05/16 GDT: Tards @ Giants

[msgkings322]

ANGRY BOCH: IT'S THE BOCHY DECISION, SO IT'S ALWAYS RIGHT. FUCK YOU.

Big ol' rep for this.

 

[gp956]

"The Clubhouse" is the giant pink rabbit that none of us can knowledgeably comment about. This, I think, plays a HUGE factor in all decisions, not just lineups, but lineups is where we do much of our bitching.

By sticking with the vet until the the decision is out of your hands, a consistency is established in all of these guys lives. The kids will get controlled time in less-stressful situations and the adults can relax into a groove since they have already proved it.

Also, egos exist. It is easier (and politically appropriate) to walk on the kids before you walk on the adults. Look what happened with Teh Nada and RoRo once they were CLEARLY demoted to roll players. They became cancers and needed to be booted almost immediately. What happened with the kids when they were given support rolls? Ishi became the best PH in the game and Nate was a stellar OF closer.

I am not saying I LIKE this, but these guys are human beings. They LIVE this stuff. It is not their hobby, it is their life. If they are handled with sandpaper gloves, the way we (myself BIG TIME included) scream for, more and more of them will go the way of Huff.

Boch is in the clubhouse. We are not.

He wins

Nice post. Can't disagree, since my post was a nod to this exact sentiment, albeit terse as it was.

 

[Stokes1931]

Fryers beating Dogs, bottom 8 in Sandy Eggo. (4-2)

 

[gp956]

ANGRY BOCH: IT'S THE BOCHY DECISION, SO IT'S ALWAYS RIGHT. FUCK YOU.

 

[Stokes1931]

Fryers beating Dogs, bottom 8 in Sandy Eggo. (4-2)

Doggies go down to defeat, 4-2.

 

[TheSaboteur]

I guess nobody has mentioned that Melky is scratched due to toe injury?

 

[TheSaboteur]

I don't want to see Furcal on the bases.

 

[GiantsPackersChamps2011]

not a great start

 

[GiantsPackersChamps2011]

good finish Bum

 

[Stokes1931]

Culberson is not impressing me in the field, nor at the plate.

 

[Stokes1931]

3 B's leading off the 3rd.

Let's get some runs.

 

[Stokes1931]

MadBum at 53 pitches through 3

Giants have seen 30 pitches through 3

Dead last in the majors on pitches seen.

What the heck is Culberson doing swinging at the first pitch in the dirt?

MadBum FPOM

Shark FPOM

#NoPatience #NoDiscipline

 

[gp956]

I guess nobody has mentioned that Melky is scratched due to toe injury?

Was wondering why I heard Nate's name on the radio.

 

[Stokes1931]

Nice play by Shark. Great throw to nail the runner at 2nd.

 

[gp956]

Culberson is not impressing me in the field, nor at the plate.

Culberson spits a little chaw your way......

 

[Stokes1931]

Culberson spits a little chaw your way......

So that's what is on my screen.

 

[calsnowskier]

MadBum at 53 pitches through 3

Giants have seen 30 pitches through 3

Dead last in the majors on pitches seen.

What the heck is Culberson doing swinging at the first pitch in the dirt?

MadBum FPOM

Shark FPOM

#NoPatience #NoDiscipline

This is obviously a strategy implemented by the org, I just do not get it.

I think it was last week, and Fitzgerald was getting irate at callers who were critical of this approach. He made the point that there ante times that you just need to see pitch, hit pitch, and if you do not swing at the first pitch, you may be letting the best pitch of the AB go by.

This is a valid point... In a normal situation. However, he idiotically failed to acknowledge that his "occasional" rule was being implemented EVERY FUCKING AB by this team.

This hack-attack mentality is really pissing me off.

 

[gp956]

Questionable whether Posey was going to get two out of that......

 

[Stokes1931]

So Pill K's on three pitches out of the strike zone. Take a strike, please.

 

[Stokes1931]

Now 0 for 4 with RISP

And then Nate swinging and missing at the first pitch. I just don't get it.