Giants manage to beat the Padres, everyone kinda surprised
by Dex on Aug 14, 2010 4:55 PM PDT
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Well, the Giants managed to pull to within 2 1/2 games of the Padres with their extra innings win today. Mat Latos pitched well, but the bullpen oddly couldn't hold the 2 run lead, and just as weird, the Padres put together base runners late in the game, but couldn't get runs across. I blame Jonathan Sanchez.
We can still take the series tomorrow and keep the Giants at bay, but it's always a bummer to drop a winnable game.
GO PADRES!!!
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Bullpen had a one run lead
There’s always tomorrow
"Get your hopes up. That's what hopes are for by the way, to get up. You don't get your hopes down, you get your hopes up." -Jeffrey Tambor
This one doesn't hurt as bad since we won yesterday
But disappointing to lose a very very winnable game.
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 14, 2010 5:01 PM PDT reply actions
…and now you know how Giants fans feel after seemingly 90% of games against the Padres.
Seriously, it’s insane how many close games these two teams seem to play.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Aug 14, 2010 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
The Padres play every game close
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Keep the giants "at bay"
I c wut u did ther
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I have a feeling tomorrow is a MWG
As for today, we should have won, but at least we lost a game where we played like crap and not one where we definitely deserved a win.
"No matter what you do, you're gonna die brotha." ~~ Desmond Hume
It's not a MWG yet
We’ll play them 7 more times after tomorrow.
Gaslamp Ball Game OT: "Makes you happy in the pants"
MLB Network: "Keep believing!"
Heat: "Uhh, no. We know."
I'm over it.
On to the next one.
/hova’d
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Tough loss
Can’t win them all. Tomorrow would be a huge W but can’t be mad losing in extras, it just hurts that the bulpen let us down after a great outing by Latos.
Mat Latos is the real deal...Go Lakers, Pads, and Bolts
by mrbarneydangles on Aug 14, 2010 5:33 PM PDT reply actions
Disappointing losses are disappointing
13 hits
6 doubles
2 runs
"I post like canned meat."
by Hormel on Aug 14, 2010 5:50 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Regression
is a bitch.
Oh, unless you actually thought Stauffer was going to continue to post a 0.13 ERA with pedestrian stuff, Gregerson was going to continue to allow one baserunner every 4 appearances, and Chris Denforia (who?) was going to keep hitting bombs every other game.
2010 Padres = winning Powerball 3 times in one year
by patneededthetowel on Aug 14, 2010 6:48 PM PDT reply actions
Jeez, dude
How does it make you feel coming over here and pouring salt in our wounds and sugar in our gas tanks? Was it your plan to instigate an argument?
I’ll take 3 winning powerball tickets in one year, but that doesn’t make the Giants any better than the Padres.
"I'll tell you about it because I am here and you are distant."
trolls don't speak for the whole of Giants fandom...
I think the general consensus from our neck of the woods is 1) The Padres really are good this year, it’s not some kind of extreme luck/illusion, but 2) they’ve also been insanely lucky to win as many games against the Giants as they have this year. SF has just been terrible with RISP against the Padres, and some of that can be chalked up to San Diego’s great pitching/defense, but another big chunk of it is almost certainly luck.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Aug 14, 2010 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions
That's just the game
Obviously, the Giants have had their fair share of luck this year as well, amassing 67 wins and 51 losses. Both teams are playing well and there are seven games left in the season series. May the best team win the division and I think we all know that won’t be the Dodgers.
"I'll tell you about it because I am here and you are distant."
by The Kipper on Aug 14, 2010 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
And your second best excuse is BABIP?
Some hitters hit the ball harder than others. Some pitchers Induce more soft grounders than others, etc. etc. BABIP is a terrible stat to base an argument off of. Maybe your offense doesn’t do well against the Padres pitching because 1) Our pitching is good, or 2) Aubrey Huff leads your team in nearly every offensive statistic. Sounds like a real powerhouse offense to me.
Obviously you don’t understand baseball very well.
Also interesting how you criticize Huff when he’s having a better season than Adrian Gonzalez. Funny how that works.
Giants BABIP: .298
Padres BABIP: .294
You don’t understand the difference between numbers very well.
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by Axion on Aug 15, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I’m talking about the Padres vs. the Giants head-to-head, not on the season as whole.
I don’t what it is now, but after the last series I’m pretty sure the Giants were around .240 and the Padres were above .300. That’s all I was saying.
Regardless, congrats on the series win. I still think our team is good enough to win the division but we’re going to need to play really well and will more likely have to get in via the WC. Good luck until we meet again.
That's easy
Padres have the best defense. Your fielders and baserunners are old, fat, and slow.
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Padres are first in UZR
and have roughly twice as many steals, with 2nd-most in NL, while the Giants have the 2nd least.
Thanks for playing!
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I don’t see what that has to do with our fielders being fat and slow apparently. Whatever floats your boat dude, it’s tough to argue with someone like yourself who is coming off as extremely ignorant. I suppose expecting a reasonable and thoughtful friendly debate would be possible, but not with you it seems.
Regardless, best of luck, till we meet again.
Didn't you know?
Your fielders are also your baserunners. They’re fat and slow. This is just a fact.
I’m ignorant? Please. I’ve replied to your your sarcastic and rude opinions with nothing but facts, while you can only attempt to insult, as opposed to actually say anything of substance. You’re not thoughtful, and you’re certainly not friendly, so your expectations to be treated as such are misguided and extremely humorous.
Good day, sir.
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by Axion on Aug 15, 2010 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
My apologies
I must be confused as to “fat and slow” being a fact. I completely missed your statistical evidence for that. Again, my apologies. Thank you for your insightful post.
I didn't realize you're blind
Sorry. I should have been typing in Braille this whole time.
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I'll stop there
This isn’t what I wanted to do. It’s simply the frustration of this past weekend. I don’t think your team is a true talent 37-2 against or us or w/e the number is, but it’s obvious you’ve definitely outplayed us. You’ve definitely been a bit lucky, but in no way has that luck amounted to more than one more win.
I didn’t want to get into an e-fight because, well, it’s pointless. Good luck.
HE SAID GOOD DAY!
Bolts from the Blue - Destroying your opinions with facts.
by John Gennaro on Aug 16, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Lead the NL in run differential. SO MUCH LUCK.
and your offense revolves around 45 year old Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell, neither of which were any good to begin with.
BTW I hope your pot smoking hippie savior enjoys tommy john surgery this off-season :)
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 14, 2010 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Woah, bro
can we leave the Rastafarians out of this?
"I'll tell you about it because I am here and you are distant."
You do realize that Huff has been a slightly better offensive player than Adrian Gonzales this year right? ( http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=6&season=2010&month=0 )
Also, it is really bush league to make smarmy comments hoping a player gets injured.
You do realize that the Padres are in first place right?
Mat Latos is the real deal...Go Lakers, Pads, and Bolts
by mrbarneydangles on Aug 15, 2010 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Huff has had a great year
Sabean’s propensity to sign every vet on the downside paid off here.
Sooooo Stoked
Hoping? I'm not hoping
Everyone knows his arm is dead.
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 15, 2010 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Who's Adrian Gonzales?
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by TheThinGwynn on Aug 15, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
An entire reply just to correct my misspelling? I feel special.
“You do realize that Huff has been a slightly better offensive player than Adrian González”
FTFY
If this is not enough, I volunteer to go through and reply to any members who type out the unaccented version of González and let them know their mistake to help free up your time. Let me know and we can coordinate details.
OOPS!!!
I forgot the accent on Adrián’s first name. Don’t worry though, I’m on my 7th Hail Marry and I’m about to go to bed without dinner.
What's a Hail Marry?
I need new pants.
by jodes0405 on Aug 16, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Dex is Jean Claude ban damme
"I'll tell you about it because I am here and you are distant."
by The Kipper on Aug 14, 2010 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
That's a good question. How will he be back to regression?
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"I am not an idiot."--Brian Sabean
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 14, 2010 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
You don’t belong here.
-Drama, 16 minutes ago in response to one of your boys
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by TheThinGwynn on Aug 14, 2010 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
hey
tex has a drinkin’ problem. we all do. you could say that we were drunkards. It’s been said before. It won’t offend us. I don’t have any pants on.
"I'll tell you about it because I am here and you are distant."
Torres is a 32 years old slap hitting journeyman
SLG at a 500 clip over 600 or so Gint PA’s. Willing to say that is not sustainable in coming years.
José Guillén,Juan Uribe, Pat Burrell, Aubrey Huff , Freddy Sanchez, Mark Derosa,Aaron Rowand are all Sabean specials.
Sooooo Stoked
Disappointing game
but not soul-crushing.
We go up against “the Freak” tomorrow, and i’m not as frightened about him: he’s been knocked around this year, and we’ve beaten great pitching before (Josh Johnson, Adam Wainwright, Cole Hamels, Chad Billingsgly, to name a few) when we needed to. Plus, we’ve established that San Fran won’t take over 1st place this weekend, much to the dismay of Nostradamus.
Go Padres!
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by Jonathan Holmes on Aug 14, 2010 7:29 PM PDT reply actions
LOL Nostradamus
I REALLY hate it when supposedly intelligent people pop off with stupid predictions about sporting events, and I hate it even more when that supposedly intelligent individual is a member of the Giants.
That smack talk will always come back to bite one on the ass, and it makes Sanchez look like an idiot (which he may be).
"You can always recover from the player you didn't sign. You may never recover from the player you signed at the wrong price." --Billy Beane
"I am not an idiot."--Brian Sabean
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 14, 2010 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions
but he's so damn handsome...
how does he shave that perfect facial hair?
Oh internet, what a wicked web you weave.
I wish I knew....It's clearly a God-given talent that millions of men the world over would give an arm for.
"You can always recover from the player you didn't sign. You may never recover from the player you signed at the wrong price." --Billy Beane
"I am not an idiot."--Brian Sabean
by Sabean's_Folly on Aug 14, 2010 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Sergio Romo must cry himself to sleep at night
Because Sanchez’s goatee skillz dwarf his own. ;-p
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
My feelings
Are that it sucks to lose a game that we should have won. But in the end, we lost a 1-run game. It happens. We weren’t going to go 17-1 against the Giants.
"This is no ordinary honey!"
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by Zach (maestro876) on Aug 14, 2010 10:08 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Because I really don't wanna see a Snakepit kinda thing develop here...
Most of the folks at McCovey Cove are just as irrational and screwed up like we are. Someone said it earlier in the week – they are like our bizzarro twin in many ways. But the majority seem like a group that we could drink beer and dance around (sexily) with when we aren’t in the heat of a pennant race. So let’s not judge the bunch by a few rogue jackasses.
(McCovey Cove Lover)
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by Winfield's Ghost on Aug 15, 2010 9:09 AM PDT reply actions
you're a disgrace, Dex.
Magic flying ball and I. Magic flying ball and I.
I was dating this girl from Canada... after about a month I found out she didn't know what sport the Padres played, she thought "padre" was spelled p-o-d-r-a-y and she thought it was some kind of a fish. Dealbreaker.
by Johnny UT on Aug 15, 2010 11:41 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Atlanta is putting the beatdown on LA, 8-0
after only eking out only 1 run in yesterday’s 2-1 loss. I hope for a similar scenario with the Padres/Giants.
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by TheThinGwynn on Aug 15, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
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