March 2005 Archives

It is not a day as tremendous as La Liberacion Del Senor Zapata, when Giants fans ran from their kitchens into the dusty streets and banged wooden spoons against metal pots as the church bells rang, rang, rang out with...
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Once again I dazzle audiences with my magic predictive skills -- I've scribed the Giants' preview capsule over at All-Baseball. Check it out here. (And note that I wrote it before we knew about Bonds's second knee surgery.) Or, since...
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Sometimes we ponder the possibility of painting a large jungle scene, complete with psychedelic tiger, on the side of our house, and sometimes we walk down to the Ace Hardware and spend a half hour browsing through the fine selection...
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Over on Dodger Thoughts there's a short post on Hee Seop Choi that (d)evolves into a hilarious discussion of Kirk Rueter's genetic stock. Don't hang out over there too long, though. Dodger fans have cooties....
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Next time I'm being tried in a court of law, remind my lawyers to knock these three guys out of the jury pool during the voir dire: "I will not vote for Mark McGwire," Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles...
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Not only did Barry Bonds say today he might miss the entire season, he told the media has finally triumphed in bringing him down. The man himself has admitted in the past that he doesn't even believe half the things...
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Software geeks and baseball geeks alike should check out The Baseball Toaster, a brand new group site that runs on hand-crafted, home-brewed software known as the Fairpole. The site is populated with a raft of refugees from All-Baseball, including some...
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I caught a few innings of the Giants game this afternoon while on lunch break. It was my dream broadcast lineup: just Jon Miller, Krukow and Kuiper. No Dave Fleming, who with his young-guy-with-gravitas voice and Ed McMahonesque suck-up laugh...
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A little news 'n' notes for a Saturday afternoon: * There's a nice thread about Brian Sabean's draft philosophy over on the McBoofy Chronicles. * Jerome Williams threw 2 2/3 innings today and struggled with control in only his second...
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Before the baseball-on-steroids hearings today, people were calling the whole thing a charade, a clown-show, a stand upon which to grand. At least they didn't call it cartoonish....
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Let me repeat: Uh-oh....
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Spring training has reached the halfway point, and we're starting to see teams with needs. Sure, we've all got needs, but not all of us need pitching. And that's what interests me, because that's what the Giants have to give....
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Does this mean we'll see even more of P-Mag at the yard? Maybe he'll now keep a closer eye on the friends hanging out in the Giants clubhouse. [Props to the Laz for la linque.]...
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As others have amply noted, Baseball America recently released its 2005 list of top 100 prospects. The Giants placed three: Fred Lewis at #78, Merkin Valdez at #58, and Matt Cain at #13, or #12b if you're superstitious. Our black-and-orange...
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If you haven't seen the picture, click the link in the preceding post. The winner is Bhaakon: Dusty: "Count the rings, baby." Sabean: "Let me get Ned, he handles all the numbers." But a runner-up nod goes to bbstucco: Dusty...
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I wonder what these guys were talking about. Best caption wins a limited edition Lefty Malo bobblehead....
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It was a fabulous Northern California weekend, the kind that makes the rest of the country, sloshing through dirty snowmelt and suffering the umpteenth cold of the season, find you smug and self-satisfied because you write long tangents on your...
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Never a dull moment with That Crazy Barry. Bonds reportedly engaged a couple reporters in an impromptu clubhouse chat yesterday that was just as rambling and wacky as his now-infamous press conference of a week ago. He even talked about...
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Spring training games are on the scoreboard. Looks like Georgia Tech may have problems against the NL East this year. Our aging Gentlemen Giants start play tomorrow, with the game broadcast on KNBR starting at noon. Jon Miller -- He...
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