A little less than a year ago, I attempted to grade the Giants’ organizational depth. Other than the standard, unfair dismissal of Randy Winn, it doesn’t look too ridiculous in retrospect. With the draft and minor league happenings of 2008, though, it’s worth an update. Well, maybe “worth” is a relative term. How about, “it’s not completely ridiculous to revisit the subject when the …
Tags: Brooks Lindsley, Connecticut, Eugenio Velez, Hector Sanchez, Kevin Frandsen, Matt Downs, Molina, Nick Noonan, Pablo Sandoval, Randy Winn, Rosario, Thomas Neal, Travis DenkerI’ve been a fan of Sergio Romo since his breakout season in the California League last year. His numbers from that year are, as the kids say, video game numbers. He struck out 104 hitters in 65.2 innings pitched. It was an impressive season. But, Romo never got much pub from prospect hounds because his [...]
Tags: Brian Wilson, California League, Molina, Pat Misch, Sergio Romo, Tim Lincecum, Tyler WalkerEvery year, Tom Tango collects defensive scouting reports from the fans of a particular team. The idea is to get the impressions of people who have watched the same team 40, 50, or 162 times a year. The results often correlate with statistical measures, but there are always a few outliers. It’s a huge help to the internet baseball world to have these “Wisdom …
Tags: Aurilia, Bengie Molina, Bowker, Burriss, Durham, John Bowker, Lewis, Molina, Randy Winn, Rich Aurilia, Rowand, Velez, Vizquel, WinnNote: This is not a post to debate the merits of pitchcounts. Don’t do that. We’ve all heard the arguments for and against PC’s ad nauseum. This isn’t a post endorsing, or opposing them, just information for you to look at. I personally believe that pitchcounts are only a proxy to work from because there [...]
Tags: Cain, Lincecum, Matt Cain, Molina, Taschner, Tim Lincecum, Winn, ZitoThe pitching duel involved a big guy who threw soft stuff and a little guy who threw hard stuff. Large Livan was in control early, but Tiny Tim wowed them in the end. Well, not the very end. But close. Along the way, Bengie Molina and Pablo Sandoval hit home…
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The pitching duel involved a big guy who threw soft stuff and a little guy who threw hard stuff. Large Livan was in control early, but Tiny Tim wowed them in the end. Well, not the very end. But close. Along the way, Bengie Molina and Pablo Sandoval hit home…
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Bengie Molina and Pablo Sandoval hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning, and Tim Lincecum struck out 10 to lead the Giants to a 4-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night.
Tags: Bengie Molina, Lincecum, Molina, Tim LincecumHOW THEY SCOREDRockies second: Iannetta doubled with one out. Tulowitzki singled, Iannetta scored. Rockies 1, Giants 0. Giants seventh: Molina homered with one out.
Tags: MolinaBengie Molina and Pablo Sandoval hit back-to-back homers to give San Francisco the lead, and the Giants pulled away for a 4-1 win over the Colorado Rockies in the finale of a three-game set.
Tags: Bengie Molina, MolinaTim Lincecum was still cheering Bengie Molina’s home run when Pablo Sandoval connected moments later for his first major league homer. Those two timely solo shots in the seventh inning lifted Lincecum to another impressive victory, and the San Francisco…