Apparently you have to "give voice" to PitchCom. The Giants used their director of video coaching Fernando Perez in that role last season. This spring bullpen and catching coach Craig Albernaz had to step in and add his voice to the mix. Albernaz is from Massachusetts (Fall River) and has a distinctive regional accent. It's a funny story, you should check it out. My parents are from Boston and I've been "Maahk" all my life so I understand. When asked if they will use his voice for the regular season Albernaz said:
“I think we’re going to have Fernando do it because he has a professional setup, so it makes sense,” Albernaz said. “We might keep some of them -- like slider and cutter -- for the boys.”
CUTTAH! CUTTAH!
Happy Saint Patrick's Day.
--M.C.
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Grew up in New Bedfid.
Knew within 10 seconds if someone came from Fall Rivah.
We California kids grew up believing that everyone from somewhere else had an accent but of course we didn't!
In my Catholic elementary school days the Moms used to be the substitute teachers if one was ever needed. I remember once how much fun my classmates had with my mother saying a word on the spelling list: marvelous. MAAH-velous. They kept saying "I don't understand, say it again Mrs. O'Connor" and giggling the whole time.
Eric Longenhagen and Tess Taruskin at FanGraphs report on Giants prospects and major-league readiness.
It's a fair assessment of the state of things. They rank Kyle Harrison at the top of course, just like everyone else. They think he'll crack the roster later this season in a part-time role but will be an "impact starter" in 2024. They think Landen Roupp could also be a big league starter in 2024.
Sean Hjelle is my favorite "prospect" because of his use of the word "trebuchet."
https://theathletic.com/4323319/2023/03/18/giants-ross-stripling-tim-lincecum-freak/
Indeed.
We built a trebuchet in physics class one year. It was hard to get it right, the counter-weighting and all that. We threw stuff straight up in the air, three feet in front of us, that sort of thing before we got the arm and rope lengths and etc. worked out. I had some enterprising youngsters in that batch. They were really into medieval weaponry.
But it's a good metaphor for a guy's mechanics!
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