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Episode 77: Keep It Rael

By Daniel Zarchy, on May 11th, 2012

Big shoes to fill. Really, really big shoes.

Episode 77: Keep It Rael is out!

In the seventy-seventh episode, Thomas and Danny talk to Comcast SportsNet’s Rael Enteen about Tim Lincecum’s struggles, the effects of Pablo Sandoval’s injury, Brandon Belt’s at-bats, Ryan Theriot, a crazy infield solution, wild trade rumors, and Brett Pill.

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Go Giants!

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Postgame Wrap: Beer > Giants

By Daniel Zarchy, on May 9th, 2012

Tonight’s wrap is going to be pretty quick. Pretty half-assed, honestly, thanks to the fact that I spent most of the night shmoozing with BayAreaSportsGuy and company, and drinking a beer for every run that Timmy gave up.
So yeah, this game sucked, but in a very status quo kind of way. The Giants, true to fashion, managed one rally that produced two runs and made their fans not totally give up on them. Lincecum struck out 8 in 5 innings, which is just enough to keep up hope that he’s not broken and make you ignore the 10 baserunners and 4 runs he gave up. Melky Cabrera tripled, because that’s what he does on days that end in Y, and Timmy even legged out an infield hit. Yaaaawn.
Of course, it wasn’t enough. It wasn’t close to enough. The Dodgers managed to score in three separate innings, which is more than the Giants have since Sunday’s extra-inning win.
So yeah , today’s game managed to keep basically every question still open. Lincecum still strikes people out while giving up runs, a la Zack Greinke, but worse. The Giants continue to hit! sometimes, but only once or twice a game. The bullpen continues to be moohd, which is a combination of “meh” and “good.” Good enough to keep your job, but not good enough to be, well, good.
The Giants are going to continue playing, and may win or lose. Vamos Gigantes, supongo.

Stats of the Game:
13: Number of times the Giants reached base tonight
2: Number of runs the Giants scored
5: Number of innings pitched by Tim Lincecum tonight
0: Number of people who made up their minds about Tim Lincecum tonight

Bonus Stat of the Day
3: People from Twitter I met for the first time tonight

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POSTGAME RECAP: Giants Defeat Kershaw, Bizarro Dusty Baker

By Thomas Todd, on May 8th, 2012

I love to watch pitcher’s duels. I love it even more when each pitcher goes about his business as differently as Ryan Vogelsong and Clayton Kershaw do.

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This Was The Worst Game of the Season: Every Year Edition

By Thomas Todd, on May 8th, 2012

In lieu of last night’s horrific performance against the Dodgers, I decided to profile the worst Giants performances under Bruce Bochy, year-by-year. Things I considered when making these determinations:

-Score: Was the game close? Did the Giants lose by double digits? Did they fail to score a run?

-Rivalries. Losses to the Dodgers are worse than losses to the Blue Jays. They just are.

-Standings. Where were the Giants in the division at the time of this loss?

-Streaks. Did this game end a winning streak? Start a losing streak?

-Gut-wrench factor. Did this game make you wish you liked soccer?

-Ephemera. Did someone just get injured? Did someone the Giants payed a billion dollars to stink?

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Postgame Wrap: Sloppy Thirds

By Daniel Zarchy, on May 7th, 2012

The good news, such as it is, is that you can’t get two losses for the same stupid game.

But if you can, man, it would be for this game. Nothing looked good from the seventh inning on, and very little before then. The Giants committed three errors, but deserved at least a couple more. Conor Gillaspie’s defensive flaws finally made their presence felt, and their debut was spectacular. Buster Posey looked uncomfortable at first, Theriot looked tree-like at second, and even the plays that the outfielders made looked pretty awkward.

Barry Zito and Joaquin Arias were the highlights of this game, which is a sentence we can file under “Things We Never Expected To Say, Volume 16.” Arias is making a case for regular starts, either platooning with Crawford or at third. I’m not ready to give up on Gillaspie after just one game – one awful, awful game – but today certainly didn’t help anything.

Also, enough of this crap. The strict platoon thing hasn’t failed every time, but if anything today’s game shows that it ain’t gospel. Pill, Sanchez and Theriot combined for an 0-for-12 today, and the defense was awful. I don’t mind Hector as a backup for Posey to rest him, and even as a regular battery-mate to Zito. But he is not a good enough hitter, especially against lefties, to keep Brandon Belt out of the lineup.

A simple proposal: let’s play our best players at their ideal positions. Sure, you might get some 0-fers, but you might get them anyway. You may as well throw the best players out on the field, and see what happens. I’ve been a Bochy apologist most of the time, but that’s over after this game. Today’s lineup was such crap, something’s gotta give. But it probably won’t.

Brandon Watch 2012:

Stats of the Day:

9.00: Travis Blackley’s ERA after today’s game

3.00: Travis Blackley’s ERA before today’s game

2: Starting position players who got hits today

0: Number of times Matt Kemp made an out today

Bonus Stat of the Day:

Sucked: This game

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Big shoes to fill. Really, really big shoes.

Episode 77: Keep It Rael is out!

In the seventy-seventh episode, Thomas and Danny talk to Comcast SportsNet’s Rael Enteen about Tim Lincecum’s struggles, the effects of Pablo Sandoval’s injury, Brandon Belt’s at-bats, Ryan Theriot, a crazy infield solution, wild trade rumors, and Brett Pill.

Click on the image below to find it on iTunes:

You can also find it on the RSS feed, or by clicking on the play button below. We look forward to your feedback, either by commenting here on the blog, emailing us at giantspod@gmail.com, or our Twitter feed.

Go Giants!

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'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_mail_links (1) Start function wbga_get_option: prefix_mail_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_mail_links (/mailto/) Ending function wbga_track_mailto: /mailto/giantspod@gmail.com Adding onclick attribute for /mailto/giantspod@gmail.com Ending function wbga_preg_callback: giantspod@gmail.com Start function wbga_preg_callback: Array Get tracker for full url Start function wbga_track_full_url: twitter.com/GiantsPod Start function wbga_is_url_internal: twitter.com/GiantsPod 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: twitter.com/GiantsPod 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: twitter.com/GiantsPod Ending function wbga_track_full_url: /out/twitter.com/GiantsPod Adding onclick attribute for /out/twitter.com/GiantsPod Ending function wbga_preg_callback: Twitter feed Start function wbga_preg_callback: Array Get tracker for full url Start function wbga_track_full_url: giantspod.net/wp-content/podcast/Episodes/episode77.mp3 Start function wbga_is_url_internal: giantspod.net/wp-content/podcast/Episodes/episode77.mp3 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/podcast/Episodes/episode77.mp3, 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 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/podcast/Episodes/episode77.mp3 Stripping everything up until and including first / Ending function wbga_remove_hostname: wp-content/podcast/Episodes/episode77.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/podcast/Episodes/episode77.mp3 Ending function wbga_track_full_url: /download/wp-content/podcast/Episodes/episode77.mp3 Adding onclick attribute for /download/wp-content/podcast/Episodes/episode77.mp3 Ending function wbga_preg_callback: Start function wbga_preg_callback: Array Get tracker for relative (and thus internal) url Start function wbga_track_internal_url: #podPressPlayerSpace_1, 1 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_preg_callback: Play Now Start function wbga_preg_callback: Array Get tracker for relative (and thus internal) url Start function wbga_track_internal_url: #podPressPlayerSpace_1, 1 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' => 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Big shoes to fill. Really, really big shoes.

Episode 77: Keep It Rael is out!

In the seventy-seventh episode, Thomas and Danny talk to Comcast SportsNet’s Rael Enteen about Tim Lincecum’s struggles, the effects of Pablo Sandoval’s injury, Brandon Belt’s at-bats, Ryan Theriot, a crazy infield solution, wild trade rumors, and Brett Pill.

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Go Giants!

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Tonight’s wrap is going to be pretty quick. Pretty half-assed, honestly, thanks to the fact that I spent most of the night shmoozing with BayAreaSportsGuy and company, and drinking a beer for every run that Timmy gave up.
So yeah, this game sucked, but in a very status quo kind of way. The Giants, true to fashion, managed one rally that produced two runs and made their fans not totally give up on them. Lincecum struck out 8 in 5 innings, which is just enough to keep up hope that he’s not broken and make you ignore the 10 baserunners and 4 runs he gave up. Melky Cabrera tripled, because that’s what he does on days that end in Y, and Timmy even legged out an infield hit. Yaaaawn.
Of course, it wasn’t enough. It wasn’t close to enough. The Dodgers managed to score in three separate innings, which is more than the Giants have since Sunday’s extra-inning win.
So yeah , today’s game managed to keep basically every question still open. Lincecum still strikes people out while giving up runs, a la Zack Greinke, but worse. The Giants continue to hit! sometimes, but only once or twice a game. The bullpen continues to be moohd, which is a combination of “meh” and “good.” Good enough to keep your job, but not good enough to be, well, good.
The Giants are going to continue playing, and may win or lose. Vamos Gigantes, supongo.

Stats of the Game:
13: Number of times the Giants reached base tonight
2: Number of runs the Giants scored
5: Number of innings pitched by Tim Lincecum tonight
0: Number of people who made up their minds about Tim Lincecum tonight

Bonus Stat of the Day
3: People from Twitter I met for the first time tonight

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Tonight’s wrap is going to be pretty quick. Pretty half-assed, honestly, thanks to the fact that I spent most of the night shmoozing with BayAreaSportsGuy and company, and drinking a beer for every run that Timmy gave up.
So yeah, this game sucked, but in a very status quo kind of way. The Giants, true to fashion, managed one rally that produced two runs and made their fans not totally give up on them. Lincecum struck out 8 in 5 innings, which is just enough to keep up hope that he’s not broken and make you ignore the 10 baserunners and 4 runs he gave up. Melky Cabrera tripled, because that’s what he does on days that end in Y, and Timmy even legged out an infield hit. Yaaaawn.
Of course, it wasn’t enough. It wasn’t close to enough. The Dodgers managed to score in three separate innings, which is more than the Giants have since Sunday’s extra-inning win.
So yeah , today’s game managed to keep basically every question still open. Lincecum still strikes people out while giving up runs, a la Zack Greinke, but worse. The Giants continue to hit! sometimes, but only once or twice a game. The bullpen continues to be moohd, which is a combination of “meh” and “good.” Good enough to keep your job, but not good enough to be, well, good.
The Giants are going to continue playing, and may win or lose. Vamos Gigantes, supongo.

Stats of the Game:
13: Number of times the Giants reached base tonight
2: Number of runs the Giants scored
5: Number of innings pitched by Tim Lincecum tonight
0: Number of people who made up their minds about Tim Lincecum tonight

Bonus Stat of the Day
3: People from Twitter I met for the first time tonight

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I love to watch pitcher’s duels. I love it even more when each pitcher goes about his business as differently as Ryan Vogelsong and Clayton Kershaw do.

Continue reading “POSTGAME RECAP: Giants Defeat Kershaw, Bizarro Dusty Baker”

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I love to watch pitcher’s duels. I love it even more when each pitcher goes about his business as differently as Ryan Vogelsong and Clayton Kershaw do.

Continue reading “POSTGAME RECAP: Giants Defeat Kershaw, Bizarro Dusty Baker”

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In lieu of last night’s horrific performance against the Dodgers, I decided to profile the worst Giants performances under Bruce Bochy, year-by-year. Things I considered when making these determinations:

-Score: Was the game close? Did the Giants lose by double digits? Did they fail to score a run?

-Rivalries. Losses to the Dodgers are worse than losses to the Blue Jays. They just are.

-Standings. Where were the Giants in the division at the time of this loss?

-Streaks. Did this game end a winning streak? Start a losing streak?

-Gut-wrench factor. Did this game make you wish you liked soccer?

-Ephemera. Did someone just get injured? Did someone the Giants payed a billion dollars to stink?

Continue reading “This Was The Worst Game of the Season: Every Year Edition”

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-Score: Was the game close? Did the Giants lose by double digits? Did they fail to score a run?

-Rivalries. Losses to the Dodgers are worse than losses to the Blue Jays. They just are.

-Standings. Where were the Giants in the division at the time of this loss?

-Streaks. Did this game end a winning streak? Start a losing streak?

-Gut-wrench factor. Did this game make you wish you liked soccer?

-Ephemera. Did someone just get injured? Did someone the Giants payed a billion dollars to stink?

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The good news, such as it is, is that you can’t get two losses for the same stupid game.

But if you can, man, it would be for this game. Nothing looked good from the seventh inning on, and very little before then. The Giants committed three errors, but deserved at least a couple more. Conor Gillaspie’s defensive flaws finally made their presence felt, and their debut was spectacular. Buster Posey looked uncomfortable at first, Theriot looked tree-like at second, and even the plays that the outfielders made looked pretty awkward.

Barry Zito and Joaquin Arias were the highlights of this game, which is a sentence we can file under “Things We Never Expected To Say, Volume 16.” Arias is making a case for regular starts, either platooning with Crawford or at third. I’m not ready to give up on Gillaspie after just one game – one awful, awful game – but today certainly didn’t help anything.

Also, enough of this crap. The strict platoon thing hasn’t failed every time, but if anything today’s game shows that it ain’t gospel. Pill, Sanchez and Theriot combined for an 0-for-12 today, and the defense was awful. I don’t mind Hector as a backup for Posey to rest him, and even as a regular battery-mate to Zito. But he is not a good enough hitter, especially against lefties, to keep Brandon Belt out of the lineup.

A simple proposal: let’s play our best players at their ideal positions. Sure, you might get some 0-fers, but you might get them anyway. You may as well throw the best players out on the field, and see what happens. I’ve been a Bochy apologist most of the time, but that’s over after this game. Today’s lineup was such crap, something’s gotta give. But it probably won’t.

Brandon Watch 2012:

Stats of the Day:

9.00: Travis Blackley’s ERA after today’s game

3.00: Travis Blackley’s ERA before today’s game

2: Starting position players who got hits today

0: Number of times Matt Kemp made an out today

Bonus Stat of the Day:

Sucked: This game

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The good news, such as it is, is that you can’t get two losses for the same stupid game.

But if you can, man, it would be for this game. Nothing looked good from the seventh inning on, and very little before then. The Giants committed three errors, but deserved at least a couple more. Conor Gillaspie’s defensive flaws finally made their presence felt, and their debut was spectacular. Buster Posey looked uncomfortable at first, Theriot looked tree-like at second, and even the plays that the outfielders made looked pretty awkward.

Barry Zito and Joaquin Arias were the highlights of this game, which is a sentence we can file under “Things We Never Expected To Say, Volume 16.” Arias is making a case for regular starts, either platooning with Crawford or at third. I’m not ready to give up on Gillaspie after just one game – one awful, awful game – but today certainly didn’t help anything.

Also, enough of this crap. The strict platoon thing hasn’t failed every time, but if anything today’s game shows that it ain’t gospel. Pill, Sanchez and Theriot combined for an 0-for-12 today, and the defense was awful. I don’t mind Hector as a backup for Posey to rest him, and even as a regular battery-mate to Zito. But he is not a good enough hitter, especially against lefties, to keep Brandon Belt out of the lineup.

A simple proposal: let’s play our best players at their ideal positions. Sure, you might get some 0-fers, but you might get them anyway. You may as well throw the best players out on the field, and see what happens. I’ve been a Bochy apologist most of the time, but that’s over after this game. Today’s lineup was such crap, something’s gotta give. But it probably won’t.

Brandon Watch 2012:

Stats of the Day:

9.00: Travis Blackley’s ERA after today’s game

3.00: Travis Blackley’s ERA before today’s game

2: Starting position players who got hits today

0: Number of times Matt Kemp made an out today

Bonus Stat of the Day:

Sucked: This game

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