tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post8392157616126465430..comments2024-03-18T20:39:01.965-07:00Comments on Raising Matt Cain: X (almost) marks the spotM.C. O'Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258035192484655635noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-52921709914714315882009-06-23T08:24:09.025-07:002009-06-23T08:24:09.025-07:00Thanks, lolakate. Go Giants!Thanks, lolakate. Go Giants!M.C. O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12258035192484655635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-22909267944169412972009-06-22T18:27:31.781-07:002009-06-22T18:27:31.781-07:00Cain/Sandoval and The Freak should make the All-St...Cain/Sandoval and The Freak should make the All-Star Game. Love the Blog.lolakatemccormackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09117833473582273880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-25246394658083440702009-06-22T14:51:54.638-07:002009-06-22T14:51:54.638-07:00That's the way I read it, and it matches my ba...That's the way I read it, and it matches my baseball sense as well. Good teams are balanced--they do a lot of things well, or at least very few things poorly. My eyes see the Giants with a winning record, but my head doesn't believe it!M.C. O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12258035192484655635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-5110206560683676562009-06-22T13:45:41.520-07:002009-06-22T13:45:41.520-07:00From the interview, I take it that all pitching, n...From the interview, I take it that all pitching, no offense is unlikely to be a formula for success, but may be. The Giants have shown themselves to be capable of scoring multiple runs on occasion. If they get "lucky" -have several games in which they are able to score above their seasonal average just as the playoffs are rolling around, they could go into and (at least partly) through the playoffs. Think 2007 Rockies. Think 2000 Mets, not that they were an unbalanced team, but that they were "hot" just at the right time.Zonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-27480159539872294122009-06-21T15:07:41.895-07:002009-06-21T15:07:41.895-07:00Here's a piece from Rich Lederer on this very ...Here's a <a href="http://baseballanalysts.com/archives/2006/03/winners_1.php" rel="nofollow">piece from Rich Lederer</a> on this very topic.M.C. O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12258035192484655635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-6282289104021324992009-06-21T14:42:32.727-07:002009-06-21T14:42:32.727-07:00Matt was a stud again. This could be the year for ...Matt was a stud again. This could be the year for him. He needs a high visibility, media frenzy type outing. I fully expect he and Timmy go to the All-Star. Tim may not deserve it, but he is good TV.<br />MOC and I were just talking about games like this one last night: all pitching, no offense. How often can we come out on top? Right now we are doing pretty good. I tend to think that an unbalanced team can survive a season, maybe even make the playoffs. MOC doesn't, which I thought was the same as saying that we can't keep it up this season. What do you think, can a bad scoring, great pitching team (US) be a contender? Is that a viable formula for any success? Is that our fate?JC Parsonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00666659454815710731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7941261488380355005.post-75014914167458291992009-06-21T08:51:57.500-07:002009-06-21T08:51:57.500-07:00For old times sake, Omar went 0 for 4.For old times sake, Omar went 0 for 4.Brother Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18162500140573910451noreply@blogger.com