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Inning Batter Velocity Result 1 G. Blanco 80 Ball 1 Y. Escobar 82 Called strike 1 Y. Escobar 82 Called strike 1 Y. Escobar 81 Groundout to 1B 2 C. Sammons 84 Ball in dirt 2 C. Sammons 85 Swinging strike, K 3 G. Blanco 83 Foul 5 C. Sammons 83 Swinging strike, K 6 C. Jones 84 Swinging strike, K 7 K. Johnson 83 Ball 8 G. Norton 82 Ball 8 Y. Escobar 86 Ball
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Yunel Escobar
Chipper Jones
Kelly Johnson
Greg Norton
Atlanta Braves
San Francisco Giants
Zito's implosion notwithstanding, yesterday was quite exciting, given the tenor of the season. Rohlinger started at third -- becoming the 13th rookie to make his debut this season and tying the 1996 team for the most in history -- and promptly airmailed a throw to Rich Aurilia. Rookie nerves. After walking back to the dugout twice after facing Randy Wolf, Rohlinger hit an 0-2 pitch for his ...
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BREAKING NEWS: Reported by Andy Baggarly, Brian Sabean has made a smart, beneficial roster change. As of now, the Giants have a brand spanking new infield . *drumroll* Welcome, Ryan Rohlinger! Rohlinger comes up from Double-A Connecticut and will take over third base. The Giants face a sore dearth of players at third base, so if plays well in his time up in the big leagues, that will be one ...
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San Francisco Giants
- Andy Baggarly had a chance to talk to Fred Stanley, one of the Giants' roving minor league instructors, who updated him about some notable names in the farm system. Of note: Stanley envisions that Nick Noonan could skip straight to Double-A. Noonan surpassed expectations this year at Low-A by posting a .283 average and has what Stanley calls "the best strike zone discipline of any hitter in ...
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San Francisco Giants
If the Dodgers miss the playoffs by one game, I think they'll look back at this game and wonder why they couldn't turn a 4-6-3 double play.
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Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco Giants
Pitching match-ups for rivalry weekend: Brad Penny (5-9, 5.88 ERA) v. Barry Zito (6-13, 5.40 ERA) Hiroki Kuroda (6-8, 4.21 ERA) v. Kevin Correia (2-6, 5.53 ERA) Chad Billingsley (11-9, 3.01 ERA) v. Matt Cain (7-9, 3.60 ERA) Fitting match-ups, eh? Zito hopes to continue his streak of good outings while this will be Penny's first start since June. The Giants seemed to have figured out Kuroda ...
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San Francisco Giants
Brad Penny
Barry Zito
Hiroki Kuroda
Kevin Correia
I've been a big fan of Freddie, as he has been one of the few bright spots on the Giants, and this article cements the fact that you just can't help rooting for him.
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Fred Lewis
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The Warriors released their schedule for the upcoming season. Considering the flurry of moves made in the offseason, it definitely provides some intrigue as to when former Warriors players come back to the Oracle with their new teams. Some quick observations: 1. Twenty-four of the first 38 games are roadies. The 07-08 Warriors played surprisingly well on the road, compiling a 21-20 record. We ...
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Golden State Warriors
I realize that I have yet to chart the sliders Lincecum threw in his past two starts, but let's take a look at today's 3-2 win over the Braves. Inning Batter Velocity Result 1 C. Kotchman 82 Ball 1 B. McCann 83 Foul 2 M. Kotsay 84 Swinging strike, blocked 2 K. Johnson 79 Ball 6 O. Infante 77 Ball 6 O. Infante 80 Swinging strike 7 J. Francoeur 79 Swinging strike, blocked 8 O. ...
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Omar Infante
Casey Kotchman
Brian McCann
Mark Kotsay
Kelly Johnson
Jeff Francoeur
Matt Cain has pitched superbly in four starts since the All Star Break: 4 GS, 28.2 IP, 24 H, 7 R, 10 BB, 23 SO, 1.57 ERA One of the contributing factors to his success is the noticeable increase of breaking and off-speed pitches Cain throws. Cain--regarded as a flyball-strikeout pitcher--has started to mix in his other pitches. Chris at Bay City Ball recently wrote a post about this trend and ...
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Matt Cain
In other news, the sky is blue and water is wet. Trying to get the PC up and running again. Posts to come soon.
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I wrote this in response to a post over at OBnB. The comment turned out longer than I expected, so I decided to refine it and use it as today's discussion point. Bengie Molina, C - Yankees: With Jorge Posada out for the season and Hideki injured, the Yankees could use another catcher and added offense, just in case Richie Sexson doesn't pan out. However, the Yankees hope that Posada can ...
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San Francisco Giants
Jorge Posada
It's amazing how much goes down in the space of only a year .
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Barry Bonds
San Francisco Giants
What do the Giants-Nationals games and Halley's Comet have in common? They both make for rare and exciting displays at night. For one of the few times this season at Mays Field, the Giants put together a complete game--Zito pitched decently, Lewis and Molina filled the home run quota with one and two, respectively, and the defense, namely Bowker and Burriss, picked a clean game. With the ...
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San Francisco Giants
First off, apologies for not writing over the past weekend. I've been run off my feet and couldn't get the time to sit down. Headdesk Anyways, Gameday decided to take Sunday off, meaning I have no slider numbers to draw out. Bochy's brain apparently decided to take Sunday off, too. What the heck was he thinking, especially with the comments he made about "backing off" Lincecum's workload? It ...
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