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2015 NFL All Pro Team, Through Week 9

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Through Week 9. I'll do this again after week 12; All Pro Teams for 2015.

First Team
QB Tom Brady NE
RB Le'Veon Bell Pit
RB Marshawn Lynch Sea
WR Antonio Brown Pit
WR Alshon Jeffery Chi
TE Rob Gronkowski NE
C Ryan Kalil Min
G Marshal Yanda Balt
G Zack Martin Dall
T Tyron Smith Dall
T Andrew Whitworth Cin

DE Khalil Mack Oak
DE Cameron Jordan NO
DT JJ Watt Hou
DT Aaron Donald StL
OLB Justin Houston KC
OLB Anthony Barr Minn
ILB Luke Kuechly Carol - MVP
CB Josh Norman Carol
CB Tyrann Marthieu Ari
S Malcolm Jenkins Phi
S Devin McCourty NE

Second Team
QB Carson Palmer Ari
RB Devonta Freeman Atl
RB Doug Martin TB
WR Julio Jones Atl
WR DeAndre Hopkins Hou
TE Delanie Walker Ten
C Travis Frederick Dall
G Richie Incognito Buf
G Evan Mathis Den
T Joe Thomas Cle
T Terron Armstead NO

DE Von Miller Den
DE Cliff Avril Sea
DT Linval Joseph Min
OLB KJ Wright Sea
OLB Elvis Dumervill Balt
ILB Derrick Johnson KC
ILB Danny Trevathan Den
CB Darrelle Revis NYJ
CB Patrick Peterson Ari
S Harrison Smith Min
S Patrick Chung NE

Top 25 Relief Pitching Seasons in Giants History

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Starters are here.

Through 2019. Ranked by WAR (baseball-reference+Clay Davenport, the best WAR number that exists).

1. 1982 Greg Minton 6.65
2. 1998 Rob Nen 5.55
3. 2010 Brian Wilson 4.9

4. 1965 Frank Linzy 4.75
5. 2000 Robb Nen 4.6
6. 1977 Gary Lavelle 4.6

7. 1990 Jeff Brantley 4.5

8. 1965 Bobby Bolin 4.4
9. 1961 Stu Miller 4.35

10. 1950 Sal Maglie 4.3

11. 1954 Marv Grissom 4.2
12. 2002 Robb Nen 4.1

13. 1967 Frank Linzy 4.1

14. 1916 Ferdie Schupp 4.05

15. 1979 Gary Lavelle 3.85

16. 1993 Rod Beck 3.6

17. 1943 Ace Adams 3.6

18. 2001 Felix Rodriguez 3.55
19. 1970 Don McMahon 3.55
20. 1954 Hoyt Wilhelm 3.5
21. 1992 Rod Beck 3.45
22. 1980 Greg Minton 3.45

23. 1911 Doc Crandall 3.4

24. 1953 Hoyt Wilhelm 3.35

25. 1910 Doc Crandall 3.35

Top 100 Starting Pitching Seasons in Giants History

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

RF is here.

Through 2019. Ranked by WAR (baseball-reference+Clay Davenport, the best WAR number that exists).

1. 1908 Christy Mathewson 11.9

2. 1894 Amos Rusie 11.15

3. 1909 Christy Mathewson 10.65

4. 1933 Carl Hubbell 10.1

5. 1965 Juan Marichal 10.05

6. 1936 Carl Hubbell 9.7

7. 1893 Amos Rusie 9.6
8. 1905 Christy Mathewson 9.6
9. 1966 Juan Marichal 9.5

10. 1903 Joe McGinnity 9

11. 1884 Mickey Welch 8.85

12. 1904 Joe McGinnity 8.75

13. 1903 Christy Mathewson 8.65
14. 1901 Christy Mathewson 8.6
15. 1894 Jouette Meekin 8.55

16. 1910 Christy Matthewson 8.35

17. 2008 Tim Lincecum 8.2

18. 1932 Carl Hubbell 8.05

19. 1891 Amos Rusie 7.95

20. 1969 Juan Marichal 7.55

21. 1963 Juan Marichal 7.7

22. 1897 Amos Rusie 7.6

23. 1890 Amos Rusie 7.6

24. 1907 Christy Mathewson 7.55

25. 1885 Mickey Welch 7.55
26. 2009 Tim Lincecum 7.45
27. 1934 Carl Hubbell 7.45
28. 1912 Christy Mathewson 7.45
29. 1954 Johnny Antonelli 7.3

30. 1892 Amos Rusie 7.3

31. 1888 Tim Keefe 7.3

32. 1911 Christy Mathewson 7.25
33. 1886 Tim Keefe 7.25

34. 1913 Christy Mathewson 7

35. 1970 Gaylord Perry 6.85

36. 1908 Hooks Wiltse 6.85

37. 1956 Johnny Antonelli 6.75

38. 1887 Tim Keefe 6.7
39. 1915 Jeff Tesreau 6.65

40. 2004 Jason Schmidt 6.5

41. 1933 Hal Schumacher 6.45

42. 1974 Jim Barr 6.45
43. 2009 Matt Cain 6.4

44. 2003 Jason Schmidt 6.4

45. 1976 John Montefusco 6.4

46. 1978 Vida Blue 6.35

47. 1888 Mickey Welch 6.35
48. 2016 Madison Bumgarner 6.25
49. 2015 Madison Bumgarner 6.25

50. 1928 Larry Benton 6.25

51. 1964 Juan Marichal 6.2

52. 1960 Mike McCormick 6.2

53. 1978 Bob Knepper 6.15

54. 1904 Christy Mathewson 6.1
55. 1969 Gaylord Perry 6.05

56. 1925 Jack Scott 6.05

57 2016 Johnny Cueto 5.9

58. 1914 Jeff Tesreau 5.85

59. 1949 Dave Koslo 5.8

60. 1968 Juan Marichal 5.75
61. 1977 Ed Halicki 5.7
62. 1975 John Montefusco 5.7

63. 1912 Rube Marquard 5.7

64. 1899 Cy Seymour 5.7
65. 1993 Billy Swift 5.6
66. 1959 Sam Jones 5.6

67. 1895 Amos Rusie 5.6

68. 1993 Billy Swift 5.6
69. 1951 Sal Maglie 5.55

70. 1976 Jim Barr 5.4
71. 1967 Gaylord Perry 5.4

72. 1966 Gaylord Perry 5.3

73. 2012 Matt Cain 5.25
74. 1935 Carl Hubbell 5.25

75. 1900 Win Mercer 5.25

76. 1975 Jim Barr 5.2
77. 1913 Jeff Tesreau 5.2

78. 1896 Jouette Meekin 5.2

79. 1883 Monte Ward 5.15

80. 2001 Russ Ortiz 5.1

81. 1959 Johnny Antonelli 5.1

82. 1935 Hal Schumacher 5.1
83. 2014 Madison Bumgarner 5.05
84. 1992 Billy Swift 5.05
85. 1968 Gaylord Perry 5.05
86. 1964 Gaylord Perry 5.05
87. 1947 Larry Jansen 5.05
88. 1911 Rube Marquard 5.05

89. 1950 Larry Jansen 5

90. 1889 Mickey Welch 5

91. 2011 Tim Lincecum 4.95

92. 1980 Vida Blue 4.95

93. 1931 Carl Hubbell 4.95

94. 1913 Rube Marquard 4.95
95. 2013 Madison Bumgarner 4.9
96. 1961 Mike McCormick 4.9
97. 1951 Larry Jansen 4.9

98. 1885 Tim Keefe 4.85

99. 2007 Matt Cain 4.8

The worst starting pitching season in Giants history.. 2013 -3.25 Barry Zito

The Top 101 Plays in the San Francisco Giants Dynasty (Part Three of Four)

Monday, November 9, 2015

Part II is here.

The countdown of the top 101 moments in the San Francisco Giants dynasty continues.

50. 0% June 13 2012

130 years of Giants baseball (as of 2012) one perfect game, Matt Cain over the Astros, saved here by a terrific Gregor Blanco catch in the 7^th.

49. 17% Oct 3 2010

Last day of the regular season, we lost two straight coming in to San Diego, the Padres now only a game out – a loss forces a tiebreaker; we're up 2-0 in the 6^th, Jonathan Sanchez put the first two guys on and was replaced by Santiago Casilla – he got former Giants catcher Yorvit Torrealba to ground into a DP. We got out unscathed and won 3-0 to win the west.

48. 18% Oct 20 2010
NLCS game 4 – a Juan Uribe sac fly off Roy Oswalt brought home Aubrey Huff to win the game 6-5 and put us up 3-1 on the Phils. One win away from our first pennant in 8 years.

47. 19% Oct 20 2010

NLCS Game 4 - same game as #48 - up 2 games to 1 on the Phils, tied at 5 in the bottom of the ninth, with one out Buster Posey singles Aubrey Huff over to third off Roy Oswalt. We’d win the game 6-5, Posey becoming the first rookie with a four hit game in the NLCS.

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46. 15% Oct 16 2010

NLCS Game 1 - 1-1 in the fifth, Cody Ross homers off of Roy Halladay to give us a 2-1 lead, his second homer of the game, we’d go on to win 4-3.

45. 11% Oct 27 2012

World Series Game 3 – up 2-0 and up 2 games to 0, bases loaded, Ryan Vogelsong gets Miguel Cabrera to pop up to end the 5^th. That was the final score, only the third time Detroit was shut out all season, we were a game away from sweeping the Tigers.

44. 12% Oct 25 2012

World Series Game 2 – we won the first game; scoreless here in the 7^th, Madison Bumgarner gets Prince Fielder to ground into a 1-6-3 DP, we beat Detroit 2-0.

43. 16% Oct 28 2010

World Series Game 2 – up a game on Texas, Edgar Renteria broke a scoreless 5^th inning tie with a homer off CJ Wilson. We won 9-0; it had been 14 years since a team had come back from down 2-0 to win the Series, it wasn't going to happen this year either.

42. 17% Oct 31 2010
World Series, Game 4, up 2 games to 1 on Texas, Aubrey Huff broke a scoreless tie in the third with a two run homer off Tommy Hunter. We won 4-0 to move a game away from our first title since moving to San Francisco over a half century prior.

41. 16% Oct 21 2014
World Series – Game 1 already up 1-0 in the first, Hunter Pence hits a two run homer off of James Shields, we beat the Royals 7-1 to open up the series.

40. 17% Oct 27 2010
World Series – Game 1 Giants down 2-0 in the third, Freddie Sanchez gets to Cliff Lee, doubling home Edgar Renteria to cut the Ranger lead in half. Sanchez will hit two more doubles and we’d go on to win 11-7 to grab game one.

39. 14% Oct 7 2014
NLDS Game 4 – Giants up 2 games to 1 and looking to close out the Nats, 2-2 in the 7^th, an Aaron Barrett wild pitch scores Joe Panik with what will turn out to be the winning run and we win the series, heading to the NLCS for the third time since 2010.

38. 17% Oct 11 2010
NLDS Game 4 – Giants up 2 games to 1 and looking to close out the Braves, Cody Ross ties the score at 1 with a 6^th inning homer against Derek Lowe, our first hit of the game. We win 3-2 to advance to our first NLCS in 8 years.

37. 17% Oct 11 2010
NLDS Game 4, same game as #38, Giants looking to close out the Braves, down 2-1 in the 7^th, 2 out, bases loaded, an Alex Gonzalez throwing error on a Juan Uribe grounder scores the tying run and we’d go on to win and advance.

36. 20% Oct 14 2014
NLCS Game 3 – tied at 1 game apiece, the Giants opened it up early on the Cards, Travis Ishikawa with a bases clearing two out double off of John Lackey that gave us a 4-0 first inning lead. We held on to win 5-4.

35. 20% Oct 14 2014
NLCS Game 3 – same game as #36; bottom of the tenth, 4-4, Randy Choate throws away a Gregor Blanco bunt that allows Brandon Crawford to score the winning run to put us up 2 games to 1 over the Cards.

34. 15% Oct 11 2012
NLDS Game 5 – what was once a 6-0 Giants lead had been cut to 6-3 in the sixth after Matt Cain gave up a leadoff homer to Ryan Ludwick. The next two Reds reached, meaning the tying run came to the plate in the person of Ryan Hanigan – Cain struck him out and Buster Posey threw out Jay Bruce trying to steal third for a double play. We’d go onto win 6-4 to complete our comeback (the Giants were the first team in division series to win the final 3 games after dropping the first two) to beat the Reds and advance to the NLCS.

33. 15% Oct 19 2012 NLCS Game 5 – The Giants lost games 3 and 4 and now were in St Louis down 3 games to 1 and facing elimination, it was scoreless in the second when Barry Zito loaded the bases with one out, he got opposite number Lance Lynn to ground into an inning ending 6-4-3. We went on to win the game 5-0.

32. 15% Oct 19 2012
NLCS Game 5 – Same game as #33, we're down 3 games to 1 to the Cards and in St Louis for game 5, it's still scoreless in the 4th when the Giants got back to back singles off Lance Lynn. With one out, Lynn threw away a Hunter Pence grounder that scored Marco Scutaro for the first run of the game. We’d go on to win 5-0.

31. 11% Oct 26 2014

1 World Series Game 5, Series is tied at 2, Giants up 1-0, with 2 on, 2 out, 2 strikes, Brandon Crawford singles home Pablo Sandoval off of James Shields to give us a 2-0 lead in the 4th over KC. We win 5-0 to take a 3-2 lead.

30. 16% Oct 10, 2012

Game 4 NLDS, the Giants down 2-1 to the Reds in the series; a game from elimination; top of the second in a 1-1 game, Gregor Blanco homers off of future Giant Mike Leake to put us up 3-1. We’d win the game 8-3 to even the series.

29. 17% Oct 19 2012

Game 5 NLCS, down 3 games to 1 and in St Louis facing elimination, the Giants were up 1-0 in the 4^th, bases loaded with 2 outs, Brandon Crawford singled a 3-2 pitch up the middle off Lance Lynn to score two and give the Giants a 3-0 lead. We won 5-0 to cut the Cards series lead to 3-2.

28. 66% Apr 26 2012

The Giants dropped the first two in Cincinnati, sending them back to .500, and looked about to be swept, down 5-3 in the ninth, one out, two on, Sean Marshall gave up a two strike three run homer to Angel Pagan that gave us a 6-5 lead that we’d keep.

27. 67% June 22 2012

After losing 2 out of three to the Angels, we went to Oakland 4.5 games behind the Dodgers, Down 3-1 in the ninth we opened with back to back walks off Ryan Cook – and then Brandon Belt hit a two run game tying double down the left field line. We’d go onto win 5-4 to pull 3 out in the west.

Tie- 26. 63% July 31, 2010

Middle game of a series against the visiting Dodgers, we shaved a game off the lead the night before by winning game one of the series 6-5, so we entered here 2.5 back, 14 over .500. Down 1-0, two outs in the 8^th, Buster Posey got hit – Jonathan Broxton came in to face Pat Burrell – who hit a 3-2 pitch out to give us the 2-1 lead, and that was the final margin. We left July 1.5 behind San Diego.

Tie-26. 0% Oct 22 2012
Sergio Romo gets Matt Holliday to pop to second; we shut out the Cards in Game 7 of the NLCS to win our second pennant in three years.

Three parts down - we've hit the final 25, part 4 next week.