Hicks And His Hot Licks
i was a big skeptic of Hicks last year just because he’d never started before and I knew he’d hit a wall at some point after he blew past his career innings total. He was actually worse than I thought he’d be, he pretty much fell apart once Summer hit. But goddamn it’s hard not to be excited about him after what we saw last night. And there’s legit cause for optimism with last year under his belt AND the 20 pounds of muscle he put on over the off season.
Webby tonight…..
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Yeah, Blade, nice talking to you yesterday. Our move is in play, but it’ll be a year or 2 depending on outside circumstances.
We will see going forward with Hicks, all the pitchers are strong to start the season but will wear down in the days of summer.I agree Hicks wore down and adding 20lbs of muscle should help him but I’m a firm believer they should give Birdsong a spot in this rotation his ST was phenomenal his control which was erratic for sure last year wasn’t a issue he ST NO WALKS 19 K’s!! I’m actually excited even if it’s early in the season about the whole pitching staff!
Hicks throwing gas yesterday was nice to see. But it is April. He faded badly down the stretch last year.
Surprised Roupp got the 5th spot in the rotation. Didn’t really see too much of the spring training starts, but Dirty harry didn’t even make the squad.
Yeah, one game doesn’t say a lot for the long-haul but it he can continue to deal like that he’s not going anywhere. Birdsong will be up sooner rather than later and I am totally jazzed about him also.
Thought Birdsong was in the pen for now. Long relief?
Minors, if I recall correctly. Someone else was given his spot temporarily, as Birdsong will be up, but the initial schedule made it impractical to do so at the start of the season (or some such reason).
I believe he pitdhed last night and was on fire. It might have been the day before.
Birdsong is on the 26 man active roster, just haven’t needed him yet out of the bullpen since the starter have been pitching great so far.I believe their skipping Roupp start they want to keep Webb on his usual 5 day start,Roupp will start the next day.Verlandet the opening day home opener..
Ahh, thanks Winder and AK.
I don’t know what I was reading but it was this morning and I could have sworn it was about Birdsong getting some work in in the minors. I guess I am losing it.
Tip of the cap for the Dan Hicks ref, Flav.
Hicks threw 72 pitches in 6 innings and gave up 1 hit. He looked strong and in command.
Loved Naomi Ruth era of them. Good stuff.
Me too, willie. I got to play with her once on a song she was working on, never heard back from her so I must have really fucked it up. I have a cassette of it somewhere that I should give a listen to.
Adames!
altuve is a shitty LF. Nice rip from Adames though.
Ramos la sacó del parque!*
*Right Willie?
Oh xoot would know better than me. Unfamiliar with how Hispanic announcers call a game.
Did read cool book written by guy who visited PR, DR and Venezuela and Central America to watch games there. He met Clemente widow, Vera at some event in PR.
In 2011, I spent 4-5 months learning Spanish with a Costco Spanish language CD disk and then practicing on the phone with my mom (whom was fluent). All of this was in preparation for my Central America and South America trip (3.5 months). Willie, I was actually quasi fluent by the end of the trip. I didn’t visit another Spanish speaking country until Uruguay in 2018 and I had forgotten most of the Spanish I had learned. Use it or lose it, as the saying goes. Pfffttt!
vamos HR!
If any of you guys can’t see the game, Stream East is working now. No idea why it didn’t the first couple of games of the season.
Watching this Warrior game it boggles my mind how fucking biased these refs are. Steph gets fouled before he shots, during his shot, and after his shot. No foul.
Kere’s gonna get tossed.
Koss in middle of another DP. Good for him, and Webb.
Koss was not expected to make the team (as I noted during the 1st game). He better get going, because the Giants are not going to be patient with any rookie.
Koss could easily get a job selling Koss headphones again Blade..
lol . . . Agree AK 🙂
Whoops! Happens to the best of them Chappie.
Series win!
Dubs gut out a tough tough win vs Memphis. These are the game they were losing early in the season.
Another well played win. Gotta love it.
Per the Astros broadcasting crew, the Giants have “owned” the ‘stros the last few years. Good early start for the Giants.
Giants win!
So far the team looks much more legit than last year. Solid D, timely hitting, and starters doing well. Didn’t think they did enough, but hey, I’m wrong all the time.
Unca, this is probably on me, not the Giants, but I still have a hard time figuring out how the Giants (much less any team) can win with a team BA of .226 (I just checked), OBP of .276, and other low hitter stats. Again, I guess I am thinking back to the 60s, 70s, 80s, when that got you last place. I always forget that the game is different today, but memories are hard to erase.
They win by not making mistakes. Other teams cover for that by mashing home runs.
Strong performance by Webby. Capable relief pitching despite Rogers surrendering two hits in 8th.
Back-to-back series wins on road vs two teams projected to win or be near top of their respective divisions. Completing sweep tomorrow would be icing on cake but regardless successful opening road trip.
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I was telling my kid during spring training that all the winning was a good sign of hopefully the team building confidence in one another and bonding. Looks like that has carried over.
I think we might have the best rotation in the NL. Not too worried about the hitting when you go 4-1 on the road to start the season. Just win series baby!!!
Saw some Sac box scores on MCC site. 3 starters including Harrison went 4 innings and allowed total of 2 runs. Harrison had fastball up to 94-95 and K’d 5. Seymour didn’t allow a run in his start. Whisenhunt gave up 2 in his start and was followed by Trevor McDonald who had 4 shutout innings. Beck had 2 shutout relief innings in opener.
Eldridge wrist still bothering him so he’s in AZ right now. No word on where he starts season with River Cats or in AA with Richmond.
Yeah, ol’ Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks have been a Bay Area institution forever. Seen them at Grant and Green a few times a hundred years ago.
Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks were a great band and a cool band name..
Followed up by the 49ers secondary of Dwight Hicks and his secondary mates of Ronnie Lott,Carlton Williamson &Eric Wright laying the wood 🪵 and great coverage as Rookies ( except for Dwight)helping the 49ers reach the SB ! Incredible drafting by Walsh&Co back then.
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I was going to mention the Rivercats home opener starter Carson Whisenhut who took a tough loss somehow giving up only 2 runs in 4.2 innings, but he freaking K’d 9 batters no walks on 65 pitches.He has a devastating change up which he got 7K’s on ..
Pretty excited to have both him and Harrison still rounding into shape..They are stacked with good pitching right now as we wait for the inevitable breakdowns it’s good to have plenty of depth especially pitchers..
Otra vez! Man Wilmet blasts another one.
Curse of the pitching coach.
was just gonna post how well Ramos hit LHP, then booming double. 5-0 Giants.
Roupp melts down in 5th yikes. too many easy take non competitive pitches. 5-1 lead, walking the #9 hitter and losing Paredes after he got ahead.
Besides Bivens, pen so far has pitched 14 innings and only given up 1 run, by Walker.
Shit! Should have had that.
Nice comeback for Birds after leadoff walk to Alvarez. cbs site had fastball at 98.
Late afternoon! good for him, rough start to the year.
So, Nuke LaLoosh didn’t get the win?
Correct, only lasted 4+. 5 more shutout innings from pen, 3 hits 1 BB 6 Ks. 6 straight retired by Rogers and Doval 8th-9th. Good to see Birds in there too. Maybe next start for #5 guy is his.