GAMEBALL and JOKER--> PHILLIES at GIANTS 04/28

Ok suck it up and write something kid, the peoples be waiting…..

Oh man, bad afternoon all the way around…. man I feel like crap…….what seemed like a good day at first quickly deteriorated into a Giants loss and then work took a turn south as well, as I was painted into a corner by a pissed off customer for something that I really don't know who said what to whom…. all I know is I am the bad guy and any attempt to try to correct the perception is either going to throw someone else under a bus and/ or make the customer feel attacked…..I didn't see that one coming…..all I can tell myself is that's why I get paid the big buck (singular) to be the Taco Bell Day Shift Manager……too bad my cashiers aren't nearly as attractive as the commercials… that is unless you like women that bear a striking resemblance to Bengie Molina….without the big boobs…..

GAMEBALL and JOKER--> PHILLIES at GIANTS 04/28

GAMEBALL

NATE

Once night after just missing a gameball, Nate did everything he could not only to keep the Giants in the game, but to cement that Pinnacle of All Giants Honors, the GAMEBALL…..Nate went crazy at the plate today going a perfect 5 for 5 with a walk….2 of those hits were doubles and he scored 3 runs and knocked in a run early and late….. ahead, tied, or behind…righty or lefty….Nate just kept on hitting…. man, what does it take to get out of that 8 hole Bochy???? Nate the Great is ready for some primetime action!

TIP OF THE CAP :
LINCECUM
What can you say, Tim was a sharp blade slicing through the Phillies lineup.. through 8 he had just the Howard Homer on the negative side of the ledger….Season High 11 strikeouts, no walks and a 3 run lead…….the came the 9th…..after getting Dobbs to ground out, Timmy made his biggest mistake of the day….giving Bochy a reason to lift him with a 4 pitch walk to Victorino….

TORRES
Tied the game with a double in the 5th, bases loaded walk for the go ahead run in the 6th…and then tied the game again with a single in the 10th….too bad he ran out of magic in the 11th……do we REALLY have to take Rowand back?

RENTERIA
2 out 2 rbi single of Hammels to make it 4-1 in the 6th…..

MOLINA
First Multiwalk game since August 2009

SCHULMAN
Hey, howya doing…..so what's your screenname? I am guessing its Nine Buck? Either way, thanks for the traffic =)


JOKER

VELEZ

Man, not sure WHAT happened there…..usually when you see someone make a flub like that either A) Sun/ lights got in their eyes or B) They took their eye off the ball to make a play…..well with two outs and no sun or lights to be found…..Eugenio watches the ball all the way into a CLANK of the glove…..what the fuck? I could have made that catch with both hands behind my back….. What to do with Eugenio??? All the physical tools you want from a ball player….. but somehow the ghost of Jose Cruz haunts him……and if that wasn't enough, Eugenio gets a shot at redemption on a silver platter…..tying run at 3rd with 1 out….2-0 curveball gets chopped right into the dirt to Howard who proceeds to gun down the tying run…..nope, no redemption for Eugenio…..and the only positive thing you did was keep Wilson from being the JOKER…….

SMACK OF THE STICK :
HUFF
0-4….3 K's with men in scoring position, only a lineout in the 7th avoided the Golden Sombero…..

BOCHY
Maybe you agreed with him maybe you didn't…..but either way in the end the Manager is responsible of the decisions made….we KNOW Wilson blows that game, maybe Timmy nails it down? He certainly had gas in the tank, but with the rested Wilson cranking it up, Bochy was thinking it was the no brainer there….of course we all know now that it was the wrong move…..

WILSON
Sure, Werth was a lucky bounce…..but that's why you want a strikeout pitcher at the end of the game…..why leave a win to change of a ball bouncing fair…..and the Howard walk setup that play, as did Utley hard grounder……Wilson blew an easy one here….

ROMO/AFFELDT
Sure the starting pitching gets all the press, but I will say it again…..this bullpen is what really sets this pitching staff apart from the others in the NL…..Deep and talented pitchers with swing through stuff from closer to mop up……welll they got their share of whiffs tonigh, but Affeldt didn't know where his pitches were going, and Romo didn't fool enough people with his benders…..

MERKIN
Apparently, he didn't learn his lesson during the Cardinals series…after calling out Pujols, Albert proceeded to pound Giants pitching preventing the sweep…..well, I guess our newly minted $125 million man is an avid reader of GiantsBoard.com as well….and he obviously reacted to what was written with a solo shot, the hustle on what looked like a likely fair ball to tie the game and then a clutch defensive play in the 11th……so if Pujols didn't convince you that Major Stars read Gameball and Jerk… then Howard is even more proof…..


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(The fine print: There will be cussing and bad taste. This is written with the heat of the moment feel you may have during the game, with rational though sprinkled in now and then. This is entertainment folks, sure there is a lot of truth and I am a genius, but this is all about having a laugh and enjoying the ride…….now lets go heckle Jeff Kent in when he gets inducted to Cooperstown..)




by merkin