Opening Day Thread: Giants at Dodgers - 3/31/11

[ColinCoby]

All hope is lost!!!!

See you tomorrow guys.

 

[gp956]

Yucky first game for the World Champion Giants. I told you all that this was going to happen...

 

[titsmcgee1987]

A loss is a loss BUT....

Timmy looked very strong, didn't give up a string of hits, got out of jams with relative ease.

Brandon Belt looks like a big league eye. He doesn't look like he is going to be a free swinger up here having strong deep AB's every plate appearance. The hits will come.

The BAD..... Defense looked real suspect

All in all tomorrow begins the streak for 161-1!!!

 

[SFAnthem]

didnt that bounce off the plate?

I thought the same .. kill the ump!

 

[SFGRTB]

What'd I miss?

 

[SFAnthem]

A loss is a loss BUT....

Timmy looked very strong, didn't give up a string of hits, got out of jams with relative ease.

Brandon Belt looks like a big league eye. He doesn't look like he is going to be a free swinger up here having strong deep AB's every plate appearance. The hits will come.

The BAD..... Defense looked real suspect

All in all tomorrow begins the streak for 161-1!!!

Belt looked like a solid major leaguer, professional ABs

not much changed from last years defense .. get it together Tejada

 

[Yoshi]

Tejada who?

 

[SFAnthem]

What'd I miss?

not much, I caught most of the game stuck in traffic listening Kruk & Kuip & Co.

(by all accounts, far better than the Espin broadcast)

The banners were in full effect - awesome idea, sounds like the guys couldn't get past Kershaw again.

Not at all sold on Casilla still.

 

[filosofy29]

I hate the Doghairs. That is all. Goodnight Gents, and Go Sharks Go. Andres Torres needs to learn the philosophy of take until you get a strike.....

Also, Tejada must've been tired from his pre-game workout that he stops.....once the regular.....season....starts.....awkward.

Onward and upward.

 

[SFGRTB]

not much, I caught most of the game stuck in traffic listening Kruk & Kuip & Co.

(by all accounts, far better than the Espin broadcast)

The banners were in full effect - awesome idea, sounds like the guys couldn't get past Kershaw again.

Not at all sold on Casilla still.

I meant the 9th inning

 

[SFGRTB]

Well, I was on the other board, opened 1 thread and wanted to kill someone within reading 1 post.

Whats new?

 

[filosofy29]

Yucky first game for the World Champion Giants. I told you all that this was going to happen...

This season is officially over. The Giants have no chance. Alas, Ishi was the missing ingredient.

And I still hate the fucking Dodgers.

 

[SFAnthem]

I meant the 9th inning

haha, I'm the slow one today

fuck the doyers

that is all

 

[sfsportsfan]

o/u 30 homers from pat the bat?


entertaining game tonight. i was successful in not knowing anything about the game when i hit play on the dvr. my brother did give me a hint. he said the last at bat will be important. at first i took that for us being up and the dodgers having to bat. after burrells homer and they pointed out belt would be up i put two and two together. just a kick in the nuts UUU got the last out.

 

[gp956]

Troubling news from Bagg's postgame notes:

The World Series glow lasts longer for some than others. I got more than a few caustic messages from fans who were upset that Bochy didn’t order Andres Torres to bunt after Hong-Chih Kuo issued a four-pitch walk to pinch hitter Mark DeRosa to start the eighth.

Instead, Torres questionably swung away at a 2-0 pitch, and didn’t make contact. He ended up working a 12-pitch at-bat that ended with an unproductive fly out to right field.

Should Torres have bunted? It’s not an obvious call. But here’s the bigger point: I knew Torres wouldn’t bunt.

He didn’t work on his bunting this spring nearly as much as he focused on shortening his stroke and hitting for power.

It’s early, but that might be something to watch with Torres this season. Last week in Arizona, I spent a half-hour with him in the clubhouse as he excitedly talked about changes he was making to his swing, dropping his hands a little more as he loads. The changes are designed to increase his power and drive more balls over the fence. He thinks he could hit 25 home runs, maybe 30 — maybe more.

“But you’re a leadoff hitter,” I reminded him. “Your first goal is to get on base, right?”

Torres nodded in agreement, but in the next breath, he launched right back into the changes he was making to hit for more power.

Baggs

 

[filosofy29]

Troubling news from Bagg's postgame notes:



Baggs

Thanks for the article gp. I was really mad at that at bat as well. I was yelling at the car radio, lol. Not because he didn't bunt, but because he didn't take until he got a strike. Kuo is hard to bunt as it is and he was missing way high with his fastballs.....not an easy pitch to handle for a good bunter. However,Kuo was geeked up and missed with 4 straight pitches.....back when I played ball, that meant one thing and one thing only. From the sounds of Krukow, Torres helped out Kuo quite a bit.

 

[msgkings322]

Can't often post during night GDTs because the kids are up and running around, but did get to watch it.

Sad, but great to see Timmeh pitch well and Belt look like a MLer.

Also, Kershaw is filthy. He's the truth. Dodgers are easy 3rd place this year and maybe 2nd.

 

[Heathbar012]

I know others have posted it, but the defense is the scary part right now. The bats will come around, and of course, the entire pitching staff is awesome, but there are too many holes in the field. I don't think it's so bad that it will keep this team from winning the NL West, but it could lead to 3-4 more losses, which makes that a possibility.

 

[msgkings322]

I know others have posted it, but the defense is the scary part right now. The bats will come around, and of course, the entire pitching staff is awesome, but there are too many holes in the field. I don't think it's so bad that it will keep this team from winning the NL West, but it could lead to 3-4 more losses, which makes that a possibility.

This.

Astute comment.

Maybe if Belt can truly hit, Burrell ends up a bench guy/PH/starter vs lefties only and Schierholtz starts in RF? Or maybe we can afford to have a no hit-all glove SS?

 

[tzill]

Good things that happened last night:

1. Timmy threw 95
2. Belt saw 29!! pitches....20% of the Giants total.
3. The Bat is grooved
4. Uribe got DRILLED by Timmy -- after his pregame "Tell Timmy to throw me a fastball" comments; FUCK THAT GUY.
5. We can't see Kershaw again this series -- dude's gonna contend for the CY.

Unfortunately, the Giants are done now -- mentally weak, lazy, and unfocused.