From Dictionary.com: scha·den·freu·de [Shahd-n-froi-duh] – noun satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else’s misfortune. I have to admit, that last night watching Armando Benitez give up a game losing 3-run homer to Eric Byrnes in the 9th, with 2 outs, and an 0-2 count felt good. It was like seeing an ex-girlfriend at the mall for the first time in… Read more →
A quick post this morning on a interesting rumor that I read this morning from Fox’s Ken Rosenthal. Quoting from an article entitled ‘First basemen hot deadline commodities’: The Mariners, blanketing the majors with scouts in their pursuit of rotation and bullpen help, are drawing mild inquiries on first baseman Richie Sexson. Trading Sexson would enable the team to move… Read more →
Matt Cain has got to be the most frustrated man on the Giants squad. When he’s pitched well, the offense can’t score any runs and he loses. When he doesn’t pitch well, well, he loses again. With the 4-2 defeat last night against the Atlanta Braves, the Giants need to figure out how to get Cain back on track. It… Read more →
The idea of positive thinking on a Monday, of all days, seems a little out of place. After all, Monday is the most hated and annoying day of the week. Monday’s are on par with Frankenberry breakfast cereal, clearly the worst of the monster themed cereals of General Mills (Count Chocula will always be #1, don’t even debate it.) What’s… Read more →
The Giants have entered the second half of the season much like the first, looking bad. The 12-1 beat down handed out by the Cubs yesterday only punctuates this notion. With no hope of playoff contention, the Giants should be looking to wheel and deal what little they have this year. This is basically the common mantra chanted by most… Read more →
Just heard on KNBR that Brian Sabean has been extended for 2 years with a team option for 2010 I believe. I haven’t been able to find a link detailing the story yet but when I do I’ll be sure to post it. It looks like Sabean will get a chance to operate in a “No-Bonds Zone” for the next… Read more →
Confusion. Panic. Fear. These are all emotions that are going to sweep Giants nation like a cool breeze blowing across the bay. Most had Sabean pegged as working on borrowed time and on the way out. Three consecutive losing seasons can have that affect on people. But, it sounds like the Giants are are making efforts to bring back Sabes… Read more →
The Futures Game today was a great showing of some of the exciting young talent working it’s way towards the major leagues. Prospects like Joba Chamberlain, Justin Upton, Clayton Kershaw, and many others were great to see live and in-the-flesh. The day was perfect for baseball. Clear blue skies with a slight breeze that was blowing out into the bay…. Read more →
The Giants find themselves in Cincinnati against the worst team in all of baseball. The Reds are sporting a .381 winning percentage good for 32-52 on the season. The Giants themselves aren’t exactly hot stuff either as they continue to try to climb back to .500, currently 10 games under. Barry Zito has continued to show why his 7 year… Read more →
To start things off, I’d like to give a thanks to McC user beanpj for the heads up in this thread about ESPN’s current frontpage. You can check out my screen cap here for the blurb in question. For those not wanting to goto ESPN (I don’t blame you) or to look at the screen cap, I’ll quote and highlight… Read more →