Even Year Bullshit: The 2016 San Francisco Giants

i even messed it up, haha.

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i count not wait any longer.

going to a few spring training games

obv will win, if taylor swift releases an album in late oct

the Giants open in Milwaukee and come home for four against the Dodgers.

getting ready for the season!

and have fun Spottie, jealous.

which giants infielder massively overperforms this season? all of them again?

Brandon Belt, the guy is streaky has hell but he is now playing for a major contract and the Giants just haven't given it to him yet.

maybe even Joe Panik, now that i think about it. he was hurt last year after putting up massive numbers. he will be on a mission this year to prove himself.

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/files/2016/03/duffman-bat-e1411073135464-400x392.jpg

oh yeah

http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2016/3/18/11264132/matt-duffy-2016-projections-sf-giants

Matt Duffy is fantastic, and we all got used to that idea very quickly
By Grant Brisbee  @mccoveychron on Mar 18, 2016

http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2016/03/23/baseballs-most-valuable-teams/#5be82b261ddd

Top 4 Team and Worth:

1. New York Yankees 3.4 Billion
2. Los Angeles Dodgers 2.5 Billion
3. Boston Red Sox 2.3 Billion
4. San Francisco Giants 2.25 Billion
5. Chicago Cubs 2.20 Billion

so ready for the season to start.

how ready

hunter pence ready

:-)

won't be able to watch live tomorrow. :-(

Bumgarner with the flu, unable to locate

not looking forward seeing Span's weak arm at AT&T all season

3 hr in a row!

i hate even years

everyone will be in an 'even year' against those Brewers. the rebuild seems to be truly on.

I feel for any brewer fan out there..

also had zero interest in tuning into the opening series with philly and cincy..

haha yes I am a dyed in the wool Brewer fan and my only thought here was "hey, it was way better than opening day last year", a game in which we were down 10-0 by the 4th inning

yeah, Baseball is back!

didn't get to see live but going to turn it on now.

Bumgarner did not look good at all today.

but wow, can this team score some runs, this is going to be fun.

heh, check this fangraphs article speculating that bumgarner's neuroma issue on his plant foot is driving his recent poor performance:

http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/the-change-officially-worried-about-madison-bumgarner/

and then the comments section, where someone mentions that the neuroma is on bumgarner's left foot, and he's a lefty, so it's not affecting his plant foot at all, leading to eno sarris' "You are correct and I’m upset with myself."

hmm, interesting. he is off that is for sure.

Cueto is looking great tonight. he replaces Timmy but you have to move on...

2 - 0

:-)

can't win them all. ;-)

wow, can this team score some runs

mmmm, probly not. League avg at best. But we'll save that for your first "The season is over" declaration.

i guess we will see. all home grown infield that should spray the ball all over the diamond.

didn't see the Giants vs. Dodgers becasue i'm in the Los Angeles market and they black it out on DirecTV. great win and another 12 runs, sweet.

Giants have all sorts of problems, scoring runs is not going to be one of them.

Welcome back Matt Cain.

Giants have all sorts of problems, scoring runs is not going to be one of them.

― Van Horn Street, Friday, April 8, 2016 1:35 AM (22 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

www wow they pulled him!!!!?

hell fucking yeah. tie game!

Lmao

rip dave roberts

Dumbass

it is on

did he get thrown out?

Who?

didn't matter i guess.

crazy game

yay

what the hell?

feel a bit sorry for the Rockies

I laughed so hard.

Let's Go Giants!

and Bumgarner, chill

The Giants' feeling on the Cardinals-Reds brouhaha from Thursday night is, it's none of our business.

General manager Bobby Evans said Friday that it was not the Giants' place to call the league and opine whether the outcome at Busch Stadium, a 4-3 St. Louis victory, should be overturned.

There was no indication the Reds filed a formal protest arguing that Yadier Molina's game-winning double actually bounced over the left-field wall and should have been ruled an automatic double, which would have forced baserunner Matt Carpenter to stop at third. Instead, Carpenter scored to give St. Louis a crucial win impact the wild-card race and the Giants.

The Reds wanted a replay challenge but did not inform the umpires in time.
"There is no recourse for a third party," Evans said. "Our focus has to be here."

Giants fans hoped the Reds would protest the game. If the protest were upheld, Cincinnati and St. Louis would have to meet again to pick up the game from the point of the protest.

It made little sense for the Reds to protest. They are going home for the winter, and I can't imagine they want to fly to St. Louis to play Monday, knowing the whole thing could be finished on one pitch.

If Giants fans want to be upset with what happened, that's fine. But they probably should be more upset the Giants have gone 27-42 in the second half. Had they gone 34-35 they would have 91 wins, same as the Dodgers, and would have popped Champagne corks by now for reaching the postseason.

lol at the Dodgers

"Flowers in the hair"

on delay tonight

past a diving Crawford!

MADBUMMMMM

what an inninggg

:-)

looking forward to the inevitable 7-run dodgers inning

lol

all the Giants need to do is win one more game and they are in right?

In what? If they go 1-1, they could be in a play-in game -- or two -- before the WC game.

what i meant by in is, playing past Sunday. if the Giants just win out then that would be best and the other team will face Bumgarner.

this season Baseball ending would have been boring without the Wild Card games.

it really helps when the team you root for is in that mix.

well you're going against kershaw today so

the Giants do fine against Kershaw.

i know record wise it might say something different but watching those games they are always right there outside i think one game this year.

Go time

lowest ERA at AT&T park of all time, but ok

Enjoying Blach so far. Indeed, the first strikes are impressive. I nominate him to run 48 innings to another post-season glories, full of pinch hit HR and well timed wild pitches.

(A Bumgarner, Cueto, Shark, Moore, Blach rotation makes me confident right out of the gate for 2017)

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--JaufmPj3--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/evp4jpqpoavhki75mnmh.gif

Ty Blach for the 2016 Cy Young afaic.

what a game from Ty Blach.

David vs Goliath indeed

i was on delay but what a game, in a must win environment.

this is why i truly love baseball, nothing like it.

a Bumgarner vs Syndergaard matchup is another reason why I love baseball.

what a place to be at. wish is for the division but this isn't bad.

what a fun day, today is going to be

coming out swinging, i love it

don't know why it took until the last week of the season but the team if finally playing good.

yes

loving the desire

five runs within five outs

ouch, not sure if that was worth getting

what a season, could not be happier about the Giants making it this year.

Mets must beat even-year evil

You can't just beat even-year evil.

that's correct, actually - it needs to be beaten, set on fire and encircled with salt & wiccan symbols meant to ward off demons

Bee, post here it's safe