Records Fall to Juiced Balls (?) – the New Steroids for 2017 Baseball?
(and he didn’t even pitch) 14 pitchers. 417 pitches. 2 battered Cy Youngs. 5 hours & 17 minutes just Game 5 of 2017 World Series alone! Record breaking 22 Home runs through first 5 games of series! ‘This was the 1,337th postseason baseball game in the World Series era. And here is what we’ve learned from the first 1,336: If you take a lead of three runs or more TWICE in the same game, it’s really, really difficult to find a way NOT to win. We know that because, in those other 1,336 games, only once did any team lose a game like that. And that would be Pete Incaviglia’s 1993...
more infoHow Could San Francisco Giants Go from First To Worst In One Year With Same Core Players ?
SF GIANTS – from FIRST to WORST SABEAN/OWNERSHIP RESPONSIBLE FOR GIANTS CATACLYSMIC FALL MORE THAN JUST ‘GM’ BOBBY EVANS While long time GM Brian Sabean seems to have all but disappeared, much of the blame for the Giants dismal and unprecedented 2016-2017 demise has fallen on the back of ever-present new GM Bobby Evans. Fact is, many of the problems that have led to the awful 2017 and 2016 second half, to a large extent, go back to Sabean and his long term contracts given to marginal and aging players along with dismantling of the farm system. Not to mention lack of frequent, innovative moves like other teams including the Dodgers and...
more infoSabean Speaks But Says Little- Don’t Expect Giants to Rebound Second Half Amidst Management Failures
MISMANAGEMENT MAY DOOM SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS FOR YEARS Former (and some say still current ‘co’-general manager of the San Francisco Giants), Brian Sabean spoke in a rare interview July 11 (with Andrew Baggerly, Alameda Newspaper Group) about how dreadful the team has been playing the last two half seasons in a row. Perhaps because the team had the best record in baseball the first half season last year, Sabean is still one of the believers that the Giants players are too good not to bounce back the second half of 2017. Only problem is that times have changed and the Giants haven’t . And THAT’S THE PROBLEM! . Yes,...
more infoHas Baseball Become Too ‘PC’? – President Rejected From Throwing First Pitch Yet PEDs Now Acceptable
STEROIDS OVER PRESIDENT – What Happened to America, Apple Pie and Baseball? Now Steroids, PEDs Becoming Acceptable While Prez Is Not Now, it’s major league baseball the American pastime that is disrespecting the office so long entwined with the sport. President Trump doesn’t need that nor does baseball, whose overall attendance has remained stagnant for the past seven years. Can you imagine Obama being asked not to throw out the first pitch. No one dare broach such a request of the first black president but when it comes to President Trump, it’s all anti-Trump all the time…whether it’s the media going against every Trump appointee or new law, still trying to use the ‘Russian hack’...
more infoHuff Confirms Adderall/PED Connection to his Unlikely Rise and Fall with Giants in New Book
Baseball Junkie Aubrey Huff Huff Admission Means Seventh KNOWN PED User on Giants During World Series YEARS One of the biggest of many big mysteries involving the San Francisco Giants World Series years (2010-14) was Aubrey Huff’s late career surge in 2010, was instrumental in the Giants first World Series victory in 56 years and then his sudden decline the next year. Though there were rumors of drugs, that followed in line with the six KNOWN PED users on the team, but now Huff, himself , has confirmed that he was at least the SEVENTH player on the team using PEDs during the Giants World Series run. Kudos to Huff for ‘coming...
more infoWill Baseball Hall of Fame (2017) Voting Open Floodgates to PED Inductees, Further Erode Attendance?
Will Baseball Hall of Fame (2017) Voting Open Floodgates to Widespread PED Inductees? [San Francisco] Sunday’s (Jan. 22, 2017) columns by Scott Ostler and John Shea(SFChronicle.com) signal that the floodgates to the Baseball Hall of Fame may be opening soon for past PED users – if they haven’t already, based on the latest Hall induction results. [San Francisco] Ostler couches his tongue-in-cheek comments, not really letting on to his personal beliefs but suggests its time to stop fooling around and just delete a few key words in the Hall of Fame voting rules-namely ‘sportsmanship, integrity, character’– that would allow PED users and likely users to easily make it in to the Hall. He...
more infoHow Do Lackluster SF Giants Keep Winning in Post-Season with Bumgarner ‘One Man Wrecking Crew’ ? #Steroids
How Is Bumgarner ‘One Man Wrecking Crew’ Enough for Lackluster Giants To Keep Winning In Post-Season #steroids ‘He (Madison Bumgarner) has now pitched in eight postseason road games. The Giants have won all eight of them. He has worked 53⅔ innings in those eight games. The opposition has scored a total of three earned runs. And he has faced 24 hitters with runners in scoring position in those postseason road games. The next hit he allows will be his first. Yeah, really.’ -Jason Stark , ESPN commentary 10-6-16 This after Bumgarner could barely win a game the second half with a near 5.00 ERA The Giants can’t be called anything but lackluster –...
more infoAre #SFGiants / Any Team Really ‘Designed’ for Post-Season? Is Bumgarner All-Time Greatest? #Cheat Sheet
Is Bumgarner All-Time Greatest or Something Else Going On As Giants Do Their Post-Season Thing? #SFGiants #Cheat Nobody has ever done what Madison Bumgarner has done in the history of baseball. He has the lowest post-season road ERA (0.6) of anybody and he hasn’t lost a game in seven tries. His home record isn’t much different, too. And, it’s come consistently in the Giants World Series years of 2010, 12 and 14. In 2014, Bumgarner was literally a one man wrecking crew during the post-season, not only starting but relieving – and hitting – while racking up unheard-of number of innings. Are Giants / Any Team Really ‘Designed’ for Post-Season? Is Bumgarner All-Time...
more infoHOW UNDERDOG #SFGIANTS KEEP COMING BACK IN POST-SEASONS 2010, 2012, 2014 -2016? #PEDs
Giants Back At IT – Four ‘Even’ Years Running… WHY UNDER-DOG SF GIANTS KEEP MAKING/WINNING PLAYOFFS, WORLD SERIES’ 2010, 2012, 2014 #PEDs They may have waited until the last week of September and first of October, but the San Francisco Giants appear to be back at it, once again sneaking into the playoff picture as the last Wild Card in the National League. After the most dreadful half season in Giants history – or in baseball history of the last fifty years – the Giants are suddenly winning again, gaining their only their second series sweep since the July All Star break, this against the division-leading Los Angeles Dodgers, to close out...
more infoFREE E-book Bonus: FOUR HIDDEN REASONS #Baseball #GIANTS STOPPED WINNING IN SECOND HALF #PEDs
FREE! HEAR VIN SCULLY’S LAST GAMES SIMULCAST ON ALL THESE STATIONS + #SFGiants will pay tribute to Vin Scully during his final game (Oct. 2) by switching to his call of third inning on CSN Bay Area and KNBR. FREE Bonus E-book Chapter (MORE GIANT SHADOWS): UNPRECEDENTED DECLINE – FROM FIRST TO WORST Why #Baseball #Giants Stopped Winning in Second Half 2016 #PEDs The San Francisco Giants, you may have heard, have not had a good second half. At the All-Star break, they were 57-33. That was the best record in baseball, three games ahead of the Cubs. Since then, they are 25-41. That’s not the worst record in baseball—the existence of the Minnesota...
more infoStrangest Replay Game – Reds Wait ‘Too Long,’ Umps Leave, Cards ‘Steal’ Much Needed Win
Reds manager Bryan Price adds his interesting ‘take’ which adds fuel to the fire.Perhaps there’s no clear cut answer. What do you think? STRANGEST REPLAY GAME – Did Reds Really Wait Too Long to Request Replay? Umps Gone, Cards Get Much Needed Win ONE FOR THE AGES – Even with all it’s problems, What makes baseball the special game it is are true ‘tales’ like this one, which will probably be re-told for many years to come. On September 29, 2016, trailing one game for the final wild card spot, The St.Louis Cardinals stole a much needed game after the Cincinnati Reds ‘waited too long’ to ask for a replay of an obvious (to...
more infoIs Bumgarner the Giants’ Barry Bonds 2.0 for 2010s? #PEDs
Now in his sixth Giants season, one who think someone like Bumgarner, 27, would be able to control his temper and emotions for the sake of the team. Here Bumgarner enticing rival Yasiel Puig into a scrum after inciting him ‘What are you looking at?’ rather than going about his business Bumgarner the Barry Bonds of 2010’s ? #PEDs – He’s the top player on the team – His numbers are often super-human, especially ( for Bumgarner ) every post-season – He’s got plenty of attitude, which can affect team players, manager and opponents; now other teams can’t wait to beat him with team players less wanting to support him . –...
more infoKaepernick: FREE Speech Turned Upside Down – Team’s Acceptance Gives ‘License’ to Others
Kaepernick: FREE Speech Turned Upside Down – Team’s Acceptance Gives ‘License’ to Others Free Speech rights apply to one’s ability to speak out in public. But, when one works for a company, – or, sports team, in this case, where he just happens to be making $19 million – he has the obligation to follow the ‘program’ of that private company he works for, i.e. in this case the San Francisco 49ers. If he doesn’t like the ‘program’ in question he doesn’t have to work for that company just as the company doesn’t have to maintain him if he isn’t doing his job/abiding by team ‘play.’ Colin Kaepernick has a right...
more infoSteroid Era Back in Full Swing? Late Season Hitting, Pitching Numbers Up #PEDs #Steroids
Thought it was bad in 2015? STEROID ERA BACK IN FULL SWING? BOTH HITTING and PITCHING NUMBERS UP #PEDs #Steroids Ever notice how one day a team will get 20 hits and the next day three for no apparent reason (eg comparable opposing pitchers, same line-up, etc)? It’s called increased drug testing and a team with rampant PED use will suddenly go off the PEDs when drug testing is announced, thus the lower numbers. That’s why we’re seeing this, especially with teams with known wide-spread drug use like the #SFGiants, in our researched opinion .(SEE http://buff.ly/29OS82a) Yet, many ‘dumber’ players are still using – and more are getting caught what with over 10...
more infoShould Barry Bonds Be Given A Statue? Perry ‘Spitballs’ Were ‘Kids Play’ #PEDs
DOES BARRY BONDS WARRANT A STATUE? Voice Your Choice #PEDs #Steroids The San Francisco Giants have honored their top players of the past with statues, most recently giving one to pitcher Gaylord Perry (August 13) of the 1960s-70s teams. In answering the question ‘Should Bonds Have A Statue?’ much is determined by one’s own feelings with regard to Performance Enhancing Drugs. Before Barry Bonds came to the Giants in 1997 he was a ‘mere’ .275 hitter averaging 25 homers a year with Pittsburg during his mid-20s -lower combined averages than any Hall of Famers. Of course we know what happened when Bonds and BALCO burst upon the scene in San...
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