Game Thread: 8/23 Poor Hitters @ Poorer Hitters

[Stokes1931]

Birdie cannot throw strikes

Giants with homers by LWJ and Fort

3-0 for the time being

 

[sf1giantfan]

Fitz is a KO machine

 

[Sandisfan]

Wow Heliot into to Orbit!

 

[msgkings322]

Nothing poor about that home run, Ramos hit that to the moon

 

[msgkings322]

Wow Heliot into to Orbit!

Ninja'd me

 

[Stokes1931]

3 homers tonight

Maybe it IS the ballpark they play in...

Giants have 53 homers at home (30th), 82 on the road (6th)

 

[Stokes1931]

With McCray's speed, he's going to have to learn how to bunt.

Back in the day, Brett Butler got about 20 hits a year from bunting.

 

[Stokes1931]

Fitz is a KO machine

Fitz "wins" the Sombrero de Oro tonight. 4 at bats, 4 K's

 

[Stokes1931]

Giants with 1 walk and 11 K's

But with a 5-1 lead

And Ramos watches a called strike three with the bases loaded to end the Giants' 7th

 

[LHG]

With McCray's speed, he's going to have to learn how to bunt.

Back in the day, Brett Butler got about 20 hits a year from bunting.

I loved watching Brett Butler lay down a bunt and motor to first base. He was the first leadoff hitter I saw once I got into baseball. Not close to being a HOF but he seemed like a good guy to have batting first, at least according to early 90s baseball philosophy.

 

[Stokes1931]

I loved watching Brett Butler lay down a bunt and motor to first base. He was the first leadoff hitter I saw once I got into baseball. Not close to being a HOF but he seemed like a good guy to have batting first, at least according to early 90s baseball philosophy.

Loved having BB on the Giants.

HATED having BB on the Dodgers.

In his three years with the Giants, he scored 100+ runs each year, and his OBP was very close to .400

 

[LHG]

Fitz is a KO machine

Fitz "wins" the Sombrero de Oro tonight. 4 at bats, 4 K's

The dude was red hot for a while. A crashing back down was bound to happen. Hope he can learn and make adjustments.

 

[LHG]

Loved having BB on the Giants.

HATED having BB on the Dodgers.

I try to block those years out of my memory.

 

[Stokes1931]

Giants tonight 134 pitches, only 65 strikes

Have given up 8 walks so far to a team whose batting average is a combined .211

To be fair, only two hits allowed, one a solo homer.

 

[Stokes1931]

Nothing poor about that home run, Ramos hit that to the moon

Upper deck. Hit that one well.

I believe one of the out takes of Bull Durham was Crash talking to Nuke after allowing a home run and saying, "Well, that one would have stayed in most parks." Nuke replies, "Name one." Crash says, "Yellowstone."

 

[Stokes1931]

Rogers begins the 8th

single
single
single (run)
single (run)
single (run)
single (run)

Now 5-5 with no outs and M's on 1st and 2nd

Hey, you might want to pull him!?!?

Now?!?!?

 

[Stokes1931]

We suck. Hitting. Pitching. Managing.

But FZ loves him some 29 y/o middle infielders.

 

[Stokes1931]

Walker comes in to clean up TyRogers' moundshattery.

Still 5-5 top 9

This was such a winnable game. You'd think after four straight singles you'd get the impression he just didn't have it tonight. But no, we wait until 5 straight singles? No, we wait for 6 straight singles.

 

[Stokes1931]

Impressive!

Walker with two clean innings with 5 K's

Now for more Manfredball

 

[Stokes1931]

Can Fitz go 5-5?

Edit: No, lines out to CF