"Woo-ee-oo Tim looks just like Buddy Holly": new haircuts, old bellies, or, Giants 2013

I expect to keep my streak alive of starting Giants threads and winning the World Series.

http://www.bayareasportsguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Tim-Lincecum-Short-Hair.jpg

so this year we open at Dodger Stadium on April 1, 1 PM Pacific.

seems only right to open there as it will be David vs Goliath.

which is which

Obviously, the Giants.

i lol:

n the most stunning development since the sun rose earlier in the day, manager Bruce Bochy has just said that Matt Cain will get his first career Opening Day start, facing Clayton Kershaw in Los Angeles on April 1.

This ends four consecutive seasons in which Tim Lincecum started the opener.

worst soul patch ever, Timmuh

yeah, someone needs to hold him down and shave that shit

He's got new muscles, no one is holding him down.

Meanwhile, Panda has old fat: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/spring-headlines-pablo-sandoval-weight-concerns-resurface-no-092418675--mlb.html

how fat was he in the years he was good, does it make a difference

ok so according to internet he weighed 270+ in 09 and was great, lost 20 lbs before 2010 and sucked, lost 40 lbs before 2011 and was great, and then stayed fat but played injured throughout 2012 and was not great. but i'm guessing the weight stuff is dumb and the injury was the main problem last year and i will be drafting the fuck out of him in fantasy.

He definitely wasn't awful before the injury! And the offseason after his awful 2010, he got fitted for contacts, I believe, meaning he hadn't been seeing clearly.

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Man, just like old times.

so i'm finally going to be able to see my first pre-season game, as it's on MLB Network right now.

I saw Barry Bonds try to lay down a bunt in spring training in like 06. Made my day.

Timmuh looks even more like jailbait w/ short hair... Gave up tape-measure HR to Cespedes yesterday.

He's definitely pitching like he is. I blame Bee OK's new handle.

The Giants have extended the contracts of general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy through 2016, according to a team release. Dollar figures for the two contracts have not been released.

The Giants won World Series in 2010 and 2012, so it's not surprising the team would want to keep Sabean and Bochy in the fold. Sabean took over as general manager of the Giants in 1996 and has been on the job longer than any other active GM. Bochy has managed the Giants since 2007.

Posey and the Giants agreed to a nine-year, $167 million contract on Friday, one that covers his remaining arbitration years and buys out his first five years of free agency. The deal includes a $22 million club option for 2022 and a full no-trade clause, and could be worth up to $186 million.

Posey will receive a $7 million signing bonus and the following yearly salaries: $3 million in 2013, $10.5 million in 2014, $16.5 million in 2015, $20 million in 2016 and $21.4 million per year in 2017 through 2021. The deal also includes awards bonuses and a promise from Posey, who accepted the MVP award last November from a school fundraiser, to contribute $50,000 per year to Giants charities

If the Giants exercise the 2022 option, Posey would be 35 years old when the deal ends.

I exchanged texts with Aubrey Huff and Ryan Theriot tonight and both said the Giants have invited them to the April 7 World Series rings ceremony at AT&T Park. Huff is coming and Theriot is a maybe because of a prior commitment.

That got me wondering if the Giants invited Brian Wilson, who might have pitched only one game last year but was a full-fledged member of the championship team.

Indeed they did. Senior vice president of communications Staci Slaughter said the club has asked Wilson to come, but has not heard back.

Wilson, the closer on the 2010 World Series championship team, is rehabbing from his second Tommy John surgery last April. The Giants made him a free agent in December by not tendering a contract for 2013, a decision that supposedly upset the pitcher. The Giants said they wanted Wilson back, but not at the $6.9 million they would have been required to pay him had they tendered him a contract. They hoped to re-sign him to a deal with a lower base salary plus incentives.

Now, Wilson is thought to be waiting until the can throw at 100 percent before he throws for teams and attempts to negotiate a contract.

I’m sure Giants fans would love to see Wilson at the ring ceremony. The ball is in his court.

Posted By: Henry Schulman

giants whining already

Anthony Witrado @WitradoSN

Unnamed Giants broadcasters and players ripping Dodgers for "improvements" to stadium. Not happy that visiting clubhouse was not remodeled.

how many pitches for Cain?

cain left with 85+

y'know, your Tom Seavers (and Johnny Cuetos?) did not come out of tie games on Opening Day.

Let's Go Giants!

Vin can't stop chattin' about Pablo.

Kershaw was breathless. might i say Bumgarner was brilliant.

Giants went 0 - 49 via ESPN to repeat this year.

you will have to knock them off, good luck.

a shot to the Dodgers and their 230 million dollars payroll. and (almost) everyone for picking the Dodgers first...

it's one game dude

B OK, quickest to insufferable.

Two championships within three years, only to have some disrespectful analysts predict that there won't be a third championship in 2013, must be the worst.

Yet another torturous pennant chase on the horizon.

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/Giants%20baseball%20torture.jpg

I was coming to the thread last night to say great game this series all season is gonna be awesome then I thought to myself why bother.

Just a reminder that the Giants have a 140 mil payroll, sixth most in baseball, and Giants fans are thus officially not allowed to complain about salaries.

i was a bit drunk last night, still no one anywhere picked them and it pissed me off a bit. no one picked them either to get past the Tigers and all they did was sweep them.

i promise to behave myself.

Aww, you don't need anyone to validate your parking, Bee.

Timmy has no idea where the ball is going

i'm thinking relief is in his near future

2 out of 3 against the Dodgers to open, will take it :-)

bee I still love you

good series. =) lets play some more mothafuckin games

agree, this season is going to be so much fun!

btw, Giants starting pitching is 0.00 ERA through the first three games. though i have no idea how the Dodgers didn't dent the ERA on Lincecum.

There are these things called unearned runs...

of Lincecum's five innings, only one included fewer than two baserunners. seven walks and just 46 strikes in 91 pitches. the Dodgers were just 1 for 9 against Lincecum with runners in scoring position.

Good Zito back in town

Well, that did nothing to ease the hangover.

Pence is looking good this year.

he moves, as the saying goes, like his hair is on fire.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/qa-jon-miller-hall-of-fame-broadcaster/

Tim Lincecum had a five-run second inning. down four runs and somehow came back and won it. it's against the Rockies but felt good to come back like that.

Posey with a triple in the first and a ground rule double in the second.

Barry Zito: 0.00 ERA. .750 BA.
Up is down. Black is white. Hamburgers are eating people.

Jon Miller was on one of those corny NPR game shows a few weeks ago, he was pretty funny.

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me is not corny!

had no idea Vogelsong was 35; pitching like it today too.

these day games are killing me, will be able to see my Giants this weekend however.

i'm watching this on DVR so back about an hour and not out of the first inning. the Giants are going to have to replace Tim Lincecum as a starter. sooner rather than later i hope.

bounce back an win, the offence is so much better so far this year.

and the Cubs throw a WP every other batter.

damn, now at 3-3 for this road trip.

horrors!

Giants C Buster Posey, after going 0-for-4 on Wednesday, now has only two hits in his last 23 at bats and has yet to hit a home run this season.

ERRMAGERRRD!!

man what happened, well they are going home to get well.

listening to Dick Enberg tonight as Extra Innings doesn't have local channels of Giants games. so i'm missing out with Jon Miller on TV.

have been bashing Tim Lincecum at all his starts this year. have to say that he pitched very well tonight, first great start in a long time.

a sweep after being swept.

going to be one of those years.

found this interesting:

Incidentally, it’s funny how much the home run has come to define offenses. The national media sees the Giants’ weak homer totals and assumes the Giants have no offense and are winning with pitching alone. This morning, my friend Ken Rosenthal said on the MLB Network that the Giants’ offense is always a “work in progress.”

The numbers don’t bear that out.

The Giants enter tonight’s game tied for fifth in the National League with 84 runs. That might be inflated some by four games at Wrigley against some bad Cubs pitching, but on the flip side, they’ve averaged 4.4 runs a game without much help from Posey, Belt or Marco Scutaro.

In 2012, the World Series champs ranked sixth among the 16 NL teams with 718 runs. The league-leading Brewers had only 58 more and they played 81 home games in Miller Park, a hitters’ haven, not to mention 18 divisional games at the bandboxes in Houston and Cincinnati, plus more at Wrigley Field, which is a school playground when the wind blows out.

Moreover, the Giants scored more runs on the road last year (410) than any team in the majors besides the Angels (419).

on the flippier flip side, expecting significant improvement from belt and scutaro is lol

Well, I'll spot you Scutaro, but Belt isn't going to be a sub-Mendoza hitter for a full season, but that's probably my optimism goggles. But yeah, hard to come to any conclusions considering a. it's still early and b. Brandon Crawford is off leading hitter (see a.).

Lot of buts in my post.

unbelievable, Belt for two days in a row. once to win and now to tie.

well Arizona scares me most out all the teams in this division.

five run lead and Zito can't hold it.

this team sucks

San Diego is kind of a sleeper team, though. They had the best record in the NL for like half the season last year.

Matt Cain ended April with a 6.49 ERA. He allowed nine home runs in 34 2/3 innings and he went winless.

Bee OK gives me the impression that the team is struggling mightily.

You would think they didn't win two of the last three championships or something

San Diego is kind of a sleeper team, though.

Does this mean they put people to sleep or

Blanks is cool

I mean, he's not good but big tall power guys built like tight ends are always a hoot

You would think they didn't win two of the last three championships or something

this is true but this thread is about 2013.

RE: Matt Cain, he just has a dead arm. it is almost impossible to go back to back in MLB.

Seems like the whole staff has been pretty inconsistent except Bumgarner. They get wins nonetheless so I won't get mad.

Found an ongoing Lincecum-Posey slashfic serial last night (easily Googlable)

well a sweep of Arizona after losing three to San Diego. having a very bizarre season so far.

Metallica night at AT&T tonight:

Some kind of monsters … tonight is Metallica Night. Members of the band captured even the players’ attention during a searing soundcheck. (The Giants were taking batting practice at the time.) Members of the band will take part in pre-game festivities, including the singing of the national anthem and throwing out the first pitch.

On this date in 1980: Willie McCovey hit the 521st and final home run of his career. His fourth-inning blast off Scott Sanderson helped defeate the Expos 3-2 and moved him into a tie with Ted Williams.

this Dodger vs Giants or Kershaw vs. Zito game has been a hoot. tied.

you do not see many 1-1 games in the 9th where the hit column is 11-3.

or the winning team being outhit 11-4!

what a game. Kershaw was almost unhittable, two solid hits in one inning to tie. then Posey with the walk off win.

either Zito got really lucky as it seemed like he got a double play in every inning. or the Dodgers are in big trouble.

we suck. the team is batting like .150 with risp. were 3-14 last night.

was this posted anywhere yet?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/enter-zitoman-giants-pitcher-barry-zito-jams-metallica-225254063.html

let's go Giants

i think the Giants are just teasing the Bums.

how this game ever went to where it did is beyond me. baseball is one amazing game.

happy for the win.

dodgers reaching Murphy's law territory. pitching depth is totally shredded and the bullpen is on the ropes because of it. Quentin breaking greinkes arm really hurt us

an ESPN game, how fun.

Beat LA. a sweep, sweet.

Glad to see that Cain got his first win. Really sad I had to miss all three games of the series.

tonight has disaster written all over it.

last night was Cliff Lee.

The San Francisco Walk Outs.

oh man Jonathan Sanchez is out of baseball:

Jonathan Sanchez has cleared waivers and been released by the Pirates, according to Michael Sanserino of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (on Twitter). The Pirates had designated Sanchez for assignment on April 30.

Sanchez, 30, was a staple in the Giants rotation from 2009-11 when he totaled 458 innings of 3.75 ERA ball and averaged 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings. He's always struggled with his command, and it's really gotten away from him since the beginning of last season. In his past 78 1/3 innings, Sanchez has walked 69 batters and fanned 68. His ERA in that time is a sky-high 8.73.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/05/pirates-release-jonathan-sanchez.html

hooooooly shit at the gut on that pandabear

i can totally see getting swept by these Braves.

Those goddamm Bo Jackson commercials.

I'm a businessman

I am Bo Jackson

Great sweep by the Braves, the Giants are so bad. #torture

You doing ILBB impressions, or did they not beat Hudson last night?

these Giants are not that good but somehow are in first place. after that first game i didn't see a bonce back. these Braves are not that good either, i thought they were a better team...

or i was wrong.

the Braves swing at everything

a 7-3 home stand, will take it. maybe this starting pitching is starting to turn a corner.

Tuesday: Zito (3-1, 2.75) vs. R.A. Dickey (2-5, 5.06), 4:07 p.m.

FAIL

the Dick beats the Zit.

barry does not have a good road act

so the Giants have been giving up around six runs to begin games on this road trip. they did it last night again in the second inning in Colorado but this time came back and won. have to love Colorado, you are never out of it.

five errors in the last five road games. they have one left in Colorado.

can't possible play any worse.

sorry that was suppose to say 12 errors...

Nations vs. the Giants for three in San Francisco.

if the Giants stop making error this could be a very fun series.

Vogey has a fractured right hand. got it while batting.

so this would have been the time for Zack Wheeler...

ok, i had a moment where i hated that trade. it is over and now moving on. so we are going to right-hander Chad Gaudin. Vogelsong was our worst pitcher this year however i had faith that he was going to turn it around. sucks.

time for some payback this weekend

an inside the park home run wins the game!

That was fun!

36 pitches in the 1st inning for Cain...

5th walk...

was doing my New Order poll and didn't see this today.

happy they took two out of three.

Michael Kickham, a 24-year-old left-hander who has thrown five excellent games in a row for Triple-A Fresno, will take Ryan Vogelsong’s spot in the rotation and start Tuesday night’s game in Oakland, manager Bruce Bochy just announced.

oh where oh where has the starting pitching staff gone.

Kickham got lite up in his major league debut, poor kid.

Fan interferes with fair ball down third base line, gets publicly scolded by Mark Gardner.

one out of four against the A's , false hopes this year.

Yeah, Jon Miller on TV.

or maybe not.

two game set tomorrow.

Supposedly quite a few Cardinals fans were asking Jean Machi for his autograph because they thought he was Sandoval.

all i'm asking for it one at this point.

Tim Lincecum probably had his best start of the season tonight. he is happy it is now June.

damn, giving it up in the bottom of the eighth is rough.

Goldschmidt might be this years MVP.

Especially considering how well Cain played.

Madbum looks hella weird/bloated

amazing catch in the outfield by Perez, first game in the majors!

I'm afraid of dogs, it is what is is. The BARK IN THE PARK day at Chase Field is making me really anxious, dogs everywhere, all the time.

Giants take two out of three, from the team that is going to be their biggest rivals this year.

so this lost season continues. beat by someone who made their major league debut again.

Matt Cain is pitching out of his mind tonight.

going to get one at least.

you'd better beat charlie morton (who sucked to begin with) in his return from tj surgery

you may have one; now begone to plague william c

lol

madbum kicking ass!

recorded the game, haven't watched it yet.

but yeah madbum is our best pitcher, even with a staff the includes Matt Cain.

Two great pitching perfomances in a row! Plus time zones allows me to watch today's game.

that was strike 3, plus the missed stolen base in the Top of the 9th. umps cost us this game.

Grant Brisbee shows otherwise for the strike 3.

i wanted to choke the ESPN announcers tonight.

Sunday Night Baseball has really gone down hill these last couple of years.

very tough one to lose in 13.

damn it we keep losing people left and right

http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=28163709&partnerId=as_mlb_20130619_9009354

nl west is a chippy bunch of bitches this season. but beaning someone for showing you up is very giants baseball (tm)

Love it! We need more of this type of thing in baseball. Might get me to actually care about midseason games.

jesus guzman strikes back lol

Nice one by Blanco

jesus guzman strikes back lol

― mookieproof, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:53 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

What happened?

Those 5 straight hits were fun to watch! And so is Jake Dunning!

so i watched the game last night and what Guzman did was very bush league. no problem with what MadBbum did there. in fact if it was a real fight Guzman would have been creamed as Madison is a very big guy.

made it great that the Giants actually won that game.

trying to find the gif...

http://cdn1.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1671091/mYaj8N1.gif

"Come on, let's go!" he says. You can see the drawl on that "on" just by the way his mouth moves, too. That is some serious country coming at you.

A day after Padres first baseman Jesus Guzman hit a home run then acted as though he won Game 7 of the World Series, Madison Bumgarner had a present for him, a second-inning fastball behind him.

Benchies emptied, Bumgarner and Guzman barked, and then it was over . . . until Guzman broke a 1-1 tie in the seventh inning with another home run.

Not that it mattered. For the second game in a row, the Giants fought back after a Guzman home run to beat the Padres, this time scoring three in the bottom of the inning for a 4-2 victory.

In the eighth-inning of the Giants’ 5-4 win Tuesday night, Guzman hit a go-ahead homer against Jeremy Affeldt then pimped the heck out of it.

By baseball standards, Guzman’s performance was well over the top for any hit that did not end a game. He watched his homer leave the park, held onto the bat for about 15 steps, flipped it away then turned toward the Padres dugout and yelled while doing a sidestepping jig. Only then did he start his trot.

the Giants were in Pittsburgh when seven batters were hit during a game. most mistakes but we hit Andrew McCutchen late in the game which was on purpose. Pittsburgh really owed the Giants one but did nothing that night. i expected them to then hit Buster over the next two days but that didn't happen.

i like how baseball polices itself.

always have trouble with these Marlins, hope that changes this weekend. it sure didn't last night.

so if i heard it correctly. the Marlins have won every game in San Francisco since June 2010.

in that time we lost Buster to a leg injury and lost him for 2011.

but have won two World Series.

what a throw.

tense game, having some fun.

baseball always has a way to break your heart

with yours, it's pretty easy.

LOL, play nicely with Bee, Morbs.

I kid bcz i love.

This would be a fun game to watch with him.

it took 11 innings but San Francisco finally beat Miami at home. that streak is finally broken.

and still really can't beat them, pathetic.

That's not the hard bitten Morbs I know and love! You've gone soft, man!

lunch is on you if we take this series mayor jingleberries.

what a joke, can't even beat a last place team with our best pitcher. one run scored.

need to take a break and not watch this team until after the AS break.

both of these teams are running on fumes. the dodgers not as much now that hanley is back. but yeah giants shoulda won that shit. posey falling down was u_u.

kickham not rockin the sport specs tonight :(

Now a losing team. :(

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/giants-coach-says-dodgers-failed-humanity-department-195153045.html

San Francisco Giants third base coach Tim Flannery had some harsh words for the Dodgers after Tuesday's game, but they had nothing to do with the action on the field.

Before the game, 10-year-old Dodgers fan Casey Johnstone threw out the first pitch. He's the Bay Area kid whose speech at his fifth-grade graduation went viral because he talked about being a Dodgers fan in a school full of Giants fans.

Casey, at the suggestion of his parents, agreed afterward to give all the ad revenue from the YouTube video to Bryan Stow, the Giants fan severely beaten at a Dodgers game. It was a kind-hearted gesture in one of baseball's most bitter rivalries.

That brings us to Flannery's beef: When Johnstone was honored at Tuesday's game, there was no mention of the donation or of Stow. Here's what Flannery posted early Wednesday on the Facebook page for his band, Tim Flannery and Lunatic Fringe:

Tonight the Dodgers did something that really pissed me off...yeah they beat us, they are better this time around, but this is about other stuff..they honored Casey Johnstone the kid who made a video and gave his $200 bucks to Bryan Stow...but the Dodgers never ever mentioned What the kid did with his money, or Bryan's name. I once had a Dodger broadcaster tell me " we wish he would just go away".....ok...more shows for Bryan...another way to shine the light, and to the Dodgers how you handled this pregame first pitch tonight....you just got me started all over again......we won't go away, till you do what is right here..had your chance tonight......failed in the humanity department....

Some helpful background: Flannery's band has played concerts and released a DVD to benefit Stow. They raised $75,000 for Stow at four concerts earlier this year. The Stow family sued the Dodgers in 2011 for "negligence" related to the attack in the Dodger Stadium parking lot. So it follows that the Dodgers would not want to — on advice of their lawyers, or otherwise — talk about Stow.

Take the lawyers out of it, though, and Flannery has a point. What the Johnstone family did is the type of goodwill gesture that transcends rivalries and shows that, for the right cause, people from very different walks of life can come together. The Dodgers had to know about the donation. Sure, they're probably limited for time when giving the kid a shout out before his first pitch, but how much longer would it have taken? Twenty seconds?

"... And Casey has decided to selflessly donate the ad money from his video to Bryan Stow. Let's hear it for this kid."

That would have certainly got an applause from all the fans in attendance — whether they were wearing orange or blue.

i owe you lunch mayor jingleberries and yes i have turned off baseball for now.

busty

One inning away from snapping that losing skid.

kick him

at practice, players all wore some tshirt emblazoned with a photo of Butterbean for some reason

Well that Ellis 3 RBI in the 9th hurts.

so i'm turning them on again took around two weeks off.

looks like i came back too soon.

well it's 11:15 and in the 13th inning, that's enough for me.

from FB:

They just flashed a message on the scoreboard asking all remaining fans to clap their hands so that it may disperse the gigantic mob of seagulls awaiting their dinner.

and Mets take the lead on a Crawford boot.

they sign Francoeur! (for the prorated minimum)

who?

haha

cue 1000 'cain is unable' headlines

36 pitches, 2/3 ip cya cain

Tuned in, saw Kickham on the mound and the score, gah.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BO25i8rCQAA1moi.jpg:large

chilling

Chad Gaudin charged with lewdness!

here are the top selling jersey so far this year:

The top 20:

1. Buster Posey, Giants
2. Mariano Rivera, Yankees
3. Yadier Molina, Cardinals
4. David Wright, Mets
5. Matt Harvey, Mets
6. Bryce Harper, Nationals
7. Derek Jeter, Yankees
8. Manny Machado, Orioles
9. Mike Trout, Angels
10. Yasiel Puig, Dodgers
11. Hyun-Jin Ryu, Dodgers
12. Miguel Cabrera, Tigers
13. Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox
14. Matt Kemp, Dodgers
15. Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers
16. Sergio Romo, Giants
17. Andrew McCutchen, Pirates
18. Yu Darvish, Rangers
19. Pablo Sandoval, Giants
20. Justin Verlander, Tigers

just got alerted to. Lincecum has a no hitter thru 6 but is at 103 pitches.

lincecum crusing tonight, he's looking way more chill.

ha xp

7.1 innings 11K 109 pitches

thru 7 114 pitches

you have to leave him in?

here we go, six outs to go.

*five

PANDA SCOOP

lol Timmy's reaction to hitting the ump in the balls was classic. Need a gif pronto.

sucks he had two reeally close ones that werent called strikes on that at bat

what a play

HUNTEEEERRRRRR

12K 131 pitches

there is ONE

yesss

Let's go for 150!

lol

that is TWO

yessss

YEAH

YESSSSSSSSSS

"Woo-ee-oo Tim looks just like Buddy Holly"

Thanks for your insight, Dick Enberg.

lol these guys suck at interviewing

well that was fun.

13K 148 pitches.

career over

and edwin jackson-esque performance for all seasons

Better trade him now!

We don't want to wait too long like we did with Jonathan Sanchez.

http://www.mlb.com/images/2/2/4/53726224/lincy_face_8yo4z8ge.gif

i'm so glad baseball is back, i actually miss it

and fuck first day back and the Giants feed isn't even on TV.

Steve Berthiaume and Bob Brenly are the TV announcers for Arizona?

who knew

so they open the second half with Gaudin? oh how the mighty have fallen.

Berthiaume is good

yeah he is good, much better than last years guys.

Francoeur walks with the bases loaded...I didn't know he had that kind of self-control in him.

Don't think Lincecum will make it to 148 tonight.

so they are having an old fashion double hitter today. buy one ticket get two games.

doubleheader

got swept by the Cubs in San Francisco for the first time in 20 years. rock bottom.

Was home in the area so got to watch all those games :( not looking good at all

the Giants kept Pence and i'm very, very happy with this non move. sure i would have loved to have gotten some great prospects back for him but we needed him above any other free agent they will have this off season. so now i feel like he is a good as signed for next year and beyond.

I'm just following the boxscore and I can't watch the game, but isn't that yet another quality Lincecum start?

Trade him now!

Oh wait it's August nm.

Leaving for SF tonight... Heading to the game Friday! Aside frOm "garlic fries", anything I should know?

Ameoba Records

So yeah, the Giants are resigning Lincecum this summer, right?

TT, buy a FREE BARRY BONDS shirt

why would they? xp

depends what he wants, really. megadeal not gonna happen.

Grant Brisbee was hinting at it this morning.

Zito has cleared waivers.

no surprise there.

the Giants DFA Jeff Francoeur, thank God!

aaand they win with a bases loaded walk.

They won't today!

http://i.imgur.com/YswGs6S.gif

that put a smile on my face

http://www.csnbayarea.com/giants/report-pence-lincecum-lopez-all-claimed-waivers

Hunter Pence, Tim Lincecum and Javier Lopez all were placed on waivers Saturday and quickly claimed by clubs, according to a report by Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.

But the chances remain remote that any of the three will be wearing another uniform by the end of the week.

And to salsa with Sandoval.

"Before every game. That's our new handshake," Pence said. "Pablo was teaching me to salsa in the batting cage, and we decided to add it to our handshake because the old one wasn't working. This one's been working better."

xpost

That was fun!

i want to watch as it's on my DVR but not going to...checking the blogs now.

The Giants announced 41,171 paid. They say the sellout streak is alive and well at 240 regular-season games. You and I know better.

Season as been terrible but Bumgarner has been a joy to watch.

Since he became a Dodger, Nolasco's ERA at home was 1.33. Chased in the second.

brandon belt is having a nice game

he is having a nice second half in general.

19 runs -- most runs ever scored against the Dodgers in Dodger Stadium!

can't believe we lost that game, lol.

i haven't been watching that many game, burnt out and don't really care for the rest of this year. still love the game and will watch the playoffs.

Kinda forgot about baseball the last few weeks, but yeah, this might have been Timmy's last game with the Giants. If it wasn't for that guy I wouldn't be a baseball fan.

Anxiously waiting for the playoffs now.

i watched that game as well, living in the Los Angeles area i heard Vin call the game.

i think he will be back for two more years, we will see.

Gregor Blanco got thrown out trying to steal second, then he gets thrown out when he leaned a bit too far off of first and finally he hit a triple but got thrown out, on a remarkable play, trying for the inside the park home run.

http://blog.sfgate.com/giants/2013/09/28/breaking-sf-giants-agree-to-five-year-deal-with-pence/

pence looks like a dude who will turn into a pumpkin in 2 years.. not a bad signing but I dont like it

vote duane 4 ford frick award

i do like the Pence move, the Giants need this guy. they weren't going to go out to free agency and get anyone better.

Bee, as with Sabean, you like any multi-year signing of a guy who's 30+ and whose wheels fall off within two seasons (Huff, Scutaro, etc.).

that is how baseball works though, everyone is signing people to too long. Pence is 30 now and will be 35 when this contract is over. i think he will still be a pretty good player at 35.

who would have been a better choice this off season to play right field?

Choo
Granderson

holy shit, i didn't know exactly how old those dudes are. actually pence will work just fine.

Choo and Granderson will probably bank more than 90 million tho

The question isn't so much who else is available at the moment, it's "Will you say this is a good signing now but start pissing and moaning about this guy 3 years later because he's old and underpforming (and in the case of Huff, suffering from mood disorders)?"