Properly Walloped
Not much to say about that one. They just have better players. And goddamn, they have players with presence don’t they? It’s not just how big and strong Judge, Soto and Stanton look although that’s probably part of it. Dare I say it’s the uniforms? Regardless, our runs were produced by Wisely and Schmitt, two dudes who have no presence whatsoever.
I am going to the game today. I’ll give Snell the once-over and report back. Gonna pour one out for my daughter’s grandpa today. He was the biggest Yankee fan there ever was and I watched a lot of baseball games with him. His death last December was one of several my family has had to endure the last 8 months. This was his obit if you care to read more about him.
https://obituaries.almanacnews.com/obituaries/memorials/george-waltuch?o=8536
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Fine obit Flav thanks for sharing and sorry for your loss. RIP to Mr. Waltuch.
Talent gap sure thing when you start 5 rookies including 1 in the 4th game of his ML career. But the offense that scored 22 in 3 games off Pirates and 19 more in 3 vs. Mets has scored 7 runs in last 4 games. Expect some changes today but it is good to see Schmitt do some damage.
More concerned about SPs though. Second game in a row where the starter put team in an early hole, eventually being followed by pen meltdown that put game further out of reach. Props to Webb for 4 shut down innings and going 7 to help save pen ahead of Snell start today and TBD for tomorrow vs. DBax, but too much damage done on his watch.
Wasn’t that long ago Giants beat Phils here 1-0 while taking 2 of 3. Phils have one more L than Yanks do, same amount of Ws, and have scored 17 more runs in one fewer game than Yankees with near identical +100 run differential. The gap can be overcome.
thanks for sharing what a life. Amazing people like him built this country and many like your former father in law came here as children and appreciated our country that much more. We played well against probably a pretty good team in the Phillies after getting swept in four games in Philly and playing an obviously better team in the Yankees and probably would have the same fate in NY. Let’s get one today.
Wow, glad I read the obit. He was my doctor at the Menlo Medical clinic when I was 15- 18 years old, 1967-70. Great guy. I didn’t know anything about him but it sounds like he had a wonderful life.
WOW! amazing, thanks for sharing. SMALL world
That’s crazy! Sounds like a wonderful man. A life well-lived.
Hope you give the Giants the Flap boost they need. Esp Snell.
2-0 so far for me.
https://x.com/notgaetti/status/1797270525821030572
Your MelTard moment of the day. Soler eclipse in the 5 hole.
LHP going today and Soler this season has OPS of .727 against them, 100 points higher than what he’s doing vs. RHP. Also he has 6 HRs on season–beside Chapman the other 7 hitters in lineup have 8 combined. Day off for Bailey Brooks and Yaz, plus Estrada has bad thumb.
soler will bomb one today
Ha, hope so. Your predictions here have history of coming through.
Enjoy game!
Gotta agree Willedav, Big Flavor is certainly one of the most accurate prognosticators I’ve ever come across.
Brooks with a day off? What bizarro universe is this?
that Winder post has made my day gents. What a wonderful small world this is
Sorry for your loss Craig, going to the yard is a great way to remember.
Oops, Soto just sent one deep, we’ll get it back, today is the day we beat the Yanks.
Soler hitting .149 at home until that double. June needs to be his wake up month …
Tied up.
Soler smoked that one. See if kids can bring him in ..yes!
Sorry for your loss BF.Mr.Waltuch sure had an incredible life and loved by so many for sure!
Probably has a knowing nod from heaven for his beloved Yankees going..
Schimdt knocking in Soler who doubled with a 2 out single! Nice AB he’s coming thru nicely..
Soler had a high good swing percentage in that AB, according to knk. No nasty RHer outside sliders, of course.
Nice AB from Fitz. Conference on mound.
Always thought coaching basketball if we got other team talking to each other and calling timeouts we were on right track.
The kids are alright.
Nice walk to Judge. Do that the whole game. Make somebody else beat you, they’ve got enough of them…
yes! Heliot HR!
Ramos with a Slater Delayer HR …
don’t you think Matos is the straggler right now?
He’s fine it’s his buddy Matos that needs to pick things up. 4-40 ain’t gonna cut it.
Thats what I’m talkin about.
Boom Ramos says I got your 90 mph fastball right here. Giants made Cortes work last inning and throw 31 pitches.
Been harping a lot about moving Ramos up in the order, Melvin finally listened knowing how much Matos has struggled.Keep him up near the top ! That was an impressive dead red blast to dead center 🚀
Otra vez! You are not sending me back to Sac, sez Casey!
There’s your new everyday SS!
Schmitt locked in hitting the ball hard!
As long as he can field a grounder in the 9th inning, at SS, Schmitt could be itt…
Slush: “Giants have done a lot of good 2 strike hitting today, including both homers (Schmitt and Ramos) and Schmitt’s 2 out 2 strike rbi single in second.”
I get the Yanks are good at stretching ABs. But, Snell has to stop taking 80 or so pitches to get through 4 innings…
Well you probably won’t have to think about it till after the ASB…
Never liked the Yankees. I did like some of their players though.
Btw is that mysterious baby by Snell’s GF ever going to be born?
Soler with proof of life…
Progress for Matos. Breaks 0-17 slide. Got to fight your way out of it. Melvin has left him in there.
Snell reinjured his adductor (groin).GRR
Kat is on it, Melvin’s new leadoff hitter.
What a meatball to Ramos. I think I would’ve hit it out…
Way to go Ramos!
Ramos belongs here. Conforto can platoon LF occasionally and DH occasionally.
Agreed.
All the complaining we do thank god we are not Met fans. Another 9th inning lead blown. They have blow something crazy like 6 9th inning leads in a row!
Yeah! Walker K of Soto such a big out. Good play by ramos to hold judge to 1b.
And freezes Stanton! Any luck Judge won’t come up again w chance to tie it or take lead.
Ramos can fire higher for a bang bang throw em out, but he often uses that low accurate fastball multi bouncer to get the ball back to the IF on hold em plays. Nicaraguan father of a kid on our Oakland LL team one year tried to teach that running wind up OF throw. Most of the kids couldn’t understand why throwing at the ground made sense.
At least Judge isn’t among the first 3 coming up…
Camilo finally gets a shot
get the DP. Do t want to see Soto and or Judeg
Here we go…
oh well I cant
post fast enough
Yep…
Fucking Doval.
yeah there you go.
Fuck me…
the diff between us and them is they hit mistakes. We foul them off. Hicks made 2 bad pitches and it cost the team 4 runs.
just missing that tough DP hurt a lot. Damn. Now walk judge.
Yankees offense strike ability vs. Giants is like the Varsity vs. JVs…
Giants have to be concerned about Doval. He’s hardly ever throwing an EZ 9th these days. It’s almost always nail-biting, bladder squeezing at bats…
Jesus. Let the clown show begin.
does Doval have a clue as to what his job is? He’s pretty much just chuck and duck these days.
He used to seem like a cool customer, when he first became closer and mowed ’em down. Now, he looks cool as the wheels come off…
Take him out, fer Kreissakes…
guess I didn’t pay enough attention, but I’m surprised to see that Soto is such an ebullient motherfucker.
Casali, Murphy can do that for us. wtf?
well, pissed off Doval is not a good Doval.
Fence post ain’t doing Doval any favors the way he uses him, but Christ, this is just a fucking joke. he’s just gonna let him give up 4 more runs?
Judge may not bat twice this inning, if we catch a break.
I mean why keep it close?
Gawd, I’ll even take Taylor Rogers now over Dovall…
This is getting ugly.
Time to drill someone..
can Doval hit himself?
Lulz…
I was hoping for strohman and Soto. We got Smell and Soler eclipse.
That was disastrous.
Maybe Dovall needs a “get his S together” stint on the IL. Just call it elbow tenderness, and let him gather himself…
Doval now with a WHIP of 1.61. WTF?
Does Doval now have a 10-cent arm to go with his 10-cent head?
That was depressing but at least it’s over.
Criminy, what a horrendous end to a well fought game by a team way under-talented compared to the opposition …
29-27. The high-water mark?
On the road for AZ and then the Bochies. They’d better pull their heads out.
A closer that’s getting vapor lock pretty often is no bueno, especially when you’ve got a team with trouble scoring runs. Trouble is, I don’t see any temporary successor worth a darn…
Rodriguez. Tyler.
rodriguez
Reggie Crawford continues to look like a closer in training in Sac.
https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/san-francisco-giants-offered-star-50-million-contract-last-year-jon9
DIaz is working out real well for the Mets. Looks like we dodged a big bulllet.
When Doval came up he threw a LOT of fastballs. Now is sinker almost every pitch. Like he trying to be Webb.
Was following along on cbs site, and cutter and fastball/sinker were still at high velo, 99 and up. Really surprised how hard he was hit, by Soto Stanton and Volpe. Other than bad location dunno what’s wrong with him. Yanks knew what was coming maybe?
MCC site in column by Steven Kennedy “Doval devolved in 9th” shows the ball Volpe lined for double was cutter inside and off the (box zone of) plate. Cutter to Soto for monster HR was belt high in middle of plate. Sinker to Torres who led off with single down and inside at edge of strike zone.
Read the game recap, but just curious, Craig: how did Snell look? Oh, I guess it doesn’t matter, sounds like he’s out for a bit .. again…
Just read story that said the first place AL West Mariners, now 34-27, fired “offensive coordinator and bench coach Brant Brown (former dodgers hitting coach 2020-22) on Friday.”
Further, “Director of hitting strategy Jarret DeHart and assistant hitting coach Tommy Joseph will expand on their roles with the hitters.” Turns out the M’s per SI story also on MLBTR, “…have one of the league’s worst offenses. They entered Friday with the second fewest runs (211 or 3.6 per game). They lead in strikeouts and rank 28th in batting average, 25th in slugging percentage and 28th in OPS.”
Wow, I though Kap had big coaching staff but these positions I guess reflect new analytical era. So howinell is a team that hits that bad in first place ahead of defending champ Texas Rangers, let alone 6th best record in AL? Only 3 teams in AL have allowed fewer runs.
Memo to Giants–pitching (and D) wins.
Tommy Joseph? As in, Tommy Joseph for Hunter Pence in 2012?