2012 NLCS: Cardinals vs. Giants

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Game 1 St. Louis @ San Francisco Sun, Oct 14 8:00 PM FOX
Game 2 St. Louis @ San Francisco Mon, Oct 15 8:00 PM FOX
Game 3 San Francisco @ St. Louis Wed, Oct 17 4:00 PM FOX
Game 4 San Francisco @ St. Louis Thu, Oct 18 8:00 PM FOX
Game 5* San Francisco @ St. Louis Fri, Oct 19 8:00 PM FOX
Game 6* St. Louis @ San Francisco Sun, Oct 21 4:30 PM FOX
Game 7* St. Louis @ San Francisco Mon, Oct 22 8:00 PM FOX

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Huey Lewis & the News	9
Nelly	1

― Andy K, Saturday, 13 October 2012 04:48 (thirteen years ago)

I guess conventional rooting heuristics suggest I should root for the Giants now but in I don't think I can pretend to care

― www.toilet-guru.com (silby), Saturday, 13 October 2012 04:49 (thirteen years ago)

I can't bring myself to vote for Huey, so I'll take the Jefferson Airplane instead.

― clemenza, Saturday, 13 October 2012 04:51 (thirteen years ago)

the Grateful Dead

― Bee OK, Saturday, 13 October 2012 04:53 (thirteen years ago)

the Giants match up very well against the Cardinals

― Bee OK, Saturday, 13 October 2012 04:54 (thirteen years ago)

Sylvester

― Andy K, Saturday, 13 October 2012 04:54 (thirteen years ago)

but Creedence Clearwater Revival is the best thing to come out of the Bay Area

― Bee OK, Saturday, 13 October 2012 04:55 (thirteen years ago)

Chrome vs. J-Kwon

― Andy K, Saturday, 13 October 2012 04:58 (thirteen years ago)

so anyways i need to break this down in my head.

Tim Lincecum needs to start game one. he has been the Giants worst pitcher this year, no way he should have even given a shot. then a funny thing has happened however, he has dominated. was the only thing the Giants fan got excited about during those first two miserable games...so why not bring him back, and at home nonetheless, for the first game.

Matt Cain is your ace and he goes second and can come back for game seven...

― Bee OK, Saturday, 13 October 2012 05:46 (thirteen years ago)

William Burroughs vs. Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

― clemenza, Saturday, 13 October 2012 05:53 (thirteen years ago)

Chuck Berry vs. The Zip Code Rapists

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 13 October 2012 06:03 (thirteen years ago)

voting for meteordeath

― turds (Hungry4Ass), Saturday, 13 October 2012 07:17 (thirteen years ago)

I'm rooting for Detroit to beat one of these teams.

― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Saturday, 13 October 2012 08:00 (thirteen years ago)

I can't believe I am going to be rooting for the Giants, but I really dislike all the other post-season teams intensely.

― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Saturday, 13 October 2012 12:37 (thirteen years ago)

Too soon for Giants again, but like Alex I have no other choice.

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 13 October 2012 14:34 (thirteen years ago)

Rooting Giants, but teams I have any actual rooting interest in are disappearing. Hoping for Tigers over SF in the WS now.

― WmC, Saturday, 13 October 2012 14:45 (thirteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 14 October 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

Joe Buck to announce BOTH the Niner game and the Giants game.

― Bee OK, Sunday, 14 October 2012 06:31 (thirteen years ago)

Joe Buck to announce BOTH the Niner game and the Giants game.
--Bee OK

what has America done to deserve this

― johnathan lee riche$ (mayor jingleberries), Sunday, 14 October 2012 15:26 (thirteen years ago)

it watches football, is half of it

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 14 October 2012 15:49 (thirteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 15 October 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

i guess i'm the only nelly fan here

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Monday, 15 October 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

to hell with all of you btw

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Monday, 15 October 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

ok, i need a SIMPLE stream

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 October 2012 00:06 (thirteen years ago)

what about the one that you directed me to last week?
(this)

it's working for me, at least

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Monday, 15 October 2012 00:10 (thirteen years ago)

Preacherman Hunter Pence looks like a motherfucker with some dark secrets.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 15 October 2012 00:19 (thirteen years ago)

i got it... little choppy

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 October 2012 00:20 (thirteen years ago)

wait...why am i watching 2 fast 2 furious??

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Monday, 15 October 2012 00:21 (thirteen years ago)

OH, it's on Fox, not TBS

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Monday, 15 October 2012 00:22 (thirteen years ago)

yes

Fox is exclusive, no pstv

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 October 2012 00:23 (thirteen years ago)

back when i had tv, it always annoyed me that the fox sports boxscore graphic in the upper left was always halfway off of the edge of the screen. i thought it was just my tv or something. but even now, watching the stream of the game, it's halfway off of the screen again. wtf?

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Monday, 15 October 2012 00:27 (thirteen years ago)

it's time for the


--------------
        LANCE LYN
SCOUTING REPO

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Monday, 15 October 2012 00:28 (thirteen years ago)

freese doing his thing

― bnw, Monday, 15 October 2012 00:43 (thirteen years ago)

my feed keeps hiccuping, but it was kinda nice when it froze on this delightful image for about 15 seconds straight:

http://i49.tinypic.com/2gxpaax.png

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Monday, 15 October 2012 00:49 (thirteen years ago)

i would root for the yankees vs. either of these teams

― turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 15 October 2012 00:52 (thirteen years ago)

someone giant was making faces behind poor erin andrews

― bnw, Monday, 15 October 2012 00:56 (thirteen years ago)

some giant i mean

― bnw, Monday, 15 October 2012 00:56 (thirteen years ago)

Holliday flashin his wheel lol

― johnathan lee riche$ (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 15 October 2012 01:05 (thirteen years ago)

i would root for the yankees vs. either of these teams

you are a well-known disgusting savage tho

― mookieproof, Monday, 15 October 2012 01:22 (thirteen years ago)

booed beltran, got him mad

― bnw, Monday, 15 October 2012 01:33 (thirteen years ago)

"Beltran now has 14 postseason home runs in 29 playoff games."

― bnw, Monday, 15 October 2012 01:35 (thirteen years ago)

baseball = bananas

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 October 2012 02:21 (thirteen years ago)

ufreetv has crapped out

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 October 2012 02:33 (thirteen years ago)

6 run lead, the most dangerous of leads

― bnw, Monday, 15 October 2012 02:49 (thirteen years ago)

my car broke down, what did i miss?

― Bee OK, Monday, 15 October 2012 03:03 (thirteen years ago)

starters broke down too

― bnw, Monday, 15 October 2012 03:05 (thirteen years ago)

Why is Panda warming up in the bullpen.

― Claudia Schiffer Kills Frog (Leee), Monday, 15 October 2012 03:16 (thirteen years ago)

well fuck, that was a horrible two innings.

― Bee OK, Monday, 15 October 2012 03:41 (thirteen years ago)

Vicious Holliday take-out slide.

― Andy K, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 00:14 (thirteen years ago)

:-/ that was ugly

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 00:16 (thirteen years ago)

Wendy Thurm ‏@hangingsliders
Holliday can't handle a moth in his ear but is a thug in the base paths.

― Andy K, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 00:17 (thirteen years ago)

i can see someone getting plunked for that one

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 00:17 (thirteen years ago)

Jenifer Langosch ‏@LangoschMLB
Chris Carpenter has as many hits as Alex Rodriguez this postseason.

― bnw, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 00:47 (thirteen years ago)

feed crapped out just before Pagan's walk

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 01:41 (thirteen years ago)

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1564273/boomrunner.gif

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 01:43 (thirteen years ago)

i just got home, what did i miss?

― Bee OK, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 02:23 (thirteen years ago)

big ups to Vogelsong, i knew we were in good hands with him on the hill

― Bee OK, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 02:25 (thirteen years ago)

Here we go again.

― Andy K, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 02:56 (thirteen years ago)

Lol umps. great catch though.

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 02:57 (thirteen years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/3RcZD.jpg

― bnw, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 03:01 (thirteen years ago)

btw, fuck the Cardinals for that slide into second base in the first

― Bee OK, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 03:18 (thirteen years ago)

that's bush league bro

― Bee OK, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 03:18 (thirteen years ago)

best of five

― Bee OK, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 03:19 (thirteen years ago)

and Cain is going next game, i'm feeling good abo0ut it

― Bee OK, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 03:19 (thirteen years ago)

Yeah that slide was jacked up.

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 03:22 (thirteen years ago)

Too bad Lenny Williams couldn't have performed "Sons of Thieves, Slaves, and Braves" instead.

― Andy K, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 03:44 (thirteen years ago)

Too bad Vic Conte couldn't accompany him on bass.

― Claudia Schiffer Kills Frog (Leee), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 04:10 (thirteen years ago)

OTM

― Andy K, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 10:51 (thirteen years ago)

Barry Bonds -> Victor Conte -> Don "Sugarcane" Harris -> Frank Zappa

― Andy K, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 12:01 (thirteen years ago)

I didn't watch more than five minutes of last night's game, but I've looked at the slide on replay; did they end up throwing at Holliday?

― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 12:05 (thirteen years ago)

Nope, most of the time he came up there was either someone on base or the lead was still less than 5 runs. With all the amazing Cards comebacks they were probably wary of giving them a route back into the game. He'll get drilled at some point this series tho.

― pandemic, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 12:15 (thirteen years ago)

Was nice to see him boot a ball in the outfield tho.

― pandemic, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 12:15 (thirteen years ago)

did they end up throwing at Holliday?

Buck actually skirted the issue with Cain at one point and then, while they were talking, Pagan hit his homer. Scutaro got his revenge in runs before they pulled him.

― The windiest militant trash (Michael White), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 14:23 (thirteen years ago)

on takeout slides... you GOTTA see this gif of Joe Morgan creaming the 2B in '72 World Series:

http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/10/16/3512524/revisiting-the-rules-on-takeout-slides

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 19:44 (thirteen years ago)

The McCrae one linked in the article is even more (o_O).

― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 19:47 (thirteen years ago)

going thursday woot!

― bnw, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 20:55 (thirteen years ago)

morgan:
http://i46.tinypic.com/35a83v6.gif

http://i45.tinypic.com/14t4pbq.gif
jeezus!

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 21:58 (thirteen years ago)

the aforementioned mccrae.gif is much worse but too big to post on tinypics i think, so here's the link:

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1568159/mcrae.gif

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 21:59 (thirteen years ago)

Who's that at second in the '72 clip? Doesn't look like Green--Mike Andrews?

― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 22:01 (thirteen years ago)

Beltran's postseason stats projected to a full season:

http://www.highheatstats.com/2012/10/carlos-beltran-is-senor-octubre/#more-7395

― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 22:06 (thirteen years ago)

Them gifs explain why football has overtaken baseball as American pasttime.

― Claudia Schiffer Kills Frog (Leee), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 01:13 (thirteen years ago)

McRae practically patented that rolling block, but Morgan doing it when he had to take it at 2b is a little more wtf.

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 11:32 (thirteen years ago)

ha at "one day it's going to be a $150MM salary taken out, and MLB will notice"

― sanskrit, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 16:13 (thirteen years ago)

this is not nelly

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 19:56 (thirteen years ago)

word is that fox wants to get it in so they don't delay the X Factor -_-

― bnw, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 19:57 (thirteen years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/IP2jv.jpg

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:01 (thirteen years ago)

beltran hurt?

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:23 (thirteen years ago)

Beltran out?! :(

― bnw, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:25 (thirteen years ago)

sheeeeeeit

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:26 (thirteen years ago)

think his hand has been an issue, just a guess

― bnw, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:27 (thirteen years ago)

knee strain.

RIP beltran

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:45 (thirteen years ago)

we'll be fine as long as we stop getting out-hit and out-pitched. b/c that isn't working.

― bnw, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:53 (thirteen years ago)

REVENGE OF THE SCUT!

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 20:56 (thirteen years ago)

eh, didn't need beltran anyway

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:03 (thirteen years ago)

23 years ago today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8ExMR0c0aM

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:07 (thirteen years ago)

get lohse out of there, the writing is on the wall, 4 walks, 4 innings

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:12 (thirteen years ago)

unrelated bitching: i hate how they reset the stats for post-season and thus make everything totally meaningless. i'm not even watching tv right now but i can just see the pointless graphics.

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:16 (thirteen years ago)

yahoo was showing the in game batting average yesterday. not even the series/postseason. like i can divide 1 by 4 but thanks.

― bnw, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:18 (thirteen years ago)

i don't understand why they're reset each series

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:21 (thirteen years ago)

can i drill down to the stats for just the last at bat, please? i'm really interested in the micro-trend from the last half an hour of play

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:23 (thirteen years ago)

really really need Allan Craig of 99% of the time to come back.

― bnw, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:28 (thirteen years ago)

seriously though, i'm guessing the thought process is like this:

1) if they displayed the regular season stats, then some people would think that those stats are still evolving and could be impacted by postseason performance
2) some idiot at a bar would see beltran hit a home run and then complain that the home run total didn't increase by 1 the next time he came to bat. "they forgot to update the stats! fucking idiots!"
3) nearby people at the bar would know better but wouldn't want to interfere, causing uncomfortable feelings all around

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:28 (thirteen years ago)

93 pitches = 5 ip
and joe kelly looked a little worn last game
rosenthal 6
muj 7
boggs 8
mott 9

― bnw, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:38 (thirteen years ago)

or maybe not, since he just hit

― bnw, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 21:43 (thirteen years ago)

sometimes you gotta tip your cap

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 22:06 (thirteen years ago)

TORNADO THREAT

― Andy K, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 22:13 (thirteen years ago)

bottom of order gettin it done

― bnw, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 22:39 (thirteen years ago)

tarp coming out

― bnw, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 22:39 (thirteen years ago)

hide vince coleman

― bnw, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 22:39 (thirteen years ago)

Not sure why the Giants didn't go for the force play at home, it looked like there was plenty of time.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 22:39 (thirteen years ago)

looked like he bobbled it for a sec

― bnw, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 22:40 (thirteen years ago)

i think scutaro maybe double-clutched a little bit

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 22:40 (thirteen years ago)

cards radio broadcasters are guessing the wet ball had something to do with it. scutaro is notorious for having trouble with wet balls

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 22:49 (thirteen years ago)

fox weatherman ~rick dickert~ says at least an hour

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 22:51 (thirteen years ago)

Great night to skip a rare Filipino film and hobble 10 blocks so I can watch a rain delay with dinner.

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 October 2012 00:39 (thirteen years ago)

resumes @ 10:05 est

― johnny crunch, Thursday, 18 October 2012 01:38 (thirteen years ago)

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal
Told Beltran injury not serious, could play tomorrow. Obviously, we will know more then. #STLCards #SFGiants

beat Cain, advantage back to redbirds. Freak in 4. Zito in 5.

― bnw, Thursday, 18 October 2012 02:58 (thirteen years ago)

just got home what did i miss

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Thursday, 18 October 2012 04:36 (thirteen years ago)

well i had to work today so i knew the only choice was DVR

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Thursday, 18 October 2012 04:37 (thirteen years ago)

on top of that it was my mother's b-day so i took her out.

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Thursday, 18 October 2012 04:37 (thirteen years ago)

happy birthday mama bee

― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 October 2012 04:42 (thirteen years ago)

sigh

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/15/pretty-much-everyone-hates-the-cardinals-right/

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Thursday, 18 October 2012 17:18 (thirteen years ago)

Im a dodgers fan so Im rooting hard against SF. Dont really 'hate' the cardinals but they've been on my shitlist because road trips to st louis typically spell death

― johnathan lee riche$ (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 18 October 2012 18:56 (thirteen years ago)

Beltran out, can PH. Carpenter at 1st. Craig RF.

Gints drop Pence to 6th. Not sure Panda scares me much more tbh.

― bnw, Thursday, 18 October 2012 21:17 (thirteen years ago)

finally going to see one of these games live

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Thursday, 18 October 2012 23:49 (thirteen years ago)

really excited to see Timmy start again, though it scares me to death

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Thursday, 18 October 2012 23:50 (thirteen years ago)

Ugh.

― Andy K, Friday, 19 October 2012 00:29 (thirteen years ago)

only gave up two runs, Timmy is not looking good

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Friday, 19 October 2012 00:33 (thirteen years ago)

some of those balls could have been easy base hits or more

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Friday, 19 October 2012 00:33 (thirteen years ago)

wainwright looking sharp

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Friday, 19 October 2012 00:39 (thirteen years ago)

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Friday, 19 October 2012 00:40 (thirteen years ago)

finally he has done something

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Friday, 19 October 2012 00:40 (thirteen years ago)

whip out the error

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Friday, 19 October 2012 00:47 (thirteen years ago)

and he walks the pitcher, it's not going to work. there is a reason why he was not in the starting rotation.

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Friday, 19 October 2012 00:48 (thirteen years ago)

Tim & Joe, like Dugout Chick, just here to hold nonfans' hands

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 October 2012 00:50 (thirteen years ago)

that is what is needed

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Friday, 19 October 2012 00:59 (thirteen years ago)

damn it

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Friday, 19 October 2012 01:01 (thirteen years ago)

nice fucking catch

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Friday, 19 October 2012 01:06 (thirteen years ago)

Go Cards!!!

I's rooting for Beltran to do some damage but look like that ain't gonna happen, heh.

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 19 October 2012 01:25 (thirteen years ago)

wow, Dugout Chick covers how players feeeeeel in college football too huh

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 October 2012 01:33 (thirteen years ago)

Kontos Fly Shit

― Andy K, Friday, 19 October 2012 01:39 (thirteen years ago)

everyone in that last play was exceptional except for sanchez

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Friday, 19 October 2012 01:39 (thirteen years ago)

it's over

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Friday, 19 October 2012 01:40 (thirteen years ago)

it's 3-1!

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Friday, 19 October 2012 01:40 (thirteen years ago)

trust me, i've watched these guys fuck up all year, giants still very much in it

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Friday, 19 October 2012 01:40 (thirteen years ago)

had plenty of time to receive the ball

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 October 2012 01:41 (thirteen years ago)

you just can't give up that run.

Posey should be catching everyone and it cost the Giants a run

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Friday, 19 October 2012 01:52 (thirteen years ago)

probably a run too many in a playoff game

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Friday, 19 October 2012 01:52 (thirteen years ago)

very serious question: why does panda get so fat

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Friday, 19 October 2012 02:01 (thirteen years ago)

Home cooking.

― Andy K, Friday, 19 October 2012 02:07 (thirteen years ago)

I really don't understand why Lincecum refuses to have Posey catch him. It's so weird.

― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Friday, 19 October 2012 02:17 (thirteen years ago)

Panda Garbage Time Express

― Andy K, Friday, 19 October 2012 03:24 (thirteen years ago)

lez do dis

― bnw, Saturday, 20 October 2012 00:17 (thirteen years ago)

having ur season on zitos arm cant feel 2 good

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 20 October 2012 00:20 (thirteen years ago)

havent seen zito in a while, he tops out at 85 now huh

― call all destroyer, Saturday, 20 October 2012 00:24 (thirteen years ago)

Gassin' Holliday at 86.

― Andy K, Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:04 (thirteen years ago)

lynn could def win the knock over the milk bottles carnival game w/ his aim drilling 2d base like that

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:14 (thirteen years ago)

Way to almost kill your shortstop.

― Andy K, Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:14 (thirteen years ago)

#lilb

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:21 (thirteen years ago)

Zito RBI?

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:21 (thirteen years ago)

omg barry zed

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:22 (thirteen years ago)

how many war is that play worth

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:22 (thirteen years ago)

Bye!

― Andy K, Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:22 (thirteen years ago)

lynn can really detonate in a hurry

― atlas sug (bnw), Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:22 (thirteen years ago)

Bee OK, where r ye

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:23 (thirteen years ago)

oh man the return of the steal a base steal a taco promotion
ive been waiting so long

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:30 (thirteen years ago)

^^my gf just got really excited

― call all destroyer, Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:33 (thirteen years ago)

not lookin like our night

― atlas sug (bnw), Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:35 (thirteen years ago)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Y2jPfFxVTZo/SZI4YEQabAI/AAAAAAAAAlE/t8l6RsUFFlI/s400/Jeff%2BWeaver.bmp

― Andy K, Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:39 (thirteen years ago)

#inspiration

― Andy K, Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:39 (thirteen years ago)

btw, millions of fuckers watch illegal streams, and Interpol locks my laptop??? I am I just bad at this? $100 fine.

(I'm logged in on the 'Admin' side of my computer now>)

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:41 (thirteen years ago)

pence gif now plz

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:50 (thirteen years ago)

interpol can lock your laptop? and here i thought the worst they could do was give you the herp

― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:51 (thirteen years ago)

Same here, wtf.

― Andy K, Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:53 (thirteen years ago)

I did a full scan, rebooted, and lock-screen is still there.

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:55 (thirteen years ago)

hamateurist probly works for them.

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:57 (thirteen years ago)

try 2 stream the series & selig will 'disappear you' to kansas city

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:58 (thirteen years ago)

We can sleep safely now.

― Andy K, Saturday, 20 October 2012 01:58 (thirteen years ago)

i am glad we only have to face zito once? lol? ;(

― atlas sug (bnw), Saturday, 20 October 2012 02:24 (thirteen years ago)

Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan
I have seen some crazy shit happen in the playoffs. Barry Zito throwing seven shutout is Britney Spears shaving her head.

― Andy K, Saturday, 20 October 2012 02:24 (thirteen years ago)

Zito's is show his detractors that he's worth another $126M/7 years. Free agent in 2014.

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 20 October 2012 02:35 (thirteen years ago)

showING

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 20 October 2012 02:35 (thirteen years ago)

good night to throw this game, BZ

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 October 2012 02:47 (thirteen years ago)

i just got home what did i miss

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Saturday, 20 October 2012 02:59 (thirteen years ago)

Zito is the man, his life has totally turned around. looks like marriage has agreed with him.

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Saturday, 20 October 2012 02:59 (thirteen years ago)

^^^ a+

― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 October 2012 03:01 (thirteen years ago)

MVPoster

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 October 2012 03:17 (thirteen years ago)

so it comes down to Ryan Vogelsong and Matt Cain, i really could not ask for anything more. also at San Francisco and can't lose another game for at least these two next games.

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Saturday, 20 October 2012 03:28 (thirteen years ago)

lol, Zito is lined up to pitch the first game against Verlander.

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Saturday, 20 October 2012 03:32 (thirteen years ago)

please baseball gods, make that happen. not just because i'm a Giants fan. but because that would be such a fun game to watch.

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Saturday, 20 October 2012 03:33 (thirteen years ago)

Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan
This is Barry Zito's locker. Note the one next to it. http://lockerz.com/s/254518689

― Andy K, Saturday, 20 October 2012 03:44 (thirteen years ago)

Baseball gods, you didn't make Al Albuquerque pay for his amusing unwritten-rule infraction, but please organize a Zito-Verlander match-up.

― Andy K, Saturday, 20 October 2012 03:45 (thirteen years ago)

Alburquerque

― Andy K, Saturday, 20 October 2012 03:48 (thirteen years ago)

Lolling at Barry Zito ace pitcher.

― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 20 October 2012 03:48 (thirteen years ago)

Alex Pavlovic ‏@AlexPavlovic
Zito on #RallyZito: "I tried Twitter a couple years ago and it was a pretty devastating experience for me."

POX: Barry Zito Twitters

― Andy K, Saturday, 20 October 2012 03:52 (thirteen years ago)

Will Leitch ‏@williamfleitch
Pretty sure Zito could have thrown 150 pitches and the Cardinals would have never hit him. 200? 250?

― atlas sug (bnw), Saturday, 20 October 2012 03:56 (thirteen years ago)

Jemele Hill ‏@jemelehill
Why is Barry Zito dressed like Sammy Davis Jr.?

― Andy K, Saturday, 20 October 2012 03:57 (thirteen years ago)

When Posey was asked after the game how Zito did it, he said "He pitched." I know that's really corny, and I know Zito's a walking punchline, but from the little bit that I saw (just can't get interested in this series), it seemed apropos. I wouldn't be surprised if karma's about to catch up with St. Louis.

― clemenza, Saturday, 20 October 2012 12:45 (thirteen years ago)

I wouldn't be surprised at all. To be fair to Zito, the contract is really the walking punchline (and Zito's had the misfortune of earning it while at times being the fifth best starter on a very good staff.)

― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 20 October 2012 15:14 (thirteen years ago)

lol @ Korean squatter: https://mobile.twitter.com/BarryZito

― sanskrit, Saturday, 20 October 2012 15:38 (thirteen years ago)

Nah, Zito's been the bane of the cardinal's existence all year, in a similar way that astro's legend bud Norris has dominated the cards for the past few seasons. Before last nights game a friend and I were like "well, lol Zito's probably going to kick our ass tonight", and sadly we were right.

Anyway, I just mean that getting stomped by Zito isn't some sort of demoralizing event for this year's cardinals (or their fans), they'll be fine. Remember that part at the end of rookie of the year where the kid loses his magical ability to throw 100 mph and he throws the giant arcing softball pitch? 2012 cardinals = the slugging doofus who strikes out on that pitch. But the epilogue is that the slugging doofus came back the next year and won the MVP

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Saturday, 20 October 2012 17:10 (thirteen years ago)

As immortalized in the straight to VHS feature Rookie of the Year 2: Slugging Doofus wins the MVP

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Saturday, 20 October 2012 17:12 (thirteen years ago)

its pretty standard for Cards to take hardest road possible. they'll get to vogelsong this time around. but carp is not dominant. both games are 50/50 imo. media/everyone overlooks how good lohse has been. and Cards only have to win one, so still advantage us.

― atlas sug (bnw), Saturday, 20 October 2012 18:54 (thirteen years ago)

Vogelsong is the Giants best pitcher this year. he had a rough stretch but come back and is pitching at the top of his game once again. Cain pitched one of his best games last game and lost. that should not have happened but it did.

Cardinals have the advantage as they only have to win one. the Giants have the momentum. if the Giants just play Giants ball than that is all us fans can hope for. Cards are a tough out and to win two is very hard to do. this team seems to like to have their backs against the wall. well see it's going to be great and the Giants can pull this off.

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Saturday, 20 October 2012 19:34 (thirteen years ago)

Vogelsong is the Giants best pitcher this year.

smfh

― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 20 October 2012 19:35 (thirteen years ago)

i watched every game he started this year. he is not the ace of the staff but is our best pitcher. i stand by that statement.

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Saturday, 20 October 2012 19:38 (thirteen years ago)

...

― lil dirk (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 20 October 2012 19:39 (thirteen years ago)

need a place to watch this game (not drinkin either)

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 October 2012 20:04 (thirteen years ago)

via Tom Ruane of SABR: Cardinals and Tigers in the WS would have the lowest combined winning percentage (.543) in history, breaking the mark of the 1973 Mets and Athletics (.545).

― cancer, kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 21 October 2012 04:59 (thirteen years ago)

But we agree that the Cardinals and Tigers (and Giants) would all trounce the '73 Mets, right? (Kidding--give me A+ Seaver, Koosman, and Matlack, and I'd take my chances.)

― clemenza, Sunday, 21 October 2012 13:02 (thirteen years ago)

'73 Seaver vs. '12 Verlander would be pretty amazing.

― clemenza, Sunday, 21 October 2012 13:07 (thirteen years ago)

did they change this game to 7:30 ET as soon as the ALCS ended? coulda fooled me.

― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 21 October 2012 14:00 (thirteen years ago)

I could have sworn I saw a graphic at the end of game 5 saying game 6 would be at 4:30 eastern today.

― WilliamC, Sunday, 21 October 2012 14:58 (thirteen years ago)

yeah i think the fuckers just changed it yesterday

― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 21 October 2012 15:29 (thirteen years ago)

5 ks / 2 innings, guess they haven't figured out vogelsong yet

― atlas sug (bnw), Monday, 22 October 2012 00:15 (thirteen years ago)

stand up triple

― --bob marley (lag∞n), Monday, 22 October 2012 00:18 (thirteen years ago)

i just got home from work, took off tho i had a few hours to go

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Monday, 22 October 2012 00:21 (thirteen years ago)

Beautiful.

― clemenza, Monday, 22 October 2012 00:22 (thirteen years ago)

hope it is worth my paycheck cut tonight.

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Monday, 22 October 2012 00:22 (thirteen years ago)

Amazing that an IBB backfired.

― Andy K, Monday, 22 October 2012 00:23 (thirteen years ago)

could not have called that...

― atlas sug (bnw), Monday, 22 October 2012 00:23 (thirteen years ago)

i going to rewind my DVR, will be back later for live ball

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Monday, 22 October 2012 00:24 (thirteen years ago)

scutaro becoming in-his-prime-ichiro the 2nd half of this season is the most amazing/confounding development

― johnny crunch, Monday, 22 October 2012 00:27 (thirteen years ago)

Carpenter keeps looking at the bullpen, he must be hurt. Matheney is insistent on leaving him in so that he doesn't have to waste a reliever.

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 22 October 2012 00:31 (thirteen years ago)

atlanta 96 creeping on the cardinal fan psyche

― atlas sug (bnw), Monday, 22 October 2012 00:32 (thirteen years ago)

the only positive is we have our most reliable starter for 7.

expecting to get more then a few starts out of post surgery carp backfired obv.

― atlas sug (bnw), Monday, 22 October 2012 00:35 (thirteen years ago)

Weather forecast for Monday shows a storm coming in the afternoon, 80% chance of quarter inch of rain showers tomorrow evening.

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 22 October 2012 00:38 (thirteen years ago)

crazy spin on that hit

― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 22 October 2012 00:48 (thirteen years ago)

how is that a hit

― all mods con (k3vin k.), Monday, 22 October 2012 00:48 (thirteen years ago)

can't the hitting coach just threaten to shoot Pence if he swings at the first pitch?

I guess Scut really was that Ichiesque in 2nd half, .339/.369/.441

― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 October 2012 00:53 (thirteen years ago)

song of the vogels

― mookieproof, Monday, 22 October 2012 01:14 (thirteen years ago)

what is that hat

― searching for sug woman (JoeStork), Monday, 22 October 2012 01:58 (thirteen years ago)

hey JOdan, Vogelsong is the Giants best pitcher this year. if these two NCCS games don't prove it than maybe a start or two in the World Series will not make you roll your eyes.

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Monday, 22 October 2012 02:38 (thirteen years ago)

JOrdan

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Monday, 22 October 2012 02:38 (thirteen years ago)

NLCS, can you tell im'm celebrating tonight

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Monday, 22 October 2012 02:39 (thirteen years ago)

i'm so happy, can't even express myself right.

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Monday, 22 October 2012 02:40 (thirteen years ago)

game 7 and than we are off

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Monday, 22 October 2012 02:40 (thirteen years ago)

Cain vs whoever

i like my changes

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Monday, 22 October 2012 02:40 (thirteen years ago)

lol, chances

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Monday, 22 October 2012 02:41 (thirteen years ago)

VOGELSONG

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Monday, 22 October 2012 02:47 (thirteen years ago)

i'm not going to able to sleep tonight

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Monday, 22 October 2012 02:48 (thirteen years ago)

LOhse = whOm yOu are facing

― Andy K, Monday, 22 October 2012 02:48 (thirteen years ago)

this is so incredible

Zito vs Verlander game one, make it happen

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Monday, 22 October 2012 02:49 (thirteen years ago)

are they going to spot Detroit 2 games or 3?

― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 October 2012 02:52 (thirteen years ago)

the Giants have not lost a Zito start for something like 12 starts. they can't pitch Vogelsong or Cain. so the choice is Zito, Lincecum or Bumgarner . i know it's like an automatic lost but why not see what can happen.

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Monday, 22 October 2012 02:55 (thirteen years ago)

i know it looked gorgeous tonight, but how wet does it have to be for them to call the game for rain?

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 22 October 2012 03:00 (thirteen years ago)

i have to work through the start of this game as well. i'm going to call out for a few hours and possible cost myself $100...so worth it.

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Monday, 22 October 2012 03:01 (thirteen years ago)

i used to like in San Francisco, hence my fan-dome. they get a bunch of rain like around 20" a year. this game won't be called, they will get it in and probably without delays.

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Monday, 22 October 2012 03:06 (thirteen years ago)

~~like~~ live

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Monday, 22 October 2012 03:06 (thirteen years ago)

Vogelsong is the Giants best pitcher this year.

i'm so happy, can't even express myself right.

― sanskrit, Monday, 22 October 2012 14:50 (thirteen years ago)

hahahaha

― WilliamC, Monday, 22 October 2012 14:51 (thirteen years ago)

from BP:

PECOTA Odds of Winning: Giants 65.7 percent, Cardinals 34.3 percent

Odds if Carpenter replaces Holliday again: Giants 67.9 percent, Cardinals 32.1 percent

PECOTA does not like Lohse. It’s nothing personal—at least, as far as we can tell—but the system views the Cardinals’ Game Seven starter as only slightly better than replacement-level pitcher, and hence, it expects the Giants to ride Cain to the pennant by nearly a 2-to-1 margin.

― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 October 2012 16:43 (thirteen years ago)

that is heartening, a little

― WilliamC, Monday, 22 October 2012 16:46 (thirteen years ago)

Everything points to the Giants right now. So, baseball being baseball, I expect the Cardinals will win.

― clemenza, Monday, 22 October 2012 16:52 (thirteen years ago)

otm.

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 22 October 2012 17:41 (thirteen years ago)

If the Giants pull this off it will be the greatest comeback in MLB history. Either that or the Cardinals will be the biggest chokers in MLB history. Case closed.

― sanskrit, Monday, 22 October 2012 19:18 (thirteen years ago)

2004 Red Sox?

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Monday, 22 October 2012 19:19 (thirteen years ago)

greatest comeback in MLB history seems a little ~~j0rdan-esque~~ hyperbolic. according to this completely trustworthy website i just found, of the 76 MLB playoff teams that have been up 3 games to 1 in a 7 game series, 65 (or 85%) have gone onto win the series, and 11 (or 15%) have lost). so i'm not sure how the giants, in equaling the achievement of 11 other teams, while playing 2 of the 3 remaining games at home, in the LCS (rather than the WS), against the overachieving cardinals, would be part of the greatest comeback in MLB history. at least not this year.

but i'm just pissed because the cardinals are pulling a 2012 cardinals again

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:27 (thirteen years ago)

but yeah, coming from down three games to one to tie it up, great job

― down w/ obana...he is the reson were in dept (Z S), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:27 (thirteen years ago)

Yeah but how many times against the 2nd wild card team?!

― atlas sug (bnw), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:32 (thirteen years ago)

So this is the first year I have been watching baseball games, starting to understand the complexity of it and it is awesome.
I am now a Giants fan. Bandwagonism is rewarding.

― Van Horn Street, Monday, 22 October 2012 19:55 (thirteen years ago)

truly baseball is the champagne of beers of sports, even with this one-game wild card shit

― WilliamC, Monday, 22 October 2012 19:58 (thirteen years ago)

Can't wait for the Giants to lose tonight so my commute can go back to normal.

― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:05 (thirteen years ago)

@Cardinals #STLCards lineup: Jay CF, Beltran RF, Holliday LF, Craig 1B, Molina C, Freese 3B, Descalso 2B, Kozma SS, Lohse P

― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:06 (thirteen years ago)

YOU NEED TO MAKE SACRIFICES FOR THE CIVIC GOOD, POLY. xp

― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:07 (thirteen years ago)

Heaven forbid all these bandwagon fans only get to celebrate one title in a two year span.

― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:24 (thirteen years ago)

lol

― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:28 (thirteen years ago)

Who's going to be the foursquare mayor of #SFRIOT2?

― sanskrit, Monday, 22 October 2012 21:00 (thirteen years ago)

well, i have a feed, i guess i should risk it even if it kills the remaining working half of my PC

― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 October 2012 23:58 (thirteen years ago)

YEAH, just got home

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:23 (thirteen years ago)

McCarver called that one--absolutely perfect.

― clemenza, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:23 (thirteen years ago)

PFP

― Andy K, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:24 (thirteen years ago)

ugh, can't find a feed

― but the boo boyz are getting to (Z S), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:29 (thirteen years ago)

that could hurt should have got a second run

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:29 (thirteen years ago)

Not much to show for 1st and 3rd, none out.

― clemenza, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:30 (thirteen years ago)

Cain looks a lot like a young Jim "Ass Eyes" Bouton.

― clemenza, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:34 (thirteen years ago)

lost my effing stream after 4 batters. fucking digital broadcasting.

― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:36 (thirteen years ago)

love those number nine hitters

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:44 (thirteen years ago)

like i said, love those number nine hitters

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:55 (thirteen years ago)

brutal.

― atlas sug (bnw), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:56 (thirteen years ago)

I just got off work, what did I miss.

― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 01:02 (thirteen years ago)

‏@ProfessorParks
I love Buster Posey's hands, and I love his baseball IQ, and I love the fact that he smells like baby powder and pureed squash

― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 01:04 (thirteen years ago)

Btw, Cain is clearly Bobby Hill.

― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 01:06 (thirteen years ago)

hi leee

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 01:10 (thirteen years ago)

pretty sure i saw this game already

― atlas sug (bnw), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 01:11 (thirteen years ago)

knocked out their starter

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 01:17 (thirteen years ago)

now tact on runs, we all know what can happen

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 01:18 (thirteen years ago)

whew, stankonia

― atlas sug (bnw), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 01:19 (thirteen years ago)

Kozma moves the wrong direction entirely, and Jon Jay casually lets the ball go under his glove. not much you can say for your team when that shit is going down.

― atlas sug (bnw), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 01:20 (thirteen years ago)

Time to celebrate early.

― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 01:22 (thirteen years ago)

lolzma

― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 01:22 (thirteen years ago)

Went to a baseball game and a screening of On the Waterfront broke out -- hey look, there's the Cards

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AetfMQM-Hjo/T0lzkX4bAtI/AAAAAAAAgJ8/J-rNEQrirGo/s1600/Marlon+Brando+in+the+1954+film+of+On+The+Waterfront.jpg

― WilliamC, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 01:32 (thirteen years ago)

needed that shut down inning as i thought Cain might have sat too long in that last inning.

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 01:46 (thirteen years ago)

RETALIATION

― Andy K, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 02:10 (thirteen years ago)

hmm, Cain didn't need to do that

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 02:11 (thirteen years ago)

what a performance by Cain

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 02:18 (thirteen years ago)

Our #1 pitcher!

― Leeezzarina Sbarro (Leee), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 03:11 (thirteen years ago)

I wanna dip my balls in it

jk, congrats to the giants, if we were going to lose to anyone it might as well be them!

― but the boo boyz are getting to (Z S), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 03:15 (thirteen years ago)

i am grateful they killed the reds off

― atlas sug (bnw), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 03:22 (thirteen years ago)

for real, fuck the reds for life

― but the boo boyz are getting to (Z S), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 03:25 (thirteen years ago)

i'm sorry they killed the nats off, though. it would have been nice to see them in the WS

― but the boo boyz are getting to (Z S), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 03:25 (thirteen years ago)

I have never seen rain like that in baseball.

― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 03:35 (thirteen years ago)

but then, it's the 10th baseball game or so i'm watching

― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 03:35 (thirteen years ago)

this board is here for you, i'm afraid

― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 03:36 (thirteen years ago)

marco scutaro's nlcs: .500/.533/.607

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 03:40 (thirteen years ago)

i'm so happy right now

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 03:44 (thirteen years ago)

unbelievable

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 03:44 (thirteen years ago)

ESPN Radio online missed pitches all night, AND the final out, WTF?

getting cable again #lastdays

― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 03:49 (thirteen years ago)

Just caught the beginning and very end. That's gotta be the worst 7th-game blowout since Joaquin in '85.

― clemenza, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:00 (thirteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_National_League_Championship_Series#Game_7

― atlas sug (bnw), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:03 (thirteen years ago)

Just finished the game. Yesssss! Lolzma had a nightmare of a game, poor guy.

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:13 (thirteen years ago)

(xpost) Don't remember that all...Cards on the losing end all three times. They made out better in '34.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET193410090.shtml

― clemenza, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:18 (thirteen years ago)

The Giants outscored the Cardinals 20-1 in Games 5, 6 and 7 and won a decisive seventh game for the first time in franchise history.

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 05:39 (thirteen years ago)

6-0 facing elimination in the postseason! Wow.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 06:23 (thirteen years ago)

giants baseball is torture except all the winning and shit

― johnathan lee riche$ (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 08:10 (thirteen years ago)

The weird thing is that this was one of the most boring seven game series ever. None of the games were close and they were all decided in the early innings.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:32 (thirteen years ago)

I mean it wasn't boring in the sense that you had a lot of great individual performances on both sides of the ball and the drama of the Giants' comeback from 3-1, but none of the games themselves were exciting.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:33 (thirteen years ago)

TS: Boring seven-game CS vs least-dominant CS in which the swept team never led

― Andy K, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:33 (thirteen years ago)

Although three out of four games were close!

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 13:47 (thirteen years ago)

Both LCS's sucked, hoping the WS at least has a bit of drama (though Giants coming back from down 3-1 vs. the king of comebacks was pretty cool)

― frogbs, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:19 (thirteen years ago)

I didn't watch Game 5, but Neyer wrote that Zito pitched okay and got a lot of help from his defense and/or the Cards hitting balls right at people. I'd still feel better with Lincecum out there, but Bee OK would know better.

― clemenza, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:38 (thirteen years ago)

Physicist Alan Nathan analyzes super slo-mo clips, including that nutso Pence bat shatter:

http://webusers.npl.illinois.edu/~a-nathan/pob/HighSpeedClips.html

― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:39 (thirteen years ago)

Nah they'll need Timmy to pitch innings 4 thru' 7.

― pandemic, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:41 (thirteen years ago)

that link is awesome, morbs. look at yadi's bat wobble, that's amazing! i had no idea bats did that, to that degree.

― but the boo boyz are getting to (Z S), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:09 (thirteen years ago)

I love watching those high speed clips, there's a physics gold mine in there.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:32 (thirteen years ago)

i wish i could get access to the raw footage (besides the clips in the link morbs posted, i mean).

― but the boo boyz are getting to (Z S), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:44 (thirteen years ago)

I am so mesmerized by that camera, watched the game on DVR and kept rewinding all these and trying to get my wife to care. LOOK AT THAT, THATS SO COOL as she rolled here eyes, etc.

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:48 (thirteen years ago)

Sam Miller in BP:

Now that it’s over, let’s be honest: That was probably the worst seven-game series of our lifetimes.

The average margin of victory was 4.9 runs. The average game reached a 90 percent win expectancy with two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning. There was one lead change in the entire series, and it took place in the third inning. There were two saves. No game was tied later than the fourth inning. There were few true heroes -- imagine the Cardinals had won the series, which they very nearly did; now tell me who would have been the series MVP? Can you?

Furthermore, it was a matchup between two teams that had just won the World Series, two teams whose fans could elicit no sympathy from the general population, two teams with top-10 payrolls. One team had Brian Wilson's beard in the dugout; the other had, somehow, become the villains of the National League. It was almost impossible to get into this series.

And yet it was incredibly fun. Baseball can’t be ruined. That’s the takeaway here. Baseball can’t be ruined. Gosh, we’re lucky.

― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 16:20 (thirteen years ago)

would like to thank the sf giants for ending the game in time for me to watch most of the debate, thx

― --bob marley (lag∞n), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 16:23 (thirteen years ago)

As if the Game 7 triple-double wasn’t strange enough, Hunter Pence revealed Tuesday that the magical bat had a name.
“Fryer,” Pence said. “I name all my bats. Whatever word comes to mind, I write it on them.”
Fryer?
“F-R-Y-E-R,” Pence said.
So now we know, Fryer was the hero that died for a great cause Monday night. Fryer was also the bat that hit a baseball deep into the St. Louis night in Game 4. Pence said he has no idea what happened to Fryer, but Andrew Baggarly did some digging and found that a season-ticket holder bought it at the team store and later called the Giants and said Pence should have it back.
This story may have a happy ending after all for Pence, who thought the bat was long gone.
“He will always be Fryer to me,” Pence said.
Fryer might be coming home, and with the way Pence breaks bats, surely will soon be joined by another named bat. What are the other names?
“Man,” Pence said, smiling. “You all are getting personal.”

― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 05:42 (thirteen years ago)

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