Candlestick Crush

Jonathan Sanchez: The most perfect no-no ever that wasn’t?

mlblogscandlestickcrush — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:46:55 +0000

Congratulations goes out to Jonathan Sanchez for a completely amazing performance last night. I had released him from my fantasy baseball team a few days earlier and picked up Mr. Sadowski. Shows what I know. He gave credit to Dave Righetti afterwords in a classy interview; funny that it took a demotion to the bullpen to see the light. A guy who has never thrown a complete game, comes within 1 Juan Uribe boot of perfection. Amazing.

Kung-Fu Panda got screwed

mlblogscandlestickcrush — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:42:55 +0000

Well, if they didn’t already, at least the whole baseball world is familar with our likeable 3rd baseman. That fact of the matter is that Pablo Sandoval got completely screwed becaue of 2 politicians that have no business influencing All-Star votes. Everyone knows he deserved it more, even fanatic Phillies fans. Here’s to an amazing 1st half by the Panda! I can smell the postseason!

Will THIS Barry Zito please stick around?

mlblogscandlestickcrush — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:08:46 +0000

All Giants’ fans were without a doubt pleased with Barry’s performance tonight with 8 1/3 shutout innings. I loved the way he worked quickly, rarely missed location, and was incredibly focsed on the monud. We just need THIS Barry to stick around consistently. Listen, I know he gets the worst run support in MLB. He has been the 2008 Matt Cain in 2009 as far as run support. But he still has the terrible blow up inning every couple starts that guarantees a team with little power no shot at coming back.

Barry Zito needs to start pitching as consistently as one would expect a $126 million pitcher to pitch. Thanks Barry for the great performance tonight. Now rinse and repeat.

Brian Wilson freaks me out

mlblogscandlestickcrush — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:08:39 +0000

After watching Matt Cain pitch another masterful performance tonight against the Marlins, Affeldt came in and was great as usual for 1 1/3. Then Brian Wilson comes in. I had such a great feeling going into the 9th inning. Pablo Sandoval hit a dramatic Grand Slam earlier, and the Giants were up 5-2 in the 9th. It shouldn’t have been that intresting in the 9th. Mr. Wilson couldn’t figure out how to throw a first pitch strike to almost every hitter he faced, and quickly allowed 1 run. He got a taylor made double play ball that should have eneded the game, but instead of throwing to Molina for the 1-2-3 double play, he threw to 2nd, which would have still ended the game, if he hadn’t thrown a change-up to Renteria. I didn’t know he could actully throw a baseball less than 90, but I guess he can just to make the game more scary. So the double play wasn’t turned. In the end, Mr. Wilson got the job done, and I give him credit for that. Am I being too greedy if I ask for a calmer 9th inning?