tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post4965381662853981970..comments2024-02-23T20:49:09.057-08:00Comments on obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2014 Giants: World Series: Royalsobsessivegiantscompulsivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-81433134166038251582014-10-23T17:17:02.322-07:002014-10-23T17:17:02.322-07:00You and me, both, buddy!
I can't think on any...You and me, both, buddy!<br /><br />I can't think on any, top of my head, sorry. Generally injury has to do with it, but given this new twist in his story, I guess something like this could happen to someone else. Certainly nobody at his high a level, only Mark the Bird Fidrych comes to mind, but he injured himself. Ron Byrant for the Giants, but he hurt himself jumping into a pool. Dwight Gooden, but his drug habit is probably what did him in?<br /><br />Ah, how about D-Train, Dontrelle Willis?obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-85369033213383263362014-10-22T16:13:07.379-07:002014-10-22T16:13:07.379-07:00Another simulation of the series, but this one was...Another simulation of the series, but this one was eerily similar to the actual Game 1, with the main difference being 4 runs scored in first, not 3 (I guess Flan was more conservative in the game :^). Hopefully this one comes through, it has Giants winning in 6 games, with Pence as MVP. <br /><br />http://www.csnbayarea.com/giants/simulation-nails-game-1-world-series-projects-outcomeobsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-17878356243097456422014-10-22T16:09:43.694-07:002014-10-22T16:09:43.694-07:00Lots of interesting factoids and other stuff at th...Lots of interesting factoids and other stuff at this link:<br /><br />http://m.giants.mlb.com/news/article/99176234/streaky-good-madison-bumgarner-giants-cruise-in-game-1-vs-royalsobsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-90769183814075412822014-10-22T15:46:29.966-07:002014-10-22T15:46:29.966-07:00Very welcome.
Spread it to the masses.
Hope Chris...Very welcome. <br />Spread it to the masses.<br />Hope Chris can fix him.<br /><br />btw... Can you think of any other pitcher who - barring injury - went from that good to that bad that fast?<br /><br /><br /><br />Elnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-53056239386932078882014-10-22T10:02:52.007-07:002014-10-22T10:02:52.007-07:00Thanks! I had been meaning to post this, much ap...Thanks! I had been meaning to post this, much appreciated, it's a great article.<br /><br />Exactly, lots of reason for hope if Lincecum can relearn his mechanics from his father. Must have killed his dad to watch him struggle like this, and yet proud because he was trying to do it on his own. <br /><br />Thanks again, Go Giants!obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-59948093027111215402014-10-22T07:21:16.564-07:002014-10-22T07:21:16.564-07:0017 million reasons for hope?
http://tinyurl.com/m...17 million reasons for hope?<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/mrpuchl<br /><br /><i>Over the past three years, Tim Lincecum is 32-38 with a 4.76 ERA, the worst ERA in baseball among all pitchers who made at least 90 starts. Assumptions were made: he lost velocity, he lost command, he was worn out from his workload, he was too small to hold up. Now there is a theory from Lincecum himself:</i> <br /><br /><i><b>He misses the guidance of his father, Chris.</b></i> <br /><br /><i>Lincecum said he needs to return to the mechanics taught to him by his father, and will do so this offseason. Asked when he last worked closely with his father, Tim said, “My 2nd Cy Young year of 2009. I thought I could put my big-boy pants on and go out on my own, but I guess I can’t. He knows me better than anybody and I’ll go back to him.”</i><br /><br /><i>He has tried to fix his mechanics on his own. He has always been a Formula One engine on the mound, an intricate series of kinetic actions that need superlative timing for all of it to work right. One hitch, one mistimed action, and it goes kerplunk. That’s been the story for Lincecum this year.</i> <br /><br /><i>It began with too much of a body turn away from the hitter. “Too much Looie Tiant,” he said.</i><br /><br /><i>It continued with eagerness out of the stretch position as he jumped too quickly at the hitter, causing his front side to open up early, which caused his arm to drag, which caused his pitches to flatten out. He has paid special attention to working from the stretch in his side work since his last appearance.</i><br /><br /><i>The key to all it – where the real magic happens in the engine – is what Lincecum calls “dangle.” It’s the moment when he brings the baseball behind his butt after taking it out of his glove. He wants his arm to be loose as a whip as he curls his wrist, right before he snaps back up to the loaded position. This swinging of his arm down and up has been more labored, feeling like he is pushing and pulling, and less like a whip.</i><br /><br /><br />Elnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-11449740875155771942014-10-21T13:45:18.510-07:002014-10-21T13:45:18.510-07:00Baggarly just noted in his chat that KC has announ...Baggarly just noted in his chat that KC has announced Guthrie and Vargas as game 3 and 4 starters.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.com