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Was watching 'The Walking Dead' tonight and thought of this place for some reason..........well, not this forum particularly, but more the site. This was easily the best Giants forum on the net. And the guy most responsible that, Filo, is gone? As for my absence - a few reasons: 13000 posts...

Looks like it will be made illegal sooner rather than later. ban mlb plate collisions likely - Buster OlNEY ESPN Pretty much hit all the points we discussed on the Giants board (or was it on the ESPN Board?) years ago. doesn't it? Maybe some of the knuckle draggers in evidence on this...

BS. I gave you a chance to respond in an intelligent, informed way, but you chose to mock Buster's "manhood" instead. Really, this whole thread is nothing more than you trolling your own site. Kind of pathetic, if you ask me.

The Giants are acknowledging a change already well underway. The fact that they're gaining any traction at all shows that. No team or player would have even thought of proposing a rule change 25 years ago. Just take off your fanboy glasses for a moment and think about how many times you've seen...

Ah, I see...you're a Padres fan. I guess that's as good as an excuse as any other. Still, I think if you knew the game a little better, you would see the game started moving away from violently taking out catchers a while ago. Mostly initiated by the players themselves.

Teams have known for a few years how the Giants play the game - hasn't helped the league much, has it? And I'm sure the tough guy talk is a big hit at your beer league pizza bash.

Lots of ignorance on display in this thread. Some points: Posey has always left the plate open. That's the way Giants instruct all their catchers to play. They practice taking the ball in front of the plate and applying a swipe tag. The Fielder play in game 2 of the WS is a perfect example of...

100. Ryan Howard, 1B Philadelphia Phillies 99. Sergio Romo, RP, San Francisco Giants 98. Yu Darvish, SP, Texas Rangers 97. Elvis Andrus, SS, Texas Rangers 96. Chase Utley, 2B, Philadelphia Phillies 95. Adrian Gonzalez, 1B, Los Angeles Dodgers 94. Jacoby Ellsbury, OF, Boston Red Sox 93. Victor...

40. Ian Kinsler, 2B, Texas Rangers 39. Edwin Encarnacion, 1B/3B, Toronto Blue Jays 38. Joe Mauer, C, Minnesota Twins 37. Jered Weaver, SP, Los Angeles Angels 36. Jay Bruce, OF, Cincinnati Reds 35. Justin Upton, OF, Atlanta Braves 34. Dustin Pedroia, 2B, Boston Red Sox 33. Paul Konerko, 1B...

xkcd does steroids:

I don't think the Giants see Kieschnick as a fifth outfielder. In order to make the club, he'd have to push Blanco or Torres to the fifth outfielder position.

Haven't seen him play, but it looks like a solid pick.

Yep. Nice of Sabean to take advantage of the market. Here's an older ESPN blurb on the 3rd base situation in Chicago:

Agree, outside of an act of God, he had no chance of making the team. The White Sox have penciled in Keppinger at 3rd base, so they're pretty weak there.

Scouting report on Soptic:

Goner is Gone (from Shulman): Ventura might see a little bit of himself in Coner. And note the draft date and current age of Soptic (2001, 21) - talk about a project. Pav's take.

Nice write-up on Kieschnick by Baggs.

Replace rags with "cool ocean air" and you get the same result! How did you find this two year old article?

No team has offered him a starting job yet, so why not come back to the Giants? He'll get plenty of playing time, I think.

Theriot is a perfect fit for this team. If he doesn't find a regular gig somewhere else, I hope he comes back into the fold. And what leads you to believe that Abreu and Tanaka can produce similarly to Theriot?

RP RamRam IF Theriot OF Kieschnick

Pill's future is in Japan, I think. He's not an outfielder. I'd have a hard time putting him on this squad.

Cain, an opening day starter, while Jonathan Sanchez is trying to make a squad on a minor league contract..... is baseball racist?

Hah! Remember that time Bochy almost killed Huff? The List!

That's too bad..... his ability to get on base is impressive. And that one skill isn't diminishing as he moves through the org.