Now That’s More Like It
So all we needed to do was get Chapman back? Seems like an easy enough fix. Summertime is when Adames always heats up. It’s go-time.
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Bailey hit .234 in June with .674 OPS, best month of season. Lot of suggestions for where Posey improves lineup before deadline but idk who he could move to get anyone of quality back. Miller to IL is not good sign; hopefully Birds rebounds with James in house to help rotation.
I’m torn between wishing for a good start from Birdsong or some offense against a lefty. I know I won’t get both and more than likely neither. I didn’t check the SPs before buying tix.
Hopefully case of Chapman lifts all boats.
Adames and Bailey pulling their stats up closer to their career numbers by October would go some ways towards a good second half.
100%
Did anyone notice we signed Austin Barnes? I think he will be our back-up catcher in a week or 2…
Been LA primary backup guy since 2017. Dodgers brought up 24 year old prospect Dalton rushing (hitting .207) to back up Wil Smith and let Barnes go. Is C the new SS, where D and handling staff more important than hitting these days?
Randy Rodríguez getting selected for the AS game is great for him, but I still cringe when one of our pitchers gets picked.
Robbie Ray too.
and Webb three.
memories of Atlee and Big Daddy.
Yep.
Also, Brantley, Estes and Burkett.
years ago Minton had an uneventful inning iirc. And Doval did ok recently. Maybe the curse hits starters hard.
hasn’t Lee seemed uncharacteristically late with his jumps and off with his routes in CF at the Sac ballpark? Or were all of those plays bad luck?
Teams around SF losing so far today: LA StL Cin AZ NYM
Last time the Giants had 3 A/S players were Posey,Crawford &Gausman..
Still have bad memories of Atlee Hammaker giving up a Grandslam to Fred Lynn, he wasn’t the same pitcher the 2nd half of the season I believe??
Another “hit batsman” (a Zumiee favorite)…
Ha! Yeah, “batsman.” Like they’re still playing in the 1800s.
lfg
Ball 4 and 5
Yaz seems to hit lot of bullets foul down the RF line. They might look impressive in a way, but they’re not real close to being fair and are nothing more than another strike…
He’s hit a lot of water balls foul
I really thought Matos would be a stud.
Yeah, me too. Shame. Yet another J T Phillips. Same with Titzgerald.
Pedro Feliz was another one for me. I kept yelling prove me right Happy Pete, until it changed to just prove me wrong.
Me three . . . Now, I can’t stand the guy.
One time, Yaz
fuck
Bye bye, Birdie. What the fuck?
Lefty blues rearing their head.
Wow. Bird is the word.
Effectively wild?
KKKKKKK
Tweety’s become painful to watch…
seriously. idk how A’s haven’t scored.
Lesson learned…
BB BB BB BB
Adames is getting it together.
Way to go Adames!
Here we go again. 3 on 1 out.
Adames with all the O tonight.
Matos proves me wrong. Gotta love it.
Hey now!!
Matos comes through!
Matos definitely a Flap reader…
Matos comes thru Big 2RBI Double!
5-1 looking much better!
That’s what Matos can do if he swings at a strike. Nice job
I wonder if Birdman can finish the 5th.
Titz-on-a-boar needs to do something,
Sweet Luis!
Like I said . . .
Birdy somehow gets thru 5.
there you go . . . . . Wilbur with the lean
3 outs, 4 outs? Ain’t no thing, just completing 5 innings is big on how Birdsong’s night was going.
Birds night is over got thru 5 to qualify for a W on 90 pitches of a mixture of Walks and K’s
Bivens time I assume?
Couldn’t make ’em pay, but that might be the worst error of the season.
True with Wilmet running. did they give Devers hit on that dribbler where C fell down?
Looks like yes.
Fitz bomb!
Shades of Jose Canseco!
Except Canseco was more laughable using his head instead of his glove..
Oh good. Doval with a 5 run lead can’t get an out.
MoTard pulling turds out of the proverbial hat.
Why the closer with a 5 run fucking lead?
Damn, Doval, throw fucking strikes.
Damm Doval is the equivalent of Wisely running the bases!
Series win!
OK, dats a win.
Yikies. Win!
The usual torture by Doval but got the W so that’s all that matters! Doval’s K rate is way down, and players are just not missing pitches, his swing and miss stuff is not there this year..
Adames starting to heat up that’s a good sign, get a few more going and that will only help ..
Should they try RR at closer or is he more valuable in his current role?
There’s talk here that Yanks might dangle disappointing closer and FA to be Devin Williams…
idk, sometimes highest leverage situation happens earlier in game with RISP.
Krukow yesterday crowed about RRs first responder skill –coming in mid inning to put out fires and preserve scores. I haven’t checked the stats but that praise is consistent with my aged recollections.
Having RR pitch on consecutive days hasn’t really worked. But they hsven’t tried it for a while either.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=rodrira02&t=p&year=2025#players_standard_pitching
I count five times this season including yesterday. Looks like he’s been fine…
Impressive stats Loo! It clearly shows how dominant RR has been thus The A/S selection only 1 of only 3 relievers selected, I’m sure players thought the same thing about him so maybe helped his selection for sure. He’s a well deserved A/S player for sure, stats don’t lie how dominant he has been..
Hey he’s the future closer no doubt in my book over coconut brain, it’s up to the Giants organization to come to reality on him.
Their still babying some which is understandable and don’t want to use him back to back games to often,the pitching coach JP Martinez ( outstanding job) knows best in his usage imo..
I traded tweets with one of the writers about RR’s negative FIP in the first half of April. He’s been great since the first week of the season.
Never expected to encounter this jersey . . . .
The weather was perfect yesterday in Sacramento, mid 80s. The scale of the stadium was balanced nicely by the sold out crowd. It still felt like a major event. I’d buy season tickets there, if it were my team’s house. Too bad the economics of a 10K stadium don’t work.