2012 San Francisco Giants Season thread

[west coast orange and black]

lincecum was up all day / night. he got some high strikes called but being up hurt him more than helped.

[west coast orange and black]

"all day / night": since when does a 4:12 start time constitutes a night game?

incidently, first nine games for the big men:

g1 day game
g2 day
g3 day
g4 day
g5 5:40p
g6 day
g7 day
g8 6:05
g9 day

[Blue387]

That's all the Tarot Cards told me....what say you?

I think the Giants will do well this year. I can see a Giants-Tigers World Series.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Another 5-4 loss for the Giants. MadBum didn't have a good game. Pablo hit his first HR of the season.

[west coast orange and black]

the good news: the big men have scored 8 runs in their first two games against good pitching of the defending division crownwinner.

the bad: well, we all know what the bad is.

[west coast orange and black]

bmc as stopper tomorrow!

[Honus Wagner Rules]

bmc as stopper tomorrow!

Yeah! Matt Cain will get the in tomorrow!

[KHenry14]

I didn't see today's game, but word is that Belt has a hole in his swing, specifically middle-in fastballs. Anyone seeing any evidence of this?

BTW, Panda is in all -star form already! And BMC FTW tomorrow!

[Rich the Giants fan]

Gary Brown is off to a 6-for-13 start with Richmond. TJ (who is going to be very, very good) is 1-for-12.

[Rich the Giants fan]

I didn't see today's game, but word is that Belt has a hole in his swing, specifically middle-in fastballs. Anyone seeing any evidence of this?

BTW, Panda is in all -star form already! And BMC FTW tomorrow!

The club wants him to stand taller and further back in the box with the intention of improving his ability to hit the fastball. He did get blown away on a couple of high, middle-in fastballs.

[Rich the Giants fan]

Irony: The Giants were 55-9 when scoring at least 4 runs in 2011. They've scored four runs in each of their first two games this year and are 0-2. Go figure.

And how about Brett Pill? Is he the first guy in history to hit home runs in his first at bat of the year in each of his first two big league seasons? Can he make it three in a row next year?

[dominik]

Irony: The Giants were 55-9 when scoring at least 4 runs in 2011. They've scored four runs in each of their first two games this year and are 0-2. Go figure.

And how about Brett Pill? Is he the first guy in history to hit home runs in his first at bat of the year in each of his first two big league seasons? Can he make it three in a row next year?

make it 0-3.

but still I think this is a good sign. they will be much better offensively this year and even if the pitchers got hammered in the first 3 games they will be very good again over the season. I can't see the diamondbacks beating the giants again this season. they just had terrible bad luck with injuries and still made it quite close (of course the division is really weak at the moment but still). with a full season of posey, melky and some young guys they should score a lot more runs and win the division.

[Rich the Giants fan]

Much too early to push the panic button, especially when scoring as much as they are. However, 1) they could still be hitting better w/RISP, 2) Arizona has a very good ballclub and it will be a dogfight all year long, 3) Chase Field sucks and 4) that series just flat out sucked. Lots of mistakes and disconcerting to see the pitching flounder like that.

Also, I saw on the broadcast that at the very least, Pill is the first SF Giant to homer in his first PA in back-to-back seasons.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Barry Zito + Coors Field = beat down?

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Pablo goes deep on the first pitching of his first AB! Giants lead 2-0! Go Panda!