Post Derby Blues
Much like Medina Spirit winning the Derby makes no sense to me I am struggling to understand how the Giants could be alone in first place on May 2nd after stringing together 2 losses.
And yet, here we are…….
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Hopefully Gausman stops bleeding and Giants can get few more hits than last couple days. Pads are in town next weekend; even though Dogs are struggling right now, these 2 are 90% certain to be at top of Division. How Giants fare against them will go long way to decide where they wind up.
SF does get 3 more with Rockies, in Nepal, after today. If bats don’t wake up there…
It’s not suppose to make sense like waking up this morning when Kyle Shanahan said :”I can’t guarantee we will all be alive on Sunday “
Last night the Dodgers scored 2 runs in the top of the 11th and gave up 3 runs in the bottom of the inning.
Slusser re tweeted John Shea column in Chron about where prospects will be to start 2021 minors.:
Ramos and Hjelle in AA Richmond
Bishop Wilson Bailey and Corry in High A Eugene
Luciano Toribio Matos Canario and Harrison (HS pitcher from DeLaSalle) in low A san jose.
Most leagues will start either Tuesday or Thursday, plus AAA River Cats in Sac
Definitely gonna make a game or two in Eugene. Giants gotta start hitting the ball or else it’s gonna be a long season. We have gotten some good timely hitting for the most part but it looks like some pitchers in our division are warming up.
Enjoy. Trying to figure out how to make a nearby San Jose game. It’s small park to begin with, so no idea how many fans will be allowed in etc. Hopefully some of the San Jose guys move up to Eugene (or beyond) some time later in season.
Yeah, I have never been to the stadium in Eugene so I should make some phone calls first.
Simply awesome…
1. Tommy La Stella (L) 2B
2. The Sock Man (L) RF
3. Wilmer Flores (R) 3B
4. Brandon Belt (L) 1B
5. Alex Dickerson (L) LF
6. Mauricio Dubon (R) SS
7. The Grave Duggar (L) CF
8. Curt Casali (R) C
9. Kevin Gausman (L) P
It’s also the free game of the day on MLB-TV…
Sock Man AND Grave Duggar in same LU. I’m happy
San Jose, low A? That’s a change. It was always the high A team.
I predict a 6-2 win!
It turns out the California League now no longer exists. It has been replaced by the “Low-A West.”
“The Low-A West is an eight-team Minor League Baseball league that will begin operating in California in 2021.”
It’s a lot of the same teams that were in the Cal League, but are now low A instead of high A.
The biggest change is the Fresno Grizzlies join the league. They used to be a AAA team. Not sure how Hank, Jr.’s broadcasting career gets affected.
“effected,” I meant.
This is one of the great baseball books. I’m going to reread it at some point. It really brings the reader into what it’s like at the AAA level for players, coaches and managers, broadcasters, umps, everyone. Very well-written.
“Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life In the Minor Leagues of Baseball” by John Feinstein.
Kuiper starting the wine early today..
He said:Tauchman is the only Giants hitter in the LU that’s never faced Tauchman!
Throw two similarly unhittable FBs to Tatis in a row and he’ll park the second. Damn.
Wasn’t even strike. Shades of Bad Vlad.
Jesus, it’s not as if Casali had anything to lose by running all the way on that ball.
Fair or foul it was clearly uncatchable….
Ripped.
Tauchman got a pitch in that low-inside lefty wheelhouse and was on it.
Sock it to me!
Line shot 3 run bomb!
Flores pickin’ it.
He’s been pretty good with those 100+ MPH grounders.
Always free on Bilasport
Digging his own grave…
Yep. My greatest fear gas come true. He’s nothing but a great nickname
He’s got a very long swing and just doesn’t make contact…
Sock Man holding up his end of the bargain. Grave Duggar is not
Sportsdude’s 1:11 has a real shot…
I vaguely remember this dude.
“The Dodgers purchased the contract of left-hander Mike Kickham.”
Didn’t San Dog find his look alike, Paul Splittorff?
You have outstanding memory.
Thanks, Zumiee.
Ain’t what it used to be…
Kickham when he’s up.Kickham when he’s down.
Too bad about all those extra Gausman pitches after two outs.
Jesus. Does this team do anything regarding game prep? These guys shouldn’t be getting hurt like this. It’s baseball FFS.
You aren’t enjoying the endless versatility of the roster?
Insert eyeroll here.
Grave Duggar robbed.
If Dubon got hurt in this game, who’d play short? Wilmer, with Slater to 2nd?
No shit, Loo, mrsportsdude is looking like a freakin’ genius so far.
He is at the doorstep of the Big Flavor Prediction Hall of Fame.
Just needs a little help…
Great try, anyway…
“OAKLAND, Calif. — Athletics left-hander Jesus Luzardo will be off the mound for a while — and maybe off video games, too.
Luzardo is out indefinitely after breaking the pinkie finger on his pitching hand when he thumped a table while playing a video game before his start Saturday.
An X-ray after a loss to Baltimore showed a hairline fracture and Luzardo was put on the 10-day injured list Sunday.”
Epic scene.
I love the look on John Goodman’s face. ROFL!
Gausman is apparently at something like 8000-1 odds to win the Cy.
That might be a nice bet for a ducat or two for some of you that like to bet on occasion…
As long as deGrom makes every start, ain’t no one else in the NL winning the Cy.
Agreed, but he’s a prime candidate for an elbow.
$10 for Gausman wouldn’t be a bad bet on those odds…
It’s a beautiful day for three groundouts.
Why not let Baragar start the 8th, he did well in the 7th, and didn’t throw many pitches. The guy needs to pitch some and get some confidence, he’s been iffy so far. Even if 3 guys all hit HRs, they’d be able to take him out and still have the lead. Sometimes I don’t get these automaton type Pen moves…
Barring an utter collapse, Gausman will get the W today. That should help his Cy Young efforts.
Longoria was a rally-killer all weekend.
How about his entire time with the Giants.
Yeah, good point.
Walkman.
Nice reception for the Grave Duggar in the Giant dugout.
Maybe they know they’ll never see him again after today…
4 bb,3k.wow
Gausman isn’t 8,000 to 1 to win the CY that was something stupid Marty Lurie said on his show today. He’s 80-1, Marty doesn’t understand how to read an odds board
Yeah, I heard it there.
Maybe that’s why they’ve cut down Marty’s time on the air?…
Ballgame!!! Another house of horrors for us. 1-2 is OK.
Nice game for the getaway.
Mark dat W in da books.
6-2, 7-1, close enough: mrsprtdude abides!
Doval with his Nuke LaLoosh impression to finish things off. Kid has some filthy stuff. Splitting the first 6 with the vaunted Friars is a serviceable result most of us are probably pretty happy with.
Beat the Rockies!
Another day at the top.
Effectively wild with that one to the screen.
Doval does get the honors now of the fastest fastball on the staff hitting 100.3 of pure cheese..
The young man has future closer written all over him.
Nice win! Picked up Tauchman yesterday in my fantasy league to cover for Soto on DL. So far so good!
No pick-up of GraveDuggar?
Sportsdude?
i mean, even 80-1 are good odds for Gausman, although deGrom would have to get hurt soon in order to lose the CY. Tomorrow I will be highlighting all the things I’ve been wrong about this year and he is on the list.
about 12 years ago I predicted the Giants would lose to the A’s 6-0 and it ended up that way. I did many victory laps that day, Twin didn’t like that.
Lol twin was pretty touchy at times.
shit nice find
Good win, and not just to stay in first. While it wouldn’t have been disastrous this early in the season, getting swept certainly would’ve been a setback for a team trying to show it can hang with the big boys. That’s 3-3 so far vs. the Pads, all in S.D. Another solid outing by Gausman, and it took the new guy for someone to finally get a big hit this weekend.
yeah that broke things open, after he got robbed first time up. Tauchman taking over CF will push others to bench, or Sacramento.
Dubon is opening some eyes at SS, too…
I still can’t believe we got Sock Man for basically nothing.
I can’t stand Bill Laskey on pre and post game KNBR.
He’s so bad I’m almost pining away for Carmen Kiew.
Now, Kerry Crowley, I like his info and energy.
Not sure about the adjectives for Laskey.
Insipid, lame, repetitive, mind-numbing, gratuitously old-school — are in the mix.
Anybody feel me? …
You just described most of us, Snarkk…
Come on now.
We’re all old school. But, not gratuitously…
At least it’s not Laskey and the impossible to listen to Vida Blue who knew next to nothing about the team or, really, anything. Crowley is great
Agreed.
Vida was horrible.
Did he even watch the Giants?…
Vida was just doing that job off his name. Nothing else. He did zero prep work, never knew what he was talking about, Laskey seemed incredibly bright compared to him.
Laskey, to me, is just a nice guy to plug for the team. He offers nothing in his show. Marty interviews “the professor” and acts like every word he says is gold. It’s really not.
I’m digging this Tauchman dude.
If he performs up to first impressions, the Yanks were crazy to let him go for Wandy, or else Yanks have a shitload of good outfielders.
BTW, violating my one time only promise,I noticed Duggar is back up, against all odds. Why?
0h for 3 today with 2 Ks, with BA at .111. I know the whole team’s been hitting like linguini, but Holy Hanna..
Can DFA be nigh ?…
He’ll probably be DFI’ed:
Designated For Interment
I can’t stand both Laskey are Lurie.
That goes for Lopez as well,he offers nothing as an analyst but nauseiem.
I really wish Estes was involved more on TV /radio somehow, he’s quite knowledgeable imo and not boring AF..
agreed.
If you really want to suffer check out Todd Zeile on Mets SNY post game.
There is no one worse…
Kings defeated the Mavs. The refs tossed Doncic out of the game near the end for being a massive crybaby.
Bout freaking time. One of those guys you wonder how his head fits through locker room doors.
He ref-baits literally all game. Near the end of the game he got angry and, instead of giving the ball to the ref after a time-out whistle, he threw the ball to no one at the other end of the court. He got his 2nd T and got tossed.