Win Of The Year
Somewhere in the world’s forest, Gail is being gently awakened by the sounds of another day beginning. Birds chirping, squirrels scurrying about. The sun peeks out over a mountain top, she stretches and is excited to beginning a new day of hiking—the furthest thing away from the explosive night time wake up call that would have jarred her conscious had she stayed at home. ๐ ๐ ๐
So it turns out, I was very wrong-o about Yaz’ grandson.

Happily so. Between him, Pillar and The Dick we gave up literally nothing. So for that, I give Z huge props. He did this same thing with Muncy in LA so I think it’s clear he’s got a knack for scrapping up useful scraps. And with us so far away from respectability when the year began, that will be an important skill going forward if we want to shorten our stay in baseball purgatory….
Logan Webb Day! I’m really excited to see this kid pitch.
If you don’t know the background story to the Gail references here it is: About 7 years ago we won a game, I don’t remember the details other than it was an exciting ending that led to us winning. Chi was so excited he told the blog he was going to wake his wife Gail up for a night time shag celebration. I laughed long and loud at that image and bring it up from time to time after we win and Chi gets jazzed up at the blog. She was away from home camping last night if any of you missed his post about it…..
Actually, she was home last night, and was camping Thursday night, but she did get a reprieve last night. Her and Fry (one of our pooches) were dog tired after a fun, but arduous hike yesterday. Now tonight may be another story….
A “reprieve” lmao
LMAO…I did try to contain myself last night, but it wasn’t easy. What a fucking roller coaster ride, but a great win! Gail slept soundly through the night, and through my getting-up and about to head to the office this morning (first Saturday I have worked in the 12 years I have been here).
Fuck it…let’s wrap-up the series win today with the kid Webb getting his first ML start. Go Gigantes!
lets go Logan Webb! beede disappointed me. Next up!
SO Gail WAS at home last night. Ok, my bad but I stand by my comments last night and in the main thread. It’s nice to see a stroke of benevolency overcame you and she was spared. Chivalry, clearly, still alive.
LOL…I have always seen myself as somewhat of a hopeless romantic. ๐
OG Yaz must be reveling in this amazing run by his grandson. Sad that his dad died and never got to see this.
Yazโs first hit with the Giants, when he got promptly picked off firstbase, seems like a very long time ago now.
Yeah I remember that one. “I was sleeping” yeah “was”.
Hope Webb can go awhile today. Obviously there are guys in pen that need recovery time. Watson is just getting lit up, Smith too and Moronta worked couple innings so it’s mostly the kids left. There’s still 39 games to go. Bochy will have to scramble to see who can get hitters out down there.
I have no idea what Yazโs contract situation is. Do the Giants have control of him for the next several years like a regular rookie?
One year contract with the Giants for $555K. Adjusted/luxury tax salary of $381K. I think he will be a FA after this year. I would throw the kid a bone and keep him for a couple of years…
After crushing a 3 run blast last night, Adam Jonesโ WAR moved up to 0.0. He had dipped into negative territory. He still cannot get love from WAR, but I wonโt talk smack about him. He hit that ball a mile last night. Obviously he still has a lot of power.
Belt hits well in Arizona; I wonder if thatโs a potential trade partner.
Wilmer Flores is one of Loo’s guys too iirc. Always trying to find a trade that would work out for him to come over here. Meanwhile he’s blasting bombs against us.
I like Slater and I’d leave near top of LU. Night before he was on base 5 times. On Base does matter especially for team like SF that hit fewer bombs. You have to get more guys on base to score runs, and it’s the only way you hit 3 run bombs. it’s a category teams like Stros Dodgers (and A’s) put importance on, and one in which Giants continue to suck at. It cost Stros the other night too as they hit 5 bombs in Oakland but only scored 6 runs and lost 7-6. If you look at Stros every day LU almost everyone has OB of at least .340 even the C Chirinos.
Put a good Stanford man on top and good things unfold from there.
All due respect to Pablo,Pillar,Vogt and the Dick
but my man Yaz is my front runner for the Willie Mac Award!
Longoria currently has a 2.3 WAR, which is probably leading the Giants. Yaz is at 1.9.
Iโm wrong; Bum is at 2.5.
Never liked Wilmer Flores especially after he cried like a whiny little bitch after the Mets tried to trade him I believe in the middle of a game? As Tom Hanks said in League of your Own:Are you crying? Theirโs no crying in Baseball โพ๏ธ
MLB.com made a big deal about the Dodgers breaking an obscure record for most HRs in a 5 game span. Who cares? For one thing, 3 of those games were against an atrocious Marlins team; and with the juiced ball, HR records are falling like crazy all over MLB. We saw the juiceball in action last night firsthand.
Scrolling through the comments last night, shout-out to Kat for calling a Yaz game-winning bomb in extras! With 39 games left, looks like we might see a 20-HR season from Yaz and/or Pillar, maybe Longoria.
Hey Flav, did you see this from last night?
I am busting a gut! Walton is freakin Awesome ๐
lol, no but that was fantastic thanks
The Big Red-Head is a lark…love it. And, he’s a Deadhead to boot!
Letโs hope Spider-Man ๐ท Logan can spin his Webb and pitch well.Best we can hope for is 5 inning under the Boch rookie rules and the BP was less then stellar last night except for Gustave&Fatboy.Could come down to another shootout in the Desert ๐ต!! Iโm sure Smith canโt pitch unless Boch wants his arm to fall off,so 1 less in the pen today..
Pawlie posted about this last night. I had no idea that one, Bobby Thompson was Scottish, or that he held the record for so damned long. Very cool! I dig it…especially given that I have a fair amount of Scot blood coursing through my veins.
Big Yaz 3 HR game from May 19, 1976:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET197605190.shtml
The Walton highlights are great. It takes special play-by-play people to work with him. They have to go with the flow.
Was just looking at this article on best and worst uniform changes in sports. Number 10 is the D-backs current garb. When those came-out a few years back, I think it was Loo who said they look like garbage man uniforms from outer space, or something like that. It was fucking hilarious at the time. And I agree…these are some butt-ugly uniforms.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/the-best-and-worst-uniform-changes-in-sports/ss-AAFfsIK?li=BBnb7Kz#image=10
I’d go to war next season with an outfield of Yaz, Pillar and Puig…
Unrestricted FA next year, making 9.7 mil this year. If the Giants re-sign Bum, and brought Puig on board, it could make for an interesting clubhouse. Do you think the two would work out their differences?
Doubt it, after one of their last heated exchange when Bum said :Donโt look at meโ Puig printed up some t-shirts that had both him &Bum staring at each other in their jerseys saying back:Donโt look at meโ so I would say fat chance they co-exist together..
THEY’D BE FINE!
I agree with Loo as usual…Puig can buy him a heifer and they will be amigos..
I actually think Bum and Puig would be OK together. They donโt seem like guys who hold grudges. Itโs hard to think of times when Bum intentionally threw at a batter. Theyโre both โin the momentโ guys who let stuff go later.
The problem with Puig is that he loses focus sometimes. Sometimes he seems bored by the sport, and that wears on his teammates.
The quote about how the D-Backsโ uniforms โlook like garbage man uniforms from outer spaceโ is from a tweet by actor Rob Lowe, of all people.
Yeah, that’s not vulgar enough to have come from me…
LMAO, Loo.
Hereโs the Lowe tweet, at a game.
https://mobile.twitter.com/roblowe/status/719999104453988357?lang=en
Good use of a photo by Lowe.
Bum’s “confrontations” are done for effect. I don’t think there’s any genuine animosity.
Him and Joe West were laughing together a week or so ago…
Yeah maybe they could coexist,Shit if RedAss Jeff Kent &Barry Bonds (Iโm the greatest all time,and Iโll tell everyone that) even if they had a few brawls in the dugout, the bottom line they produced on the field!
Added Bonus if they move the fences in and relocate the bullpens,Bum just hangs out there 4 times a week, so their not together all the time..
Iโm gonna will Puig here if itโs the last thing I do.
Wish I knew how Z felt about himโฆ
Iโm guessing he had enough of Puig. But as Puig gets older, maybe Puig will finally mature. But maybe not.
Puig is a dick. Everyone hates him. You can safely surmise what Z thinks of him since he is part of the group, “everyone”
Puig is a Cuban Missile Crisis 24/7
Loo, Puig is a total asshole and a hot dog hot head. No on him.
I guess the bottom line is, if youโre going to be a high-maintenance, pain-in-the-neck player, then you need to be so great on the field that itโs worth the trouble. Puig has probably never made that threshold….yet. The Raiders have a wacky wide receiver they hope is worth it.
I seem to remember a short-lived 70s sci-fi show about the crew of a space garbage ship, and sure enough, here it is:
Wow, I never heard of this. Looks like a satire of Star Trek.
Never heard of it either,looks really stupid and should of been on the film cutting floor and directly to the garbage can๐คฃ๐ฝ๐
Thanks for the entertainment, Mac!
Gardner kick out again for pounding the ceiling of the dugout with a bat. Clearly the umps arenโt going to allow that, and I donโt blame them.
What is Gardner even thinking? I donโt get it.
He’s a real jerk.
Glad they tossed him…
He makes it easy to hate the Yanks.
Gardner thinks that’s not against the rules and maybe technically he correct. But it’s a spoiled brat dick move and they should throw him out every time he does it just because of the terrible example it sets for young kids watching the game.
Well Iโm going to keep โWillingโ Jaylin Davis here and before the possible playoff run so he would be eligible! Jesus whatโs it take for the freakin Giants to get him up here? A 4 HR Game??
Kat – who would go down to make room for Davis?
They send Webb back after this start and callup Davis over Rickard.But 1st they have to put him on the 40 man roster, so you DFA Mike Gerber Baby Food, who SUCKS and taking up a spot for unforeseen reasons..
And to think they were about to ship him out for another pitcher on the long road trip starting In Milwaukee when they really caught on fire ๐ฅ .Wonder if Z said to Boch are you nuts ๐ฅ?
I can live with an outfield of Yaz,Pillar,Davis&Dickerson all day long!
If The Dick goes limp, you still have Slater around..
Giants World is upside down right now. Too many good outfielders?! Say what?!
Slater is rocking a .400 OB% right now.
1. Mike Yastrzemski (L) RF
2. Stephen Vogt (L) C
3. Evan Longoria (R) 3B
4. Alex Dickerson (L) LF
5. Scooter Gennett (L) 2B
6. Kevin Pillar (R) CF
7. Brandon Belt (L) 1B
8. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
9. Logan Webb (R) P
djloo27 said, on June 22, 2019 at 6:47 am (Edit)
My new favorite Giant is Yaz.
Iโm kind of impressedโฆ
Flavor said, on June 22, 2019 at 6:52 am (Edit)
heโs been much better than I thought and an outfield of him, Pillar and someone who can hit 30 bombs would be rad.
the way this is going, Yaz might be the one who hits 30 next year.
Is this even legal?
The Giants have a Bullpen Catcher by the name of (supposedly)Taira Uematsu…Age unknown DOB unknown …
https://nypost.com/2019/08/17/yankees-brett-gardner-has-to-end-his-bat-antics/
Boone is even more to blame. While I greatly enjoyed his “savages in the box” meltdown, he needs to stop feeding into this shit. They’re bad calls, who cares, his guys do nothing but rake and rake more. A few bad calls might effect an offense like SF’s but it’s going to have almost no effect on a powerhouse O like NY. And Boone barks at the ump constantly and then runs out there to put on a show. I like him but he’s FOS
Cool to see Michael Morse on the pregame. Loved when he showed-up the other day rocking a plaid blazer.
Man, fuck this kid. I hope no coach forced him to do this.
Drill him!
Did he hit that way the whole at bat??? What was the result of the at bat?
for Gail’s sake let’s see a nice easy breezy 5 run win, no late inning surprises….
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That is stupidest fucking thing I have ever seen. As a dad and a former little league coach it is infuriating. You can’t drill him cause he is a kid. Gotta be honest though that was the 1st thing i thought.
Looking at the lineup… Never would have imagined with this team and these players earlier in the year that the 2 Brandon’s would be the worst hitters in the lineup
I was at dinner last night in the City and watched the blown lead and then we headed off to a dive named The Rickshaw Stop for a Geowulf concert, which was super cool. You all will recognize the song Saltwater from the Corona commercial…female lead singer is quite hot and we got a chance to talk to her and her bandmates…but could not get any Giant updates so that was an awesome win and highlights…got a pretty good buzz going and we started razzing a group of about 8 millenial girls who looked like they were dressed as a group of librarians out for the night. So I started a chant of “Mar-y Poppins!” to honor these nutty girls. It was like they were completely oblivious to either fashion or attracting a mate either male or female…made for good times though…nothing like being back home with your boys and even when it was just 3 of us out on the town..
I was at dinner last night in the City and watched the blown lead and then we headed off to a dive named The Rickshaw Stop for a Geowulf concert, which was super cool. You all will recognize the song Saltwater from the Corona commercial…female lead singer is quite hot and we got a chance to talk to her and her bandmates…but could not get any Giant updates so that was an awesome win and highlights…got a pretty good buzz going and we started razzing a group of about 8 millenial girls who looked like they were dressed as a group of librarians out for the night. So I started a chant of “Mar-y Poppins!” to honor these nutty girls. It was like they were completely oblivious to either fashion or attracting a mate either male or female…made for good times though…nothing like being back home with your boys and even when it was just 3 of us out on the town..
wow second time that’s been done lately with Belt Craw 7/8, sounds like writing is on the wall–either hit better or this where you stay if you are even in the LU.
Much as I love college b-ball, it’ sometimes hard to listen to Walton even though he knows what he’s talking about when it is about action on the floor. Baseball which he knows zero about, wow. Saw the yahoo story on last night earlier and whomever wrote it seemed to dig him regardless of how weird he was.
Iโm glad Bochy finally shows guts and does this.For years he never would have..
I just see it as Walton keeping himself entertained. Heโs probably painfully bored by regular announcers.
Flores walk-up song should be Cry Baby Cry…
Damm Right Loo๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ
I was at dinner last night in the City and watched the blown lead and then we headed off to a dive named The Rickshaw Stop for a Geowulf concert, which was super cool. You all will recognize the song Saltwater from the Corona commercial…female lead singer is quite hot and we got a chance to talk to her and her bandmates…but could not get any Giant updates so that was an awesome win and highlights…got a pretty good buzz going and we started razzing a group of about 8 millenial girls who looked like they were dressed as a group of librarians out for the night. So I started a chant of “Mar-y Poppins!” to honor these nutty girls. It was like they were completely oblivious to either fashion or attracting a mate either male or female…made for good times though…nothing like being back home with your boys and even when it was just 3 of us out on the town..
I was at dinner last night in the City and watched the blown lead and then we headed off to a dive named The Rickshaw Stop for a Geowulf concert, which was super cool. You all will recognize the song Saltwater from the Corona commercial…female lead singer is quite hot and we got a chance to talk to her and her bandmates…but could not get any Giant updates so that was an awesome win and highlights…got a pretty good buzz going and we started razzing a group of about 8 millenial girls who looked like they were dressed as a group of librarians out for the night. So I started a chant of “Mar-y Poppins!” to honor these nutty girls. It was like they were completely oblivious to either fashion or attracting a mate either male or female…made for good times though…nothing like being back home with your boys and even when it was just 3 of us out on the town..
Iโm assuming Logan didnโt think Longo made a Webb gem play for him..
Better start crying ๐ญ Flores, that throw was laughable..
Grand Belted!
Belted Salami!
maybe Zum’s right about Belt and AZ. last couple days here is as hard as I’ve seen him hit a ball in long time.
Damm How Sweet is that for Belt!!
A Grand Salami!!!
man how many pitches is AZ mgr. gonna make this guy throw?
45 and he’s got 4 guys out total.
This ballpark plays like a little cigar box.
39th pitch of the inning and AZ gets somebody up. wow
Damm there hitting some ropes,and this pitcher is throwing a shit load of pitches!
Shit I thought Longo was going to have the second slam in the inning..
Hitting the ball 389 to rightcenter got Belt an HR in this ballpark. Heโs digging that.
yeah looked like Longo hit the sac fly farther than that
Knock the starter out with the long ABโs pitch counts.Giants licking their chops at a early BP game..
commotion behind plate in stands–Hank said fan collapsed.
Belt came into this game with a WAR of 0.0.
lulz
So Belt has the same WAR as Adam Jones now?
Pretty much.
On second look, Beltโs grandslam
was more rightfield than rightcenter.
Marty Lurie on twitter thinking Kat’s J-Davis coming up next and soon……
Kat will jizz all over himself when it happens…
I am liking this Webb kid. Nice arsenal. Didnโt sweat the small shit after giving up two runs in the first. Outside of that first inning, heโs been awesome.
Throws strikes with an easy motion,Beede,Thor&Rodriguez can learn a few things watching him pitch..
That was about as dumb as gets for Scooter on that play..
Alright, Webb thru 5.
Nice start of the DP by Webb. Boom!
Thatโs exactly what Webb needed his favorite friend the DP ball! I really wanted him to go 5 strong and qualify hopefully a win, did not want to Boch pull him.
Yeah, 7 K’s, PEDal to the metal for Webb.
would love to know what Webb got popped for. Was it something stupid like Adderall or something more ominous? Great first game, another MAN showing from one of our kids. Fuck Beede and Anderson, let’s see the men show up in August.
Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.
https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/giants-prospect-logan-webb-more-motivated-ever-after-ped-suspension