Dynasty, Finally, Done
Watching Klay Thompson hobble back on the court and drain those 2 free throws is something I’ll remember the rest of my days…..
Losing in Oakland wasn’t the worst thing. It robbed those shitty Raptor fans the opportunity of celebrating on their home court. And the Warriors would have been blown out in that game.
And what’s left? Baseball. Lots and lots of baseball. Pom Pom tonight vs a stacked Brew Crew. This will get ugly early. Might as well fire up the contest again. $25 amazon gift card if you can correctly name the first Giant hitter to hit a bomb. Tie breaker is hits and K’s for the 2 starting pitchers. I’ll stick with my main man Pillar and 20.
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I go Belt and 24…has anyone won this yet???
The Klay injuries is going to have a huge impact. I think it actually lends more weight to KD going elsewhere, especially if some team like the Knicks are stupid enough to give him a max deal. Actually hoping that happens and gives us that $31.5 million slot. I want Jimmy Butler…
Curry now 0-8 shooting in playoff games in the last 20 seconds, most in the NBA in the last 20 years…
The gift card has never been one, an indication of how weak our hitters are.
Won
the day games did get skipped over per your rules and at least once no one picked the guy who actually did homer. Not to excuse lack of bombs but they have won 3 of 5 on homestand with well pitched games.
Why the fuck not go after FA’s Ozuna who everyone loves and Puig who almost everyone hates and at least have a semi interesting team next year that could even hang around for awhile if things break right?
not to mention be lot less honky. Be nice to see Z do something to upgrade the OF til Heliot Ramos is ready.
No reason to keep Shaw waiting much longer either, let him and Austin split LF and hope some bombs happen.
Shaw and Austin should absolutely be platooning. I’m kinda *meh* on a big Ozuna signing. Too much cash, won’t meet expectations. It’s also a waste of time. These big FA hitters are just going to use SF for leverage until the fences come in. Facts.
We will have so much cash to spend starting next year Ozuna will hit plenty at the new Oracle…
These 2 guys plus a new manager (Tom Goodwin!), staff, ballpark configuration, announcers, etc might energize our vets a bit and who knows, the team could pop up out of nowhere from the doldrums like it did in 73, 78, 82, 93, 97…
You stealing my thunder Loo…I suggested couple weeks ago exactly that scenario. We can overspend on both to overpay and Duggar set in CF.
Did you GH? Ozuna & Puig?
I believe in perjury not plagiary…
I guess it’s early, but it doesn’t seem like there’s any talk about Bochy’s replacement. I don’t want Bam-Bam next season. It won’t clear out the stench. He would’ve only made sense to me as an interim this season to see if he’s the guy…
Highly doubt bambam is being considered. He doesn’t seem like the analytic guy Z is going to install as his puppet
Loo, read something in Chron A’s mailbag questions from Twitter there are some A’s guys Z would know about that he might consider for Giants, bench coaches and Mark Kotsay and Eric Chavez. Wotus Bam Bam, these guys have to go. Let the new broom sweep clean.
Whatever happened to Willie Randolph? Is he still in game, managing or coaching somewhere? Felipe Alou still has an office somewhere and I wonder if he has any input with his DR and latin contacts.
Sorry I can’t hear his name nor the sound of Brian Murphy’s voice without thinking about Felipe Alou.
I was all for Randolph years ago – thought he did fine for the Mets, but for some reason never got another chance. He’s medicare age now and out of the game for awhile far as I know…
Little known fact: Willie’s brother, Terry was a DB for the Pack in 1977…
Panik – 21
I’m not sure if anyone posted this already, but as far as I’m concerned you can just about put a fork in professional baseball. Go Delgado Dolphins, fins up.
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This is a wild one. Double-A Richmond got no-hit through 9 1/3 innings and then won 1-0 on Jalen Miller’s single. Runner who scored from second was placed there because it was the 10th inning.
Terrible rule, I agree. Or at least make it the 11th or 12th inning in these minor league games, and never do it at the MLB level.
Fortunately it didn’t come into play at the game I saw last night. It was a fun game. Crack of the bat, pop of the glove, and all that. A couple of HRs, and some nice defensive plays. A great reminder to me always that baseball is better seen at the ballpark than on TV.
Smallish crowd at the ballpark last night, though. Maybe people stayed home for the basketball game, or maybe it just reinforces your point.
What game?
SJ?
Same league, but Stockton (A’s) vs. Modesto (Mariners.)
Modesto Nuts Baby!🥜
Is that a nice park to watch a game?
I seemed to only go to Reno Aces game which is a cool park downtown, kinda patterned like Snoracle with the red bricks and a train track behind the LF wall.I know it’s AAA and these guys are good, I just wished the Aces were a Giants team instead of the D-backs maybe make it better to root for them.
Same with the Nuts? Who are the Mariners affiliate?
Guess it just comes to big deal it’s baseball and all enjoy it with a cold one and hotdog..
Problem with these AAA tesms (at least when I was in Roseville going to RiverCats games) is they were charging big league prices for beers/dogs. Tickets were cheap, but the rest of it wasn’t.
Buddy of mine went to the second Pads game this week and said crowd was really sparse. Concessionaires have to be hurting this season…
Yeah, there were a LOT of closed concession stands when I went a couple weeks ago.
Pomeranz and 25. Hey. he’s due.
Spoke with a Toronto biz colleague this morning. Apparently huge celebration last night, only one arrest downtown. I congratulated him on beating the Dubs Scrubs…
Can I take as Brewer?
Just dont think a Giant can clear the wall in the kids zone park..
The Stockton Ports and the Modesto Nuts are Single A in the California League, along with the San Jose Giants.
The Nuts’ ballpark is OK. It’s a real old ballpark and has its charms. I had a nice seat behind homeplate for $10.
The Modesto franchise has wonderful history. It’s been affiliated with the Reds, Cardinals, A’s, Rockies, and Mariners over the years. Rickey Henderson and many others played there. The only two numbers retired are #1 Sparky Anderson and #26 Joe Rudi. Rudi grew up in Modesto.
The A’s changed affiliation to Stockton when Stockton built a beautiful new Single A ballpark.
Modesto did some upgrades to their ballpark, and the Rockies signed on with them.
Longoria, 20.
During the ‘62 World Series, during a rainy break in the Series, the Giants and Yankees both held practices at the Modesto ballpark.
Sandoval & 23.
Belt 22
1. Joe Panik (L) 2B
2. Brandon Belt (L) LF
3. Pablo Sandoval (S) 1B
4. Buster Posey (R) C
5. Evan Longoria (R) 3B
6. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
7. Kevin Pillar (R) RF
8. Steven Duggar (L) CF
9. Drew Pomeranz (R) P
Crawford 26
Feels like the gift card will be won tonight. It has to be won at some point, right? RIGHT?????
Supertramp..
Ha,Ha you’re bloody well right
You know your right to say!
Breakfast in America
I saw Supertramp at the Olympiahalle in Munich on a balmy night in early October 1979 on their Breakfast In America tour. Great show, really good video and props support for an arena show, given that it was back in the pre-digital Dark Ages. During last week of Oktoberfest, too. I was traveling around Europe, post-college, and met this girl in Munich from Bloomfield Hills, MI. Little Rich girl. Figured after we went to the concert, we’d hit a pub in Schwabing and then afterwards, well, you know. Well, at least the damn beer was really good…
Whisky Before Breakfast (Norman Blake). Sorry, are we playing word association? …..
Brewers twitter guy describes yard as “chiily Oracle Park.”
Puss
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Pillar.
lol minus F war for f-up. No business going until you make sure ball isn’t in SS glove.
actually the 2b who was backing up the SS, but still.
Pillar screwed up there,ball never noticed the 2nd basemen backing up the play..
First earned run off pomeranz in 8 innings. Posey got glove on that couldn’t corral it.
Yelich sure has nice swing. Credited Bonds for working with him in Florida too.
Miller said run is unearned, due to passed ball but it shows up on cbs site. ?
ah, run is unearned. so 9 shutout innings in a row for Pomeranz.
Arm slot I guess. 95 fastball from Pomeranz, through 4. Best he’s looked all year last 2 starts.
And there we are!
Mac attack!
Panda
Sandoval’s HR was pretty awesome. Surprised me.
Panda 🐼 HR!!
Is that a winner chicken dinner for Mac?
Attaway Panda!
Pillar one of very few Giants with more bombs at home. that’s 7 of his 8 HRs at O.
Then Panik pounds the ball into the shift. Baffling.
This Davies guy came in with record of 7-0 and ERA of 2.41, 4th best in NL. Doesn’t throw fastball much harder than 88-90.
Good effort by Pomeranz, he still sucks though.
And don’t forget it!
Come on Jon Miller, Bo Jackson 1st guy you ever saw break his over his leg?
Chili Davis did it a lot with the Giants before Bo..
Bat
Rough baseball times for Craw.
Yazzzzy!
Yaz sir!
411 ft bomb 💣
That was impressive.
Then Panik pounds it into the shift.
2nd bomb of the year for Yaz in 57 ABs.
Wow. 3 home runs at home? They all eat their Wheaties today? When was the last time they’ve done that?
Amy G has an interesting hairdo tonight.
Bochy is going to let Melancon face Shaw.
Risky.
Well, he had no one else warming up for some reason.
Jeeebus. I was about to praise Melonhead for the quick inning.
Boch pulls Beede the other day and leaves this clown in.
Aaand the wild pitch.
OMG Melonface Just keeps on SUCKING!!!
Can’t believe he got out it!He still sucks donkey balls!!
30 pitch fiasco that inning. Only 1 run fortunately.
Nice job Solano! Not
Crawford sucks. Jesus. A hanging curveball that should have been drilled and he didn’t even get a piece of it.
What happened to him?
Great question.
Craw’s OPS is in the .580s now.
A 3-bomb game and a win!
Clint nods and says “I don’t want any candy asses on the Flap”
smith closes things down after drama of 8th. Yaz insurance bomb sure came in handy. SF hands Davies first L of season too.
3 bombs, at home no less…more contests!
17-17 Saves for Automatic Will Smith, the guy just knows how to pitch with total confidence..
Man I just want to keep this guy as are closer instead of prospects that might end up bust anyway.. Cue up Clint Zumie!
It’s already done. 🙂
Yeah caught Clint after I posted,thanks Zumie!
Cubs can’t seem to beat the Dodgers anymore.
So much for the Cub dynasty that was supposed to start in ‘16.
Their manager may be available after this season.
Yeah but not for us.Zman’s will be looking for a MacGiver type who’s brain is always functionally 24/7
CLINT!!