One Small Step to 81
Giants score 4 in the first and then gear it down and cruise to a 4-3 win. I just want them to get to 81 wins. Who’s got odds on that?
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Before anyone shits on Victor Robles for throwing a bat at a pitcher they should watch this breakdown by jomboy
https://x.com/Jomboy_/status/1957571565245149345
It’s very hard to hit someone with a thrown bat from that distance. I think it was more of a symbolic gesture. Campaneris tried it in playoffs vs. Tigers way back. Gotta check if he was punished…
I miss those days.
Yeah Campy got suspended, but that was awesome.
That was Game 2 and he got suspended for rest of that 5 game series, and first 7 games of next season games. Was allowed to play in WS and fined $500.
young manny machado lacked Campaneris’s fire. And aim.
Campaneris was helluva player. Really liked him once A’s came to town and got to see them and listen to them on radio.
Campy fired that thing like he’d been practicing it…
Juan Marichal knew how to use the bat on John Roseboro though I can’t condone is actionable judgment..
Giants have 37 games left to play. Currently at 61Ws, so they need to play at a 20/37 = .540 clip to get to 81Ws. There’s some tough teams left on that schedule. 15 are with Pads, Brewers, Cubs, Doghairs. 3 with Orioles. 6 left with Rocks, but they’ve been playing better than the Giants. This last 1/2 season the Giants have had a habit of losing to the lower teams. 81 seems a very big longshot to me. I’m thinking 74-76 is about where they should end up…
Pre-season, I think I guessed they would get to 87Ws. After end of April, that was doable, then reality hit. From today, they’d have to play .700 ball to get there now. Pipedream…
They’ve given up the same number of runs as they’ve scored. I see little evidence that will change between now and the end of the season. 78 or 82 wins, meh either way.
Loo, regarding your question about the phrase when someone is said to be “comfortable in their skin,” I think it’s a pretty good phrase. I think it gets the essence of saying that someone seems at peace with themself.
For celebrities, it makes me think of Johnny Carson, who I rarely watched; but he gave that kind of vibe on his talk show. He seemed to make the guests very comfortable. A lot of other talk show-types come across as anxious and antsy, like they’re afraid they have to keep the viewers from turning the channel every second. Johnny acted like he didn’t care about that. But that was the older Johnny. Maybe he was the antsy-type of host when he was younger.
“Comfortable in their skin” could easily cross into “self-satisfied,” which is more of a negative thing. Dick Cavett, on air, came across to me as the self-satisfied type. I never got the appeal of his show.
Cavett had cooler guests.
Some of the old talk shows lasted an hour and a half! Seems like an eternity now.
Skin, as a thing, is very interesting. Years ago I had an allergic reaction to something, and I broke out all over my body in blotches the size of nickels and quarters. I’d never seen my skin go crazy like that. Skin can be such an immediate indicator of something wrong. A trip to the emergency room and an antibiotic brought relief.
Were you at least still comfortable metaphorically?
Well, I had some bad experiences with poison oak when I was a kid. So, yeah, in comparison I was still pretty comfortable.
Physically and metaphorically.
Not too long ago, I was surprised to learn that about 15% of the population doesn’t suffer rashes when exposed to poison oak. I think I might be among them. Alzheimers? Count me in.
Randy R. is no longer hitting 99 along with the nasty slider. Hope he gets that little extra advantage back. I suspect that’s part of the reason why he’s been a bit more vulnerable of late.
Below’s a link to the NL by inning 2025 pitching stats. I wondered if there was much to distinguish the performance of late inning relievers from the closers:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/split.cgi?t=b&lg=NL&year=2025#innng
I think it was Kat who said that Adames always dousing the player who is getting the postgame interview has gotten beyond old.
Man, can’t the player just be allowed to enjoy the moment as they’re getting interviewed? No, Adames has to make it about himself (in my opinion.) “Look at me, I’m Mr. Super Teammate! I jump up and down, and I douse people!” A type of fake-hustle, in my opinion.
And, as we all know, SF is COLD at night, usually. A player doesn’t need to be doused in ice cold liquid.
Completely agree – it’s beyond stupid
Willy has also drowned the power of positive thinking in an icy bath of sub-optimal statistics.
The post-game dousing hasn’t been much of an issue at home lately.
Did it start with Parcells?
It probably did.
Yes I said that Zumiee and I’ll stick with it it’s so stupid to somehow appoint class class Adames to do this crap every time it’s bush league imo!
And also the 2 times Ramos little league HR with errors and Bailey’s inside the park legit both walk offs and their “Gassed” but still getting piled on at home is crazy.And then immediately the on field interview follows and their still gasping for air is beyond ridiculous!
chromes ai says that his teammates enjoy Willy’s infectious personality. Vamos Ramos has picked up the wave helplessly at sliders way outside bug, that’s for sure.
Campaneris is still alive age 83. Led AL in SBs 6 times in 8 year stretch and has 3 WS rings. Great SABR bio page
Team with longest current winning streak in NL is…Rockies, with 4 including walk off over Dogs last night. Up to 36 Ws, so unlikely they can’t win more than ChiSox of last year.
yeah, I think I’m ready to witness a pre- game dousing. Might do some of these guys good to get hit with a wall of ice water to wake ‘em up at the plate
Sr. Locojuan, what’s up in OBX? What I just read in NYT doesn’t look good. Hopefully y’all safe and sound.
Sounds like from what I have read/seen on the news, the worst conditions are expected late Wednesday through Thursday, when the center of Erin was expected to be at its closest point to the coast. Not exactly certain how vulnerable he is (as I did not visit his home), but I do know that where we had lunch – there were hellacious waves battering the shore . . . That day was a sunny, otherwise “normal” summer day on the outer banks. John has fire fighting/rescue skills . . . consequently, him and his significant other will be okay. In fact, I know John will be thinking about others and will likely be volunteering at the fire department.
Left Cali Sunday morning and arrived late yesterday afternoon (spent the night in Klamath Falls). Good to be back at our new WA home.
Sorry willie, I somehow missed this earlier.
Still not sure about Erin and the ones behind it, but right now we’re feeling pretty well prepared. We went to the beach today to see the waves, the rips are pretty intense right now, double red flag days. We’ve been getting hit with a lot of storms the last couple of weeks, so depending on ground saturation and winds (expecting 40-50 mph). we could have some trees come down. Thanks for asking.
Lee leading off vs. RHP. Koss at SS, Schmitt at 3b batting 4th, Gilbert in RF Fitz at 2b.
Not quite the 2023 Braves…
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ATL/2023.shtml
I like a leadoff homerun.
Although, at Oracle, he would have padded his impressive triples total.
Ahh . . . I didn’t see this post before my 6:52pm . . . Glad to see that you are able to post John.
Thanks Blade, Waves are getting bigger on the ocean side but here things are pretty calm. ACs working, game on, generator has had a test run. A few things to secure around the yard tomorrow but unless Erin shifts more west, we should be good to go.
Ahh. I take it that your generator is elevated too (like your house)? Stay safe John!
Yeah, our generator is up about 4 feet I guess (house is up 8 feet). The generator is in a small shed about 25 feet from the house (you do get wet when firing the bad dude up), it is portable, but it is also able to run the whole house (except dryer). It’s a Harbor Freight Predator 9000
Nice . . . Ergo – the 9000 I assume provides upwards of 9000 watts, right? More than plenty to run a house. Sheesh, sounds like it possibly can even run the AC too, right?
Yes, it runs our mini split system (AC and heat). The clothes dryer puts some strain on it so if I want to run that just gotta turn some other things off I guess.
That’s quite a generator. I had a very reliable generator at my CA home, with only 240 (dryer) and AC not being used. Normally not needed as the outages almost always occurred in winter.
For those who can remember as far back as this morning, Robles got 10 games…
Lee-doff 💣
Well there’s your run, Teng…
“As loyal fans, we shouldn’t be so sarcastic. I’m turning over a new leaf starting today!”
One of my other 14 personalities wrote that…
Although, this personality might be right.
Devers is a bit of a fatso – amazing how many players look out of shape…
At least that observation is earnest!
He’ll probably get bombed before he leaves the game, but Teng showing how he piled up those Ks in AAA.
Devers missing two pitches that would have been dismissed as mistakes if he’d hit them out. Like many of his ABs.
Mix in a Dom single but 8 straight Giants have struck out, nothing new I guess but it stil sucks!Tenganator weathering storm but will it last?
No because our idiot manager left him in to hang another one…
One of the odder meltdowns you’ll see.
Well when you have hitters 0-2 and hit them and gives a hit to a hitter 0-2 as well you deserve what you get.
Bivens is basically the new Brebbia…
The best bases loaded hitter of all time was Pat Tabler…
The one player always cited to prove that clutch hitters exist.
Well that would be erroneous since hitting with the bases loaded is not necessarily a clutch situation…
He just has a knack for hitting with the bases loaded – like I do with jammed staplers…
He had some ridiculous BA w RISP.
Melvin seems to far too often wait to get the Pen up, and/or pull the starter one batter too late. Often related, it appears. What was it that after 80 pitches, going 0-2 and unable to finish off the batters and hitting 2 of ’em, that told Melvin it was better Teng should keep throwing?…
See my 7:58 (or don’t)…
Still thinking about the potential double play groundball to Koss, whom looked like he fielded it cleanly, but dollars to donuts – Fitzgerald fucked it up on the exchange and late throw to first. Can’t prove it, as they didn’t show a replay (or, at least I didn’t see it). Anyone else have a different take?
Related to aforementioned, current team has 79 total double plays. AI wont provide similar stats to date for 2010, 2012, and 2014 championship teams, but do have season totals of 147 (2010), 144 (2012) and 142 (2014).
Fitzgerald has proven to be true AAAAer. He’s a K machine, and a true utility guy — i.e., he’s not very good defensively wherever they put him. I don’t think any new knowledge of his skill set is discoverable with more MLB playing time. Whatever gave him the ability to mash HRs repeatedly over a short period last season has disappeared with the league figuring him out. He’s got Yaz disease — very susceptible to high heat…
Had a good look Blade both Koss&Fitzerald both made great exchanges imo but Laureano just beat it out.Better speed then I expected out of him, he truly beat it out..
AK, thanks . . . Again, I wasn’t sure. Basically, going on my prejudices toward Fitz, whom it seems more times than not, does muff the exchange. I stand corrected.
3 more fat ones for the fatso … surely before the game’s over he’ll smash a 105 mph groundball single on one of them.
I’m strangely optimistic about this game. Not sure why. Schmidt is going to get something done in the 7th to give us the lead!
Probably game over. Why?
The San Francisco Giants most recently overcame a multi-run deficit on June 11, 2025, against the Colorado Rockies. In that game, the Giants secured a victory after a comeback in the 8th inning, erasing a three-run deficit. The final score was 10-7. This comeback was particularly notable as it extended their one-run win streak at the time.
From Athletic article….”Adames talking about Brewers ‘They lost a home run hitter and decided to get aggressive on the basepaths. Put pressure on the defense” brewers lead league in scoring unearned runs! Article tals about brewers vs giants. below is from article….
“The Giants have not exerted that kind of pressure, and Adames has been as passive as everyone else. He stole 21 bases for the Brewers last season. He’s stolen six in eight tries this year. You have to play to the scoreboard, of course, which means limiting the risks you take on the basepaths when your team is trailing by multiple runs. It’s difficult for the Giants to push the envelope when the opposing starter keeps stamping their hitters with “return to sender.”
As the losses mounted on the last two homestands, though, Adames decided something had to change. A little more than a week ago, he walked into Giants manager Bob Melvin’s office and asked for a standing green light to run.
Melvin’s response: “Yeah. I’m all for it. I want him to be aggressive, and I want him to have the green light.”
When the Giants finally snapped their seven-game losing streak on Sunday, Adames created a difference-making spark on the basepaths. He took advantage of a loopy relay throw to score from first base on Dom Smith’s bases-loaded single. It was the Giants’ first three-run single since Sept. 8, 1988, when Kirt Manwaring drove in Kevin Mitchell and Mike Aldrete and Joel Youngblood came sprinting home behind them.”………
Now I’m happy Adames taking this route, and madder at Melvin for being such a passive idiot!
Giants always say in STraining that they’re going to run more, be aggressive on the base paths. Doesn’t seem to happen. They’ve definitely been more clueless than normal on the basepaths this season…
Lee and Devers now have identical slugging percentages of 418
Yep they say that crap every season about stealing bags and yet in the end of the season their always bottom feeders.Hell they can’t even do a hit and run because they K, so often.
Yeah ballgame , no way the Giants do nothing but strikeout, against pick your poison Clase,Suarez,Miller, Adam, Morgan etc ..
Plus add on Launch Seymour now pitching for added runs in a 4-1 game it’s over..yep make it 5-1 lol 😂
Padre’s Diaz is svelte…
Seymour throws as bad to 2nd as he does to home.
Seymour biffs a potential double play with a crap throw to 2nd. Now the Pads steal third with Seymour clueless. Are Giants pitchers contractually required to be crap defenders? This guy is not ready for prime time. Nobody else down in Sac at least this “good”?
Needing a miracle down 5-1 to come back now…
I have no respect for the multi-millionaire athletes that endorse gambling sites. Jeter, the latest. Another reason for me to hate him…
Loo, I’ll be frank- I hate most of them. Ironic, because I always supported their right for free agency (yes, they did deserve it) back in the early 70s. I had no idea how that would change the game, with most of the players proving themselves to be just as greedy as the fucking owners.
And I see GNR has sold WTTJ to FanDuel. Go ask Slash to help you pay the rent. See what he says…
Fitz looks pathetic on that AB, particularly the SO pitch.
Koss can only dream of having Kelby Tomlinson’s career…
Pfffttt . . . 12 SOs, with Schmitt striking out 3 times. Gmen need to read Dylan Thomas . . . particularly, the last stanza:
“Do not go gentle into that good night,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
12Ks seems about par for the course for the Giants. Doesn’t matter if it’s the young guys or the vets. This outfit just flat strikes out a lot. You better hit a ton of HRs if your roster does that; but this roster doesn’t do that. Consequently, low scoring.
Not to mention, sloppy play again this game. Looks like 2 wins in a row may be the max “winning streak” for these last 36 games…
Still thinking about Teng’s glove. Looks like a S. Korean make, with a tiger (?) on the pocket and S. Korean script. Anyway, looks like a well made glove.
Didn’t get a good look at it, but I think a pitcher’s glove should always have a double-hinged web…
Bottom 4 SF hitters in the LU went 0-13. If you count Wilmer’s hit as a PH for Gilbert, it was 1-14. Can’t often win doing that. Devers 9 Ks in last 21 ABs.
Fitz tonite 0-3 with 2 Ks. In the last 5 games he’s played, he’s K’d 6X in 12 ABs. He is a freakin’ K machine — @ 29% for the season at SF. Is there nobody else in Sac that they bring up and use instead of him ?
29% ain’t so bad if he would just do some hitting. A pitcher who k’s one per inning is fanning 33.3% – pretty routine these days…
That’s the point. He’s not hitting, so the K rate is magnified even more. Compare Alonso at 26+% K rate, and he’s clubbing HRs and an OPS of .871. You can accept these days a slugger at 30%, but not a utility infielder whose glove is just OK and OPS at .616. He’s less than a dime a dozen…