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Faith in Bruce Bochy, Sanchez’s “Me” Time, and Stewart Getting Freaky

By Daniel Zarchy, on June 26th, 2011

The Giants’ four-game winning streak has been weird, as only TortureBall can be. Capping it off was yesterday’s game, in which the only RBI goes to home plate umpire Bob Davidson for calling a bases-loaded balk. But beyond that, here are some observations from the past week:

First of all, I’d like to point to . . . → Read More: Faith in Bruce Bochy, Sanchez’s “Me” Time, and Stewart Getting Freaky

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2011 San Francisco Giants: 5 Unexpectedly Good Performances by Giants Players

By Daniel Zarchy, on June 26th, 2011

The 2010 San Francisco Giants won the World Series on the strength of their excellent home-grown starting pitching, lights-out bullpen and clutch (if not overwhelming) offense.

This year, as the champs do their best to stage a repeat, they’re going to have to step it up even further, facing the likes of the Phillies Big . . . → Read More: 2011 San Francisco Giants: 5 Unexpectedly Good Performances by Giants Players

CATEGORIES: Bleacher Report, Giants   TAGS: , , , , ,  

What’s Cooler Than Being Cool? (This Team is) ICE COLD!

By Daniel Zarchy, on May 3rd, 2011

I CAN’T HEAR YOU, I said, WHAT’S COOLER THAN … oh, never mind.

It’s a pretty helpless feeling, sitting at home, watching this team flail away at hittable pitches, booting balls, misreading easy plays, crushing the ball directly at the defense, making Ruben Rivera-style base running mistakes, wasting quality starts, and generally playing less like . . . → Read More: What’s Cooler Than Being Cool? (This Team is) ICE COLD!

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Frustrations and Schadenfreude

By Daniel Zarchy, on April 30th, 2011

There's a reason pandas are so easily found in the wild.

Imagine for a moment that you’re a fan of the Washington Nationals.

You’re an 11-12 team, and you’re starting to get pretty disappointed by your team’s long-term, big-money investment in Jayson Werth, who even without his caveman beard is batting . . . → Read More: Frustrations and Schadenfreude

CATEGORIES: Game Recaps, Giants   TAGS: , , , , , ,  

MadBum Men

By Daniel Zarchy, on April 26th, 2011

Just to add on to the previous post and Madison Bumgarner’s inability to punch out batters, I decided to look back at last year’s comparable stats. Here’s what I wrote in last night’s post:

He’s gotten to 2-strike counts with batters 40 times this season: 8 times he has given up a hit, 7 . . . → Read More: MadBum Men

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The Giants’ four-game winning streak has been weird, as only TortureBall can be. Capping it off was yesterday’s game, in which the only RBI goes to home plate umpire Bob Davidson for calling a bases-loaded balk. But beyond that, here are some observations from the past week:

First of all, I’d like to point to June 22, when Aaron Rowand started in center field in favor of Andres Torres, even though Twins pitcher Nick Blackburn is right-handed. Many on the Twitterverse and blogosphere (I’m not naming names) started yelling at Bochy, using this as further evidence that he doesn’t understand baseball, etc.

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The Giants’ four-game winning streak has been weird, as only TortureBall can be. Capping it off was yesterday’s game, in which the only RBI goes to home plate umpire Bob Davidson for calling a bases-loaded balk. But beyond that, here are some observations from the past week:

First of all, I’d like to point to June 22, when Aaron Rowand started in center field in favor of Andres Torres, even though Twins pitcher Nick Blackburn is right-handed. Many on the Twitterverse and blogosphere (I’m not naming names) started yelling at Bochy, using this as further evidence that he doesn’t understand baseball, etc.

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The Giants’ four-game winning streak has been weird, as only TortureBall can be. Capping it off was yesterday’s game, in which the only RBI goes to home plate umpire Bob Davidson for calling a bases-loaded balk. But beyond that, here are some observations from the past week:

First of all, I’d like to point to . . . → Read More: Faith in Bruce Bochy, Sanchez’s “Me” Time, and Stewart Getting Freaky

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The Giants’ four-game winning streak has been weird, as only TortureBall can be. Capping it off was yesterday’s game, in which the only RBI goes to home plate umpire Bob Davidson for calling a bases-loaded balk. But beyond that, here are some observations from the past week:

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The 2010 San Francisco Giants won the World Series on the strength of their excellent home-grown starting pitching, lights-out bullpen and clutch (if not overwhelming) offense.

This year, as the champs do their best to stage a repeat, they’re going to have to step it up even further, facing the likes of the Phillies Big Four pitchers, the surging Diamondbacks and the always-dangerous Rockies.

Still, tell any Giants fan that Tim Lincecum or Matt Cain are having good years, and they’ll shrug and say “yeah, what else is new?” Mention that Brian Wilson has converted 20/22 saves this year, and hasn’t given up a run since May 18th, and they’ll yawn.

We’re truly spoiled this year, so I’d like to mention five players who managed to fly under the radar, but whose great play on the field has helped keep this team in first place.

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The 2010 San Francisco Giants won the World Series on the strength of their excellent home-grown starting pitching, lights-out bullpen and clutch (if not overwhelming) offense.

This year, as the champs do their best to stage a repeat, they’re going to have to step it up even further, facing the likes of the Phillies Big Four pitchers, the surging Diamondbacks and the always-dangerous Rockies.

Still, tell any Giants fan that Tim Lincecum or Matt Cain are having good years, and they’ll shrug and say “yeah, what else is new?” Mention that Brian Wilson has converted 20/22 saves this year, and hasn’t given up a run since May 18th, and they’ll yawn.

We’re truly spoiled this year, so I’d like to mention five players who managed to fly under the radar, but whose great play on the field has helped keep this team in first place.

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The 2010 San Francisco Giants won the World Series on the strength of their excellent home-grown starting pitching, lights-out bullpen and clutch (if not overwhelming) offense.

This year, as the champs do their best to stage a repeat, they’re going to have to step it up even further, facing the likes of the Phillies Big . . . → Read More: 2011 San Francisco Giants: 5 Unexpectedly Good Performances by Giants Players

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The 2010 San Francisco Giants won the World Series on the strength of their excellent home-grown starting pitching, lights-out bullpen and clutch (if not overwhelming) offense.

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I CAN’T HEAR YOU, I said, WHAT’S COOLER THAN … oh, never mind.

It’s a pretty helpless feeling, sitting at home, watching this team flail away at hittable pitches, booting balls, misreading easy plays, crushing the ball directly at the defense, making Ruben Rivera-style base running mistakes, wasting quality starts, and generally playing less like a championship team and more like the Twins.

Not the Minnesota Twins, mind you; the Little League team I played on when I was nine, when I got a total of three hits the whole year, won the “Coach’s Choice” trophy (everybody had to win a trophy), and my crowning achievement was striking out my friend (looking), the friend whose house I visited for several hours a day to play Curse of Monkey Island.

Sure, feeling like I’m single-handedly responsible for breaking my team’s slump may be putting a bit too much on myself, and may indicate just a weeee bit of pyschosis, but as you can see, we’re way past that. My hair is turning more dark-brown than black, my sentences are becoming more run-on, and my metaphors are making even less sense. WE NEED SOME WINS.

But let’s take a deeeeep breath, and examine what’s going on here.

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I CAN’T HEAR YOU, I said, WHAT’S COOLER THAN … oh, never mind.

It’s a pretty helpless feeling, sitting at home, watching this team flail away at hittable pitches, booting balls, misreading easy plays, crushing the ball directly at the defense, making Ruben Rivera-style base running mistakes, wasting quality starts, and generally playing less like a championship team and more like the Twins.

Not the Minnesota Twins, mind you; the Little League team I played on when I was nine, when I got a total of three hits the whole year, won the “Coach’s Choice” trophy (everybody had to win a trophy), and my crowning achievement was striking out my friend (looking), the friend whose house I visited for several hours a day to play Curse of Monkey Island.

Sure, feeling like I’m single-handedly responsible for breaking my team’s slump may be putting a bit too much on myself, and may indicate just a weeee bit of pyschosis, but as you can see, we’re way past that. My hair is turning more dark-brown than black, my sentences are becoming more run-on, and my metaphors are making even less sense. WE NEED SOME WINS.

But let’s take a deeeeep breath, and examine what’s going on here.

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I CAN’T HEAR YOU, I said, WHAT’S COOLER THAN … oh, never mind.

It’s a pretty helpless feeling, sitting at home, watching this team flail away at hittable pitches, booting balls, misreading easy plays, crushing the ball directly at the defense, making Ruben Rivera-style base running mistakes, wasting quality starts, and generally playing less like . . . → Read More: What’s Cooler Than Being Cool? (This Team is) ICE COLD!

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Start function wbga_preg_callback: Array Get tracker for full url Start function wbga_track_full_url: giantspod.net/2011/05/03/whats-cooler-than-being-cool-this-team-is-ice-cold/ Start function wbga_is_url_internal: giantspod.net/2011/05/03/whats-cooler-than-being-cool-this-team-is-ice-cold/ Start function wbga_get_option: internal_domains wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: internal_domains (giantspod.net) Checking hostname giantspod.net Match found, url is internal Ending function wbga_is_url_internal: 1 Get tracker for internal URL Start function wbga_track_internal_url: giantspod.net/2011/05/03/whats-cooler-than-being-cool-this-team-is-ice-cold/, Start function wbga_get_option: track_files wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: track_files (1) Tracking files enabled Start function wbga_get_option: track_extensions wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: track_extensions (gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc) Checking file extension gif Checking file extension jpg Checking file extension jpeg Checking file extension bmp Checking file extension png Checking file extension pdf Checking file extension mp3 Checking file extension wav Checking file extension phps Checking file extension zip Checking file extension gz Checking file extension tar Checking file extension rar Checking file extension jar Checking file extension exe Checking file extension pps Checking file extension ppt Checking file extension xls Checking file extension doc Ending function wbga_track_internal_url: Ending function wbga_track_full_url: Ending function wbga_preg_callback: What’s Cooler Than Being Cool? (This Team is) ICE COLD! Ending function wbga_filter:

I CAN’T HEAR YOU, I said, WHAT’S COOLER THAN … oh, never mind.

It’s a pretty helpless feeling, sitting at home, watching this team flail away at hittable pitches, booting balls, misreading easy plays, crushing the ball directly at the defense, making Ruben Rivera-style base running mistakes, wasting quality starts, and generally playing less like . . . → Read More: What’s Cooler Than Being Cool? (This Team is) ICE COLD!

Start function wbga_filter:

There's a reason pandas are so easily found in the wild.

Imagine for a moment that you’re a fan of the Washington Nationals.

You’re an 11-12 team, and you’re starting to get pretty disappointed by your team’s long-term, big-money investment in Jayson Werth, who even without his caveman beard is batting a scant .221. Your most promising pitching prospect in quite some time, who could easily break a few records in his career, will miss at least the entire season recovering from surgery, and you need to bat against the Phillies rotation 18 times.

Today, your team is facing a pitcher that can charitably be called “erratic,” who is doing his very best to leak some runs. He walked three batters in the first inning, and wound up with five walks and two hit-by-pitch in the first two innings. The one mistake that your team made, when Ian Desmond got picked off at first base, didn’t end up costing anything, because the shortstop dropped the ball. You even caught a break, when Mike Fontenot’s double hopped over the wall, preventing Miguel Tejada from scoring.

So how did they manage to score just one run?

Start function wbga_in_feed Ending function wbga_in_feed: Start function wbga_track_user User not logged on Ending function wbga_track_user: 1 Calling preg_replace_callback: ]*?)href\s*=\s*['"](.*?)['"]([^>]*)>(.*?) Start function wbga_preg_callback: Array Get tracker for full url Start function wbga_track_full_url: giantspod.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P1020999-1.jpg Start function wbga_is_url_internal: giantspod.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P1020999-1.jpg Start function wbga_get_option: internal_domains wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: internal_domains (giantspod.net) Checking hostname giantspod.net Match found, url is internal Ending function wbga_is_url_internal: 1 Get tracker for internal URL Start function wbga_track_internal_url: giantspod.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P1020999-1.jpg, Start function wbga_get_option: track_files wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: track_files (1) Tracking files enabled Start function wbga_get_option: track_extensions wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: track_extensions (gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc) Checking file extension gif Checking file extension jpg File extension found Absolute URL, remove hostname from URL Start function wbga_get_option: prefix_file_links wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: prefix_file_links (/download/) Start function wbga_remove_hostname: giantspod.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P1020999-1.jpg Stripping everything up until and including first / Ending function wbga_remove_hostname: wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P1020999-1.jpg Checking file extension jpeg Checking file extension bmp Checking file extension png Checking file extension pdf Checking file extension mp3 Checking file extension wav Checking file extension phps Checking file extension zip Checking file extension gz Checking file extension tar Checking file extension rar Checking file extension jar Checking file extension exe Checking file extension pps Checking file extension ppt Checking file extension xls Checking file extension doc Ending function wbga_track_internal_url: /download/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P1020999-1.jpg Ending function wbga_track_full_url: /download/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P1020999-1.jpg Adding onclick attribute for /download/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P1020999-1.jpg Ending function wbga_preg_callback: Ending function wbga_filter:

There's a reason pandas are so easily found in the wild.

Imagine for a moment that you’re a fan of the Washington Nationals.

You’re an 11-12 team, and you’re starting to get pretty disappointed by your team’s long-term, big-money investment in Jayson Werth, who even without his caveman beard is batting a scant .221. Your most promising pitching prospect in quite some time, who could easily break a few records in his career, will miss at least the entire season recovering from surgery, and you need to bat against the Phillies rotation 18 times.

Today, your team is facing a pitcher that can charitably be called “erratic,” who is doing his very best to leak some runs. He walked three batters in the first inning, and wound up with five walks and two hit-by-pitch in the first two innings. The one mistake that your team made, when Ian Desmond got picked off at first base, didn’t end up costing anything, because the shortstop dropped the ball. You even caught a break, when Mike Fontenot’s double hopped over the wall, preventing Miguel Tejada from scoring.

So how did they manage to score just one run?

Start function wbga_filter:

There's a reason pandas are so easily found in the wild.

Imagine for a moment that you’re a fan of the Washington Nationals.

You’re an 11-12 team, and you’re starting to get pretty disappointed by your team’s long-term, big-money investment in Jayson Werth, who even without his caveman beard is batting . . . → Read More: Frustrations and Schadenfreude

Start function wbga_in_feed Ending function wbga_in_feed: Start function wbga_track_user User not logged on Ending function wbga_track_user: 1 Calling preg_replace_callback: ]*?)href\s*=\s*['"](.*?)['"]([^>]*)>(.*?) Start function wbga_preg_callback: Array Get tracker for full url Start function wbga_track_full_url: giantspod.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P1020999-1.jpg Start function wbga_is_url_internal: giantspod.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P1020999-1.jpg Start function wbga_get_option: internal_domains wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: internal_domains (giantspod.net) Checking hostname giantspod.net Match found, url is internal Ending function wbga_is_url_internal: 1 Get tracker for internal URL Start function wbga_track_internal_url: giantspod.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P1020999-1.jpg, Start function wbga_get_option: track_files wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: track_files (1) Tracking files enabled Start function wbga_get_option: track_extensions wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: track_extensions (gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc) Checking file extension gif Checking file extension jpg File extension found Absolute URL, remove hostname from URL Start function wbga_get_option: prefix_file_links wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: prefix_file_links (/download/) Start function wbga_remove_hostname: giantspod.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P1020999-1.jpg Stripping everything up until and including first / Ending function wbga_remove_hostname: wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P1020999-1.jpg Checking file extension jpeg Checking file extension bmp Checking file extension png Checking file extension pdf Checking file extension mp3 Checking file extension wav Checking file extension phps Checking file extension zip Checking file extension gz Checking file extension tar Checking file extension rar Checking file extension jar Checking file extension exe Checking file extension pps Checking file extension ppt Checking file extension xls Checking file extension doc Ending function wbga_track_internal_url: /download/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P1020999-1.jpg Ending function wbga_track_full_url: /download/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P1020999-1.jpg Adding onclick attribute for /download/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P1020999-1.jpg Ending function wbga_preg_callback: Start function wbga_preg_callback: Array Get tracker for full url Start function wbga_track_full_url: giantspod.net/2011/04/30/frustrations-and-schadenfreude/ Start function wbga_is_url_internal: giantspod.net/2011/04/30/frustrations-and-schadenfreude/ Start function wbga_get_option: internal_domains wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: internal_domains (giantspod.net) Checking hostname giantspod.net Match found, url is internal Ending function wbga_is_url_internal: 1 Get tracker for internal URL Start function wbga_track_internal_url: giantspod.net/2011/04/30/frustrations-and-schadenfreude/, Start function wbga_get_option: track_files wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 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'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: track_extensions (gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc) Checking file extension gif Checking file extension jpg Checking file extension jpeg Checking file extension bmp Checking file extension png Checking file extension pdf Checking file extension mp3 Checking file extension wav Checking file extension phps Checking file extension zip Checking file extension gz Checking file extension tar Checking file extension rar Checking file extension jar Checking file extension exe Checking file extension pps Checking file extension ppt Checking file extension xls Checking file extension doc Ending function wbga_track_internal_url: Ending function wbga_track_full_url: Ending function wbga_preg_callback: Frustrations and Schadenfreude Ending function wbga_filter:

There's a reason pandas are so easily found in the wild.

Imagine for a moment that you’re a fan of the Washington Nationals.

You’re an 11-12 team, and you’re starting to get pretty disappointed by your team’s long-term, big-money investment in Jayson Werth, who even without his caveman beard is batting . . . → Read More: Frustrations and Schadenfreude

Start function wbga_filter:

Just to add on to the previous post and Madison Bumgarner’s inability to punch out batters, I decided to look back at last year’s comparable stats. Here’s what I wrote in last night’s post:

He’s gotten to 2-strike counts with batters 40 times this season: 8 times he has given up a hit, 7 times he gave up a walk, and just 9 times did he record a strikeout. Two of those hits and four of those walks came in an at-bat after he had a 0-2 count, but couldn’t close the deal.

Looking back at Bumgarner’s 2010 season, he faced a batter with a 2-strike count 215 times. Of those, he got 86 strikeouts (40%), gave up 42 hits (19.5%), and walked just 8 batters (3.7%). In the 96 PAs in which he got an 0-2 count against a batter, he would eventually give up only 17 hits, but punched out 48 (50%), and didn’t walk a single batter (though he did have one HBP).

So anecdotes, ERA and general crappiness aside, we’re definitely seeing a different caliber MadBum from what we saw last year.

FYI, I’m adding this tidbit to last night’s post, so please forgive the double posting.

Start function wbga_in_feed Ending function wbga_in_feed: Start function wbga_track_user User not logged on Ending function wbga_track_user: 1 Calling preg_replace_callback: ]*?)href\s*=\s*['"](.*?)['"]([^>]*)>(.*?) Start function wbga_preg_callback: Array Get tracker for full url Start function wbga_track_full_url: giantspod.net/2011/04/26/off-day-giants-blues/ Start function wbga_is_url_internal: giantspod.net/2011/04/26/off-day-giants-blues/ Start function wbga_get_option: internal_domains wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: internal_domains (giantspod.net) Checking hostname giantspod.net Match found, url is internal Ending function wbga_is_url_internal: 1 Get tracker for internal URL Start function wbga_track_internal_url: giantspod.net/2011/04/26/off-day-giants-blues/, Start function wbga_get_option: track_files wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: track_files (1) Tracking files enabled Start function wbga_get_option: track_extensions wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: track_extensions (gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc) Checking file extension gif Checking file extension jpg Checking file extension jpeg Checking file extension bmp Checking file extension png Checking file extension pdf Checking file extension mp3 Checking file extension wav Checking file extension phps Checking file extension zip Checking file extension gz Checking file extension tar Checking file extension rar Checking file extension jar Checking file extension exe Checking file extension pps Checking file extension ppt Checking file extension xls Checking file extension doc Ending function wbga_track_internal_url: Ending function wbga_track_full_url: Ending function wbga_preg_callback: last night’s post Start function wbga_preg_callback: Array Get tracker for full url Start function wbga_track_full_url: www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=bumgama01&year=2010&t=p Start function wbga_is_url_internal: www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=bumgama01&year=2010&t=p Start function wbga_get_option: internal_domains wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: internal_domains (giantspod.net) Checking hostname giantspod.net Ending function wbga_is_url_internal: Get tracker for external URL Start function wbga_track_external_url: www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=bumgama01&year=2010&t=p Start function wbga_get_option: track_ext_links wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: track_ext_links (1) Tracking external links enabled Start function wbga_get_option: prefix_ext_links wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: prefix_ext_links (/out/) Ending function wbga_track_external_url: www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=bumgama01&year=2010&t=p Ending function wbga_track_full_url: /out/www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=bumgama01&year=2010&t=p Adding onclick attribute for /out/www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=bumgama01&year=2010&t=p Ending function wbga_preg_callback: Bumgarner’s 2010 season Ending function wbga_filter:

Just to add on to the previous post and Madison Bumgarner’s inability to punch out batters, I decided to look back at last year’s comparable stats. Here’s what I wrote in last night’s post:

He’s gotten to 2-strike counts with batters 40 times this season: 8 times he has given up a hit, 7 times he gave up a walk, and just 9 times did he record a strikeout. Two of those hits and four of those walks came in an at-bat after he had a 0-2 count, but couldn’t close the deal.

Looking back at Bumgarner’s 2010 season, he faced a batter with a 2-strike count 215 times. Of those, he got 86 strikeouts (40%), gave up 42 hits (19.5%), and walked just 8 batters (3.7%). In the 96 PAs in which he got an 0-2 count against a batter, he would eventually give up only 17 hits, but punched out 48 (50%), and didn’t walk a single batter (though he did have one HBP).

So anecdotes, ERA and general crappiness aside, we’re definitely seeing a different caliber MadBum from what we saw last year.

FYI, I’m adding this tidbit to last night’s post, so please forgive the double posting.

Start function wbga_filter:

Just to add on to the previous post and Madison Bumgarner’s inability to punch out batters, I decided to look back at last year’s comparable stats. Here’s what I wrote in last night’s post:

He’s gotten to 2-strike counts with batters 40 times this season: 8 times he has given up a hit, 7 . . . → Read More: MadBum Men

Start function wbga_in_feed Ending function wbga_in_feed: Start function wbga_track_user User not logged on Ending function wbga_track_user: 1 Calling preg_replace_callback: ]*?)href\s*=\s*['"](.*?)['"]([^>]*)>(.*?) Start function wbga_preg_callback: Array Get tracker for full url Start function wbga_track_full_url: giantspod.net/2011/04/26/off-day-giants-blues/ Start function wbga_is_url_internal: giantspod.net/2011/04/26/off-day-giants-blues/ Start function wbga_get_option: internal_domains wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: internal_domains (giantspod.net) Checking hostname giantspod.net Match found, url is internal Ending function wbga_is_url_internal: 1 Get tracker for internal URL Start function wbga_track_internal_url: giantspod.net/2011/04/26/off-day-giants-blues/, Start function wbga_get_option: track_files wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: track_files (1) Tracking files enabled Start function wbga_get_option: track_extensions wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: track_extensions (gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc) Checking file extension gif Checking file extension jpg Checking file extension jpeg Checking file extension bmp Checking file extension png Checking file extension pdf Checking file extension mp3 Checking file extension wav Checking file extension phps Checking file extension zip Checking file extension gz Checking file extension tar Checking file extension rar Checking file extension jar Checking file extension exe Checking file extension pps Checking file extension ppt Checking file extension xls Checking file extension doc Ending function wbga_track_internal_url: Ending function wbga_track_full_url: Ending function wbga_preg_callback: last night’s post Start function wbga_preg_callback: Array Get tracker for full url Start function wbga_track_full_url: giantspod.net/2011/04/26/madbum-men/ Start function wbga_is_url_internal: giantspod.net/2011/04/26/madbum-men/ Start function wbga_get_option: internal_domains wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: internal_domains (giantspod.net) Checking hostname giantspod.net Match found, url is internal Ending function wbga_is_url_internal: 1 Get tracker for internal URL Start function wbga_track_internal_url: giantspod.net/2011/04/26/madbum-men/, Start function wbga_get_option: track_files wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: track_files (1) Tracking files enabled Start function wbga_get_option: track_extensions wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: track_extensions (gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc) Checking file extension gif Checking file extension jpg Checking file extension jpeg Checking file extension bmp Checking file extension png Checking file extension pdf Checking file extension mp3 Checking file extension wav Checking file extension phps Checking file extension zip Checking file extension gz Checking file extension tar Checking file extension rar Checking file extension jar Checking file extension exe Checking file extension pps Checking file extension ppt Checking file extension xls Checking file extension doc Ending function wbga_track_internal_url: Ending function wbga_track_full_url: Ending function wbga_preg_callback: MadBum Men Ending function wbga_filter:

Just to add on to the previous post and Madison Bumgarner’s inability to punch out batters, I decided to look back at last year’s comparable stats. Here’s what I wrote in last night’s post:

He’s gotten to 2-strike counts with batters 40 times this season: 8 times he has given up a hit, 7 . . . → Read More: MadBum Men

Start function wbga_wp_footer_track: Start function wbga_get_tracker Start function wbga_in_feed Ending function wbga_in_feed: Start function wbga_track_user User not logged on Ending function wbga_track_user: 1 Start function wbga_get_option: tracking_type wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: tracking_type (1) Start function wbga_get_option: tracking_type wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: tracking_type (1) Start function wbga_get_option: account_id wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: account_id (UA-20314688-1) Start function wbga_get_option: fb_cam_tracking wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Making default options array wbga_default_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-XXXXXX-X', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => 8, 'footer_hooked' => false, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => false, 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => 1, 'fb_cam_tracking' => 0, ) Ending function wbga_get_option: fb_cam_tracking (0) Ending function wbga_get_tracker: Start function wbga_insert_html_once: footer, Footer hooked: HTML inserted: Location is FOOTER Inserting HTML End function wbga_insert_html Ending function wbga_wp_footer_track: Start function wbga_shutdown Start function wbga_in_feed Ending function wbga_in_feed: Start function wbga_track_user User not logged on Ending function wbga_track_user: 1 Footer hook was executed Start function wbga_get_option: footer_hooked wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: footer_hooked (1) Start function wbga_get_option: debug wbga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'giantspod.net', 'account_id' => 'UA-20314688-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => false, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/out/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/download/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => 'wbga_version', 'advanced_config' => false, 'tracking_type' => '1', 'gad_login_email' => 'giantspod@gmail.com', 'gad_login_pass' => 'busterposey', 'gad_auth_token' => '', 'gad_account_id' => 'ga:40231832', 'gad_display_level' => 'level_8', 'gad_post_days' => '30', 'gad_cache_timeout' => '60', 'gad_goal_one' => '', 'gad_goal_two' => '', 'gad_goal_three' => '', 'gad_goal_four' => '', 'gad_dash_days' => '30', ) Ending function wbga_get_option: debug (1) -->