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Future's Game Gameday Thread, bitches
by Cookyman on Jul 11, 2010 6:44 PM EDT
on McCovey Chronicles
It's on live right now on MLB.TV, plus some American TV channel I don't care about.
The Giants are represented by Zack Wheeler and Francisco Peguerro. Last year it was Madison Bumgarner and Angel Villalona; in 2008 it was Angel Villalona, Pablo Sandoval, Kevin Pucetas, and Nate Schierholtz; in 2007 it was Henry Sosa and Brian Bocock.
171 commentsCust DFA'd
Just so we get this straight - Beane non-tendered Cust in December, re-signed him for $2.65M three weeks later, and now DFA'd him before the season began. That's ridiculous.
BtB's Projected Standings
Lars will be pleased.
The blue lines represent the end of an inning.
There was some discussion earlier about Sanchez's loss to the Padres and whether it had to do with some make-up issues or simple stamina problems. This graph shows a pretty steady decline in velocity between innings 1-4, and then a collapse in the 5th inning (in which Jonathan allowed 4 of his 5 runs), which definitely suggests that Dirty's ineffectiveness late in the game was mainly due to lack of stamina.
You can find more graphs like this in my blog.
Uhh...Open Gameday FanPost?
by Cookyman on Feb 27, 2009 3:14 PM EST
on McCovey Chronicles
Man, I never thought this is something I'll ever have to do, but...
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I don't like Bill Plaschke
Just wanted to get it off my chest.
Also, here's a link to one of his stupider articles.
Giants sign Jesus Guzman
(Hat tip to Asfan4ever723)
Barry on The Dugout
Most of it isn't great, but "what is that a russian board game" made me laugh.
Moneyball: The Movie
Brad Pitt is supposed to play Beane. Sounds pretty meh to me.
And the award goes to…
The guys at Statistically Speaking asked a bunch of Sabermetricians from around the blogosphere to submit their ballots for the six major awards. The results:
NL MVP: Albert Pujols.
NL CYA: Tim Lincecum.
NL ROY: Geovany Soto.
AL MVP: Joe Mauer/Grady Sizemore.
AL CYA: Cliff Lee.
AL ROY: Evan Longoria.
over 3 years ago
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Tim Alderson or Madison Bumgarner
Some dude named Grant commented there. Sounds like a douche.
The Baseball Analyst Ranks Cain and Lincecum
by Cookyman on Feb 12, 2008 11:59 AM EST
on McCovey Chronicles
We continue our three-part series on the Best Young Players in Baseball. Unlike most prospect lists, players are categorized by age and major leaguers are also eligible for inclusion.
Matt is the third best 23 year old in the MLB (best pitcher), and Lincecum, who is slightly older, is the 8th best among 24 year olds.
What do you think?
Kawakami Strikes Back
by Cookyman on Dec 7, 2007 10:35 AM EST
on McCovey Chronicles
"I assume it's happening all over the Giants' blog world, not just at the fine fan site the McCovey Chronicles, though that is a particularly point-by-point blasting of me and my argument that the Giants should trade Tim Lincecum for Alex Rios."
Then he explains why he still thinks it's a good deal, and says things like "so it's sort of ridiculous to say, Rios = Winn, no?", even though no one ever said that. At least he's not being a jerk about it.
Bonds Gets An Offer (kind of..)
by Cookyman on Nov 13, 2007 4:53 PM EST
on McCovey Chronicles
"Barry Bonds has a public offer on the free-agent market -- from the independent Washington Wild Things, who play not far from where Bonds began his major league career in Pittsburgh.
Bonds, who made about $16 million last season for the Giants, would have to settle for the independent Frontier League's maximum salary of $1,200(!) per month."
And the best part: The Wild Things are offering "a pledge to find a host family for Bonds so he doesn't have to rent an apartment in this southwestern Pennsylvania city."
Sooo... You think he'll take it?
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