Beautiful, aren't they? Not so much the Giants home opener. The Seattle Mariners scored 4 runs before Ty Blach and the Giants managed so much as an out. The M's loaded the bases on an infield single, a bunt single and a walk, then BANG! Single, Single, Single and there were 4 runs on the board before Kyle Seager was tagged out on the basepath. Realistically, there was some bad luck in there, no really scalded balls, and in an alternate universe, some of the called balls could have probably been strikes. But we're not in an alternate universe, we're in this one where the memory of 2017 is all too real.
The Giants scored 1 in the 4th. It was another solo shot from Joe Panik. It kind of made me want to send the Giants a note to remind them that there needs to be more offense than solo shots from Joe Panik. So with the Giants behind 4 - 1, Ty Blach only made it 1 out into the 5th inning, where he put 2 more runners on base. Reyes Moronta let those runners score but finished out the 5th, 6 - 1 Seattle. Anyone would have been excused for leaving early, really, in the first inning. But for those who stuck around, an actual ball game showed up. Evan Longoria hit a home run over the cars in the 7th with Buster Posey on base to make the score 6 - 3, that chased Seattle starter Marco Gonzales from the game. The Giants had their best chance in the 8th against former Rockie and dogger (among others) Juan Nicasio. Gregor Blanco doubled, Kelby Thomlinson singled on a play close enough to require a replay review, and Blanco scored on an Austin Jackson sac fly. That was it for the 8th inning though, and Seattle brought out their closer, Edwin Diaz. He is supposedly the hardest thrower in the major leagues, although not always accurately. Nevertheless, the final score was Seattle 6, San Francisco 4.
One other note. I am already tired of hearing about exit velocity and launch angle. I like the Giants announcers, but both of those terms are entirely meaningless in the context of a radio or tv broadcast.
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I have a rule about 2018: no more talking about 2017.
The Giants showed some fight-back today, that was good. A decent start and they have a shot to win. That lineup should score 4-5 runs every day.
Miller is desperate to appear hip to the saber-generation so he blithers on about stuff he can understand, like how fast the ball was going. But I can live with that. I can't live with his constant delaying, always searching for the perfect turn of phrase or for god's sake the guy's name instead of SAYING WHAT HAPPENED. On the radio, you MUST say what happened. You can be clever, or not, but you must tell the listener what happened. Announcers on TV are superfluous, any idiot can see what happened. But radio announcers must CALL THE FUCKING PLAY. Miller doesn't care anymore about that, he just jabbers on and on about whatever he thinks is neat. He's got the most beautiful radio voice I've ever heard--it's too bad he's gotten so lazy and self-involved. I don't tune in to hear HIM, I tune in to follow the Giants. There's a difference.
More importantly, let's see some hits and runs from the lineup and a good start from JohnnyC tomorrow!
I am more interested in the Exit Velocity of sharp ground balls to 3B. In other words, I am also completely uninterested in Exit Velocity or any of that other crap. If the ball went over the fence, it's an HR - that's all that matters.
Giants are the first team in history to have their first three runs scored of the season come from three solo homers by the same player.
Although the first inning of this game was a bummer, the game as a whole was relatively encouraging. We scored runs and could have scored more with a few key hits. We didn't screw up the defense. For the most part, the pitching was ok. In other words, we were in the game (after the first anyways). That was the part that drove me crazy last year. It ALWAYS felt like we were going to lose, even when we were ahead.
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