In Zaidi we trust - The Giants

I would like that! LMK next time you're in the city. I always appreciate how regularly you post in this thread too.

Hopefully these guys can pick things up after finally winning 3 in a row and I'm sure JHL will come back with a vengeance next year.

Yesterday the Giants had there first three wins in a row, today it's four. They also, finally, swept a team. Even if it's the Rockies, they generally have issues against them.

might catch a game at candlestick park next month. any tips, things to check out, etc.?

Candlestick Park? Can you let me borrow your time machine?

or are you referring to 24 Willie Mays Plaza and newly christened LED Spotlight Park?

dang what a series. insane 8th inning.

Matt Chapman is on fire. Good series

Well shit, I missed today's game (east coast day games are hard to follow) and just saw the crooked number in the 8th there. That's about as insane as Tuesday's game. Okay maybe this team is more resilient than I thought and my fan resolve is a house of cards in a wind storm

Patrick Bailey!

How much I love you

So, right now, no one in baseball is playing better than Matt Chapman. I finally see why they signed him.

.500

First time this year

They're pretty good against teams not named the Dodgers and Phillies

does this team play any boring games y/n

Yes you just haven’t watched any of them

i see

I forget when announcer Duane Kuiper first stated his "Giants Baseball... Torture" line, maybe as early as 2002 but definitely in the 2010s...

SFGate says 2010.

https://www.sfgate.com/giants/knapp/article/It-s-torture-with-an-upside-3175669.php

The most galling defeat came under dark and drizzling skies at Petco Park on April 20. Jonathan Sanchez dominated the Padres, holding them to one hit while striking out 10 in seven innings. But the Giants were just as stymied by Mat Latos, a hulking right-hander with platinum blond hair and a hard fastball that traveled straight downhill. The Giants managed just four hits in his seven innings, none of them coming at opportune times in a 1–0 loss. It was the 29th time the Giants held an opponent to one hit or fewer in a nine-inning game in their San Francisco era. It was the first time in those 53 seasons that they lost. “I can’t say I’ve been in a game like this,” said Bochy, who remained stoic in front of the press but began spewing blue language as soon as the reporters filed out of his office. “No way we should’ve lost tonight’s game.” A day later, broadcaster Duane Kuiper continued to ruminate on all the unbelievably wasted opportunities in the 1–0 loss—including a leadoff triple from Nate Schierholtz in the eighth inning—and he opened the telecast with a quick recap. Then he stared into the camera and used the only word he could to summarize the situation. “Giants baseball,” he said. One beat. Two beats. “Torture.”

Nothin like it!

I remember that game and watched it live. It was as brutal as described. It's amusing how viral the "torture" line became after, and I feel Grant Brisbee, with his McCovey Chronicles blog and forum at the time, fueled its popularity and cult status.

Speaking of torture, this last question in the mailbagg (over something I hadn’t noticed) made me laugh:

Hey Baggs, it looks like the Giants changed their base hit ‘celebration’ from a motion that resembles pulling a hood or mask over the head and zippering the mouth to a simple salute. Couple of questions: Why the change? Why the salute? Was the first celebration an homage to Pat Burrell’s appearance as The Machine? — Michael H.

I have no idea what you’re talking about. Who is The Machine?

This team is on fire and so much fun to watch.

I have probably jink it.

When this team went on their 10 game road trip through Boston, Philadelphia and Colorado it was gloom and doom. They were a bad team, But something happened and they are coming together. Playing the best teams in the league with the Phillies and Yankees coming into town will prove if this team is real or not.

LaMonte Wade Jr. hamstring injury is a huge loss

And a bullpen game

Playing the best team in MLB, Phillies

Giants win

Bullpen game against the Phillies. Need to sweep tomorrow.

Benches clear after Harrison throws up and in to Harper twice… on the 7 year anniversary of the Harper/Strickland dust up

Took two out of three against the best team, Phillies, can they do the same against the Yankees?

Doesn't help missing LWJ. Maybe! They have a vibe going.

Well that sucked

Time to feed on the Diamondbacks and Rangers but probably won't happen.

When Duvall is blowing two runs leads in the ninth then you know you have a problem.

Sorry, devastating loss today.

All they had to do was win one more to go 3 - 3 but instead lost four in a row with the devastating loss in the last game.

Talk about potentially fumbling a bag, Doval apparently turned down a $50 million dollar deal last year. He keeps this up he'll be a setup man by the end of this season. He's got electric stuff but I've never felt he had "it" to be an all star closer. Today along with the Mets game could get into his head. Curious how things move forward.

But ya, devastating loss, not just for the fact the bartender at Finnegan's was rooting for the Yankees dammit

Arson Judge is from Linden (~90 miles east of SF) so he may have had some family/hometown motivation but the final series slashes:

Arson: .600/.692/1.500 = 2.192 OPS
Soto: .500/.462/1.167 = 1.628 OPS

The fact that both Judge & Soto hard-passed on SFG's offers and then proceeded to just launch bombs in the so-called pitcher's park (it was pretty windy all week but still) cannot feel good.

Soto was traded, he’s never been in a position to accept any offer

Talk about potentially fumbling a bag, Doval apparently turned down a $50 million dollar deal last year. He keeps this up he'll be a setup man by the end of this season. He's got electric stuff but I've never felt he had "it" to be an all star closer. Today along with the Mets game could get into his head. Curious how things move forward.

Didn't Soto exercise his no-trade clause against TOR & SFG? IIRC was circa peak-Boras winter meetings in the hot stove thread... Heyman was involved in the leak lol.

Soto’s still under team control until the end of the year. He doesn’t have a no trade clause. The biggest impediment was that the Padres weren’t going to trade him to a division rival, especially when the Giants didn’t have enough major league ready pitching to send back.

apparently Larry June was the Giants honorary captain this weekend??? OFF TOP

Awww <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrZA9CN2LLM

It's my birthday and they lost, not supposed to happen. Five in a row and all seem gut punching.

Extends longest losing streak of the season to six games.

WILMER!!

They had to win one. They need to be better but they are just average. Will keep watching and hoping for a good summer but it needs to start now.

I cut the cord this week, I mean fully cut as I don't even have YouTube TV. So steaming baseball is going to have to go farther than ever.