Doubled Up Again
The bright shine from last Friday’s Flap supernova is gone. Dimmed and diluted, we are back to the reality of this hopeless season. You know, watching PomPom get blasted might not be so bad if he didn’t take a 30 minute dinner break in between pitches.
Anyway, none of this is surprising. Tonight is our best shot at snagging a victory but a sweep is still the most likely outcome.
A Place To Talk About Giants Baseball 
Kawhi makes his move, seismic shift in both NBA conferences.
Daniel’s blog is little different too, less day to day long columns of analysis and commentary. Cards in dogfight this season, interesting to see what they do…grab a bat or help the pen. Always amazed at their farm system though. That new 3b blasted a triple to deepest part of yard last night.
That first inning was so disheartening. Pom was awful, giving up 2 400 ft bombs to Martinez and Golds. That Golds bomb was just crushed to deep CF. Right away giants are down 3-0.
Then the Cards SP can’t find the plate, 2 walks sandwiched around Posey single load bases with no one out.
Dick swings at dumb pitch and lofts weak fly to LF that almost results in Belt getting doubled off 3b. He had short lead off the bag before the LF caught the ball, went back to tag, then bluffed a few steps and almost didn’t get back as throw came in. This is right in front of Wotus! Wtf was he doing? He drew a throw that was right on money and almost got tagged out.
Longo has a worse AB than Dick, striking out on check swing on ball in the dirt way out of the zone. Finally Pillar grounds single past 3b and then another walk to Crawford with sacks loaded scores run #2. Just could have been much more had Giants been able to square up a big hit when kid did find the plate. Instead they fouled off decent pitches. And never got another walk all night while Cards continued to rake.
I have not even watched one complete MLB game this year. Parts of a few. Who knows why.
every Giants and A’s game is televised here. I rarely listen to Krukow/Kuiper feed at all though I watch and follow along on cbssite.
Thanks for the post on Blanco sighting. It’s cool you still hit local minor league games. Good luck with new book. Every time we get Daniel on here I’m reminded of Starry Night, which he was part of along with other bloggers from contenders involved in that whole story.
you have a brilliant memory
danke!
hi, Mr. Shoptaw
I should fly to SF just for my mental health (Magnus knows some reasons why, as Father Confessor); maybe I will go to Rome in October. But would I stay, with a Claudia Cardinale or Gina Lolabrigida type?
You can’t go wrong with that sweet combo Pawlie,
Throwin a Sophia Loren&Bridgette Bardot as well and your be having some pillow talk all night..
I don’t have a clue who you’re talking about here but come on out! We’ll pass gift cards out in the tenderloin, see what we get back in return. Oh my!
Once Upon a Time in the West.
Great movie. One of the greatest soundtracks ever. courtesy Ennio Morricone.
The very first scene with Charles Bronson is one of the great first scenes in cinema.
Henry Fonda, his only role as the bad guy. Trust me, he was really bad, too.
If you’ve never seen this flick, do yourself a favor and see it. You’ll be blown away.
And — Claudia Cardinale.
Unbelievably gorgeous. Wow…
snarkk,
is that the opening scene? wow
My HS teacher, Father John B. Giuliani, sent me a pic a few years ago of him and Sophia Loren at some sort of gala. #jealous I don’t care how old she is.
K&K made interesting comments about the juiced baseball recently. I hadn’t really thought much about how the ball is affecting infielders on groundballs. They talked about how they’ve never before seen so many infielders getting handcuffed by rocketing grounders.
The A’s broadcasters talked about how their thirdbaseman plays deeper than any thirdbaseman they have ever seen. He has such a strong arm he can get away with it. And he’s so great at coming in on slow grounders.
In so many ways, it’s not the same game it was just a few years ago when the Giants were winning the 3-in-5.
Tweaking the baseball has changed things a lot. MLB claims they never asked for the balls to be tweaked. But they’re not making any effort to change them back, either.
So, really, what chance does a guy like Pom have in today’s game anyway? The laces of the ball are tighter to the ball now, so pitchers who rely on curveballs are having a harder time getting the grip they need to pitch a good curveball.
Pom has turned out to be a really bad signing by Zaidi. His contract is cheap, so he could easily be DFA-ed without any drama from the front-office.
This is Bom-Bom’s deal:
Drew Pomeranz (LHP)
1 year/$2M (2019)
1 year/$1.5M (2019)
Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 1/23/19
Performance bonuses:
$250,000 each for 25, 50 innings pitched.
$125,000 each for 2, 4, 6, 8 games started.
$100,000 each for 10, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 27, 30 GS.
$200,000 for 32 GS
Roster bonuses:
$500,000 for making active Major League roster on Opening Day (met).
$250,000 each for 90, 120 days on active Major League roster.
$500,000 for 150 days on active Major League roster
Giants can still save about a million if they get rid of him in time.
BTW, The Oven is owed about $3.75 million at the moment, so I doubt he’s going anywhere…
they shoulda skipped all those and just given him a $500million dollar bonus for making the all star team. He woulda taken that
Then Z-man should jettison Pom now, why waste another pitchers progress? Giants could contact all 32 teams about him and the line would go static with a bad connection immediately followed by laughter..
Kat: Stop being a fuckin’ snob and make your contest picks…
If the Giants truly intend to fix the ballpark as most people seem to think, shouldn’t they announce it ASAP, or the day the season ends? It might help attract guys who can actually hit. I wonder how much planning and engineering goes into it and how long it will actually take…
The environmental impact report will take some time and money to get through the scratching of the backs process. The public forums will bring out noise and traffic concerns from pretty much the whole city, but mainly from the neighbors in the pricey condos across the street, again slowing any construction until all the right and left palms are greased.
I’m surprised, Bozo. I didn’t think it would be that big of a deal with everything taking place inside the park…
The “project” for CEQA purposes will be the park itself as remodeled. No new impact there. I’ll bet you they can bypass the EIR. Construction noise and pollution will require some city permits and neighborhood graft, but that’ll move quick. The big problem is how to hype the renovation. Now that Larry’s back, those wheels are rolling I’m sure.
Using high frequency sound to scare away the gulls, now that might raise EIR CEQA disputes.
Never been in the yard, but I don’t think there needs to be much in the way of destruction.
Just some reconfiguring and fence building I guess…
Coming up Loo still doing analytics 😂 which I know nothing about!Old days see ball, hit ball, run hard,catch ball, throw ball, and you turn into a 5 tool player like Mays!
OK, Kat. Do your homework – midnight eastern time tomorrow is the deadline…
Cesar Cedeno was the first guy I ever heard of that was supposed to be “the next Mays”.
Kirk Gibson was supposed to be the next Mantle.
Ever notice that in sports they seem to only compare guys by race?
Especially obvious in football with QB & WR stereotypes…
Kinda like Drew Pomeranz is the next Todd Wellemeyer.
Atlee Pomeranzitomeyer-Vanlandinghammaker
Mac and Unca got me LQTMing out loud
Bobby Murcer was the next Mantle as well. I remember when he got here, those comparisons slowed some. He did have a coupe solid seasons with the Giants in those dark days of the mid 70s though.
I think that was more for being his successor and that they were both from Oklahoma and signed by the same scout. No one ever thought Murcer would approach Mantle’s power…
And what’s with this 7:05 start tonight?
Yeah, Loo, you’re totally right-on. The media is always comparing Trout to Mantle, and very rarely to Mays.
Loo..Kat’s picks
Bum-Minnesota
Smith-Atlanta
Dyson-Oakland
Pomeranz-One way Moon Launch 🚀
horning in on my Twins pick! Damnit!
Hey now, I had Bum to the Twins back on 7/3.
wow, Boogie got a 1 year deal, 3.5 mil. Amazing. Didn’t one of you guys (GH?) call for 150 mil? LOL something like that?
He didn’t look good in some of those finals games. He needs to drop about 30 LBs…
you know what nobody talks about? Zion Williamson is fat. Not like grotesque fat but for an NBA player that dude needs to drop some weight.
Think he had anything to do with the quake?
Not I. Maybe wille. I thought the Dubs would get him on the one-year $6.5 mill limit.
Paul George forced OKC to trade him to the Clips. He bailed on Westbrook and OKC fans after signing a multi-year deal last year. Is he going to get clobbered by the media and fans like was done to Durant? Probably not, and I don’t see the double standard rationale. Nobody in top tier wants to play with Westbrook. Nor with Lebron, other than Anthony Davis. Boogie just needed a contract from anybody, and Lakers were willing. IMO the Dubs can make the playoffs next season in a 5-8 position, and if Klay is available, they could make a bit of noise in the playoffs…
Fun fact quiz:
Bonds hit 23 of the first 25 Splash HRs. Which Giants player hit the other 2?
The little annoying announcer that everyone hates.
Can’t think of his name…
Adderall Andres Torres?
JT Snow???
Crespo
Gut feeling the Giants keep Watson, they need a lefty in the pen not named Holland.Bergen comes back gives them 2 capable lefties, like the days of Affeldt&Lopez I always like 2 Giant lefties to work against the Dogpile LU..
Zumie Was it that guy Crespo??
1. Brandon Belt (L) 1B
2. Mike Yastrzemski (L) RF
3. Buster Posey (R) C
4. Alex Dickerson (L) LF
5. Pablo Sandoval (S) 3B
6. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
7. Kevin Pillar (R) CF
8. Joe Panik (L) 2B
9. Madison Bumgarner (R) P
I’m sure you’re right, Kat.
Was he ever an announcer for another team or am I thinking of someone else from that time?
People here couldn’t stand the guy whoever it was. Definitely an ex-Giant…
A tornado in Jersey? Wtf? Who turned on the news?
Watson has been a little funky lately, but any NL team that is going to have to face LA in playoffs has to be in on him to handle their LH power. Dyson btw is a good call. He’s easily forgotten about, has reasonable salary (arb eligible next year) and isn’t a rental. Nice column on him couple days ago MLBTR. And the guy has been lights out this year and really only has that bad stretch in Texas against him.
BF got it. Felipe Crespo hit those two Splash hits.
Loo, you’re thinking of F.P. Santangelo, a similar player. F.P. is the color analyst on Nats TV broadcasts, and yes he’s annoying. But maybe a little less annoying as time has gone on. But he used to do things like brag about how good-looking his wife is. I wonder if they’re even still married.
According to wikipedia:
Santangelo has married twice; his second marriage was to Playboy Playmate Michelle McLaughlin. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.
Santangelo′s first marriage produced two children, who as of March 2018 attended college in California.
You’re right, Zum, I was thinking of F.P.
BTW, Kat got it way before anybody at 4:04…
Oops, sorry about that, Kat!
My thought on Cousins was only that warriors could use him, not for any max money. Give him more time before season starts to condition and work on his fitness and inside game. Hey their front court right now is Looney Jones Green and McKinnie, plus the rook from Nova, Paschall, who might be a steal.
and Cauley Stein. Zum I’m waiting for the scouting report on him!
Skinny very tall guy, with lots of potential. Very athletic. Beef him up! The opposite of Cousins’ physique. Cauley-Stein’s tattoos on his face and neck are off-putting. He needs to rebound better. He has nice post-up moves around the basket. Not much of an outside shooter. Terrible free throw shooter, but is getting a little better at it. Can run the fast break like a gazelle. Awesome at slamming alley-oops on the run. Good shot-blocker. I could see the Warriors utilizing his abilities well. There was no future for him with the Kings with Bagley on the scene.
thx Zum.. Few times I saw him noticed Kings used him at elbow high post. doesn’t sound like he can hit that shot though Warriors use that position on offense too. comps were made with JaVale McGee for lobs off high screen and roll, which is supposed to be a strength of D A Russell’s game. Warriors are going to be desperate for defensive rebounders and shot blockers…his numbers didn’t seem to be great on either. hmmnn
Dis on him as reported by Warriors guys was that Kings didn’t think he fit their fast pace offense. True?
I wouldn’t say that. His issue is more on defensive rebounding. His inability to get a big rebound at the end of a few games cost the Kings in some close games.
Does this answer any of your 8:43 AM, Pawlie?
https://nypost.com/2019/07/06/baseball-is-giving-us-less-reasons-to-tune-in/
not really; it’s more my own personal self-inflicted malaise
Your new alias can be Willie Malaise…
Gold!
Zumie check the time post, Kat 4:04 on Crespo
Big Flavor 5:12 thanks for playing…
Sorry about that, Kat! My bad! You got it!
lol, well in my defense I didn’t scroll through to check other answers, I knew that one immediately.
FP is single again. He’s not bragging about being married to a Playmate anymore.
How about this kid’s start:
Marco Luciano 17 year old Outfielder
14 games plus another HR tonight
Batting .404
7HR’s
4 Doubles
1 Triple
3 Stolen Bases
#3 rated SF Giant prospect!
Maybe their farm system is on their way to respectability after all…
oh shoot snarkk’s worst nightmare
Wonder what Z-man is thinking.
WCS is a fantastic pick up for the warriors. He can run the floor and will be a better player on this team. His issue is consistency, some nights he doesn’t show up to play. I’m betting Draymond will have something to say about that and we will see the best WCS there is next year…..
Fun times in Flushing.
why don’t they finally fire that guy? He obviously doesn’t want to be there. He needs to take the ’86 WS trophy and drive it around the Mets parking lot attached to some rope ala George Castanza.
Bo Callaway or Brodie Surfername?
With these Cards unis, for a moment I thought that was Bake McBride in RF.
cool player.
In my recollection, Bobby Bonds was openly touted not so much as the next Mays but as his heir apparent, his successor, in CF. And speaking of Murcer, wasn’t he traded for Bonds?
Yep Pawlie, it was Bonds for Murcer to my regret.Murcer as I remember bitched about the cold weather a lot( well welcome to the Stick it was a bitch for fans too!)and even kept his bats warm in a sauna.Murcer’s numbers weren’t bad, Hell he drove in 90 runs both years he played here, but Bobby put up better for a longer period of time..
Yes.
And they both died way too young…
Shit what happened to Bum are number1 trade chip ?Freakin figures just before the deadline..
Got hit by a line drive, looked like just above the elbow, in the first inning.
Fleming on radio say big welt on Bum’s left tricep…
It was a direct hit to the arm. That thing is gonna be swollen as a motherfucker for at least a week maybe longer.This is another example of the price we are now paying for the improbable 3 in 5. Baseball Gods are collecting for that and we gonna be paying for a while……
off the bat at 98.
That 6-5-3 DP the Giants turned was a classic example of how scoring a game is obsolete since no one plays their position any more…
Sweet Potater!!!
holy shit does Slater make them pay!
losing flyballs seems to happen lot lately in LF. myers lost in SD playing CF too.
Slater tells it goodbye.
Slater Slam!
Slater’s 2nd bomb of the season in 11th ABs. One more than he hit all last year in 199.Baggs said Giants last PH slam was by Aurillia in 2003.
I’d take 10-1 that he’s wrong…
He listed them all Loo, on a twitter post at cbs site.
In that case I’ll take 20-1…
I’m devastated about this injury to Bum. This is gonna fuck up EVERYTHING
He’ll be fine. It’s like getting HBP.
Still 25 days to the TD…
Miller on radio says Bum has elbow contusion,
X-rays negative…
Hank said Russ Davis hit PH/GS here year Oracle opened. Aurillia’s was at white sox park 2003.
Roooos
Loo, here’s the pinch-hit grand slam list:
If he did it from memory, I’d be impressed…
There’s no way he did.
For those who didn’t see Bum get hit:
I friggin’ predicted this kind of hit by batted ball injury shit for Bum. They should sit his ass now until they trade him…
He’s going to have to prove he’s healthy at some point after the break.
Maybe he misses one start…
That’s some Dick ! …
Just dicking around.
Panda Power ! …
Panda goes yard.
Dickerson is a lot of fun to watch. Big grin on his face when does something good.
Pablomb!
Used to be, if you were picked for the homer inning participant, you’d win $10K for a grand slam. Now, a homer of any kind will get you two days stay at some hotel in Reno. WTF?…
Pablo having quite a night great snag almost gunned the guy down at 1b.
Watson not increasing the trade value.
Why don’t they just walk Goldschmidt? Every AB…
Pillar plays with a lot of fire. This team has gotten an identity in the last week or so. Some life on the team. Actual winning going on.
IMO, it’s Dick that lit the fire, as soon as he got to that first game in Arizona and started cranking hits and HRs all over the place Amazing what an OFer with a power bat can actually do for a team…
A real outfield and a real bench!
Deck the Cards!
Pads take 2 in a row in the latrine.
yeah very impressive. Their kid SP Paddack shutout LA into 6th and they hit 2 bombs off Maeda for 3-1 W. Lost first one vs. Ryu for 5 th L in a row but bounced back.
I think Loo’s math is right–10 day IL bum would miss 1 start after AS break.
Yahoo Clint!!