Series Thread: Los Angeles Dodgers @ San Francisco Gigantes

[lasportzphan]

Should be a great 4 days of baseball!

 

[calsnowskier]

Here's to 4 days of good baseball with no injuries..















And of course 4 Giants victories...

 

[OutlawImmortal]

Here's to 4 days of good baseball with no injuries..















And of course 4 Giants victories...

Hopefully. Take a look at the injury list for the Dodgers.

 

[calsnowskier]

Here are the lineups for Game 1...

Giants
Span - CF
Panik - 2B
Posey - C
Pence - RF
Belt - 1B
Duffy - 3B
Crawford - SS
Peavy - P
Pagan - LF

(Yes, the Giants have adopted the dual leadoff strategy this year)

Dodgers
Utley - 2B
Seager - SS
Puig - RF
Gonzalez - 1B
Van Slyke - LF
Pederson - CF
Hernandez - 3B
Barnes - C
Wood - P

 

[OutlawImmortal]

Alex Wood keeping the streak alive and A-Gon punishing Peavy so far.

 

[lasportzphan]

That escalated quickly. Can't win 'em all.

 

[lasportzphan]

Game 1 Recap:

 

[LASports96]

Blame me

I came home for lunch it was 4-0 Dodgers and the Giants promptly scored 7 runs in a row

Oh well win tonight

 

[duke1861]

Well we lost the game on 2 hits. Great job again by our bullpen. Same crap...different year.

I have no idea why we are so intimated by the Giants.

I love the addition of Joey Pancakes. Two pitches into his 2016 debut and he gives up a homer!

Can we please address the bullpen for once? No more journeymen and pitching experiments please. I have a feeling we will all be saying this repeatedly this year. The Hatcher experiment needs to be over finally.

 

[lasportzphan]

Well we lost the game on 2 hits. Great job again by our bullpen. Same crap...different year.

I have no idea why we are so intimated by the Giants.

I love the addition of Joey Pancakes. Two pitches into his 2016 debut and he gives up a homer!

Can we please address the bullpen for once? No more journeymen and pitching experiments please. I have a feeling we will all be saying this repeatedly this year. The Hatcher experiment needs to be over finally.

Joe Blanton era (round two) has begun!

It's only April. Shit happens.

 

[duke1861]

Joe Blanton era (round two) has begun!

It's only April. Shit happens.

I hear you but its the same crap as last year. We have the cheapest bullpen and it shows. The Giants will win the division because they will have a superior pen. I wish we would follow the blue print of the Cardinals and Royals and establish an elite pen.

It is April and there is plenty of ball left. I was just hoping we would see some pen improvement and I haven't yet. Plenty of time to improve though.

I just don't understand the fascination with Hatcher and why we sign Blanton? Not saying we should have shelled out a billion dollars but we could addressed the pen with smart signings. Instead we sign journeymen. Very frustrating.

 

[lasportzphan]

I hear you but its the same crap as last year. We have the cheapest bullpen and it shows. The Giants will win the division because they will have a superior pen. I wish we would follow the blue print of the Cardinals and Royals and establish an elite pen.

It is April and there is plenty of ball left. I was just hoping we would see some pen improvement and I haven't yet. Plenty of time to improve though.

I just don't understand the fascination with Hatcher and why we sign Blanton? Not saying we should have shelled out a billion dollars but we could addressed the pen with smart signings. Instead we sign journeymen. Very frustrating.

Pen is suspect. No doubt.

 

[lasportzphan]

Stole one today!

 

[lasportzphan]

The Giants really pissed that game away. Booting a game ending double play ball and forcing over the first run via a HBP. Praise Seager for the win....

 

[Villain]

Well we lost the game on 2 hits. Great job again by our bullpen. Same crap...different year.

I have no idea why we are so intimated by the Giants.

I love the addition of Joey Pancakes. Two pitches into his 2016 debut and he gives up a homer!

Can we please address the bullpen for once? No more journeymen and pitching experiments please. I have a feeling we will all be saying this repeatedly this year. The Hatcher experiment needs to be over finally.

You are the worst.

 

[OutlawImmortal]

You are the worst.

Yes, apparently elite relief pitchers grow on trees and any team can get them.

 

[Villain]

Yes, apparently elite relief pitchers grow on trees and any team can get them.

He called it last week.

 

[Villain]

I just don't understand the fascination with Hatcher

"Dodgers reliever with 'Wade Davis fastball' had 1.31 ERA in 22 games after returning from DL last year"
Chris Hatcher models fastball after Wade Davis

and why we sign Blanton?

Joe Blanton Is Awesome Now, Apparently | FanGraphs Baseball

Not saying we should have shelled out a billion dollars but we could addressed the pen with smart signings. Instead we sign journeymen. Very frustrating.

Smart signings? Rattle off some names.

 

[duke1861]

"Dodgers reliever with 'Wade Davis fastball' had 1.31 ERA in 22 games after returning from DL last year"
Chris Hatcher models fastball after Wade Davis


Joe Blanton Is Awesome Now, Apparently | FanGraphs Baseball



Smart signings? Rattle off some names.

Mentioning Chris Hatcher and Wade Davis in the same sentence is hilarious. You have lost all credibility. Please delete your account...seriously.

In all honesty, I see Hatcher being the next Lee Smith or Mariano Rivera. He is that good!

 

[Villain]

Mentioning Chris Hatcher and Wade Davis in the same sentence is hilarious. You have lost all credibility. Please delete your account...seriously.

In all honesty, I see Hatcher being the next Lee Smith or Mariano Rivera. He is that good!

I didn't do it. A professional baseball writer for MLB did, and he used empirical evidence to back it up. So, thanks for not reading the article?