http://www.sbnation.com/users/can%20of%20corn Posts made by can of corn on SB Nation http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/11/4/1114583/michael-goldsmith-als-advocate can of corn Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:07:44 -0000 <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/sports/baseball/02mgoldsmith.html?_r=2&amp;partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">Michael Goldsmith, ALS Advocate, dies at&nbsp;58</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>This might not be of interest to everyone, but this man was one of my best and most favorite professors, and he used his last years to raise awareness for ALS, enlisting the help of MLB this past season - <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091102&content_id=7604164&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb" target="new">Game 5 of the World Series was dedicated in part to him</a>.</p> <p>You'll be missed, Professor Goldsmith.</p></div> http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/11/2/1111751/giants-name-hensley-meulens-as can of corn Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:53:50 -0000 <blockquote> <p>"Giants name Hensley Meulens as their new hitting coach today. Meulens spent last season as the triple-A hitting coach for Fresno Grizzlies."</p> <p>Is this a good thing?</p> </blockquote> <div class="source"><p><a href="">http://twitter.com/SFGiants</a></p></div> http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/10/19/1091391/ostlers-thoughts-on-next-season can of corn Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:46:11 -0000 <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/18/SPRA1A7FIB.DTL">Ostler's Thoughts on Next&nbsp;Season</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>Maybe it's my continued self-denial that we're still looking at Sabean and Bochy in charge of this team for a couple years, but for some reason I enjoyed this article.</p> <p>In particular: </p> <p>Firing Carney Lansford last week was a great move. With this team and its guiding offensive philosophy, there is no point in having a hitting coach. All a hitting coach can do is clutter up the hitters' minds with unnecessary thoughts, like, well, thoughts.</p> <p>Lansford should have been fired two years ago when it became clear he was going to be a big buttinsky.</p> <p>The fellow who collected all those free-swinging, non-thinking hitters in one clubhouse, and the fellow who gave those free-swingers license to swing freely - both those fellows were given two-year contract extensions. </p></div> http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/9/11/1025946/pablo-team-lead-in-bb-still-fewer can of corn Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:38:03 -0000 <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.onlybaseballmatters.com/archives/2009/09/10/and-the-ugly/">Pablo team lead in BB still fewer than the lowliest&nbsp;Dodger</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>This was a bit depressing. Who knew it would be Pablo with the most walks. And although it's not unexpected that most other players would have more, it's sad that every single regular player on the Dodgers have more BBs than our lead walking guy.</p> <p>And I'm just going to ignore the bit comparing the Rockies' and Giants' records since the sweep. It makes me cry.</p></div> http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/9/4/1016053/wright-ditches-the-ginormous-dark can of corn Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:27:07 -0000 <img alt="Large_img00050" src="http://cdn2.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/70996/large_img00050.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p>Wright <a href="http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2009/09/david_wright_ditches_ridiculou.html" target="new">ditches the ginormous dark helmet</a>. Apparently it wasn't comfortable. Go figure.</p> <p>I really can't imagine this mega helmet going over well in the minor leagues. Any guesstimates on when MiLB will rescind the mandatory use of these behemoths? </p></div> http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/9/1/1011589/new-batting-helmet-or-a-lifesized can of corn Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:33:00 -0000 <img alt="550_darkhelmet" src="http://cdn2.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/70243/550_darkhelmet.png" /> <div class="source source-img"><p>New batting helmet, or a lifesized bobblehead? Whaddya think? All minor league teams to use them starting next year.</p></div> http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/8/28/1006621/giants-hitters-trying-too-hard can of corn Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:32:33 -0000 <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ns8u3f">Giants hitters trying too&nbsp;hard?</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>I feel a little sorry for Lansford. And some of the hitters need to be kicked in the groin.</p></div> http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/8/26/1003688/feds-wrongly-seized-list-of-104 can of corn Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:23:27 -0000 <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/26/BAUL19E46Q.DTL&amp;tsp=1">Feds wrongly seized list of 104 PED&nbsp;offenders</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>Although I'd really like to know who else is on the list of 104, hopefully this ruling will convince the feds to let this one go (despite their consideration of appealing this to the US Supreme Court).</p></div> http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/8/4/977138/baggs-sabean-and-bochy-likely-back can of corn Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:33:02 -0000 <p><br />I'm watching Baggs' live chat this morning. This exchange came up:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Q: Bruce Bochy and Brian Sabaen's contracts are both expired after the season. How successful do the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/SFG" class="sbn-auto-link">Giants</a> need to be (playoffs? world series appearance?) for Neukom to bring them back? </p> <table> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td class="chatmsgname altcaster_text" nowrap="nowrap"> 11:31 </td> <td class="chatmsgtext altcaster_text altcaster_text_size" style=""><strong>baggs</strong>: &nbsp;Pretty good chance they'll be back based on the team's progress to date. Remember, Neukom's goal was to be .500 this year. They're ahead of schedule. And they had what most observers believe was another decent draft. The minor league system is healthier. It seems like Neukom has a great respect for the way Brian and Bruce go about their jobs. When I asked him just prior to the All-Star break if Bochy deserved credit, he said yes, the manager has created a good esprit de corps and has put players in position to succeed. I've been told all parties intend to honor a pledge not to negotiate extensions until after the season, but I wouldn't be surprised if they've already come to some kind of loose arrangement. If they go to the playoffs, it'll be all the more automatic. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>What do y'all think? Ready for more? Have the GM and coach done well enough to come back for more? Admittedly, the Giants have done much better this season than I anticipated. But I can't help but shake the feeling that the team could have done even better with a different skipper.</p> http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/7/21/956886/breaking-giants-recall-ryan can of corn Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:42:58 -0000 <blockquote> <p>***BREAKING*** Giants recall Ryan Sadowski & Matt Downs from Fresno, Kevin Frandsen sent down to AAA, Rich Aurilia to the DL</p> </blockquote> <div class="source"><p>Got this from a tweet from ChronicleLiveProd.</p> <p>I've been off the grid for a week on vacay - what's Aurilia's injury? Did he pull his suck muscle?</p></div>