July 2008 Archives

It’s 1:20pm, twenty minutes past the deadline. Perhaps the down-to-the-wire deals have yet to filter out to the media, but Andy Baggarly tells us the Giants have nothing to report — though Brian Sabean will hold a press conference in a few...
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Adrian Beltre, huh? Henry Schulman says Brian Sabean isn’t adverse to acquiring players who can help the team win next year. Before we get our panties in a bunch about this infuriating lack of willingness to rebuild, let’s gather Sabean’s direct...
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For those unfamiliar with the term, “Agent Ned” is Giant fanspeak for Ned Colletti, who left Brian Sabean’s side to become Dodger GM a couple years ago. Just like Ramiro Mendoza was considered the “embedded Yankee” when he set aside...
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It was a dismal weekend at the yard, highlighted only by Tim Lincecum’s 13 strikeouts Saturday and Fred Lewis’s four hits Sunday off Randy Johnson, amazingly the first time a lefty has ever had four hits off the Big Unit. Apparently...
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I haven’t handed out a Player of Da Game award in a while, so let’s get right to it. PLODAG: Steve Holm. Surprise! You thought I was going to say Matt Cain, but I’ll get to him in a second....
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Let’s just say that with a win today the Giants would do something they haven’t done at home this year. Something that won’t make you weep, unless you have extra tears of joy to share. I have a few thoughts...
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* As of 2:30 pm, the Giants have Bengie Molina, Eliezer Alfonzo and Steve Holm listed on the active roster. This could simply mean that Alfonzo is headed back to Fresno, and the MLB.com Web monkey went out for a caramel...
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As the morning papers note, the Giants are showcasing Omar Vizquel and other vets for another 10 days before the deadline with the hope that a mini-hot streak will catch a scout's eye. Jack Taschner is now officially a set-up...
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Here is Sunday morning's pre-game blurb on the Mercury News Website: "Caution planned for ace: Tim Lincecum will make his first start today since the flu prevented him from attending last week's All-Star Game, and the Giants won't push their...
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Before we get to the final installment of this series, a quick note on something I missed early last week. Paul DePodesta, now a consultant for the Padres front office, has a blog, and on July 7 asked readers for...
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This is the easiest post in the series. The top four in the Giants rotation should be with the team when it breaks camp next year. Barring injury or trade (a standard caveat for all prognosticationary punditry such as this) Lincecum,...
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Bully for Brian Wilson and his two outs in the eighth inning last night. In my parallel universe, he stayed in and retired the side, and the A.L. didn’t tie the game against Wilson’s replacement, Billy Wagner. Then the N.L. went on to...
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Here’s a great story about Ichiro firing up his AL teammates before each All-Star game with a profane tirade against the rival NL. I’d love to hide in a locker and hear it, but I’ll have to settle for this. (Link tip from...
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I'm not much for exhibition folderol, but Josh Hamilton just put on an unbelievable show. He's not the Home Run Derby champion due to a lackluster final round, but who cares? Extra kudos to the 71-year-old high school coach from...
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Giants 4, Cubs 2: Thanks to Tim Lincecum, we’ll spend the All-Star break not stewing over a crummy losing streak but remembering a victory that underscored how the Giants must play in the next year or two or three to become respectable...
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Apparently Giants CF and all-around red-ass Aaron Rowand isn’t happy about the Giants’ efforts in New York. I can’t blame him, and neither can Bruce Bochy, who held a pre-game meeting yesterday to tell his squad they’d better not mail...
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Mets 7, Giants 3: Unlike the previous two games, the Giants managed to score runs today, but thanks only to the generosity of Mets’ pitcher John Maine, whose wildness — a wild pitch and two walks — led directly to all three scores. ...
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We’re not yet at the All-Star break, and two top starting pitchers have already been dealt. The Indians sent C.C. (or is it CC?) Sabathia to the Brewers for top prospect Matt LaPorta and others, and yesterday the A’s traded...
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I’m back and ready to dive into the daily grind. Forgive me if I discuss a few older items, but I’ve been marginally in touch the past two weeks, dodging fires and smoke, paying exorbitant gas prices in tiny mountain towns and helping...
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