April 2012
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Are you fucking kidding me?
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/giants-put-huff-dl-anxiety-221136604—mlb.html;_ylt=AkdrFqkFSHBiOsUG4rzwfQ.FCLcF
Aubrey Huff has been put on the 15-Day DL with anxiety disorder issues. If Brandon Belt gets playing time because of this, it’s a load of horseshit. This isn’t how we “make room” for a prospect, especially if this DL trip was a crock-pot, upper-management...
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Just some banter
Jon Miller: Strike three called. And I do have a confirmation that was the call on the field. That is, indeed, what happened...
Dave Flemming: ...After having seen this umpiring crew over the weekend...they're not big into signs, or signals, or communication, or letting anyone know what's going on in the game...
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“Today is Brandon Belt’s birthday. I went to six bakeries in NYC looking...”
– Andrew Baggerly telling it like it is…
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Soiled underwear
Giants fans worldwide all clearly understand Brian Wilson’s adeptness at making them sweat through each and every save chance or appearance. ESPN recently published an article citing the relative uselessness of the “save” statistic as it is context-based and highly situational. In essence, they argued the save miscalculates a reliever’s worth and blown saves overstate a...
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Giants' franchise outlook
FanGraphs is currently in the process of putting out their organizational rankings for 2012. The Giants’ outlook was posted here. This year, they held serve and repeated their ranking from 2011 at 12 out of 30 teams. The web site grades the teams on four categories: 2012 outlook, 2013+ outlook, financial resources and general management.
In terms of this year’s outlook, they are...
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“I’m as ready as I’ll ever be….Don’t be a hero. If...”
– Aubrey Huff on playing left field
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Yes, We Cain
This afternoon, the San Francisco Giants re-upped with Matt Cain for an additional five years and 112.5 million dollars. Tacked on to his current one-year deal, this contract extension, he will earn 127.5 million dollars over the next six years in San Francisco. Clearly, the most important part of that last sentence is, “…in San Francisco.” Many Giants’ fans are comforted...
