS first inning.
I’m not sold on the strategy. But Jesus, our 1st inning ERA has to be in the 60s.
At least he wouldn’t face their best hitters in the first inning. Few teams have two of their best hitters batting 4th and 5th anymore.
Yeah “Let Panda pitch” the 1st inning!
Duggar had to be going on his own when he got thrown out( even though he was safe) maybe that’s why Solano never took off to 2nd.If he goes too They atleast still have a guy in scoring position, just a weird scenario that went bad..
A big mistake by Duggar. It needed to be a great read and jump, or don’t go.
I can’t make up my mind on Duggar.
I think he leads the team in some offensive categories…
They did after the walk to Panik. It would have been bases loaded one out instead of 1st and 2nd 2 outs.
Holland blasted Zaidi to the media. I’m not sure that we should care.
It’s Zaidi’s fault that Holland’s pitching stinks?
Holland does funny voices, though. So maybe that’s a big deal in the clubhouse.