Sticking It To The Halos
Disco is now firmly entrenched as our #2. Another great performance by him. Bank those W’s.
I know it’s not going to happen, but what about The Grave Duggar getting some of these Slater starts? I know that scares Kap because he give up a little of his match up leverage but it does seem that while still an outstanding Stanford man he might not be quite what we’re looking for when it comes to a reliable lead off hitter. Just something to consider.
I know I’ve touted him before but if you aren’t following JomBoy on twitter you should start. This is a great breakdown by him:
Also I’ve already grown quite tired of these pitchers who act like they can’t believe they’re getting checked. The whole reason it has gotten to this point is because of them–they were all cheating. Stop putting on this stupid public display like you can’t imagine why this is happening…..
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Girardi comes off like a tool in that video. What an idiot.
If you played for Girardi, he’d call you Lurky.
Although he’s showing some flexibility here and might be cool with J-Bat…
Zumiee’s comment at the very end of the last thread was spot on…
Yep. When they lowered the seams, pitchers found ways to get a better grip.
Nice W last night. Gausman vs. Otani-san today. Should be a helluva match-up.
Would be awesome to see the Grave Duggar in the lead off spot vs. Ohtani today, but I don’t think it’s gonna happen…
You think Othani’s interpreter will be sprinting out for his shake down?
I wonder if he is not speaking some English. There was a shot of him in the dugout last night, and he was conversing with someone (now I am not sure if that convo was in English or Japanese).
Fun fact: Brett Bochy pitched in 3 games for the Giants in 2014 and got a championship ring.
(He pitched in 4 games in 2015. His career ERA ended up being under 3.)
MLB “career” in quotes, I guess.
So, will Otani be swinging some lumber today, too? I suspect so. How do you keep out a guy that shares the lead in bombs (23) and has a .996 OPS…
Yeah I can’t see why not Othani wouldn’t DH against Gausman.I would look forward to those 2 going at it.
“Have them pitch wearing only spikes and a jock strap too, that’ll make checking them easier.
Posted by SLCDodgerfan on Jun 23, 2021 | 8:24 AM”
lulz
I would definitely pass if I was the umpire required to do a cup check.Sticky Balls and Moisture Balls would be disgusting 🤮 and a lasting nightmare image…
Well, thank God Bartolo Colon is out of the league.
Here’s THIRD baseman Machado robbing a hit in the shift.
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If he’d gotten that hit, the game would have been even longer.
The game lasted almost four hours anyway, so at that point, it’s not a big difference. 🙂
It was a rhetorical point, given your concern about game times — or is it pace of play? Can we have 4 hour games if everything moves along quickly? What exactly is the problem? If it’s multiple problems, how do you prevent any solution to one from exacerbating another? This rover play happens infrequently enough that citing it is pretty much a red herring.
Commercial breaks are interminable. Calling the correct strike zone would speed the game along.
“Hit ’em where they ain’t.”
– Keeler
These shifts are turning MLB into the MBL — Major Beer League.
Not to mention the pitcher strip searches now called for by opposing managers in the middle of an inning.
And umpires each with their own personal narrow, wide, high, or low strike zone…
No, they are hitting the ball to maximize extra base hits because it makes an offense more productive, with or without the shift. It would be irrational to do otherwise.
Baseball is rationalizing and striking out and frisking its way to losing fans…
It’s like the 3 point shot, although the NBA could choose to move back the 3 point line and truly disincentivize the kind of offense the Warriors brought to the forefront. In baseball, if you moved the fences back or deadened the ball, launch angle would still rule, but there’d be even less scoring.
I think “the baseball is more boring than ever because the games/ABs/innings take too long” line is a much stronger argument for declining interest. It’s also becoming even more of a white redneck’s game.
Lulz
1. Mike Yastrzemski (L) RF
2. Alex Dickerson (L) DH
3. Buster Posey (R) C
4. Brandon Belt (L) 1B
5. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
6. Donovan Solano (R) 2B
7. Steven Duggar (L) CF
8. Mauricio Dubon (R) 3B
9. Mike Tauchman (L) LF
They demoted a lead-off hitter, and kept a guy that is batting 9th today.
Tauchman will get another 50 PAs to have his Curt Casali revival.
Nice article in the Athletic this morning about Wade. It’s all about options. But that only goes so far.
Yeah, would rather see Duggar leadoff rather than Yaz.
Kap will platoon out of LF and CF, but not RF. Yaz is every day guy who plays no matter what.
So last night—Slater 0-4 (victimized by ump) Tauchman hit for him and K’d himself, Dickerson grounded out, so those guys combined 0-6 btw them. Duggar was D replacement with 0 ABs. These guys will get moved around; it’s how Kap rolls and you can’t really argue with him based on record and how many runs Giants are scoring.
Ruf 2-4, including double misplayed by RF but a ball struck well nonetheless. Ruf proving to best hitter of that bunch, and does get on base.
Dubon, starting in CF before moving to 3b, 2-4 with insurance bomb after first inning. Wish Giants had better option to back up SS, but…
The total roster approach is also cheaper than having a set line-up of top players.
I’m wondering what it take to get Ketel Marte away from floundering D Backs. He switch hits, can play 2b and CF, and is one helluva player. This would be another guy you wouldn’t have to switch in/out or remove for D.
They ain’t gonna trade with us.
Marte has also played 275 games at SS and has a lifetime.345 obp I’m sure Z/Harris loves that stat and his versatility to play anywhere.Yeah he would be a great addition.Wonder what it would take for the Giants to go after him..
Ketel Marte left last night game with a tight left hamstring pull.Day to Day, well he would sure fit right in with the Giants on their injury track record this season..
They want prospects not our vets.
so will any team Giants ask about pitching help.
Angels lineup has Otani batting 2nd. Don;t see that every day.
J. Iglesias , (R), SS.
S. Ohtani , (L), P.
A. Rendon , (R), 3B.
J. Walsh , (L), 1B.
J. Upton , (R), LF.
J. Rojas , (L), RF.
J. Lagares , (R), CF.
K. Suzuki , (R), C.
Most pitchers do not lead the league in HRs and sport an almost 1.000 OPS…
Best hitter in their LU why not Chuck?
Wow after Schwaber (sp) hit a 3 run homer to tie his the Phillies and National’s at 5-5
Andrew McCutchen just hit a PH Grandslam to take a 9-5 lead!
Red hot Schwaber (sp) has hit a homerun in 9 of his last 10 games, 10 in last 12 games, that’s swinging the lumber..
Teams will never again trade a Bryan Reynolds for a McCutchen. Or a Wheeler for a Beltran. That’s gone now. The new GMs hoard their top prospects.
The Dodgers did trade Verdugo, but that got them Betts. That’s a unique situation.
I shouldn’t have done it, but I just looked at Reynolds’ stats. Batting over .300, 12 HRs, an OPS over .900.
Sabean/Evans did finally draft a quality outfielder. And he’s playing for the Pirates.
Reynolds did have a bad season during the mini-season last year.
Last season is pretty much an outlier.
Josh Bell just hit a grand slam to put the Nats up 11-9, and it’s only the 6th inning.
I don’t think Girardi is having a lot of fun these days.
The Giants did get a lot of pitches out of Ohtani in the first inning.
Slusser tweeted column she had in chron re: Tauchman—at first he started 23 of 24 games, then it decreased to 13 of 25 and today is first start (and batting 9th) in 8 days. So regardless of who you think might be making up lineup, going 10-72 means you’re getting lot fewer ABs.
They’re called seams, not laces, JT…
Or stitches…
Send Duggar.
Duggar needs to attempt a steal ,when u have Dubon and Sockless coming up..
Baggs on twitter from cbs sports site noted that if SF can take Ohtani out of box later after using so many pitches in first, Angels would be at disadvantage. Upton is not available and he said they have only 2 man bench. so even if Ohtani went to RF, a pitcher would be batting in RF spot while Giants can keep DH all game.
Tauchman has to go, I could hit better then this weak ass who’s only begging for a walk these days. WTF was he faking a bunt for? He has more holes in his bat then Swiss cheese..
“given your concern about game times — or is it pace of play? Can we have 4 hour games if everything moves along quickly? What exactly is the problem?”
Well, it’s both. With exceptions. If there’s a lot of action and offense, no none cares about pace and time issues. But a 4-1 game lasting 3 1/2 hours is a problem, and there’s a lot of those type of games.
The umps are terrible.
Gausman still touching cap btw. twice before that pitch for K.
bunt guy will be safe but hella play by Dubon. Maybe better on left side of IF?
“Commercial breaks are interminable.”
Yeah, and that won’t change, unfortunately.
I think it did change, couple years back. Guess again?
https://www.mlbdailydish.com/2019/4/9/18270732/shortening-inning-breaks-will-likely-hurt-mlb
They “shortened” the breaks to “only” two minutes, OK.
Yeah, from 2.5 to 2 in nationally televised games. That’s ok. A start anyway. It certainly was “shortened” — you know, the thing that would not happen?
OK, dude, relax. Well done.
Look. It’s only an eight minute improvement overall, not counting pitching changes, etc, but it does mean getting back to the action more quickly. 8 minutes here 8 minutes there. Speed up replay reviews. Things can improve.
Quick-paced pitcher duels like this aren’t boring, even without much offense.
That was some hilarious Pete Hustle by the Angels Iglesias running to 2nd to get the 3rd out force and continuing to full speed ahead to the dugout.
Nasty pitching twice to Othani making him look foolish on that nasty splitter..
Zum, it just got a little less fun in the top of the 9th for Girardi.
That game was a good ol’ fashioned slug-fest.
Might as well be the pitcher batting 9th for the Giants.
Hone run-ski!
All of a sudden Yaz has 10 bombs.
Frank Howard once hit 10 in 6 games, I believe…
Snow…Tauchman just might not be seeing the ball?
Memo. He hasn’t seen the ball all year rather his eyes are opened are closed!
Yaz sees the ball, just blasted a long HR off Othani. now a double by Dickerson who has 3 hits, keep it going Buster!!
MLB has Angels feed, best part of that inning was announcer getting cocky over Ohtani K of Tauch and strike 1 to Yaz — He’s feeling it now!– then Yaz goes deep and Dick hits double.
MLB Network.
Time to cut ties with Tauchman and bring back WadeJr..
Fuck. Shoulda got to Otani a bunch of times.
It’s not the length of the games that bother me.
It’s the slow torture guys like Gearrin who drive me nuts.
It doesn’t make much difference to me if I go to bed at 12:50 AM or 1:30 AM…
oh man Gearrin was unbelievable. Hitters do the same BS though, stepping out and adjusting the velcro after every freaking pitch. Nomar used to do that and Harper does it now, plus he touches outside corner then inside then back outside corner again with his bat before he sets up. Every pitch, yikes.
Bonds never ever left box, right?
Lol … If Corey Gearrin ever got to face Mike “The human rain delay “ Hargrove you might be looking at 3AM bed time Loo..
Fuck, even the Angels crew can’t believe that guy hit a HR.
RE: Flavor’s ASG wager – a couple of radio guys said deGrom’s final start before the break would be on Sunday and if that stays on schedule, it would likely eliminate him from participating in the game…
Tauchman looks like he’s swinging the bat under water.
Tauchman has become absolute garbage. No defense can cover this complete failure at the plate. Already with the golden sombrero.
I don’t know why they wouldn’t DFA him before he even showers today…
Starting tomorrow the D-backs can extend their MLB record of 23 games as they hit the road first in San Diego for 3 games and on to St Louis for 3 more which could possibly have them at 29 straight losses! Overall for the season they are 9-31 on the road, yikes 😱
The pitching duel lived up to its billing.
There you go.
oh F.
Down goes Belt ! ! !
Jesus Fucking Christ. How hard is it to get into baseball shape?
Who knows if you’re coming off a winter wracked by covid and then mono.
Hey, at least we get Wade back.
Ha, right.
Welp.
Jesus what a fucked up play.Belt down on a play he’s out by 3 feet! Wade Jr on speed dial!!
Wooh! That bottom of the 8th was a little scary.
Shit after Duggar the 2 golden sombrero boys come up. Have to pinch hit with somebody anybody.
Tauchman looked like a totally defeated guy on that last K.
Four Ks apiece for Dubon and Tauchman, that’s ridiculous.
You can add a second sombrero on the heads of Dubon&Tauchman..
Oh boy. I’ve got a bad feeling about this . . .
Wade can’t get here fast enough.
Disappointed in Kap. sock Man clearly lost right now why send him up there to k a 4th time?
Kap saw a chance to get rid of him. (kidding)
When will he ever be right? I’m disappointed he’s still on the team.
did he have a bat in his hands?
And here we go with McGoo.,dammit
hoooooooooooooboy
McGee really seems to rely on luck a whole lot…
Duggar just looks like a CF out there.
Total fucking 6 tool stud
5 of those pitches from McGee were 97-98 including last one Suzuki drove deep to CF. But having your pitcher up there with game winning run on 2b to face it didn’t work too well for Maddon.
Whatever happens in extra innings, this was a good game.
I hope Tauch knows how to run the bases.
lulz
Sigh, didn’t matter.
Well, that was ugly. Didn’t even put a ball in play.
Iglesias mowed them down. Buster guessed wrong on that last pitch.
JT’s not very good. He reads quickly but stiffly and his ad libs are lame. “The sun here gets right above the ballpark.” “Hope he didn’t break a bone.”
A ghost hitter being a ghost runner, the Giant hitters probably didn’t even know he was out there..
ZZ Top dude cut his magical beard.
Why didn’t the giants bunt their runner over? Sac fly here and it’s over
I think it was Yaz batting.
Because Yaz was up?
Improvise in the tenth.
In these silly ass extra inning games, the plan should always be sacrifice and loving the runner over. Anything else…I don’t get it.
Swung at ball 4.