THE 100-YEAR-OLDS OCCUPATION: Giants 2008 goddamn thread

Dan Runzler's 2009:

Team        Level `G     W-L	ERA	IP	H	BB	K	SV	WHIP
AUG (sf)	A	19	1-1	0.68	26.1	8	13	45	11	0.80
SAN (sf)	A+	19	1-0	0.84	21.1	8	4	26	5	0.56
CON (sf)	AA	7	3-0	0.96	9.1	5	7	11	1	1.29
FRE (sf)	AAA	2	0-0	0.00	2.0	2	0	1	0	1.00
SFG (NL)	MLB	1	0-0	0.00	0.1	0	0	1	0	0.00

3 pitch K tonight, but all 5 levels in one year is pretty good right? How common is that in this day and age?

Zito finally had a bad-ish start (only 4ip, 5bb), but somehow the Giants find a way to win another 3-2 game thanks to the bullpen.

Jesus Christ, Penny is a massive douchebag.

2009 butthurt player of the year

i saw the clip and could not for the life of me figure out what his problem was. is he channeling Clemens or something?

Giants allegedly calling up Bumgardner. Whether its to play or to shag foul balls in the bullpen like Posey remains to be seen.

He may be starting tonight.

Lincecum's back is strained from carrying the team, amirite lol

PECOTA=adjusted playoff odds

COL 84%

SF 13%

Should probably try to win games against the Padres imo

NL Pitcher VORP

Lincecum 64.7
Wainwright 64.3
Haren 62.6
Carpenter 62.0

Yikes:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/giants/detail?entry_id=48000

One of his teammates knows how to beat a murder rap in the Dominican. He should be ok.

If had an OBP of >.320 he might have been the best offensive player in the Giants organization including MLB.

always giggle a bit when i see a thread with "100 YEAR OLDS" in the title is bumped by morbs

I was basking in Bengie Molina's AMAZING .289 OBP at Dodger Stadium on Sunday. Hollee shit.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/giants/2010-01-14-giants-organizational-report_N.htm

I cringed every time an announcer would talk about Molina taking Pablo Sandoval under his wing during last season..

And I hate the Giants...

PECOTA '10:

Benjie Molina: .280/.317/.434, Defense: 96-C
Buster Posey: .274/.349/.422, Defense: 72-C

meaning not too different of a VORP projection giving either the majority of the PAs.

but here's the crazy thing:

breakout/improve/collapse
BM: 10/37/29
BP: 17/45/24

they're really closely matched, just on opposing ends of their careers.

ok, i'm starting to get excited about this year!

i'm trying to stay positive... but it seems like their biggest gain in the off-season was sandoval's prescription goggles.

how fat is the panda? i heard he's bigger than LY: t/f?

i for one am happy to find out what would've happened if CC never became a pitcher

Panda looked pretty portly on mlb tv last night doing fielding drills.

Fat Ichiro was a much better name than this pixar mickey mouse shit

well dude has quite a bit more power than ichiro, long live drives vs. slappy chops/running out infield grounders. not really the same animal imo.

.001 difference in OBP

Joe Mauer and Albert Pujols had a .001 difference in OBP last year but they're pretty different.

Giants resuming their tradition of butt-hurtedness already

Barry Zito worked 1 2/3 innings and allowed a run Thursday in the Giants' 5-3 win over the Brewers.

The story from the game will be that Zito plunked Prince Fielder in apparently retaliation for Fielder's "bowling pin" home run celebration against the Giants last year. Fielder was fine, and he ended up going 1-for-2 in the game. Still, it was a message sent.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/11/2010/03/500x_tim-lincecum-giants-snuggie.jpg

i imagine his life being like brad pitts in true romance only w piles and piles of money.

so Bumgardner looks hurt?

Seems like it. From what I read he's barely been able to get up to 90 on the gun.

Theres also murmurs of Lincecum being hurt because hes lost some speed on his fastball, but seems like its too early to start that kind of speculation.

too much doobage.

Lincecum will be fine, he had great stuff in his last game.

Wellemeyer looked great today getting out of those first and third situations with no runs.

not sure what happening with Bumgardner but we don't need him right now...

the Giants sign extensions with Brian Wilson, Jeremy Affeldt and Matt Cain. still not sold on Wilson because of all the people he gets on base. signing Cain however and not having to deal with it is a strong move on managements part.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/preview10/news/story?page=10expertpicks

Jim Caple,
ESPN.com

East champ: Yankees
Central champ: Twins
West champ: Rangers
Wild card: Rays
Champion: Twins

East champ: Braves
Central champ: Cardinals
West champ: Giants
Wild card: Diamondbacks
Champion: Giants

WORLD SERIES: Giants over Twins

BOLD CLAM ITT

what happened to Pandoval going to first?

also why dont u ppl start a 2010 thread?

Sandoval is the worst, he just chased three balls in the dirt.

Lincecum is in mid-season form, surprised after that horrible spring. good game overall with the bats doing some damage.

yeah, we need a new thread or change the title of this one.

Look, any of these jokers are welcome to start a new SFG thread, I'm done with this team (until September).

Or we can just use this thread: Sublimated Erotic Desire 2010