The Glasses
It was so ugly, no not the horn rim glasses flashed by Tomlinson after his walk-off single enabled the Giants to beat the Cardinals 5-4 Friday night. The game was ugly and one that the Giants did not deserved to win but neither did the Cards. So I guess the Orange and Black will take it.
Myron Bryd hit a grand slam after two Cardinal errors allowed the Giants to load the bases. Then in the next inning the Giants botched two double plays enabling the Cardinals to close the gap to 4-3. In the Cardinals 6th inning after a single the runner advanced to second on a fly to right. Bryd instead of going back then moving forward to catch the ball so he could throw just back peddled so when he caught the ball he was in position to make a good throw to second. The next batter also few out and the runner moved to third and then scored on a wild pitch to tie the game.
In the Giants 8th Blanco laid down a bunt that the Cards pitcher Broxton rushed over and pick it up just before it went foul only to flip the ball down the right field line. With Blanco on second the Cardinal television announcers could not understand why Tomlinson was not bunting. As we mention recently in this blog its the job of hitter to get that runner home from second. Tomlinson walked and then Adrianza bunted the runners along. Baseball is a game of 27 outs the Giants just gave the Cards one. Now the Giants have runners on second and third and only one out. The pitcher is due up so who is going to bat. Bochy had a pretty good idea that Maxwell would strike out and he obviously still does not have any confidence in Perez so Susac was called upon. We mentioned recently that we thought that the Giants had overrated Susac and he proved us correct at least at this at bat by striking out. Aoki walked and Duffy struck out. It was not a good game for the rookie of the year candidate. So the game is tied going into the ninth.
In the Giants ninth the Cards brought in a left handed pitcher that could not get the ball over the plate which set up Tomlinson bases loaded walk-off hit. Last weekend you could get horn rim glasses at Walgreens 2 for $5. This weekend there is a special $10.
Pro Football
The SC Prune Pickers will be playing the Denver Broncos tonight at Mile Hi Stadium without Ahmad Brooks. He was indicted this week by SCGJ on one count of rape of a drunk person which I assume was female but who knows these days. The courts are full of these cases usually involving athletes who have money. Some are guilty and others have been set up. We don 't know the story with Brooks but we do know that he is guilty of being 'stupid'.
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Friday, August 28, 2015
The Cubs Are Human!
Giants - Cubs Series
The Chicago Cubs had taken five in a row from the Giants and finally the Orange and Black responded by winning the final two games of the year series thanks to a gutty performance by Peavy in the second game and another outstanding effort by Bumgarner on Thursday.
By the end of the final game of the series good news on the injury list was coming in when it was felt that Crawford would be back soon along with Blanco and it is even questionable if Duffy was even injured at all since he was back at full strength Thursday. Then we hear that Pagan is due back soon and we have to wonder what's to get excited about. All these players were playing for the Giants when the Cubs swept them. It wasn't until Perez, Adrianza and Tomlinson all River Cats a month ago led the Giants with their steller play to win the two final games of the series. The word is out to those injured, 'Take your Time'!
Perez played second base in the first game of the Cubs series because Crawford was injured. Perez had played the infield for Fresno when he first became a Giant farmhand. The team was hoping that he could play both the outfield and infield and be a super utility player. Unfortunately he made too many errors playing shortstop so he became an outfielder full time.
This is only a rumor. Bumgarner had made it known that he wants to participate in the 2016 All Star Game Home Run Derby but only if Mike Cain agrees to be his pitcher.
I mentioned in my last post that I thought Arizona could sneak in and take the NL West title. I had said this a couple of months ago and then the DBacks started on a long losing streak. Since I made the comment last Sunday the Diamondbacks lost four in a row to St. Louis. I guess I jinxed them.
Red Sox Blame
Pablo is having a horrible season for the Red Sox who were hoping that the ex-Giant would lead the Boston team back into the playoffs. The last we looked he is batting a little over .250 and has been terrible in the field. He hasn't been traded yet. The Boston manager would have been fired by now but he ended up with a heart problem so he is out for the season. Don't expect him back next year. The General Manger has been fired and his job taken by the Detroit GM whose team has won two more games then the Sox this year. We read now that the television voice of the team has also been fired and will not be back next year. Don Orsillo has been the TV voice of the team since 2001.
In another media note Kate Longworth worked for CSBA for a few years mainly covering the Oakland A's and Raiders. She now does pre and post game interviews for the Arizona Diamondbacks. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona
The 2024 Olympics
The Los Angeles bid for 2024 Olympics is based primarily on the fact that they have all the venues within their county. In 1984 Orange County was included but not this time. The Opening ceremonies and track and field events are planned for the Coliseum which does not even have a track. $300,000 of the proposed $4.66 billion will be spent upgrading the Coliseum What a joke! It would be cheaper to tear down and start over. At least a billion in today's money is needed to bring the current almost one hundred year old structure up to date.
Money will be spent to upgrade the transit system. In other words they want people attending the Olympics to pay for a new subway line. There are thousand of yellow school district buses already bought by tax payers that can be used during the summer weeks to transport people around during the games from July 19 -August 4, 2024. The school districts could use the money. Money is also going to be used to upgrade hotels of which there are 50,000 rooms in quality hotels with a 13 mile radius of the Coliseum. Isn't that the job of Hilton and Marriot etc to upgrade their own hotels since they will be profiting plenty for charging up to $5,000. a night for a room. The cronies are already lined up at city hall waiting for their payoffs. I don't think the USA has a chance to host these games which I doubt very much will ever be played.
The Chicago Cubs had taken five in a row from the Giants and finally the Orange and Black responded by winning the final two games of the year series thanks to a gutty performance by Peavy in the second game and another outstanding effort by Bumgarner on Thursday.
By the end of the final game of the series good news on the injury list was coming in when it was felt that Crawford would be back soon along with Blanco and it is even questionable if Duffy was even injured at all since he was back at full strength Thursday. Then we hear that Pagan is due back soon and we have to wonder what's to get excited about. All these players were playing for the Giants when the Cubs swept them. It wasn't until Perez, Adrianza and Tomlinson all River Cats a month ago led the Giants with their steller play to win the two final games of the series. The word is out to those injured, 'Take your Time'!
Perez played second base in the first game of the Cubs series because Crawford was injured. Perez had played the infield for Fresno when he first became a Giant farmhand. The team was hoping that he could play both the outfield and infield and be a super utility player. Unfortunately he made too many errors playing shortstop so he became an outfielder full time.
This is only a rumor. Bumgarner had made it known that he wants to participate in the 2016 All Star Game Home Run Derby but only if Mike Cain agrees to be his pitcher.
I mentioned in my last post that I thought Arizona could sneak in and take the NL West title. I had said this a couple of months ago and then the DBacks started on a long losing streak. Since I made the comment last Sunday the Diamondbacks lost four in a row to St. Louis. I guess I jinxed them.
Red Sox Blame
Pablo is having a horrible season for the Red Sox who were hoping that the ex-Giant would lead the Boston team back into the playoffs. The last we looked he is batting a little over .250 and has been terrible in the field. He hasn't been traded yet. The Boston manager would have been fired by now but he ended up with a heart problem so he is out for the season. Don't expect him back next year. The General Manger has been fired and his job taken by the Detroit GM whose team has won two more games then the Sox this year. We read now that the television voice of the team has also been fired and will not be back next year. Don Orsillo has been the TV voice of the team since 2001.
In another media note Kate Longworth worked for CSBA for a few years mainly covering the Oakland A's and Raiders. She now does pre and post game interviews for the Arizona Diamondbacks. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona
The 2024 Olympics
The Los Angeles bid for 2024 Olympics is based primarily on the fact that they have all the venues within their county. In 1984 Orange County was included but not this time. The Opening ceremonies and track and field events are planned for the Coliseum which does not even have a track. $300,000 of the proposed $4.66 billion will be spent upgrading the Coliseum What a joke! It would be cheaper to tear down and start over. At least a billion in today's money is needed to bring the current almost one hundred year old structure up to date.
Money will be spent to upgrade the transit system. In other words they want people attending the Olympics to pay for a new subway line. There are thousand of yellow school district buses already bought by tax payers that can be used during the summer weeks to transport people around during the games from July 19 -August 4, 2024. The school districts could use the money. Money is also going to be used to upgrade hotels of which there are 50,000 rooms in quality hotels with a 13 mile radius of the Coliseum. Isn't that the job of Hilton and Marriot etc to upgrade their own hotels since they will be profiting plenty for charging up to $5,000. a night for a room. The cronies are already lined up at city hall waiting for their payoffs. I don't think the USA has a chance to host these games which I doubt very much will ever be played.
Monday, August 24, 2015
Prune Pickers Love Milk!
Giants Still Trail by 1 1/2 Games.
The Dodgers continue to lose and so do the Giants so I am wondering again like I did two months ago if Arizona might sneak in and win the West. The last time I said this the DBacks lost about five games in row. Will they do it again?
The Pirate Series
Aoki one of the best leadoff man in the majors was back for the Pirates opener but they batted him low in the batting order because Blanco had done so well leading off recently. Blanco went 0-5 failing to drive in runners in three different occasion with two out. I do not judge a lead off hitter by the number of times he gets on to start an game or inning. I look for one that get that two out hit to dive in a run. Blanco failed miserable in the Giants lack luster 4-0 loss to Pittsburgh. Harvey Kuenn was not particularly fast but the could put the bat on the ball and that is the reason he was the lead off hitter for the 1962 NL Champion Giants who lost a heart breaking game 7 to the Yankees in the World Series at Candlestick
Blanco was not benched but he batted 8th in the second game of the series and got two hits. Home runs by newly acquired Myron Byrd and Bumgarner featured the Giants 6-4 win over the Pirates. Bryd will at least give the Giants a threat in the lineup that sorely misses Panic and Pence.
The Pirates hit three home runs Saturday and the Giants none. Guess who won 3-2. What makes baseball a great game for the fans is the discussion about strategy. I never like a batter bunting with none out and a man on second to get him to third. That's what Adrianza did Saturday with none out. The Giants failed to score. When there is a man on second the hitters job is drive him in regardless if there is none out, one out, or two outs.
I mentioned recently I did not like the way the Giants were handling their bullpen. I wrote that they were using Konkos who is great in getting through one inning but putting him for the second inning could be disastrous. He was pitching in his second inning Saturday when the Pirates won with a two out walk off home run.
I didn't understand why they removed a good hitting pitcher Mike Leake after only 77 pitchers for a pinch hitter. Even Hall of Fame managers over manage.
We wrote when Susac injured his finger sliding head first into third that it was stupid. Boy was it. Bochy only called on his replacement Sanchez to catch two games and Posey started the rest. Could that be the reason that Posey has been a disaster at the plate on this trip?
It was just a few weeks ago when discussing Duffy as a rookie of the year candidate that Chris Heston's name was brought into the conversation. He had pitched a no hitter and won 11 games for the Giants. Oh how things changed! Now he is with Sacramento hopefully resting his tired arm so he can return and help the Giants in September.
The last game of the series played Sunday night was over in the first inning when the Pirates scored three runs off of Vogelsong. Pittsburgh tried to make a game of it for the national television audience by making all kinds of errors but the Giants said, No Thanks! Bochy benched Belt because of a left handed pitcher but perhaps he should have had Posey sit who went hitless again. When Posey doesn't hit and team doesn't have Panic and Pence there is really no chance. I am starting to believe that the Giants overrated Susac.
Giants Lose in St. Louis
It was pointed out that neither the Giants or Cardinals had any of their starting outfielders available for the series that was won by the Cards 2 games to 1. Vogelsong was the Giant hero with a very well pitched six innings Tuesday and Pérez made an absolutely fantastic catch over the right center field wall in Wednesday's game that saved Cain from a very early exist. Cain then settled down a pitched a solid three innings and the Giants are hoping it carries over to his next start. Bumgarner is now the team # 1 pinch hitter. Tomlinson has shown his inexperience at second base and Posey hit a couple of long drives to the wall in St. Louis that were caught and managed only one hit in the series.
It is really hard to imagine the Giants staying in this race without Panic or Pence the heart and soul of the team and both of whom could remain on the DL for weeks and possibly the season. But give the Giants credit regardless of the handicaps they never give up. Somehow thanks to Dodgers losses to the A's the Giants remain within striking distance.
The Media
CSBA has hired Ricky Waters 'the traitor' to work it's pre and post game shows of the 49ers. Remember the 49ers had just won the 1994 Super Bowl against the Chargers and he decided that the team did not run enough so he fled to 'greener' pastures. If he had stayed the Niners' would not have waited until 2012 to return to the Super Bowl. Now he gets to cover the team. Surprised they allowed it! I am losing my short term memory but long term I am still pretty accurate and I would not have hired him.
Will the Giants big four of Miller, Fleming, Kuiper and Krukow soon be three? It is seldom that one of the team is not on " assignment". Miller contract must be limited to the number of games and Fleming works for ESPN. Why do they need four when they get along just fine with three. Or will they go the other way and hire Flannery to the team. Tim has been the star of the pre and post games shows this year and he has worked for the Padres in a similar capacity in the past. Not sure he wants to commit the time. It will interesting to see what develops.
Pro Football
Don't mention his name. That's the message I am receiving from listening to the SC 49ers review their performance last Saturday in Houston. I am talking about the greatest rugby player in the world Jarryd Hayne first game as a 'Niner. He surprised everybody including the coaches who continue to downplay his unexpected performance. I guess they are afraid he might upset their personnel plans for the team. This is a real opportunity to excite the fans many of whom expect them to draft #1 next year. This should not surprise us since we understand that the 49ers organization leaves a lot to be desired. In other words they are 'stupid'. I don't think one would ever hear a baseball manager in spring training saying after a rookie had hit three home runs in his first two exhibition games is that he really can't hit and we won't be playing him anymore.
I understand fans will receive a packet of different supplies to help keep 'cool' at Levi Stadium this year. Not mentioned in the press release is the fact that fans will also receive a large packet of Kleenex to wipe away the tears.
I noticed that CSBA will not use the nickname of the NFL team in Washington DC. Figures since it is owned by NBC. In my book they are hypocrites. They call the Dallas team the Cowboys. Isn't that sexist today? They should really be called the Cow Persons or better still the Milk Persons so that animal lovers will not be upset. Then they call the SC Prune Pickers the 49ers. In reading their history the team was named after a bunch of alcoholic drunkards. Don't want to upset those people who don't drink. Those who love to eat prunes will know what this is all about.
Jerry Jones owner of the Milk Persons of Dallas hurt the feelings of the Prune Pickers management by commenting that he doesn't believe Levi Stadium turf is safe enough for his starters to play. Where they going to play anyway, Jerry? Tickets were going for under $1,000 so maybe it isn't worth playing regulars. The Prune Pickers head coach Tomsula defended the grounds crew saying that the field is in perfect condition which doesn't answer the question why they laid new turf. They had rolled up the turf from Candlestick when it was being torn down and brought to Levi to be used. Guess it didn't take. In fact no grass is going to take because the dirt grew prune trees for decades and is refusing to cooperate with the 49ers who again look 'stupid'. Don't believe the rumors that the NFL is thinking of moving Super Bowl 'L' game to Oakland which is actually more convenient for those who will be staying in San Francisco. It is however an alternative.
Sports Flash! The Prune Pickers beat the Milk Persons of Dallas 23-6 in what one might call a 'smoothie'. The Prune Pickers have advertised that they will be a running team and if tonight was any indication it is true since they threw only 17 times. Kaepernick played very little and what I saw looked the same---same plays same results. Perhaps he wasted his time this summer in Arizona. The Aussie continues to impress running the ball that helps give the faithful hope that this season may not be so bad after all. It look to me being about 400 miles from the stadium that the turf brought in special from Arizona held up for the game.
Win Over $1,000!
I will be emailing everyone information regarding a Monday Night Football Pool. I have been playing it for about ten years now and can honestly say I haven't won a penny. If your not interested just trash it. Look for it perhaps today but very soon.
College Football
The big news down in the southland is the fact that USC head football coach Steve Sarkisian made a fool of himself at a Saturday night 'Salute to Troy' gathering. He was inebriated or as we use to say 'drunk'. He not only embarrassed himself but also the University as well and had to be pulled from the microphone by Athletic Director Pat Hayden. I am surprised he wasn't fired last night. He still may be if the President of the University gets involved. I predicted the Trojans would be 9-3 this season and with their pre season hype would be a disappointment but maybe not bad enough to fire the coach. With this incident last Saturday night 9-3 will get him fired.
Monday, August 17, 2015
Now Whose Hot!
Giants
I wrote in the last post that the Giants were not ready to face the Washington Nationals. They had just gotten swept by the red hot Cubs and then were only able to score three runs in splitting two games with the Astros.
They made me look stupid as they swept four games from the Nationals knocking out some the best starting pitchers in baseball. Hasn't that been the Giants all year? Streaky! There were many stars for the Giants led by Bumgarner great game Sunday, the relief staff, and the continual steady hitting of Blanco, Duffy, Posey, Belt and Pence.
Bochy has played musical chairs at second starring Tomlinson on Thursday. He blew a double play so Adrianza started Friday. He also blew a play in the filed so Tomlinson was back at second and used the opportunity to get a couple of important extra base hits. As K & K said on television he needs to work on his pivot at second base. Then I ask what do they teach them in the minors? Adrianza and Perez continue to disappoint me at the plate.
The Giants have made an offer for Utley of the Phillies. Forget it. Tear it up. All he wants is playing time to showcase himself for a team next year. He has no intention of really helping a team like the Giants win. The Giants don't need him.
The new Giants starter Mike Leake is scheduled to pitch Tuesday in St. Louis. They need to drop a player and the most obvious choice would be Osich whose has options left. He has pitched well for the Giants so it is not an easy decision. Cain should be the pitcher dropped but I don't think there is any real way can do it without putting him on the DL. Or they could possibly say good-bye to Lincecum and put him on the 60 day DL.
What Giant team will show up this week in St. Louis and Pittsburgh?
49ers
Some of you might read Bleacher Report on the web. A few days ago they had the projected records of all the NFL teams for the coming season and the 49ers are expected to be 3-13. They are right about 20% of the time. So if you can still get over or under six wins for the season at Vegas for the 49er it looks like a good bet to pick under. Don't tell me its not worth reading this blog.
The Niners Saturday night 23-10 loss was not on television or radio in the Los Angeles market. However the 6 o'clock news on ABC7 Saturday had highlights of the game in progress so I did see Houston's big touchdown and a few other plays. The talk of the game has to be former rugby star from Australia Jarryd Hayne who impressed with a long run. Will talk about this sensation make the faithful forget the many other 49er problems? The weekend was topped off with the very popular Aussie Jason Day wining the PGA tournament. It wasn't too many decades ago that Australians only won tennis matches.
Incidentally Houston is also expected to be 3-13 this season so the pre season game was an even match up .
I wrote in the last post that the Giants were not ready to face the Washington Nationals. They had just gotten swept by the red hot Cubs and then were only able to score three runs in splitting two games with the Astros.
They made me look stupid as they swept four games from the Nationals knocking out some the best starting pitchers in baseball. Hasn't that been the Giants all year? Streaky! There were many stars for the Giants led by Bumgarner great game Sunday, the relief staff, and the continual steady hitting of Blanco, Duffy, Posey, Belt and Pence.
Bochy has played musical chairs at second starring Tomlinson on Thursday. He blew a double play so Adrianza started Friday. He also blew a play in the filed so Tomlinson was back at second and used the opportunity to get a couple of important extra base hits. As K & K said on television he needs to work on his pivot at second base. Then I ask what do they teach them in the minors? Adrianza and Perez continue to disappoint me at the plate.
The Giants have made an offer for Utley of the Phillies. Forget it. Tear it up. All he wants is playing time to showcase himself for a team next year. He has no intention of really helping a team like the Giants win. The Giants don't need him.
The new Giants starter Mike Leake is scheduled to pitch Tuesday in St. Louis. They need to drop a player and the most obvious choice would be Osich whose has options left. He has pitched well for the Giants so it is not an easy decision. Cain should be the pitcher dropped but I don't think there is any real way can do it without putting him on the DL. Or they could possibly say good-bye to Lincecum and put him on the 60 day DL.
What Giant team will show up this week in St. Louis and Pittsburgh?
49ers
Some of you might read Bleacher Report on the web. A few days ago they had the projected records of all the NFL teams for the coming season and the 49ers are expected to be 3-13. They are right about 20% of the time. So if you can still get over or under six wins for the season at Vegas for the 49er it looks like a good bet to pick under. Don't tell me its not worth reading this blog.
The Niners Saturday night 23-10 loss was not on television or radio in the Los Angeles market. However the 6 o'clock news on ABC7 Saturday had highlights of the game in progress so I did see Houston's big touchdown and a few other plays. The talk of the game has to be former rugby star from Australia Jarryd Hayne who impressed with a long run. Will talk about this sensation make the faithful forget the many other 49er problems? The weekend was topped off with the very popular Aussie Jason Day wining the PGA tournament. It wasn't too many decades ago that Australians only won tennis matches.
Incidentally Houston is also expected to be 3-13 this season so the pre season game was an even match up .
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Whose Kidding Who?
Giants Split with Astros
Bumgarner was great Heston lost but pitched very well and Belt hit two homeruns Tuesday night which was just enough to give the Giants a two game split with the Astros. Most of Giant bats were silent. Pence is in one of his slumps going hitless against Houston and Posey starting to show the fatigue of catching everyday.
I don't like the way they are handling their relief staff. Konkos has been great as the middle inning closer coming in the 6th or 7th inning and shutting down a team. In addition now he is pitching the next inning. Big mistake!
Both lefthanders Osich and Lopez had 0-2 on batters today and ended up walking them.
Pagan went on the DL. This blog has not been kind to Pagan this year although we knew he was playing hurt. He has missed major portions of the last two seasons so this year he wanted to show the Giants he could play nearly everyday. I can understand his motives because he thought he could help the team and save his job for next year. The facts speak for themselves he can't last a season but it wasn't for the lack of effort.
I could not believe Aoki was back in the lineup today. Lasted about five innings. DL?
Although the Giants probably don't know for sure but its beginning to look like Panic could possibly be through for the season. Tremendous loss!
It looks now as if the Giants will take a flyer with Utley who is on the last days of his career. Its probably out of desperation more then anything else. Can he be the 2015 Cody Ross or Marco Scutaro with still a few homeruns left in his old bat that could help spark the team?
Whose kidding who? The Giants are not ready to play Washington. A split in the four game series should thrill Giant fans.
2024 Olympics
Los Angeles believes they are a perfect selection for the United States proposed Olympics site for 2024 because they have all the facilities. Baloney! Where is track to hold around 80,000 people? Not at the LA Coliseum who eliminated the track over 15 years ago in order to have seats closer to the field for football. Of course the Olympics could use the new USC Track which holds 5,000 and have a lottery for tickets starting at about $25,000. The Coliseum would have to be torn apart again to make room to put the track back and with USC slowly remodeling the historic landmark it doesn't seem very feasible. Don't look for the proposed new NFL stadiums to include room for a track unless they are paid off big time.
I use to love the Olympics when it was for amateurs. Now it is a show case for millionaires in most sports. Let the college kids play!
San Francisco Bay Area has the same problem. Stanford tore down their stadium that had a track and held around 90,000 and UC Berkeley never had a track in Memorial Stadium. Leaders must be asking themselves why did we ever rebuild Kezar that now hold about 5,000 when it use to sit 60,000. Come to think of it, I guess it was falling apart. They don't build stadiums today like they did the days of the Romans.
It is my opinion bringing the Olympics to a city only means payoff big time that will cost taxpayers plenty in the long run. The Olympics put the soccer scandal to shame.
49er History
I'm in the process of reading Dave Newhouse's new book on the 49ers and thought I would pass on a few little tid bits.
One of the original part owners of the 49ers was Allen Sorrell who was in the lumber yard business. He was the one who picked "49ers" as the nickname because San Francisco was born out of the gold rush. Later he saw a cartoon of a 'drunken' 49er shooting off guns. This became the opening day program cover, the teams nickname and logo until the early 1960s. The current 'SF' logo was then adopted and the question is when will it be changed to 'SC' or possibly a prune picker. Perhaps never, if you consider that the Giants have NY on their helmets and they play in New Jersey, the Los Angeles Angeles play in Anaheim and when the Raiders move to Carson I understand they will keep the name Oakland at the wishes of Los Angeles. They will more then likely just be known as 'the Raiders'
The 49ers lost their first AAFC game 21-7 to the New York Yankees in 1946 before a crowd of 35,698 disappointed fans. There were 2,000 tickets sold before the game meaning that over 33,000 were walkups. There weren't enough ticket sellers at Kezar so 49er personnel like the Assistant General Manager became ticket sellers for the game.
The 49er Million Dollar backfield consisted of Y.A. Tittle, Hugh McElhenny, John Henry Johnson and Joe Perry all members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Today their value would probably exceed $10,000,000. The real cost in 1955 was $70,000.
New Stadiums
The NFL owners met this week and still no decision on Los Angeles. They are trying to get as much welfare money out of the cities as possible. They hate the Ram owner because he would build his stadium without public assistance and that would not go well for financing future new stadiums.
Loyal blog reader JL from the state Capital area sent me an article reporting "At a sun-drenched conference overlooking aging Qualcomm Stadium, Mayor Kevin Faulconer unveiled a financial plan, architectural renderings for a new stadium and a 6,000 page draft of an environmental report." An I understand through contacts in San Francisco that even with 6,000 pages the report will not pass the mustard. All I can do is recommend that the person or persons reading the report have plenty of toilet paper available.
Bumgarner was great Heston lost but pitched very well and Belt hit two homeruns Tuesday night which was just enough to give the Giants a two game split with the Astros. Most of Giant bats were silent. Pence is in one of his slumps going hitless against Houston and Posey starting to show the fatigue of catching everyday.
I don't like the way they are handling their relief staff. Konkos has been great as the middle inning closer coming in the 6th or 7th inning and shutting down a team. In addition now he is pitching the next inning. Big mistake!
Both lefthanders Osich and Lopez had 0-2 on batters today and ended up walking them.
Pagan went on the DL. This blog has not been kind to Pagan this year although we knew he was playing hurt. He has missed major portions of the last two seasons so this year he wanted to show the Giants he could play nearly everyday. I can understand his motives because he thought he could help the team and save his job for next year. The facts speak for themselves he can't last a season but it wasn't for the lack of effort.
I could not believe Aoki was back in the lineup today. Lasted about five innings. DL?
Although the Giants probably don't know for sure but its beginning to look like Panic could possibly be through for the season. Tremendous loss!
It looks now as if the Giants will take a flyer with Utley who is on the last days of his career. Its probably out of desperation more then anything else. Can he be the 2015 Cody Ross or Marco Scutaro with still a few homeruns left in his old bat that could help spark the team?
Whose kidding who? The Giants are not ready to play Washington. A split in the four game series should thrill Giant fans.
2024 Olympics
Los Angeles believes they are a perfect selection for the United States proposed Olympics site for 2024 because they have all the facilities. Baloney! Where is track to hold around 80,000 people? Not at the LA Coliseum who eliminated the track over 15 years ago in order to have seats closer to the field for football. Of course the Olympics could use the new USC Track which holds 5,000 and have a lottery for tickets starting at about $25,000. The Coliseum would have to be torn apart again to make room to put the track back and with USC slowly remodeling the historic landmark it doesn't seem very feasible. Don't look for the proposed new NFL stadiums to include room for a track unless they are paid off big time.
I use to love the Olympics when it was for amateurs. Now it is a show case for millionaires in most sports. Let the college kids play!
San Francisco Bay Area has the same problem. Stanford tore down their stadium that had a track and held around 90,000 and UC Berkeley never had a track in Memorial Stadium. Leaders must be asking themselves why did we ever rebuild Kezar that now hold about 5,000 when it use to sit 60,000. Come to think of it, I guess it was falling apart. They don't build stadiums today like they did the days of the Romans.
It is my opinion bringing the Olympics to a city only means payoff big time that will cost taxpayers plenty in the long run. The Olympics put the soccer scandal to shame.
49er History
I'm in the process of reading Dave Newhouse's new book on the 49ers and thought I would pass on a few little tid bits.
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The 49ers lost their first AAFC game 21-7 to the New York Yankees in 1946 before a crowd of 35,698 disappointed fans. There were 2,000 tickets sold before the game meaning that over 33,000 were walkups. There weren't enough ticket sellers at Kezar so 49er personnel like the Assistant General Manager became ticket sellers for the game.
The 49er Million Dollar backfield consisted of Y.A. Tittle, Hugh McElhenny, John Henry Johnson and Joe Perry all members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Today their value would probably exceed $10,000,000. The real cost in 1955 was $70,000.
New Stadiums
The NFL owners met this week and still no decision on Los Angeles. They are trying to get as much welfare money out of the cities as possible. They hate the Ram owner because he would build his stadium without public assistance and that would not go well for financing future new stadiums.
Loyal blog reader JL from the state Capital area sent me an article reporting "At a sun-drenched conference overlooking aging Qualcomm Stadium, Mayor Kevin Faulconer unveiled a financial plan, architectural renderings for a new stadium and a 6,000 page draft of an environmental report." An I understand through contacts in San Francisco that even with 6,000 pages the report will not pass the mustard. All I can do is recommend that the person or persons reading the report have plenty of toilet paper available.
Monday, August 10, 2015
Only 3 Games Out
Giants
Only in the NL West can a team lose 6 out of 9 on a road trip and still only be 3 games out of first place. The Giants can't thank the Dodgers enough! A hard schedule, a collapsed and over worked pitching staff coupled with some tough breaks will make it very hard if not impossible to go on another six game winning streak which they need desperately. The loss of Panic hurts because I feel that he is the glue of the team. They never seem to play as well when he is not in the lineup. The very hot Cubs just took the Giants to the cleaners but thanks to the Dodgers losing they did got get hung out to dry.
I believe a key turning point of the season will be the next two games against the Astros. Bumgarner has got to win and if Heston can get back on track, pitches well and wins his next start the Cub nightmare will be forgotten especially if the Dodgers keep losing. If they don't win and the Astros sweep them even though its only August it will be a tough road with their current pitching.
What are the Giants going to do for pitching? I am sure Bochy had an extra drink on the flight back to SF trying to figure it out. Vogelsong will be back starting, Peavy can give you five innings and I guess they will have to continue to go with Cain and hope Leach comes off the DL as soon as possible. Do they have anyone in Sacramento or Richmond that could possibly start?
The rookie infielder Tomlinson off to great start but looked over matched at the plate in Chicago.
The loss of Aoki will hurt and keep Pagan in the lineup.
I guess Bochy complained about a strike called on Blanco to end the game that looked like it was the fourth ball. No replays on those but how many did have during the game about some stupid plays at first base. That's why I am not a fan of instant replay. I just love it when they show the replay on the big screen and everybody in the stadium knows the outcome and then you see the umpires still waiting for word from New York.
Football
The loss of Alton Smith is just another blow to an unbelievable off season for the 49ers.
The 49ers are also worried about rain that could make the field muddy. They believe the El Nino stories that could present a problem. Today teams put on a new field after a weed is found on the turf. They should have played at Kezar back in 40s, 50s and 60s with high school football four days a week, college football and the Niners' on the weekend. There was no grass left by the start of October. Todays players don't how good they have it. I am sure the 49er fans will enjoy the rain to cool them off from the tremendous heat that normally penetrates Levi Stadium.
It would take a football fanatic to watch the Hall of Fame game Sunday night. I turned in for a few minutes and discovered that the Steelers quarterback was going to be the water boy from last year and the Vikings were not going to play their star Peterson who has not played in a year. Reminds me of 49ers when they held Frank Gore out of pre season games and then the announcer would say when the season started that he is rusty. How much do they charge for those games?
College Football
My Stanford alumni fiends are wonder how USC is going to be this year. I think they are ranked 8th or so in the country. This can only lead to disappointment because expectation are so high since they will have close to a full compliment of scholarship players available. It is easy to forget that the Trojans loss their stars on offense and defense who will be playing on Sunday and they are hard to replace. Prediction 9 wins 3 losses. As a USC alumnus who reads the blog told me next year is really the return of Trojan football when they play Alabama at Jerry Jones' AT&T Stadium in Dallas.
Blogsite
I was requested to provide additional information about Fatima. After eight weeks of work the Fatima update is available for those that might be interested. It takes Fatima from 1917 to 2017. www.fatimainquiry.blogspot.com
Only in the NL West can a team lose 6 out of 9 on a road trip and still only be 3 games out of first place. The Giants can't thank the Dodgers enough! A hard schedule, a collapsed and over worked pitching staff coupled with some tough breaks will make it very hard if not impossible to go on another six game winning streak which they need desperately. The loss of Panic hurts because I feel that he is the glue of the team. They never seem to play as well when he is not in the lineup. The very hot Cubs just took the Giants to the cleaners but thanks to the Dodgers losing they did got get hung out to dry.
I believe a key turning point of the season will be the next two games against the Astros. Bumgarner has got to win and if Heston can get back on track, pitches well and wins his next start the Cub nightmare will be forgotten especially if the Dodgers keep losing. If they don't win and the Astros sweep them even though its only August it will be a tough road with their current pitching.
What are the Giants going to do for pitching? I am sure Bochy had an extra drink on the flight back to SF trying to figure it out. Vogelsong will be back starting, Peavy can give you five innings and I guess they will have to continue to go with Cain and hope Leach comes off the DL as soon as possible. Do they have anyone in Sacramento or Richmond that could possibly start?
The rookie infielder Tomlinson off to great start but looked over matched at the plate in Chicago.
The loss of Aoki will hurt and keep Pagan in the lineup.
I guess Bochy complained about a strike called on Blanco to end the game that looked like it was the fourth ball. No replays on those but how many did have during the game about some stupid plays at first base. That's why I am not a fan of instant replay. I just love it when they show the replay on the big screen and everybody in the stadium knows the outcome and then you see the umpires still waiting for word from New York.
Football
The loss of Alton Smith is just another blow to an unbelievable off season for the 49ers.
The 49ers are also worried about rain that could make the field muddy. They believe the El Nino stories that could present a problem. Today teams put on a new field after a weed is found on the turf. They should have played at Kezar back in 40s, 50s and 60s with high school football four days a week, college football and the Niners' on the weekend. There was no grass left by the start of October. Todays players don't how good they have it. I am sure the 49er fans will enjoy the rain to cool them off from the tremendous heat that normally penetrates Levi Stadium.
It would take a football fanatic to watch the Hall of Fame game Sunday night. I turned in for a few minutes and discovered that the Steelers quarterback was going to be the water boy from last year and the Vikings were not going to play their star Peterson who has not played in a year. Reminds me of 49ers when they held Frank Gore out of pre season games and then the announcer would say when the season started that he is rusty. How much do they charge for those games?
College Football
My Stanford alumni fiends are wonder how USC is going to be this year. I think they are ranked 8th or so in the country. This can only lead to disappointment because expectation are so high since they will have close to a full compliment of scholarship players available. It is easy to forget that the Trojans loss their stars on offense and defense who will be playing on Sunday and they are hard to replace. Prediction 9 wins 3 losses. As a USC alumnus who reads the blog told me next year is really the return of Trojan football when they play Alabama at Jerry Jones' AT&T Stadium in Dallas.
Blogsite
I was requested to provide additional information about Fatima. After eight weeks of work the Fatima update is available for those that might be interested. It takes Fatima from 1917 to 2017. www.fatimainquiry.blogspot.com
Thursday, August 6, 2015
The Braves and Reaction
The Giants blew the first game of the Braves series but kept their composure to take the series 2 games to 1.
The First Game - When the Giants hits four home runs and blow a six run lead much was said after the game. I would like to highlight two things that weren't said. The failure of Cain has to worry the Giants. He looks smooth and easy when he pitches but the Braves knocked the ball all over the lot and its pretty sad when you can't protect a six run lead.
I am starting to lose patience with Adrianza. He came up in the fourth inning with the Giants leading 6-0 with runners on first and third and one out. He takes a half swing at the first pitch and hit an easy double play ball to end the inning. Getting a seventh run could have made all the difference in that game. To me it didn't look like he was consecrating at the plate.
Congratulations to the newest Giant Kelby Tomlinson for getting his first major league hit in his first at bat. He wears glasses which use to mean that he is very intelligent and today means 'I can't see'!
2nd Game - The Giants bounced back to win the second game of the series. Duffy, a legitimate Rookie of the Year candidate, had four more hits and Peavy the surprise of the pitching staff went another solid six innings. However it was again Pence who stole the headlines with his three run homer in the top of the eighth to give the Giants the lead and victory. He also had an rbi earlier in the game when the Braves first baseman thought there were two out instead of one and when he fielded a grounder ran to first instead of throwing home to get a force. Don't pay those guys millions for nothing. Or do they?
Glad to see Arias cleared waivers is back in organization playing at Sacramento. I am sure we will see him as a Giant in September if not before depending on Panic's recovery.
3rd Game - Bumgarner pitched well and Duffy got a big hit late in the game but the real hero in the Giants victory was the new rookie infielder Tomlinson. In his first at bat he got a two out single to dive in two runs and then in his next at bat drove in a third run with a single.
There is a report the tests have discovered the problem with Panic's back. That's the first step back.
Reaction
The last post brought a number of responses covering the Warriors, Giants, First Names and Religion
My old friend Leo O of Moraga let me know that I called the Warriors Green Dallas in my article. As I have mentioned preciously I have trouble with first names and that is the reason I have left them out in the past. Green had a Dodger baseball cap on and I guess I just thought of an old baseball manager Dallas Green. Being my age allows me to make stupid mistakes. That's called 'playing the age card.'
Active blog reader Pat O agreed with me regarding the Warriors future and Russ J from Texas the Giants - Rangers ninth inning. As I mentioned K & K my favorites were touting the arms of the Ranger outfielders. I asked on the last post how many games Hamilton has played in left field. Sunday was the Rangers 104th game of the season of which Hamilton has played 30 mostly in left field. He has one assist. The Giants were afraid to run on one assist. Looking at the record then it should have been no surprise that he over threw the catcher by 20 feet. As Bochy would say, 'we're are not doing the little things'. I would say the Giants aren't doing the big things either!
It was suggested to me to keep religion off the sport pages. Not a bad idea but the temptations are great. I have battled them all season and finally Satan got his wish so I asked everyone's forgiveness and will do everything in my power to avoid these temptations getting the best of me in the future. I have reactivated an old blog of mine to handle my religious comments. I thought it would be ready today but we still have a few glitches that need to be ironed out. About six weeks ago a blog member VR asked me to provide some information about Fatima. It is very difficult to limit 13 years of study into a few pages. I am not sure I have done it justice but for those interested the report will be found on my religious site in a couple of days. I apologize for the delay.
Pictures
Those blog members that get the Saint Ignatius magazine the Genesis will note that my picture with classmate and blog reader George L can be found on page 71 under Births. Blog member Dennis R is found on page 66 with class mate Skip MacDonald.
Family
Barbara and I will be celebrating our 49th wedding anniversary usually referred to as the Rusty Pic on August 6th by attending " The Phantom of the Opera" at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. We have seen Phantom four times in past Los Angeles in 1992, San Francisco, Orange County and Las Vegas.
Treat
For my anniversary I fixed myself one of my old favorites I remember from my youth a toasted donut. When I was young we usually had the choice of plain or raised sugar donuts. Let the plain donut get stale for a few days then cut it in half like two tires. Put it in the toaster and make sure it starts to burn a little. Let the butter melt and enjoy.
The First Game - When the Giants hits four home runs and blow a six run lead much was said after the game. I would like to highlight two things that weren't said. The failure of Cain has to worry the Giants. He looks smooth and easy when he pitches but the Braves knocked the ball all over the lot and its pretty sad when you can't protect a six run lead.
I am starting to lose patience with Adrianza. He came up in the fourth inning with the Giants leading 6-0 with runners on first and third and one out. He takes a half swing at the first pitch and hit an easy double play ball to end the inning. Getting a seventh run could have made all the difference in that game. To me it didn't look like he was consecrating at the plate.
Congratulations to the newest Giant Kelby Tomlinson for getting his first major league hit in his first at bat. He wears glasses which use to mean that he is very intelligent and today means 'I can't see'!
2nd Game - The Giants bounced back to win the second game of the series. Duffy, a legitimate Rookie of the Year candidate, had four more hits and Peavy the surprise of the pitching staff went another solid six innings. However it was again Pence who stole the headlines with his three run homer in the top of the eighth to give the Giants the lead and victory. He also had an rbi earlier in the game when the Braves first baseman thought there were two out instead of one and when he fielded a grounder ran to first instead of throwing home to get a force. Don't pay those guys millions for nothing. Or do they?
Glad to see Arias cleared waivers is back in organization playing at Sacramento. I am sure we will see him as a Giant in September if not before depending on Panic's recovery.
3rd Game - Bumgarner pitched well and Duffy got a big hit late in the game but the real hero in the Giants victory was the new rookie infielder Tomlinson. In his first at bat he got a two out single to dive in two runs and then in his next at bat drove in a third run with a single.
There is a report the tests have discovered the problem with Panic's back. That's the first step back.
Reaction
The last post brought a number of responses covering the Warriors, Giants, First Names and Religion
My old friend Leo O of Moraga let me know that I called the Warriors Green Dallas in my article. As I have mentioned preciously I have trouble with first names and that is the reason I have left them out in the past. Green had a Dodger baseball cap on and I guess I just thought of an old baseball manager Dallas Green. Being my age allows me to make stupid mistakes. That's called 'playing the age card.'
Active blog reader Pat O agreed with me regarding the Warriors future and Russ J from Texas the Giants - Rangers ninth inning. As I mentioned K & K my favorites were touting the arms of the Ranger outfielders. I asked on the last post how many games Hamilton has played in left field. Sunday was the Rangers 104th game of the season of which Hamilton has played 30 mostly in left field. He has one assist. The Giants were afraid to run on one assist. Looking at the record then it should have been no surprise that he over threw the catcher by 20 feet. As Bochy would say, 'we're are not doing the little things'. I would say the Giants aren't doing the big things either!
It was suggested to me to keep religion off the sport pages. Not a bad idea but the temptations are great. I have battled them all season and finally Satan got his wish so I asked everyone's forgiveness and will do everything in my power to avoid these temptations getting the best of me in the future. I have reactivated an old blog of mine to handle my religious comments. I thought it would be ready today but we still have a few glitches that need to be ironed out. About six weeks ago a blog member VR asked me to provide some information about Fatima. It is very difficult to limit 13 years of study into a few pages. I am not sure I have done it justice but for those interested the report will be found on my religious site in a couple of days. I apologize for the delay.
Pictures
Those blog members that get the Saint Ignatius magazine the Genesis will note that my picture with classmate and blog reader George L can be found on page 71 under Births. Blog member Dennis R is found on page 66 with class mate Skip MacDonald.
Family
Barbara and I will be celebrating our 49th wedding anniversary usually referred to as the Rusty Pic on August 6th by attending " The Phantom of the Opera" at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. We have seen Phantom four times in past Los Angeles in 1992, San Francisco, Orange County and Las Vegas.
Treat
For my anniversary I fixed myself one of my old favorites I remember from my youth a toasted donut. When I was young we usually had the choice of plain or raised sugar donuts. Let the plain donut get stale for a few days then cut it in half like two tires. Put it in the toaster and make sure it starts to burn a little. Let the butter melt and enjoy.
Sunday, August 2, 2015
Fire The Third Base Coach
The Giants
I could not believe the top of the 9th inning of Sunday's game won by the Rangers 2-1. Pagan is on second and Duffy hits a ground ball up the middle and it rolls to the centerfielder and Pagan can't make it home. That's disgusting. Why would the Rangers even try to throw him out since at the time they were two runs in the lead. The Rangers job was to keep other runners from advancing. In fact it was Pagan job to try to score so that if they would throw to try and get him the other runners could possibly move up a base. Then Posey singles to left and we hold Aoki at third and the left fielder throws the ball twenty feet over the catchers head. If you watched the game on television you know K & K were praising the arms of the Ranger outfielders as an excuse for not running. Just how many games has Hamilton played in left field this year for the Rangers? When you have a chance to score take it otherwise the double play will kill you. It's too bad Tim Flannery wasn't the guest today on the Giants post game show. The Giants will never make the playoffs with this type of base running.
Bumgarner started the first game of the series and got belted adding evidence to the fact he isn't the same pitcher he was last year. I give Madison credit for sticking in there and going seven innings to keep the bullpen from being overworked in the first game of a long tough road trip.
Pence was the goat Sunday when he hit in double play to end the Giants threat after being the hero Saturday night. In that game he got the hit to tie the score late and then hit a home run to put the Giants ahead in the 11th inning. It was the second time in 39 games that the Giants rallied in the late innings to win a game.
Our Texas blog expert Russ J should be very happy about the future potential of the Rangers. They could even be a factor in the AL West this year but they need a couple of reliable relief pitchers. If everyone is healthy, which is always a big if with the Rangers, next year they could have one of best starting staffs in the AL.
Even though he was the losing pitcher today Mike Leake looks like a winner. I can't understand why the Reds let him go. A complete mystery. It will be a great pick up if the Giants sign him for next season.
I have written in last couple of months about long games. There is a solution. Play games in the afternoon in 95 degree temperature and the game will end like Sunday's in a little over two hours.
The Dodgers swept the Angels to move 2 1/2 games in front of the Giants who just a few days ago were within a couple of pitches of taking over first.
Panic back is not any better. The Giants are not the same team without Panic. It would be disastrous to lose him for any length of time.
49ers
One of our very reliable readers from Marin County RS inform me that on my last post I had used 'Ned' York instead of 'Jed' York in writing about the 49er owner. I could say it was a typo but that would not be true. I just made a mistake in his name and with my hearing Jed and Ned sound the same. Readers might have noticed that I do not use first names too often mainly because I don't remember the name or can't spell it without taking the time to look it up. . . Dave Newhouse who wrote for the Oakland Tribune for years is out with a new book on the 49ers "Founding 49ers Dark Days Before the Dynasty" which I am told by Dave himself covers the team from the beginning in 1946 through the days of John Brodie. . . This book will be of real interest to me since I am close to an 'expert' on those first 49er teams. . . I read where a group of civic leaders in San Francisco are trying get a drive going to get Brodie into the Hall of Fame. John was a very good quarterback and in my opinion if he played for Bill Walsh in the West Coast offense he would be in the Hall today.
'Until Hell Freezes Over'
The Warriors are in a fight to save their plans for a new arena in San Francisco with a group of ambulance chasers in the Mission Bay area. As the chasers spokesman said we will fight the Warriors "until hell freezes over." Where has he been? Hasn't he heard of the "New Theology". The fires of hell have been put out thanks in part to the thinking of some very smart and brilliant 20th century Catholic Theologians such as Rahner, Congar, de Lubac, de Chardin, Chenu, Hans Kung and Hans Urs von Balthasar (sometime pronounced von Bahsterd in English) and others. Many of these revolutionaries have died and now know if they were right or wrong. If they were wrong do you think if they had the opportunity they could come back and tell us?
Warrior fans know a fight over property in San Francisco is usually decided by money and political graft. So the outcome for building a new arena is in doubt. The Warriors have other choices as we have mentioned before including Kezar, Civic Auditorium and the Cow Palace where the team played in the 1960s. The World Champions best choice is Oracle Arena in Oakland where the mayor and their loyal fans are waiting with open arms to greet them back.
Dallas Green Warrior star was pictured with a Dodger cap on with Magic Johnson attending a game at Chaves Ravine. If Green had not signed a enormous contract with the Warriors then it would be news. Dallas is probably a Detroit Tiger fan coming from Michigan. My wife a Michigan State grad reminded me that both Green and Johnson are also MSU grads which was most likely one of the reasons for getting together.
I could not believe the top of the 9th inning of Sunday's game won by the Rangers 2-1. Pagan is on second and Duffy hits a ground ball up the middle and it rolls to the centerfielder and Pagan can't make it home. That's disgusting. Why would the Rangers even try to throw him out since at the time they were two runs in the lead. The Rangers job was to keep other runners from advancing. In fact it was Pagan job to try to score so that if they would throw to try and get him the other runners could possibly move up a base. Then Posey singles to left and we hold Aoki at third and the left fielder throws the ball twenty feet over the catchers head. If you watched the game on television you know K & K were praising the arms of the Ranger outfielders as an excuse for not running. Just how many games has Hamilton played in left field this year for the Rangers? When you have a chance to score take it otherwise the double play will kill you. It's too bad Tim Flannery wasn't the guest today on the Giants post game show. The Giants will never make the playoffs with this type of base running.
Bumgarner started the first game of the series and got belted adding evidence to the fact he isn't the same pitcher he was last year. I give Madison credit for sticking in there and going seven innings to keep the bullpen from being overworked in the first game of a long tough road trip.
Pence was the goat Sunday when he hit in double play to end the Giants threat after being the hero Saturday night. In that game he got the hit to tie the score late and then hit a home run to put the Giants ahead in the 11th inning. It was the second time in 39 games that the Giants rallied in the late innings to win a game.
Our Texas blog expert Russ J should be very happy about the future potential of the Rangers. They could even be a factor in the AL West this year but they need a couple of reliable relief pitchers. If everyone is healthy, which is always a big if with the Rangers, next year they could have one of best starting staffs in the AL.
Even though he was the losing pitcher today Mike Leake looks like a winner. I can't understand why the Reds let him go. A complete mystery. It will be a great pick up if the Giants sign him for next season.
I have written in last couple of months about long games. There is a solution. Play games in the afternoon in 95 degree temperature and the game will end like Sunday's in a little over two hours.
The Dodgers swept the Angels to move 2 1/2 games in front of the Giants who just a few days ago were within a couple of pitches of taking over first.
Panic back is not any better. The Giants are not the same team without Panic. It would be disastrous to lose him for any length of time.
49ers
One of our very reliable readers from Marin County RS inform me that on my last post I had used 'Ned' York instead of 'Jed' York in writing about the 49er owner. I could say it was a typo but that would not be true. I just made a mistake in his name and with my hearing Jed and Ned sound the same. Readers might have noticed that I do not use first names too often mainly because I don't remember the name or can't spell it without taking the time to look it up. . . Dave Newhouse who wrote for the Oakland Tribune for years is out with a new book on the 49ers "Founding 49ers Dark Days Before the Dynasty" which I am told by Dave himself covers the team from the beginning in 1946 through the days of John Brodie. . . This book will be of real interest to me since I am close to an 'expert' on those first 49er teams. . . I read where a group of civic leaders in San Francisco are trying get a drive going to get Brodie into the Hall of Fame. John was a very good quarterback and in my opinion if he played for Bill Walsh in the West Coast offense he would be in the Hall today.
'Until Hell Freezes Over'
The Warriors are in a fight to save their plans for a new arena in San Francisco with a group of ambulance chasers in the Mission Bay area. As the chasers spokesman said we will fight the Warriors "until hell freezes over." Where has he been? Hasn't he heard of the "New Theology". The fires of hell have been put out thanks in part to the thinking of some very smart and brilliant 20th century Catholic Theologians such as Rahner, Congar, de Lubac, de Chardin, Chenu, Hans Kung and Hans Urs von Balthasar (sometime pronounced von Bahsterd in English) and others. Many of these revolutionaries have died and now know if they were right or wrong. If they were wrong do you think if they had the opportunity they could come back and tell us?
Warrior fans know a fight over property in San Francisco is usually decided by money and political graft. So the outcome for building a new arena is in doubt. The Warriors have other choices as we have mentioned before including Kezar, Civic Auditorium and the Cow Palace where the team played in the 1960s. The World Champions best choice is Oracle Arena in Oakland where the mayor and their loyal fans are waiting with open arms to greet them back.
Dallas Green Warrior star was pictured with a Dodger cap on with Magic Johnson attending a game at Chaves Ravine. If Green had not signed a enormous contract with the Warriors then it would be news. Dallas is probably a Detroit Tiger fan coming from Michigan. My wife a Michigan State grad reminded me that both Green and Johnson are also MSU grads which was most likely one of the reasons for getting together.
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