In yesterday’s post (scroll down) I started to compile a roster of the worst Giants from 1983-2008, or the least successful seasons of Giants ballplayers over the time period that I’ve been alive and a fan of baseball. Yes, I was a fan of baseball at 1-month-old, if not fully aware, my love for baseball was latent and buried deep… Read more →
I haven’t seen a Giants game in days. It was partially because of the long weekend — and having better things to do than watch a .400 baseball team get beat — but also because I’m burnt out on the Giants right now. I haven’t caught a game since Lincecum’s one hundred and glickity glick billion pitch performance against the… Read more →
First, big news buzzing in Giants Land this morning. The Giants have made a flurry of draft pick signings. The biggest news is that, according to Andrew Baggarly — whom I feel that I’ve been linking to almost everyday for the past week, keep up the great work Andrew — is that #5 overall pick Buster Posey is on the… Read more →
A quick post today on Wins Above Replacement and our starting rotation. Tango has a nice post on how to calculate it and some other concepts associated with WAR. WAR is wins above replacement. Replacement is defined very specifically for my purposes: it’s the talent level for which you would pay the minimum salary on the open market, or for… Read more →
I got away from Giants baseball this weekend because I went out of town to visit an old friend. A weekend of debauchery, scotch, and smoked meat is just what I needed. If I had to watch another Barry Zito start — Clockwork Orange style, eyes pried open — I might have lost it … Wait, Zito pitched … good?… Read more →
B-E, A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E. Now I’ve got that Faith No More song stuck in my head. * Side note: Any FNM fans out there? What’s your favorite album? I’m a big fan of Angel Dust but Album of the Year always hits a soft spot for me as well. After initially hitting on it some in my last post, I got to… Read more →
Question: Barry Zito has just thrown another poor start and he’s talking to the press. Which quote will he give? A. My arm feels like a bag of sand and I can’t hit 84 miles-per-hour anymore. B. I’m rich, bitch. C. I’m not being aggressive enough. I’ve got to start being more aggressive. — You know the answer by now… Read more →
After my post on WPA Plots — which you can find here — I had some interest in plotting Game Scores. Because I love visual aids, I decided to plot them for the Giants’ starters of Barry Zito, Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum, and Jonathan Sanchez. I didn’t include Correia or Pat Misch because they’ve both shared 5th starter duties this… Read more →
Barry Zito did something strange Wednesday night against the Cleveland Indians. He pitched well. He didn’t walk a hitter over 6.2 innings. He had his longest start of the year. And he won a baseball game. His final line of the night was: 6.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 SO All good things. Zito appeared… Read more →
Well, that didn’t take long. Henry Schulman ponders the possibility of the Giants hiring recently fired Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson to work personally with Barry Zito. Rick Peterson was Barry Zito’s pitching coach through the pitcher’s best years in Oakland. Now that Peterson is unemployed, would it not make sense for the Giants to hire him as a special… Read more →