Wash It Off
That was a tough one to lose. You stake *the best starting pitching staff in the major leagues* to a 4-0 first inning lead and you can usually take that to the bank. Sadly, Birddog wilted in the Summer swelter of Washington and the rest of the crew wasn’t much better.
They say you can’t win em all but if you’re making a case for the Giants to make the post season they pretty much have to.
Just catching up on that 1500m race. That race rivaled any of the best horse races I’ve ever seen in my life. Had tears in my eyes watching Hocker win that.
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Not sure they’ll be able to get the next 2 games in. If they do, it’ll be hot, muggy and wet with possible thunderstorms.
17 years ago today, Barry became the all time HR champ. SEVENTEEN!
Oh yeah remember that one…also a sucky loss to Nats. Just got to fav restaurant to order takeout from beautiful girl and sit in bar when Bonds connected and place erupted. Took food home to watch Giants choke game away.
I moved to Eastern North Carolina the following year (2008).
You guys see this? It is behind an ESPN pay wall, but I have included my “reader” version, so you should be able to. Giants are 20th as of today (15th preseason).
https://archive.ph/20240807070959/https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/40733088/2024-mlb-prospect-rankings-update-farm-systems-top-30-teams-draft-trade-deadline
We ain;t much better than when he got here.
The race was wild. Reminiscent of Dave Wottle back in the day.
Baggs got some quotes from Posey about Bailey and Snell no hitter. Bailey has caught every inning of Snell’s last 5 starts where he’s allowed 8 hits total and BA against of .078 in 33 innings.
Posey noted that there wasn’t any pitch clock when he caught 3 no hitters including Cain perfecto so he had all time in world to think about calls. Baggs also talked about Bailey calming down both Snell (and ump) when he didn’t get 2 calls and got hot. Hopefully bat comes around but still quite valuable young C.
Snell is year younger than Gausman. No idea what type of contract he would seek in off season or whether Giants would be in on him or not.
Took look at Gausman stats on B/R, and um, decline this year rather noticeable. ERA is up to 4.50, and FIP is over 4.00. He is striking out fewer hitters, lowering K/BB rate. Jays, going nowhere at 52-61 dead last AL East, owe him for 2 more years at $23 mil each. Ouch
Right. They’ve gone in on zero guys under Farhan. Sure, they’ll sign him. And I’m winning gold in the men’s 100 meter dash.
We are the league’s rep rebuilders. Rodon, Gasman, Manaea, Bryant, even Pillar all got deals to get out of here. Next we’ll see Ray, Snell, and Chappie go.
Yay! I’ve said it a thousand times. How do you build a team on one-year opt-outs?
As we have proven time and again, they get better and leave. Or they suck and stay.
Lose-lose.
No idea? He (Boras) wants something along the lines of 6/$300 mill. If not more.
His no-no just upped his price $5 mill a season.
If Scherzer and Verlander can make their coin both being over 40, Snell at 31 is a baby. He’s gonna command a king’s ransom.
Barring a big injury, Snell is as good as gone, and that was before the no no.
Baggarly has almost guaranteed it. Enjoy Snell’s spinning gold the next 7 weeks, because it will look meaningless next January when he signs with the Yanks or Dodgers and the Giants missed this post-season…
Didn’t get what he wanted this year as did others. See what happens but I look forward to rest of his starts, last 5 of which have been amazing.
Pretty awesome local kid from ( Unca’s town of Walnut Creek)Amit Elor wins the Gold Medal in Freestyle Wrestling.Youngest (20) ever to win Gold Male are Female in the sport. She has steamrolled every competition she’s faced winning 317 international matches before killing it the Olympic.Congrats many more Medals 🏅 in the future forthcoming..
Equally as awesome Kristen Faulker from Homer Alaska winning Gold in Marathon Bicycle cycling covering 96 miles and yet with 3km left she sprinted to the front with plenty left in the tank and won by over 8 seconds.First woman medal going back to 1984.
Phils went off on Dogs pen last night for 6-2 W. they’ve beaten LA 4 of 5 times this season. LA still starts Nick Ahmed at SS, lol. Padres (only 4 games back) won rain delayed game in Pittsburgh 6-0 as Donny Barrels 4-5 with 4 rbis. Man I miss that guy…especially watching Casey Schmitt at plate.
Will Smith btw suffering similar fate as Bailey at plate as season runs along. 1-17, 8-65 0 HRs.
They have to start Ahmed, i.e., Betts returns next week I think from injury. Ahmed is just a place holder.
The Dodgers signing Ahmed in first place is indication of how desperate they are, scrambling to cover SS and left side of IF. At deadline they added journeyman Amed Rosario and still rehabbing IF Tommy Edman below average hitter most of his career from Cards, who has yet to play one inning entire year.
Lot of speculation as to where Betts plays once he’s ready to return to field. Baseball Savant has him at minus runs saved per OAA at SS. He might be in OF. Gavin Lux has started to hit for them and might stay in lineup at 2b.
This is Dodgers we’re talking about. They effed this whole thing up royally.
As Bailey’s OPS has declined steadily over the last 18 games, he’s swung at more and more pitches out of the strike zone. 4 walks in 83 PAs.
Do think it is a sign that he — as are most others — is pressing at the plate?
I mean, over the past couple seasons we’ve seen a consistent lack of clutch hitting. The RISP eye-test this year seems to reveal it has only gotten worse.
Could be. For all of the lack of RISP production, they are still going to score 700 or so runs this year. The 2010 Giants scored 697, and hit 9 points below the team average with RISP. So did the 2012 team, which scored 718 runs. Those teams weren’t “clutch,” either, performing worse under “pressure” than they did otherwise.
So curious how the numbers can prove so much and so little simultaneously. Baseball is a weird game.
Baseball was worlds different in 2010, James. And their pitching was better starter-wise, and in the pen.
Exactly Unca (as I noted at 10:09am).
Chuck, yes, the pitching was better back then. That’s the big reason they don’t have a winning record right now. When the 2010 team gave up 5 or more runs, the record was 10-52. The current team is 9-48 in those games. The gambit is that in the remaining 30 percent of the season, there are very few more games where they give up more than 4 runs.
I would love to see the Giants call up a true CF Grant McCray move Ramos to a corner cause he’s not a centerfielder.Another bomb last night, and tons of speed this team can always use. Schmitt back to minors and like Matos just get consistent AB’s in a wasted year for both..
Not a fair comparison James and you know that. The game today is almost totally different from back then. Similarly, you could say the same thing about the 2010 “game” versus the Steroid era of the 90s through approximately 2007 (or whatever year, Selig, et. al. finally stopped looking the other way).
Basically, due to these factors:
Increased Offensive Output: Baseball has seen a general increase in offensive production in recent years, partly due to factors like the baseball itself, changes in pitching mechanics, and a greater emphasis on hitting for power. Shift Defenses: The widespread adoption of shift defenses has made it more difficult for hitters to find gaps and drive in runs with runners in scoring position. However, the recent rule changes aimed at limiting shifts are likely to impact this specific trend in the coming years.
Bottom line is that this moronic Commissioner is willing to try just about anything, e.g., ghost runners, make the bases bigger, time clock, etc., to make fans return to the game.
Blade, I agree the game has changed, but I’m not sure why that’s relevant to my response to Bassbaldy or the basics of runs scored versus runs allowed.
Come on . . . You made the comparison to 2010 team. In effect, a totally different era.
Didn’t see this.
Disingenuosity at its’ finest.
What’s disingenuous?
Comparing 2010 to now. What do you think?
There was nothing disingenuous about making the comparison. It’s still not clear to me what’s changed about the meaning of team RISP stats between 2010 and now. Maybe you can explain.
Comments on draft. 1st rounder riskiest pick in 1st round:(
but then “best tools in the entire draft” on 4th round pick. Crazy
Baily not hitting is a bummer:(
Re new rules.. I like it they are trying new things. Baseball is more fun to watch vs recent years. More singles, more action. Way less ” single outcome” plays homer walk strikeout. More SB’s (except SF of course). Why Fitz doesn’t run more is a mystery.
Pitch clock is the best thing ever imo. I didn’t like it at 1st, but now I do. It showed that 30 minutes a game was 100% wasted time.
But it sucks for people who actually enjoy spending time at the park, hangin with friends, etc. You’re out of there before you know it…
Yeah, I remember one of the Flap games was a Tim Hudson game that was done in 1:58.
I was bummed it went so fast. But overall the pace change isn’t really noticeable until you realize games are ending at 9:30 instead of 11:00 PM.
Cuts down on the DUIs I guess.
My point about the MLB’s rule and field (bases enlarged) changes are two-fold: 1. This Commissioner could give a fucking rat’s ass about baseball’s historic past or the fans, as he is beholden to ONLY one group – OWNERS; and, 2. He only cares about MONEY (see #1 for reason why . . . hint – they are the ones who run the game).
Bay Area sports talk and articles are so full of this constant Brandon Aiyuk situation that it’s beyond the pale. You’d think this guy was the second coming of Jerry Rice. He’s very good, but if he goes to a lower tier team to earn a couple extra million per year, watch his productivity dip. He’s not THAT good. Solid blocker, good route runner, but he’s not a regular game breaker type. Way too much hype. I don’t know why the Niners have gone so long letting this situation just hang. Maybe Unca knows…
Well, BA has a solid thing going with Purdy. That is his big selling point. And he is trending upward in a big way. However, it is the team making him better, not the other way around.
If he goes to Cleveland, his numbers will drop when he becomes the 1 and they drop double coverage on him. Wilson and Fields could wind up being a disaster for the Steelers.
The Niners regularly run plays to guarantee single coverage on BA and he does get open when single-covered.
Beyond that he has NO leverage. THe Niners don;t need to trade him. They can simply let him sit out the year. Next year, they franchise him. The season after that? Franchise him. They have control of him for the next 3 seasons.
They are holding out for a big enough haul to let him go.
Thanks Unca, I figured you’d have the dope on it…
August 7 1935 born day of Rahsaan Roland kirk who only lived to be 42. Just listened to Theme for the Eulipions the other day off Warner Bros compilation put together by Joel Dorn, amazing
Fortunate enough to have seen him once live at Keyston SF. Unforgettable.
God.
USA women’s basketball up 29 on Nigeria quarterfinal in 3rd quarter. Love to watch them share ball rebound and play D.
Nigeria point guard is Promise Amukamara, younger sister of former NYGs DB.
He did not exactly fulfill his Promise with the Giants or elsewhere.
A week after the deadline, the Giants are refusing to roll over and play dead per their “deadline behavior” according to ESPN. I removed the paywall, so you should be able to see the rankings for all teams . . . https://archive.ph/20240807123245/https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/40734383/stock-watch-post-trade-deadline-guide-all-30-mlb-teams
McCray has managed to cut down Ks (bit of red flag) as he moved up to AAA ball at Sac. 2022 and 23 he struck out 29% btw low A and High A and got off to rough start in AA ball this year. At Sac K rate is 26%. Not much power 11 HRs total btw 2 teams, and 12 SBs vs. 2 CS in 91 games. He’s not on 40 man so idk if he’d be part of team before September. someone to keep eye on for sure as 23 yr old.
Wisely in for Schmitt today at 2b. Keith Law has a pet peeve about using OPS to judge value of individual players–he says giving equal weight to OB and slugging isn’t accurate for how it affect ability of team to score runs, and getting on base (and not making outs) in first place is more valuable.
Some of the young Giants hitters have struggled mightily to do this…Schmitt OB is .209, Matos .211. these guys are making out almost 80% of time they are at bat. “Kids” or not, unwatchable.
Agree. No improvement by end of season, get rid of them, i.e., multiple chances, seasons – enough is enough.
And, per usual, the 49ers are not satisfied with Pittsburgh’s offer and ain’t dealing BA.
Safe.
fuck him. He’s acting like he’s got leverage here. He demanded a trade? Motherfucker what do you think they were trying to do up to the draft? Nobody wants to get him and pay him that scratch.
Damn!
Nice retort from Yaz!
I think they like going to Washington now.
Bomb Party!
Game is legal, let if effin pour.
From what I read in newest bio, Hank Aaron wanted absolutely nothing to do with Bonds or any tribute for Bonds breaking HR record. Eventually agreed to issue statement he did.
Whoa, now a Yaz RBI triple!
I like “beer league guy.” Dude just keeps on hitting. I hope he sticks.
Yeah definitely. Has a HR and couple doubles off wall already. think he played some 1b in Sac. RF at the O might not be best option for him but let him hit.
Jerar brings him home!
Yeah digging the long ball that chicks do!
Chappy,Ramos,Yaz plus his 9th triple and Viva Jerar another clutch RBI hit he definitely belongs right now..,
Skubal scheduled to start for Tigers tonight vs. M’s, so giants should miss him when they get back to town for 3 game series.
Miller walks #9 hitter batting .207 on 4 pitches with 2 outs, with Abrams up next. arrghh
Whew … for now.
yuuuuuuge k there. Jeeebus.
Man, what a catch.
I guess he Called it on that catch.If only Ramos could make those catches.But bat first glove second so I guess it equals out..
so much for good doval
I wonder how Loco is making out with this Hurricane Debby? Seems like it might be over his area or nearby. Dunno . . . Hope you’re okay John!
We aren’t expecting anything more than heavy rain, which we’ve had off and on for days. We will probably have minor flooding here in the OBX, but I think the I-95 areas in NC will get more flooding than us. I don’t expect any winds at hurricane strength, but the ocean water is warm so I guess it could beef up if it goes back over the ocean. Right now, we’re feeling pretty secure here. Thanks for asking.
Good to hear.
Glad to hear that John. Stay safe!
one more batter for doval
PULL HIS ASS NOW!!
I can’t watch.
Some of this is on Bailey for going slider happy.
Me too Mac
Jesus.
Doval with the save.
Whew.
Pitcher’s and nervous fans’ best friend ends it!
Whoa
Will they get OVER .500?
98 sinker gets Doval the GIDP and save after steady diet of sliders.
Another adventure for Doval who will always raise blood pressure.But hey another win back to rollercoaster .500 .Win tomorrow they come back home over .500 so get it done!!
Padres had 3 run lead top 10. Closer they traded for walked first 3 guys he’s faced with 0 outs. 9-7.
Now relieved by Morejon who throws wild pitch. 9-8, runners on 2nd and 3rd no outs.
Pads held on.
Very early game on Thurs. morning, 9 AM Pacific Time. I like breakfast baseball.
Watched quite a few playoff and World Series games early morning in SE Asia (Vietnam). Imagine Paul has too.
Morejon gets final 3 outs, fielders choice out at home, K and ground out. Padres win 9-8.
Schwarber hits 3 run HR off Joe Kelly and Phils lead LA 8-4 bottom 6th.
Loss would trim dogs lead over both AZ and SD to 3 games.