Monday, July 28, 2014

Yuck

If you saw the first half-inning,  you saw the game.  To say that Madison Bumgarner, coming into a desperate win-needing situation against Pittsburgh, was not sharp would be kind.  He was crappy.  4 runs before the Giants could get to bat aided by 2 walks among the first 3 hitters, a crappy strike zone and a crappy defense.   It took more than 40 pitches to get through the first as the Pirates batted around.  Madison gave up a home run in the 2nd, but then settled down and pitched pretty well, as did the bullpen.  Too little, too late.

The Giants, meanwhile, were their all-too-familiar feeble selves.  Vern Worley faced 29 batters for a complete game, and it would have been 28 if not for Hunter Pence's 2-out triple in the 9th.  That was the only Giants base runner to get past first.  I don't know about anyone else, but I am getting awfully tired of the unable-to-score-at-home theme.  It doesn't make any sense.  The Giants are a bad, bad team right now.  With this loss, we are under .500 at home.  A desperation trade for "someone with pop" is not going to help.  It sure feels like we are in another one of those slides where we cough up 9 games or so, doesn't it?

10 comments:

M.C. O'Connor said...

That was bad. I don't understand this losing at home, either. And the total lack of hitting. It's one thing when it's Kershaw. But two hits? Again? Yuck is right.

Hey, y'all want to kick the tires on Cole Hamels? Phils want a team's top "3 or 4 prospects" and will only kick in $10M toward the rest of his salary--he's owed $90+M for 2015-2018. That rules out every team except perhaps LA. Also the Giants are supposedly interested in Marlon Byrd.

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Zo said...

No and no. Another aging hitter is not going to help the general sense of malaise that hangs over this team. Yes, they need Belt and Pagan, but they were able to play well enough before with the same team to put of a MLB-leading record. They need to find it within themselves to do it again.

M.C. O'Connor said...

Chris Denorfia rumors, too.

The Giants need Belt and Pagan. Any team can play well without starters for a while, but over the long haul you have to have your main guys. Losing Cain was bad enough, but having rookies/scrap heap guys everywhere and part-timers starting every day will take its toll.

M.C. O'Connor said...

MLBTR breaks down the trade market so now you can put a name on the player you are seeking!

M.C. O'Connor said...

http://www.csnbayarea.com/giants/cain-seek-second-opinion-elbow-dr-andrews


Cain goes for a 2nd opinion, Dr. James Andrews, orthopedist to all the stars. Doesn't sound good, does it?

Ron said...

Giants re-assembling 2010 World Series winner?: Travis Ishikawa returns!

Ron said...

Jeff's play from Sunday night - watch until the end:

http://m.mlb.com/video/v34872087/ladsf-fan-makes-a-backhanded-catch-on-a-foul-ball/?query=&game_pk=382106

M.C. O'Connor said...

NICE!! I remember seeing that when I was watching the game. Do I know Jeff?

Ron said...

Jeff Shipley - Batting Practice HR-hawking machine from Candlestick days. For the last few years at the 'Stick, he had Season Tickets in the front row of the RF Bleachers. Since Day 1 of PhoneCo, he has had those seats behind the visiting bullpen. He appears on a regular basis, when they show opposing Pitchers warming up & has made various foul ball plays in the past. That's his Wife, Edna, sitting next to him. Occasionally, you see one of his Teenage Kids sitting with him instead. Sometimes, he gives the tickets away to unknown folks. He is a Construction Contractor Estimator (Plant Construction) in San Francisco, but lives in Albany. We stay in touch - I texted him right after the play, & he responded.

M.C. O'Connor said...

You want to work in baseball? Hope you've brushed up on your math:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/job-posting-pirates-quantitative-analyst/

Link to job description as an analyst for the Pirates.