Giants come calling
by Phil Gurnee on Sep 19, 2011 10:20 PM PDT
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Printas the hottest team in baseball with eight straight victories as they try to make a last ditch climb toward the Division title or Wild card. The attempt will run out of gas at the ravine as the Giants hopes will leave just as empty as the Union Station gas pumps.
How did this team that struggled so much in August to the tune of a 11 - 18 record get so hot? First off, that guy they traded for got healthy, and has gone into full Beltre contract mode with an OPS of 1.264 in Sept. The Giants have six players with a wOBA over.400 so far in Sept. Carlos Beltran, Brett Pill, Pablo Sandoval, Cody Ross, Mark DeRosa and ????????
1st Base - Aubrey Huff, Brandon Belt, Mark DeRosa, and Brett Pill have all seen time at 1st base in Sept, and they have an wOBA ranging from .331 to .496. Belt is not the rookie having the most impact, that role belongs to little heralded Brett Pill.
2nd Base - Jeff Keppinger is having an awful month putting up a line only Justin Sellers could hope to with a TSL of .182 / .233 / .236.
SS - Tejada was not answer, Crawford was not the answer, Orlando Cabrera was not the answer. So back to Crawford they went, and lo an behold he has been the answer in Sept with a TSL of .259 / .333 / .407. It ain't much but compared what they had been getting, it is plenty enough.
3rd - Pablo Sandoval is capping off his comeback season with a huge September with the fifth best wOBA in baseball at .491, derived from his Sept TSL of .364 / .413 / .836. He wouldn't be left off the 2011 starting playoff team if they somehow happen to make it.
C - Chris Stewart, Hector Sanchez, and Eli Whiteside are splitting time with Stewart providing some offense. This team could really use a Posey.
LF - Cody Ross is banging in Sept just like he did in the playoffs last year. Four home runs, and a .974 OPS in Sept attest to his resurgence.
CF - Dead Zone or in LA we call that the Uribe Zone
RF - No one is laughing at this trade now, it may be to late but Beltran has done his share of the heavy lifting. He's been the 3rd best hitter in baseball in Sept based on his wOBA of .523. Overall Beltran has now hit better as a Giant then he did as a Met and he was damn good as a Met.
Comeback player of the year, Beltran, Sandoval, or Matt Kemp?
Game One - Another classic matchup between Lincecum and Kershaw. I'm going to assume you all know all you need to know about them.
Game Two - Ryan Vogelsong against Dana Eveland - If you want offense this might be the game to see.
Game Threee - Bumgarner is already the GIants best pitcher, the talented lefthander will be dueling Kershaw for years to come but on the last home game of the year for the Dodgers he will get Kuroda.
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Let’s continue the hit parade. Go Dodgers!!!
by Skunkburner on Sep 19, 2011 10:28 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
If the Giants actually make the postseason, I am gonna go into full Fuck you, Beltran mode.
I’m still not exactly sure what a Zack Wheeler is, but I know I want it to make Giant fans rue Beltran for a generation.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
So long as that dynamite blows up in the Giants’ face, I’m good.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 19, 2011 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
The Giants will feel not very good about what they’ve done, but then the dynamite will blow up in the Mets face, so the Giants will feel vindicated somewhat.
If you’ve told us once, you’ve told us twice.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
If he ends up balancing the Mets’ books for Scott Kazmir — who woulda really helped them during their epic collapses — then blows up, I’m all good.
magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.
quis enim, consortes mei, non fateatur
by Humma Kavula on Sep 19, 2011 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Pick any ending you want as long as they all end badly?
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 20, 2011 7:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Going to tomorrow's game
I’m stoked for yet another Kershaw-Lincecum matchup
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Off topic question.
I just read <a href=heah > that Mike Trout is a bad-assly 80 on the 20/80 speed scale. What’s Dee? 85?
oh, and let’s get those two dudes to race each other
"A human's need to goof around is as essential to said human as the Schumann Resonance, the spirit of the chase, and the need to poo." - Goofucius
Trout is not as fast as Gordon
But he is fast
by Julio Nievas on Sep 20, 2011 5:47 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
trying to make a fish joke and they are all bad
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 20, 2011 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Pimping: Not Difficult
New fanpost up about the Bowling Night this Friday. I’ll be pimping it the next few days in the comments so if you could either green those comments so people see them or rec the fanpost to the top (mods stick it at the top of the page when one of tomorrow’s threads gets long, hmmmmmmmm?) Either way, thanks to those who decide to come out, if you read these articles but don’t post, you’re of course more than welcome to come. TBLA events are a great way to meet the people behind the screen names and make it feel more like a family and community than just pixels and syntax.
http://www.truebluela.com/2011/9/19/2437068/tbla-bowling-this-friday-friday-friday-9-23
by G.Scott on Sep 20, 2011 7:03 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
tempting
Mrs HJ is busy on Friday…..lemme see if I can swing it
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 20, 2011 7:31 AM PDT up reply actions
The only thing I have left when it comes to college football is the game itself
I can sit my ass down in front of a TV and watch just about any game and love it. I can watch 3 games in a row on a saturday
anything beyond the game? the bcs, bowls, champion, conferences, it exhaust me. I long for simplicity, stability, with a semblance of fairness. But stability most of all, so I don’t have to follow the developments as they happen, but over time will know exactly what is going on
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 20, 2011 7:36 AM PDT up reply actions
the funny thing is, TCU and Louisville actually fit geographically with the Big 12, and Cincinnati and SFU wouldn’t be too bad. The schools that would have been stretches are leaving for the atlantic coast…..
but the article just glanced over the basketball implications, which affects seven schools!
by Josie Becker on Sep 20, 2011 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions
You guys have to read Chad's new story on Loney
http://www.chadmoriyama.com/2011/09/james-loneys-late-surge-regression-to-the-mean-or-legitimate-growth/#.Tnie2cuy3pA.twitter
by Julio Nievas on Sep 20, 2011 7:44 AM PDT via mobile reply actions 2 recs
Chad's always so detailed with this stuff
awesoke
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 20, 2011 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions
There is also a FanShot on the front page linking that excellent Chad article
which is a must-read. Here is his conclusion from his thorough analysis:
What is clear though is that Loney has changed his approach and swing over the last two months in a way that has drastically affected his hit distribution and production. As such, the possibility does exist that his numbers could improve significantly in 2012 if the changes he has made carry over on a consistent basis.
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The Gnats really have 3 comeback player candidates
and Ryan “I refuse to play for the Dodgers” Vogelsong may be the most legit one. Panda 2nd. imho.
I hope they are eligible to win comeback player again in 2013.
And hey, at least Dodgers can basically knock Giants out of NL West race in this series, right?
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Vogelsong is not eligible, you have to have been something to get a comeback award. The only thing Vogelsong has been upto this point in his career was fungible.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Is that true? Didn't know the rules were that strict.
He was in the major leagues last year (through July, then in the minors). But yeah, guess you have to be coming back from something, and he hadn’t been much til this year other than disappointing.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
Maybe the bogus MLB comeback award will work for him
The Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award is presented by Major League Baseball (MLB) to the player who is judged to have “re-emerged on the baseball field during a given season.”1 The award was developed in 2005, as part of a sponsorship agreement between MLB and Viagra.1 In 2005 and 2006 representatives from MLB and MLB.com selected six candidates each from the American (AL) and National Leagues (NL) and one winner for each league was selected via an online poll on MLB.com.[
But the Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sporting_News_Comeback_Player_of_the_Year_Award
is what I remember with Nomar being the last Dodger to win the award.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I think you mean Boner MLB Comeback Award, given the sponsor.
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
just made my pick
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 20, 2011 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Community fans: Did you know the show was actually a sexy thriller?
Pretty brilliant!
There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers/Lakers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants/Warriors country, and damned proud of it.
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lmao
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
I don’t find this particularly funny. What a dick move.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I really don’t think it was intentional. The intern was laughing about it afterwards.
by Michael White on Sep 20, 2011 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions
If you don’t have the skill to throw a ball without hitting somebody in the face, then don’t throw a ball.
I’m ok with sounding like a fuddy-duddy on this.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
It just makes him look like an idiot because he can't throw apparently
If it was in the nuts, I’d feel worse.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
he is a celebrating linebacker for gods sakes
I am sure he can throw better than me or you
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 20, 2011 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions
All fun and games until someone loses an eye:)
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
maybe the intern is really the clubbie who forgot to put a clean towel in his locker
that makes it even better
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 20, 2011 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions
i didn’t think it hit him in the face, and that he was just trying to throw the ball at the camera/home crowd.
And, yet, he hit a dude in the head/face/neck at point-blank range and then proceeded with his taunting celebration without immediate contrition at least.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I agree. he should have had a statement prepared and handy. I think every MLB hitter should offer a personal apology to everyone who gets hit by a foul ball. If they were good enough, they would have hit the ball fair.
Yes, that is exactly analogous.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
He screwed up and didn’t apologize half a second later because his brain was probably still thinking “did I just hit that guy? Shit.” I mean if he kept flexing afterwards it’s a dick move, but don’t judge it by that gif.
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by regfairfield on Sep 20, 2011 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions
"Yeah, but you can lose an eye! Really, you can!"
- Stuart Scott
by The Dude Abides on Sep 20, 2011 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
So hurting people (either on purpose or by negligence) is cool as long as it isn’t life-threatening?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Dr. Jeter never made a throw like that
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Sep 20, 2011 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
I think it's more of a "love the sinner, hate the sin" type of thing
No one’s condoning him hitting the dude, but don’t just assume he’s a horrible person because of it.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 20, 2011 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
All of a sudden, referring to something as a “dick move” is a character judgment? I don’t even know who the guy is. I do not know, or claim to know, anything about his character, but I stand by my assertion that this was a dick move and is not acceptable.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Not acceptable
made me chuckle. You must be a teacher.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Sep 20, 2011 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Uh, yeah, kinda.
calling it a dick move makes the assumption that you think he did it on purpose, or at least doesn’t care that he did it. If you had said “bonehead move” or something similar, that sounds more like you’re condemning the act rather than the person.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 20, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Just sayin'...
http://www.truebluela.com/2011/5/23/2186871/dodgers-5-23-11-minor-league-report#67997703
http://www.truebluela.com/2011/6/6/2207344/dodgers-6-5-11-minor-league-report#68961023
http://www.truebluela.com/2010/11/18/1822932/tbla-before-the-sun-sets#52335719
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
so you think fielder charging the dodgers clubhouse
was possibly an accident? I don’t get it.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
(golf clap)
I’m actually quite impressed you found all these comments of me calling someone a dick
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 20, 2011 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions
none of which are actually analogous
to this situation
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I'm sure nolij
will find a way to blame derek jeter for this whole kerfuffle.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
I prefer the winter white Kerfuffle, but for value pricing you can beat the summer black kerfuffles or maybe even just a bit of kerfuffle oil
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 20, 2011 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Just think of what he actually had to search to come up with those results...
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
This is going to say like the gayest thing ever
Did you search “tommy blackjack dick”?
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
it really doesn't hurt that much to get hit
by a football thrown that hard.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
“I disagree” – Chuck Knoblauch
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Sep 20, 2011 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't think he meant to do it
Just the way it all unfolds is pretty funny. It’s a dick move to throw the ball like an idiot like that, but no harm no foul i’m sure.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
It seems to have hit the camera, not the guy who turned away. It doesn’t look to have gone anywhere near that guy in the end.
It clearly hits the guy in the white jacket, bounces off him, and hits the camera man.
by Michael White on Sep 20, 2011 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
this is killing me
I can’t help but laugh whenever someone gets hit in the head
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 20, 2011 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Since this is the pimp thread don’t forget to check out Dodger SF and her good cause.
http://www.truebluela.com/2011/9/20/2437746/leukemia-lymphoma-society-half-marathon
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Sep 20, 2011 8:44 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
these are actually the mornings that I used to love to surf
sky and sea become one on the horizon, dead calm winds turns the ocean to glass, sharp reflections on the surface your form mirrored all around you. Waves appear out of the mist, rolling forward with nonchalance and power, the roars of the surf cloaked behind you as you stare out into the sea looking for yours
but today I sit, half dead and half alive, an aging man old before my days, my purpose thwarted by commerce and competition
who will love me now?
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 20, 2011 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions
nice - a favorite poet of mine is Han Shan, and this is one of the best
I think a lot about the days of my youth
When I went hunting in the broad
uplands.
I had no wish for government jobs;
You couldn’t have tempted me with the
life of the gods.
Galloping like the wind on my white
horse,
I shouted at the hares and loosed my
hawks on them.
Then, before I knew it, things went to
pieces.
Now who would bother with an old man?
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 20, 2011 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
If you are "half dead and half alive"
then my split is even worse, maybe 60% dead, 40% alive. Yeesh.
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well if you were all dead, there'd be only one thing we could do
go through your clothes and look for loose change.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Sep 20, 2011 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions
I love this weather
I’m done with Summer. Bring on some cold & wet weather
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
it’s LA, you act like this is a permanent season : )
by Josie Becker on Sep 20, 2011 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m learning about gnosticism instead!!
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
by Maddz on Sep 20, 2011 9:55 AM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
No wonder you were all over my Plato droppings yesterday
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 20, 2011 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
All Roto Dud Team
First Team Pos Batter YTD$ Pre$ +/- === =========== ==== ==== ==== C Mauer,Joe -$ 1 $28 -$29 1B Morneau,Just -$ 8 $24 -$32 3B Alvarez,Pedro -$12 $19 -$31 2B Figgins,Chone -$11 $17 -$28 SS Ramirez,Hanley $ 7 $37 -$30 OF Crawford,Carl $10 $41 -$31 OF Choo-Shin-Soo $ 3 $28 -$25 OF Heyward,Jason $ 0 $25 -$25 DH Dunn,Adam -$13 $17 -$30
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
The concept of negative money in fantasy confuses me in general, but how can a catcher that hits .287 be worth negative money?
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Sep 20, 2011 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Helped one category, killed in runs, rbi’s, hr.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Still the average league needs 24 catchers so something like Yorvit Torrealba is replacement level…who I guess from a fantasy perspective was slightly better than Joe Mauer.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Sep 20, 2011 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions
the older I get, the more comfortable I get with what I do not know
there is just too much to know
We are men, we are large, we contain multitudes
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 20, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions
That looks painfully like one of my teams.
Good thing I have another team full of pretty much every star rookie player.
cal. lakers. dodgers. packers. chelsea.
vols. rangers. galaxy.
If this is the pimp thread
I’d like to pimp my LA history blog. I need folk to tell me what I forgot/got wrong.
How do you want
to get suggestions/corrections/additions?
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
It’s a blog. You can comment there. Josie reads it. (I commented the first day. She replied. I had no idea it had grown so amazingly so quickly since then.) So far not too many other people read it so commenting is reasonably private. ;-)
yeah the blogger software is fairly easy to use, since they were bought by Google. I just wrote a long post on Hollywood, in the two hours since I last posted. I got really worked up about all the lost girls in the 20s.
by Josie Becker on Sep 20, 2011 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't seem to comment there
Probably a work firewall thing.
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by David Young on Sep 20, 2011 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Roto All-Stars - Per BaseballHQ.com
Here are the 2011 fantasy all-stars:
First Team Second Team
Pos Batter YTD$ Pre$ +/- | Batter YTD$ Pre$ +/-
= === == == == | === == == ====
C Avila,Alex $16 $ 4 +$12 | Napoli,Mike $19 $11 +$ 8
1B Hosmer,Eric $18 $ 1 +$17 | Trumbo,Mark $15 $ 2 +$13
3B Bautista,Jose $34 $20 +$14 | Bonifacio,E $18 $ 7 +$11
2B Roberts,Ryan $13 $ 1 +$12 | Young,Michael $28 $21 +$ 7
SS Peralta,Jhonny $17 $ 9 +$ 8 | Cabrera,Asdru $21 $15 +$ 6
OF Granderson,C $38 $14 +$24 | Cabrera,Melky $29 $11 +$18
OF Kemp,Matt $48 $26 +$22 | Francoeur,Jef $24 $ 9 +$15
OF Gordon,Alex $30 $11 +$19 | Ellsbury,Jaco $44 $31 +$13
DH Ortiz,David $26 $14 +$12 | Berkman,Lance $22 $11 +$11
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
game threeee
Simply doesn’t have enough Es.
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
by Maddz on Sep 20, 2011 9:50 AM PDT via iPhone app reply actions
Damn
figures tonight’s pitching match-up would fall on Tuesday. It will be painful watching on Gameday. Unless someone can hook me up with a slingbox connection real quick!?!
Mama’s got a squeeze box
She wears on her chest
And when Daddy comes home
He never gets no rest
‘Cause she’s playing all night
And the music’s all right
Mama’s got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night
Well the kids don’t eat
And the dog can’t sleep
There’s no escape from the music
In the whole damn street
‘Cause she’s playing all night
And the music’s all right
Mama’s got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night
She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
Cause’ she’s playing all night
And the music’s all right
Mama’s got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night
She goes, squeeze me, come on and squeeze me
Come on and tease me like you do
I’m so in love with you
Mama’s got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night
She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
‘Cause she’s playing all night
And the music’s all right
Mama’s got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Sep 20, 2011 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions
She doesn’t wear her vagina on her chest.
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by David Young on Sep 20, 2011 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions
This could be the game that tips the Cy Young.
20th win
Beats the hottest team in baseball
Basically would knock the Giants out of postseason contention
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
against Lincecum again
yes – will carry weight
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 20, 2011 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions
If Stubhub is any indication
people want to see this game
tickets are going, prices not dropping
I think the code for tonight at Dodgers.com must be UCLA or Bruins
I got 2 field tickets near the foul poul in right for 50 bucks after fees
Haven’t checked today though
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
holy shit
Tickets on the field level are going for 150 or more that we got for 20 bucks each yesterday.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Hope Vinny gets his big UCLA crowd
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Sep 20, 2011 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
using Bruins you can get cheap seats on Lodge for 26 bucks on dodgers.com
by Hollywood Joe on Sep 20, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
Dylan Hernandez has a feature on the not-so-farfetched comparison of Kershaw and Koufax.
Loved this, from Don Newcombe:
“You don’t ever replace a Sandy Koufax; you don’t emulate a Sandy Koufax,” Newcombe said. “But I believe, if you can believe with me, that you will see very soon with the Dodgers another left-hander that parallels maybe a Sandy Koufax in Clayton Kershaw.”
The Giants have six players with a wOBA over.400 so far in Sept. Carlos Beltran, Brett Pill, Pablo Sandoval, Cody Ross, Mark DeRosa and ????
Crawford?
Bumgarner?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
No, but on the right track
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Sep 20, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Cain?
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Yup
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Sep 20, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
3 for 11 with a home run
.413 wOBA
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Sep 20, 2011 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
I went to a game earlier this season and saw them taking BP. Cain and Bumgarner were putting on a serious power display. Their round was right after I think Huff and Burrell and the pitchers were not just hitting more out, but hitting them deeper. Zito maybe hit 20% out of the infield though.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
No
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Sep 20, 2011 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
From Mark Simon at ESPN
Stat of the day: Clayton Kershaw can be 1st #Dodgers pitcher to beat #Giants 5 times since Don Newcombe in 1951 w/ win tonight.
Just another feather in his cap
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Sep 20, 2011 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Thank the lord.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Sep 20, 2011 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
What a dick move
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
by mleadman on Sep 20, 2011 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
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