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Willie is out but Chad and Ben discuss the All Star Game, Timmy’s No-No and the second half of the season.
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Episode #51. The Noah Lowry Episode
Remember this guy?
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We are all doom and gloom and then…whiskey!
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Another Press Box Bonusode: 50.1: “Zany at Zeke’s”
From left to right: Ben, Willie, Chad. This is about 4 hours BV (Before Venable)
Press play above to listen to our brief, zany, and irreplaceable “conversation” between us and @jencosgriff as we dissected the Giants tough loss, bare thighs, boobs, and punching people in the face. Recorded in the wee hours of the morning at Zeke’s in San Francisco. Very limited quantities of alcohol were consumed.
Chad
Episode 50: Scott Garrelts y Jose Mijares
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The Week in Review
- 2-5 since our last recording (lost 3/4 to A’s, lost 2/3 to STL)
- Somehow they’re still in 2nd place, only 2 GB of AZ
- After 57 games in 2012: 32-25 (2 Games ahead of where they are now), and 4 GB of LAD
- Our first game of 2013 in the press box on Thu vs. A’s. Hey, Giants are 2-0 with TC in the box!
Talking Points
- Once again, horrible starting pitching, only Gaudin and Zito saved the day
The Big Question
- Do you eventually move Lincecum to the bullpen?
- Article from Andrew Baggerly:
“Extra Baggs: The Giants would turn Lincecum into a late-inning reliever “in a
heartbeat,” according to one club source, if they had another starting
pitcher in the system ready to take his place in the rotation.
How would he feel about that?
“I’m always open. It’s just, right now I don’t want to be open to
it,” said Lincecum, adding he is committed to remaining a starter for
the rest of this season. “I’m sure if my career takes that turn, I’m
definitely open to changes, especially if it’s beneficial to the team
I’m playing for.””
Armchair Manager
- Do you keep Gaudin in the rotation?
- How do you set up the coming weeks?
- More rest for starters or skip the 5th spot when possible.
- Skip Lincecum in AZ?
On Deck
- Quick 2 games at home vs. Toronto, then a 9 game road trip through AZ, Pit and ATL, all winning teams
- June is going to be rough: 18 of 27 games are on the road
Tweet At Me, Bruh
- Willie: @TortureCast: I’ll keep on this juice fast as long as Lincecum remains a starter. #mightlose30pounds
- Chad: Tom Tolbert – @byronjr23: Halos 6 outs from being swept by the Astros..It would be a 4 game sweep no less..Fun fact: Astros payroll 17 mill..Hamilton salary 17.5 mill”
Our New Favorite Guy
- Chad: Chad Gaudin
- Willie: Bengie Molina
We Should Hate This Guy
- Willie: Every Cardinals player
- Chad: Yadier Molina
Why We Will Win It All
- Chad: We won’t if the starters don’t shape up
- Willie: Yeah, I’m not feeling it right now
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Episode 49: The Javier Lopez Episode
I’m not entirely sure why Javier Lopez is applying sunscreen in a SF Giants media photo shoot…but I can’t look away….
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Yeah, we missed a show, but they went 1-6 that week and would’ve had to have recorded the show on Zoloft. So, we skipped it. This week was a little better….
Oh, and by the way, Chad will be covering the A’s-Giants game on Thursday, 5/30 (12:45pm) from the press box, so be sure to tune in for sober tweets during the game.
Talking Points
- Giants have been scuffling. Now in second place, 1 back of AZ
- Last year, after 51 games, Giants were 27-24, 5.5 GB of LAD, 1 game back of what they are now: 28-23
- Discuss my Uncle’s memorial game
- Giants have gone 5-8 since our last show…
The Week in Review
- Injuries: Broken pinkie for Vogelsong, out 6-8 weeks
- Injuries: Casilla out with leg surgery to remove a cyst from his tibia. Expected to return after the ASG
- Rosario sent down to AAA to make room for Kickham’s start tomorrow
- Pagan’s inside the park homer walk off
The Big Question
- Is Kickham the right choice to replace Vogelsong?
Tweet At Me, Bruh
- Willie: @djp4cal: “Booing Posey is like booing America.”
- Chad: @williedills: “Memorial game for my uncle. Asked for it an he came through! #knbrfan @ AT&T Park http://instagram.com/p/Zygo6WpK-b/”
- Ben: @Sfgiants (tweet from #AskBelt)
Our New Favorite Guy
- Chad: Flannery: looked like he was going to score with Pagan
- Willie: Buster Posey
We Should Hate This Guy
- Willie: Whoever invented the A’s/Giants hat
- Chad: Alfonso Marquez
Why We Will Win It All
- Chad: Because AZ and COL can’t sustain this
- Willie: Our pitching can’t stay this bad. This is not reality
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Episode 48: The Pablo Sandoval Episode
Panda Pinkomonium
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Hey, the Giants are in first, the Dodgers in last. What else is there to be happy about?!
Talking Points
- Giants have second best record in NL, in first place, Dodgers in last, took 3/4 from 1st place Braves
- Giants rotation getting better, but still 12th in NL for starters (4.25 ERA)
- Zito (3-1, 2.75 ERA) and Bumgarner (4-1, 2.18 ERA) have remained mostly issue-free, but Lincecum (3-2, 4.07 ERA) hasn’t achieved true consistency and Vogelsong (1-3, 7.78 ERA) has one quality start in seven appearances.
- Cain won his first two May starts, yielding three runs over 15 1/3 innings. That’s a 1.76 ERA.
The Week in Review
- Lost 2/3 vs Philly, won 3/4 from ATL
- Giants now have the BEST BA in the NL at .266, 3rd in runs, 3rd in RBI
The Big Question
- Can Lincecum perform like this again? 7 innings, 0 runs, 2 hits. Vintage.
- Giants ASG dark horse, go!
Armchair Manager
- Should Gaudin move up in depth? 21 IP, 1.27 ERA, 21K, 15H, .195 BAA
Tweet At Me, Bruh
- Willie: kyleconaway: Hey @Williedills, I love you and all, but your #Giants can go straight to hell. #GoBraves #TomahawkChop4Life
- Chad: “Thomas Todd @HammerheadT @chadk21 @williedills @friedduck @TortureCast Damn, why didn’t we think of that?” That’s right, we’re on YOUTUBE!
Our New Favorite Guy
- Panda and his pink fingernails and homeruns
- Scutaro finding his groove again
We Should Hate This Guy
- Chad: Matt Kemp…BUT IT’S SO HARD (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/07/matt-kemp-gives-fan-hat-shoes-jersey_n_3231485.html)
- Willie: Melky Cabrera of course, wish we could boo the hell out him but oh well.
Why We Will Win It All
- Chad: Giants will make a deadline deal to solidify their rotation if Vogey doesn’t come around
- We have bullets in the chamber besides who we have right now. If we need a move to solidify, wherever that may be, it will happen
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Episode 47: The Rod Beck Episode
RIP Shooter. You were a good one. We tip our glass.
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WTF GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS!!!!!
Willie and Chad kept this podcast much shorter than usual, mostly because Willie wanted to throw himself out of his apartment window after that crushing, epic, utterly pathetic choke-job the Warriors pulled in San Antonio. They blow a 16 point lead with less than 4 minutes left!! Then leave Ginobli THAT WIDE OPEN for a 3 pointer with 3 seconds left in double OT!!!!??
But, we digress and get back to talking Giants baseball and their tonic that was a 6 game winning streak.
Talking Points
- Giants have now swept every other team in the NL west, mental edge from here on out?
- 0.5 ahead of COL, 3rd best record in NL after tonight’s loss
- After 32 games last year, they were 15-17 and 6 GB of LA
The Week in Review
- Cain won his first start!
- Panda caught fire, Scutero hitting again, Posey getting back to normal Posey
The Big Question
- Vogelsong: 7.20 ERA after 6 starts. Can he work through this?
- You can review Chad’s article about Vogelsong’s struggles.
Armchair Manager
- Do they do anything about Vogelsong right now? No, we agree to wait until the All Star Break, then they may need outside help.
Tweet At Me, Bruh
- Chad: Wendy Thurm @hangingsliders: Well, at least the #Dodgers will be in last place in a few minutes. So there’s that.
- Willie: KingEyeballKing: @TortureCast Walk off HR in the bottom of the 10th, or as the Giants call it: just another day at the yard.
Our New Favorite Guy
- Willie: Guillermo Quiroz
- Chad: Hunter Pence…on fiare
We Should Hate This Guy
- Chad: Spurs and refs and who was assigned to cover Ginobli
- Willie: God, if he wins us games like Mark Jackson says, then this one is on him
Why We Will Win It All
- Chad: When the starting pitching turns it around
- Willie: Offense never goes quietly and we’re in every game no matter what.
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Episode 46: The Kirk Rueter Episode
Woody being Woody
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We welcome Eric Nathanson to the show. The man behind 2outhits.com and a Giants fan out of…ahem, Chicago?! We start out the show trying to understand how such a die-hard Giants fan developed this way WITHOUT EVER HAVING BEEN TO SAN FRANCISCO! Willie also tests both Eric and Chad’s knowledge with a little Giants trivia.
Talking Points
- What the hell is going on?! The sky is falling!! 5 losses in a row!
The Week in Review
- Lost 2/3 to AZ, swept by SD. 4 out of those 5 could’ve easily been wins, have only been outscored by 7 runs over the 5 game losing streak (3 went extra innings)
The Big Question
- Vogelsong and Cain? Can they right the ship quickly?
- You can review Chad’s article about Vogelsong’s struggles.
Armchair Manager
- Is it time to send Hector down? Could we use some bullpen depth?
- Should Marco be moved down in the lineup?
Tweet At Me, Bruh
- Chad: Jason Collins @jasoncollins344hAll the support I have received today is truly inspirational. I knew that I was choosing the road less traveled but I’m not walking it alone
- Willie: MLB: “Everybody knows somebody who’s gay. If you can’t deal with it in 2013, you need to go somewhere and hide in a cave.” – @LaTroyHawkins32
- Eric: @pourmecoffee: Gay people play sports. You can deal with this America. I believe in you.
Our New Favorite Guy
- Willie: Timmy: getting back into his stride perhaps? Lotsa Ks, less wild and finally accepting of Posey perhaps?
- Chad: Bumgarner: 1.87 ERA, 3-0 sub 1 WHIP, country bumpkin can PITCH!
- Ben: Brandon Crawford: Seriously, Matt Kemp WISHES he was as gifted a hitter as Brandon Crawford.
- Eric: Hunter Pence: That guy plays every play like it’s his last. And how can you not love the stilted motions?
- Honorary Mention: Jason Collins and Robbie Rogers: Look, we’re all San Franciscans here (well, some honorary). This should be pretty obvious.
We Should Hate This Guy
- Chad: I’m abstaining for positive energy and kharma for the team
- Willie: Chris Broussard – slamming Jason Collins on the air as not a christian because he’s gay. Nice job being a bigot, homey. Good luck with that.
- Ben: Almost anybody who writes in the comments section.
- Eric: I have the same hate for Broussard, but love for Giants
Why We Will Win It All
- Chad: If we stop playing like shit
- Willie: We are getting the slump out of the way early. After 5 straight losses we’re only 2 GB and still above the Dodgers. Suck on that.
- Ben: Depth depth depth. Also, Nick Noonan.
- Eric: Bruce Bochy is the best in the biz in a short series.
We want to thank Eric Nathanson for joining us on this extra-long, but thought-provoking episode of Torturecast! Don’t forget to follow him @2outhits on Twitter!
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Episode 44: The Willie McCovey Episode
Stretch
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It’s been a while, but the boys are back with the first podcast of the 2013 regular season.
Talking Points
- Giants return with 21 of 25 members from the 2012 WS team
- Surprise guys who made the team, Nick Noonan and Guillermo Quiroz
- We talk a bit about our amazing experience at Media Day in February, and the opportunity to interview many of the Giants players. (if you missed it, go to our YouTube channel for the treasure trove of video interviews with Posey, Lincecum, Belt, Crawford, Zito, Romo, Bochy)
The Week in Review
- Giants first week of the 2013 season and they go 4-3, taking 2 of 3 from LA and losing the last 2 to StL, and winning the first one from Colorado.
- Pence is HAWT: 3 HRs in the first 7 games, .292
- Lots of cold hitters: Scutaro, Posey, Belt, Torres all under .200
The Big Question
- Any concern about Cain or Vogelsong or Lincecum? Nahhhh
Armchair Manager
- Would you have pulled Cain earlier on Sunday?
Tweet At Me, Bruh
- Chad: “Bay Area Sports Guy @BASportsGuy Get me some shots of sad cheerleaders, stat! AND Wendy Thurm @hangingsliders: Obligatory sad cheerleader photo dot tumblr”
- Willie: @Nicolevolgelsong is now following us, we win
Our New Favorite Guy
- Willie: Chad Gaudin – great pickup, really good stuff and looks like he’ll be a fixture in the pen this year
- Chad: NICK NOONAN! first hit and fun name
- Ben: Brandon Crawford, Honorary Mention: Aubrey Huff
We Should Hate This Guy
- Chad: The designer for the Giants WS Gold jerseys…SF logo on a HOME jersey?
- Willie: Clayton Kershaw
- Ben: Jose Castillo
Why We Will Win It All
- Chad: Because they have home gold jerseys with the SF on the chest
- Willie: This team should be better with no Huff, Torres back and Lincecum should at least be better than last year, full season of Pence and Zito having a resurgence
- Ben: SMALL SAMPLE SIZE
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Episode 43.5: The Bryan Srabian Episode
We interview Bryan Srabian, Social Media Director of the San Francisco Giants
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Willie, Ben and I had the delightful opportunity (did I just use the word, “delightful?”) to interview the Social Media Director for the San Francisco Giants, Bryan Srabian. We could have easily talked to him for many hours (and we wanted to), but we still squeezed in about 50 minutes of very interesting talk about how social media is used as a marketing tool for the Giants and other Major League teams.
We hope you enjoy listening to this interview as much as we did!
You can follow Bryan Srabian on Twitter @srabe.
Chad
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