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March 2007 Archives
03.01.2007
People Play Baseball. Numbers Don't.
03.02.2007
Noise Pop
The Matt Cain contract is 4 years, $9 million, plus a mysterious 5th year option that includes "escalators." For some reason whenever I hear that word in relation to baseball contracts I think of the shoes David Bowie wore in...
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# posted by E.L.M.: 3:01PM
03.05.2007
I've Got Me a Date with Botticelli's Niece
03.06.2007
The Other Side of Tinstaapp
03.07.2007
Bonds Third, Durham Fourth
According to reports from Arizona this morning, Bruce Bochy is testing a lineup with Barry Bonds in the third slot, somwhere Bonds hasn't been since 2002. Bochy's reasons are sound: get Bonds up in the first inning and get him...
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# posted by E.L.M.: 8:45AM
03.08.2007
Use 'Em or Lose 'Em
Steve Goldman, who writes a Yankees blog for the Yes Network, takes up the debate I highlighted a couple days ago: should phenom pitchers be forced to hone their craft in the minors even if they're pretty damn good already?...
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# posted by E.L.M.: 8:58AM
03.12.2007
Records Were Made to Be Broken
We're getting close to seeing some of the open roster spots nailed down. Brad Hennessey not only thinks Russ Ortiz has "pretty much locked up" the fifth-starter job, he also wants to be traded. Jason Ellison is forcing his consideration...
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# posted by E.L.M.: 12:18PM
03.13.2007
Cy Younger
[Ed. Note: I've made a few changes to the following post. Thanks to A. Baggarly for the gentle corrections.] Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News [not Oakland Trib, though because of corporate ownership, his work appears there, too]...
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# posted by E.L.M.: 7:55AM
03.13.2007
Ich Bin Ein SFist
Part one of a preseason discussion with me, El Lefty Malo, and the handsome, mysterious Grant Macronico, is now available to download for your eyeballs on SFist.com. And no, neither one of us is Gavin Newsom's new girlfriend....
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# posted by E.L.M.: 8:29PM
03.14.2007
On Your Toes and Hit that Line!
Road trip to Fresno, anyone? Not to see the Bulldogs, sorry. But it's quite possible that the triple-A Fresno Grizzlies could start the year as entertaining as their big-league affiliate and provide a sneak peek at the Giants a year...
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# posted by E.L.M.: 10:49AM
03.14.2007
Use Your SFist and Not Your Mouth
03.15.2007
Springtime for Baggarly, Part 1
03.15.2007
The Clenched SFist Is a Symbol of Defiance in Some Cultures
03.16.2007
The Existential Dread of the Daily Blogger
Over at McCovey Chronicles, Grant encapsulates the boredom of spring training, or as Sartre once wrote, l'inexprimable ennui de l'entrainement du printemps, with this post. As the famous rap song says, "Self-deconstruction, you're headed for self-deconstruction." No less existential is...
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# posted by E.L.M.: 12:42PM
03.19.2007
Perhaps Because I Am a Libra...
03.19.2007
Nor a Lender Be
The Rangers are changing the name of their ballpark from "Ameriquest Field" (Ameriquest is a mortgage company) to yet another corporate moniker. Take a guess -- Pfizer Pfield? Halliburton Park? ExxonMobil Greens? The answer is their own: "Rangers Ballpark in...
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# posted by E.L.M.: 1:43PM
03.20.2007
A Few Bits of Tid
* One question the Giants must answer is whether to start the season with 11 pitchers or 12. The latter seems more likely, what with only two days off in April. Food for thought, however: the LA Times reports the...
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# posted by E.L.M.: 12:41PM
03.21.2007
Baggarly, Part 3
We finish up the Q&A today with Merc beat writer Andy Baggarly by taking on a few big issues: media responsibility, Barry Bonds's image, Cal Ripken's double standard, and Pete Rose's gambling problem. Big thanks to Andy for his participation....
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# posted by E.L.M.: 9:29AM
03.22.2007
Caption Contest
03.23.2007
The Prodigal Fopp
After a year and a half wandering through the sodden woods of the Pacific Northwest, straining to hear the call of the marbeled murrelet, his once-powerful right arm slowly regaining strength after.....the accident....the prodigal son has returned. An insignificant contract,...
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# posted by E.L.M.: 9:15AM
03.26.2007
Sweeney on Waivers?
According to SI.com's Jon Heyman, the Giants have placed Mark Sweeney on waivers. If spring rules follow regular-season rules, Sweeney is now exposed to all major-league teams. If none claim him, the Giants either keep him or release him outright...
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# posted by E.L.M.: 9:34AM
03.27.2007
Spring Stats Are Fun
03.28.2007
Devil Spawn
If luck and health and planets and tarot cards all line up in the Giants' favor this year, yes, they could make the playoffs and then, as Joaquin Andujar liked to say, youneverknow. More realistically, though, this is a rebuilding...
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# posted by E.L.M.: 1:32PM
03.28.2007
No Ice for the Dice
I'm on assignment Thursday and Friday with little time to write, so you'll have to amuse yourselves elsewhere. I recommend here. And here. And going against my initial instincts, here. If you don't vote for me, I'll get a dolphin...
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# posted by E.L.M.: 10:09PM
03.29.2007
Brian's Song (and Dance)
The old softshoe is back, Mr. Talkin' Much and Sayin' Little, just give 'em the old razz-ull dazz-ull but in that monotone New England way, though I should say that as I caught the season's first "Brian Sabean Show" on...
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# posted by E.L.M.: 10:05PM
03.31.2007
Cuts
Just announced after today's game: Down to Fresno are Brian Wilson, Scott Munter. Wow, Sabean wasn't messing around with the harsh assessment on the radio. To minor-league camp go Tomas De La Rosa, Sun-Woo Kim, Scott Atchinson. That leaves a...
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