As long as Bumgarner starts in the Wild Card Game. The San Francisco Giants in 2017.

Which of these will happen first:

- Bumgarner will scream at an opposing batter.
- A .gif of Hunter Pence fighting seagulls make the first page of SB Nation.
- Matt Cain to the DL
- BeeOK will have a meltdown in this thread.
- Everyone realises Pablo Sandoval was the key to everything.

Jokes aside I'm bullish on this squad.

beeok meltdown for sure

ditto

Reds were pretty f-ing stupid to not sign Cueto. I see it as a mistake not unlike what the Cubs did with Maddux back in the 90s.

The fact that Cueto is the #2 says something about the Giants pitching. As long as him and Bumgarner stay healthy, they are going to be competitive.

Did they do any moves to improve the bullpen, that seems to be their big issue last couple years.

They paid a truckload for melancon

they got rid of sergio romo

they sent Will Smith to TJS.

Chris Marrero is the star of the game so far.

YAY, 2017 thread where i will keep my sanity. ILB will be so happy :-)

i have not even opened up ILB since the 8th inning of the last game.

wait, that is wrong. i did last week when USA won it all.

only game on right now. great pitching match up.

Bumgarner hits a home run in the first game.

classic MadBum game right now.

sadbum trombone

you have to be kidding me

MadBum goes deep again.

haha leading the majors in homeruns.

all they have to do is have him pitch 9 innings every game and they should be in good shape

i don't think i'm ready for baseball yet.

this game has been back and forth.

and two blown saves. :rolleyes:

I guess the answer to my earlier question is so far, no.

Among the players who hit fewer air balls at 110-plus in 2016 than Bumgarner did yesterday: Robinson Cano, Andrew McCutchen, Jay Bruce, Daniel Murphy, and Carlos Beltran.

playing better today, love watching Cueto.

Cueto is must watch. I was supposed to be there tonight had to cancel tho

https://twitter.com/sammillerbb/status/849445034554535936

that Cueto run was all-time.

Also, a 6 runs lead. Time to test the new bullpen guys.

Ive never wanted anything more in my life than this:
https://twitter.com/SFGiants/status/849323204627709952

Cueto is my favorite playing in MLB.

looking forward to watching Matt Moore tonight.

yeah Cueto is in my top 5, league-wide.

he'll have better games than last night, that being said.

huge strike out from Moore

Belt's kid is so cute and then dad hits a home run on cue

i';m going to drive ILB crazy ain't i?

"Same as it ever was"

my Talking Heads poll ruled!

it did!

I would move Panik up one spot in the lineup. He's been good over that small sample size. Wouldn't be surprised if it happened in the next series.

i hate Arizona, the place plays like a pinball machine.

i hate Arizona

I live here :(

I'm just a jealous canadian.

i don't hate the place, despite how red it is. i just hated this road trip and for five days. want to get the fuck out of dodge.

bottom of the NL west.

i hate San Diego, j/k. i expect to lose almost all Matt Cain's starts this year.

4 games behind the Diamondbacks.

Posey hit in the head? After Belt and Panik (I think?)

the Giants lose Posey for at least seven days, oh boy!

on a brighter note, let's win three in a row!

No Span, no Crawford and no Posey and Panik, who's been really good, is still hitting 8th.

i knew when they loaded the bases and didn't score the Giants were in trouble. Jeff giving up three runs the next half inning seems about right.

damn it, need two out of three and i don't feel good about going with Cain tomorrow.

Johnny Cueto is fun to watch pitch, he's got so many little ticks and tricks he does. He's got power, but he also has some guile.

don't expect to win with Cain but sheesh have to win a few games against these D-backs.

If Cain can give us two dozens games of that I'll be over the moon.

Bumgarner is 0 - 2 and win-less in three starts.

Cueto is must watch, entreating yet again tonight.

The Giants might not always win the championship in even years, but they always suck in odd years.

come on Giants

first and third with no outs and can't score. will now lose this game.

of course

i need to get off the internet

- BeeOK will have a meltdown in this thread.

― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, March 28, 2017 8:14 PM (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

off suicide watch

a win and Matt Cain pitched well?

must be dreaming

This is the second time it happened this season! Matt Cain is back!

how lucky can you get.

this team sucks. hitter, minor leaguer, hitter, minor leaguer. you are spending close to $200 million and this is what you have esp in Left field?

not having fun watching this year

bee its like two weeks into the season its ok

the left field problem is going to last all season. the rest i'm okay with. nothing like coors field to get your hitting groove back again.

btw christian arroyo is destroying triple-a rn, but idk where you'd put him because he's an infielder

BUMGARNER WTFFFFF

As long as Bumgarner stays off his dirt bike before the wild card game.

fuck, it's over

and the window is closing, we only have Cueto this year as he WIll opt out.

doesn't mean we can't resign him but so many teams will be in on it.

"Giants outfielder Melvin Upton Jr. has undergone surgery to repair a torn ligament in his thumb, GM Bobby Evans tells reporters including Andrew Baggarly of the Mercury News (via Twitter). He is expected to miss at least eight weeks of action."

lol,m they should just sell the player on this team, come back in two years

up three runs with Cueto on the hill should be OK but it's 2017 so they have to give up grand slams

I wish I wasn't a Giants fan so I could fully enjoy that Pence slip.

Instead, it's just misery.

i hate Coors, this is not real baseball

im out

You missed that Belt bomb.

Cueto will be 32 next winter, Bee, teams don't give big paydays to guys like that anymore

of course they do. look at Price, Lester, Greinke.

ok a few, i guess

(richies & AZ)

not arguing it's a good strategy, just that it's rather common.

This is not working.

nice move, DumBum.

not your best diss Morbs

signed,
your #1 fan

that might actually be his best diss

Arroyo and Stubbs in the squad.

Romo tonight in Dodger Blue at AT&T.

Arroyo is up. OK i can get excited about that.

Way to go Matt Cain.

mmm Cain's departure is weird, but that's a second good Cain game in a row and that's one of the few positive stories this month.

Buster Posey you beautiful georgian.

i'm backed out because i live the Los Angeles market and Dodgers TV...

i see that they won, with Matt Cain again?

yeah! he's been good, I'm telling you. However, now he might be injured.

what, really? of course it's 2017.

Now, let's talk cell-phone flashlights and the so-called "rally lights" at AT&T Park. Our Sam Whiting wrote about it here. It's cute. It's fun. And it's drawn the attention of the league, which has let the Giants know it's not completely kosher.

A major-league source told me that the umpires have been in contact with the league, which has contacted stadium officials to express its concern that an infielder could get hurt by losing a ball in those flashlights. These are not Hollywood Kleig lights by any means, but if you're standing at third base and a line drive comes at your head, it might be hard to distinguish the ball from those lights.

Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner complained about one light that was shining in his eyes Monday night. The umpires stopped the game briefly and had the customer flip off his light.

Now, this is not the No Fun League. Baseball has not told the Giants that fans cannot do the rally lights. But it wants the team to work with ushers in the sections between the bases behind the plate to get those lights turned off for safety reasons.

The last thing the league wants is to stop a game because of this. For one thing, officials understand that fans being fans, that'll only make them keep the lights on longer, at the expense of their cellphone batteries.

But, the umpires have the right to stop the game and take the drastic measure of ending it. If they do, Giants lose 9-0 by forfeit.

So, if an usher tells you to turn of your cellphone flash, it might be a good idea.

Henry Schulman is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer

welcome back Michael Morse.

not very excited about this but he is a good dude and makes the clubhouse fun.

Morse is a big apeman beast

(with DDD steroid tits, one infamous baseball blogger put it)

― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, July 29, 2014 8:09 PM (two years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i don't understand why the giants and angel pagan are shunning each other

if pagan can't get a deal now, he's not gonna get one at 36. and morse is like the giants' 10th outfielder already this season, and not much of one

i can't fucking watch but i just read. Michael Morse just hit a home run to tie the game.

Arroyo first home run: check

Michael Morse game tieing home run: check

bullpen fourshutout innings: check

Hunter Pence epic 10 pitch at bat (all high fast balls) sac fly winning out: check

PenceChrist

https://twitter.com/daynperry/status/502660171739705344

@BNightengale
The #SFGiants make the severity of Bumgarner's injury official, announcing that he will be out a minimum of 3 months, perhaps until August.

No respect for the game.

― Andy K, Friday, April 21, 2017 4:47 PM

of course

Jeff Samardzija first hit is a game tieing home run. 2-2

So I guess the Giants are as bad as they were in the second half of 2016, and unless they find a way to dramatically turn it around in May, it looks like they are going to be sellers. Cueto can opt out this summer, I guess this makes him a good trade target? I think the small core is there (the homegrown infield, Ty Blach, Moore, Bumgarner), everything else is a mess. Nunez and Span are combining for -0,6, that's two third of the infield for the next couple of months.

@SamHustis
Reporter: What will you do on your off days in Utah?
Steph Curry: I won't be riding a dirt bike

MadBum would shoot more threes.

Giants hammered Kershaw last night.

today the spot Matt Moore four runs, he then gives up six runs. just as a reminder that it's 2017.

they

so apparently they are playing this game on a local channel called KTLA tonight. not even sure i want to watch this horror.

1 - 1

Giants vs Dodgers

more like it

expect the Giants aren't that good this year, really depressing

relax plz Bee

I would like to be a Giants fan but this thread is so radioactive.

Won a series! In LA!

i saw that last Dodger rally at 2a.m. ET, was hoping BOK wasn't watching

i will quit. sorry everyone, baseball is a daily thing and i need to express myself everyday about it. i know ILB is not a place for that and i was using Bags board to post but Mercury News has shut it down so i came back here this year. The Giants are having a horrible start to 2017, so i have been especially bittier about it. again sorry, not my intent.

this is not looking good. double digits leads by the reds, two nights in a row.

Bleh. I believed we could get this one.

I've had enough of Nunez. I don't understand how we went in this season without a proper left field plan.

last night was brutal. finally get some extra base action from pence/posey and then....

Posey walk off. 17 innings and the bullpen kept it together.

Buster hitting like he is Mike Trout these days.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DADuVGWVYAAuF54.jpg:large

ILB is so boring without me

i will try to behave

the Giants are on a roll and not upset with this club as i used to be.

took two out of three against the Cards and in the middle of a four game series at the Cubs

tie game, just happened

man i really don't like the Cubs. i do think it was great that they won after over 100 years ect but this team is not likable

baseball is such a strange sport, there really is nothing better. i think what does it for me is the day to day aspect of it. life is day to day and so when a game happens almost everyday it is a rhythm that can't be matched...plus you get mad or happy but a new day is always different.

(just to be clear, i was being sarcastic in that first post) i have been taking a break, so i really don't know.

Love Affeldt in the booth, but he could lay off the umps a bit.

you would think playing the Brave you could win some games but being 9 games under .500 is like fools gold.

what do fans think of this Christian Arroyo thing?

i think they should send him down to AAA to get some seasoning, as they say, and come back a more polished rookie.

Christian Arroyo: .191 Ave .242 OPS .304 SLG 14 RBI

as he flies out to Right, now those numbers are a bit lower

Harper-Strickland bench clearing Memorial Day brawl

This regarded...the 2014 NLDS?

Posey picked an odd moment to head toward the mound.

Apparently Strickland can't let 2014 go. Beamed Harper with the first pitch. And he had a great inning to that point.

Apparently Strickland can't let 2014 go. Beamed Harper with the first pitch. And he had a great inning to that point.

Don't talk to me or my son ever again. pic.twitter.com/cnKrGBtRfL

— Molly Knight (@molly_knight) May 29, 2017

Hunter Strickland's day:

1) Exact revenge for sucking three years ago.
2) Spur brawl where teammates collide.
3) Fight other teammates. pic.twitter.com/vvVSgdOmx7

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) May 30, 2017

even worse cuz you know getting to slug some shitty reliever who beaned you because of your awesomeness is the ultimate Bryce Harper fantasy

wow strickland is a dipshit

so I hear posey is a bad bad man now

what a stupid thing this thing is

Strickland is such a lame

loved posey's reaction

in retrospect i can't believe i ever saw buster posey as a decent human being, all the signs were there

wait what happened i must have missed something

the only real question now is how bad is he? just a bad egg? a bad seed? a bad grape? all three?

buster posey's bad now xp

Buster is a saint

Posey was just thinking, this is stupid. no way am i getting involved with this nonsense from three years ago.

i see suspensions have come down:

Strickland- 6
Harper - 4

I hope Harper appeals it down to about 2 or 3 innings.

samardzija is not a guy i'd want to have charging at me like he was at harper. dude was an all-american receiver in college

(also having a really nice season btw)

glad we can all agree that posey's a bad nut and it's time to fire bochy

Morse to concussion list.

Let's open up this pit.

remember when giants fan bee ok said the cubs weren't likeable

Boy when was the last time the Giants had a lead like that?

I'm in favor of getting rid of Strickland.

cowardly half measure. posey and bochy have to go. everyone knows it, giants fans know it, just admit it.

First we take Bumgarner, then we take Bochy.

Welcome, Sam Dyson.

i don't understand this move but hey.

would love to remind everyone that Bumgarner is still a more valuable contributor to the offense than all but four players on this squad. one of which is Austin Slater.

Slater is a rookie with 29 PA.

Patiently waits for next year's draft*

i now want them to lose every game. i want to make sure Bobby Evens does not make a move to try and better this team before the deadline. i want that high draft pick and also want them to sell.

Agreed (but if Posey could continue padding that HOF resumé, perfect.)

i also love the Slater kid, he is probably a keeper.

Really believed we had this one.

How many times did a walk off completed a cycle?

they should have won three out of four but, of course, they lost all four instead.

Austin Slater has been fun to watch. i usually tune out and put the game on my phone, when he comes up i tune in.

best Giants news all year:

http://www.csnbayarea.com/press/nbc-sports-bay-area-launches-giants-outsiders-monday-june-26-hosted-grant-brisbee-and-therese

NBC Sports Bay Area (@NBCSAuthentic), “Home of the Authentic Giants Fan,” today announced the launch of Giants Outsiders...

Giants Outsiders, hosted by Grant Brisbee (@mccoveychron) and Therese Viñal (@ThereseVinal), provides viewers with an entertaining and fresh take on the game with insightful analysis and spirited commentary, and emphasizes viewer interaction via fan engagement on a number of social media platforms:..

Grant Brisbee has been the lead writer for McCovey Chronicles , a Giants-themed site, since 2005, and he has served as a national baseball writer for SB Nation since 2011. Brisbee has been featured as a Giants correspondent for MLB Now on MLB Network, and he is a frequent guest on KNBR radio.

i read Brisbee daily, so very excited about this. i also have this package for free for the remainder of the baseball season on DirecTV.

Monday

June 26

vs

Colorado Rockies

Tuesday

June 27

vs

Colorado Rockies

Friday

July 7

vs

Miami Marlins

Saturday

July 8

vs

Miami Marlins

Friday

July 14

at

San Diego Padres

Monday

July 17

vs

Cleveland Indians

Tuesday

July 18

vs

Cleveland Indians

Friday

July 21

vs

San Diego Padres

Monday

July 24

vs

Pittsburgh Pirates

Tuesday

July 25

vs

Pittsburgh Pirates

Monday

July 31

at

Oakland A's

Tuesday

August 1

at

Oakland A's

Wednesday

August 2

vs

Oakland A's

Thursday

August 3

vs

Oakland A's

Friday

August 4

vs

Arizona Diamondbacks

Tuesday

August 8

vs

Chicago Cubs

Friday

August 18

vs

Philadelphia Phillies

Monday

August 21

vs

Milwaukee Brewers

Tuesday

August 22

vs

Milwaukee Brewers

Monday

August 28

at

San Diego Padres

Tuesday

August 29

at

San Diego Padres

Friday

September 1

vs

St. Louis Cardinals

Monday

September 11

vs

Los Angeles Dodgers

Tuesday

September 12

vs

Los Angeles Dodgers

Wednesday

September 13

vs

Los Angeles Dodgers

Friday

September 15

vs

Arizona Diamondbacks

Tuesday

September 19

vs

Colorado Rockies

Friday

September 29

vs

San Diego Padres

thanks

that was for my reference, except the formatting screwed up. just excited about Grant on TV.

thank you

nailed it

Lmao

Brisbee is definitively one of the reasons I went from being interrested in 2012 Giants into a regular baseball fan.

This team is not winning another baseball game in 2017.

lol

i have never seen anything like this, head scratching. i just feel they made a deal with the devil but boy are they paying for it in 2017

this is pretty funny:
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2017/6/26/15872204/grant-brisbee-tv-star-nbc-sports-bay-area-debuts-giants-outsiders

three in a row! man are the Rockies having issues.

yeah 3 in a row! sunglasses emoji*

Can't wait for Arroyo, Slater, Blach etc to gel. Giants are never in the top 10 of the prospect lists but hey, something in development works.

mad b is pitching in sacramento tonight

not to mention an offensive http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2011/09/mind_blown.gif in pittsburgh

I'm bullish for the playoffs let's go.

five in a row, i feel like this is a completely different team. thou when you walk 10 you don't deserve to win in extras on a 1:1 tie into the 10th.

The Average Sports Fan: How were so many people so wrong about the Giants?

Jeff Sullivan: I don’t really know what we’re supposed to learn, here. Crawford forgot how to hit, Pence forgot how to hit, and Bumgarner forgot how to practice responsible dirt-biking safety habits

some minor leaguer hit two homers off bumgarner in one inning last night

cueto - 6ip 6h 6er 6bb

Bumgarner tomorrow, probably the most important event for these 2017 Giants.

need this guy more than just about anyone not named Posey.

He ought to ride out to the mound on an ATV.

these 2017 giants have no important events beyond making trades

to non-Giants fans that's valid. for us fans, we need to find out if he is damaged or not.

there have been few things i have enjoyed more in my sports life than 2010, 2012 and 2014 World Championships.

the release of the Panda today is having an impact on my mood. that and Pendleton i have been drinking.

there have been few things i have enjoyed more in my sports life than 2010, 2012 and 2014 World Championships.

― Winter Is Coming (Bee OK), Friday, July 14, 2017 10:09 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

please never change

there have been few things i have enjoyed more in my sports life than 2010, 2012 and 2014 World Championships.

― Winter Is Coming (Bee OK), Friday, July 14, 2017 10:09 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there have been few things i have enjoyed more in my sports life than 2010, 2012 and 2014 World Championships.

― Winter Is Coming (Bee OK), Friday, July 14, 2017 10:09 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there have been few things i have enjoyed more in my sports life than 2010, 2012 and 2014 World Championships.

― Winter Is Coming (Bee OK), Friday, July 14, 2017 10:09 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there have been few things i have enjoyed more in my sports life than 2010, 2012 and 2014 World Championships.

― Winter Is Coming (Bee OK), Friday, July 14, 2017 10:09 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there have been few things i have enjoyed more in my sports life than 2010, 2012 and 2014 World Championships.

― Winter Is Coming (Bee OK), Friday, July 14, 2017 10:09 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there have been few things i have enjoyed more in my sports life than 2010, 2012 and 2014 World Championships.

― Winter Is Coming (Bee OK), Friday, July 14, 2017 10:09 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there have been few things i have enjoyed more in my sports life than 2010, 2012 and 2014 World Championships.

― Winter Is Coming (Bee OK), Friday, July 14, 2017 10:09 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

leave me alone qualx, thanks!

sry bud ilu

the Giants did not sell out tonight, breaking a 530 game streak. it started in 2010.

Pence with the game of thrones walk up song.

Everything makes sense if Bee OK ends being Hunter.

Thursday is GoT Hunter Pence bobblehead night.

Everything makes sense if Bee OK ends being Hunter.

<3

messed that up, try again-

Pence with the game of thrones walk up song.

Everything makes sense if Bee OK ends being Hunter.

― Winter Is Coming (Bee OK)

Sandoval came back today

Giants had to claw and fight but they did win today, coincidence?

oh i meant to say in extra innings too

Nunez is hugging everyone, have not heard yet what happened.

the jellicle choice has been made, he is ready to ascend

i think Madison Bumgarner is going to be alright.

one positive from this dreadful year.

Two series wins in a row things are lookin up!

as long as bumgarner starts in the wild card game

WS champs 2017 baby

this made me laugh:

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/pablo-sandoval-says-struggled-boston-heart-s-f-210626441.html

At the end of the day, I just never felt comfortable in Boston. It had nothing to do with the organization, or my teammates, or the fans, or the city. Everybody was great to me. I think it was just something that happens sometimes — you don’t feel comfortable somewhere, or you don’t fit in, even if you’re in a place you chose to be.
In Boston, I was lost. It just never felt like home. And then I got released, and it was the worst feeling. I knew it was coming, but when it actually happened, it felt worse than I had even imagined it would. I felt like my career was over — like everything I had worked for my whole life was just … you know … done. All the great memories. All the great times you have playing this game. And one day, it can all be gone like that.
I had the greatest times of my life in San Francisco. And when I chose to leave, I left the special group of guys that I had shared those times with. I left behind the chemistry I had built with my teammates. I left behind a dynasty.
And I think that’s another reason I struggled so much the last couple of years: Because every day I spent in Boston, my heart was still back in San Francisco.

don't believe him at all, he is just playing nice these days.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHXZaqFW0AEgUSV.jpg

Cueto makes Giants baseball so much better. hope the next four years is not a waste.

did he hit bader on purpose because he yelled wooo in the dugout too loudly after hitting his first ever HR?

#drama

Cueto v Kershaw tonight and it is on regular TV tonight so i can watch.

i forgot for a moment it was 2017.

Just wow 🙌🏾#AfricanAmericanHeritage | #SFGiants pic.twitter.com/ttTJuGfUQu

— San Francisco Giants (@SFGiants) September 14, 2017

bee ok do not read this

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-san-francisco-giants-baseballs-biggest-disappointment/

Thank you Matt Cain, it has been a absolute pleasure.

i just read that NA, needs to be said. it was such a disappointing year and they are not going to rebuild.

i guess that what happens when you make a deal with the devil.

Grant Brisbee did an excellent piece to say goodbye to Matt Cain:

https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2017/9/30/16390980/matt-cain-sf-giants-retirement-final-start

Another piece by Brisbee -- my mind is blown by the Moneyball tweet (scroll down near the end).

https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2017/9/27/16375384/matt-cain-sf-giants-retirement

must be something in my eye

wow:

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/03/giants-manager-bruce-bochy-to-undergo-another-heart-procedure/

Affeldt was the executive producer on a christian movie lol.