Gonna Let Stix Take This One
| Carstie Clausen | 5:27 AM (1 hour ago) | ||
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Well, it was fun while it blasted. Never in my Giants fixation since 1954 have I witnessed such a schizo performance from the team. Yesterday’s fiasco finale with the Saint Louis bluuz was the
teller.
So we caught a premo performance from the Old Master on the mound who held them off for inning after inning…finally hanging up the glove and spikes deep into the game. What WAS the almost bulletproof bullpen early in the season, featuring seasoned holds and stoppings during the early weeks, eroded via trades and injuries into something of a shaky shambles…culminating into a display of incompetence in that 9th inning fiasco.
The vibe went south again. We got a couple of patchwork runs early in the contest, but no master-blasters from the homer happy honchos. Two zip for inning after inning got me a bit nervous. Sure nuff. Was leery about Walker as a closer after catching his games right on through the season. Decent enough in a set-up role. It seemed, though, that the lack of oomph on the part of the guys with the sticks must have touched a nerve or two.
French call it “sang froid”. Translated into Amerenglish it would be icewater in the veins. Even the eight out of ten exercises by Doval maintained the vibe. But not so on Saturday in the burg with the arch. Currently that dude is heaving the pill for Noo Yawk.
That’s entertainment. The Golden Gate still stretches across the void.
Off season there’s gonna be a plethora of position players…particularly talented outfielders all jockeying for a spot on the roster. Then there’s the masher first-sacker doing his stuff in Sacktown and around the PCL.
Going into this season Los Gigantes was full up with pitchers galore, both in The Show and through the pipeline. Now though, the mounders are a bit short-suited.
Trade winds will hoot and holler. Maybe a bit of action in the free-market scene. Likely we are gonna miss Whillmerrr. He’s been kinduva good-luck charm. One day back in the daze he led MLB in Rib-Eyes. He sure has a knack for knocking them in. But it’s a business proposition and likely no room in the inn for a fist full of D.H.es.
Will the Old Master stick around? If not, will the prime targets be a #3 starter along with a couple of competent bullies to replace the injured and the traded?
Giants got three guys with sparkplug tendencies. Woo Lee has settled in as a barrel banger who quit trying to not only to hit it hard but also over. We need those doubles and triples. Hellcat Ramos draws walks like bright night lights suck in the bugs. That new guy we got from Noo Yawk, Gilbert, is a balls to the walls kinda hitter. Lots of steam in that engine.
Plenty of longball pizazzaz…Maybe a slight overload…particularly for a joint like Oracle. I don’t like that name, but business is business.
Pair of Aces, but R.R. seems to be getting a bit short of steam. But if the locomotive is barely rounding the bend, our Horse of course is pacing the pack for innings pitched and is well up there on special K’s . Roupp currently outta action and Birdsong struggling to get the sweet back in his tweet.
Is the fix in for twenty-six? Gonna be interesting to follow the moves during hot-stove months.
Could there develop a come to Jesus situation for Bailey’s alter-ego? That particular recent East Coast import is not a Big Bopper, but Christ on a Crippled-Creek Crutch, he has this tendency to have a skyrocketing OBP…and as a catcher, he steals bases at a pretty good pace. Check out his stats with the River Cats.
For next season, the team needs to establish balance…in all departments…particularly speed on the base-paths. Not looking to go that way, though. Big Boppers snag all the headlines. So maybe, the baseball media will pay more attention next go-round.
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Wow, an instant classic from Stix! Thank You Stix! And thank YOU, Big Flavor for posting it!
Somehow, reading Stix’s post eased the pain of yesterdays heartbreak loss a little. Man, although I saw that one coming a mile away, it was as tough a loss as any this season. So much at stake in that one! And, there was the old RISP (1-7) coming back to haunt us and, as Stix wrote, the “display of incompetence in that ninth inning fiasco.”
Hoping Teng can hold them off today, we can manufacture some runs and, if we have a lead late, the BP can do its job. GO GIANTS!
vs Sonny Gray today. Seems like that wily vet was a rookie just the other day. But he’s RH. (Ha! Aurelia on the pregame just called him a “crafty vet.”) Hope the bats swell back up. Hope Highway Teng has all lanes flowing free.
I saw only limited highlights of last night’s game, including bottom of the 9th. I saw only a long shot view of Chapman’s work on that line drive that resulted in the winning runs. Looked to me like it was about neck high and he should have easily caught it; instead took his eye off to get ready to try to double up the runner at third, and in his haste he biffed the fairly routine catch of the liner. Am I right, or was that a legit hit?…
I know it’s early, but G’s O looks to be reverting .. is the recently fragile Gray dealing, or are we beginning to stumble with the bats again?
Snarrk, I know exactly what you mean, asked myself same question.
Teng has them shut out through 4 all you can ask. Ramos turns 26 today. Do something team can celebrate about pls
On B/R page Ramos and Lee almost exact for BA and OPS. Ramos has 20 more singles in 50 times to plate. Lee has more doubles and triples, 9 fewer bombs. idk what happened to Ramos power but he’s still getting on base at about same clip.
Dang the guy was up there to bunt and teng walks him. recipe for disaster.
Gotta throw a strike sometime.
Dom ends Gray’s day with rbi line drive up middle.
Well, got 3 of em back.
Couldn’t get into streameast for the 9er game, had to get a 7 day free trial with youtube. Gotta remember to cancel that thing tomorrow.
It was fun while it lasted, but losing 2 of 3 to a bunch of no-names ain’t gonna cut it.
failure to gain these two on the Mets feels fatal.
Yeah, fun while it lasted.
The reality of the WC math has always been a problem since the July-Aug cratering.
OUCH !!
These last two losses look a lot like the low score losses prior to the big win streak and lots of hits. Inconsistency defined. Just shows that there is no way Posey should consider this LU ready for prime time next year without comprehensive consideration of upgrades…
Kittle for the Niners already hurt with a hammy and out for this game before the first half of the first game is over. The guy is great when he plays, but he sure gets hurt a lot, misses a lot of time…
Ha, Moody with the miss on his first FG try, a chip shot.
Who could have predicted? Everybody.
Shanahan is a dope…
Yeah. They had ample reasons to cut Moody. They didn’t and they are gonna reap the whirlwind.
I agree with Snarkk and have said it repeatedly this year. 11-1 run past two weeks prior to debacle over the past 24 hours runs risk of masquerading holes in everyday lineup and pitching. I think trajectory is up since Buster assumed command 11 months ago but the cupboard still has shelves to fill: RF, 1B, behind plate, # 4/5 starters next year, possible new closer and moving Walker back to set up.
Finishing at or above .500 or possibly even completing inside straight and sneaking into last playoff spot if Mets collapse would be nice but not as important as Buster making hard choices in offseason to further improve club.
the strengths are clearer but so are the holes. The hot streak may save bomel and a few of his coaches, however.
the long term contracts look better, now. Thats something.
Last two losses confirm that if the big boys aren’t hitting and / or clubbing dingers, the rest of the LU catches the same cold…
Too funny. That one wasn’t on Moody but we’ll never know.
9 months of offseason with bringing in new Special T coach and big time improvements, supposedly. Pfffft twice on FG attempts. Same result as last year. They are insane if they don’t replace Moody, he just generates a bad juju, a total cloud of foreboding over every FG or PAT attempt. There are way too many kickers out there that can make these in their sleep. What are they worried about — cutting him makes them look stupid for wasting a 3rd rounder on him? Keeping him makes them look even more stupid with every miss. Now, they have 4th and 2 within EZ field goal range and they are going for the first down — and make it.
why is cmc required to run full speed into half a dozen defenders waiting for him at the line of scrimmage near center after every third down conversion?
Because Shanahan is retarded on 1st and goal.
I had the exact same question. Why waste CMC skills on running up the gut unless you’re right on the goal line? Is he worred about Purdy throwing picks in the EZ? Shanny is so predictable in the RZone, I fail to see how he is still considered a play calling genius…
for gawd sake he did it there, again, after the conversion.
Saleh on point with the D. Shanny is fucking up wildly on offense in the red zone.
incredible. Seattle thinks three points can win it. That’s how bad moody is.
I was very surprised they kicked. A 1st down they run the clock out and kick the fg.
Niners dodged a howitzer to win that one.
They tried to give it away, but Seahawks refused.
In the end, the Niner D pulled it out.
Takeaways: get new kicker. Stop making useless handoffs up the gut in the Red Zone. Purdy needs to stop forcing throws, and it would help him if Shanny makes better calls on first downs.
Shanny’s problem last year was being too predictable in. the red zone.
It hasn’t changed.
We fucked our season. It was there for us and in year 63 of my unwavering fandumb, I’m not happy…
I think this is gonna be a rough year for your Chiefs as well. But they have 2 rings . . .
They have 4, Chuckie and I agree they’re a mess. I’ll be at MetLife 2 weeks from tonight to see the horror show in person…
Keep forgetting the beat the Eagles a couple years ago.
Funny you mentioned Paul Butterfield, Xoot. There’s a new used record store in the Creek, and i found a copy of East–West a few days ago.
Great stuff.
just look at that cover. Those tough guys were blasting deep loud electric blues behind Dylan at Newport that famous night. They’re the ones to thank.