Operation ‘Move All My Junk’ was successful.
The move went amazingly well, no boxes were lost, or items shattered into a million pieces. I’ve got all my fingers left and just a few things are left to move, but the bulk of the work is done. I can’t thank my friends enough who volunteered their Saturday [...]
We’ve officially played a month of baseball and the Giants have done surprisingly well. Their current record of 13-16 puts them at 3rd place in the National League West. A traditionally strong NL West has looked slightly weaker this year than previous years. The Rockies and Padres have both gotten off to slow starts and [...]
With the deluge of Zito-centric news lately, I think I should change this blog’s name to “Zito City Ball” or something. Ugh.
It’s official, the Giants have the most expensive middle reliever, ever, in the history of baseball.
From the Chronicle:
The man who leads the majors in starts the past eight seasons will miss his turn in [...]
It can’t be stressed enough. It just can’t. Barry Zito is probably my least favorite topic to think about, discuss, or devote any brain power to. On one hand, I feel bad for watching a once talented pitcher dissolve in front of our very eyes. It’s a metamorphosis none of us thought would happen this [...]
Some interesting numbers from just two games into the 2008 season.
15 - The total number of Giants’ hits in the first two games, all of them singles. In two full 9 inning games, the Giants have yet to hit an extra base hit.
114 - Matt Cain’s pitch total from his first start of the season. [...]
My expectations for this year are fully tempered. I don’t need much. I know the Giants are going to be lousy and I know that they’ll struggle to win games. I’ve made my peace with this. I’m cool. As long as Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum pitch a healthy season, I’ll consider this year a [...]
Opening day is here at last.
The Giants will kick of their season at 4:10 PM EST against some evil team. For the G’s Barry Zito takes the mound and opposing him will be that guy that dated Eliza Dushku. I’m not jealous. OK, maybe a little. I wonder if Brad Penny smells like fried chicken?
Will [...]
Back to the blog after a short break. Fangraphs is one of my favorite baseball websites on the internet. It’s always been a great resource for people searching for more in depth baseball statistics. They’ve just recently added a feature where you can search by pitch type — type of pitch, speed, and percentage thrown [...]
Mini-blurb from the Chron on Zito’s Spring outing yesterday.
Sure, he gave up a first-inning grand slam, but he settled down to beat the Mariners.
Sweet! Zito, who’s making some changes to his delivery, still hasn’t had what I would call a strong Spring performance. A common theory for why Zito isn’t pitching so well is [...]
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Exploring new ways to watch and understand baseball is one of the many reasons why the game has always remained fresh to me. It’s the same reason that I decided to start a blog and even write about baseball in January of all things. That’s dedication, folks. But, of all the newly developed tools that [...]
