Official 2010 San Francisco Giants Season Thread (92-70) NL West Division Champions!

[dland24]

Glad the Giants are taking care of business down south. Wish we could say the same for our boys up north.

 

[jfmartimcdandruff]

Tim played very good

94 on the fastball was a good look

Those Rockies though.

 

[ricerocket1]

hand shake all around

 

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Rockies keep winning, but Giants get a win/win with the Padres/Rockies series.

 

[tim lincecum]

Glad they made progress from this series.

Turned out to be a 7-3 roadtrip and Giants did something the Dodgers couldn't do. Beat the Padres.

[h3]Giants lose Torres to appendectomy[/h3]SAN DIEGO -- The Giants' lineup absorbed a stunning blow Sunday as center fielder Andres Torres underwent an laproscopic appendectomy that is expected to sideline him from 10 days to two weeks.
Manager Bruce Bochy related that Torres, 32, had experienced discomfort for the last two or three days.

"The pain got so bad this morning that he had to go to the hospital," Bochy said.

Torres had been mired in an extreme hitting slump, batting .106 (5-for-47) with 17 strikeouts in 12 games. That dropped his average from .287 to .269. But Bochy never considered removing the switch-hitting leadoff batter from the lineup. Entering Sunday, Torres still ranked tied for sixth in the National League with 64 extra-base hits -- including 43 doubles, second in the Major Leagues and not far behind Jeff Kent's San Francisco-era record of 49 established in 2001.

With 23 stolen bases, Torres also was the team's most threatening baserunner and had continued to play Gold Glove-level defense.

Faced with the burden of replacing Torres, who had been considered a legitimate candidate to finish in the lower rungs of the NL's Most Valuable Player voting, Bochy responded Sunday by returning Aaron Rowand to the dual center field/leadoff role he occupied when the season began.

Bochy indicated that he and the Giants' braintrust will consider other options, saying that "we'll huddle up" after Sunday's game and on Monday's scheduled off-day to discuss the issue. Another alternative is Cody Ross, whom San Francisco claimed on waivers from Florida on Aug. 23 and has extensive experience playing center field.

"You feel terrible for Andres with the year he's having and the great job he's done," Bochy said. "But these guys need to look at this as a great opportunity and you move on. ... This is a good club with a lot of depth."

Coincidentally, San Diego right-hander Tim Stauffer also underwent a laproscopic appendectomy earlier this year on May 11. He needed 15 days to recover before he was able to throw off a bullpen mound.

 

[franchise 55]

Starting tomorrow, go Padres!

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

The 2x Cy Young Timmy is back

 

[lb510]

Can someone find the video from earlier last week where Singy said David Carr wasn't brought in to compete for the starting job?
I hope if after week 4 if were somehow 1-3 he can reconsider.

 

[tim lincecum]

Originally Posted by LB510

Can someone find the video from earlier last week where Singy said David Carr wasn't brought in to compete for the starting job?
I hope if after week 4 if were somehow 1-3 he can reconsider.

Why are you discussing football in a baseball thread?

 

[cincoseisdos]

Should be an absolute bore of a series

please don't give us any glimmer of hope for a W of any kind

 

[lightweight champion]

Originally Posted by CincoSeisDos

Should be an absolute bore of a series

please don't give us any glimmer of hope for a W of any kind

On the flip side I hope Zito and Cain don't lay eggs like they did in the last series meeting.

 

[chris82790]

With Torres likely out for the remainder of the season, who would you have to replace him in the outfield and at the lead off spot?

Because we CANNOT have Rowand at the lead off spot in the middle of the NL West and Wild Card races

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

Cody Ross

 

[tim lincecum]

Originally Posted by chris82790

With Torres likely out for the remainder of the season, who would you have to replace him in the outfield and at the lead off spot?

Because we CANNOT have Rowand at the lead off spot in the middle of the NL West and Wild Card races

Cody Ross.

Since we're talking about the outfield, bench Guillen for life.

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

Anybody going to any games on the homestand?

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

Anybody going to any games on the homestand?

 

[dland24]

Tomorrow night.

 

[chris82790]

I had a chance to go to the game tomorrow but I have school

 

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I'm going to the game on Friday.

 

[franchise 55]

Originally Posted by dland24

Tomorrow night.

This

 

[gusyouout]

Originally Posted by Tim Lincecum

Originally Posted by chris82790

With Torres likely out for the remainder of the season, who would you have to replace him in the outfield and at the lead off spot?

Because we CANNOT have Rowand at the lead off spot in the middle of the NL West and Wild Card races

Cody Ross.

Since we're talking about the outfield, bench Guillen for life.

Agree, especially the one about Guillen.

 

[TheGodFresco]

Padres beat the rockies tonight, thats good, rockies need to be slowed down. Giants just need to worry about themselves right now

 

[tim lincecum]

Going on Saturday night.

 

[bruce waynee]

Praying for a good outing from Zito tomorrow.  I think that he will build on his last start especially being at home.  Right now the Giants will gain ground on someone as long as they keep winning.
The good news is that we have 12 home games remaining to only 6 road games with the season finale against SD.

 

[tim lincecum]

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[h1]Torres to miss 2-3 weeks[/h1]The doctor who performed Sunday's appendectomy on Andres Torres said the center fielder will miss two to three weeks, which means his regular season might be over. Padres pitcher Tim Stauffer had the same surgery earlier this year and was out longer.
"The doctor said two to three weeks, but we'll see," said head trainer Dave Groeschner, who received a text from Torres saying he was in great discomfort and on his way to the hospital. Torres is expected to be released today.

Stauffer was in a San Francisco hotel room May 11 when he diagnosed his own appendicitis using a smart-phone application. He had surgery later in the day, the same minimally invasive laparoscopy that Torres underwent. Stauffer did not rejoin the Padres until July 1, though he began a minor-league rehab stint in mid-June, which means he was sidelined about a month.

"The hard thing is, you can't do anything for a solid week, week and a half after surgery," Stauffer said Sunday. "After three weeks or so, I felt good to go.

"I could have been back a little quicker if they needed me. It's a little different throwing off a mound. But swinging a bat, he has to be patient, too. If you come back too quickly, there's a risk internally of the stitches being undone."

Freddy Sanchez injury: With their leadoff hitter out, the Giants naturally were concerned when No. 2 hitter Freddy Sanchez had to leave in the eighth inning after injuring his surgically repaired left knee on an awkward play at second base. Manager Bruce Bochy said he expects Sanchez to play against the Dodgers on Tuesday night.

Shortly after the final out, Sanchez left the clubhouse limping, but briskly.

Briefly: The Giants ended Mat Latos' major-league-record streak of 15 starts of at least five innings with two or fewer runs allowed. ... After starting the year 12-21 against the NL West, the Giants have gone 18-9 to even their mark at 30-30.

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[h1]2011 SCHEDULE: Plans shaping up for season-opening series in Taiwan[/h1]The Giants, Arizona Diamondbacks, Major League Baseball and the Players Association continue to move toward agreement on opening the 2011 regular season with a two-game series in Taiwan, but even if that does not happen, fans will see an unusual schedule.
Baseball, eschewing the customary Sunday night start, will open the season on Friday, April 1, as part of Commissioner Bud Selig's effort to ensure the World Series does not roll into November, according to a person who has seen the schedule.

With or without the Taiwan trip, the Giants will start a three-game series in Los Angeles on April 1 and open their home schedule a week later against St. Louis.

The two Taiwan contests during the final full week of March would be Diamondbacks home games for a simple economic reason: It would cost baseball less to compensate Arizona for two lost home games because they do not draw as many.

The working plan for Taiwan has the Giants returning to San Francisco on Sunday, March 27. They would have Monday off and hope to play Bay Bridge exhibition games Tuesday and Wednesday, fly to Los Angeles on Thursday, then play the Dodgers on Friday.

The Giants would play two fewer games at Arizona, which might lead to a rare Sunday off in September.

Players would earn $10,000 apiece for going to Taiwan and are negotiating to ensure coaches and other team employees get the same. Still, Aubrey Huff speaks for some older players who are not keen on the trip because of the travel.

"I'd prefer not to go," said Huff, a free agent after the season who hopes to re-sign with San Francisco. "I could see where it's good for baseball. For me, it's not worth the time for that long a trip."

Giants union rep Matt Cain said the schedule presented to the players "looks pretty good. We're still trying to figure out all the details and the little stuff. We're trying to figure out whether we all want to do it because it is a lot of travel. I've heard people who have gone (to Asia) have mixed reviews. Some guys say it makes it tougher when you come back. Some guys say it's not too bad."

All teams are supposed to release their 2011 schedules Wednesday. Agreement on the Taiwan trip need not be completed, though, because it would be easy for the schedule-makers to adjust.

The National League West will be paired with the American League Central in interleague play. The Giants are tentatively scheduled to host Minnesota and Cleveland while traveling to Detroit, and they will play their traditional home-and-home with Oakland.

To compensate for the different division sizes, plus having six games against the A's, the Giants again will play an extra series against an NL Central team, this time a second three-game series against the Cubs at Wrigley Field.