Relax

Posted in Uncategorized by Flavor on July 7, 2019

So I’ve collected myself a bit since last night realizing there are still 3 weeks of games to go before the trade deadline. Maybe Bum misses a start? Either way, he has to come back and show he’s healthy or no team is going to offer shit for him.

Slater, Pillar and all the Dick you can handle. That outfield might not produce too many wins but it’s the outfield I’d like to see trotted out there for a few weeks straight. Three hungry, fast dudes. Why not?

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djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 8:13 am

Brewers likely to miss out on the chance to see Bum up close in their own park right after the break.
Pool implications?
- unca_chuck said, on July 7, 2019 at 9:54 am
  
  Yeah, I have Bummie to the Brew Crew. All he has to do though is rub out a good start or 2 before the deadline. I’m sure all these teams have scouts attending games.
willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 8:33 am

someone mentioned opener last night and that’s kind of way it worked out. 2 innings for Bum Dyson followed by Moronta M Watson Smith. Except for the golds 3 run bomb it worked pretty well. If you saw that, the pitch from Watson was on the black outside corner at the knees and he hit it just barely over RF wall down the line very short distance for HR—nothing like the one he crushed to deep CF and at back of the wall behind the fence off Poms.
willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 8:36 am

Lead story on MLBTR says Arrieta could need season ending surgery for bone spur that he admits has been bothering him after he got bombed yesterday by Mets.
djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 8:53 am

So far I have picks for these 17 entrants:

AlleyKat
Big Flavor
Bozo
Cardinal 70
DJ Loo
Gianthead
James
MacDog
Pasalon
Paul in Asia
Pawlie Koko
SanDog
Snarkk
SportsDude
Unca Chuck
Willedav
Zumiee

Any changes to your picks or new entrants (Where’s Xoot, Dirt, Blade, Wilco, Kev?) must be time stamped by 9:00 PM tonight on the blog. Keep in mind, you do have the option of picking Bum and/or Smith to stay with the Giants and not be dealt.
zumiee said, on July 7, 2019 at 9:12 am

If the Giants do a lot of crazy winning in July, I think things really change. It has to give Zaidi pause. And Baer and the owners would probably step in anyway. They can’t look like they’re throwing in the towel while the Giants are making a surge.
Will the surge last? Probably not, but the team has finally become fun to watch this season.
The odds are the trades still happen, but the odds are slightly less strong than they were about a week and a half ago.
- Macdog said, on July 7, 2019 at 9:24 am
  
  Two parts to that. First, they have to win today and take another series. Second, they’ll have to go 4-3 in the post-ASB series at Milwaukee and Colorado that includes a doubleheader at Coors. If they can do that, it might, as you say, give Z pause.
- willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 10:09 am
  
  Other thing to remember though, there are at least 7-8 teams “in contention” right now for those 2 WC spots that all have better records than Giants do right now– 3 in West 3 or 4 teams in Central at least 2 in East. That’s a pretty big hill to climb to get past that many teams with their young pitching and new OF. You are right tho Zum, Giants sure lot more interesting these days.
djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 9:43 am

Overhaul for me:

Bum: Braves
Smith: Astros
Tiebreaker: Dyson-Rays
unca_chuck said, on July 7, 2019 at 9:57 am

Sure they can dump. As well they should. I mean, unless we jump 4-5 teams in the next 3 weeks, we aren’t gonna do shit.

I will definitely say the team is a shit-ton funner to watch than the Connor Joe from Kokomo and Michael Reed team.
dirtnrocksnomo said, on July 7, 2019 at 10:12 am

Bumgarner: Twins
Smith: Red Sox
- djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 10:38 am
  
  Very good, Dirt. Just need you to pick a tiebreaker…….
  
  Tiebreaker: Pick a 3rd Giant who will get dealt (or waived, DFA’ed whatever) and the team he lands on.
willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 10:15 am

Bum’s next turn might come as Loo mentioned Friday vs. Brewers, which would be normal rest. If not his next turn would come getaway day the 17th Wed at Rox which I doubt they would do. If he is to be place on 10 day IL he could make home start Thursday night 18th.
Macdog said, on July 7, 2019 at 10:18 am

Baggs tweeted after the game:

Bochy said he expects Bumgarner to be OK to make his next start, which is scheduled for Saturday in Milwaukee. If they need to push him back, they will. Swelling from contusion was the issue.
Flavor said, on July 7, 2019 at 10:57 am

All hands on deck day

Pillar
Dick Slater

Solano Panik
Longoria Belt

Samardzija

Vogt

— Kerry Crowley (@KO_Crowley) July 7, 2019
djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 11:01 am

1. Brandon Belt (L) 1B
2. Joe Panik (L) 2B
3. Evan Longoria (R) 3B
4. Alex Dickerson (L) LF
5. Stephen Vogt (L) C
6. Kevin Pillar (R) CF
7. Austin Slater (R) RF
8. Donovan Solano (R) SS
9. Jeff Samardzija (R) P
- Flavor said, on July 7, 2019 at 11:34 am
  
  I love that line up
  - willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 12:37 pm
    
    really? Panik hitting second Longo third Slater 7th? As well as he’s done June/July I’m surprised Pillar hits lower in the order too.
  - Flavor said, on July 7, 2019 at 1:52 pm
    
    Yes. Belt on top, Vogt instead of Posey and all 3 of our best outfielders.
wilcojoe said, on July 7, 2019 at 11:30 am

Bum: Braves
Smith: Cubs
Watson: Stros
snarkk said, on July 7, 2019 at 12:03 pm

First half MVP candidates ?

Steven Vogt…
snarkk said, on July 7, 2019 at 12:21 pm

My favorite lineup: Nov 1, 2010

Andres Torres RF
Freddy Sanchez 2B
Buster Posey C
Cody Ross LF
Juan Uribe 3B
Aubrey Huff 1B
Pat Burrell DH
Edgar Renteria SS
Aaron Rowand CF
Tim Lincecum P
- pawliekokonuts said, on July 7, 2019 at 12:41 pm
  
  We had trouble then, and ever since then, at leading off. Remember when they’d trot Rowand out there leading off? Phew.
pawliekokonuts said, on July 7, 2019 at 12:42 pm

Uribe. That homer to beat the Dodgers in LA. Big comeback. Uribe. Dominoes in the clubhouse. Where is he now?
- alleykat69 said, on July 7, 2019 at 1:09 pm
  
  Read a article where Uribe last played last for the Indians in 2016, but took a 106 mph rocket off of Mike Trout’s bat at 3rd base right in his nuts 🥜 ouch! Had a testicular injury.
  Asked why he didn’t have a cup in place:”He said they don’t have a cup big enough for me to wear”!
  Juan Uribe is a freakin Legend Now!!
- snarkk said, on July 7, 2019 at 1:21 pm
  
  I definitely remember that Uribe homer at LA in early September, top of 9th. I think it was a 3 run dinger to left center? Yes, huge, I think it actually won the game. 5-4 possibly?…
willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 12:48 pm

Flaherty, Cards 23 yr old RH SP, made 28 starts last year threw 150 innings gave up 20 bombs.
In 90 innings this year he’s already given up 19. ERA hits allowed lot higher than last year too. Day game yard plays a little nicer…Giants might have to hit a few bombs to make up for what Smrdz gives up.
snarkk said, on July 7, 2019 at 1:19 pm

Belt loses another homer to the ballpark dimensions…
- willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 1:26 pm
  
  yeah thought that was gone. Pitch was right in his happy zone, middle of plate and low beneath strike zone so he can get fully extended.
willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 1:31 pm

part of the problem with the whole sideline babe genre is airtime allotted to stupid stuff like AmyG talking about the players’ dogs and sharing cutesy pics. It’s just ridiculous and she seems to be the stuff she gets most satisfaction out of. Can you imagine Doris Burke asking Popovich about stuff like this on camera while game is going on?
unca_chuck said, on July 7, 2019 at 1:32 pm

If Bummie shuts down the Brew Crew in Milw, I’m golden.
pawliekokonuts said, on July 7, 2019 at 1:34 pm

Some guys I know say everybody should have a sideline babe. But what do I know? ‘Demimonde’ is still my word of the year. #woty
- snarkk said, on July 7, 2019 at 1:38 pm
  
  Could be just a bit of a stretch for Amy G = sideline babe…
  - pawliekokonuts said, on July 7, 2019 at 1:44 pm
    
    you’re such a contrarian; is it an East Bay thing? you’re probably left-handed, too
  - willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 1:58 pm
    
    with you there. I see gals at work every day lot finer than her and lot less vapid. Btw didn’t Pawlie meet up with her or try to and get short shrift?
  - snarkk said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:07 pm
    
    Nah, right handed. But, I’ve got one left-handed snarkkette…
pawliekokonuts said, on July 7, 2019 at 1:35 pm

Magnus, you’re gonna regret luring me back here. Maybe I can get banned like that guy Dennis, the one into horses.
- Macdog said, on July 7, 2019 at 1:53 pm
  
  I’m keeping track of your what-it-takes-to-come-back post from a couple days ago:
  
  SFG gets to within five games under .500 (8)
  ADickboy reaches 10 homers (4)
  Hemingway’s Pilar reaches 55 RBIs (47).
  - pawliekokonuts said, on July 7, 2019 at 6:31 pm
    
    it’s beginning to look not so far-fetched, eh? plus, I’m already ‘back’
Macdog said, on July 7, 2019 at 1:56 pm

We should have a contest, O/U on how many times Kuip gets fooled on fly balls he thinks are going out.
zumiee said, on July 7, 2019 at 1:57 pm

The Amy G types on broadcasts help the teams market to women. MLB does a good job marketing to women. Plus the players don’t spit tobacco anymore. Women were disgusted by that.
- zumiee said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:00 pm
  
  The photos of the players’ dogs warmed the hearts of women in Giants Nation.
- willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:03 pm
  
  OK Zum but women who are baseball fans and follow the team are way more knowledgeable about players and the game these days and I doubt give a flying F about who has the cutest dogs. The ladies who do twitter posts for other teams and that Maria guardado from Giants (?) are talking real baseball stuff in their posts.
  
  And marketing by and large is one of lower life forms in any business.
  - zumiee said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:12 pm
    
    My mom couldn’t tell you what an OPS is, but she can tell you how many kids the Crawfords, Poseys, and Belts have. And my mom never misses a game.
- alleykat69 said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:03 pm
  
  If one of the dogs 🐕 sprayed on Amy G that would end the cuties interviews..
unca_chuck said, on July 7, 2019 at 1:59 pm

AK,
snarkk said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:09 pm

It’s very Giants to have Amy G as their sideline “reporter”. Wholesome, sympathetic, not edgy.
A true, hot “babe” is just not their style.
Dubs had Ros Gold-Onwude outta Stanfoo. She was great, very hawt, knew her BBall.
Too good, onto TNT she went…
alleykat69 said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:09 pm

Did I miss a day?
Kuip talking to Kenny Loggins, well it’s a beautiful Saturday to watch a game??
- willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:15 pm
  
  lulz Kat that was great. I just can’t listen to these guys, mute is on.
snarkk said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:12 pm

Time for Dick to muscle up …
unca_chuck said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:12 pm

Kuip is mailing it in hard it seems. He can’t keep track of the days now. let alone the players?
- snarkk said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:25 pm
  
  He frequently mixes up the batters and base runners…
willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:13 pm

5 solid from Smrdz, give him credit. Now if Giants would um…
The kid 3b Munoz who made the tremendous play on slater gets their first hit and steals 2b. The other new IF Edman looks good too. what an amazing farm system they have.
zumiee said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:17 pm

Great truth by Loggins about the National Anthem. “You have to start on the right note or you’re screwed.” If you start too high, the high notes later will destroy you. Roseanne Barr found that out, and many others have, too, over the years.
alleykat69 said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:26 pm

Do you guys remember when the Giants had Jaymee Sire as a reporter?She was pretty hot and talented,Twin had a huge crush on her..
- snarkk said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:37 pm
  
  Yep. She went off to espn, then went into some kind of food blogging or something…
dirtnrocksnomo said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:35 pm

djloo, Watson to L.A. for the tiebreaker.
- djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:40 pm
  
  Thanks, Dirt – Got you & Wilco.
  Need one more for 20…
zumiee said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:42 pm

Man, some of you guys are rough on Kuiper. They are the beloved Kruk and Kuip to the vast majority of fans. 🙂
willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:44 pm

wow tremendous grab by Pillar Golds crushes another one. Smrdz lucky to survive.
- willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:45 pm
  
  and there’s another one to warning track. Man he’s had a nice day but dang it.
Macdog said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:45 pm

What a catch, game-saver for now.
dirtnrocksnomo said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:46 pm

Keep the fences where they are!
willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:47 pm

Bochy has to get him out of there, now! If wieters gets a hit i’ll be pissed. Everyone is raking Smrdz right now.
alleykat69 said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:49 pm

2 Pillar gems saving Sharks ass!
alleykat69 said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:50 pm

Pull him!!!
zumiee said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:50 pm

Things got dicey that inning, but Smarj got through it.
dirtnrocksnomo said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:51 pm

Yep, wille. Dodged a total mess there for sure.
Macdog said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:53 pm

D-Backs’ Alex Young also has a no-hitter thru 6.
Macdog said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:56 pm

No-hitter Long gone! Shutout Long gone!
alleykat69 said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:56 pm

Freakin Bochy got lucky that Shark didn’t give up a run on balls that were tattooed that inning!
His freakin loyalty to vet pitchers goes way to far then most managers would give..
- Macdog said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:59 pm
  
  Yep, Smardjz was in the Danger Zone all inning.
  - zumiee said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:08 pm
willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:56 pm

yeah money! breaks up everything finally.
alleykat69 said, on July 7, 2019 at 2:59 pm

Wow great call MacDog!!
No- hitter Long Gone!!
zumiee said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:00 pm

K&K are dinosaurs regarding a pitchers’ won/loss record. K&K still think it’s an important stat.
- djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:11 pm
  
  Sad news for some dinosaurs…
  
  https://www.polygon.com/entertainment/2019/7/5/20683063/mad-magazine-shutting-down
  - zumiee said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:26 pm
    
    The whole print industry of all kinds is struggling. The younger folks especially don’t want to buy print.
snarkk said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:08 pm

Nice game for Smardzxxx. Any way he gets traded?
And, Longo must have put some Spanish Fly on his bat this past week …
djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:13 pm

27 million reasons why Smarj stays – plus any you’d like to add…
- snarkk said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:16 pm
  
  Would Giants willing to eat 1/2 of that be enough to get rid of him?…
Macdog said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:21 pm

Longo also broke up the no-hitter by Rox’s Marquez early in the season.
- djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 4:41 pm
  
  Pretty sure the great Horace Clarke broke up 2 no-nos with one out to go in the same season…
Macdog said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:26 pm

They’re Alright — series win!
willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:26 pm

yaha turn the DP on Fowler and Smith closes them out. wow nice series win for Giants after dropping that first one in ugly fashion.
- zumiee said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:28 pm
Bozo said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:27 pm

Hell Yeah.
Winning is Good.
snarkk said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:28 pm

That’s a cool NL type game win. About 2;20 game time, not the 4+ hour bloated AL style game.
There’s nothing left for Giants to showcase about Will Smith.
Dude is nails.
Trade him now over the break before something happens…
- willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:32 pm
  
  Dyson too, guy is awesome. Pitched the 3rd an 4th yesterday, 8th today all zeroes.
  - snarkk said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:38 pm
    
    Yep. There’s no reason they can’t trade these guys for good prospects, and re-sign one of ’em next season to anchor a Pen. Smith will cost a ton, assuming he keeps on truckin’…
- zumiee said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:39 pm
  
  There’s no way Smith gets traded over the break. Zaidi doesn’t want to get ridden out of town on a rail. He has to pick a time when the Giants are floundering again.
  - snarkk said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:52 pm
    
    That’s why he’s got a 5 year contract…
willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:35 pm

So counting Flap appearance Friday night, Giants are 7-2. who’d a thunk it?
- willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:36 pm
  
  and all vs. teams coming in with better records than them.
alleykat69 said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:40 pm

Overhaul for me Loo…
Bum-Minnesota
Smith-Atlanta
Dyson-Boston
djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 3:53 pm

No problem, Kat.
Y’all got about 5 more hours to maneuver.
Post game crew unanimously declares Giants bullpen NL’s best…
- snarkk said, on July 7, 2019 at 4:01 pm
  
  If they had this Pen v Cubs in NLDS 2016, the Gyros might have gone back to the WS, even with that pop gun offense…
Macdog said, on July 7, 2019 at 4:09 pm

Dodgers lose again, now 3 in a row.
djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 4:09 pm

Smith might be the first guy in Flap/Splash history to outperform 2 derogatory nicknames…
xoot said, on July 7, 2019 at 4:26 pm

Ok, I’ll do my part to reach 20.
MadBum—Braves
Smith—Cards
Do I need a tie breaker after that?
Moronta—Twins
- djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 4:42 pm
  
  Good luck, Xoot!
alleykat69 said, on July 7, 2019 at 4:39 pm

I think most of the action on these trades are done 4-5 days from the deadline even closer, cause some stupid teams think their still in a W/C slot not knowing to sell are buy..
But it’s cool 😎 to get the entries in early…
zumiee said, on July 7, 2019 at 5:17 pm

Yeah, things will sort themselves out. We’ll see if the team is Jeckyl or Hyde when games resume.
- djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 5:24 pm
  
  Or them…
willedav said, on July 7, 2019 at 5:41 pm

Hank tweeted something during the game that linked to his column in SF Chron re: interview with the Z. Here’s the headline: “We don’t feel like we have to do anything”
It’s a q and a with the Z who obfuscates a lot but maybe he’s just trying to sound noncommittal.
How would you guys feel if, like Zum said, he didn’t trade Bum Smith yada yada at deadline?
- zumiee said, on July 7, 2019 at 5:57 pm
  
  The winning complicates things. If they pass a few teams in the next couple of weeks, the clamor will be strong from the vast majority of Giants Nation to go for the ring this year, which is probably a fool’s gold chase, but Zaidi will be on a hot seat deciding the path forward.
  It’ll be interesting.
  - Flavor said, on July 7, 2019 at 6:50 pm
    
    it complicates nothing. We are terrible. At best we are making a run at a few games under .500. Screw that. We need to trade anyone of value and get the most we can get.
- pawliekokonuts said, on July 7, 2019 at 8:04 pm
  
  You mean I wasn’t the only moron to suggest Bum and Smith might not get traded?
Cardinal70 said, on July 7, 2019 at 6:23 pm

As I said, I never count the Giants out. If Pillar doesn’t catch Goldschmidt’s drive, I do think it might have been a different game but that was a heck of a play (and a nice catch of Fowler’s drive right after that as well).

I keep hoping this Cardinal team will catch fire. Not sure if it’s even possible but thankfully the division is waiting around for them.
- alleykat69 said, on July 7, 2019 at 6:35 pm
  
  Nobody in your division is running away from anyone Daniel, it’s crazy,what 4 1/2 from top to bottom?I see the Cardinals as usual hanging around till the end,and probably winning it ..
zumiee said, on July 7, 2019 at 6:26 pm

For the first time ever I have some respect for Machado. After losing game 1 to the Dodgers this week, Machado was quoted as saying the Padres would win the World Series before the Dodgers won one this century. He was already tired of the Padres being the Dodgers’ doormat. Maybe it helped fire his team up for the three wins.
pawliekokonuts said, on July 7, 2019 at 6:38 pm

I don’t want to *imply (you can *infer, Macdog) that I’ve been good luck, but …
pawliekokonuts said, on July 7, 2019 at 6:45 pm

I would love nothing better than for Zedman to have this dilemma: Jints stay hot, or get hotter, say 8 of 10, after ASG and the team starts to look viable. Hell, they’re near the bottom of the WC but creeping up. 5.5 GB is surmountable. Yeah, everyone else has to crash. Don’t worry about that. Winning will sort that out.
djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 6:48 pm

A miracle run as a sendoff for their beloved manager?
I’ve seen crazier things. Like 50 years ago.
How’s Cueto coming along?
pawliekokonuts said, on July 7, 2019 at 6:52 pm

re williedav’s 1:58, I met Amy G at Finnerty’s, before ASG at Citi, after Timmy no-no. She was fine. I mean, she wasn’t like, oooh, you’re THE Paul Kocak?! She interviewed me with a little camera; it never aired as far as I know. To be fair to her, she seemed, like, why am I doing this, I’m tired, we flew all night, get me outta here. Who could blame her?
- djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 6:55 pm
  
  I could blame her.
  It’s called being a professional.
  What the fuck better did her and her fat ass have to do at Finnerty’s except drink Guinness out of plastic cups?
  - pawliekokonuts said, on July 7, 2019 at 6:58 pm
    
    was that the same time I met you? I think that was later
  - Flavor said, on July 7, 2019 at 7:00 pm
    
    Agree with loo. AmyG should have conducted the interview like a professional, realizing who she was talking with and then gone down on him at the end as a TY to Kokonuts for taking the time to speak with HER
  - djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 7:22 pm
    
    Not sure, Pawlie. That day’s a blur.
    You and Mac left me there with a bunch of 49er fans…
pawliekokonuts said, on July 7, 2019 at 6:57 pm

Mac, you coming to Syracuse for your Ithaca reunion thing? Speaking of Vladimir Nabokov by way of Ithaca, I watched Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita for the first time last week. James Mason is excellent, Shelley Winters, too, and Sue Lyon is okay, but Peter Sellers is insane! The whole thing is somehow funnier than I’d ever expect.
- xoot said, on July 7, 2019 at 7:20 pm
  
  The novel’s very funny too. “You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.”
  - pawliekokonuts said, on July 7, 2019 at 8:15 pm
    
    I read Lolita last year for the first time since college. It was funnier and more clever than I had remembered. The prose is delicious. Rare (OED stuff) and made-up words. One could argue there is not one salacious scene in it. First time, I did not even get that he masturbates hands-free near the beginning. No question, the book would not be published in the #metoo era. It’s challenging, to say the least. I have this running debate with a scholarly friend. He says Humbert *loves Lolita. Well, sort of. But no. He’s like the collector in The Collector by John Fowles. Love? Or hostage-taking? The reader can’t forget Humbert is raping and kidnapping an underage kid. But the genius of Nabokov is how he pulls off the whole stunt, if you will. (Last year I read The Real Lolita, about a girl from NJ kidnapped in 1948 for two years. Nabokov had to know about it, but he and his estate dismissed it bc they wanted to focus on the artifice of the fiction.)
- djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 7:20 pm
  
  Is Vladmir Nabokov a FA?
  He’d look great in a Rangers jersey…
  - pawliekokonuts said, on July 7, 2019 at 8:05 pm
    
    hahaha
Flavor said, on July 7, 2019 at 6:59 pm

I didn’t see the game but just watched the highlights. Man, anyone that says Duggar is a better defensive player than Pillar, sorry, I ain’t buying it. And Pillar is obviously a much better hitter. I have no real interest in Duggar as anything more than a 4th outfielder, maybe plug him into a game late for Slater or The Dick.
- djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 7:13 pm
  
  Well now that we’re dreaming of becoming buyers, I’ll give the Mets Duggar and Panik for Wheeler…
snarkk said, on July 7, 2019 at 7:11 pm

BF’s 6:50 is spot friggin’ on.
Was listening to Lurie’s post game. There are a lot of clueless SF fans out there that think this recent upgrade to actually playing decent ball means the Giants can get to the NLCS, if not the Series. They do realize this good game today was result of Giants getting 2 hits? They don’t get that Bum, Will Smith, Dyson all are FAs after this season, so they can and will likely leave anyway and the Giants get nothing except some draft picks, which is next to nothing as far as the near future is concerned. Let the trades begin…
- djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 7:17 pm
  
  Of course I agree with you and BF, but if we’re offered shit for Bum and our pen studs…………..
- Flavor said, on July 7, 2019 at 7:26 pm
  
  the worst teams are going to win 60 games. We are a little better than the worst teams. Barely. Counting on a Slater pinch hit slam and Longo today (1 of 2 hits) is hardly a blueprint for success the rest of the season.
Flavor said, on July 7, 2019 at 7:25 pm

here’s the spreadsheet of Daniel’s *contest*. Not totally sure what I’m looking at here but it seems like UncaCHuck won our group
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQUIzKN5k5WdkqwYHQSPXipo1HtbQDsDKtTHjYoo_Anc6iD9B0JbWl0vR5Z2kmT6r8G_8M8DG8lEMpj/pubhtml?gid=1914702733&single=true
- djloo27 said, on July 7, 2019 at 7:42 pm
  
  Let me simplify it for you:
Flavor said, on July 7, 2019 at 7:28 pm

We’ll get offered much better than shit, especially for Smith, Z knows what these guys are worth and his fellow GM’s know he’s sharp. He is playing it perfectly with his public comments. I didn’t expect him to tell the world we’re sellers and then have him bend over and let the other GMs take turns on him