they lost morse, acquired aoki and mcgee.3rd base coach/awesome dude tim flannery retired.
cain is back
hopefully we'll get a full season of belt, pagan, and panic.
but yeah the rest of the division is looking stronger. padres-wise i'm praying for a 2012 marlins/2013 jays style epic collapse
― brimstead, Thursday, 19 February 2015 19:20 (nine years ago) link
But beyond the sudden lack of power, the big concern is going to be the front end of the rotation: Does Bum still have an arm left, how's Cain coming off of multiple surgeries, Hudson's surgery and lol old, Peavy kinda lol old, the ongoing Lincecum-grasping-at-straws saga, etc.
― Hollinger Escape Plan (Leee), Thursday, 19 February 2015 19:21 (nine years ago) link
yeah starting rotation is most worrying. they're gonna burn that bullpen out if they even make it to the playoffs
― brimstead, Thursday, 19 February 2015 19:23 (nine years ago) link
aw marco, i remember you, you were aight on the chicken and beer 2011 red sox
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 19 February 2015 19:26 (nine years ago) link
surprised they didnt put hudson in the pen and start petit
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 19 February 2015 19:27 (nine years ago) link
Bochy has the occasional Veteran's Manager streak that crops up, like his insistence on starting Vogelsong last year (who's pretty much guaranteed to be a long man in the bullpen this year though). Plus he sez he likes using Petit as a secret weapon, and IIRC he was hit or miss (pun!) as a starter last year -- only 12 starts, though.
― Hollinger Escape Plan (Leee), Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:53 (nine years ago) link
The Giants have resigned Romo also, bullpen still awesome in general.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 19 February 2015 23:53 (nine years ago) link
It will be interesting to see if Tim Lincecum is able to find a way to be effective. I think the big thing for him to have that second wave would be learning how to change speeds well and work counts with batters. I think the goal is to be a 200+ inning eater type starter, just pitch smart and keep your club in games. I'd think Bronson Arroyo is a recent starter with a funky delivery that was pretty much by being able to change speeds and pitch with guile that had that kind of success. Orel Hershiser also had kind of a funky delivery and was able to reinvent himself as a junkballer. I'd think the funky delivery is kind of a positive for Lincecum in developing that type of pitching style.
― earlnash, Friday, 20 February 2015 04:34 (nine years ago) link
I don't think anyone has started a 2015 Oaktown thread, I'm also curious to see what will become of Barry Zito's walk-on in Oakland. I figure if he pitches in spring training he'll make the club since they have had so much turnover.
― earlnash, Friday, 20 February 2015 04:36 (nine years ago) link
Apparently Zito is going back to his Oakland delivery. Not a good sign that he keeps changing up his technique.
Bochy's back after the angioplasty. He's not supposed to do anything strenuous, good thing he's just a baseball manager.
― Hollinger Escape Plan (Leee), Monday, 23 February 2015 17:51 (nine years ago) link
Also I just realized that we really missed out on Zito going to the NYYs, where people could've talked about Zeets and Jeets.
― Hollinger Escape Plan (Leee), Monday, 23 February 2015 20:12 (nine years ago) link
hit by pitch on Pence's forearm not looking good, most likely a fracture.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 6 March 2015 00:08 (nine years ago) link
D:
It's all on Belt for power now.
― Romo... ROMO! Bring Back Sergio Romo! (Leee), Friday, 6 March 2015 00:21 (nine years ago) link
Confirmed, 6/8 weeks out.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 6 March 2015 00:43 (nine years ago) link
shit. he was one of the three giants I liked.
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 6 March 2015 01:18 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_bbpJAWQAAUpA8.png
aww
― mookieproof, Friday, 6 March 2015 17:09 (nine years ago) link
at least you have jay mariotti
― mookieproof, Saturday, 7 March 2015 03:08 (nine years ago) link
http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_27743954/giants-angel-pagan-gets-injection-back-stiffness
Damn, this is starting to sound serious.
― Common Street Screwers (Leee), Friday, 20 March 2015 18:54 (nine years ago) link
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
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 March 2015 14:44 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBr6n5cUEAAxxEQ.jpg
― Karl Malone, Friday, 3 April 2015 18:27 (nine years ago) link
Posey has started more opening days as a world champ than otherwise.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 7 April 2015 02:56 (nine years ago) link
oh ffs
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2015/4/6/8357343/matt-cain-injury-giants-mri-elbow-forearm
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 7 April 2015 03:21 (nine years ago) link
Just got swept at home. Everything going according to plan so far!
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Thursday, 16 April 2015 22:34 (nine years ago) link
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
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 16 April 2015 23:13 (nine years ago) link
He barfed his last start (3IP, 5ER), so I think he's on board.
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Thursday, 16 April 2015 23:27 (nine years ago) link
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
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 17 April 2015 03:35 (nine years ago) link
yeah odd year etc.
taken from Brisbee: at the moment, we have no Pence, no Belt.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 17 April 2015 04:03 (nine years ago) link
Well the one good surprise has been Chris Heston!
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 19 April 2015 03:03 (nine years ago) link
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 talkhttp://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/
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
What if he gets hurt washing his truck?
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 21:23 (nine years ago) link
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
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 21:33 (nine years ago) link
how many pitchers get hurt batting per year?
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 21:46 (nine years ago) link
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"
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 16:00 (nine years ago) link
lol DIS SHIT DONT STOP
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 16:06 (nine years ago) link
glad the giants have their very own online hardman
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 16:10 (nine years ago) link
who is the object of Madbum's correction?
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 April 2015 16:15 (nine years ago) link
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
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 16:17 (nine years ago) link
<3 madbum i don't care
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link
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
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 17:14 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 30 April 2015 02:05 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, not really believing in Vogelsong this season.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 30 April 2015 02:35 (nine years ago) link
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.
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 30 April 2015 19:28 (nine years ago) link
tbh MadBum is kinda embarrassing.
― A-Hanisi Coates (Leee), Thursday, 30 April 2015 20:45 (nine years ago) link
fuck him and the horse he rode in on
― polyphonic, Thursday, 30 April 2015 20:46 (nine years ago) link
Yeah he really embarrassed the Giants last October.
― schwantz, Thursday, 30 April 2015 22:02 (nine years ago) link
it's okay we have Hunter Pence, the ying to madbum's yang.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 30 April 2015 22:08 (nine years ago) link
http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/4/29/8518935/hunter-pence-celebrate-international-dance-day-video-shake-booty
polyphonic otm
― Andy K, Friday, 1 May 2015 00:15 (nine years ago) link
After much deliberation, I have decided to unveil my new DN.
― Madison Dumbbarfer (Leee), Friday, 1 May 2015 17:44 (nine years ago) link
An enemy or home team player's personality is generally a nonissue for me, unless we're talking a mouthy princess like Cole Hamels.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 1 May 2015 17:48 (nine years ago) link
drama
― Bee OK, Saturday, 29 August 2015 05:13 (eight years ago) link
on MLB Network
huge win
― Bee OK, Saturday, 29 August 2015 05:20 (eight years ago) link
the Giants needed this, not must win yet but getting close.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 29 August 2015 05:21 (eight years ago) link
haha b ok
― Spottie, Saturday, 29 August 2015 05:36 (eight years ago) link
weird how i'm kinda bummed out now
― mookieproof, Saturday, 29 August 2015 05:53 (eight years ago) link
only fully available to "insiders" but a big part of his case is pitch framing
http://espn.go.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/13534494/why-buster-posey-national-league-mvp-mlb
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 29 August 2015 18:56 (eight years ago) link
https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/hBr_Fwh1g2NLPNO9pBPn52DZ2nI=/1600x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4011378/605509.0.jpg
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Sunday, 30 August 2015 14:43 (eight years ago) link
hey, Clark Kent (but he not wearing his glasses)
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 01:42 (eight years ago) link
anyways i hope At Bat doesn't block me tonight for the Giants vs. Dodgers game. being an DirecTv customer they block out most Dodger games, even on-line.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 01:43 (eight years ago) link
i love this game.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 03:06 (eight years ago) link
6 innings left Bee
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 03:07 (eight years ago) link
i know, might die by then
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 03:10 (eight years ago) link
so i died
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 04:16 (eight years ago) link
it was Peavy's pitch so it happens.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 04:17 (eight years ago) link
fucking three runs on two home runs
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 04:23 (eight years ago) link
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
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 04:25 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 04:38 (eight years ago) link
so depressed but we got a fifth outfielder i guess...
this game is going to kill me.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 05:00 (eight years ago) link
Marlon Byrd has been huge in his what 10 games since he has been here.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 05:01 (eight years ago) link
i should just turn this game off
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 05:12 (eight years ago) link
nite
PREPARE FOR THE ALEJANDRO DE AZA ERA
― slothroprhymes, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 12:56 (eight years ago) link
Duffy with a starred play
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 02:48 (eight years ago) link
this was a dumb challenge
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 3 September 2015 02:30 (eight years ago) link
Boch thrown out twice in two games
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 3 September 2015 04:19 (eight years ago) link
Lincecum done for the season, I have no idea what is going to happen of him
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 3 September 2015 19:28 (eight years ago) link
glue factory
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 3 September 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
or maybe just someplace where he can smoke doobs and scarf peanuts in peace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPnbxn58Oxo
― mookieproof, Friday, 4 September 2015 16:03 (eight years ago) link
wow that is legit incredible
― Spottie, Friday, 4 September 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
I'm guessing the first baseman clipped the ball enough to change its path, and that's why Panik overshot it?
― :wq (Leee), Friday, 4 September 2015 16:43 (eight years ago) link
rip
― mookieproof, Saturday, 5 September 2015 04:04 (eight years ago) link
Heck of a play.
― earlnash, Saturday, 5 September 2015 05:04 (eight years ago) link
one of the strangest games of the year.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 05:52 (eight years ago) link
RIP
congrats to whoever will be the new champion.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 1 October 2015 01:29 (eight years ago) link
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/giants-reliever-jeremy-affeldt-retiring-season-173029098--mlb.html
― :wq (Leee), Thursday, 1 October 2015 21:03 (eight years ago) link
did y'all troo believerz read his (purportedly) self-penned SI bitchfest about mean people in philly and Playing The Right Way
― slothroprhymes, Thursday, 1 October 2015 21:10 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Bee OK, Friday, 2 October 2015 01:30 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Bee OK, Friday, 2 October 2015 02:04 (eight years ago) link
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
― :wq (Leee), Friday, 30 October 2015 22:00 (eight years ago) link
I feel like Huff said some offensive shit on the radio recently that made me hate him but I can't remember
― brimstead, Friday, 30 October 2015 22:21 (eight years ago) link