In Zaidi we trust - The Giants

Move over, Barry Bonds.

Brandon Belt's two homers tonight allowed the 2021 Giants to surpass the 2001 team for the most homers in franchise history with 236 (via @PavlovicNBCS) https://t.co/SLWuGGXSku pic.twitter.com/hdyuL8y8Oq

— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) September 26, 2021

Padres officially eliminated from post-season play, wow

Magic Number 6

second three game sweep at Coors this month, with a team that doesn't lose at home. 5-1 road trip, will take it

Magic Number = 5

devastating news:

https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/giants-brandon-belt-has-fractured-left-thumb-timetable-unknown

Magic Number = 4

congrats Bee.

the logan webb game

2 run homer to boot

had a great time today

San Francisco Giants 2021 National League West Champions

i know i'm a pain in the ass board, why i stepped away...

... not at all, baseball is nerve-wracking. here's to hoping they can keep the magic alive. it's an odd numbered year but still

I’m ready for some playoffs

i still don't really know who's on this team but i'm really glad they kept pace through the whole season, it would've sucked if the dodgers caught up with them in the last few days

Nominate Bee OK as the official ILX Giants fan rep

Also holy crap... they DID it. If they can somehow win the NLDS I don't see anyone stopping them from a title

damn this sucks

Buster Posey plans to announce his retirement tomorrow. The end of an era for the Giants.

— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) November 3, 2021

it sure does but makes sense as he was only playing two and then taking a day

i wish the beat writers would have let Posey break the news himself tomorrow as planned

anyways, Spottie we have been talking about it here: rolling retirees: 2018 and beyond

I am curious how the team will shape up in 2022. so much went right this season that i feel like there is no way they can pull this off again.

Posey Mauer and yadi are all HOFers... we gotta treat these catchers better man

In 5 or 6 years I think there's going to be a lot of talk about the importance of handling a pitching staff well and gamecalling

Buster Posey did a lot of great things during his career, but throwing the ball into Jake Peavy’s glove might just be his finest moment pic.twitter.com/wSgJxtENY0

— Ben Porter (@Ben13Porter) November 4, 2021

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/well-see-you-in-cooperstown-buster-posey/

2021 was unbelievable and so looking forward to see what happens this year. Only one more hour until my Opening Day

me (yellow shirt) at the home opener in 89(?, maybe 88)
https://i.imgur.com/g29a69V.png

fantastic pic

This fan is absolutely LIVING 👏

(via @Cut4) pic.twitter.com/HA05QT3Het

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) April 8, 2022

hero

good stuff in this thread

Giants should have lost this game today as it was sloppy but first day and expected. it was just great to hear Kruk and Kuip with Jon Miller as i guess Dave Flemming is dong the Masters.

Heliot Ramos, who was called up earlier than most anticipated when bullpen arm John Brebbia went on the Bereavement List, started in left field and went 2 for 3 with two singles, a run scored and a strike out. It was a nice debut.

It was no surprise when the San Diego Padres expressed displeasure at Steven Duggar stealing second base with a nine-run lead Tuesday night, or when they were openly hostile to Mauricio Dubon after he laid down a bunt for a hit in the sixth inning, his team still up by nine. That's the way it's always been in baseball.

Major League Baseball for individual players is a game of survival,” said Kapler, a former player himself. “And Mauricio Dubón is depending upon his ability to be successful over a long period of time. He needs to use every tool at his disposal to be successful to stick at the major-league level, to demonstrate his value, to hone his craft. That doesn’t ebb and flow with the score. And it’s not just Mauricio. It’s Steven Duggar on the bases. It’s the pitcher on the mound. Everyone is competing on the baseball field. It doesn’t make any sense to have one part of the field stop competing and the other part keep competing.

So there were fireworks in last night game as some unwritten rules were broken by the Giants. My thoughts are Dubón is probably gong to be cut when teams have to go back down to 26 players, is out of options and was doing nothing at the plate up until then. He just needed a base hit in the worst way. For me this was bullshit as it was bad sportsmanship. The Dugger stolen base to me was fine as there was still a lot of baseball to be played. Also according to Ken Rosenthal, teams have overcome 9-run deficits four times in the last decade. But he probably should not have done that either.

I would like to here peoples thoughts on this whole ordeal.

run up the score imo. break all of baseballs unwritten rules so we can move on from every single one of them

forbidden to run up the score on a big lead, but the other team has to score at least x runs by the end or every fan gets a taco

I thought this unwritten rule was tired as hell when the Padres broke it a million years ago so I certainly don't care about it now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-7WsrIS_Q0

I just read, when they got rid of game 163 or the tie breaking game then the parameters are run differential. So there should not be any running up the score anymore in baseball?

I'm still torn, I think because of sportsmanship.

I don’t get the sportsmanship thing, why don’t they just call the damn game then?

I just read, when they got rid of game 163 or the tie breaking game then the parameters are run differential. So there should not be any running up the score anymore in baseball?

― Bee OK, Thursday, April 14, 2022 9:50 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

that is not true

Per @MLB_PR, there will no longer be a "Game 163" to break ties for postseason eligibility. In 2022, MLB will instead use the following tiebreakers: pic.twitter.com/QKnZeWqPCp

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) April 14, 2022

https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/why-giants-mike-krukow-thinks-mlb-unwritten-rules-are-different-now

The new collective bargaining agreement between MLB and the MLBPA eliminated the Game 163 tiebreaker, and now a mathematical formula -- which includes run differential -- will be used to break end-of-season ties. Scoring matters, no matter how big a team’s lead is.

So yeah, this stuff is confusing.

that's also wrong, it should've been corrected as it was here: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/padres-upset-at-giants-for-breaking-unwritten-rule-and-bunting-in-blowout/

CBS Sports incorrectly stated that run differential is one of the tiebreakers MLB will use instead of a Game 163 in the 2022 season in the initial version of this story. Run differential was discussed as a tiebreaker, but that rule did not make it into the new CBA. The five tiebreakers MLB is using this season are head-to-head record, intradivision record, interdivision record, last half of Intraleague games, and last half of Intraleague games plus one until the tie is broken. We apologize for the error.

I have been busy with Daft Punk but the unwritten rules are striking again.

On Friday, with the Giants up 7-1 in the ninth inning they did a hit and run and the Nationals were not happy about it:

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/giants-disobey-unwritten-rule-again-play-hard-entire-game/o2dbo3hxtjtt1hea8ib0e9lh

On Sunday they kept playing and pilling on runs even in the ninth inning.

I'm torn but think they do need to respect the unwritten rules a bit as teams are getting pissed and things will get out of hand.

hit and runs are cool, being a sore loser is poor sportsmanship

play til the game is over or change the rules so they arent 'unwritten' anymore