You’ve heard “Pitchers and catchers report” roughly one billion times over the last couple of weeks. You won’t here. I don’t care about the other Giants catchers, at least unless we’re talking about their stable of catching prospects on the farm. Over at the SweetSpot, Chris provided his pick for the Giant we are most excited to see in 2012…. Read more →
Sometimes, when I’m feeling saucy, I like to peruse the Giants Inbox. It’s a semi-regular send-in-your-question type column on SFGiants.com that features team beat-writer, Chris Haft. Chris gets to answer all sorts of questions from regular fans like you and me. Questions such as: “Is Melky Cabrera any good?” or “Is Nate Schierholtz’s defense underrated?” or whatever. Generally it’s pretty… Read more →
Don’t you sometimes hate how dry MLB Gameday can be on your Android/iPhone/Other? It’s so straight forward, it’s nearly dishonest, and it feels terribly condescending. For example, let’s say Brad Lidge is pitching… Aaron Roward strikes out swinging. Thanks, MLB Gameday. Duh! Or, when Jonathan Sanchez is pitching… Carlos Beltran walks. Really, MLB Gameday? Really?! So let’s fix it –… Read more →
First, details of the injury (from Giants trainer Dave Groeschner): Buster had three MRIs today — the first one on his ankle. Then he had one on his lower leg and we did one on his knee as well. The knee was fine, the lower leg has a fractured fibula which we knew last night on the X-ray. Then he’s… Read more →
Even when Aubrey Huff does something right it goes wrong. A bottom of the ninth, game tying single from a struggling hitter would normally be pretty awesome, but in this case it just delayed the loss long enough for Posey to suffer a horrifying injury. These days even when Huff succeeds, it’s a disaster. As of this morning, there’s still… Read more →
I’m going to write a lot of this post off-the-cuff, so bear with me, but I can’t remember a more depressing time as a fan of baseball. Losing Posey will surely impact the win column in numerous ways. We could slice and dice the data, fine-tune WAR calculations, and come up with a number that would give us a pretty… Read more →
There’s little else to say.
Absolutely nothing. Here’s why… The average batting line in the National League in 2010 was .255/.320/.399 (average/on-base percentage/slugging) for a .719 OPS, the isolated power (ISO) average was .144. But if you look at NL averages this season, you’ll find they’ve fallen to .249/ .315/.383 for a .698 OPS, and the ISO average is just .134. But that’s just the… Read more →
The Giants seem to be on a roll now, and walk-off wins sure are a lot of fun. With the Giants’ come-from-behind victory on Wednesday night, they’d won five games in a row – including a feel-good sweep of the Colorado Rockies – and seven of their past eight contests. And again, this is fantastic and exciting news, especially when… Read more →
So, a 3:35 PM start, huh? Well, that was fun… can’t wait for round two tomorrow! There’s nothing quite like the extra-special way the Giants have lost to the Padres the past two seasons. Nothing quite like it. I was just sure they were going to right the ship and sweep the Padres out of their own yard, and during… Read more →