tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post5602911673323590283..comments2024-03-27T10:29:44.159-07:00Comments on Raising Matt Cain: Cain's painM.C. O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258035192484655635noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-54728582502259932032009-08-21T10:50:37.740-07:002009-08-21T10:50:37.740-07:00Good one Zo. Maybe you're right.
The Giants ha...Good one Zo. Maybe you're right.<br />The Giants have hit into tons of DPs this year. Is there a record for that?<br />Matt Cain lacks a solid nickname. Maybe it can be "Twelve Game Winner" Cain. It's apparently a permanent status.<br />Maybe he and Lincecum like each other so much they subconsciously don't want to upstage the other by getting #13. Remember Alphonse and Gaston? "After you," "No, after you," "No, after you," etc.Brother Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18162500140573910451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-5013142455493456392009-08-21T08:54:47.577-07:002009-08-21T08:54:47.577-07:00I especially liked how Bochy replaced Travis Ishik...I especially liked how Bochy replaced Travis Ishikawa (who himself was a replacement for Ryan Garko at first) in his first at bat with savvy veteran Edgar Renteria who promptly grounded into a double play to end the Giants man-on-first-and-third-one-out-threat in the eighth. Hell, Ishikawa could have done that. But it does give me some insight into how Bochy actually goes about selecting pinch hitters in situational at bats. Some managers, I know, are fanatics about righty vs lefty and vice versa, others rely on stats including such things as RISP, vs a particular pitcher and day vs night games. Bochy - he just keeps a list of birthdays, so he can scan the list and send the oldest guy to the plate.Zonoreply@blogger.com