7/24 GDT Pinkos @ Former Champs

[calsnowskier]

Vander Tuig pitched today in SJ.

Nice. Not a good game, but nice to see him on the bump. I thought the G's would shut him down this year. UCLA apparently pushed him hard (as well as winning the WS).

 

[Stokes1931]

Btw...

I think I am done talking about the big club for a while. They don't deserve attention.

Freaking Reds' pitchers are better hitters than the whole Giants' pathetic lineup. Leake now 2-3 with a double and raises his average to .159. How can Pablo go 0-3 and Leake go 2-3?

Welcome to what remains of the Giants' miserable 2013 season. I don't know what the antonym for "superlative" is, but there are not words bad enough to describe this season.

But the hardware is ours to keep.

BTW, I hate playing the Reds as much as I hated playing the Cards back in the 1980's. Though I suspect after their el foldo last NLCS, that the Reds were HIGHLY motivated to kick our asses. That they have done. I wish they hadn't kicked our asses all the way to Santa Rosa.

 

[calsnowskier]

Freaking Reds' pitchers are better hitters than the whole Giants' pathetic lineup. Leake now 2-3 with a double and raises his average to .159. How can Pablo go 0-3 and Leake go 2-3?

Welcome to what remains of the Giants' miserable 2013 season. I don't know what the antonym for "superlative" is, but there are not words bad enough to describe this season.

But the hardware is ours to keep.

BTW, I hate playing the Reds as much as I hated playing the Cards back in the 1980's. Though I suspect after their el foldo last NLCS, that the Reds were HIGHLY motivated to kick our asses. That they have done. I wish they hadn't kicked our asses all the way to Santa Rosa.

Yea, the Reds certainly had the incentive to curb-stomp us this year.

That's OK. I will take a 1-9 season series in exchange for the sweet taste of champagne.

 

[Stokes1931]

Yea, the Reds certainly had the incentive to curb-stomp us this year.

That's OK. I will take a 1-9 season series in exchange for the sweet taste of champagne.

The deal about drinking the bubbly is that it really leaves you wanting more, though.

 

[Stokes1931]

Stamos 2-2 with nobody on. Now he has two guys on, and a RISP. How will he respond? (He K's, of course. Could have been worse, the GIDP.)

Guy hasn't hit a home run since April 27, that is 74 games ago.

 

[SFGRTB]

I replied to the post in the prospect thread, but after I did, this thought occurred to me as well. I would be SHOCKED if any true prospects get traded this year. But maybe this is more so for next year (just to get him on the radar of the "experts").

Maybe they just really like him and want to see if he is ready to fight for a job...

There are so many potential doors this could be, including just a spot start (unfortunately).

 

[Stokes1931]

I don't think our two game winning streak coming out of the ASB is going to get it done this year.

 

[Stokes1931]

Reds with 5 XBH, Giants with zero. And the beat down goes on.

I had hoped for winning 3, and would have settled for winning two. Looks like we will win one of these only. While the Dogs seem about to lap us. Oh, the horror!

I can't wait for the wheels on the Big Blue Bus to start falling off. But at this point, they have not slowed down at all. They are like 24-5 in their last 29 games. That's an insane pace!

 

[Stokes1931]

The game is two and a half hours old and we are only in the 6th inning?!?

No Giant hit has gone more than 200 feet. Sluggers, all.

 

[calsnowskier]

Leake with a 3-hit night

 

[Stokes1931]

Los Angeles won its 10th straight road game, the franchise's longest streak since the Brooklyn Dodgers won their first 11 away from home in 1955.

We will be lucky to win ten more games on the road for the rest of the season. How did we become so bad so quickly?

 

[Stokes1931]

Giants begin the 2nd "half" going 3-1 when they score 1st, and will soon be 0-3 when not scoring 1st.

It does seem to put some urgency on these hitters to do something early, doesn't it?

 

[Stokes1931]

Man, Choo is the real deal. His salary this year is $7.5 million, and the Indians are paying $3.5 million of that. What a steal for the Reds.

He is a FA after this season. Wonder how he'd do in the French Vanilla. His OBP is insane, .425. But his lifetime OBP is .387, that's pretty good.

And there are probably more Koreans in the Bay Area than in the Queen City.

 

[Stokes1931]

All right, two leadoff singles. Time to do some damage, and salvage just a wee bit of self-respect, right?

 

[Stokes1931]

Ok, BB9 works a walk. Frenchy up with the bases full of Giants and no one out. How can this possibly go wrong?

 

[Stokes1931]

Wonderful AB, Frenchy, now 5-24 with 1 RBI in 8 games. You've added a lot to our team so far. Looking forward to your contract extension. In Japan.

Giants now 6-30 this series with runners, well, you know where they are.

 

[Stokes1931]

Inconceivable!

Giants load the bases with no outs, and then Frenchy K's, Posey grounds out, and Quiroz takes a called strike 3.

Giants entered the ASB hitting .258 with RISP. Since the ASB they are hitting .170 with RISP.

Good coaching, Bam Bam! Well done. Maybe we should sign him to an extension because the hitters are doing so well.



When do pitchers and catchers report?

 

[calsnowskier]

Man, Choo is the real deal. His salary this year is $7.5 million, and the Indians are paying $3.5 million of that. What a steal for the Reds.

He is a FA after this season. Wonder how he'd do in the French Vanilla. His OBP is insane, .425. But his lifetime OBP is .387, that's pretty good.

And there are probably more Koreans in the Bay Area than in the Queen City.

Only if we have a protected pick.

 

[GiantsPackersChamps2011]

I was back and forth a bit on when we hit the sell button, call up young guys button and demote Bam Bam button (different buttons) but I have now slammed them.
Answer all phone calls for Pence, Scutaro, Lopez, Lincecum. If a good offer comes along go and take it. This team is just dead I am more than happy if Bam Bam is removed from his position.

 

[1phlapdown]

Reds with 5 XBH, Giants with zero. And the beat down goes on.

I had hoped for winning 3, and would have settled for winning two. Looks like we will win one of these only. While the Dogs seem about to lap us. Oh, the horror!

I can't wait for the wheels on the Big Blue Bus to start falling off. But at this point, they have not slowed down at all. They are like 24-5 in their last 29 games. That's an insane pace!

I'm thinking "Oh the humanity" would have fit nicely in there.