A Loss To the Pirates
Well, whatever, right? Win the ones you’re supposed to lose, lose the ones you think you’ve got in the bag. Was there a letdown? Who knows. It’s hard to be up for every game especially coming off whatever the hell that LA series was.
Would like to think we’ve got the advantage with GasMan on the mound but truthfully none of us know what is going to happen. It’s baseball. Anything can happen in a game.
Happy birthday to the GREAT Barry Bonds who turns 57 today and who could still probably be an asset to team.
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The Padres gained a game on the Giants and Dodgers. It’s going to be a wild and crazy ride for the three teams.
And a decent chance the 2 losers of the division will meet in the WC, right?
Hope there’s some representation from the crew here if that comes down…
We hope the Giants win the division, of course, but it’s also nice knowing they have a big lead on a Wild Card spot. The Giants have an 11 game lead built up on that at the moment.
I do think Bonds could play today and succeed on a limited basis.
The toughest thing for him would be catching up with the 100 MPH heat.
The great and forgotten Minnie Minoso played a few games at ages 50 & 54 in order to become a 5 decade player…
Writer for MLB.COM predicting the fate of 25 players at the TD.
He has Bryant coming to SF and possibly Scherzer as well…
there is less than 1% chance Scherzer is dealt in my opinion. He means more to that franchise and that city than any player ever, even Zimmerman. It would take a MASSIVE haul to placate the fans and nobody is offering a massive haul for Max. Guys just like to write about shit for clicks……
He did make a decent case for Bryant being a fit for SF – questionable status of Belt & Longoria, plus possible support in LF. Scherzer he just kind of threw out there and said the Giants and Dodgers would be possibilities.
But yeah, today it’s all about clicks and likes, isn’t it?
I would love to see some next generation perspective here.
Where’s everybody’s Giant fan kids?
It’s just our luck that the Pirates come in here with a chip on their shoulders. Hopefully, we can take the next two.
Dodgers bullpen cratered again last night giving up 1 in the 9th and 3 in the 10th. Dogs had the bases loaded with no outs in the bottom of the 9th and didn’t score. They didn’t even put the ball in play. 3 k’s.
Dodgers are 1-10 in extra innings, maybe the ghost runner gimmick isn’t so bad.
Bellinger left with a hammy injury.
One good thing to come out of last night was 2 LHs with HRs, GD into water and line drive shot from Dickerson.
Next 2 SPs for Pirates both RH. Not so good night of course for others, including Wade Jr. Yaz n Vosler.
Btw thx to Mac for 9:33 last night. Note yesterday 12:53 Mac had post referencing Loo saying they’d be tired team coming in after night game Thursday and his own about them being primed for letdown. Spot on.
Speaking of Minnie the moocher, Cab Calloway with the first high five.
The first rapper?
Mauricio with one more recent. Muy feliz!
Deadline only a week away. Dogs have lost 5 of 6, starting last Sunday vs. Rox. Pads closing in, but also have trader deluxe Preller at helm. Both seemed primed to make major deals to improve.
so, question…if Giants did only low key move or two and nothing big (like prospects or guys on current 40 man roster for rental say), would it bug the clubhouse as led by Crawford and Posey, or not?
why would it bug them? Any move would be made to make the team better, I assume at this point Craw and Posey trust Z and Kap’s decisions
I’m asking if they would be disappointed Giants didn’t make a big move and the other teams did.
last year everyone was worried what the players would think if they broke up the Bore Core. Now it’s wondering if they’ll be mad they didn’t make a big enough move? Like I said, I believe the players trust Z and Kap at this point to do whatever is necessary to make the team better.
I don’t think it would effect the Vets like Posey&Craw much at all there so battle tested and keep such an even keel. I think Z/H should really go after guys with an option year thru 2022 atleast if they trade prospects.
Haniger and Gallo fit that category, I prefer Haniger , the RH bat that’s putting up a great season and can play RF are LF and u can slide Yaz into Center..
Lots of rumblings about Bart being moved( maybe drafting him and Bailey back to back might be a trade chip for sure now,) Bart wasn’t a Z pick , he might be more comfortable with Bailey and his overall analytics potential)
Heard a few scenarios like Bart and Wilson to Seattle for Haniger and there reliever Drew Scheinberg ( not sure about that last name) but he’s been solid out of the pen.I would jump on that.
There was another one which was Bart,Canário, Wilson for Haniger and backend starter Flexen ( having a good season but not sustainable for the future) not keen on that one.
It is a fine line for Z/H to continue to build for the future while maintaining the presence.But with 2 teams crawling up your ass constantly, a trade are 2 for reinforcements can’t hurt.Sabes did that in his heyday with his heist of the Whitesox’s pitchers 2(Danny Darwin and I’m drawing a blank on the other starter a lefty I think)and Ramon Ramirez I think? And they rolled to the division title..
On MLB network they showed a stat. Best road team in SF since Oracle opened? You guessed it. Pirates 18-10
a back end SP, a back end RP and a dependable slugging OF — that’s quite a shopping list the speculators have laid out for the Giants. I just don’t see Zaidi and staff, or Kapler, this late in the astonishing season, settling for a rental anywhere.
17 years later, Kap is in better shape NOW. He’s shows up in this fight at the 1:26 mark
I’ll be honest, I never heard of Kappler before he became Giants manager. Or if I had heard of him for some reason, I forgot about it quickly. I had no recollection of him managing the Phills, maybe because I pay little attention to baseball in the East…
If his name didn’t sound like Welcome Back Kotter, I probably would have no recollection of him either.
He did have a respectable playing career…
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kaplega01.shtml
similar careeer to Jeffrey Hammonds, an outstanding Stanford man
That game had trap written all over it….
Let’s get back on track to winning series….
1. LaMonte Wade Jr (L) 1B
2. M. Yastrzemski (L) RF
3. Buster Posey (R) C
4. Alex Dickerson (L) LF
5. Wilmer Flores (R) 2B
6. Jason Vosler (L) 3B
7. Thairo Estrada (R) SS
8. Steven Duggar (L) CF
9. Kevin Gausman (L) P
“Best road team in SF since Oracle opened? You guessed it. Pirates 18-10”
That record isn’t making sense to me. The ballpark has been open for 22 years, and the Pirates have a series in SF every season.
according to bbref the Giants home record vs. the pirates from 2000 to now is 30-36. unless I misread my phone. which is always a possibility.
Makes a lot more sense.
Bad job by MLB Network…
How injury-racked are the Dodgers at the moment? Here’s their lineup tonight:
Chris Taylor, SS
Justin Turner, 3B
AJ Pollock, CF
Albert Pujols, 1B
Austin Barnes, C
Sheldon Neuse, 2B
Billy McKinney, RF
Luke Raley, LF
Tony Gonsolin, P
Muncy is on paternity leave, of course.
It seems like the first time in about 10 years that the guys the Giants are bringing up from AAA are better (so far) than the guys the Dodgers are bringing up.
Dodger fans gave Taylor lot of grief at SS on play where Vosler beat throw to 2b. He made a bad throw earlier too and doesn’t appear to have the arm to play there.
Wow DQ in race 6 at Del Mar leads to W for umberto Rispoli aboard Exultation $16.60 for trainer Peter Eurton.
Drayden Van Dyke horse taken down to 8th for bumping #11 in stretch.
Second time I’ve seen DQ in 2 days. Yesterday in Race ! Kent Desormeaux on outside horse #7 maiden 2 yr olds (tough bunch to control I gather) moved in to left once gates opened made contact with 6 caused problems for 2 other horses. He won 2 races later and first one today, and TVG said he was to be suspended 3 days but is appealing.
Crawford has 18 HRs, most since 2015 when he had career high 21.
I think most done recently (non bonds) is Pence with 27. Can Crawford surpass that? right now his slugging pct of .546 is way better than 2015, when it was .460 and he had 58 XBHs.
warm and breezy at the park now, says my son
Before race 7 at Del Mar, Britney Eurton talked to trainer Mark Glatt, whose horse Dance to the Music won the race and paid $15.00 ridden gate to wire by Abel Cedillo.
Sly wrote Dance to the Music, their first big hit. Supposedly band didn’t really like it, calling it unhip, but they did want a hit and Clive Davis wanted them to record it, and it exploded.
“all the squares go home.” indeed
Anybody seen “Summer of Soul” yet? I’ve been reading the hype for several months now. The Fifth Dimension and the totally awesome, unfortunately dead Sonny Sharrock. Saw him several times, the best at NYC’s Knitting Factory.
No, but it’s been highly recommended to me along with “McCartney 1-2-3″…
early hippie days, S & t FS Dance to the Music was fine; mindless, but good. later hippie days, Listen to the Music, Doobie Bros. All done.
Kuiper !
Yeah, his baseball opinions are often worthless, but he has a presence and a droll sense of humor. And he’s been a pro in two high profile careers. Kudos and good to see him.
It is good to hear him.
Haven’t seen him yet.
Did he discuss his condition in the pre-game?
He didn’t say anything about it.
didn’t see that Loo, just turned it on a minute before game and there he is with Krukow.
Posey doesn’t currently have enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting average race, and the current NL Top 10 averages aren’t all that impressive, overall.
1. Castellanos • CIN .329
2. Frazier • PIT .326
3. Turner • WSN .316
4. Reynolds • PIT .307
5. Segura • PHI .312
6. Turner • LAD .304
7. Soto • WSN .299
8. Winker • CIN .291
9. Freeman • ATL .291
10. Tatis • SDP .290
And, yes, I know batting average ain’t as big a thing as it used to be.
3 starts in a row for Posey, without day off?
Padres lose…
More first inning woes.
Let’s talk about music instead of this game.
lulz.
Ke’Bryan Hayes is Charlie Hayes kid.
for real?
yes. saw it on another blog, B/R confirms. didn’t know it at all either.
Yes, plays the same position 3 rd like the old man did.He’s a keeper Pirates very high on him..
Fuck, he was out of it…
It is past time for the Bore Core’s return.
Gamel looks exactly like Crawford from the CF camera…
I said our AAA guys are better than the Dodgers’ AAA guys, but I didn’t they are a LOT better. 🙂
“didn’t say,” I meant.
The Pirates are like the loser hoodlum who comes back to blackmail the guy who’s gotten out of the gutter and made good.
For a team with history of colorful unis, even the Maz days ones, these road ones as boring as hell.
Whoa is that Kuiper back in the booth with Krukow?
If so glad to have him back..
Maybe Glenn Dickey was right.
Kuiper is right. Wade Jr. could have gotten at least 2 outs there by letting it fall.
Ha got one anyway just like first inning.
So far, Gausman looks out of Gaus again…
Nothing like 2DP balls to help bail him out.
But yeah he’s been off ever since his wife’s birth, which wasn’t easy supposedly..
The 18-10 Pirates record at Oracle that Dude posted might be since 2011. I heard during last night’s game that Pitt is something like 6-2-1 in series at SF since 2011.
Well, it’s a run.
Belt: “I’m getting pretty close to playing games” says Shea. Knee doesn’t bother him hitting, and he is supposed to be checked out sunday in preparation for rehab games next week.
another XBH for GD, good sign.
A Gravedouble..
Followed by a grave error in judgment…
The Gaus tank is empty tonight.
He’s an out of sync mess again.
GD doesn’t make the highlight reel catches that Pillar did regularly.
He may be a little weak going back on balls…
That one might not have made the highlight reel, if he’d caught it.
Depends how difficult he made it look…
Pirates seem to always play Giants tough.
Regardless of their place in the standings.
They’re also aggressive on the bases, and why not? They’re nowhere in the standings.
Plus, it looks like Giants are having a post-LA hangover…
If Gausman hits a lull,Giants could be in big trouble. Maybe it’s good it’s happening now before the deadline so they can another arm for depth..
Yaz needs a break.
Dude has K’d something like 7 out of the last 8 ABs or some such…
Hacking out of the zone is far more damaging to an offense than watching questionable strike 3s. The Giants need to have that fact re-emphasized to them by the hitting coaches.
Dang it. GD ain’t only guy struggling to hit breaking balls.
Yaz looks like he could use a day off.
Kap better be ready to pull Gausman early, else this thing could get outta hand…
Gausman doesn’t have any Ks at all through 3 innings. What’s up with that?
There’s a K!
Could be the recent pregnancy issue with his wife has his concentration scrambled…
Ok this dork Red Rhino gets way to much air time.
Guarantee he still lives in mommy’s basement..
They used to have “The Dog” out in LF.
I didn’t care for him much.
I think he got banned for some incident…
The Dog was a jerk, running around out there trying to hog HR balls. I could see people complaining to ushers that he was just running around and not maintaining an actual seat anywhere.
Dog turned out to be a sadsack “landscaper” from Walnut Creek (probably lived in a tent in the park next to Chuck’s pool). Sports, the Giants in particular, were his life. Pathetic, but true. I hear millions of people suffer from that disability.
This new guy is another fanatical sports fan. Pity him. lulz
Don’t have a pool. He channels your hair, DJ. He gave my son a BP home run ball when he wished him a happy b-day.
sounds like a nice guy
These guys are all asleep.
Vosler’s had some nice moments, but him and Sock Man need to go ASAP…
The Giants’ offense is built on not swinging at crap. They have done way too much of it for 2 straight nights. They’ve faced two straight garbage pitchers who average 6 walks per 9 innings. Just fucking awful to watch.
What’s odd is the Giants have been ahead in the count numerous times and still can’t do much.
Lumber Co. vs. Slumber Co.
Dubon might at least bring some energy.
WTF are they waiting for?
The Sock Man will probably get another chance tomorrow to give Yaz a blow…
I bring up MPH too often, but Gausman throwing 93-95 instead of 95-97 lately.
Brebbia with guys on 2nd and 3rd?
Somehow I’m not thinking this will come out well…
Yep.
Brebbia is crap.
He couldn’t finish the batter.
Both runners in.
Brebbia needs to go.
Kappler shares a lot of that blame. The game is on the precipice of getting out of hand, you gotta stop the bleeding.
Yet, he brings in a guy who has no history of being able to do that since he’s here…
Breb-bye-a
Or
Aisle be seeing you.
He’s another one whose gotta go ASAP…
And it doesn’t.That closes the book on Gausman outing.,
Brebbia will start a new book of suckage..
Gausman obviously didn’t have it.
Why not take him out before this inning started, and bring in an arm for a stretch couple of innings?
Instead of 3-1, now they’re at 6-1. They have a day off Monday. Think out of the box. Now the game is pretty much done, barring a really good comebac against a decent Pen. Losing 2 of 3 to the Bucs is muy no bueno…
No pinch-hitter? Is Kap waving the white flag?
Down by 5, 2 outs, four more innings to go with more promise, despite the odds against coming back.
“Managing for tomorrow” per Kuip…
I heard it, still out of character for the uber-aggressive Kap.
Gun shy after last nights’ Wilmet flub?
Even Brebbia Ks on an outside pitch after taking the first 4.
8 double digit HR guys…
Tauchman with another K.
Good that these games showed up now, before the trade deadline. There actually may be a limit to the unanswered “how are these guys winning?” question…
Sure, but they are still in first place and have reinforcements (Crawford Longo Belt Moronta LaStella) on the way. Just say no to rentals, and deal players away off the 26, not prospects, preferably for players with control that can help not just now but going forward too, 2022 team at least.
Davis to start rehab assignment too. Hell another look at him can’t hurt at this point
4 hits 1 BB 9 Ks in 5 1/3 off the SP who lowered his ERA to 5.89. yikes
Single double and HR for GD vs. Pirates in these 2 games. His buddies should take note.
And the Ks keep a-coming.
12 strikeouts so far lead by Yaz’ golden sombrero..
Gausman could cost himself many millions of dollars in the off-season with outings like tonight.
Man the Pirates must have really been pissed off after Crawford’s Slam ruined their home game in the playoffs.
They have a bullseye 🎯 hanging up everytime that have faced the Giants since.Add the fleecing of talent they stole away over the years as well.
And yes for Zumie they got one back in the Reynolds for Cutch move..
Yeah, Reynolds would fit nicely in the Giants lineup.
Giants pitchers tonight:
