I should call Amaro and Co. and offer my services as a more affordable option to strike out in BIG spots. They ONLY pay Howard 25 mil a year to swing at air, maybe if I let them know the same result could be provided by me for a far much less price (thinking around 100k), they could save themselves some serious coin. They'd be getting the SAME result whether it's me up there or Ryan "Deer in Headlights" Howard. Talk about a TIN MAN?!?

Also, if it doesn't come out that Utley has been playing through an injury, then this team is in BIG trouble moving forward. The way he played down teh stretch and into the offseason was nothing short of laughable.

PS--the homeplate ump that didnt see the ball hit the batter in the shin last night should not hold a job. Clearly altered the course of the ball and allowed the run to come home. Almost as $hitty a call as the one pitch he called a strike that was about 3.5 miles out of the zone. I'm still not sure what was worse in this series (bc they were both equally horrible), the home plate umpires or the pitch tracker thing. Not sure which one made the other look like $hit, but you'd have to wonder if Helen Keller could've done a better job calling balls and strikes in this series.

You mean the outside breaking ball (from a lefty) that supposibly caught the strike zone (for strike 3) against a right-handed batter? They called it a perfect pitch, but that sucker never got even close to getting into that strike zone.

Not the one I was talking about, but that one too. I want to say it was the 8th inning, and a left handed batter was up. The ball on the pitch tracker thing almost didnt even hit the fkn screen. Even my mom looked around the room with a WTF look on her face, that's how I KNOW it was horrible..

That said, the Giants came into this series and handled their business. Kudos to them. Posey will be a menace for a long time and Ross was a GREAT acquisition. Not sure of the intricacies of his release by the Fins, but that move certainly doesnt look mensa-like (term just for YOU scuds :D) as it stands today.

Follower.

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Thanks

You are way too prolific to follow.

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Oh well...i lost a few bucks....i guess my root now is the Rangers.

Looks like a prolific year for tomatoes.

Texas in 5. Only because the bullpen will screw up at least once. They are better at almost every position. SF's starters wont shut them down like they did to Philly.

I like Texas, but 5 is a bit silly IMO. Lee likely wins twice, who else is shut down? San Fran gets really timely hits, and if HUGE IF TIM L is right and does not match up with Lee, thats 2 wins for San Fran, likely.

It is pretty simple. Texas has a much stronger lineup and is a much better defensive team. They just beat the two best teams in baseball.

Linececum against the AL
In 11 games he is 5-3 with a 3.99 era with a oba of .268

Cain has been very good against the AL.

But the Texas lineup is much stronger than what they have faced and I dont believe they can win more than one game unless they start scoring a lot more. Think Cody Ross is going to keep hitting HR's?

No matter which side you choose, I don't think "in 5" (or a sweep) is silly. For some reason, these things do only go 4 or 5 sometimes. I think that everyone knows that Philly is the most talented offensive team in the N.L. San Francisco has the best pitching in the N.L. From what I've seen during the regular season (and now the post) is that Frisco has sort of mastered a plan to pitch to these people. They seemed to have the right people to handle a line-up of mainly lefthanded hitters. You give a team of good pitchers the same exact task, and they're pretty good at remembering what to do. Well, that's now changed. They don't know these Ranger hitters by heart. They aren't exactly sure how to get them out. Other than Uribe, and Sanchez, the Giants mainly need mistakes in order to hit. I don't think that the Giants are gunna see as many hanging pitches. They were def. not this good in the regular season. I'll guess they aren't gunna stay this good (but that closer is no joke.) What odds are they giving for Texas to sweep?

I have to admit.. This post gave me quiet confidence.

but damn!!! I wish you could have pulled out the magic with this post RHT!

That's why I am pumped he likes the Rangers here...I hope the Rangers know that.

Cliff gone hunting early. Was wrong about how many bad pitches the Giants would get to see. They've seen more bad pitches in the 1st game than I thought they'd see in the whole series. This is why I rarely bet sports. Lee (all the sudden) had nothing tonite. The Yanks got to be wondering why they couldn't of had those pitches to hit.

Hey smoothie...Cliffy had a dandy of an outing today eh?

This "bend don't break" stuff is about what I expected from Len C. Cum, but Lee was God Awful. Where the f that come from?

Kinsler bit on dat fake?...... Wow!.... Haven't seen that lately.

He's a terrible baserunner.

Since nobody seems to care about baseball.. congrats Giants fans.. enjoy being the World Champs for the next year!

Let Timmy Smoke!


(and go Phillies)

Ah … great to see ya, Jersey boy

Yeah, was a tough series for CL

Probably should've walked ER in last night's contest

At least he went down swinging, tho … unlike that big choke artist (RH) in Philly…

Howard had a difficult playoffs (though he did hit well.. just no homers and noone decided to get on base for him) and had a terrible last at bat.. but he is NO way a choke artist. Ryan "Just Get me to the plate Boys" Howard and "choke artist" shouldnt be mentioned in the same breath.

I thought he meant Halladay for a second. It would help if he didn't feel the need to abbreviate every name of every person.

Giants pitched great. I was surprised that Texas was so inept against them. Funny that SF could easily finish last in the NL west next season.

I did at first also, the "went down swinging" part assured it was Howard

Somehow don't think people will mistake RH for RJ ("Mr. October") at this point…

lets forget that he single handidly carried the team into the playoffs in September the past two years and then had some huge moments in October... oh yeah and he was recently injured and didnt seem to get back into form.

He's great, but he strikes out too much and you can't end your team's season with the bat on your shoulder. It's gonna be a while until he lives that down. Carlos Beltran still hasn't lived his backwards K from 2006 down and he took a much filthier pitch than Howard did.

that was terrible of him to watch that ball go by.

Philly fans can have problems with anything. So of course they will have a problem with Howard & his contract.

But the guy has been as productive as can be, he's a good leader, and he often comes up big when we need him. Is there any other player you'd want in the month of September not named Albert?

Howard is the man.

texas needs a bit of small ball...too predictable
nice job by Giants!