If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be. | |
— Yogi Berra | |
[But it sure would be nice if the Giants beat the Dodgers a little more frequently… — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Why Republicans Are Unhappy |
I Guess It’s True | |
2020 | A Tiny And Fragile World |
Your Lyin’ Eyes | |
2019 | Day 1: Done |
#IncompetentDonald Fails On All Three | |
2018 | I Put It Down To Bad Teachers |
Day 34: In And Out | |
2017 | And The Future Is Now |
2016 | I Am |
2015 | Positively Aiming Higher |
2014 | Suspicious Minds |
2013 | We Are Not Alone |
2012 | Lawyer, n. |
2011 | Each Day Remember… |
2010 | Impossible Dreams of Camelot |
Posts Tagged ‘Baseball’
Be Careful What You Wish For
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, Sports, tagged Baseball, Humor, LA Dodgers, MLB, Perfection, Philosophy, Quotes, SF Giants, Sports, Yogi Berra, Yogi-ism on August 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Understand The Way I Feel
Posted in Included Video, Music and Concerts, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged Baseball, Centerfield -- music video, Coach, Favorite Lines, Included Video, John Fogerty, Quotes, Vevo, YouTube on July 5, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Centerfield |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
Oh put me in coach, | |
I’m ready to play | |
Today | |
Put me in coach, | |
I’m ready to play | |
Today | |
Look at me, | |
I can be in centerfield | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Learn To Forgive Yourself |
Violating Guidelines | |
2019 | I Walk Faster (Too) |
2018 | Modern Day Behaviour |
2017 | On Misogynist Tweets From #DumbDonald |
2016 | Cowboy Boots & Missing Teeth |
Or Electricity | |
2015 | Oh, To Be Vulnerable |
2014 | Neglected Horror |
2013 | The Price Of Illusions |
2012 | Once Again |
2011 | And The “Market” Isn’t Always Right |
Works For Me
Posted in Humor, Quotes, Work, tagged Baseball, Humor, Quotes, Work, Yogi Berra on May 2, 2020| Leave a Comment »
If I didn’t make it in baseball, I won’t have made it workin’. I didn’t like to work. | |
— Yogi Berra | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Better To Do |
News: Drunken Party Girl Saves Seoul | |
2018 | Keep Moving |
2017 | Fighting Good |
2016 | Size Matters |
2015 | Maybe The Best Thing |
2014 | Ready To Be Fried? |
2013 | A Real Lover |
2012 | Winning Wars |
2011 | A Different Lesson |
Dodgers Lose 2nd Consecutive World Series!!
Posted in Humor, Sports, tagged 2018 MLB Champions, 2018 World Series, Baseball, Beat LA, Beat The Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, Gloating, Humor, L.A. Dodgers, Major League Baseball, MLB, Sports on October 28, 2018| Leave a Comment »
First off… With all due props… Congratulations to the Boston Red Sox for winning the 2018 World Series!!! | |
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Boston defeats LA in 2018 World Series 4 games to 1 !!!! | |
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As an SF Giants fan, all I can say is: “Two World Series losses in a row!! How sweet it is!!!!“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Why We Have So Few Personal Favorites |
I Would Have Liked You Anyway | |
2020 | Why We Must Vote #45 Out |
If You Believe | |
2019 | Sometimes I Still Have Trouble Sleeping |
Public Ridicule For Office Holder | |
2018 | And Flights Of Fancy |
Dodgers Lose 2nd Consecutive World Series!! | |
2017 | By Their Acts Thy Shall Know Them |
2016 | Remembering |
2015 | One |
2014 | Sure Experiments And Demonstrated Arguments |
2013 | Irrational Complacency |
2012 | Why Criticize? |
Giants Sweep 2012 World Series With Game 4 Win (4 To 3)!!! | |
2011 | Saying Just Enough |
2010 | Giants Win Game 2 Shutout of Rangers – 9 to 0!!! |
Orange October (XI) – Giants Win Game 5 (5 To 0)!!!
Posted in Sports, tagged 2014 World Series, Baseball, complete game shutout, Kansas City Royals, MadBum, Madison Bumgarner, MLB, Orange Inside, S.F. Giants Win Game 5 of 2014 World Series, San Francisco Giants, Sports on October 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The San Francisco Giants stormed to a Game 5 victory winning 5 runs to 0 on the complete game shutout pitched by their ace Madison Bumgarner! In a golden age for Giants baseball, which seems to be hosting a handful of potential hall-of-famers – MadBum is emerging as one of the strongest of all. Across three World Series (2010, 2012, and now 2014), Bumgarner has now won four games in four opportunities with a combined score of 1 run allowed in all four games! He now has the lowest runs allowed average (career) in World Series history for pitchers who’ve thrown more than 20 innings. | |
But now the Giants face a tough test of going into Kansas City having to win one of the last two games. The odds are in their (the Giants) favor. Historically, the winner of Game 5 goes on to win the Series 68% of the time (.683), but it would have been so much more satisfying to have swept the Royals at home in S.F. Still, the main thing is to keep the pressure on and try to take Game 6. We don’t want a let down to give the Royals (and their fans) hope for a Game 7. | |
So now it’s time for the team to get a good night’s sleep and board a long flight to K.C. tomorrow for the Tuesday Game 6… (And for those of you who’ve lost track: my prediction was Giants win Series 4 Games to 2.) Go Giants!!! | |
I AM ORANGE INSIDE !! | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | A Message To All The Democrats In Congress |
Where Did You Go In Texas? | |
2020 | Reminds Me Of #LyingDonald |
It’s All Been Rehearsed | |
2019 | The Earth’s Breath |
Family Visit | |
2018 | Forests, Shorelines And Mountain Paths |
2017 | Reach Down |
2016 | And Women When You Are 59 |
2015 | Intersections, Explorations And Relationships |
2014 | [!(±*=)/≠], [!<] |
Orange October (XI) – Giants Win Game 5 (5 To 0)!!! | |
2013 | Hard To Deserve |
2012 | Cloudy Between Games |
Admiration, n. | |
2011 | One, Two, Three – Blink |
Orange October (X) – A Blue Morning Turns Into An Orange Evening
Posted in Sports, tagged 2014 S.F. Giants, 2014 World Series, Baseball, K.C. Royals, Kansas City Royals, Madison Bumgarner, MLB, S.F. Giants Win Game 4 of 2014 World Series, Sports on October 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »
And yes, we’re in for one heck of a World Series!! As I said a few days back, you can’t have a great World Series until both teams lose at home. So far, the Giants have taken Game 1 in K.C. The Royals won Games 2 (in K.C.) and 3 (in S.F.) and now the Giants have evened the Series with a big 11 to 4 victory in Game 4 (again in S.F). All 15 runs were scored without a single home run! Solid pitching (by both sides), great defense (by both sides) and exciting hitting (by both sides). Whew!! | |
With three games left, it’s the first team to win two which gets to raise the trophy. Hopefully, it’ll be the boys in Orange & Black. | |
As trite as it sounds, this Series is revolving around hitting it (the ball) where they ain’t. In games 1 and 4, the Giants have done this. In Games 2 and 3, although the Giants hit the ball hard, it was mostly hit hard right to the Royals players. Almost all of the “spectacular” defense has come from both teams outfielders. With a few notable exceptions by the Giants infielders in Game 4, this has remained true. The teams are turning out to be incredibly balanced. It’s a bit of a shame the TV numbers are so low. The rest of the country is missing some great baseball. (Of course, the numbers are strong in the S.F. Bay Area and phenomenal in the K.C. region, but elsewhere, only so-so.) | |
I must admit to being nearly crushed when the Giants fell behind 4 to 1 in the third inning. I was even saying, “Well, that’s the series…” It just goes to show you how much I know – and my wife cheerfully reminded me of my comment in the 9th inning. (LOL) Needless to say, there was even more elation when the Giants tied the game in the 5th inning and then scored seven more runs (3 in the 6th and 4 in the 7th) to cruise to the Series tying victory. | |
So, tomorrow is Game 5 and it comes down to the two teams’ aces to see which team gets the key victory. If we win the game, we fly back to K.C. with a lot of optimism looking for a split. If the Royals win, it’ll be a long flight into a steep climb of two must win games. So, it looks like the Series will turn on the strong left arm of Madison Bumgarner. Go Maddy! Go Giants!! | |
I AM ORANGE INSIDE !! | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | A Simple Choice, Really |
Waaaay Before The Movie | |
2020 | I Just Want To Stay Happy |
Fading… | |
2019 | Show Righteousness, Not Fear |
2018 | Sounds Like Politics, Too |
2017 | Resist More |
Conservatives Are Not The Enemy | |
2016 | Two Weeks To Go… |
2015 | Remembering |
2014 | The Creeping Death Of Civilization |
Orange October (X) – A Blue Morning Turns Into An Orange Evening | |
2013 | License Problem |
2012 | Giants Win Game 2 Of The 2012 World Series 2 To 0!!! |
Adage, n. | |
Questions Women Should Ask Before Voting… | |
2011 | What Are You Looking At? |
Orange October (IX) – Giants Lose Game 2 In Bullpen Collapse
Posted in Sports, tagged 2014 World Series, Baseball, Gregor Blanco, Jake Peavy, Kansas City Royals, MLB, Orange Inside, Royals Win Game 2 Of 2014 World Series, San Francisco Giants, SF Giants, Sports, Yordano Ventura on October 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Well, it looks like we’re in for one heck of a World Series!! In what can only be politely called a “collapse” by their bullpen, the Giants gave up five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to the Royals and Kansas City never looked back rolling to a 7 to 2 victory. | |
The Royals pitching, particularly the bullpen, looks formidable with everyone throwing heat in the 95+ mph range and off-speed in the low 90’s. By comparison, low 90’s are what the Giants were throwing as their top end pitches. | |
The disappointment of the game was a squandered first inning, lead off home run by Gregor Blanco. It was a thing of beauty. We touched the Royal’s starting pitcher (Yordano Ventura) just as frequently as they got to our starter, but in the end, Ventrua outlasted Jake Peavy and the K.C. bullpen was “all that and a bag of chips”. Real deal… | |
So, the Giants leave for home with doubts and the Royals leave for San Francisco with hope. There is a saying in sports that you can’t have a great Series until both teams have lost a game at home. Now we find out if the Royals can turn the 2014 Series into a great Series. The next three games are in S.F. I’m still predicting a 6 game, 4 to 2 victory by the Giants. | |
But it’s back to being interesting… | |
I AM ORANGE INSIDE !! | |
By the way, this post is my 1,901th post – not counting pages. What a long, strange trip it’s been… I’m looking forward to 2,000. 🙂 | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Press On |
Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This | |
2020 | AMA |
Still Shiny | |
2019 | Things That Go Bump In The Night |
Hoping I’m Careful | |
2018 | I Must Be Truly Wise |
2017 | My Sensei |
2016 | The Worst Sin |
2015 | Rules Of Thumb |
2014 | A Prayer |
Orange October (IX) – Giants Lose Game 2 In Bullpen Collapse | |
2013 | Complacent Reality |
2012 | Two-minute Sex |
Just Staring, Why? | |
2011 | A World Of Difference |
Orange October (VIII) – Giants Win Game 1 Of 2014 World Series!!
Posted in Sports, tagged 2014 S.F. Giants, 2014 World Series, Baseball, Jake Peavy, Kansas City Royals, Madison Bumgarner, MLB, Orange Inside, SF Giants, SF Giants Win Game 1 Of 2014 World Series, Sport, Yordano Ventura on October 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »
With another dominating playoff pitching effort, Madison Bumgarner followed his team mates to an impressive 7 to 1 win over the Kansas City Royals! The Giants can now play loose in Game 2 and try to steal another out-of-town win. The Royals, on the other hand, are in their first MUST win game of the World Series. They do NOT want to travel to San Francisco for three games behind two games to none. In recent history, the winner of game one has gone on to win the series in 10 of the last 11 series. Bumgarner is 60 wins and 3 loses in his career in games when his team has given him a three run lead. The Giants provided the three run lead in the top of the first inning!! | |
The Royals will now be facing the Giant’s Jake Peavy with their fast ball flamer – Yordano Ventura. He of 100+ fastball fame. Peavy, who joined the Giants for the second half of the season, has been an emotional spark for a team which had fallen into a major slump. Peavy is now an elder statesman, but he still has demonstrated great command and competitiveness. So far that’s been enough to make up of an aging arm and decreasing mph fastball. | |
The good news is that if the rest of the team can supply half tonight’s output, Peavy and the bullpen should have enough to bring us home with the heavy (2-0) advantage. Even if we return home with a split, we will stand a great chance of holding serve and Bumgarner can close out the Series in Game 5 (at home). | |
Man, I can’t wait for tomorrow’s game two!! | |
I AM ORANGE INSIDE !! | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Table Talk |
No One Left To Blame | |
2020 | Plant Roots For A Hundred Years |
That Seat Is Taken | |
2019 | Shining In The Dark |
2018 | Sometimes Wisdom, Too |
2017 | What Do I Know… |
Not Much Magic Here | |
2016 | Rare Competition |
2015 | Now Where Did I Put That Thing? |
2014 | Reckoning |
Orange October (VIII) – Giants Win Game 1 Of 2014 World Series!! | |
2013 | Trying To Capture Serenity |
2012 | Above The Vaulted Sky |
2011 | Active Learning |
Orange October (VI) – Giants Win Game 4
Posted in Sports, tagged 2014 Giants Win Game 4 Of NLCS, 2014 NLCS, 2014 S.F. Giants, Adam Wainwright, Baseball, Madison Bumgarner, Major League Baseball, MLB, St. Louis Cardinals on October 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Another exciting and well played game by both sides results in a come from behind 6 to 4 win by the Giants over the Cardinals. This essentially reverses the position the two teams were in two years ago, when the Cards held the 3 game to 1 advantage over the Giants. Of course, the Giants went on to win the 2012 NLCS by sweeping the three remaining games and ultimately going on to win the following World Series (against Detroit). So the Giants know how quickly the opportunity to advance can slip away if you don’t keep up the pressure. | |
In tomorrow’s Game 5, we again have our ace (Madison Bumgarner) pitching against the St. Louis ace (Adam Wainwright). We only need to win one of the next three (.333 ball), while the Cards need to win out (1.000 ball). While it’s possible for the Cards to come back, it’s a tall hill to climb. But, that’s why we play the games… Go Giants!!! | |
I AM ORANGE INSIDE !! | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Bring The Void |
Home Cookin’, Anyone? | |
2020 | Growth Mindset |
I Wonder Where You Are | |
2019 | Steps To Impeach #45 |
Science Upgrade Needed | |
2018 | Come November 6th |
2017 | Hearts And Memories |
2016 | Tremendous Energy |
Beyond Trying | |
2015 | Tell Me… |
2014 | Live Forever (To Remember Me) |
Orange October (VI) – Giants Win Game 4 | |
2013 | More Than Just Words |
2012 | Egotist, n. |
2011 | Good And Bad |
Orange October (IV) – Giants Win Game 1 Of NLCS!
Posted in Sports, tagged 2014 NLCS, 2014 S.F. Giants, ALCS, Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Kansas City Royals, MadBum, Madison Bumgarner, Major League Baseball, MLB, National League Championship Series, Orange Inside, Sports, St. Louis Cardinals on October 11, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Well, as I said in a prior post, it’s starting to look like “Katie-bar-the-door”… !!! The S.F. Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series by 3 to 0!!! | |
Madison Bumgarner, our ace southpaw, pitched a dominating game (7-2/3 innings, 4 hits, no runs allowed) on his way to breaking a 90 year old record for consecutive playoff innings without allowing a run. The current record is now MadBum’s and stands at 26-2/3rd innings (and counting). | |
The Giants scored two of their three runs off of Card miscues, so we’re still waiting for the offense to wake up. The good news is when you don’t allow ANY opposition runs, you only have to score 1 run to win the game. So we did have a little insurance. | |
So, for now, it’s mission accomplished! We’ve gone to their home and taken game 1. Now, we only need to play .500 ball in the next six games while they have to play .666 ball to move on to the World Series. Both teams are certainly capable of playing to that level, but the burden is now definitely on St. Louis to win Game 2. For the regular season, the Cards won 2 more games than the Giants and finished with a .556 winning percentage, to .543 for the Giants. It’s far more likely the Giants will continue to play .543 ball and advance, than it is the Card’s will jump from .556 to .666. But, that’s why we play the games. Both teams are tested champions and I still expect the series to go at least six games. | |
Tomorrow is Game 2 and then the teams fly to San Francisco for three games. The NCLS playoff format this year is 2-3-2. Two games in St. Louis; three games in San Francisco; and, the final two games back in St. Louis. Of course, the last three games are only played if necessary. | |
On the downside, the Baltimore Orioles have now given up games 1 and 2 in the American League Championship Series – both at home to the Kansas City Royals. Baltimore now needs to win 4 of the remaining 5 games to win the ALCS and go to the World Series. .800 ball is asking a whole lot with the next three games in Kansas City, so it doesn’t seem like it’s going to be the all Orange & Black World Series I was hoping for. | |
I AM ORANGE INSIDE !! | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Of Course The Term “Value” Is Undefined |
Waiting | |
2020 | I Hadn’t Thought Of That |
Keep Looking! | |
2019 | Knocking On Impeachment’s Door |
2018 | Do You Remember? |
2017 | Choose Life |
My Response To President Trump’s Threat To NBC | |
2016 | We, Us, All |
2015 | No Less |
2014 | Life Advice (50) |
Orange October (IV) – Giants Win Game 1 Of NLCS! | |
2013 | Running To |
2012 | Suddenly |
2011 | Liberal Washington |
2010 | Giants Advance To NLCS!! |
Orange October (II) – Giants Win NLDS Game 2 In 18 Innings (2 to 1)!!
Posted in Sports, tagged 2014 S.F. Giants, Baseball, baseball game, baseball games, Brandon Belt, Giants, L.A. Dodgers, MLB, NLDS, Orange Inside, S.F Giants, Sports, St. Louis Cardinals, The Giants, Washington Nationals on October 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Well, yesterday – and last night – we had one of the most intense baseball games I’ve ever sat through in my life. The game started in the afternoon and ended over six hours later. It was the longest running (6 Hours and 23 Minutes) baseball game in playoff history and tied for the most innings played (18) in playoff history. | |
The Nationals scored early taking a 1 to 0 lead and holding it through eight and two-thirds innings. The Giants tied the game in the 9th inning and then played the equivalent of an entire second game (a “normal” game is only nine innings) to get the winning run off of a solo home run (from Brandon Belt) in the top of the 18th inning. The Giants then held on for the final three outs to leave Washington D.C with a 2 game to 0 lead in a best of five series. | |
As I mentioned in my prior post – Orange October (I) – the team that wins the first game in a five game series wins the series 70% (historically) of the time | |
Sixty-eight (68) teams in major league history have lost the first two games of a five-game series. Only eight have come back to win the next three games. And, of those eight, just two did so after losing the first two games at home. The issue(s) the Giants face are: 1) they are playing the winningest team in the National League this year (96 wins); 2) this same team has already come in to AT&T and defeated the Giants in three out of four games back in June; and 3) the Giants know a team can come back to win the last three in a best of five series because they were the last team to do it – just two years ago! | |
In any case, 3 out of 69 are pretty long odds and I like the Giants chances to finish the Nat’s in Game 3. Then it’s wait until the end of the 2nd series – between the St. Louis Cardinals and the L.A. Dodgers. Hopefully, the Cards take L.A the full five games before beating them and then we get to face the Cards with a rested team. Still, it’s all in the hands of the baseball gods at this point… | |
I AM ORANGE INSIDE !! | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Looking Up |
Shiny | |
2020 | #45: Or All-Consuming Greed |
You Could Have Told Me Yourself | |
2019 | Not Personal |
2018 | Preference For Irrationality |
2017 | All At Once |
2016 | One Of My Vices |
2015 | The War Lord |
2014 | Orange October (II) – Giants Win NLDS Game 2 In 18 Innings (2 to 1)!! |
Acknowledging Doubt | |
2013 | Fulfilled Acceptance |
2012 | Error Is Tolerated Here (So Far) |
2011 | In Defense Of Pain |
Giants Sweep 2012 World Series With Game 4 Win (4 To 3)!!!
Posted in Sports, tagged 2012 S.F. Giants, 2012 SF Giants, 2012 World Series, Baseball, Orange Inside, SF Giants Sweep 2012 World Series, SF Giants win game 4 of the 2012 Word Series, Sports on October 28, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Go Giants!!!! | |
We are ORANGE inside… | |
Comments and observations: Okay, as improbable a World Series as can be imagined is now over and the San Francisco Giants are world champions!! This is the team’s seventh championship (five were won in New York before the Giants moved to San Francisco in 1958) and the second in three years. | |
Although the Giants finished with a better regular season record than Detroit, the Tigers were considered the odds-on favorite to win the Series because they have the best pitcher and the best hitter in baseball. The problem with this proposition is the pitcher only plays twice in a seven game series and so only gets two opportunities to dominate. In this case, Detroit’s best pitcher (Verlander) didn’t win his first game and his team never got him to his second appearance (Game 5). The other side of the proposition is that their best hitter (Cabrera) went cold and their second best hitter (Fielder) was positively frigid. | |
On the flip side, the Giants best hitter (Posey) had a so-so Series hitting (homered tonight for two runs), but played well as catcher. The main difference was the rest of the team – particularly the entire pitching staff, starters, relievers and closer – were dominant. It’s a baseball given that great pitching beats great hitting in the playoffs, and there was nothing in this Series to contradict that truism from Detroit. I think the second big difference was the home field advantage the Giants had because the National League won the All-Star Game. This allowed the Giants to open with the first two games at home. Even disallowing Sandoval’s three home runs in Game 1 (4 RBIs), Verlander did not have a “great” game and Detroit would probably have still lost as the game ended 8 to 3. Thus began the fall… | |
Confirming / continuing my math commentary from prior posts, the Giants won game 1. The winner of game 1 goes on to win the Series 60% of the time. The Giants won game 2. The team which starts off the World Series with two wins goes on to win 79% of the time. The Giants won Game 3. The team which starts the Series with three wins has won all 24 of the times this has happened. Twenty-one times the team with three wins has gone on to win the fourth game for a sweep and no team has managed to make it to Game 6 after falling behind by 3-0 in the Series. While probabilities are not certainties, they do tend to be reliably predictive. | |
Like most baseball fans, I will have a week or so of “withdrawal” as baseball is now over for the year. Oh well, I draw comfort from knowing I face the off-season with the S.F. Giants having won the last game of World Series!! | |
For the last time this year: Go Giants!!!! We are ORANGE inside… Congratulations and we love you!!! | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Why We Have So Few Personal Favorites |
I Would Have Liked You Anyway | |
2020 | Why We Must Vote #45 Out |
If You Believe | |
2019 | Sometimes I Still Have Trouble Sleeping |
Public Ridicule For Office Holder | |
2018 | And Flights Of Fancy |
Dodgers Lose 2nd Consecutive World Series!! | |
2017 | By Their Acts Thy Shall Know Them |
2016 | Remembering |
2015 | One |
2014 | Sure Experiments And Demonstrated Arguments |
2013 | Irrational Complacency |
2012 | Why Criticize? |
Giants Sweep 2012 World Series With Game 4 Win (4 To 3)!!! | |
2011 | Saying Just Enough |
2010 | Giants Win Game 2 Shutout of Rangers – 9 to 0!!! |
Giants Win Game 3 Of The 2012 World Series 2 To 0!!!
Posted in Sports, tagged 2012 SF Giants, 2012 World Series, Baseball, Orange Inside, SF Giants, SF Giants win game 3 of the 2012 World Series, Sports on October 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Go Giants!!!! | |
We are ORANGE inside… | |
Comments and observations: Well, the boys from S.F. now have a historically significant edge in the 2012 World Series. Despite a tremendous pitching effort by the Detroit #3 pitcher (Anibal Sanchez), Detroit scores no runs and the Giants get their second shutout on the way to a 2 to 0 win and a 3 to 0 lead in the Series. To put this in perspective, NO team has EVER come back to win the World Series after trailing 3 to 0 in games played. | |
There are four games left if the Series were to go to the full seven. To lose at this point, the Giants will have to play .000 ball (lose 4 of 4), while the Tigers will have to play 1.000 ball (win 4 of 4). To add more perspective, both teams are .500 ball clubs, so a change of this magnitude, while not impossible, is extremely improbable. The odds are the Giants will win one of the next four and the Series. Simplistic, but probable. | |
At this point, the question is can the Giants sweep (win game 4 to close out the Series)? | |
As mentioned in my prior blogs about the 2012 Series, it is difficult for a team to win three in a row let alone four in a row. While I certainly want the Giants to sweep, it seems likely that the baseball gods will favor Detroit and the Tigers will win the next game. If that happens, I would expect the Tigers to wallop the Giants and really run up the score. At that point, Detroit brings in its best starter for Game 5 and if they can pull out that win, the Series will return to S.F. for the final two games and we have the potential for a Series for the ages. | |
More likely though, is S.F. starts our best pitcher (Matt Cain) in Game 4 and the Giants close out the Series with a four game sweep. Four-0 or 4-1, the Giants still take the Series after facing the team with the best pitcher and the best hitter in baseball!!! | |
Go Giants!!!! | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Two Eff’n Right |
Is There A Notion For That Motion? | |
2020 | The Premium Few |
No Sympathy Here | |
2019 | Is That Why Love Hurts? |
2018 | And Honest Politicians |
2017 | Maya, Maya |
2016 | Give Value |
2015 | Believe In Substitution |
2014 | Pragmatic Religion |
2013 | How’s Your View? |
2012 | Giants Win Game 3 Of The 2012 World Series 2 To 0!!! |
Still Haven’t… | |
Accidental Me | |
2011 | What Is Your Ratio? |
2010 | Giants Win Game 1 With 11 Runs Scored – Repeat 11 Runs!! |