GDT CHAMPS @ CUBS 5 / 14

[calsnowskier]

just reviewing the game right now...

Man 3 Errors for the cubbies, 5 Ks for Vogy, 50 pitches through 2.1...

This one looks weird...

 

[calsnowskier]

Teh Nada is good, but how about...

Migg - E

 

[SFGRTB]

Who are these announcers? Is it me, or do they have a bit of a pro-Cubbie agenda?


5 Ks for Vogelsong.

Erik Karos is a Dodger homer, surprised he isn't doing the LA game right now. And the other annoucer I personally don't like very much. He does work for MLB Network as well. He just gets excited a little too much and gets caught watching the game without commentating sometimes.

Not sure what his team is.

 

[msgkings322]

Clownshoes for everyone today, including the umps

 

[SFGRTB]

Well, Migg-E helped himself there. Back to da nada for now.

 

[msgkings322]

Make up play by MiggE

 

[ColinCoby]

Teh Nada is good, but how about...

Migg - E

I like it.

I can't remember the last time the Giants had a SS with such suspect hands. Uribe/Aurilia etc. might have had limited range, but they caught just about everything they could get to.

Edit: Migg-E Teh Nada. That's his name until further notice. (a little happy birthday on that last play)

 

[SFGRTB]

I like it.

I can't remember the last time the Giants had a SS with such suspect hands. Uribe/Aurilia etc. might have had limited range, but they caught just about everything they could get to.

Omar Vizquel, that guy sucked. Had hands of stone.

 

[msgkings322]

Omar Vizquel, that guy sucked. Had hands of stone.

You know, he's STILL productive on the White Sox. I can't say I'd mind having him in DeRosa's roster spot, maybe if the Sox are out of it by June.

 

[SFGRTB]

You know, he's STILL productive on the White Sox. I can't say I'd mind having him in DeRosa's roster spot, maybe if the Sox are out of it by June.

I brought him up a few days ago. I like the fact that he has played 2nd and 3rd the last few years, could use him as a utility guy. And he still steals some bases.

 

[ColinCoby]

Wow, what a catch.

Cubs second baseman fell on his way to catching Migg-E's pop up to right. Still made the catch.

 

[calsnowskier]

I like it.

I can't remember the last time the Giants had a SS with such suspect hands. Uribe/Aurilia etc. might have had limited range, but they caught just about everything they could get to.

Edit: Migg-E Teh Nada. That's his name until further notice. (a little happy birthday on that last play)

BEAUTIFUL!!!

Why have only one when you can have two at twice the price?

 

[msgkings322]

I brought him up a few days ago. I like the fact that he has played 2nd and 3rd the last few years, could use him as a utility guy. And he still steals some bases.

Lock Hall of Famer? I think so.

 

[ColinCoby]

Omar Vizquel, that guy sucked. Had hands of stone.

Yea, I contemplated mentioning him. He's the obvious past Giant SS with limited range but EXCELLENT hands.

And, of couse, he threw marshmellows to 1st base, and always seemed to get the runner by a step.

 

[calsnowskier]

Lock Hall of Famer? I think so.

Homer...

Actually, I think he has a chance. Not sure if he would get my vote though. He played in the golden age of SS, after all...

 

[msgkings322]

Homer...

Actually, I think he has a chance. Not sure if he would get my vote though. He played in the golden age of SS, after all...

But he has a chance at 3000 hits, a ton of SBs, best fielder ever (equal Ozzie Smith IMO), and he didn't do roids like half those 'golden agers'

 

[ColinCoby]

Erik Karos is a Dodger homer, surprised he isn't doing the LA game right now. And the other annoucer I personally don't like very much. He does work for MLB Network as well. He just gets excited a little too much and gets caught watching the game without commentating sometimes.

Not sure what his team is.

The other announcer is a guy named Matt Vasgersian. His last gig was with the Pads in 2009. Found these nuggets:

On March 3, 2009, while participating in a taped chat with Harold Reynolds on MLB Network, Vasgersian misidentified Fernando Valenzuela as Fernando Vina. When corrected by Reynolds, Vasgersian responded, "What the fuck is that?" The network went to black.

On April 28, 2009, while watching Brad Hawpe being taken off the field of play in a neck brace after being hit in the neck by a throw from catcher Nick Hundley, Vasgersian light-heartedly noted that he thought one of the paramedics was Donovan McNabb, the starting quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles. His broadcast partner, former infielder Billy Ripken, asked Vasgersian on air, "Dude, what's wrong with you?". Vasgersian later admitted that he handled the situation in a poor manner.

 

[calsnowskier]

Yea, I contemplated mentioning him. He's the obvious past Giant SS with limited range but EXCELLENT hands.

And, of couse, he threw marshmellows to 1st base, and always seemed to get the runner by a step.

Biggest marshmallow thowers I ever saw were Greg Litton and Shawon Dunston

 

[SFGRTB]

Lock Hall of Famer? I think so.

Lock? I don't think so, but he isn't too far off. If he gets to 3000 hits then I'd say yes, but he'd have to play another season or two for that. He's at 2811 right now, but he hasn't had 100+ hits in a year since 2007 so we'll see.

 

[msgkings322]

Am I being premature to start really liking Vogelsong?