Idiots Write About The Giants
"The Giants" archive
Wednesday 16 November
- The Artless Dodgers (13:07) - See, Dodger fans? It's not so hard to make ax-grinding, sabermetrics-and-young-people-hatin' Los Angeles Times hack Bill Plaschke happy when hiring... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 11 November
- Fire Steve Phillips (16:57) - (apologies to Ken Tremendous and company) ESPN "Insider" (that means you have to pay to read him) Steve Phillips today... | 0 Trackbacks
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Saturday 29 October
- Thank You, Mr. McCourt (14:24) - On behalf of all Giants fans, I'd like to thank Frank McCourt for firing a young, smart general manager and... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 18 October
- Department of Schadenfreude (13:39) - When Pujols hit the home run, I turned to my wife and said, "I don't feel so bad about the... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 28 September
- Alien Planet Baseball Standings (16:22) - The comments to my Baseball Fever - Inoculate Against It! post made me think once again about what would happen... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 26 September
Tuesday 13 September
Sunday 21 August
- So Sleepy... (10:07) - I can't believe Jason hasn't jumped all over this quote -- which comes to us courtesy of Fire Jim Tracy... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 10 August
- Krugerrands (10:01) - So KNBR (The Sports Leader) fired Larry Krueger a week after declaring that "he won't be fired." On the one... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 8 August
- Collectors' Items (13:12) - Thank you, Phil, for keeping the news about how freedom is slavery alive and well on Idiots Write About Sports.... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 21 June
- The Long and Winding Road (10:45) - If you live on the West Coast, at some point in time, you will find yourself driving up and/or down... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 26 May
Friday 20 May
- A Friendly Wager (14:38) - With the A's and the Giants meeting in pitched battle this weekend, Jason and I will be setting aside our... | 0 Trackbacks
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Sunday 24 April
- Rainy Day Sun (11:08) - Went to my first in-person Giants game of the season Saturday. It's always a bit laborious to bring two adults,... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 22 April
- Not so hotso (22:48) - So, um, the Giants. Can't pitch, can't hit, don't have their star players.... not a good situation. Now, if I... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 8 April
- Rockie VIIth (22:56) - The Giants' bullpen is, to put it mildly, not really working out so far this year. Noah Lowry pitched an... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 6 April
- Nickname Vindication (20:10) - For at least three years I've been calling Pedro Feliz "Happy Pete." Three long years of attempting to make a... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 5 April
- 161 to Go! (Giants 4, Dodgers 2) (16:20) - Whose Mondo? Our Mondo. Sterling defense from Giants new and old, and a nifty save in the Benitezenth, er, Beninthtez... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 4 April
- BALCO Luck Next Year (14:51) - Hey! The Pulitzer Prizes were announced today. Notice what didn't win any awards? The Chronicle's award-begging series on the BALCO... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 24 February
- Sensible Journalism (10:03) - You will not find a more sensible article about the Barry Bonds story than Joe Sheehan's piece at Baseball Prospectus.... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Bad Journalism (09:57) - So Barry Bonds complains that journalists are out to get him because he doesn't kiss their asses. What's the response... | 0 Trackbacks
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Sunday 13 February
- An Idiot's Guide to Spring Training: Part Two (17:11) - In part one of our epic-length, extended-dance-remix-version Spring Training Guide, we talked about the various venues in the Phoenix-Scottsdale area.... | 0 Trackbacks
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Saturday 12 February
Monday 7 February
- Pierzynski and the Beanstalk (23:28) - Continuing the tales of Korean baseball cartoons, BatGirl links to a wacky Twins entry that not only features Johan Santana... | 0 Trackbacks
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Saturday 29 January
- Great New Giants Site (12:43) - Grant of Waiting for Boof fame has launched his new site, McCovey Chronicles. Highly recommended. His pieces are often hilarious,... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 4 October
- Boof's Already Gone, Chief (10:17) - Let me explain the incredibly funny, sad, occasionally venomous piece over on Waiting for Boof. No, there is too much.... | 0 Trackbacks
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Sunday 3 October
- Things We Learned (14:34) - As the season wore on, I wrote less and less about the 2004 Giants. Partially that was because of things... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 24 September
- That Is One Crazy Cowboy (01:35) - Writing for Slate, Robert Weintraub offers a thesis about a certain cowboy who grew up a mere 18 miles from... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 14 September
- I Just Flew Back From Kauai... (12:06) - ... and boy are my arms tired. Over-used Henny Youngman jokes aside, I've been traipsing about the Garden Island for... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 30 August
- Meathead (13:07) - Today's Giants game was ugly. Ugly because of the unfortunate three-run seventh inning for the Giants, ugly because of the... | 1 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 17 August
- Memo to the Bullpen (22:03) - Dear Scott Eyre, You may not be aware of this fact, but you are a professional in a game --... | 0 Trackbacks
Monday 16 August
- Schadenfreude (15:22) - This was an interesting week to be a Giants fan. First came the two blown games in Pittsburgh. And let's... | 0 Trackbacks
- Dante's Pennant Race (13:53) - "The wild card is the purgatory of the lost. It's a place souls go and wait millions of years until... | 0 Trackbacks
Wednesday 11 August
- Show Me the Money, Magowan (16:45) - I was going to show Jason this item from Only Baseball Matters on how the Giants may be pulling a... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 10 August
- Glovetown (20:46) - Brutal. -C Wilson safe at first on error by shortstop C Ransom, R Mackowiak to third. -J Wilson reached on... | 0 Trackbacks
Monday 2 August
- Not Worth It (10:12) - Games like last night's Giants-Cardinals tilt are the reason why I haven't been writing much this summer. Well, that and...
Monday 5 July
- Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Cold (11:04) - Contretemps in yesterday's Giants-A's finale at Texas-Based Telecom Company Ballfield. Mark Mulder plunked Barry Bonds on the wrist to lead... | 0 Trackbacks
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Saturday 26 June
- Idiot Questions Answered by Other Idiots (20:21) - Yes, Jason, Phil saw the play of which you speak, and yes, it irritated him greatly, though not as much...
- Fielder's Brain Lock (18:49) - In last night's Giants-A's tilt, there was a particularly awful A's play in the first inning. I'm sure Phil was...
Thursday 24 June
- Drama (21:32) - All told, it was a pretty good day to go see a game. The game itself, an oddball 4 pm...
- Giant Hubbub (12:20) - Three in a row against the Dodgers. A game and a half lead in the I-got-it-you-take-it NL west. Who are...
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Tuesday 22 June
- Gagne With a Spoon (20:45) - When the ninth inning began last night with Guillermo Mota on the mound rather than Eric Gagne, I began to...
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Sunday 13 June
- 23 Innings: TiVo Tips (11:03) - When you're watching a double-extra-inning doubleheader, use 21st-century technology as a viewing aid. Record both games. Don't start watching the...
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Tuesday 8 June
- Puka Shells (23:13) - Lou Piniella tried to shake Jerome Williams by getting him to remove his puka shell necklace during today's game. Nice...
- Lurie to Naimoli to Shinn to Shorenstein to McGowan (17:49) - The Giants are playing in Tampa (okay, St. Petersburg -- should they change the name to Leningrad just to be...
Friday 4 June
- Zzzzzzzzzzzzz (00:22) - I haven't written about the Giants a lot lately. One reason is that I was gone for two weeks; another...
Sunday 30 May
- Bad Luck Charm (19:36) - So I leave the Bay Area for two weeks, and what happens? The Giants bob up above .500 and go...
Friday 14 May
Thursday 13 May
- Keep It Close, Lose With Dignity (16:18) - Another day at the ballpark, this time courtesy of my generous employer, and Barry's total stats in games I've attended...
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Friday 7 May
- New Giants Offensive Strategy (21:04) - Great event tonight. Eighth inning, man on second. Neifi Perez is up, with Kirk Rueter to follow. What does Felipe... | 0 Trackbacks
Sunday 2 May
Friday 30 April
Monday 26 April
Sunday 18 April
Saturday 17 April
- Friday Night Pitchers' Duel (09:49) - Great game last night. Perez versus Schmidt, and despite being a tad shaky at first, Schmidt appears to be the... | 0 Trackbacks
Tuesday 13 April
- Walking Around The Park (14:36) - Due to a ticket snafu, I had to walk down to XYZ Park this afternoon to pick up my tickets... | 0 Trackbacks
Monday 12 April
- How to Pitch to Happy Pete (10:13) - It's nice to know that although I think I am alone, sitting on my couch watching Giants games, I am... | 0 Trackbacks
Sunday 11 April
- Spacious Petco (13:45) - After watching two games at Petco Park, I have come to realize that it's going to take some getting used... | 0 Trackbacks
Wednesday 7 April
- Boo Hoo - Rastros Fear Torches (15:51) - William C. Rhoden of the New York Times has it exactly right: "Mays has stature. If he wants to meet... | 0 Trackbacks
- Giant Neifis and Giant TVs (10:40) - I watched the game last night on my new gigantic TV set, bought with some of my ill-gotten gains from... | 1 Trackbacks
Tuesday 6 April
- Marco! Scutaro! (00:04) - My wife has really turned into a baseball fan. Which is impressive, because when we met she was not interested... | 0 Trackbacks
Saturday 3 April
- Voice of the Home Team (19:59) - Last night's Giants-A's preseason tilt was broadcast live from XYZ Park by KICU (Slogan: "Action 36!" because "KTVU's Sloppy Seconds"... | 0 Trackbacks
Friday 2 April
- Waiting for Barry (17:45) - If there's a consensus in the picks for the NL West this year, it's that there's no consensus. Some people... | 0 Trackbacks
Tuesday 16 December