Check out this article from The San Francisco Examiner:
SABEAN FIRED BY SELIG FOR HIS ROLE IN BALCO SCANDAL; ALL GIANTS TRANSACTIONS SINCE 2002 REVERSED
Aurilia Unfortunately Still On Team
SAN FRANCISCO, CA: Baseball commissioner Bud Selig has laid his iron backhand directly into Brian Sabean's mouth for the Giants General Manager's laissez faire attitude towards steroids. Historically, when asked why he allowed a known steroids distributor in the Giants clubhouse since 2002, Sabean has relied upon his trademark multi-motto "sterioids shmeroids, let 'em play ball, to each his own" to bail him out of the questioning. Ironically, in a fit of irony, this tolerant stance could ironically leave Sabean on his own.
Selig announced today that not only is Sabean fired as GM, but any trade or signing the Giants made during the "tainted tenure", 2002-nnnNow!, will be null and void. What this means for the Giants is that their heart and soul, Barry Bonds, is back on the team and hitting cleanup, thus ending the "Gamer" ad campaign. Bonds was quoted as saying "Hell yeah I was planning on this. I know all along I was headed back here... Here or prison."
In addition, Jeremy Accardo, Joe Nathan and David Aardsma are now anchoring the bullpen; Keiichi Yabu was seen passed out drunk under Lefty O'Doul Bridge. Also, Boof Bonser and Francisco Liriano will shore up a seven man rotation, Ray Durham took BART back to Oakland, and Giants fans can erase any mental scars left by Neifi Perez, Edgardo Alfonzo, Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Jeffrey Hammonds, A.J. Unnamed, Eric Young, Sidney Ponson, Steve Kline, Ruben Rivera, Dave Roberts, Jose Cruz Jr., Armando Benitez, Deivi Cruz,Wayne Franklin, Steve Finley, Mark Sweeney, Barry Zito, Ryan Klesko, Tim Worrell (second time), Randy Messenger, Russ Ortiz (second time), Jeff Fassero, Alex Sanchez, Latroy Hawkins and Felipe Alou. These players now officially never played for the Giants, who as a result have roughly a $370 million surplus to spend on payroll the remainder of the year.
Many Giants fans are ecstatic. For example, Carlos Valderrama of San Jose said, "Oh wow! This morning I woke up as a confused Minor League Coach. Now I'm a real Giant again!"
Other fans, such as Felipe Crespo, 35, of Rio Piedras, had a different reaction: "I don't think Selig is being fair," bitched Crespo. "Sabes definitely knew about the steroids man in 2001, when I was cut from the team. I should be starting tomorrow. Besides, I had more Splash hits than Willie Mays."
Another Felipe, Alou, had this to add, "Wow, this is quite a shock. I was thinking this offseason was suspiciously long. Now I get it. I was fired last year. Anyway someone tell Carlos Perez to start warming up."
Miguel del Toro is dead and could not be reached for comment.
Ask Shawon!
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Dick Pole
We'll be in Scottsdale for Spring Training MArch 20-23, with plenty of Barry Martyr shirts for sale. What's more likely in 2008, Giants World Champs or Aurilia repeats 37 home run season of 2001? Another rough season expected.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Blog
Hello, as you may have noticed, this blog is updated slightly sporadically. Actually it's more defunct than anything. It has very little to do with Shawon Dunston, in fact he seems pretty content with us not calling him every week. So, as for now, this site's main purpose is to get those Barry Bonds Martyr shirts onto the streets and into the homes etc. Maybe, if the Giants keep Caincecum, we'll have a real blog going this season. Who knows. For now, stick with McCovey Chronicles. Now get over there and start gobbling up those Barry shirts!!
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
State of the website address
Hello, friends.
So as countless people have noticed, there has been an outrageous lack of activity on this site throughout the summer. Our excuse is that, due to the miserable status of our San Francisco Giants, we haven't felt motivated to do anything. Whether or not the first part of that statement is a valid reason, the latter half of the sentence is definitely true. I'm leaving the country for a while. I'm not sure what Brad or Shawon are doing. More Barry shirts are on the way.
So as countless people have noticed, there has been an outrageous lack of activity on this site throughout the summer. Our excuse is that, due to the miserable status of our San Francisco Giants, we haven't felt motivated to do anything. Whether or not the first part of that statement is a valid reason, the latter half of the sentence is definitely true. I'm leaving the country for a while. I'm not sure what Brad or Shawon are doing. More Barry shirts are on the way.
Monday, June 04, 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Q & A #7
Why, Mr. Dunston, does the media give so much more attention to the Boston/Yankees rivalry than that of the Giants/Dodgers? After all, our rivalry is older, survived a change of coasts, and is ridiculously close in terms of all-time wins/losses. Thanks, go Gigantes!
Eddie T.
Tracy, CA
Eddie, it comes down to this: Although the teams may seem comparable on the field, Giants fans are so much doper than Dodger fans that nobody really takes the Dodgers seriously. When we go to the park, we get this:
When people go to the ballgame in Los Angeles they get:
Plus, when they finally get there after sitting in traffic for thirty hours, they stay for two innings, don’t know anything and don’t care.
With the Yankees/Red Sox, the fans of both teams are equally dimwitted, hence the competitive spirit. Now I know our diplomatic stance allies us with Boston, but there are deff some reasons to keep a wary eye open.
Eddie T.
Tracy, CA
Eddie, it comes down to this: Although the teams may seem comparable on the field, Giants fans are so much doper than Dodger fans that nobody really takes the Dodgers seriously. When we go to the park, we get this:
When people go to the ballgame in Los Angeles they get:
Plus, when they finally get there after sitting in traffic for thirty hours, they stay for two innings, don’t know anything and don’t care.
With the Yankees/Red Sox, the fans of both teams are equally dimwitted, hence the competitive spirit. Now I know our diplomatic stance allies us with Boston, but there are deff some reasons to keep a wary eye open.
Q & A #6
Hi Shawon, what, in your opinion, would happen in a perfect Giants game?
Tanya G.
Livermore
This about sums it up:
Tanya G.
Livermore
This about sums it up:
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Q & A #5
If Barry keeps this up, does he have a shot at winning MVP or at least Comeback Player of the Year?
Elaine
San Jose
8-time MVP? You bet! I can't think of a player who an offense depends on more, and neither can you. As for the coveted CBPotY Award... Barry was inexplicably left off of the ballot last year, after hitting .270 with 26 homeruns during a year where he had no meat on his knees and was overall hella old. The silver lining is that he has a great shot at Comeback Player of the Years (2).
Shawon, what's with the rash under Lowry's right eye? Is it getter bigger? If so, how will this affect his changeup?
Trent
Augusta, ME
Very perceptive Trent, but I can't contractually speak about that. This issue will be addressed in Spiderman 3.
Elaine
San Jose
8-time MVP? You bet! I can't think of a player who an offense depends on more, and neither can you. As for the coveted CBPotY Award... Barry was inexplicably left off of the ballot last year, after hitting .270 with 26 homeruns during a year where he had no meat on his knees and was overall hella old. The silver lining is that he has a great shot at Comeback Player of the Years (2).
Shawon, what's with the rash under Lowry's right eye? Is it getter bigger? If so, how will this affect his changeup?
Trent
Augusta, ME
Very perceptive Trent, but I can't contractually speak about that. This issue will be addressed in Spiderman 3.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Q & A #4
Hey Mr. Dunston! Welcome back to the Giants family! What do you think of the Giants' first base situation?
Aaron L.
San Rafael
I really don't know what to think about who should be at first right now. Feliz, Aurilia, Niekro, Klesko and Sweeney can all play the position. If we could somehow consolidate them into one player that could pinch hit like Sweeney, hit for average like Aurilia, hit for power like Klesko, defend like Feliz and throw knuckleballs like Niekro, we would have a slightly below average first baseman. However, this is unlikely and it looks like the best idea would be to keep Feliz at third and go with the first base platoon of Rychie Klekilia. Niekro may be able to be traded for someone like Armando Benitez and Sweeney may be able to be traded for someone like me. It's one of those lose/lose/win/win/lose situations.
Aaron L.
San Rafael
I really don't know what to think about who should be at first right now. Feliz, Aurilia, Niekro, Klesko and Sweeney can all play the position. If we could somehow consolidate them into one player that could pinch hit like Sweeney, hit for average like Aurilia, hit for power like Klesko, defend like Feliz and throw knuckleballs like Niekro, we would have a slightly below average first baseman. However, this is unlikely and it looks like the best idea would be to keep Feliz at third and go with the first base platoon of Rychie Klekilia. Niekro may be able to be traded for someone like Armando Benitez and Sweeney may be able to be traded for someone like me. It's one of those lose/lose/win/win/lose situations.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Q & A #3
I noticed last week you refered to J.T. Snow, what does the "J.T." stand for?
Rory M.
Kansas City, MO
If you Wiki J.T. Snow, you'll read that his initials stand for "Jack Thomas". This is just another example of why Wikipedia is completely unreliable. Snow's use of an abbreviation is actually to cover up a darker side of the defensive wizz's legacy. Snow at an early age was an aspiring guitarist and singer-songwriter, playing the local circuit of Manhattan when he, at the age of 15, attended a James Taylor concert and became obsessed with the musician. Born Corey Wilbur Snow, J.T. became an overzealous fan, began playing Taylor cover songs on the street, and legally changed his name to James Taylor Snow. The real James Taylor heard of this, and, realizing Snow was disturbed, arranged a meeting with the aspiring musician. Their interaction was brief, as Taylor was short on time:
Taylor: Hi there, son... so what's this about you changing your name?
Snow: Oh! Mister Taylor I am such a huge fan and I--
Taylor: Yeah obviously, listen you snot if you go around telling people your name is James Taylor and playing my songs I will send a friend or two of mine to treat your teeth like pottery, understood?
Snow: Huh--No, I-- what do you mean?
Taylor: I mean you'll be laid out on the sidewalk defecating on yourself. Pick something else, idiot.
Snow: Something else? Like what? I was just try--
Taylor: I don't care, try stealing cars or drugs or call up the Yankees and ask if they have any openings at first base, either way just stop playing my songs. [smashes Snow's guitar on the ground]
Snow: [sobbing] Caa-caaa-can I keep your name at least?
Taylor: Pathetic. No. But you can keep the initials if it makes you happy, I'm sure someday it will remind you of how stupid you once were. Now get out of my face.
Snow, already having a few warrants he had yet to take care of, decided to pursue Taylor's third suggestion, and the rest is history! Don't believe it? Proof:
Rory M.
Kansas City, MO
If you Wiki J.T. Snow, you'll read that his initials stand for "Jack Thomas". This is just another example of why Wikipedia is completely unreliable. Snow's use of an abbreviation is actually to cover up a darker side of the defensive wizz's legacy. Snow at an early age was an aspiring guitarist and singer-songwriter, playing the local circuit of Manhattan when he, at the age of 15, attended a James Taylor concert and became obsessed with the musician. Born Corey Wilbur Snow, J.T. became an overzealous fan, began playing Taylor cover songs on the street, and legally changed his name to James Taylor Snow. The real James Taylor heard of this, and, realizing Snow was disturbed, arranged a meeting with the aspiring musician. Their interaction was brief, as Taylor was short on time:
Taylor: Hi there, son... so what's this about you changing your name?
Snow: Oh! Mister Taylor I am such a huge fan and I--
Taylor: Yeah obviously, listen you snot if you go around telling people your name is James Taylor and playing my songs I will send a friend or two of mine to treat your teeth like pottery, understood?
Snow: Huh--No, I-- what do you mean?
Taylor: I mean you'll be laid out on the sidewalk defecating on yourself. Pick something else, idiot.
Snow: Something else? Like what? I was just try--
Taylor: I don't care, try stealing cars or drugs or call up the Yankees and ask if they have any openings at first base, either way just stop playing my songs. [smashes Snow's guitar on the ground]
Snow: [sobbing] Caa-caaa-can I keep your name at least?
Taylor: Pathetic. No. But you can keep the initials if it makes you happy, I'm sure someday it will remind you of how stupid you once were. Now get out of my face.
Snow, already having a few warrants he had yet to take care of, decided to pursue Taylor's third suggestion, and the rest is history! Don't believe it? Proof:
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Q & A #2
Shawon, as we show our appreciation for Jackie Robinson, what do you think is the reason that black players are less prevalent in the game today?
Melissa M.
Carlsbad
Melissa, first, you need to step your terminology game way up. “Black” here doesn’t work, because there are tons of players from Latin countries of African descent who look “black”, such as Carlos Delgado. There are also people from Latin countries who look “white” like Rafael Palmeiro. Thirdly, there are people from America that look “black”, like Jackie Robinson. Fourthly, there are people from Venezuala like Josh Barfield whose name indicates there was some sort of mixup. And then there’s Esteban Yan and Bruce Chen. And Tomokazu Ohka is Japanese, while Dave Roberts is only half, and Brian Roberts is even less than that! We’re concerned with the third group, African Americans, whose presence in baseball has dwindled over the past few decades. All weekend, I heard various media people citing “the lure of basketball and football in inner cities” as the cause for this trend. However, not once did I hear the correct answer: “Me”. Not “me” as in Shawon but “me” as in the media spokesman speaking about himself. What the media has chosen to do to Barry Bonds over the past twenty years is just despicable. African Americans have been able to watch three of their own, Ken Griffey Jr., Frank Thomas, and Barry Bonds, contend to be the best hitters of all time, and when the former two saw their careers halted by injury, Bonds’ kept getting more and more amazing. So, does the media applaud his career and give him to praise he deserves? No, they try to break him down into nothing, and instead give the honor to... Roger Clemens. Clemens’ career is exremely similar to Bonds’, and his selfish play by far exceeds that of the great Barry. Can you imagine what the media would say if Barry decided to wait until May or so to start playing?
These newspaper men have taken the great African American hero away from the youth, and now they ask why African American kids aren’t interested in the sport. I only hope that this blatant racism by a predominantly white media will be exposed in time.
Sorry for the unpleasant by necessary seriousness, next weeks theme: Stand By Your ‘Mando!
Melissa M.
Carlsbad
Melissa, first, you need to step your terminology game way up. “Black” here doesn’t work, because there are tons of players from Latin countries of African descent who look “black”, such as Carlos Delgado. There are also people from Latin countries who look “white” like Rafael Palmeiro. Thirdly, there are people from America that look “black”, like Jackie Robinson. Fourthly, there are people from Venezuala like Josh Barfield whose name indicates there was some sort of mixup. And then there’s Esteban Yan and Bruce Chen. And Tomokazu Ohka is Japanese, while Dave Roberts is only half, and Brian Roberts is even less than that! We’re concerned with the third group, African Americans, whose presence in baseball has dwindled over the past few decades. All weekend, I heard various media people citing “the lure of basketball and football in inner cities” as the cause for this trend. However, not once did I hear the correct answer: “Me”. Not “me” as in Shawon but “me” as in the media spokesman speaking about himself. What the media has chosen to do to Barry Bonds over the past twenty years is just despicable. African Americans have been able to watch three of their own, Ken Griffey Jr., Frank Thomas, and Barry Bonds, contend to be the best hitters of all time, and when the former two saw their careers halted by injury, Bonds’ kept getting more and more amazing. So, does the media applaud his career and give him to praise he deserves? No, they try to break him down into nothing, and instead give the honor to... Roger Clemens. Clemens’ career is exremely similar to Bonds’, and his selfish play by far exceeds that of the great Barry. Can you imagine what the media would say if Barry decided to wait until May or so to start playing?
These newspaper men have taken the great African American hero away from the youth, and now they ask why African American kids aren’t interested in the sport. I only hope that this blatant racism by a predominantly white media will be exposed in time.
Sorry for the unpleasant by necessary seriousness, next weeks theme: Stand By Your ‘Mando!
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Q & A #1
Hey Shawon, I loved watching you as a Giant. I remember that home run you hit in Game 6. Anyway, what do you think of the Giants’ finalized roster? Is this the year?
Andy H.
Sonoma
If, by “the year” you mean “the year that lots of unpredictable things in baseball happen, as is the case in most years” (which I assume you do) then, probably. I do remember that home run, and I remember we were definitely supposed to win the game when we were up 5-0. As I recall, that didn’t happen. What I mean to say is, the 2007 Giants aren’t supposed to be better than the 2006 team which lost like every game. On paper they look comparable, and in person they look even more similar. However, they look just as similar to the 2004 team which won nearly 150 games and would have made the playoffs if it weren't for that slimeball crawdad Finley. The most notable difference was that the 2004zies had the offensive juggernaut of “The Angry Abbreviator”, J.T. Snow. Snow was “supposed” to hit about .237, instead he anagramed those numbers and put up a .327. Long story short, anything can happen, especially in the playoffs. The Cardinals were by far the worst team in the postseason last year and they didn’t embarrass themselves. So, to answer your question, yes.
Andy H.
Sonoma
If, by “the year” you mean “the year that lots of unpredictable things in baseball happen, as is the case in most years” (which I assume you do) then, probably. I do remember that home run, and I remember we were definitely supposed to win the game when we were up 5-0. As I recall, that didn’t happen. What I mean to say is, the 2007 Giants aren’t supposed to be better than the 2006 team which lost like every game. On paper they look comparable, and in person they look even more similar. However, they look just as similar to the 2004 team which won nearly 150 games and would have made the playoffs if it weren't for that slimeball crawdad Finley. The most notable difference was that the 2004zies had the offensive juggernaut of “The Angry Abbreviator”, J.T. Snow. Snow was “supposed” to hit about .237, instead he anagramed those numbers and put up a .327. Long story short, anything can happen, especially in the playoffs. The Cardinals were by far the worst team in the postseason last year and they didn’t embarrass themselves. So, to answer your question, yes.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Shawon Dunston Joins TBG
Big news folks! We here at Tampa Bay Giants have recently joined teams with Shawon Dunston, whom Giants fans remember from his three tours with San Francisco (1996, 1998, 2001-02), resulting in a National League Championship, 18 towering home runs, and two purple hearts. Baseball wizz Bill James noted that Dunston was an "eternal rookie, a player who continued until the end of his career to make rookie mistakes." Obviously, this is a match made in heaven's singles lounge. So from now on, instead of a sporadically updated blog, expect sporadic question and answer sessions from TBG's hordes of fans answered by the two time overall pick (once in the 1982 MLB draft, the other in the 2007 TampaBayGiants.com worldwide search for someone to lessen the harsh physical burden of blogging). If you want to get involved, simply, contact Shawon through his electronic mail!
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
200Heaven
Welcome back friends. This year, TBG plans to be much better. We will start with predictions for the upcoming 162-3 games of ecstasy we have in store.
To help make offensive projections for the lineup this year, I took the career highs in each category for each player and came up with these hitting forecasts:
Roberts:
.293/.360/.428, 80 R, 19 2B's, 13 3B's, 8 HR, 44 RBI, 49 SB
Vizquel:
.333/.397/.436, 112 R, 36 2B's, 10 3B's, 14 HR, 72 RBI, 43 SB
Durham:
.296/.374/.538, 126 R, 42 2B, 10 3B, 26 HR, 93 RBI, 36 SB
Barry Bonds:
.370/.609/.863, 129 R, 44 2B, 9 3B, 73 HR, 137 RBI, 52 SB, 232 BB
Aurilia:
.325/.369/.572, 114 R, 37 2B, 37 HR, 97 RBI
Klesko:
.310/.399/.608, 105 R, 39 2B, 34 HR, 113 RBI, 23 SB
Winn:
.306/.360/.499, 103 R, 47 2B, 9 3B, 20 HR, 81 RBI, 27 SB
Molina:
.295/.336/.467, 24 2B, 19 HR, 71 RBI
Bench:
Pedro Feliz:
.276/.305/.515, 35 2B's, 22 HR's, 98 RBI
At least on paper, we have what seems to be a historically special team. No one can argue with those numbers. BUT, I know what you're thinking...
"isn't it likely that some players will post new career highs in some categories?"
To answer this one, we can only wait and see what happens...play ball!
To help make offensive projections for the lineup this year, I took the career highs in each category for each player and came up with these hitting forecasts:
Roberts:
.293/.360/.428, 80 R, 19 2B's, 13 3B's, 8 HR, 44 RBI, 49 SB
Vizquel:
.333/.397/.436, 112 R, 36 2B's, 10 3B's, 14 HR, 72 RBI, 43 SB
Durham:
.296/.374/.538, 126 R, 42 2B, 10 3B, 26 HR, 93 RBI, 36 SB
Barry Bonds:
.370/.609/.863, 129 R, 44 2B, 9 3B, 73 HR, 137 RBI, 52 SB, 232 BB
Aurilia:
.325/.369/.572, 114 R, 37 2B, 37 HR, 97 RBI
Klesko:
.310/.399/.608, 105 R, 39 2B, 34 HR, 113 RBI, 23 SB
Winn:
.306/.360/.499, 103 R, 47 2B, 9 3B, 20 HR, 81 RBI, 27 SB
Molina:
.295/.336/.467, 24 2B, 19 HR, 71 RBI
Bench:
Pedro Feliz:
.276/.305/.515, 35 2B's, 22 HR's, 98 RBI
At least on paper, we have what seems to be a historically special team. No one can argue with those numbers. BUT, I know what you're thinking...
"isn't it likely that some players will post new career highs in some categories?"
To answer this one, we can only wait and see what happens...play ball!
Monday, October 30, 2006
Winter
Just wake me up when we've signed Bonds, Schmidt, and Soriano. As for Moose Mochy... I'm heading back to bed
Saturday, October 21, 2006
The D
Huh... where am I? What year is this? Where's Jake?... Oh right, this happens every year after the Giants are eliminated... a few weeks of spacing out as the thoughts of doom snowball in my brain... finally snapping out of it to make sure at least one team loses in the WS. Actually in this series I am fa sho rooting for Detroit, as they have been completely miserable for most of my baseball watching career. This team should give hope to the Kansas Cities, the Milwaukees and the Montreals that have been oh so hopeless for oh so long. But the Devil Rays should and will remain hopeless. Also, Jeff Weaver and Scott Spiezio are ridiculous tools and should be glove slapped. Ugh... only like five months till Scottsdale
Sunday, October 01, 2006
I hate Baseball
Well, you all know how the season ended, and I don't want to talk about it. Go A's for now, death to the Dodgers & Yankees. Anyway, there is some good news which relates to us here at TBG. Check out the news in the Jason Grimsely case. Now, I have been pointing the steroid finger at Clemens for literally years now. A huge reason Bonds started getting allegations was due to his production when he was in his late thirties and early forties. Clemens did the exact same thing, throwing as hard as ever for 200+ innings as a 40 year old power pitcher. This simply shouldn't happen, power pitchers who succeed late in their careers do so with location and offspeed stuff, as they have lost significant zip on their fastballs. The ONLY exception to this rule is Nolan Ryan who spent the last few years of his career in the same dugout as Jose Canseco, Rafael Palmeiro, and Juan Gonzalez. I wouldn't be surprised. Anyway, the fact that Clemens hasn't experienced similar scrutiny to that of Bonds isn't just ignorant, it's plain racism. I hope the conservative fatcats at FOX and other media outlets who chose to turn Clemens into Captain America are exposed for what they are: prejudice whites who don't want a black man saving baseball.
Monday, September 25, 2006
Goooo Giants
I've been in bed shaking for the last week.
About a week ago the giants were in the middle of two close playoff races. They had to play the best baseball of the whole season if they had any serious aspirations of making the playoffs and beating teams much better staffed and coached than them. So what did they do? They promptly lost four in a row (including a series to the Rockies). I then said to myself "the season is all but over UNLESS they sweep the brewers, win the arizona series, and suicide bomb the dodgers, winning the rivalry once and for all!" History will show, in situations like this, the season is almost always all but over. They had to play the best baseball of the season and they literally played their worst. Not only did they convince me they don't deserve to ever be in the playoffs this year, but they also convinced me that anyone who likes the Giants are losers (and i LOVE people who like the giants!).
Here's the specifics: The starting pitching is pathetic and the bullpen is doing a shitty impression of the starting pitching. The team is old, and if they were winning, their age wouldn't matter, but they AREN'T winning so it obviously does. Pedro Feliz being a free swinger isn't the end of a team, but a Pedro Feliz at first, third and catcher is. Randy Winn is both the best and worst basketball player in baseball since Michael Jordan. And Mike Stanton is our closer.
SO, as far as i'm concerned the season is over. You can only be a barely .500 team all season if you make a ridiculous run at the end (see the national league playoff picture). Infact, the WHOLE point of being .500 at september is to finish strong. The giants missed the WHOLE point and it's so frustrating!
I've been up for 5 months straight and it's time to get some sleep. I'll wake up again for the winter meetings (bring home Terry Mulholland!). Tampabay giants.com has a lot of growing up in the mean time and i'll do my best to deny that until the last minute and then throw something stupid together.
good night,
Brad
About a week ago the giants were in the middle of two close playoff races. They had to play the best baseball of the whole season if they had any serious aspirations of making the playoffs and beating teams much better staffed and coached than them. So what did they do? They promptly lost four in a row (including a series to the Rockies). I then said to myself "the season is all but over UNLESS they sweep the brewers, win the arizona series, and suicide bomb the dodgers, winning the rivalry once and for all!" History will show, in situations like this, the season is almost always all but over. They had to play the best baseball of the season and they literally played their worst. Not only did they convince me they don't deserve to ever be in the playoffs this year, but they also convinced me that anyone who likes the Giants are losers (and i LOVE people who like the giants!).
Here's the specifics: The starting pitching is pathetic and the bullpen is doing a shitty impression of the starting pitching. The team is old, and if they were winning, their age wouldn't matter, but they AREN'T winning so it obviously does. Pedro Feliz being a free swinger isn't the end of a team, but a Pedro Feliz at first, third and catcher is. Randy Winn is both the best and worst basketball player in baseball since Michael Jordan. And Mike Stanton is our closer.
SO, as far as i'm concerned the season is over. You can only be a barely .500 team all season if you make a ridiculous run at the end (see the national league playoff picture). Infact, the WHOLE point of being .500 at september is to finish strong. The giants missed the WHOLE point and it's so frustrating!
I've been up for 5 months straight and it's time to get some sleep. I'll wake up again for the winter meetings (bring home Terry Mulholland!). Tampabay giants.com has a lot of growing up in the mean time and i'll do my best to deny that until the last minute and then throw something stupid together.
good night,
Brad
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Fun With Colours
Next year, the Diamondbacks are changing colors from purple and ...ummm... green with copper(?) to tan and red. Sounds like a plan. It'll be nice to avoid nausea-inducing jerseys for 14 games. I have no idea what the D'Backs brass was thinking. Rap stars don't wear White Sox gear (thus promoting the product) because they're A.J. Pierzynski fans. They wear the stuff because it looks badass. (Relevant note: I am wearing a White Sox starter jacket to work today (I'm a HUGE A.J. fan), and my coworker saw the badass 'Sox' logo on the back and said 'Hey, I'm from Boston!'. I glared into her soul for a second and walked away) (Obviously kidding about A.J. Then why do I wear it? It looks completely badass, no doubt). Anyway, I doubt even Phoenixians wear those grape home caps. Actually, the entire state of Arizona is kind of backwards in fashion sense. We go to Scottsdale for spring training and it's like stepping into 1986. As for other atrocious jerseys, the next step? Colorado Rockies. Sure there's the "purple mountains majesties" factor, but I've seen those things. They're brown. Some are black. Ooh, idea! Rockies should change every instance of purple in their team color scheme to brown. Now that the Padres have pretty much abandoned 'burnt turd', it's time for Colorado to pick up the slack. I guarantee within a month you'll see Lil Wayne and/or Young Jeezy "rocking" Rockies gear on MTVizzle. Finally, as the last remaining purple team, the Devil Rays should change their colors to blue and yellow and turn Tropicana into an Ikea. They'd make a lot more money that way, and I'd it'd be a blast to see Delmon throwing microwaves at everyone.
Monday, September 18, 2006
Barter Time
OK. So with the rainout yesterday, the only way it will be made up is if the Giants are 1/2 game up/down for the wild card or division, OR if the Cardinals are tied for the best record and need a win for home field advantage. So, Felipe needs to bust out his Blackberry and get Larussa on the line and say "Hey, buddyman. I'm Dominican, you're probably Dominican, let's talk. If you guys need a win, and we don't, you'll get it. And, if we need a win, and you don't, let los gigantes taste that sugar." To which the much more savvy La Russa will reply "The diamond eagle burns at midnight", meaning that he agrees and that, in these hypothetical situations, his starting pitcher will be Eckstein, as long as Felipe's is Thomas de La Rosa.
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