San Francisco Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates GameThread, May 7, 2008 7:05 PM EDT

X man

hell of a catch

by DITO on May 7, 2008 7:07 PM EDT 0 recs

starting lineup

from the box score

Freddy
Bautista
Nate
Bay
X-man
LaRoche
Paulino
Bixler
Dumatrait

let’s hope the offense can score some runs tonight (if they can’t hit Zito, there’s no hope)

by humbucker on May 7, 2008 7:09 PM EDT 0 recs

I like it

and it is a good day to give Doumit off…Paulino should be able to hit Zito

by DITO on May 7, 2008 7:13 PM EDT up 0 recs

No Doumit?

Argh.

by Hitman Easler on May 7, 2008 7:12 PM EDT 0 recs

You’ve got to sit him sometimes, so I guess it makes sense to sit him against lefties. It’d be wonderful to get him in there at first or something, though.

by Charlie on May 7, 2008 7:17 PM EDT up 0 recs

Agreed

but I guess you have to give LaRoche a chance to do it a couple nights in a row

by DITO on May 7, 2008 7:19 PM EDT up 0 recs

I suppose....Ronny Ballgame, Bixler, and Dumatrait....

Yikes.

by Hitman Easler on May 7, 2008 7:23 PM EDT up 0 recs

Zito

is throwing 85mph four seam fastballs and 81-82mph two seam fastballs at the letters…my prediction is this gets ugly fast

by DITO on May 7, 2008 7:14 PM EDT 0 recs

......2 Ks.

by Hitman Easler on May 7, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up 0 recs

I never was very good at making predictions

by DITO on May 7, 2008 7:22 PM EDT up 0 recs

It's only the 1st inning

It took the Bucs 3 innings yesterday to get it going.

by Bad Andy on May 7, 2008 7:25 PM EDT up 0 recs

Nady

just whiffed on a 84mph fastball down the pipe

by DITO on May 7, 2008 7:21 PM EDT 0 recs

He was probably waiting on one of those 81 MPH heaters.

by Charlie on May 7, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up 0 recs

Two men on, no outs.

by Charlie on May 7, 2008 7:26 PM EDT 0 recs

so all I saw when Burnett was in were some hard-hit balls that weren’t very encouraging. But, FSN’s gun read 92, huh? I’d say that is reason enough to give him a while to see if he can fall into a bullpen role.

by DITO on May 7, 2008 7:28 PM EDT 0 recs

Yeah, he threw one 92-MPH fastball that I saw. The couple others where I paid attention to the velocity were around 90.

by Charlie on May 7, 2008 7:30 PM EDT up 0 recs

Bocock! You don’t even have to be drinking to find that funny.

by Charlie on May 7, 2008 7:33 PM EDT 0 recs

sucks to be him

You're a Pirates fan?

by thegetupkids on May 7, 2008 7:35 PM EDT up 0 recs

I’d change my name to something funny for the ability to be an MLB starting shortstop, even a catastrophically awful one.

by Charlie on May 7, 2008 7:36 PM EDT up 0 recs

good job

dumatrait

You're a Pirates fan?

by thegetupkids on May 7, 2008 7:34 PM EDT 0 recs

Come on

Bixler ripped that ball

by DITO on May 7, 2008 7:41 PM EDT 0 recs

ugh

You're a Pirates fan?

by thegetupkids on May 7, 2008 7:42 PM EDT 0 recs

Nice inning!

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on May 7, 2008 7:47 PM EDT 0 recs

This is certainly better than the typical Morris outing. Of course, the fact that it’s the Giants probably doesn’t hurt.

by Charlie on May 7, 2008 7:49 PM EDT 0 recs

Bay

Just jumped on for a second….was listening to Bob Walk critique Paulino’s at bat when he chased a 2-0 pitch. Walk was right on, talking about how when you are in control you look for something to drive. In hitters counts you have to take advantage and look for your pitch. This is why I was apoplectic when Bay took a 3-1 fastball right down the pipe in the first inning with two runners on. Yea the guy has 26 walks, but is hitting below .200 w/RISP. He needs to drive that pitch. I don’t get it. He pains me. Send him to Seattle quickly please.

by dtoddwin on May 7, 2008 7:50 PM EDT 0 recs

Yeah

I was thinking that, too. That pitch was belt high, right down the middle, mid 80s. What else are you looking for against Zito in a 3-1 count?

by DITO on May 7, 2008 7:52 PM EDT up 0 recs

Oh my

that was not a strike.

Did you see Molina’s attempt to frame that? He pulled his glove down over a foot.

by DITO on May 7, 2008 7:56 PM EDT 0 recs

Zito looks like Santana.

Figures.

by Hitman Easler on May 7, 2008 7:56 PM EDT 0 recs

His changeup looks good,

but he doesn’t have the fastball to go with it. There is no way he can keep zeros up much longer.

by DITO on May 7, 2008 7:58 PM EDT up 0 recs

Hyperbole on my part.....

Focker had 11 k’s coming in and has 5 tonight.

by Hitman Easler on May 7, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up 0 recs

Jose got jobbed.

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on May 7, 2008 7:56 PM EDT 0 recs

Even so

Why is Joey Bats batting 2nd?

by Bad Andy on May 7, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up 0 recs

That’s a good question.

by Charlie on May 7, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up 0 recs

Does it have anything to do with Nate’s implied dissatisfaction with batting 2nd last night? Or maybe they look at this match-up with the Giants as sort of a laboratory series, since it’s one of the few teams that they’ve dominated the last couple of years…

.500 or bust...

by phillybucco on May 7, 2008 8:00 PM EDT up 0 recs