SB Nation User Blog: tellusfrank

Sweeping Changes, Yes We Can Style

tellusfrank — Sat, 23 May 2009 08:00:20 -0000

After last night's game, I'm thinking it's safe to assume that most of us here wouldn't mind seeing the nuclear option employed. Since we can't fire our entire lineup, just fire everyone at the top. Here's my new leadership dream team:

GM: Bobby Evans - seems to be in the mold of the new breed GMs that we desperately need

Manager: Steve Decker - winner and can match gamerness with anyone

Bench Coach: Len Sakata - I have nothing to base this on, but seems like the perfect #2 guy

Pitching Coach, Bullpen Coach: Trevor Wilson & Jeff Brantley - If memory serves me right, they had bulldog mentality. Or was it just Trevor's gritting overbite I'm thinking of?

Hitting Coach: The Thrill - who the f&#^(@# else to light a fire?

1B Coach: J.T. - Good times.

3B Coach: Matt Williams - Good times

What's your dream team?

OT: Gints in Fantasy Draft

tellusfrank — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:17:47 -0000

My fantasy draft is next week and like most of you here, getting Timmy, Cain, and Pablo would make my draft a fantasy come true.

For those who've already drafted, where did Timmy, Cain, and Pablo, and Ishikawa go in overall draft position (not round)? I'm kidding about Ishikawa.

I'm thinking I need to be around 15-19 with Timmy, about 110-120 with Cain, and Pablo is the real mystery. I can see him going as high as 120, even higher in a keeper league.

Who else do you like this year?

Lineup

tellusfrank — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:02:01 -0000

I hope it's clear to Bochy and Sabean that the lunatic fringe's cry for a youth movement is not just based on our fondness for young people, but that (for the giants at least) there's a strong correlation between youth and talent/production. Sabean needs to clean house between now and the trading deadline. Before then, I'd like to see this liuneup:

2B Eugenio Velez (S) - work on bunting game and try every other game

RF Randy Winn (S) - job is to advance runner, put ball in play, avoid GIDP

LF Fred Lewis (L) - gives him chance to produce runs, get on before "big bats"

CF Aaron Rowand - whatever

1B John Bowker (L) - our big bopper

C Benji Molina - might get most rbi opportunity in this hole, avoid "base-clogging"

3B Jose Castillo - our Feliz, without the D

SS Omar Vizquel (S) - whatever

After trade deadline, assuming Sabes can move Winn, Molina, Vizquel

2B Velez

LF Lewis

CF Rowand

1B Bowker

3B Any young blocked guy

RF Schierholtz

C Steve Holm, any young blocked guy

SS Any young blocked guy

the whole point of this post is to make the case that schierholtz needs to start after the trading deadline, but in the meantime, give us a lineup that's not embarrassing, makes some sense, and even mildly interesting.

The Future

tellusfrank — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:14:38 -0000

You know your team is bad when one week into the season fans are talking about #1 pick in 2009. Here's to positive, looking-forward kinda thinking.

Let's start a campaign right now to have Steve Decker as manager by 2010 when most of the bad contracts, including Sabean's, is off the hook and we get a fresh new start, fresh new lineup, fresh new manager, GM, and hope for the future.

What say you!!!

The Giants are so bad...

tellusfrank — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:05:08 -0000

Was thinking of waiting until sometime, er, next week, to post this, but why wait until someone beats me to it.

The Giants are so bad...how bad are they?

When channeling their Warrior Spirit, they got Chris Washburn

Okay, I know others can do better...please show me how to laugh again.

Nick Johnson and Joe Crede = potential greatest feel-good headline of 2008

tellusfrank — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:36:11 -0000

Healthy Johnson Makes Giant Impotence Credeble.

Hey, not much to lose.

Pray for Smoak

tellusfrank — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:51:23 -0000

It's never too early to campaign early for 2008. So my top candidate: Justin Smoak!!! Write letters or emails to your senators, congressmen, whomever to vote for Smoak in 2008. Let them know that where there's Smoak, there's usually a single, double, homerun, or sometimes a triple. How about that for the cover of the 2010 team guide?