Showing posts with label pablo sandoval. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pablo sandoval. Show all posts

Sunday, September 19, 2010

GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> BREWERS at GIANTS 09/18



Pathetic, just fucking pathetic…..just when I thought the Giants offense might be back on track, we get this….. back to back nothing efforts versus the Brewers….the pitching has been brilliant and we aren't asking for 10 runs a night, but good god when the Giants scored their 1st run it was almost as if the heavens opened and angels decended to serenaded us with the Hallelujah Chorus ……..of course if the Giants had scored a second run a wild pack of rabid badgers would have flown out of my fucking ass…..and now, no one wanted to see that…….

GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> BREWERS at GIANTS 09/18

GAMEBALL

PEN

The bright spot of the night was the pen getting some work in and keeping the Giants in the game…..Ramirez, Ruzler, Romo, and Wilson all put in good efforts…….in my opinion right now this pitching staff from top to bottom is the best in baseball and that’s going to keep the Giants in the race even if the offense continues its slump……

TIP OF THE CAP :
BOCHY
For pulling Timmy after 5, was the right move for a team desperate for runs


JOKER

PABLO

Sure if the Giants could score some goddamn runs, maybe this wouldn't even be on teh radar.....and maybe you don't even agree, but there is no way Pablo made the right play in the 4th……now I have seen this a few times this year, and I am sure you have as well…..on every fucking pitch you got to think the situation…..in this case if it’s slow hit check home and go to first…..if its medium hit or hard hit away from the bag then go home…….but on a sharp hit ball 1 step from the bag, shuffle step and plant on the bag and fire to first…..I don't fucking care of Carl Lewis is running, on that ball you HAD TIME to shuffle and throw…..the mental error wasn't making the wrong choice, the mental error was not thinking BEFORE the play…..you don't have time to think after the ball is in your mitt, you react……and Pablo at times has no idea what he is doing out there……

SMACK OF THE STICK :
URIBE
Stranded runners at 3rd in two straight at bats
BUCKNER
One pitch doesn't make a game…..but that strike zone was moving all day…..and hell, by my count that looked like ball 5, not strike 2…….

BOCHY
For putting Uribe in the 2 hole and Ross in the 8th…somehow that seems upside down, and probably to them as well…..

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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 thought 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 when he gets inducted to Cooperstown..)



by merkin

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> REDS at GIANTS 08/24



What the hell is all this about….double digit runs in back to back games…… the Giants left St Louis with the offense tucked between their legs…..now back to the shores of the bay somehow they are transformed into the goddamn New York Yankees…..this was the first back to back double digit games since May 2006 in Houston and…… according to my searching at Baseball Reference the first time ever Double Digit runs scored in back to back games at ATT/ SBC/ Pac Bell Parks and last time the Giants did it at home it was 1973…….man, that’s hard to believe……and although we know this team is not the New York Yankees, lets hope they can stay hot through September……that is as long as Pat Burrell doesn't start dating Kate Hudson……

GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> REDS at GIANTS 08/24

GAMEBALL

PABLO

Could go 15 different ways with this pick, but I will send some love the Panda's way….struggling from the Right side for most of the season smoked a 2 run single over the leaping shortstop to plate 2 in the first…..then after a hard hit out to the gap in left, he turned around to the left side and crushed an RBI Double and then scored on a Juan Uribe Homer to turn back a surging Reds team…..but he wasn't done…..in laugher time, Pablo his a BOMB OVER triples alley…..he rounded up the night with a whiff, but again more evidence that the Panda is back……sure, I have said it before……but I really want to believe it……Torres, Huff, Posey, Panda…….with a little Sanchez Ross Burrell and Uribe……suddenly, a lineup 8 hitters deep that can do some damage…..

TIP OF THE CAP :
SANCHEZ
Back to back 4 hit nights….first time in a career that includes……wait for it……a batting title and 3 all star appearances…..and what the hell is with the Homer??? man it musta been a hot night….but come on, that road trip through St Louis and Philly was hotter…..maybe ATT park is a bandbox after all…..just needs a little global warming….

URIBE
With the Reds knocking Sanchez out of the game and cutting that Giants lead down to two……Uribe followed Pablos double in the 5th with a soaring shot into the left field bleachers to give the Giants a 10 spot for the night

POSEY
Three run shot really sealed the deal…..and got Posey on the board…..

NATE
Got something in there somewhere…..its all a blur…..

BURRELL
Had no hits, but that 1st inning walk was instrumental in getting on the board early…..

ROSS
I like this kid……DL Guillen until healthy…..play Ross in right…with that range and a little pop…..Nate and Huff/ Ishikawa can spell him now and then……and he looked good tonight with a big 2 out RBI single to get first blood in the opening frame,….and then lead off the decisive 5th inning with a chop hit to 3rd…..

BULLPEN
Wasn't pretty at times, but allowed no runs to the Reds in 4 2/3rd innings of work……

ARAS
Our visitor from Korea is 2-0 and when he is here we average like 27 runs a game…..

JOKER

HOWARD

The Wild Card Leading Phillies….got Howard back and ready to pull away….well….ok, not just yet……..Oh Man……that's a tough night……0 for 7 with 5 k's…….and best of all got ejected in the 14th on back to back check swings called strikes by a Minor League Umpire…..in all fairness…..from the replays I have seen, pretty sure he got jobbed there…..and yeah, I probably woulda wanted to kick that Fucking Vacation Replacement umpire all the way back to Indianapolis……but still, with the Phillies out of position players, the move put the Phillies in a bad spot…..and then came up with an L in 16 innings at home versus the lowly Astros…….and tied with the Giants for the Wild Card Lead…..

SMACK OF THE STICK :
SANCHEZ
with 7 runs of support, got knocked out before he could qualify for the win…..

BAKER
Gotta tip your cap to Dusty for competing with this Reds team no one expected to contend……and doing it with pitching……and even more astounding, he has actually backed off his starters a little….2010 he has 21 games with pitch counts over 110…..36 in 2009….44 in 2008…..


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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 thought 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 when he gets inducted to Cooperstown..)



by merkin

Sunday, July 11, 2010

GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> GIANTS at NATIONALS 07/11




GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> GIANTS at NATIONALS 07/11

GAMEBALL

BUMGARNER

Man, this kid is looking good….just a few months removed from talk about how he was likely hurt and a waste of a pick, he has turned that story around with a strong follow up to his best career start……I have a hard time believing what I am seeing…..low 90's with movement from a low 3/4rs extreme leftie angle from the left side of the rubber…looks like he is out of control, but when you look up……well, he's a strike thrower with 0 walks on the day and a total of 8 walks and 31 K's in 38 career innings…..that's less that 2 walks per 9, and over 7 K's per 9…..so he throws strikes and don't walk people…..yes, and he is also a GROUNDBALL pitcher, as evidenced today with two well timed Double Play balls to snuff would be Rallies in the 1st and 2nd and get him setlled in……his Ground Out/ Fly Out ratio is just about 1.00 in the bigs this year, but he has a career minor league ratio of 1.23 and a ridiculous ratio of 1.60 in Fresno this year……which is critical, cause when you look at Madison, the one thing we HAVE seen in the bigs so far is coughing up the big homer…..keep it on the ground, keep the walks to a minimum, and punch out a decent amount, and you got yourself something special……and the kid can't even buy a beer for another month……hell, he's so young he doesn't even know who Francisco Liriano is…..and maybe he can make me forget…….

TIP OF THE CAP :
ISHIKAWA
Tough pass on Ishi…..came up with the big single to get the early jump on Livan….but I don't feel so bad, cause the way things are playing out, I think Travis might win a few more gameballs before the year is through…..

POSEY
I think this says it all


FSANCHEZ
Sac bunt in the first…..may have seemed strange, especially since he 4 for 10 lifetime versus Livan…..but he knows just like we do…..believe in Buster and he will set you free…..

WILSON
The man who drives us nuts, has turned into Mr Ace in the Hole of late……

ROMO
Great sequence to get Willingham……but that second slider to IRod was a location mistake across the belt and IRod had it timed…..and a little juice to that swing and its long gone…..

HUFF
All he does is score runs……

URIBE
Got the 2 out base hit for insurance and a change of momentum in the 8th

ZACK WHEELER
Nice inning for the kid…..and I do mean kid……95-96 on the gun…..what the heck is he dong in the futures game anyway? 8 career pro games…..well, he didn't embarrass himself….

FRANCISCO PEGUERO
1 for 2 against much more advanced competion….

JOKER

PABLO

Been a year since Pablo was an All Star Snub, and his second half last year was even better than the first as he found his power stroke and was working counts while maintaining his ridiculous batting prowess …..Alongside Timmy, he became the face of the Giants with Camp Panda in the news all offseason, his own bobblehead day, commercial spots, and thousands of Panda Hats sold…….here was the budding star spraying the ball around the field picking it at 3rd and bouncing around the dugout…..well, today is was the ball through the wickets…another 0 fer… no power to speak of……and his lowest batting average since opening day……Keep this up and we will be in the market for a 3rd baseman, and all those Panda Hats for sale will end up in the Rubber Chicken warehouse collecting dust……

SMACK OF THE STICK :
AFFELDT
Got Dunn to reach for one, but went all Xavi on the ball for a run scoring single and bring the tying run to the plate

RAY
Not untouchable……I say we file a complaint about the trade to the commish office

NATE
With Ishi hitting and Huff in left, you got to stay ahead of Burrell for at bats……and sure the D is superior, but you gotta hit sometime, or we are looking at a lot of Huff in right……and nobody wants to see that, especially at home….

BURRELL
Man, you've been sitting for awhile…..guess when Posey is on fire, we can afford a defensive piece out there in the outfield…but don't get too comfortable, have the feeling some playing time is comin your way soon

JSANCHEZ
Who's my #5,…..yes, you are…….with the emergence of Bumgarner, ….a solid Tim and Matt…..and a less than sucky Zito……well, you my friend are the last man on the totem pole ……sorry Jon, keep those bags packed…….

PS Bumgarner as a Control Strikeout Groundball Pitcher? That’s more rare than Pablo eating Salad


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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 thought 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

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> DODGERS at GIANTS 06-29



OK, this team is playing like shit……I am pissed off, frustrated, and don't even want to watch this crap…..can't hit, and the starters… the supposed strength of the team are just average…….BUT sitting at 40-36 with 23 games left against the Padres and Dodgers is a little early for a Russo Rant……

GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> DODGERS at GIANTS 06-29

GAMEBALL

THE BAT

Well at least someone looks like they want to beat LA…..Pat continues his hot hitting ways in a Giants uni with 2 hits and a walk in 4 Plate Appearances including his 5th HR in 61 AB's….You know I am getting sick of hearing about his defense….its not gold glove for sure, but he does fine out there and if he is hitting I don't really give a fuck….you need to actually SCORE runs to win games, and god forbid you fall behind the opposition……you can have 50 webgems out there and still lose 1-0…….so ride the hot hand and keep running him out there every goddamn day…..and if he cools off…..well let him hit his way out of it…..he has earned at least as much leash as Rowand was given……..

TIP OF THE CAP :
TORRES
All he does is score runs in the first inning…..just wish he could do something in the next 8……

PEN
Great effort for naught again…. 4 innings of shutout ball from Mota, Runzler, Romo, and Affelt…….

JOKER

PANDA

Man, I was one that thought the whole camp Panda thing was a bad idea…you don't make someone's personal shit public……..if you are going to get him to work out to make a media spectacle out of it…….thats why fat chicks invented Curves……so they can be fat and sweaty in private…….now the whole thing looks like it backfired…..I don't klnow if Pablo is really heavier……but I know the worse Pablo hits the fatter he looks……now you got Pablo dropping his nightly Deuces on the bases…this kid better have a thick skin, cause the fans are going razz him…..self doubt is gonna creep in…..and the whole thing could implode…..…I said it yesterday and say it again today…..the Giants don’t go anywhere without Pablo…..and not only has Pablo got a .234/.290/.345 line since May 1st…..but despite that, I do have faith he will turn it around……but who knows when…..maybe not even this season……but if he continues to play like this, you got to consider benching him in favor of other alternatives……at least losing playing time might motivate him to shed some weight and refine his game……you can try to coach and talk all you want, but actions speak louder than words…….

SMACK OF THE STICK :
CAIN
Man, we needed Cainer to nut up and give a performance worthy of an all star berth……but instead on the 5th, he makes a bad location mistake to Loney grooving a belt high fastball to Loney for a 2 run single that changed the game…..good god, why is it every time there is a big moment, Giants pitchers miss location and leave one on a tee for the hitters???

MOLINA
Looking slower and slower every day,….and not on the bases, I mean behind the plate….I swear since the Posey call up, looks like Molina is just going through the motions……time to play Whiteside or Posey behind the dish and let Molina try to get work elsewhere….hey, I hear Just My Sizeis looking for a new spokeswomen for their new line of sports bras…..

RENT
Dropped the ball that woulda nailed Manny in the 1st, and got the GIDP before the Giants could even try to put together a threat in the 7th


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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 thought 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

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> DODGERS at GIANTS 06-28




Little shorter than usual…..just cause im pissed


OK, so I am in my car and radio station is still on KNBR… which is one of the only clear real stations I can get out here in the boonies…..well "Mr T" was going over the stats comparing the Padres and the Giants and wondering how the Padres were in first ahead of the Giants…..well, since you know nothing about baseball and obviously aren't paying attention let me break it down for you…..THE GIANTS PLAY LIKE SHIT VERSUS THE PADRES …..yes, you heard it, you seen it, you know it……both teams have their warts, but when you are 1-7 versus the Pads…..well….we know who the first place team is there….……Now in the 4 game we have played against the Dodgers…..well the Giants are 1-3 with 2 heart breaking losses…..2 losses that stick in your craw….2 losses that SHOULD motivate…..Giants still have about 14 games left versus the Dodgers so the head to head series hasn't really even started……but if the Giants don't find a way to beat the Dodgers and continue their losing ways against the Padres….NO WAY they make the playoffs……this isn’t a bad team, but this team isn't strong enough to overcome losing that many division games…..SO BEAT THE FUCKING DODGERS ALREADY

GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> DODGERS at GIANTS 06-28

GAMEBALL

SANCHEZ

2 hits including the tying single in the 6th…..and most impressive….27 pitches in 4 at bats…..on a hacky team, this is a godsend…..


TIP OF THE CAP :
HUFF
2 hits including an RBI Single in the first and a great play in Left giving up the body…..gotta love the Huff

BURRELL
2 hard hit singles and a good chew on Torres after his bonehead in the 3rd…..gotta love this guy, he seems to be all about winning…….

ZITO
Wasn't great, but I am happy with just less suck…..and honestly was even better than that…..

ISHI/ NATE
Both came through with pinch hits…Ishi came around to score his…..Nate gave us hope in the 9th……

JOKER

PANDA

Obvious choice…..man THE bonehead move of the game, the week, the month…..its been hashed and rehashed…..bottom line, he had a brain fart…..hopefully he learned from it……this has been a strange year for Pablo as we are used to him making that heady sometimes amazing plays in the field and on the bases….this year….well, he has been in Full Panic Mode too often…..lost in this gaffe was 2 hard hit balls and a walk looking like the hitter we saw last year……but after the gaffe he had taken from him the only thing he likes more than Lasagna ….At Bats…….probably the first time he has been pinch hit for with the a game on the line in his life…..lets hope that’s a wake up call, cause without Panda, this team is very limited in how far it can go……he is the only hitter on the team with MVP potential….he needs to be the hitter in the middle everyone fears……


SMACK OF THE STICK :
RENT
2 DP…..well 1 GIDP….and 1 failing getting the runner in from 3rd with 0 out……

TORRES
bad angle on Manny's ball in the 3rd lead directly to a run…..2 out there, slim chance to make that catch…..gotta cut that ball off……negates the grind it out run in the 1st……

POSEY
Its kinda rough to drop the kid here, but one thing bothers me on this AB….8 pitches 7 fastballs ….and Kou couldn't get the slider over to save his life…..against this limited arsenal he still chased ball 4 with 1st and 3rd and one out..;…yeah, would love a extra base hit there, but know the situation….a single or a walk gets the tying run into scoring position…..when you get to two strikes shorten up and battle….you don't try to jerk a head high fastball off the plate away over the left field fence….even if you are a golden god……don't be greedy…..

CASILLA
Great stuff……but he pulled a Romo… when you groove a belt high fastball on a 3-2 count with 2 out….well, you just close your eyes and pray……and praying didn't help…..


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by merkin

Thursday, June 17, 2010

GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> O'S at GIANTS 06/16




GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> O'S at GIANTS 06/16

GAMEBALL

HUFF

Who the fuck is this guy??? Off year last year, coming to a park that kills lefties…..no way we could expect this… I mean go ahead shot clean into the water??? what the fuck?? That’s 11 dings in June which leaves him 4 short of his season total in 2009… and 2007….sure he had that 30+ HR season in 2008, but that looks like a career season for an aging slugger when looked at in context of his season stats…..at age 33 all indicators were down…..but Huff has turned around as fast as that breaking ball from Guthrie…..rejuvenated by winning?? sure makes a nice story, and makes him look like a team guy…..and you know….I can believe that…..I know how hard losing is as a fan…..can you imagine if you are a player that don't give a shit about the back of your baseball card or your next paycheck……yeah, ok maybe it is bullshit…..but whatever Huff is doing…..keep doing in right into October…….

TIP OF THE CAP :
URIBE
Like Huff…..only Middle Infielder, Dominican, Black, Hispanic, and Right Handed……other than that……twins separated at birth…..Keep on keeping on Juan……

TIMMY
Not sharp again….but nowhere near as shaky as a few starts ago…..seems to be slowing putting it back together…..another Cy Young may be a stretch…..but with a semblance of an offense behind him……lets see if Tim can get 20 W's……and screw the Cy Young Trophy…..lets get this kid a ring……hey, I can dream………

CASILLA
1 inning, 1 hit, 2 walks, 3 K's……..ok, it was spread out over two innings…..but what a line…..Minton, Brantley, and Garrelts would be proud……

WILSON
Don't look now…..but look at these two #'s……41 K's and 29 1/3rd innings……if that’s not elite, I don't know what is……

DENNIS THE USHER
Made a brilliant play on a broken bat from Sanchez in the first….and yes Krukow, Dennis has been known to catch "spears and missles" out of the sky

JOKER

PABLO

OK, now running out a ball is one thing…..but how in the hell do you pass a runner on the bases when you are basically jogging and he is RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU….I can't put that one on 1st base coach Kelly… Pablo is dazed out watching the fly ball as he rounds 1st and URIBE IS RIGHT IN HIS FIELD OF VISION…..its not like he didn't see him and ran past him….or even saw him too late and couldn't stop…he didn't even fucking notice until he was PAST Uribe and already out……6 year old tee ball players around the country are shaking there head at you Pablo……get out of your own noggin and back in the game……and of course the 0 fer 4… (not a hit in my book) and followed the Back to Back Jacks with a big WHIFF……so much for hitting being contagious…..

SMACK OF THE STICK :
NATE
Robbed a couple times…..would be nice to see him get untracked….or is it on track…..whatever, just start fucking hitting……

FLANNERY
Watched that play over and over hoping to see something that would make sending Freddy a good call…..cant find it…..too close to send him……if you hold him at 3rd you got 2nd and 3rd and 0 out…..if this was earlier in the year when we were starving for runs…..ok, MAYBE then MAYBE….Hey, I am all for being aggressive, but that was just a plain mistake……

ROWAND
I hear Eric Byrnes softball team needs an Outfielder…..and hey, the Dutch Goose has a kick as pastrami…. and if you get cut from THAT team, you can always try to latch on with the Oasis which is cool cause at least the Oasis is better for watching the team you aren't playing with……

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by merkin

Friday, June 04, 2010

GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> GIANTS at PIRATES 06/04





GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> GIANTS at PIRATES 06/04

GAMEBALL

URIBE

For a team that struggles to score any runs going down by 4 early is the kiss of death…..but after the Giants plated 2 in the 5th…..with a DP and a solo shot….what little momentum we had looked like it was about to die out…..but with two outs and a man on First, Juan JUMPED on a first pitch fastball to hit a BOMB to center….man, gotta love this guy, a dumpster diving find that swings from the heels….and what a swing….he gets every bit into that…..watch that highlight again what the fuck is he doing with that front foot…..not as exaggerated as some of his shots…..but he is swinging so hard he corkscrews himself into the ground…Benito Santiago would be proud…….

TIP OF THE CAP :
POSEY
Kids a player…..2 hits including a ringing opposite field double……he is hot and is staying hot….and when the league adjusts to him……well, he'll adjust back…..no need to worry about Posey's bat……

FSANCHEZ
3 hits in a return home, hey did you know this guy is a former all star and batting champ….and if he keeps this up, maybe he has a couple more of those accolades in his future……

JSANCHEZ
Got off track there a little after the error from Posey…..and maybe if the offense doesn't pick him up he gets a smack….but he bounced back and kept the Pirates in check long enough for the Giants to get back into it

HUFF
Love that homer…and love the reaction…..a little watch, the start of a styling flick of the bat……then catches himself drops the bat nonchalantly and proceeds to drop his head and make his way around the bases…..almost as if, hey I hit em like that all the time….no biggie…….

MOTA
Romo Who?

WILSON
With a little help from Torres…..clean inning, 2 K's

WHITESIDE
Solo Shot was large keeping the Giants in this, and recovered from the wild pitch to gun down the runner at 1st to end the game…..when did this guy learn to hit?.....hell this guy is turning into one of the best hitting backup catchers in the league….something tells me we have seen the last of Steve Holm….is Steve even in the org?

JOKER

PABLO

Giants put up 6 runs, hit 3 homers…..and Pablo had nothing, zilch, nada, nil to do with it….in fact Pablo turned in his 4 plate appearances in 7 at bats with a GIDP…..the fear from pitchers is long gone and they are attacking Pablo…..in his first AB he took a fastball down the pipe and then grounded out on a ball low and away……in his second AB he grounded out on a fastball down the pipe….in his 3rd AB he hit a ball hard for an out to center, and then in his last AB he took a fastball on the outside corner for a strike and then chased one low and in for a another easy grounder…..not sure how to diagnose whats going on with the Panda….he was having a hard time catching up to or laying off that fastball above the belt…now it seems he is having a hard time hitting pitches in the zone……the longer the slump goes the longer he is a FAT ASS JOKER…..but tomorrow is another day and if he starts hitting he will just be a BIG BONED SLUGGER……

SMACK OF THE STICK :
TORRES
0 for 4 with 2 k's……Déjà vu….but at least he brought the leather on that play in the 9th…….

POSEY
Dude, sure 1st base is a fairly new position…but you played infield most of your baseball life…..played yourself right into a in-between hop…..groundballs are instinct and practice……so throw that catchers gear in the dumpster and go take some grounders…..the way you are hitting you aren't heading back to Fresneck to "Learn how to catch" anytime soon…..

ROWAND
Meh…






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by merkin

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> ROCKS at GIANTS 06-01



its late and I got to get some sleep so I can function tomorrow….big day….and my fucking internet went down in the middle of this…..gonna be real short…..

GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> ROCKS at GIANTS 06-01

GAMEBALL

TORRES

OK OK I admit it….I got the Poster….the Life Size Blow up…..but I also got the lunchbox thermos combo and of course the Andres Torres Actin Figure…….complete with play bling and when you pull the string he takes playing time from Aaron Rowand…..HEY, its make believe……get your own at any of the Giants Dugout Locations…only $57.99



TIP OF THE CAP :
ZITO
Pitched well enough to get the win…..check that…..well enough to get a win for a team than can actually score

MOLINA
Play at the plate on the 57 hopper from Torres was beautiful, and the tag play on the throw from Sandoval cannot be taken for granted

SANCHEY
2 hits and worked 25 pitches….glass Freddy is looking like a Former All Star and Former Batting Champ…..Hey, who signed this guy?

HUFF
2 hits and still hasn’t screwed the pooch in left…..

SFROMSF JR
Welcome to the world my friend, may you live long enough to see a Giants World Series Championship......it could happen....he could live to be 157 years old....they are doing wonderful things with Medicine these days......

JOKER

PABLO

Wasn't I preaching patience yesterday??? Fuck that shit I am a fan and I am emotional and the MAIN MAN in the offense HAS to start hitting or we are cooked….Pablo took an 0 for 5 with 2 K's and ended the game on a DP…..people aren't buying those Panda heads cause you are charming and fun loving….they are buying cause you are charming and fun loving and HIT……get it together…….

SMACK OF THE STICK :
CASILLA
Well, worked his way into more high profile work….and then worked his way right back out again……

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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 thought 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..)




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