Tim Lincecum's All New In-n-Out-Free Nutritional System (Panda take not) -- 2010 World Champions San Francisco Giants 2012 thread

Sweet jaysis Timmy:

Needless to say, Tiny Tim isn't so tiny anymore. Lincecum is now admitting that his love for fast food contributed to his 40-pound weight gain over the last year. He was his heaviest in October, when the 5-foot-11 player weighed a whopping 196 pounds.

So much for erotic languor. -_-

In other news, Zito's changing his delivery for the fifth or w/e straight season -- that's the ticket.

lol, nice work Leee

anyways i think one of the biggest news stories is Andrew Baggarly is no long the San Jose Mercury News beat writer but is now working for CSN Bayarea.

he wrote this today:

In case you hadn’t heard, Aaron Rowand, now a non-roster player in Florida Marlins camp, was able to get his familiar No. 33. The player who gave it up was none other than Scott Cousins, the baserunner who injured Buster Posey with his spearing collision at the plate May 25.

Cousins decided to switch to No .6, saying it was in homage to J.T. Snow – his favorite Giant while growing up a huge fan of the team.

Here’s the weirdest part: It was Snow, remember, who once famously collided with a catcher in Florida – Pudge Rodriguez – in a failed effort to knock the ball out of his glove. The play was the final out as the Marlins clinched the NL Division series in 2003.

Small world

Villalona’s arrival is delayed

Belt will probably start in AAA as Huff/Schierholtz are the ones who are penciled in. i'm hoping rotates the three of the,m.

insert <Bochy>

so Giant fans how do you feel about this years team?

my opinion is they are going to be right there but they won't have enough firepower to put them over the hump. this is such a great window with our pitching but at 130 million they just didn't spend enough to really make that impact.

personally i wish they retained Carlos especially since we gave up a Wheeler but he was such a pre-madonna that maybe we are better off without him.

the nl west is mediocre as all get out this year. no team had a compelling off-season except san diego. anyone can take it - except LA. they are hot garbage. =\

this time last year i thought they could win the division in 2011. looking back, i still don't think it was an unreasonable prediction and they are still a team loaded with talent.

erm... well maybe not *loaded* /kemp-kershaw

Giants and Dbags are the clear favorites I think.

The Dodgers have maybe the best hitter and the best pitcher in the division but that's all they got.

anyone watching the first TV game? it's on MLB Network.

Tuned into the Red Sox/Twins game last night and caught Tony Pena Jr. pitching ineffectively for the former.

i refuse to watch unless one team hits nine homers

so tonight's game is also on MLB Network but since im in LA they are blacking it out.

oh it on locally but no Vin tonight.

Someone's been sneaking animal-style double doubles.

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i'm so glad it spring training:

The Rockies pounced on Lincecum in the first two innings, scoring five runs as the former two-time Cy Young Award winner struggled with his command.

The Giants ace gave up five runs on seven hits to the 13 batters he faced. In the first inning, he threw 29 pitches and yielded a lead-off homer to Charlie Blackmon and two-run triple to Michael Cuddyer.

His struggles continued in the second as he gave up two-run single to Carlos Gonzalez.

"I felt fine, said Lincecum. "I felt like my times to the plate were good. Both innings were kind of rough, obviously.

"Just one of those things where you've got to eliminate the fact that you're trying to get super competitive out there and trying to get outs and really focus on what you're trying to work on," Lincecum said. "I wanted to just keep throwing my fastball and hopefully pound the zone with that. At times I thought I got changeup-happy."

Brewers OF Nyjer Morgan Hit In Head By Pitch

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Nyjer Morgan left Saturday’s spring training game with the San Francisco Giants after being hit in the head by a Barry Zito pitch, according to MLB.com.

Morgan stayed in the game to finish the inning, even playing the field, but he was replaced the following inning.

Brewers spokesperson Mike Vassallo said Morgan was removed while pretending to be in pain to make Zito feel a little better as a precaution.

so i just watched MLB Network 30 clubs special on the Giants. Dan Plesac has the Giants winning the West and Larry Bowa doesn't think they win the West but will make the playoffs.

i'm starting to get excited about this year!

hey Zito is on tonight and it's pre-season. can miss this game even if it's on TV.

Vin Scully is broadcasting tonight.

Listening to Vin Scully is bliss

most interesting story in spring training this year, imo:

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/giants/2012/03/20/belts-future-still-undecided-as-season-approaches/

i just wish Huff would go away.

i turned on MLB Network and hear Jon Miller doing the telecast. baseball is in the air.

is blanco still dazzlin'?

yes he has been, he is pretty much on this team.

poor zito

He's pretty well-compensated, iirc.

A former employee of the Giants, convicted late last year of wire fraud as part of a scheme to embezzle funds from the team, was sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered to play $1.4 million.

Robin M. O'Connor, who worked as the club's payroll manager, transferred $2.2 million into her personal bank account, according to court records.

Monday she tearfully apologized to family, friends and the team.

The judge ordered O'Conner to pay more than $1.4 million to the Giants and forfeit two cars prosecutors say she bought with the stolen money. She previously paid back $960,000.

O'Connor, 42, processed payroll for Giants employees, including players, and was responsible for making changes to amounts of money sent to employees' bank accounts.

Giants executives confronted O'Connor last July after being notified by Bank of America that she was applying for a loan and had recently received two large deposits from the Giants.

According to court documents, she admitted to the embezzlement and was immediately fired. She was charged in federal court July 7.

are they really going to send brandon belt down again

Belt leads the entire team now in AVG (.407) and OBP (.446). He’s third in slugging (.678) behind Hector and Melky, and he’s second in OPS (1.124) behind Hector. Now, I know ST numbers “don’t matter”, but if that kid hasn’t earned a job then nobody has — except maybe Hector.

*sigh*

Send him off to Fresno then, go ahead. Break Twitter, see if we care. He’ll just dismantle that league and (hopefully) be right back up anyways.

it is an even year; maybe aubrey huff (the anti-saberhagen) will be awesome

more worrisome is that a friend suggested that sabean wants belt to 'change his swing' -- uh what

matt cain he rich

No kidding. Does Cain still have bonkers h/r splits?

Last year not much at all, and for his career he's still an All-Star pitcher on the road.

godspeed, san fran

lincecum kinda sounds like a mess this year.. the whole 'not gonna throw my slider' news was o_O to me

i LOVE this deal, the Giants had to sign Cain there were no if, and or buts about it. he has never been injured and is an innings eater, his win loss record is not something to go with because he never really got run support.

LOVE this deal, thank you Giants front office!

Cain deserves to get paid a lot, for sure. But that is a pretty huge contract.

i was a little surprised myself. i guess by Votto standards it ain't much tho...

The plus side is that he's a bull and has pitched 1300 major league innings at 27. The down side is that he's already pitched 1300 innings at 27.

(Having said that, he's one of my favourite pitchers, so I'm pleased for him)

LOVE this deal, thank you Giants front office!

― Bee OK, Monday, April 2, 2012 10:03 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

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dave cameron is right tho... their park and track record shows that they should get their pitching on the cheap and throw big money at hitting. they should've offered this contract to jose reyes instead.

Jose Reyes could hit 40 triples in phone booth park

He's 27, throws 200+ IP every year, and has thrown more than 110 pitches only three times in his last fifteen starts (including this one). I think you can relax.

Think Bee just misses the manager we had from 2010.

Alex Pavlovic ‏@AlexPavlovic
Bochy usually wears size 8 1/8. They could only find 7 3/4 Niners hat, so it was stretched out so Bochy could wear it.

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Buster Posey has been named the Giants' "Willie Mac" Award winner, the team announced prior to Friday's game against the Padres.

The Willie McCovey Award is given out once a year to the most inspirational player on the team, and Posey received a plaque before the game engraved with the words "Competitive Spirit, Ability and Leadership."

oh i have just seen this, Melky Cabrera ruled ineligible to win batting title

http://www.csnbayarea.com/baseball-san-francisco-giants/giants-talk/EXCLUSIVE-Melky-Cabrera-ruled-ineligible?blockID=777029&feedID=2796

oh now i see this is on the PED thread, well whatever...

Miller, Krukow, Kuiper, and Fleming are currently discussing "Gangnam Style" at great length.

"Psy? That's a baseball name, like Psy Young."

According to Andy Baggerly, Cabrera can still win the batting title if the Giants have a game rained out or otherwise postponed.

it's so close i can almost taste it

2012 NL WEST CHAMPIONS

i'm going to party!

i'm still alive, i think.

watching Posey right now is fun. he went 1 for 2 with a walk an a RBI. he could have had one more a bat but Coach did take him out when he was up next.

though he kept Pence in however.

BTW God speed Dusty Baker, even though this should go in the Reds thread.

Bee, should Timmy be on the postseason roster?

Zito is, right?

Bee, should Timmy be on the postseason roster?

i thinking after last nights game, no. he just has no idea where the ball is going and no confidence in himself. i think he will get one or two more starts and if there is no improvement they will have to not put him on the roster.

Zito is, right?

according to Bochy, all five starters are going to be on the post season roster. Bochy is so bull headed he will stick to his guns but the playoffs are different. hope that he looks at the big pitcher, which i think he will, and for the betterment of the team pick the best players. not the ones who he personally loves.

had no idea Freak was goin that bad

he has actually improved since the all-star game. then last night he went back to where he once was. he didn't get out of the fourth inning last night and gave up like six runs. all those feel good starts against sub .500 teams, now that feeling is gone.

Posey just got his 100 RBI. has gone 1 - 2 so far. i also think he just tied McCutchen's batting average.

http://www.csnbayarea.com/baseball-san-francisco-giants/giants-talk/Bochy-Were-moving-forward-without-Melky?blockID=780113&feedID=2796

Bochy confirmed on Thursday morning that Melky Cabrera would not be a part of the club’s postseason roster.

i think this is a horrible decision. he did his time and has paid the price. so the Giants would rather go into the post season with a guy with a bum shoulder and some guy that the Nationals cut earlier this year. they could pick up a guy who played all but 50 games with them and was an All Star MVP. play the best guys available.

c'mon Giants fan, what do you think of our chances?

btw, Posey went 2 for 4 to raise his average to .333 and claim the highest batting average in the league.

WoW

Posey first at bat tonight, a triple. his first of the year. i think he might want that MVP this year.

and now Posey just hit a double.

incredible!

the Padres intentionally walked him in his next a bat.

they should have just let the game play out. yes they had a open base, as the Panda was on second base. why, however, just pitch to him if he does something special than let it be...

They struck the next guy out.

Posey first at bat tonight, a single.

btw, happy birthday Tim Flannery as he turns 55 today.

Posey second at bat tonight, another single.

the guy is on fire!

listening to Dick Enberg tonight is kind of a trip...

i finally agree with a Bochy move, he is taking out Madison early in this game. this game doesn't matter, good move Boch.

Posey walked in his next at bat.

Average is now .337 McCutchen batting average is now at .328.

Posey is up by nine and only five game left. almost over.

this game doesn't matter

Thought they were still trying for home field advantage?

no the Giants are pretty much the number three spot. there was a way to jump higher but for about 10 days now it was a forgone concussion.

only three games reminding. it will be fun to watch Posey.

also to knock out the Dodgers will be a bit satisfying.

Posey just doubled and got another RBI. pretty close to being out.

out as in home run...

so Posey is most likely going 1 for 4 tonight, the same as McCutchen.

i can't see Posey losing the Batting Title this year with only two games remaining.

batting average title that is.

Posey first plate appearance a home run.

i love the fact that the Giants are going to end the Dodgers hopes.

so, so happy to knock out the Dodgers. i guess i really am a Giants fan.

thanking u