Article about a youth team from 1999 with 4 guys now in pro ball.
There's also a picture, including a young Thomas Neal, Strasburg, and Brett Bochy, as well as pitcher Mike Leake.

From Baggs. The message I get is that is that they have not done as grant hoped, and realized the problems with the season. More mentions of bunting, being more aggressive, velez will play, aaa stats dont matter and posey's not ready, etc. Oh well.

Saw this interesting article on beyond the boxscore re speed of batted balls. There's some good stuff in the comments section, too, so be sure to check that out.

Good news for Lewis, not for burriss though.

It's an old article, but I thought it was pretty interesting. (I wonder where Timmy's pitches would come out, especially his changeup.)

Btw, check out #3 and #7 for the fastball list.

I noticed he said something about getting a show on comcast - has anyone heard anything about this? Maybe he's being interviewed, but when?

Also, I have to admit his twitter page entertains me. I don't use it for anything else. So far some of the things he's mentioned:

-plans for a "rap off"
-cutting a hole in his hat for his mohawk
-asking god for a text saying "game on"
-running down the street with his friend's stolen lunch, while cops watch
-Rhona Mitra=sexiest vampire
-he feels like a ninja on the mound
-almost getting into a car crash on the way to the park
-another levitation reference and the idea of throwing 100 mph at random stuff

Dear god.

The article notes that even if he did test positive, there was no penalty for it at the time. Just thought this was an interesting new piece of info with the bonds steroid thing right now, even though it is far from certain.

I didn't see this part linked to before, just the interview. There are some pretty cool clips from tim when he was younger here.
(One question: can anyone tell what he says about marichal's delivery around 2:05)

I lol'd when the analyst said he had "reflexes like a mongoose" too.

He's been on the community prospect poll for a while, and he has unusual mechanics, so I thought this was an interesting (if discouraging) read.

With so much CC and free agent talk right now, we haven't had much OT stuff recently, and this link seemed perfect.

The second category in SI's poll links to several great rickrolls, most of which I'd never seen before. And if anyone has some good rickroll stories or videos they know of, I'd love to see them.

I happened to come across this analysis recently. Not that he'll fall to us in the draft (I assume of course, at least barring any absolutely ridiculous contract demands). Still interesting to see.

Here are Beyond the box score's rankings for first basemen (other positions are linked to on the beyond the box score page). The rankings are a combination of offensive stats, defensive stats, and position. As you can guess, it's not pretty for the Giants. Winn is ranked 5th best right fielder, but there's not much good news past that. Velez, Castillo, Bowker, Ochoa, etc. all are in the bottom 5 at their positions.

I found this linked to on driveline mechanics. Not a whole lot of new information, but some interesting stuff with his curveball grip.

I don't think this has been posted yet, I just saw it on ESPN.com.
The giants were listed as one of several teams scouting the japanese amateur pitcher Junichi Tazawa.

The article says he is 5'11", and throws 88-93 with "so-so" control, and has a curve and forkball.