2016 WORLD SERIES OR BUST: The 2015 San Francisco Giants

Also I just realized that we really missed out on Zito going to the NYYs, where people could've talked about Zeets and Jeets.

hit by pitch on Pence's forearm not looking good, most likely a fracture.

D:

It's all on Belt for power now.

Confirmed, 6/8 weeks out.

shit. he was one of the three giants I liked.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_bbpJAWQAAUpA8.png

aww

at least you have jay mariotti

http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_27743954/giants-angel-pagan-gets-injection-back-stiffness

Damn, this is starting to sound serious.

how the Giants use metrics on defense

http://espn.go.com/blog/spring-training/post/_/id/2692/talk-to-me-the-giants-use-metrics-on-d

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBr6n5cUEAAxxEQ.jpg

Posey has started more opening days as a world champ than otherwise.

oh ffs

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2015/4/6/8357343/matt-cain-injury-giants-mri-elbow-forearm

Just got swept at home. Everything going according to plan so far!

you'll have the NL west right where you want it in 12 months

just don't tell madbum about the plan, he might be like kobe and not understand tanking

He barfed his last start (3IP, 5ER), so I think he's on board.

idk man he appears to be taking this too personally to be tanking https://twitter.com/mlbgifs/status/588904897371774976

the real question is will he start cursing out trumbo from the mound the way he does every time puig does like anything

yeah odd year etc.

taken from Brisbee: at the moment, we have no Pence, no Belt.

Well the one good surprise has been Chris Heston!

ok can mr. "i'm a millionaire who rides tractors & works with my hands & shit in commercials" red-assed tradition-humping madison fuckin bumgarner maybe like...never talk
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2015/04/27/madison-bumgarner-takes-a-big-swing-at-max-scherzer-over-comments-about-dh-rule/

What if he gets hurt washing his truck?

i mean he wouldnt be so snippy then maybe...eh he prob would

god, i hate baseball so much sometimes

god, i love it so much tho

how many pitchers get hurt batting per year?

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--VI8qbcNf--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1230212400113151522.gif

"you're not that fucking good, man"

lol DIS SHIT DONT STOP

glad the giants have their very own online hardman

who is the object of Madbum's correction?

alex guerrero, who had a completely routine pop flyout, did not do any of the stuff that usually gets his unwritten-rule-loving ass hot under the tractor

<3 madbum i don't care

i mean he fills the "asshole but he's our asshole" role that almost every team needs, not to mention pretty good at the whole pitching thing

oh God:

http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2015/4/29/8514889/madison-bumgarner-alex-guerrero

Deadspin helpfully points out through their lip-reading expertise that Bumgarner said, "You're not that fucking good, man. You're not that fucking good," apparently taking offense to Guerrero pirouetting as if he just missed a 450-foot homer.

One of my self-appointed specialties is grading unwritten rules. This falls under that jurisdiction. What we have here is a Dodgers player acting like he should have crushed a pitch that wasn't exactly down the middle, but one that he did just miss. We have some truths, here...

I totally understand where Bum is coming from (although I get why some people don't care for it.) Basically this rookie who hasn't earned anything yet, is trying to act like Bumgarner just got away with a pitch that he should be hitting into the bullpen. I guess I am old school but rookies shouldn't be doing that.

nope still not coming back but wanted to fix what happened.

Yeah, not really believing in Vogelsong this season.

xp the article is so much more measured! i think it's more of an "ahhhh, shit" move that guerrero made but w/e to each his/her own

Keep getting them out and chuckle quietly to yourself. There are so many bat flips in this world, so many actual slights. You don't need to look for perceived slights. It's a long season. Your blood pressure, Madison. Think about your blood pressure.

bat flips aren't slights AT ALL but i think that's brisbee being silly to make a point. the last graph is prob the best way to look at it.

Bumgarner doesn't suffer fools lightly. Another way to say that is that he is a Grade-A redass, probably the red-assiest player we've seen since Jeff Kent. It makes me roll my eyes. It makes me smile.

tbh MadBum is kinda embarrassing.

fuck him and the horse he rode in on

Yeah he really embarrassed the Giants last October.

it's okay we have Hunter Pence, the ying to madbum's yang.

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/4/29/8518935/hunter-pence-celebrate-international-dance-day-video-shake-booty

polyphonic otm

After much deliberation, I have decided to unveil my new DN.

An enemy or home team player's personality is generally a nonissue for me, unless we're talking a mouthy princess like Cole Hamels.

i enjoy the "odious" personalities when they upset fans/media for not having "class" or whatever.

madbum's transformation into (roid?) raging hulkamaniac is pretty awesome

lol the lacking class part is nbd as far as im concerned - the issue is the unwritten rule horseshit, that's so petty, not to mention if you're trying to be macho pettiness sort of cuts that right down

(not that you /should/ try and be ubermacho but like if that's his goal idk seems like doing it wrong)

wait people hate madbum now?

haha not hate he's just been going 0 to 100 real quick in baseball redass mode in a couple of back to back incidents

i don't hate him i just wanted to say the horse thing

hot heads are fun!

haha poly, fine

Don't walk back that horse, man.

i love this game.

6 innings left Bee

i know, might die by then

so i died

it was Peavy's pitch so it happens.

fucking three runs on two home runs

on a brighter note, it does sound like there are a lot of Giants fans there tonight.

Source: #RedSox finalizing a trade. Presumably De Aza. Not confirmed.

COULD BE A GIANT

this game is so big for the Giants and Bochy blew it by leaving Peavy in too long. i thought at first the pitch was OK but Peavy was on fums and Bochy should have made a move.

so depressed but we got a fifth outfielder i guess...

this game is going to kill me.

Marlon Byrd has been huge in his what 10 games since he has been here.

i should just turn this game off

nite

PREPARE FOR THE ALEJANDRO DE AZA ERA

Duffy with a starred play

this was a dumb challenge

Boch thrown out twice in two games

Lincecum done for the season, I have no idea what is going to happen of him

glue factory

or maybe just someplace where he can smoke doobs and scarf peanuts in peace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPnbxn58Oxo

wow that is legit incredible

I'm guessing the first baseman clipped the ball enough to change its path, and that's why Panik overshot it?

rip

Heck of a play.

one of the strangest games of the year.

RIP

congrats to whoever will be the new champion.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/giants-reliever-jeremy-affeldt-retiring-season-173029098--mlb.html

did y'all troo believerz read his (purportedly) self-penned SI bitchfest about mean people in philly and Playing The Right Way

i like Jeremy Affeldt take on things. i think he is right and that is not because i'm a Giants fan but interesting to hear from a 14-year major leaguer.

though i hate the phrase "taking food off my table." it is shut the fuck up, admit that you just bought less toys. you had no problem eating, hate that so much.

http://www.stack.com/2015/10/29/exclusive-aubrey-huff-mounts-an-mlb-comeback-after-battling-depression-injuries-and-3-years-away-from-the-game/?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral

I feel like Huff said some offensive shit on the radio recently that made me hate him but I can't remember