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...
Oxy CF
Scoots 2B
Panda 3B
Gerald C
Herk RF
Kobe SS
X-Man LF
Alfred E. Neuman 1B
Mr. Perfect RHP
Facing: Travis Wood LHP (4-11, 4.71 ERA)
— The Giants are 28-14 against left-handed starters, the highest winning percentage in the majors.
The case against Bochy:
1. He ran out of infielders in a nine inning game and was forced to play Aubrey Huff at 2B.
2. Did not have his team ready to play out of spring training, i.e. outfield barely played together before opening day.
3. Consistently starts his worst fielding infield in...
Giants
1. Marco Scutaro (R) 3B
2. Ryan Theriot (R) 2B
3. Melky Cabrera (S) LF
4. Hunter Pence (R) RF
5. Hector Sanchez (S) C
6. Angel Pagan (S) CF
7. Brandon Belt (L) 1B
8. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
9. Barry Zito (L) P
6-4 good guys
Giants lineup:
Blanco LF
Theriot 2B
Sandoval 3B
Posey C
Pagan CF
Belt 1B
Schierholtz RF
Crawford SS
Vogelsong P
vs,
Scott Feldman rhp (0-4, 7.01) 8.80 ERA over his last four after replacing the injured Neftali Feliz (elbow) in the rotation.
Giants:
Blanco RF
Theriot 2B
Cabrera LF
Posey C
Pagan CF
Belt 1B
Arias 3B
Crawford SS
Cain RHP
Facing:
Jason Marquis: 8.47 ERA, in 2012, in his first start for the pads.
Giants win this one 12-4
New month, new thread, new contest.
JUNE OPPONENT
Fri, Jun 1 "vs Cubs"
Sat, Jun 2 "vs Cubs"
Sun, Jun 3 "vs Cubs"
Mon, Jun 4 "vs Cubs"
Tue, Jun 5 "@ San Diego"
Wed, Jun 6 "@ San Diego"
Thu, Jun 7 "@ San Diego"
Fri, Jun 8 "vs Texas"
Sat, Jun 9 "vs Texas"
Sun, Jun 10 "vs Texas"...
Found this little tidbit recently - this is from a preseason write-up on what to look ahead for in 2012:
I mentioned this in the gameday thread, but it's worth repeating: Bochy and staff do not like strikeouts with RISP. Who does? But the danger in over emphasizing not striking out are players...
Henry Schulman relayed this report .
Staci Slaughter, the Giants' senior vice president of communications, just let me know in response to an inquiry that the club expects to "resolve" a $5 million breach-of-contract lawsuit that Villalona filed against the Giants in the Dominican, and that...