May 2005 Archives

We've gouged out each other's eyes arguing the merits of the LaTroy Hawkins trade, but there's one thing we can agree upon: it won't mean squat if more moves aren't forthcoming. Hawkins alone won't save this team. Hawkins plus a...
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Finally. The Giants have a wealth of good young pitchers, and for a year and a half we've cried out for Brian Sabean to trade one or more of them for help. But trading both Jerome Williams and David Aardsma...
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More and more I hear that bloggers are filling the news and analysis void of the traditional lazy, smug, corrupt press. We're snappy, we're nimble, we're unfettered by corporate obligations and reciprocations. But we still love the old tropes every...
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Not much time today, but just for the record: Eric Gagne is a maple-syrup-drinkin', poutine-eatin', googly-eyed, smelly-hatted freak. Get yer red hot spontaneous eruptions of anti-Dodger sentiment right over here....
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I never saw Juan Marichal pitch, but anyone who could kick his leg over his head 150 times a game and not double over with searing lower back pain is all right by me. That guy was so flexible, he...
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Three roster moves as I get ready to hit the yard tonight: Grissom goes on the 15-day DL, Brian Dallimore is brought up and added to the 40-man roster, and Bonds moved to the 60-day DL to free up a...
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It looks like the Surround Sound of Sutro Heights, la FM de la FM, the 50-Watt Juggernaut of Radio Fort Miley has slapped a musical baton into my outstretched palm. I hadn't heard of this curious Web phenomenon until now,...
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When this season started and the Giants sallied forth without Barry Bonds, the tongues clucked, the heads shook, and everyone figured the Giants offense would be anemic. Ha! Two Michael Tucker grand slams later, the O was off and running....
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I'm going to match wits with Felipe Alou. That guy is the wholesale package. Here's the lineup I would run out against lefty Jeff Francis tomorrow: 2B Durham CF Ellison LF Feliz RF Alou 3B Alfonzo 1B Niekro SS Cruz...
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Half the Giants blogosphere has man-crushes on Omar Vizquel, and I consider myself the founder of the Omar Fu-cademy. You don't need to be the Score Bard to see that Omar is an anagram of Amor. But when a lefty...
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Holy logophilia, Batman. Look what the Score Bard's done. (Read all the comments, too.) Fun stats of the day: How many consecutive scoreless innings the Giants pitching staff must throw to lower their ERA to 4.00: 62 1/3, or nearly...
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Brandon Lyon. Chad Cordero. Eric Gagne. Keith Foulke. What do these guys all have common? They all once would have made you titter if someone suggested they could be dominant closers. You're not tittering now, are you? So why not...
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Call it 1-upsmanship. Both the Wall St. Journal and The New York Times have articles today about athletes' numbers. Stefan Fatsis of the Journal has a fun piece on pitchers' aversion to single-digit uniform numbers. Here's the link, though it's...
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Let me tell you something: the Giants are exceedingly lucky this year. Huh? Every top player injured? A return of the Jekyll-and-Hyde bullpen? Troubling regression of their promsing young moundsmen, Lowry and Williams? Under .500? That's lucky? I'm talking about...
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Just back from the yard with a few thoughts: * Noah Lowry looked superb except for two bad pitches in the 7th: a two-strike fastball to Jose Castillo that Castillo smoked into center to tie the game, and the full-count...
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Bonds, Alou, Benitez...now it's Jason Schmidt's turn to go on the DL. Not that we're so surprised. Was it inevitable? Was it mismanagement? Is it just precautionary, no need to panic? Is this is beginning of the Brad Hennessey Era?...
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It was movie night in Maloville last night. The g-f put the hammer down and insisted on dinner and a DVD, all snuggled up on the couch while unbeknownst to me, Brett Tomko was doing his Jason Schmidt (ca. summer...
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I never quite said so in my post about Dr. Arthur Ting's probation and Barry Bonds's bad judgment, but speculation crossed my mind about the illegal prescriptions mentioned in the news reports. Leave it to the estimable Will Carroll to...
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Nice win today (Sunday), especially the way the bullpen bounced back after two horrendous games. But all you need to know about the fate of the Giants hangs in the balance of this quote from Jason Schmidt after his dreadful...
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The Az. Republic has dug up some very interesting dirt on Dr. Arthur Ting, Barry Bonds's knee surgeon. Bonds went to Ting over the objections of the Giants' staff. Add that to the fact Bonds continues to train with Greg...
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* Westwood Blues points out via a series of labyrinthine links that Will Carroll's more optimistic than us blog-cynics about Barry Bonds's knee. June? Dare we hope? * Brett Tomko did it again yesterday. He let a lapse in concentration...
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Looks like Mr. Wounded Knee won't be back til at least July. Bacterial infection -- ick. At least Barry knows who's been leaking (information, not infected fluid) to the media. I'm gon' get you, suckah, but first I gotta get...
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I never understood what the hell Eddie Vedder was singing in that song, but I don't think it was "Jeremy's been called up to the Giants, yeaaaaahh." I'm having just as much trouble understanding the latest Giants' pitching decisions, both...
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When facing a deadline for a 2,500 word feature, there's nothing better than taking an hour to browse through the latest Giants statistics. Such as: Hey, whaddya know! Giants, second in the NL in OBP, fourth in SLG. Second in...
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Substitute Marty Feldman in the broadcast booth for David B. Fleming, and the Giants' April would have been positively sunny. If someone told you on March 30 that the Giants would miss Barry Bonds and Moises Alou for most of...
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