Yankees!
Doubt they play today, there is a lot of rain in the forecast. Who knows. If they do play I am extremely confident we win, at least confident we take this series. We have better pitching than they do and we are better defensively. They’ve got those bats. Big deal. Good pitches will render those bats weak and meaningless.
Hey, any Flap HOFers gone back to Finnerty’s yet? What’s it like?
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Thank you Willie and Unca. Bone tired here and just got caught up with unloading and unboxing all the stuff we bought from CA in my truck. Poor Michele was a “trooper,” but virtually surrounded by stuff I couldn’t load in the truck bed. Hi-lights were meeting a Redding friend for lunch; along with 2 McDonalds stops (I think I still have indigestion). lqtm.
Unca, Michele and I went to the school the 2nd day we were here to register her and lo and behold, they are in the midst of their Spring break (as CA was). So, I guess she doesn’t start school until Monday. She’s been wonderful . . . helping me do things, such as unloading boxes and folding her clothes, etc. Not bored yet.
That’s awesome. It’s prolly for the best as Michele can get used to the place before hitting the school.
Agree Unca. I had a terrible experience when we moved from Sunnyvale to Hawaii on one of my mom’s whims when I was 12-13 years old. I think I have told everyone about that experience.
Don’t think I heard that story!
Yeah as Flav said pitching has been mostly great–Giants are second NL only to Mets in fewest runs allowed per game and team ERA. See if that holds up vs. teams on the trip that are gonna hit better than the Reds. Ray Hicks and Webb, top of rotation vs. Yanks.
Giants Hitting is middle of NL pack or worse in lot of areas, 11th BA (.228 yikes) 14th OB 9th OPS. Like to see Adames get going/Ramos continue to hit well on road.
Yanks are first AL East, Phils tied with Mets for first in NL East and Angels (!) are 8-4 2nd in AL West, having won 7 of last 10.
Blade, did you guys do Airbnb or hotel on the way up
Red Lion Flav. Got in super late (9:30pm)
cool. The one in Redding? I’ve stayed at that one a few times.
No, we stayed at the one in Bend, Oregon (after speaking with the front desk lobby person about security).
I live in NJ and work in Manhattan. Today is typical depressing early April day in northeast with light rain and low 40’s temps. The primary reason Giants-Yanks might play tonight is that tomorrow’s forecast is equally forboding with 90% chance of rain and high of 45 degrees. With no off day Monday they must squeeze in game tonight or tomorrow even if they play two on Sunday.
I have not been to new Finnerty’s near Empire State Building but have fond memories of old Finnerty’s on 2nd Avenue, particularly during Giants World Series run from 2010-2014.
oh that’s good local intel. So the new Finnerty’s is at a totally new location.
Yes Craig. Old Finnerty’s on 2nd Ave closed in 2020 when Covid shuttered the world. New Finnerty’s opened earlier this year on 33rd St directly across from Empire State Building. As I mentioned, I haven’t been to new location and don’t know if it has intimacy and neighborhood sports bar feel that old location had. But it is great to have SF sports bar back in midtown Manhattan.
great headlines on Twitter. Are the Yankees Playing Today? Damn the Torpedos! Who Shot the Tariffs?
looks like too much rain in ny until Sunday, not to mention the temp tonight. Helluva city for unscheduled off days.
Ha!
Where was the deputy?
Good one Xoot. Perhaps I am crazy, but I bought significant shares of LRCX and COP (both at 52 week lows) April 4th, as I am trying to parlay my CA home proceeds into significant gains to make up for the dummy’s on again, off again, tariff moves. So far it has paid off. However, you never know what the “2 legged stool sample” will do hour to hour, much less day to day.
tech stocks skew everything. I’m ready to weather it out, although I do wonder about the bond market. I assume the plutocrats won’t allow Trump to fuck that up.
Yep. May end up working another year instead of retiring next year, but we’ll see. It may be a few more years.
Imagine being a teammate and able to run around NYC with Mays in 60s. Giants played everyone in NL 18 times so that’s 3 road trips every year.
Is Flores only ex Met left?
lol . . . Willie, I would have given my left nut to get a “cup of coffee” on Willie’s Minnesota minor league team (running around with him and everyone else in the humid, mosquito ridden Twin cities). Sure everyone else here would too.
with a nod to Unca …
HooLee Shit!
Sung Hoo Lee! Fuck yeah.
I like this guy stroman
Ho-Lee cow! Just checked the score, what a start!
Hung so Low 3Run HR!!
Still no outs Stroman walking a ton!
Wade 2 run double 5-0!! Still no outs!!
Get this game in somehow please!!
46 pitches and Stroman is knocked out!!
Say goodnight to Stroman. Here comes Yaz … wondering if this is first time we’ve batted around this season?
Ray Ray is nibbling too much
Hooooooo, nice play Ramos.
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Gotta love it.
Stupid thing won’t post right. No one covers the lead bag . . .
And we do the opposite . . .
This game is longer then childbirth…
Hey now!
Cha Ching! Another run.
Fun inning as Boone’s pen melts down.
Anyone know if Loo is going to any of these games? John, you heading up the Parkway this weekend?
Yah! Official game, finally.
Watching from afar, just curious why Ray went only 4 innings?
Cold, windy, long breaks, and Ray had thrown close to 100 pitches.
98 pitches by end of 4
Thanks…
I knew Yanks pitching wasn’t as good as ours, but this is nuts.
Here I thought being in the ET zone I could get to bed early tonight. Damn.
Watching the Yankees broadcast and during the rain delay, they’re discussing why Boone hates to give up games . . . But these idiots want it both ways, i.e., at the same time, they are saying that Boone recognizes that he’s already burned so many relief pitchers during a rain delayed game and that’s why he is probably consulting with the umpires to call the game. Freaking hilarious. Giants (at least tonight) have their number, so yeah, Boone better throw in the towel, as the Giants are going to continue to whip their ass tonight – should the game continue.
Game mercifully called!! The Giants win Theeeee Giants Win!!
Woo HooLee, the game has been called and the Giants win 9-1 with Ray getting the win.
Funny, I didn’t know that, a starter can get the win without going 5 innings if the game is shortened? Is that a baseball fun fact I have lived my entire life not knowing?
I wasn’t sure about it either, Paul. Makes sense to me though, kinda like the ST rules. Ray deserved it, pitching in that shit storm against the Yanks, I’d say he earned it.
Indeed. Ray is a bulldog and pitching so well.
GREAT! start to probably most challenging road trip all season. 10 games in 10 days. 7 games vs teams among Top 4 in all of MLB followed by cross country trip (no day off) for 3 games vs Angels team 3 games above .500. I believe goal of this road trip is to protect 9-3 start (not including tonight) to season and return to Oracle on April 21st no worse than 6 games above .500. In other words a 5-5 road trip. May sound conservative given 10-3 start to season but MLB longest season of four major professional sports and key is to leverage certain winning streaks and avoid prolonged losing streaks.
Missed most of the game. But caught the highlights and it’s good to see we can play in bad weather and still have some fun. Lee has turned out to be a monster and that’s just what we need.