When the Giants Come to Town, It's Bye-Bye Baby

06.17.2008
Pie and Meat

 

I'm on a rare business trip with little blog time, but it's worth passing along this tidbit. At SFO last night, nursing a beer and waiting for my boarding call, I caught the last two innings of the Giants game. In the bottom of the ninth, before Wilson gave up the two-run single to make the game scary, he struck out Edgar Renteria on a fastball that registered 102 MPH. On the TV, the closed caption diligently tried to follow Krukow and Kuiper's patter, with this classic exchange (not quite verbatim, but close):

Kuip: I don't know, 102 is probably a little high, but it's still worth saying: Sit down!

Kruk: Yeah, grab some [several seconds pause]..... pie and meat!

When Vizquel made the dazzling play to end the game, I jumped off my barstool with a Marv Albert-like "Yes!", prompting several tourists to look on in shock as if to say, "How can anyone who roots for the Giants care that much?"

To which I would respond, of course, Grab some pie and meat. 

One quick observation from the small part of the game I saw: Brian Wilson needs to throw inside more. When he went away consistently, the Tigers hit the ball hard (Cabrera, Rodriguez and Granderson all got opposite-field hits). When he came in, the batters were all tied up. I was sweating the inning and worried about missing my plane, so if anyone else was watching closely, feel free to add to this.

 
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[June 17, 2008 6:33 PM]  |  link  |  reply
bbstucco said

You sure he said "pie and meat"?

Because I've often heard him say "Grab some pine, meat!"

So perhaps you just heard him wrong.

But your story is much better.

[June 17, 2008 7:37 PM]  |  link  |  reply
bigO said

All I can add to is the Bavasi firing. Yesterday the media listed his long list of blunders (like signing Scott Spezio to a 3 year deal and guaranteeing he'd play 150+ games at 3B. Like he's ever done that. Or signing Brad Wilkerson as the M's regular right fielder)and right up there was the passing on Timmy during the draft. Think about it for a second- Had the M's got Timmy, they probably don't trade for Bedard who has ended up being a complete asshole and cancer on the team. They retain a superstar in the making and have a starting outfielder and one of the best set-up guys in the game (and closing games too with Putz on the DL). Now flashforward to the press conference annoucing the firing and afterward my friend (who I get a lot of my Timmy info from since he know's Tim's Dad pretty well and Tim too)corners the President/CEO of the M's, Howard Lincoln. He figures he's never going to have this chance again (and it eats him up that the M's passed on Tim when he was right here in our own backyard. All he wants is for them to admit they blew it)so he asks him about passing on Timmy. Howard Lincoln says he is really happy with Morrow and it's pretty even between them (what the hell?) and how the jury is still out (I guess it is in a way but come on?)and they can't evaluate it yet and how he thinks Timmy will still break down. I guess that's easier to say then admiting they screwed up.

[June 17, 2008 8:11 PM]  |  link  |  reply
MrNic said

"Pie and Meat". What a crackup!

Wilson keeps pitching 102 inside, we'll all be feasting!

-m

[June 17, 2008 9:46 PM]  |  link  |  reply
MrLomez said

After seeing the CSBA gun show 102 mph on that pitch (and I think it was actually the Thames AB, but no matter), then listening to Kruk and Kuip's subsequent disbelief, I went to MLB.com's Gameday pitch f/x app to corroborate. MLB.com recorded the pitch at 96 mph.

It seems CSBA's gun is consistently about 3 mph's over the pitch f/x reading. According to MLB.com Wilson never broke 97 mph last night.

[June 17, 2008 11:25 PM]  |  link  |  reply
david_sf said

you have to know the caption person was going along typing the commentary and then all of the sudden ... wtf? pine? pie? meat? wha? does that make sense?

messing with the caption people -- that's why we're lucky to have kruk.

[June 18, 2008 5:03 PM]  |  link  |  reply
ELM said

Uh, hello -- the whole point of this post is that I was watching the closed caption. "Pie and meat" is how the CC operator translated Krukow.

[June 20, 2008 6:23 PM]  |  link  |  reply
obsessivegiantscompulsive replied to ELM

Thanks for esplaining that!

I feel like such a dope for missing that key point about it being the closed caption...

[June 18, 2008 7:15 PM]  |  link  |  reply
trilljester said

I've watched Giants games at the gym with the CC on, and occasionally Kruk will say something that the CC person didn't understand or catch, so they just type a bunch of ??????'s.. Hilarious! Pie and Meat is the best yet though! Solid, Lefty, Solid.

[June 19, 2008 12:11 AM]  |  link  |  reply
PM said

Zito's next start should be moved back to Sat, June 28th instead of on Wed. The less we see this guy the better.

[June 19, 2008 12:26 AM]  |  link  |  reply
Elbo said

"Wilson hum pups and throes the too seem..."