Miscellaneous Stuff

[calsnowskier]

If I recall correctly, right after the question "Tony LaRussa, you just won the World Series, what are you going to do next?"

He said, "Well, I'm sure as shit not naming Brandon Phillips or Johnny Cueto to the All-Star team... and Disneyland or whatever."

LOL

I doubt it was the FIRST thing he thought of, but I do suspect it at least entered his brain within a couple weeks...

 

[TheSaboteur]

Interesting tidbit from this article I was reading today:

The Spoiler Award: Gregor Blanco, OF, San Francisco Giants – Blanco deserved some kind of an award after he got jobbed by Trout. How about this: 45 percent of the time he swings, the ball goes foul. Second: teammate Buster Posey at 44.5%. The real winners: Giants fans who like souvenirs.

First-half awards: Early MVP picks aren't easy, bro - Yahoo! Sports

 

[gp956]

I hope Cain starts the all-star game.

The people who do not value wins do not value competition or know anything about competiton.

A domacratic society thrives on competition.

Cummi’s thrive on no competiton. No WINS! for you. everybody is equal.

They have effeted Americans in two of the things they cheerish most Religion & Baseball.

Think about it.

John Lenon Imagine all the people living in harmony today.

We have been brained washed.

Think about it!

99% Occupy movement.

I say hold on do not give in to the Commi Bastards like Andy. Who may not even know what they are. They are like puppets of a greater force.

Think about it,

 

[Heathbar012]

The people who do not value wins do not value competition or know anything about competiton.

A domacratic society thrives on competition.

Cummi’s thrive on no competiton. No WINS! for you. everybody is equal.

They have effeted Americans in two of the things they cheerish most Religion & Baseball.

Think about it.

John Lenon Imagine all the people living in harmony today.

We have been brained washed.

Think about it!

99% Occupy movement.

I say hold on do not give in to the Commi Bastards like Andy. Who may not even know what they are. They are like puppets of a greater force.

Think about it,

 

[gp956]

Jayson Stark's Mid-season Awards:

AL CY YUK OF THE HALF-YEAR
Jonathan Sanchez, Royals

Sanchez could probably win this award based on his 1.99 WHIP alone. Or for his attractive 40-to-32 walks-to-strikeouts ratio. Or for averaging under 4 2/3 innings a start. Or for finding himself on a pace to join just Steve Blass and Oliver Perez as the only starting pitchers in the division-play era to have a walk rate this ugly (7.8 per 9 IP) AND allow more than 10 hits per nine innings in the same season (minimum: 46 innings). But when you add in the body language of a guy who acts as if he'd rather be in Kampala than Kansas City, and then remember that to get this man, the Royals had to trade a fellow (Melky Cabrera) who's about to start the All-Star Game, what we have here is (what else?) a runaway winner of the Cy Yuk balloting.

NL CY YUK OF THE HALF-YEAR
Tim Lincecum, Giants

I came really, really close to handing this prestigious award to the entire Rockies rotation -- a group that's well on its way to blowing away the record for fewest quality starts by an NL rotation in any full season in the live-ball era. (Current pace: 40.) But on the other hand … we have a two-time Cy Young award-winner in our midst who is 3-9, with a 6.08 ERA, a 1.55 WHIP and more earned runs allowed (63) AT THE ALL-STAR BREAK than he gave up ALL SEASON as recently as 2009 (62). Yes, hard as it is to believe, of the 104 pitchers who would currently qualify for the ERA title, Lincecum ranks 102nd in ERA. Hard as it is to believe, a guy whose home/road splits were once practically identical now has an 8.45 road ERA -- the second-worst by any Giants pitcher, at this stage, in the last 100 years. Hard as it is to believe, a man who has always loved the challenge of The Big Moment has allowed a .314/.440/.524 slash line with runners in scoring position. So it hasn't been real picturesque to watch, and it hasn't been particularly easy to comprehend. But Lincecum is living proof that Stuff Happens in this game -- even to the great ones.

 

[calsnowskier]

Jayson Stark's Mid-season Awards:

Over/under on the Rockies getting 40 QS this year?








Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

[calsnowskier]

Jayson Stark's Mid-season Awards:

Damn shame about Durty. Dude has all the talent in the world, he just doesn't want the game.

And to think we were going to non-tender him, but the Royals gave us an all-star for him instead.

 

[Stokes1931]

Jayson Stark's Mid-season Awards:

Hard as it is to believe, a man who has always loved the challenge of The Big Moment has allowed a .314/.440/.524 slash line with runners in scoring position.

That's it! The solution to our putrid hitting with RISP is to hypnotize the Giants hitters, and make them think they are really facing Timmuh! Brilliant!

 

[gp956]

Over/under on the Rockies getting 40 QS this year?



Sorry, couldn't resist.

That's exactly where my thoughts went too.

 

[tzill]

Bochy has said that the coaching staff has reset the rotation for the second half, but they are not announcing pending talking to the pitchers themselves. Zeets has said his first start is in ATL, so we know he's not pitching the first three at home vs. the Stros.

My guess:

1. Horse
2. Bum
3. Tron
4. Zeets
5. Freak

Timmy and Barry could be flipped.

 

[tzill]

Stros said to be looking to move Brett Myers. You've got to believe SabeySabes is in that convo....

Interesting thing about the O's, going hard for Greinke and Rodriguez....they just demoted Matuz to AAA. I was pretty sure that we were going to draft him, and then the O's took him at #4 leaving us with some Gerald scrub at #5....

 

[gp956]

Bochy has said that the coaching staff has reset the rotation for the second half, but they are not announcing pending talking to the pitchers themselves. Zeets has said his first start is in ATL, so we know he's not pitching the first three at home vs. the Stros.

My guess:

1. Horse
2. Bum
3. Tron
4. Zeets
5. Freak

Timmy and Barry could be flipped.

Nope. Gonna be:

Cain
Bum
Timmy
Tron
Zeets

1. Don't want timmy's first start to be in Atl
2. Don't want timmy and zeets pitching back to back.

 

[tzill]

Also, Houston Street said to be on the block from the Fathers. We could move KCYa back to the 8th inning....FWIW, I don't ever think I've seen a WHIP that low (0.65)

 

[tzill]

Nope. Gonna be:

Cain
Bum
Timmy
Tron
Zeets

!. Don't want timmy's first start to be in Atl
2. Don't want timmy and zeets pitching back to back.

That's a good call.

 

[tzill]

Another thought:

Juan Pierre. 317/355/387 and 20/23 SB leading off for the Philth. He's 34, we'd be on the hook for about $300k, and he's in his walk year. Perfect SabeySabes fit, no?

 

[tzill]

Justin Upton being shopped. He's 24 and having a down year so far. Due 10/14.5/14.7 2013-2015. We'd be on the hook for about $5MM this year.

How much would you be willing to give up for him? I'm figuring the convo starts at Brown plus Crick.

 

[tzill]

Royals asking for a "major league piece" for JBrox. Arias?

 

[gp956]

Royals asking for a "major league piece" for JBrox. Arias?

I'd do that in a heartbeat, but KC already had Arias and let him walk after 45 days.

 

[gp956]

Nope. Gonna be:

Cain
Bum
Timmy
Tron
Zeets

1. Don't want timmy's first start to be in Atl
2. Don't want timmy and zeets pitching back to back.

Actual is:

Bum
Timmy
Cain
Zeets
Tron

Timmy's first stat is not in atl, and timmy and zeets are not pitching back to back. Looks good to me.

 

[SFGRTB]

Jayson Stark's Mid-season Awards:

Kinda funny. Both pitchers are Giants farm hands and part of the Golden Era of young Giants pitching.

Now both are 2 of the worst pitchers of the first half this year.

BTW, I watch Sanchez pitch a few games this year, that analysis is right on target. Looks like he wants the fuck out of KC and just wants to be sippin on some margaritas on the ocean side.