tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post4020606247106560964..comments2024-03-15T06:52:56.445-07:00Comments on Raising Matt Cain: Historic TimM.C. O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258035192484655635noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-74502602112873380682008-08-18T21:13:00.000-07:002008-08-18T21:13:00.000-07:00Hey Bro, thanks for pointing that out. I probably ...Hey Bro, thanks for pointing that out. I probably would have seen it but I have gotten really busy now that I'm back at work. (I know, boo hoo, my 10 week annual vacation is over and I must return to my very well paying, yet simple job.) I am honored that Chris @ BayCityBall would use any of my work, lord knows I refer to his data all the time. Never any charge to friends of the Giants. Besides, our unofficial motto here at RMC is...<BR/>"This shit's free, we're giving it away!"JC Parsonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00666659454815710731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-41601432249956888392008-08-18T15:13:00.000-07:002008-08-18T15:13:00.000-07:00By the way, as I type this, Zito is through 6, 4 h...By the way, as I type this, Zito is through 6, 4 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk. Giants up 4-0.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-6030654822109309702008-08-18T13:50:00.000-07:002008-08-18T13:50:00.000-07:00Hey Bro! You got excerpted on BCB! Doesn't he have...Hey Bro! You got excerpted on BCB! Doesn't he have to pay you something for that?Brother Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598578292252263393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-50202637319029044032008-08-18T12:31:00.000-07:002008-08-18T12:31:00.000-07:00This is a fear of mine as well, I think I expresse...This is a fear of mine as well, I think I expressed it when Zito was signed. If Zito gets (note: not deserves) $126 million, what should Tim get? $300 million? More? One positive thought: The Giants suck now but are re-building with young players. When Tim gets around to free agency, the Bankees and Botox are not going to be young, hell, they aren't now. Tim might opt to grow into a career with a bunch of guys with their best in front of them, not behind them. Another positive: Wilson. If he can continue (arguably now the top NL closer) and the relief corps improve, Tim may figure that he has as good a chance to chalk up wins here as anywhere else. Telling comment: Yesterday's win was Tim's 20th. In the Chomic today, his statement was purportedly, "Too bad they couldn't be in one year." Downside: Tim will not win a Cy Young award this year regardless of what he does, because the Giants are not a good enough team and not on the east coast. Irrelevant, you say? No, you mean illogical, but that's life when hack writers are doing the voting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-81191845175787666262008-08-18T10:05:00.000-07:002008-08-18T10:05:00.000-07:00He started shaky- his control wasn't there, and I ...He started shaky- his control wasn't there, and I thought, "Shit his knee must be really sore." But he gets himself out of trouble so well. Here's a great line from this morning's paper:"After Yunel Escobar hit a leadoff double in the 6th, Lincecum needed just 3 pitches to dust Chipper Jones, making the NL's leading hitter look like a September call-up while he failed to check his swing on a breaking ball."<BR/> Did you notice he pitched exclusively from the stretch from the 6th on? "Less moving parts," he said.<BR/>BTW I would be remiss if I didn't state that "Travis Ishikawa" is my favorite name right now. It doesn't have any Zs in it, but it FEELS like it does.Brother Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598578292252263393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-52343302622468627132008-08-17T20:13:00.000-07:002008-08-17T20:13:00.000-07:00It does seem that all the great talents eventually...It does seem that all the great talents eventually wind up somewhere else. Bonds. Maddux. Clemens. Once they are on the so-called "open" market, only a handful of teams can join the bidding war. The Giants have added Zito to the mortgage, which makes it unlikely any other pitcher would get that kind of contract. Even Tim, sad to say. But that is for another time. Tim is ours. Let us marvel in that.M.C. O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12258035192484655635noreply@blogger.com