Some bits and pieces of Giants news today: The Giants will be shutting down Tim Lincecum for the rest of the season effective this-very-minute. Linecum has thrown 140 innings this year in the majors but he also threw another 31 innings in the minors. For all the talk about Lincecum having a rubber arm it doesn’t make sense to risk… Read more →
Question: What do you do with your gold glove caliber shortstop who at the age of 40 can’t seem to hit for beans any more? Your farm system has had trouble producing positional talent that can play at the highest level and there appears to be no help in sight. The free agent market is a wasteland full of undesirable… Read more →
The first year of Bochyball is nearing it’s end. At times Bochy has made some great moves, but at other times he’s made some real head-scratchers that almost remind me of Felipe Alou (bullpen matchups!, batting Ray Durham 3rd repeatedly, etc). The good: I’ve been impressed with the way he’s throttled back the young guys in September. Cain and Lincecum… Read more →
Back to the blog after a short break. Even though the Giants season has been done for awhile, sometime around mid-June the team got toe-tagged, the Giants finds themselves wearing the outfit of the spoiler. The concept of being a spoiler has roots back to most of our early childhoods. Hey, if I can’t be happy and win my division,… Read more →
Kevin Correia has done well as a starter since he spot-started in the Atlanta series on August 14th. Since then, Correia has started 4 games and has been good for a 2.44 ERA in 22 IP with 3 wins and no loses. With Correia’s strong starts to finish the year, should the Giants eye him as a possible rotation member… Read more →
Now that September is here, the Giants can seek some relief from the minor leagues in the form of September call-ups. Any player that is on the 40-man roster or disable list is eligible for the expanded rosters of September. Let’s take a look at who the Giants brought up to the big club. OF Nate Schierholtz – Nate is… Read more →
John, over at the very good Only Baseball Matters, has a ongoing post about Ray Durham. Durham, like Wile. E Coyote, has fallen off a cliff this year. I’ve talked about Ray’s year a few times on this blog, at here, here, and a little here. I ended one of my post’s with the precaution of: Even though I have… Read more →
The Giants have swept the cheese-heads, and the team finds itself playing some of it’s best baseball during this tough year. Playing a 4 game series against the struggling Marlins has certainly helped kick start this run. The team is 8-2 since the Marlins series. In August, the Giants have been playing some of their “best” baseball this year. I… Read more →
I don’t want to talk much about the soul-crushing defeat last night. I will say that it’s amazing how many new ways this team comes up with to kill me. The bullpen not getting outs is an old theme but last nights game was torture. Lincecum sails through 8 innings looking like the tiny savior with a gun for an… Read more →
If only the Giants could play the Marlins everyday. If only they could score runs for Matt Cain. If only the phrase “Young hitting prospect” existed in the everday vernacular for fans of this team. The list goes on but for now the Giants find themeslves in a honest-to-goodness 4-game winning streak. With today’s 6-5 win over the Fish, the… Read more →