September 2004 Archives

Tough loss last night, but there's no dishonor in getting shut down by David Wells and Trevor Hoffman. Wells has been pitching big in big games for a long time. Instead, give credit to Noah Lowry for keeping the Giants...
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Tough loss last night, but there's no dishonor in getting shut down by David Wells and Trevor Hoffman. Wells has been pitching big in big games for a long time. Instead, give credit to Noah Lowry for keeping the Giants...
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Former A's farmhand Joe Valentine just shut down the Cubs in the bottom of the 12th to seal Cincinnati's second straight win over the Dusty Neifis. The game featured a blown save by LaTroy Hawkins with two outs and two...
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Former A's farmhand Joe Valentine just shut down the Cubs in the bottom of the 12th to seal Cincinnati's second straight win over the Dusty Neifis. The game featured a blown save by LaTroy Hawkins with two outs and two...
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I do, after tonight's game. As they've done so often in the past few weeks, the Giants won tonight despite their Twin Towers, Bonds and Schmidt. Schmidt struggled through six innings and just didn't look right. That groin injury, or...
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I do, after tonight's game. As they've done so often in the past few weeks, the Giants won tonight despite their Twin Towers, Bonds and Schmidt. Schmidt struggled through six innings and just didn't look right. That groin injury, or...
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Speaking of the Joe Nathan deal... It seemed, for a little while there, that our catcher had finally won over the fans. After a dreadful April (.517 OPS) and that nutty card-playing incident that Andrew Baggarly just had to expose,...
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Speaking of the Joe Nathan deal... It seemed, for a little while there, that our catcher had finally won over the fans. After a dreadful April (.517 OPS) and that nutty card-playing incident that Andrew Baggarly just had to expose,...
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By the end of this week we'll either be formulating our 2004 post-mortems, doing cartwheels over the prospect of Kirk Rueter pitching in St. Louis after a good night's rest at the Shed, or chewing our fingernails and whispering "Hail...
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By the end of this week we'll either be formulating our 2004 post-mortems, doing cartwheels over the prospect of Kirk Rueter pitching in St. Louis after a good night's rest at the Shed, or chewing our fingernails and whispering "Hail...
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My voice is raw from screaming all day today at that punk Jason Werth, who had the gall to hit a two-run homer in the first inning, then spend the rest of the game turning around and staring at the...
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My voice is raw from screaming all day today at that punk Jason Werth, who had the gall to hit a two-run homer in the first inning, then spend the rest of the game turning around and staring at the...
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To prove my Mr. Magoo-like knack for bumbling into a story and not recognizing it, here's today's news about the Riviera, the sports bar on Seventh Avenue I wrote about yesterday. I might end up there again tonight for what's...
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To prove my Mr. Magoo-like knack for bumbling into a story and not recognizing it, here's today's news about the Riviera, the sports bar on Seventh Avenue I wrote about yesterday. I might end up there again tonight for what's...
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After going out of my cotton-pickin' mind all week without access to radio or TV coverage of the Giants, I decided to stay up way past my bedtime and watch last night's game on ESPN2 at a West Village sports...
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After going out of my cotton-pickin' mind all week without access to radio or TV coverage of the Giants, I decided to stay up way past my bedtime and watch last night's game on ESPN2 at a West Village sports...
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As El Lefty noted a few days ago, Brett Tomko has largely succeeded in keeping the meatballs away from National League hitters this year. After leading the league by giving up 35 homers last year, he's cut that number to...
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As El Lefty noted a few days ago, Brett Tomko has largely succeeded in keeping the meatballs away from National League hitters this year. After leading the league by giving up 35 homers last year, he's cut that number to...
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Most of you were probably at home, in a bar, or perhaps even at Pac Bell Park when Barry Bonds hit #700 Friday night. I was on my way to SFO to catch the red-eye to New York, where I'm...
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Most of you were probably at home, in a bar, or perhaps even at Pac Bell Park when Barry Bonds hit #700 Friday night. I was on my way to SFO to catch the red-eye to New York, where I'm...
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Here's a question from a reader who usually knows what works, but not when it comes to J.T. Snow's resurgence: "maybe you have an answer to this question that keeps buggin me -- what the hell explains JT Snow's sudden...
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Here's a question from a reader who usually knows what works, but not when it comes to J.T. Snow's resurgence: "maybe you have an answer to this question that keeps buggin me -- what the hell explains JT Snow's sudden...
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Now that the starters are pitching well and the September call-ups are getting a little playing time, there are a few Giants who have gone missing in action: - Matt Herges hasn't played since Sept. 3. - Wayne Franklin hasn't...
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Now that the starters are pitching well and the September call-ups are getting a little playing time, there are a few Giants who have gone missing in action: - Matt Herges hasn't played since Sept. 3. - Wayne Franklin hasn't...
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When the Giants signed Brett Tomko this winter, much was made of how well he pitched in the second half of 2003, even though, if you scrutinized the numbers, his good run had much to do with the Cardinals scoring...
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When the Giants signed Brett Tomko this winter, much was made of how well he pitched in the second half of 2003, even though, if you scrutinized the numbers, his good run had much to do with the Cardinals scoring...
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Ladies and gentlemen, Neifi Perez is 8 for 14 with a home run and a double since joining the Cubs this month....
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Ladies and gentlemen, Neifi Perez is 8 for 14 with a home run and a double since joining the Cubs this month....
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Jason Schmidt made us all a bit less nervous by doing what he's supposed to do: dominate a crappy Arizona ballclub in yesterday's 5-2 win. With the complete game, his ERA stands at 3.14, which ranks behind Randy Johnson, Carlos...
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Jason Schmidt made us all a bit less nervous by doing what he's supposed to do: dominate a crappy Arizona ballclub in yesterday's 5-2 win. With the complete game, his ERA stands at 3.14, which ranks behind Randy Johnson, Carlos...
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The New York Times' Lee Jenkins notes: Because Aaron hit so many of his home runs in Milwaukee, Bonds seems to believe it would be a fitting locale for his 700th. He was thrilled to have posted No. 699 in...
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The New York Times' Lee Jenkins notes: Because Aaron hit so many of his home runs in Milwaukee, Bonds seems to believe it would be a fitting locale for his 700th. He was thrilled to have posted No. 699 in...
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First of all, when someone asks you, "If you could have your pick, which baseball players should write a journal for the MLB Web site?" your answer would not likely be "Mike Fetters." Yet, somehow it has happened. Mike Fetters...
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First of all, when someone asks you, "If you could have your pick, which baseball players should write a journal for the MLB Web site?" your answer would not likely be "Mike Fetters." Yet, somehow it has happened. Mike Fetters...
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A couple Bonds tidbits courtesy of ESPN.com's Eric Neel: My buddy Andy wrote the other day to say that his favorite Bonds stat was RC/27 (Runs created per 27 outs, which estimates how many runs a game a team made...
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A couple Bonds tidbits courtesy of ESPN.com's Eric Neel: My buddy Andy wrote the other day to say that his favorite Bonds stat was RC/27 (Runs created per 27 outs, which estimates how many runs a game a team made...
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If, as 40 percent of baseball players will tell you, teams win and lose, homers are hit or not hit, etc, all because of God's will, then we can only assume that the Red Sox, Cubs and Giants are simply...
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If, as 40 percent of baseball players will tell you, teams win and lose, homers are hit or not hit, etc, all because of God's will, then we can only assume that the Red Sox, Cubs and Giants are simply...
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...to throw your hands in the air, and wave 'em like you just don't care...or wave 'em like you can't take anymore of the Giants' ridiculous shenanigans, they spend the weekend doing what they're supposed to do and sweep the...
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...to throw your hands in the air, and wave 'em like you just don't care...or wave 'em like you can't take anymore of the Giants' ridiculous shenanigans, they spend the weekend doing what they're supposed to do and sweep the...
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Last night's 6-5 loss, writ in my memory even larger because Elbo and I watched it on a 60-foot TV at Yancy's on Irving, was excruciating. Jason Schmidt all but admitted that the groin injury is still bothering him --...
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Last night's 6-5 loss, writ in my memory even larger because Elbo and I watched it on a 60-foot TV at Yancy's on Irving, was excruciating. Jason Schmidt all but admitted that the groin injury is still bothering him --...
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Has anyone else noticed that Ray Durham has developed a weird throwing tic? He often double-clutches before throwing as he turns the double-play pivot. He did it again last night in the first inning. Woody minimized the damage by inducing...
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Has anyone else noticed that Ray Durham has developed a weird throwing tic? He often double-clutches before throwing as he turns the double-play pivot. He did it again last night in the first inning. Woody minimized the damage by inducing...
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