Quote :

" should i go to the giants game tonight? i don't have anything to do, but i'd have to buy a ticket."

Hell yeah.

8/24/2011 3:44:38 PM

walp, the website doesn't want my credit card. i got all excited to go to the game too.

ah shit, lincecum is starting. now i have to go.

[Edited on August 24, 2011 at 4:29 PM. Reason : .]

8/24/2011 4:28:35 PM

Just buy outside the gate.

8/24/2011 4:31:46 PM

man, i'm looking for a real ticket.

8/24/2011 4:36:41 PM

Quote :

"Heath Bell claimed off waivers by San Fran."

Everyone claims everyone this time of year. Giants don't need Bell, they're probably just blocking someone else.

8/24/2011 4:37:48 PM

^ The Giants may actually need Bell if Wilson is out of the rest of the season. Maybe they'll trade Beltran to the Padres

8/24/2011 5:25:15 PM

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/347-fans-Hurricane-Irene-wipes-out-Marlins-atte?urn=mlb-wp17025

8/25/2011 3:47:57 PM

Foul ball field day. Zach Hample just got a boner.

8/25/2011 3:50:02 PM

Thome to the Indians

8/25/2011 10:32:41 PM

Damn Yankees you scary

8/25/2011 11:29:43 PM

Quote :

"walp, the website doesn't want my credit card. i got all excited to go to the game too. ah shit, lincecum is starting. now i have to go."

NC State alum Eric Surkamp is being brought up to start for the Giants tonight. (via crackpride)

8/26/2011 12:33:51 PM

Really cool tidbits.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AtYm6PMUXtuMB6z_oQOdo9sRvLYF?slug=jp-passan_25_things_you_did_not_know_about_baseball_082511

2. Two players haven’t popped out this season.

Nearly 650 times, Los Angeles Angels second baseman Howie Kendrick(notes) has swung and made contact. Not one of those balls lingered in the air before settling into an infielder’s glove.

Texas superutilityman Michael Young(notes) is at more than 750 contacts without a popout. Only twice in the past decade has a player qualified for the batting title and not popped out: Larry Bigbie in 2004 and Joey Votto(notes) in 2010.

It’s a staggering feat of skill mixed with a healthy dose of luck. The numbers back the skill part. Over the last six seasons, Young has popped out 21 times in 3,683 at-bats. Kendrick’s 2,350-at-bat career includes 11 popouts.

3. Votto’s ability to avoid popouts might be more impressive than Kendrick and Young’s.

The reigning National League MVP is following his perfect 2010 with a near-perfect 2011. He had the temerity to pop out once this year, giving him one in 1,010 at-bats over the last two seasons. It’s doubly noteworthy because Votto frequently drives the ball in the air, accumulating 130 extra-base hits during that span.

The king of popouts in 2011, Arizona Diamondbacks centerfielder Chris Young, has 38 in 472 at-bats. The player to whom Votto’s offensive numbers best match up, St. Louis Cardinals superstar Albert Pujols(notes), has popped out 13 times this season – a huge outlier. Pujols pops up more than the gopher at Bushwood Country Club: 261 in 6,186 at-bats.

Votto has 10 in 2,089 at-bats.

8/26/2011 3:16:03 PM

Quote :

"man, i'm looking for a real ticket."

?

scared the ticket someone sells you will be fake? or by 'real' do you mean shiny w/ a picture on it, because that's how scalped tickets are a lot of the time

funny thing happened at the gate of a Cactus League game I went to....guy behind me apparently bought a ticket outside the stadium and didnt check the ticket, the one he got was for a game 2-3 days later, he was like "THAT COCKSUCKER SOLD ME THA WRAWNG TICKIT"

8/26/2011 3:21:22 PM

^^ Interesting read. Those guys are amazing to be able to stay on pitches like that.

Michael Young has had pretty damn stout career but nobody seems to notice. Wonder if he can keep it up for another 4-5 years if he'll get some HOF love. Got a slim chance to get to 3000 hits (he about to turn 35), has over a .300 career BA and has played the entire infield extremely well over the course of his career.

If nothing else he should definitely be around 2500 hits, .290ish BA, ~200 HRs, ~1300 RBIs and runs scored. Plus he had 5 straight seasons of 200+ hits. Playing in steriod era during some of his best seasons won't help.

8/26/2011 4:26:32 PM

Quote :

"NC State alum Eric Surkamp is being brought up to start for the Giants tonight. (via crackpride)"

shieeet, i remember surkamp at state. that's awesome, i might become a giants fan in earnest if he becomes a major league roster regular.

Quote :

"scared the ticket someone sells you will be fake? or by 'real' do you mean shiny w/ a picture on it, because that's how scalped tickets are a lot of the time"

i've known guys to buy fake tickets from scalpers and to get counterfeit change from scalpers. in raleigh outside of a state game i'd buy from a scalper no problem, but i'm not going to fuck w/ scalpers hanging out in front of at&t park.

8/26/2011 4:49:11 PM

if i can find a ticket, i'll be heading out to see eric surkamp's major league debut. word.

8/27/2011 5:31:14 PM

Surkamp pitched very well in his first career start.

8/27/2011 11:12:54 PM

what an outing! fantastic.

8/28/2011 1:11:16 AM

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/giants/detail?entry_id=96317

the whole thing

Quote :

"It sounds like a paradox, but the Giants' decision to demote Eric Surkamp to the minors after last night's game is actually a vote of confidence. Manager Bruce Bochy said Surkamp will rejoin the rotation in San Diego on Sept. 6 but want him to make one start in the minors between now and then. Moreover, it's a sign that the Giants do not feel Surkamp will be a prospect who keeps going up and down from the minors to the majors. They are using one of his three option years to buy 10 days for someone else to be on the roster. You only get three option years. The Giants must feel they won't need to use all of them. As of this minute, the Giants have not decided where to send Surkamp, San Jose or Fresno. It's a logistical question. Dan Runzler also was optioned, to Fresno, and will rejoin the Giants after 10 days. The two were optioned to clear roster spots for Andres Torres, who hit well during his rehab from a leg bruise, and Sergio Romo."

also, highlights http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18528027&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_18528027&v=3

[Edited on August 28, 2011 at 4:08 PM. Reason : link]

8/28/2011 3:58:54 PM

Cool for Surkamp, but that's sort of a dumb article.

8/28/2011 4:47:15 PM

Quote :

"I have full faith in Dayton Moore fucking it up badly and KC not breaking .500 this decade"

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/27/3104358/royals-gm-moore-willing-to-deal.html

8/29/2011 9:25:56 AM

Dayton Moore is the worst

Royals are getting Derek Lowe this winter

[Edited on August 31, 2011 at 11:37 AM. Reason : ]

8/31/2011 11:37:45 AM

Ryan Braun faceplant crimescene in Milwaukee

9/1/2011 1:22:55 PM

Quote :

" In a playoff game against Justin Northwest High School, Kershaw pitched an all-strikeout perfect game."

[Edited on September 4, 2011 at 2:15 PM. Reason : all 27 strikeouts were Russell Wilson]

9/4/2011 2:14:56 PM

this is the first time i've watched the tigers this year... miguel cabrera is carrying some weight on him there.

9/4/2011 10:38:40 PM

5.0 IP, 2 H, 4 K, 0 BB (that's the important part) for Strasburg tonight

Can't figure out why the Dodgers offense sucks such a big D

9/6/2011 8:54:48 PM

Greg Booker just got called up to the nationals as the new pitching coach.

9/6/2011 10:26:29 PM

Surkamp 5 innings 3 runs tonight in his 2nd start. In line to get the W right now up 4-3 in the 7th.

9/7/2011 12:07:50 AM

I'm as big of a baseball fan as anyone, but good God this season sucks with no playoff races outside of the Rangers-Angels. I'm glad the Braves have the NL Wild Card all but clinched, but it sucks that there won't be any late season drama in the NL at all and very little in the AL either. Damn you Julio Lugo!

9/7/2011 8:26:04 AM

I really hope the marlins win all the rest of the games this month.

9/8/2011 9:47:40 PM

tigerssssssssssss

9/17/2011 12:58:46 AM

Surkamp 4 and 2/3 only 1 run but 6 walks and 4 Ks.

Still 2-0 and at 2.95 ERA.....looking good maybe he makes the team rotation full time in 2012.

9/18/2011 1:01:52 AM

New logo for the Miami Marlins?



Posted from http://ht.ly/6AMeT

9/21/2011 2:36:05 PM

Can't wait for the coral alts. That logo is Miami as fuck.

[Edited on September 21, 2011 at 3:10 PM. Reason : Marlins text at the top looks sort of Giants-esque]

9/21/2011 3:09:24 PM

Wow that new Marlins logo is horrendous. I guess they are trying to appeal to the gay fan. Are they going to wear uniforms with those colors? They can just buy some old 70s Astros uniforms and change the letters.

9/21/2011 4:47:51 PM

just change their name to the "Gators" or the like by 2015 and BTTF2 would have gotten it right

9/21/2011 4:52:07 PM

I said

I wish I coulda gone back to the beginning of the season and put some money on the Cubbies!

9/21/2011 5:15:21 PM

Holy shit how is no one talking about Kemp's run at the triple crown

4 points back in average, 1 HR back, 5 RBI ahead

[Edited on September 23, 2011 at 5:51 PM. Reason : http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7009590/florida-marlins-leo-nunez-admits-faking-id-official-says]

9/23/2011 5:48:22 PM

so apparently this might happen

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/postseason_pitch_SSiOAnu0pNi3chGX94ZGaM

what a terrible idea. jesus christ.

9/24/2011 1:04:35 PM

Surkamp didn't make it out of the first tonight.

9/24/2011 10:19:30 PM

I have an extremely good source that says ozzy will be the new cooach of the miami marlins next year.

9/27/2011 1:21:25 AM

^^^, ^^ bad news on both counts.

9/27/2011 1:43:30 AM

^^ ESPN is a good source for sports information as well as the AP. Don't tell anyone.

Also the idea of expanding the MLB playoffs is dumb as hell. They should keep it at 4 teams per league and start the season earlier so that baseball is done before football kicks into high gear.

9/27/2011 6:56:31 AM

Quote :

"I'm glad the Braves have the NL Wild Card all but clinched, but it sucks that there won't be any late season drama in the NL at all and very little in the AL either."

*snicker

9/27/2011 7:00:07 AM

^ It has taken two unprecedented, epic collapses to allow both the Cards and Rays back into the playoff race. Yeah it was a premature statement, but no one saw either the Braves or Red Sox imploding like this.

9/27/2011 7:48:52 AM

^ True...but that doesn't stop it from being humorous. To non-Brave fans of course.

9/27/2011 9:29:45 AM

Quote :

"Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com reports that Osvaldo Martinez will be sent to the White Sox along with a minor league pitcher in exchange for manager Ozzie Guillen."

crazy

9/27/2011 12:43:10 PM

TB traded draft picks for John Gruden

9/27/2011 12:45:54 PM

Rip off

Oakland got a lot more for Gruden

9/27/2011 12:46:39 PM

i went to the astros/cards game last night, because i'm a baseball fan, the game had importance in the scheme of things, and i have a friend or two who are cardinal fans and wanted to go.

this was the lowest attended game of the four i went to in houston this year. ended up scalping tickets for $3 that included a hot dog / chips / soda combo. that was pretty sweet. ended up migrating to about the fourth row behind third. it was a very entertaining game.

the astros as a team and an organization are in a pretty sad state.

9/28/2011 4:36:33 PM