tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58914182011-04-21T16:49:33.064-07:00Class or the Game?Baseball for the college student.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comBlogger561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1088790715071911222004-07-02T10:51:00.000-07:002004-07-02T10:51:55.070-07:00I have nothing against Jim Tracy intentionally walking Barry Bonds, but does Tracy have to look like he's giving Bonds an obscene gesture with his four fingers?
Jason Schmidt was not himself last night, giving up tying runs each time the Giants pulled ahead. He gave up two home runs for his second start in a row, solo shots this time to Paul Lo Duca and Shawn Green. (Barry Bonds hit a solo shotJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1084426354540542192004-05-12T22:32:00.000-07:002004-05-12T22:32:34.540-07:00Pedro Feliz can't hit a curveball to save his life, and they still throw him fastballs. It's astounding, and it's astounding to watch with regularity what he does with the fastballs he gets. So Feliz has 7 homers now, Jason Schmidt has 1, and Barry Bonds has 1 hit in his last, what, twenty at-bats now? Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1084329212912390612004-05-11T19:28:00.000-07:002004-05-11T19:33:32.913-07:00Don't blame me. The Giants are just not that interesting right now. Jerome Williams gave up two runs in the top of the 1st inning just now, and I have to look at Michael Tucker leading off the bottom? That's bullshit. Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-108313033718402902004-04-27T22:32:00.000-07:002004-04-27T22:36:32.246-07:00Also, if you'll click the link before you'll understand this: You are in so much trouble if your Player of the Game is Neifi Perez.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1083130108385589412004-04-27T22:28:00.000-07:002004-04-27T22:32:43.373-07:00This is a joke, right? I was following the game online, and I left after the 8th inning. I said in the Baseball Primer Game Chatter, in the middle of the bottom of the 8th, "We can win this, can't we?" Well, no. No we can't.
I was also following the A's game online. After leading for 7 innings, up three in the 8th their bullpen gave up five runs and the lead. I said to my friend Matt, "The worstJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1082787638520938252004-04-23T23:20:00.000-07:002004-04-23T23:24:48.186-07:00Minutes later
Well that sucked. 6-11.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1082787359406788022004-04-23T23:15:00.000-07:002004-04-23T23:22:50.060-07:00It's the bottom of the 12th. Bonds was intentionally walked for the fourth time, in the top half of the inning. After watching this inept offense sans Barry, will anyone pitch to Bonds?Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1082777774855291052004-04-23T20:36:00.000-07:002004-04-23T20:40:24.293-07:00Game Chatters are fun. Why, just this evening I had my innocence corrupted by some bad men who wanted to drink while we watched baseball. Imagine how drunk you'd be if you took a drink after each:
neifi weak ground out
Bonds left on base
any player GIDP
hustling to take second with Bonds on deck
making third out with bonds on deck
walks opposing player on 4 pitches
walks opposing 7-8-9 hitter
Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1081653475435664332004-04-10T20:17:00.000-07:002004-04-10T20:21:47.090-07:00A's and Giants today.
I went to my first game of the season this afternoon, watching the Athletics and Mariners in Oakland's cavernous Network Associates Alameda County Coliseum Stadium. Tim Hudson was shaky back on opening night and in the first inning this afternoon. Ichiro doubled to lead off and eventually came around. Hudson has been clearly the best of Oakland's squad of young pitchers, soJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1081498710376569082004-04-09T01:18:00.000-07:002004-04-09T01:22:19.576-07:00Well don't I have egg on my face. Yes, that was me chanting for the past and future successes of our new closer. I couldn't help but think of a possible Rodriguez, Herges, Nen semi-supergroup, with the best of them all, Mr. Herges, getting the key innings.
I'm not fool enough to retract those statements below following one bad game, but shucks am I upset that I was not immediately vindicated inJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1081387025229392512004-04-07T18:17:00.000-07:002004-04-07T18:20:52.670-07:00MIDGAME UPDATE: Damn this sucks.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1081233799067628582004-04-05T23:43:00.000-07:002004-04-05T23:47:59.543-07:00It's happy/sad time for me. I'll dispense with sad first, because quite frankly it's irrelevent. It's just that I'm "All the Real Girls" and it's rather sad near the ending, watching these two people who loved each other flail about in their personal relationship.
Happy, of course, is seeing Matt Herges start the season just as well as he played in the Spring. He overpowered Jeff Bagwell with a Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1079232355061245532004-03-13T18:45:00.000-08:002004-03-13T18:49:07.856-08:00The grandparents left for spring training this morning (with I, their doting grandchild, taking them to the airport at 4 in the a.m.). Just reminds me that I can't wait for the season to start.
As much as I'd like to one day go to Arizona for spring training, it isn't like I'm missing much in the way of up-and-coming Giants stars. Waiting for Boof in its infinite sarcastic brilliance, reminds usJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1079114819568015782004-03-12T10:06:00.000-08:002004-03-12T10:13:16.560-08:00The guys at All-Baseball.com like the Giants this year, but I think they underestimate the impact Jerome Williams could have this year. Peter White of Mariner Musings says
The Giants are pretty much a two-man team of Bonds and Schmidt. Their lineup is Barry and the seven dwarfs. I'm picking the Snakes over the Giants. I'll take 140 games of Sexson/Gonzalez over 120 games of Bonds. I'll take a Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1077656789647420472004-02-24T13:06:00.000-08:002004-02-24T13:09:17.966-08:00Baseball Prospectus's Top 50 Prospects (is there a rule saying it always has to be fifty?) has one Giant farmhand, Merkin Valdez, as a Honorable Mention. Whither our prospects? Same place as our draft picks, I suppose--in Michael Tucker's bloated bank account.
Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1077517256719361752004-02-22T22:20:00.000-08:002004-02-22T22:23:42.606-08:00Aaron Gleeman started a look back on his Top 50 Prospects list of last year, which included a couple of guys in the Giants farm system. Scratch that--make it, "a couple of guys in, or formerly in, the Giants farm system:
Boof Bonser, Gleeman's pick for #44 prospect, had his status rated as DOWN, due to gradually and consistently shrinking strikeout numbers. To go from nearly 12 SO/9 to 7.46 is Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1076975284335304372004-02-16T15:48:00.000-08:002004-02-16T15:50:41.246-08:00With Greg Maddux turning down the Giants' latest offer, apparenly Lunatic Fringe t-shirts are the focus of the off-season Giants blogger. That's nifty stuff right there, and I do much like the reference to our Lord, or Superman, or just Barry. (If you're questioning why I would post this here, as anyone reading this is most likely to have read Waiting for Boof or Westwood Blues, I answer that I Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1076546683909792582004-02-11T16:44:00.000-08:002004-02-11T16:47:14.000-08:00Class or the Game's Jake is reporting that ESPN's Peter Gammons is reporting that Paul DePodesta will be named GM of the Dodgers. This is big news for Bay Area baseball fans on two levels:
Firstly, DePodesta has been instrumental in the recent success of the A's. Billy Beane and Michael Lewis in his book Moneyball have indicated that Paul's number crunching has been as influential in selecting Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1076440363114841812004-02-10T11:12:00.000-08:002004-02-10T11:15:11.920-08:00If you're here, it means you aren't at Waiting for Boof. Go there now, for Floyd rocks the casbah when it comes to off-season Giants blogging. Did I spell casbah right?Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-10764290983780532004-02-10T08:04:00.000-08:002004-02-10T08:07:27.123-08:00Explaining my ballot
The recent hullabaloo over MGL's finding that RHB's platoon splits generally regress to the mean of about 9% better against lefties showed, to me, how damn informative Steve Treder is. MGL's work certainly came as a surprise to most Baseball Primer readers, and most certainly me, but MGL's explanation was a bit on the esoteric side. Throw in his penchant for exclamation Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1075167737970358752004-01-26T17:42:00.000-08:002004-01-26T17:44:26.123-08:00In this thread, "scruffy" says:
Posted 7:39 p.m., January 26, 2004 (#8) - snuffy
Agreed. The Astros were nearly ten games better than the Cubs last year, and they are easily the most improved team in the Central.
The only real question is whether the Astros are now the best team in the National League. The Phillies look like contenders, and it's always dangerous to rule out San Fran and Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1074645659005801862004-01-20T16:40:00.000-08:002004-01-20T16:42:58.856-08:00I'm back on campus, after the month-long hiatus. I wonder if I'll end up like most Primates, posting instead of class work. This semester must be different, but I still can't wait for the season to start. Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1074545431393013702004-01-19T12:50:00.000-08:002004-01-19T12:52:30.326-08:00I should clarify that the "dun DUN" was supposed to be movie music. I think you get it.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1074545340983038312004-01-19T12:49:00.000-08:002004-01-19T12:50:59.310-08:00I've been in Los Angeles for a few days now. Friday and Saturday I spent on UCLA's campus, and often I went down to--dun DUN--the Westwood area of Los Angeles. I often wondered if I'd run into a guy with a Giants hat, and I'd ask him, "Hey, is your name Doug?" Of course, the only ones wearing Giants clothing were my friend and myself, both with our respective t-shirts. Still, I didn't see a sign Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1071891229150850942003-12-19T19:33:00.000-08:002003-12-19T19:40:18.843-08:00Is SFGiants.com following the same team I am?
Does it seem like I don't post enough? Not getting enough Giants news? Well, let's see...let me catch up. What have the Giants been up to this offseason?
I just went to sfgiants.com and I see Sabean has signed Scott Eyre to a new deal. Sweet! At the end of the article it also mentions that they're also resigned Chad Zerbe! Looks like the bullpen's Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1071549713526327642003-12-15T20:41:00.000-08:002003-12-15T20:42:07.093-08:00Dustan?Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1071529888156876232003-12-15T15:11:00.000-08:002003-12-15T15:11:41.956-08:00The Giants traded a PTBNL for Twins OF Dustin Mohr. I mention this because Bangkok9 of Baseball Primer calls it as such:
"All Your Fifth Oufielder Are Belong To Us!"
Great shit.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1071190860898922482003-12-11T17:01:00.000-08:002003-12-11T17:01:13.766-08:00On second thought, I shouldn't have mentioned that. Do I lose Giant-blog street cred?Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1071189145111329432003-12-11T16:32:00.000-08:002003-12-11T16:32:37.553-08:00Waiting for Boof - Top Ten
Another reason Floyd rocks and I don't. I couldn't name ten Giants prospects, unfortunately.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1070771713397325702003-12-06T20:35:00.000-08:002003-12-06T20:35:24.676-08:00ESPN.com - MLB - Herges re-signs with Giants for two years
Oh yes. My favorite reliever not named Keith resigned with the Giants on Friday, and I couldn't be happier. I haven't had faith in a Giants reliever since Keith Foulke, and he wasn't even a Giants reliever anymore when I had faith in him. Herges had a 2.62 ERA and a 68:29 K:BB ratio. I don't have a calculator handy, and I don't want to Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1070355151912393182003-12-02T00:52:00.000-08:002003-12-02T00:55:30.116-08:00Hayward, California has it's connections to the stars. Tom Hanks went to school at Chabot College, aka Hesperian High, a clever name combining the perceived level of education and the street of the institution. The Rock is rumored to live, have lived, or have a grandmother who lives on Calaroga Avenue near the mall. And former Major League Baseball pitcher Doug Henry grew up, went to high school,Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1069095511619379042003-11-17T10:58:00.000-08:002003-11-17T10:58:37.383-08:00I tried posting the day after the recent Nathan/AJP trade, but it didn't work, so I didn't bother.
I just saw Dan Bern last night, and his most sincere song brought tears to my eyes. Dan is a big Giants fan and when he croons, "A five nothing lead, nine outs to go, get six outs somehow, and Nen for the save," I feel his pain. It was totally out of the blue--I didn't know he wrote a song about Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1067894466147910592003-11-03T13:21:00.000-08:002003-11-03T13:21:09.006-08:00Well, I do have a few minutes, so I wanted to post something not related to the Giants or baseball, but college football. I'll put the whole thing in parentheses:
(I do hope USC makes it to the Sugar Bowl for three reasons: First, the Pac-10 has yet to be represented in a BCS title game, despite some solid teams playing some solid football. Washington State and USC especially have played like Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1067894066576105552003-11-03T13:14:00.000-08:002003-11-03T13:14:29.480-08:00There are blips in the news today, as Ozzie Guillen has signed as the manager of the White Sox and Billy Wagner has been traded from the 'Stros to the Phils. I direct you to better blogs than mine, like, say, Baseball Musings and The Southpaw for more, because, ironically, I have to get to class.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1067713464867298752003-11-01T11:04:00.000-08:002003-11-01T11:04:27.306-08:00Oh, and I can't believe no one took a chance at Manny. Sure he was overpaid, but that isn't to say he isn't a great hitter. Okay, I know I wouldn't have liked that contract in right field at SBC International Airport, but that no one would eat up that contract and stick Manny in the heart of their order was surprising.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1067713273294975662003-11-01T11:01:00.000-08:002003-11-01T11:01:15.780-08:00I don't think that because I skipped class to watch baseball, I am a bigger baseball fan than most. While more into the game than the average fan, I can admit that I'm no where near the fan-ticity of most of the regular posters, say, at Baseball Primer. I can't analyze stats like the guys at Basebal Prospectus. And without a tv, I can't watch every Giants game like an Aaron Gleeman can watch his Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1066882191354304582003-10-22T21:09:00.000-07:002003-10-22T21:09:51.403-07:00Lots of new stuff for the Giants this week. Firstly, player moves:
Jose Cruz Jr. can take his $300,000 buyout and shove it. Eric Young, you did nothing for us as a second half pick up. Thanks. J.T. Snow...well, J.T. didn't exactly have a storied Giants' stay, but he wasn't Travis Lee either. In Snow's first year as a Giant, in 1997, he helped them reach the post-season after an extended drought.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1066535089440570322003-10-18T20:44:00.000-07:002003-10-18T20:44:49.060-07:00The Giants are frustrating. Game 6 last year was frustrating. This post-season was frustrating. But right now, I'll take frustrating over the alternative. The alternative is what life without Bonds will be--simply scary. Barry is the offense on this team, and while I believe that his averages will hold next year, I think his playing time will continue to decline significantly. I expect something Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1066527900278086072003-10-18T18:45:00.000-07:002003-10-18T18:44:59.870-07:00No posts during the series. No watching during the series. No baseball during the series. I can't watch this series.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1066273066728059612003-10-15T19:57:00.000-07:002003-10-15T19:57:46.163-07:00I'm sorry Cubs fans. On my worst of days, I wouldn't have wished Dusty Baker on you. There was someone on the Baseball Primer Game Chatter for this game who said something to the effect of, "Watch--now that Wood got out of the 5th, Dusty will let him throw the 6th." Well, he did, and it worked out wonderfully. For the Marlins. That's two nights in a row that Dusty mis-managed his pitching staff.
Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1066194729049096772003-10-14T22:12:00.000-07:002003-10-14T22:12:09.073-07:00Giants fans know something about having an apparent win stripped from us by a retarded person in the outfield. We call him "Jose Cruz."Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1066185866594570222003-10-14T19:44:00.000-07:002003-10-14T19:44:26.193-07:00I could try to post something on early possibilities for off-season pick-ups, but I've got to study for midterms, and I'd rather you just read what Waiting for Boof has to say.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1066185385120097462003-10-14T19:36:00.000-07:002003-10-14T19:42:33.850-07:00I was hoping that would happen, just so I can be like CNN a la the 2000 elections. Sorry for jinxing you, Cubs fans.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1066183480633313372003-10-14T19:04:00.000-07:002003-10-14T19:04:40.786-07:00That's it, I'm calling it. With almost 7/9ths of all precincts reporting, the Cubs will win and go to the World Series. Congratulations.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1065980475155992002003-10-12T10:41:00.000-07:002003-10-12T10:41:14.720-07:00Not to reveal my fanboy status in regards to the Southpaw, but he reports that ESPN.com reports that the SF Chronicle reports that we're going to have a whole frickin' new roster next year, and we're doing it with ten million less on the payroll.
"Names listed as those being let go include Santiago, Aurilia, Snow, Cruz, Worrell, Felix Rodriguez, Ponson, Galarraga, Jeffrey Hammonds, Eric Young, Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1065922995297613162003-10-11T18:43:00.000-07:002003-10-11T18:43:14.900-07:00My father and the Southpaw both noted the odd time of year to begin a Giants blog, and I guess that has already shown up. Sometime when I have time, I want to write down my thoughts of who we don't want back next year. I then will try to wade through who we want next year. I'm guessing these will both show up by the middle of the week, and most definitely in that order. I'll give you a hint Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1065549682746918822003-10-07T11:01:00.000-07:002003-10-07T11:01:22.873-07:00God hates Sam Hutcheson. That is some funny stuff.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1065498292732170762003-10-06T20:44:00.000-07:002003-10-06T20:45:51.030-07:00Our other team is out.
I have quite a few A's-fan friends, and naturally I rooted for them once the Giants went down. Now that they are down, too, among my friends there was a sort of a grab-bag between the rest of the playoffs teams. It went something like this:
Matt: I'm going for the Red Sox and the Cubs.
Jake: I guess I'm going for the Red Sox now.
M: What? You said you were rooting for Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1065491883276370342003-10-06T18:58:00.000-07:002003-10-06T18:58:02.676-07:00I shaved the luck-beard in the 5th, Boston scores in the 6th. I'm sorry, A's fans.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1065466288487757022003-10-06T11:51:00.000-07:002003-10-06T11:51:27.893-07:00I've not yet come to terms with the loss, but at least I'm at that stage in which I can admit to myself that it did actually happen. I can admit that the Florida Effing Marlins did in fact beat this Giants team that many predicted would win it all. Maybe it would hurt less if it didn't bring to mind those Marlins.
It would definitely hurt less if I could say that we didn't possibly run our way Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1065316618006746372003-10-04T18:16:00.000-07:002003-10-05T10:01:00.850-07:00I guess I'll try the first of a few posts on that travesty that occurred earlier today, focusing firstly on the positive since I don't know how long I'd last thinking about the negative.
Two positives immediately come to mind. The first is ".529/.556/.765" Edgardo Alfonzo, who has Giants fans optimistic for a full season of the .292 BA/.372 OBP /.474 SLG that he put up in the second half (a fullJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1065299204509259462003-10-04T13:26:00.000-07:002003-10-04T13:26:44.400-07:00I can't speak.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1065287547855649602003-10-04T10:12:00.000-07:002003-10-04T10:12:27.800-07:00My mistake. Williams on the mound, I guess.
Top 1st, Bonds is up. I'll be back after the game.Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1065231314375084672003-10-03T18:35:00.000-07:002003-10-03T18:51:26.716-07:00This hasn't really been Jose Cruz Jr.'s series, has it?
Not a single hit, the footwork of an obese ballerina, and a big fat dropped fly ball have, I think, pretty much assured Cruz that his option won't be picked up after the season. He just hasn't played well enough to warrant it.
Do I sound too calm? I feel too calm. The Marlins are bringing back thoughts of 1997, and perhaps that has just Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1065164469379946912003-10-03T00:01:00.000-07:002003-10-03T00:09:21.483-07:00Umm, I just realized I'm 18. My mistake. Since I'm (still) awake, I thought I'd comment really quickly on how much it sucks to not have access to television in my place of living, and to have to try and make it look like I'm not using my grandparents for playoff baseball and pizza. (Yes pizza, my grandparents are cool like that. Vegetarian from Papa Murphy's--great artichoke hearts, and I don't Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891418.post-1065162541576674452003-10-02T23:29:00.000-07:002003-10-03T00:07:27.170-07:00I'm watching "Bend it Like Beckham" instead of writing a philosophy paper right now, but I'm going to throw in my first post on this blog.
My contribution to the Giants this post-season is a vow to not shave until they win the World Series. It's a tad itchy--I'm having trouble keeping from scratching. Still, this idea is much better than my first one, wearing my sole Giants shirt for the Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740670452048328030noreply@blogger.com