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by | October 2, 2024 · 2:37 PM

Episode #306: President Posey

Buster Posey appears at the Giants’ press conference that introduced him as the Giants’ new President of Baseball Operations on October 1, 2024.

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The “Fire Farhan” brigade got their wish, but his replacement was a bit of a surprise. Buster Posey was named President of Baseball Operations of the San Francisco Giants. It’s not often that a franchise icon gets a chance to run their team, but if anyone can succeed, it’s Buster Posey. He was introduced Tuesday at Oracle Park and he promised to please the fans and players and get back to what San Francisco Giants’ baseball is all about. This man appears to care deeply about this team, and is somewhat putting his reputation on the line. A few call this move desperate, but it seems that most Giants fans are 100% behind this move. I mean, could it be worse than Farhan? One playoff appearance and one winning record in 6 years suggests not. Farhan’s time ran out. Maybe he was given too much rope as it is. Chad and Eric talk about this monumental decision in Giants history and the potential good and bad ramifications it could have on the franchise (we think mostly good!). 

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by | August 19, 2024 · 4:34 PM

Episode #305: The Last Bay Bridge Series

Blake Snell and the Giants played their last game at the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday, August 18, 2024. Snell allowed 1 ER in 6IP and has a 1.03 ERA since coming off the IL. / Robert Edwards-USA TODAY Sports.

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Be honest, you don’t really care about the Bay Bridge Series, but now that it’s gone, you pine for it. The Giants made their last visit to the Oakland Coliseum over the weekend for the final Bay Bridge Series, splitting the two games with their soon-not-to-be cross-bay rivals. Next year, the Giants will travel to their OWN AAA ballpark to play the A’s…wtf? Chad is joined by special guest Ryan Leong (@ryanleong) from Bay Area Sports Wrap to discuss his 25+ years of covering pro Bay Area sports and of course, Giants baseball. We take a historical look into the Giants’ franchise and how the near-move in 1993 compares with the A’s move today. We also chat about his Starter jacket collection, favorite memories at the Coliseum, Blake Snell, Logan Webb, Matt Chapman, the Giants’ playoff chances (now officially on life support), and frankly, criticize both Melvin and Zaidi. Ok, we are two grumpy 50-year old men shaking our fists at the Giant clouds in the sky.

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by | August 12, 2024 · 6:06 PM

Episode #304: Don’t Tease us, Giants!

The 2014 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants were honored at Oracle Park on Saturday. Most of the team was there, including Bum, Posey, the core 4, Pence, Panik, Peavy, Vogey, Belt, Sabean, and more. How has it been 10 YEARS?! (Photo by SF Giants)

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The Giants have been slowly creeping up in the standings and suddenly find themselves 2 games above .500 and only 1.5 games back of the wild card with 42 to play. We discuss their playoff chances, their recent trades, the demotion of Doval, Snell’s resurgence and no-hitter, the all-important 4-game series with the Braves this week, the 2014 World Series team reunion, and much, much more. 

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by | July 17, 2024 · 4:22 PM

Episode #303: Giants are Mid

Logan Webb did not pitch well in his first All Star game, giving up 3 earned runs in one inning of a 5-3 loss to the American League in Texas. (Photo by MLB video/FOX Sports)

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Well, they are. At the All Star break, the Giants stand at 3 games under .500, and while they are only 3 games back of the final wildcard spot, they have 5 teams ahead of them. That’s a tough assignment. Should they sell, buy, or stand pat? Eric and Chad discuss the Giants prospects of making the playoffs with 67 games remaining. We also had an All-Star game, where the two Giants didn’t do so well in another NL loss. And…we talk about the MLB draft with the Giants going outfield heavy in the early rounds.

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by | May 15, 2024 · 5:43 PM

Episode #300: Are You Not Entertained?!

Gerard Butler is excited for our 300th episode!

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Ok. Full transparency. I started the podcast by opening with a clip of Russell Crowe bellowing, “Are you not entertained?!” to honor our 300th episode. I forgot that clip is not from the movie “300.” It’s Gladiator. Eric, Willie, and I talk about the milestone that is our 300th episode, how the podcast got started, and a few interesting podcasting stats. Then we came to visit the hospital that is the current SF Giants clubhouse. Lee, Soler, Conforto, Winn, Slater, Ahmed, Murphy…all injured. There are 7 players on the current roster that were playing for Sacramento less than two weeks ago. And they have to compete with the All Star Dodgers? But hey, they just signed Curt Casali and an outfielder from the Mexican league! This team is certainly not performing the way we expected, and things could get much worse with all of these injuries. The good news is they are only 2.5 games out of the third wild card spot.

From the bottom of our orange hearts, THANK YOU for continuing to listen to TortureCast. We don’t get paid, we do this out of love for baseball and the Giants. If you didn’t listen, we wouldn’t speak.

On to the next 100 episodes!

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by | April 26, 2024 · 11:04 PM

Episode #299: Something Snells Around Here

Blake Snell’s ERA is a whopping 11.57 with the Giants before heading to the injured list. Photo by MLB.

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Well, that didn’t take long. Blake Snell gets rocked in his first three outings then goes on the IL with an adductor strain. The boys chat about our biggest surprises and biggest disappointments in the first 26 games of the season, which finds the Giants just under .500. At least they haven’t lost the division in the month of April. Our surprises include Conforto and Hicks, but aside from Snell, our biggest disappointments so far are the bullpen and Austin Slater. Also, the Giants welcome in the Pirates and Joey Bart this weekend after they traded Bart to the Bucs in early April. He’s off to a hot start with 3 bombs in 26 ABs. He hit only 11 homers with the Giants in 5 years. Go figure. 

Chad is going out to sea on an expedition for work, but we’ll be back in a couple of weeks for the big 300!

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by | April 2, 2024 · 4:45 PM

Episode #298: Confortoable

Michael Conforto blasts a solo homerun (his 3rd in 5 games) at Dodger Stadium in a loss to the Dodgers on April 1, 2024. Photo by MLB.

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The season is officially underway, and Chad and Eric review the first five games of the Giants’ 2024 season. Despite the 2-3 start, there are a lot of positives to take away with the hitting of Lee, Conforto, Chapman, and Wade, and the starts by Webb, Harrison, Hicks, and Winn. However, the bullpen has been the worst in the majors to start the young season, having given up 20 earned runs in just 18 innings. Although there will be a correction to the mean, if the pen doesn’t smooth things out quickly, it could lead to some Pepto nights for Giants fans. 

Eric was a guest on “The Cast for….” check it out here!

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by | March 25, 2024 · 5:33 PM

Episode #297: 2024 Season Preview

Brand new Giant, Blake Snell, throws at Spring Training on March 24, 2024. Photo by Andy Kuno/San Francisco Giants/Getty Images

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It’s one of our favorite episodes to do every year: the season preview episode! 

This also begins our FOURTEENTH season of covering Giants’ baseball.

Everything is fresh as a daisy. Everyone has a 0-0 record (well, except the Dodgers and Padres), and you can just smell the scent of fresh-cut grass in the office. Eric and Chad review what’s happened in Giants’ baseball over the last three weeks, including the bombshell of landing last year’s Cy Young winner, Blake Snell. Then, we get to our picks and prognostications. How many wins? Who will lead the team in ERA? Wins? HR? facial hair rearrangement? (strike that last one). We also solicited win predictions from YOU, our listeners, and we read every single one on air. Vegas has the over/under at 83.5 wins. Where do we land? We also give our divisional and wild card picks, and who will be victorious in the World Series.

Also, don’t forget to check out Chad’s Oracle Park food review video!

Go Giants!

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by | May 20, 2020 · 2:08 PM

Episode #194: Baseball in San Francisco…in July?

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Oracle Park may not have fans in July, but could it have baseball? (AFP Photo/JUSTIN SULLIVAN)

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Do we think this is likely? Not really. But, that is the latest bit of news coming out of the baseball world. Last week, MLB owners sent the players association a proposal that would start an 82 game season in July. Some of the main points of how the season would work include the DH for the NL, an expanded 14-team playoff, games restricted to mainly geographic opponents to reduce travel, and a myriad of COVID-19 related guidelines for on-field play (no spitting, chewing tobacco, fist bumps, etc.). They also proposed a 50/50 revenue split with the players, but that would result in lower salaries than the players already agreed to on March 26, when they agreed to a pro-rated salary based on the number of games played. Additionally, California Governor Newsom indicated that pro sports may be able to return by June, without spectators.

All of these issues are massive hurdles, which makes the prospect of a season starting in July seem unlikely. However, baseball fans around the nation would be ecstatic to see their team playing on their home field (on TV) sometime this year.

We also talk about Blake Snell’s unwillingness to play for less, the Giants are paying their non-baseball staff through September, and the OOTP Baseball dream bracket #2 will send in the 1954 and 2012 Giants as part of the field of 64 historic teams.

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MLB Owners Proposal Highlights: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-2020-season-plan-owners-approve-proposal-for-july-start-talks-reportedly-begin-without-salary-discussion/

Blog by Craig Calcaterra: https://craigcalcaterra.com/blog/the-pandemic-diary-may-16/ 

Blake Snell: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29174318/rays-ace-blake-snell-says-refuses-play-reduced-salary

OOTP Dream Bracket #2: https://www.mlb.com/dream-bracket

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