Category Archives: Fred Lewis

Mission: Destroy Brandon Webb

San Francisco losses pile up in the desert – perhaps, may I speculate, due to the losses of Freddy Lewis and Manny Burriss – but, no matter. Because, for tonight, the real drama of the 2008 season continues: can The … Continue reading

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Sabean: Burriss Likely to Replace Vizquel at Short

There must have been something in the Colorado River Compact, because Brian Sabean came back from Denver displaying a bit more chutzpah than his usual listless self in his fireside chat on KNBR last night. Among the revelations in Sabes’s … Continue reading

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Filed under Angel Villalona, Brian Sabean, Buster Posey, Conor Gillaspie, Emmanuel Burriss, Eugenio Velez, Fred Lewis, Ivan Ochoa, Kevin Frandsen, Nate Schierholtz, Omar Vizquel, Randy Winn, Travis Denker

Giants LOB one to Rockies

Cold (or even mild, temperate) summer nights at Pac Bell are no fun unless the Giants are scoring, and these days, the faithful along with the Lunatic Fringe know: that scoring is not going to come from home runs. So … Continue reading

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Filed under Aaron Rowand, Fred Lewis, Matt Cain, Matt Palmer, Randy Winn

DING DONG, CASTILLO’S DFA’D (And Everyone’s Up)

Well, how about that for a move? (From Baggs) Huge, huge shift today. The Giants have a whole new corner infield. John Bowker and Steve Holm were optioned to Fresno and Jose Castillo was designated for assignment. Rohlinger, a third … Continue reading

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Filed under Aaron Rowand, Emmanuel Burriss, Fred Lewis, Ivan Ochoa, John Bowker, Jose Castillo, Omar Vizquel, Pablo Sandoval, Randy Winn, Ryan Rohlinger, Steve Holm, Travis Ishikawa

Backe to the Minors

Despite the Giants best efforts to win all of their games on infield singles collected in the ninth inning, they managed to make Brandon Backe look like Cy Young as they fell to the Disastros Monday. Squeaking out only four … Continue reading

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Filed under Brian Sabean, Buster Posey, Fred Lewis, Ivan Ochoa, Jonathan Sanchez, Madison Bumgarner, Nick Noonan, Pablo Sandoval, Rich Aurilia, Tim Alderson

Trade Deadline News No Match for Veriz*n Crappiness

You can pin the no-post weekend on a certain unnamed internet service provider that, quite frankly, never delivered on their said promises of a telecommunications entourage. I’m sure the loyal crazies, er, readers of the blog were up in arms … Continue reading

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Filed under Angel Villalona, Bengie Molina, Brian Sabean, Bruce Bochy, Fred Lewis, Jack Taschner, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Cain, Omar Vizquel, Randy Winn, Rich Aurilia, Rumors, Tim Lincecum, Tyler Walker

At Least They Don’t Dive

In an effort to make relative the ongoing struggles of the Giants offense, I give you an athlete even more pathetic than Frederick, Raymond, Randall, and Bengamin (otherwise known as the 0 for Shea Gang) combined: Reformed bust Barry Zito … Continue reading

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Giants Offense: We Don’t Get Weekends Off?

So Timmy has finally met his match. Fortunately (at least for the time being), the Giants will face Marcus Thames every three years or so. But despite Thames’s two bombs (which increased Lincecum’s home runs allowed for the year by … Continue reading

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Filed under Barry Zito, Brian Sabean, Brian Wilson, Fred Lewis, John Bowker, Tim Lincecum, Tyler Walker

A Tale of Two Catchers

We all just knew that Yorvit would go and screw us again, and he just barely gets it done in a 1-0 snorefest. Special Agent Jack Taschner, who has very much turned the corner this season (and hasn’t allowed an … Continue reading

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Filed under Bengie Molina, Fred Lewis, Jack Taschner, Jonathan Sanchez, Keiichi Yabu, Tim Lincecum

Beltway Bowker Display

See the added spring in the Giants step? Haven’t they looked like a different team? Like the ones we grew accustomed to for a short time in the early 2000s? That’s all me. OBnB runs up its record to 3-0 … Continue reading

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Filed under Barry Zito, Emmanuel Burriss, Fred Lewis, Jack Taschner, John Bowker, Randy Winn, Ray Durham