SB Nation User Blog: Uribe nee Gonzalez

The Grudge

Uribe nee Gonzalez — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:48:21 -0000

I would like your help to compile a list of the grudges that our favorite GM has held or continues to hold.

Please add a player (or anything else for that matter; maybe he really doesn't like Rush for no good reason) in the comments below and then reply to said comment with the reason(s) that Sabean holds/held a grudge. Links and/or pictures would be beneficial - LOLCats are also acceptable. This should be a time-capsule depicting the mind of a child and I suspect there will be some discussion of pie as well.

I will start...

LOLRoyals!!!

Uribe nee Gonzalez — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:05:40 -0000

LOLRoyals!!!

This guy might be the worst GM in baseball. Here is your chance on this off-day to point out GMs even worse than Brian Sabean!!! The good news is that Moore won't be the Giants' GM in 2010. Hazzah.

Curse Still On: Red Sox World Series Victories Tainted

Uribe nee Gonzalez — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:52:22 -0000

Curse Still On: Red Sox World Series Victories Tainted

Just kidding about the tainted thing.

What continues to amaze me is how much better Bonds (in his late 30s/early 40s) was than all of these guys who were doping at the same time. From where I sit, that is some vindication.

Pitchforks and Torches at Dave Cameron's House!!!

Uribe nee Gonzalez — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:20:43 -0000

Pitchforks and Torches at Dave Cameron's House!!!

See towards the bottom for his comments on Pablo.

Plus I heard that Dave Cameron doesn't like puppies OR ice cream. I think he's just a grump.

Around the Leagues, or is Ben Zobrist for Real?

Uribe nee Gonzalez — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:15:06 -0000

Around the Leagues, or is Ben Zobrist for Real?

This is a post to discuss happenings around baseball that aren’t Giants-specific and don’t include those two teams from back east if you can avoid it. So offer up your interesting stats, a player that has caught you by surprise, the under/over-performance of a team, or the fact that Kevin Frandsen must have had sex with Brian Sabean’s wife in an uncomfortable place (the backseat of a Volkswagen).

I will start:

If memory serves me, a batter is required to have 3.1 PA’s per game played by his team to qualify for the various batting metrics. Ben Zobrist is right on the cusp of qualification, and within a few days will be qualifying now that he is starting every game (why was he not starting every game?). A little perspective: as of this afternoon, Zobrist has 203 PA, so while we are still looking at small sample size, he has about a third of the plate appearances he will end up with by the end of the year. Right now he would be leading the majors in wOBA, second to Albert Pujols in SLG, fifth in OBP, tied for first in ISO with Pujols, and is playing solid defense according to current UZR numbers (yes, SSS disclaimer heard). Bottom line is the guy is hitting the crap out of the ball, and while I realized he was playing well, I didn’t realize he was playing Pujols-well.

I know there was a Zobrist-centered post a couple of weeks ago, but hopefully this branches into a discussion about other baseball happenings as well. Now that I have jinxed him, it’s your turn…

Craig Clark K's 10 straight

Uribe nee Gonzalez — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:38:18 -0000

Craig Clark K's 10 straight

I wasn't familiar with Clark when I read this article, and I figured he was having the game of his life - he's 24 in A-ball. Then I looked up his stats:

http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=paZ07025&position=P

So now I can't understand why he has been brought along what seems to be so slowly. Was he injured last year? He only had 21 starts (23 appearances overall). His numbers are really great. Is the scouting report not-so-great?

The Winningest College team and Report from the DR

Uribe nee Gonzalez — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:50:49 -0000

The Winningest College team and Report from the DR

Two articles today, both not standard baseball, but interesting none-the-less. Enjoy:

For 150 Years, Fordham Baseball’s Tradition of Winning
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/sports/baseball/06fordham.html?hpw

Dominican dreams: El barrio to the big leagues
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/sports/090406/the-dominican-republics-baseball-magic

Giants not one of bottom-third worst franchises!

Uribe nee Gonzalez — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:38:21 -0000

Giants not one of bottom-third worst franchises!

Barely.

Glanville's latest

Uribe nee Gonzalez — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:56:17 -0000

Glanville's latest

Giants Write a Book & other links

Uribe nee Gonzalez — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:17:51 -0000

Giants Write a Book & other links

Giants book
The most interesting thing was the last paragraph. I can't tell if that is a good approach to hitting or the same old story. What is "patiently aggressive" anyway? Sounds conflicting to me, or at least confusing...

Pablo is tubby, vol. 86753.

Phelps siting. AAA bests Big Club in HRs by an order of magnitude.