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marcello
marcello

"Just have him stuffed and mounted." I would support this.

daveinexile
daveinexile

A ball player named Gus? Please tell me he wears his stirrups high and will be sporting strong facial hair as well. Niel: I hope they leave Bowker down (at least tell call up time) or until the club sorts out some of mess they already have going in the Out Fielders on the 25 man. Last thing he needs is bench rot.

Giantsfan4life
Giantsfan4life

To me, one of the more interesting of the Giants' draft picks this year was a kid named Karl Benusa, mostly because he was our 8th round pick--pretty high--and because I couldn't find out anything about him. HS CF from Pennsylvania, scholarship offer from Duquesne; that was basically it. I've learned some more: he's from Riverview HS in western Pennsylvania. His HS coach is a bird dog scout for Tampa Bay, and told people he had a 5 tool kid in his program--twenty teams scouted him, we got lucky. His HS stats are nuts: he batted .638, with power. He doesn't go by Karl--he's known as Gus Benusa. Kids from northern states don't go as high as kids from southern states, because they haven't played as many games, but we may have a real gamer here. He's signed--he's in Arizona now.

zetsuboushita
zetsuboushita

YOU KNOW WHO ELSE NEEDS TO GTFO THIS TEAM? JUAN URIBE.

Giantsfan4life
Giantsfan4life

Could Richie be persuaded to become a coach? But it's over. And Marcello should be ashamed. We don't want to whack one of the great Giants warriors. Just have him stuffed and mounted.

marcello
marcello

Someone needs to take the initiative and Tonya Harding Aurilia.

NielHbrand
NielHbrand

It's extremely difficult to admit, but I agree 100% that Richie should retire. He would not be playing on any other team that did not have a sentimental tie to the guy. It would almost make sense for the Giants to waive Richie, eat the contract, and bring up Bowker. Thoughts?

Giantsfan4life
Giantsfan4life

I would think Justin Miller would be the first candidate to go down if the Giants really do send Sanchez to the bullpen. They'd need to bring up another starter, and they can't send Sanchez down--he's out of options. Great post on Miller's numbers--I hadn't realized his FIP was so high. If they do send Sanchez to the 'pen--and something does need to happen there--I hope it's Pucetas they bring up, though he's not on the 40. (The Giants' 40 man is weird anyway--only two catchers? Brian Bocock's still there? You seriously don't think Bocock could clear waivers? Or care?) Sadler's another candidate, if healthy; I sense a reluctance to bring up Alderson or Sosa quite yet, probably a good thing.