April 28 - Top 5 Moments in San Francisco Giants History

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Here are the top 5 April 28 moments in San Francisco Giants history.

1978 at Pittsburgh, down 3-2 in the 9th  40 year old Willie McCovey hit a 3 run double off John Candelaria, we'd hold on to win 5-4.  McCovey had a really good year with the bat in his return to the Giants in '77 but hit just .228 this year as his final descent to retirement began.

Walk off 1985 home vs Reds, even in a season where you lose a hundred games sometimes the good guys win. This was 1-1 in the 11th when David Green singled home Manny Trillo off of Tom Hume to give us a rare 1985 victory.  This was Green's only season in San Francisco after being the key piece coming back from St Louis in the Jack Clark trade in the off season.  He'd be out of the big leagues in '86 before coming back to the Cardinals for the '87 stretch run.

Walk off 1992  home vs Expos, 4 years later Mark Gardner would join the Giants and remain in the organization following his retirment, but here he started for Montreal, giving up only a run, but was long gone in the 10th inning when, with the score 1-1, Matt Williams hit a walk off homer against Bill Sampen. Williams hit 5 walk off homers in his career, this was his second.

Walk off 1993 home vs Mets 39 year old Frank Tanana, in his final season, started this one for the Mets; he threw 7 shutout innings but put a couple on in the 8th before getting pulled.  We scored 3 in the 8th to take a 3-2 lead, the Mets tied it in the top of the 9th. Matt Williams won the game with a single off Mike Maddux that scored Mike Benjamin.   Only Jimmy Davenport had more plate appearances as a San Francisco third baseman than Williams.

2012 home vs Padres, the Giants came into the 7th with only one baserunner, an infield Tim Lincecum (who threw 121 pitches) single, but had a couple of men on with two out, trailing 1-0 when Brandon Belt doubled both home. That 2-1 lead held up.  Only McCovey, Clark, Cepeda, Snow, have more San Francisco plate appearances at first base than does Belt.

See you tomorrow.  Go Giants!

2017 NFL Draft Day 2 Big Board, Top 100

Did the Niners really steal some extra picks from the Bears and get Reuben Foster?  Had we gone with Adams instead of Thomas I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

Here's the new board. Top 100 players remaining as we head to round 2-3

1. Dalvin Cook RB Fl St 42-90
2. Forrest Lamp G WKy 46-90
3. Jordan Willis DE Kansas St 61-85
4. Malik McDowell DT Mich St. 73-86
5. Cam Robinson T Ala 75-90
6. Jourdan Lewis CB Mich 80-87
7. Sidney Jones CB Wash 79-79
8. Zach Cunningham ILB Vandy 80-82
9. Tim Williams OLB Ala 81-80
10. Kevin King CB Wash 81-89

11. Obi Melifonwu SS UConn 85-85
12. Carl Lawson DE Auburn 89-73
13. Zay Jones WR ECU 89-87
14. DeMarcus Walker DE Fl St 105-80
15. Alvin Kamara RB Tenn 112-86
16. Joe Mixon RB Oklahoma 109-84
17. Chidobe Awuzie CB Colorado 108-73
18. Marcus Williams FS Utah 115-83
19. Taylor Moton G WMich 118-79
20. Quincy Wilson CB Fla 123-88

21. DeShone Kizer QB ND 125-82
22. Budda Baker S Wash 120-86
23. Teez Tabor CB Florida 132-80
24. Ahkello Witherspoon CB Colorado 124-74
25. Justin Evans S A&M 130-74
26. Ethan Pocic C LSU 138-75
27. Kareem Hunt RB Tol 137-74
28. Dalvin Tomlinson DT Ala 137-76
29. Chris Wormley DT Mich 135-80
30. Desmond King CB Iowa 136-75

31. Dan Feeney G Indiana 134-80
32. Curtis Samuel WR Oh St 138-87
33. Trey Hendrickson DE FAU 145-75
34. Caleb Brantley DT Fla St 144-81
35. Tarrell Basham DE Ohio 140-77
36. Gerald Everett TE S Ala 152-73
37. George Kittle TE Iowa 155-68
38. Derek Rivers OLB Youngstown 160-77
39. Dede Westbrook WR Oklahoma 162-52
40. Cooper Kupp WR EMich 169-79

41. Juju Smith-Schuster WR USC 169-83
42. Dion Dawkins G Temp 163-73
43. Cordrea Tankerlsey CB Clem 179-63
44. Joe Mathis DE Wash 176-NR
45. Dawuane Smoot DE Ill 170-74
46. Samaje Perine RB Oklah  170-77
47. Pat Elflein G Ohio St 170-76
48. Vincent Taylor NT OK St 186-60
49. Taywon Taylor WR WKy 180-76
50. D'Onta Foreman RB Tex 180-73

51. Cam Sutton CB Tenn 180-73
52. Antonio Garcia T Troy 180-75
53. Rasul Douglas CB  WVA  190-72
54. Raekkwon McMillan ILB Ohio St 190-73  
55. Tanoh Kpassagnon DE Nova 190-70
56. Marcus Maye S Fla 189-87
57. Ryan Anderson OLB Ala 188-81
58. Chris Godwin WR Penn St 200-72
59. Nathan Peterman QB Pitt 200-77
60. ArDarius Stewart WR Ala 215-74

61. Corn Elder CB Mia 226-64
62. Roderick Johnson T Fl St 220-61
63. Deatrich Wise DE Ark 221-56
64. Eddie Jackson S Ala 220-62
65. Bucky Hodges TE VT 220-72
66. Montravius Adams DT Aub 220-73
67. Jake Butt TE Mich 220-78
68. Jaleel Johnson DT Iowa 220-71
69. Adam Shaheen TE Ashland 220-80
70. Fabian Moreau CB UCLA 230-78

71. Damontae Kazee CB SD St 230-75
72. Shaquil Griffin CB UCF 230-67
73. Chad Hansen WR Cal 230-68
74. Vince Biegel DE Wisc 230-65
75. Mack Hollins WR UNC 235-73
76. Brad Kaaya QB Mia 230-69
77. Larry Ogunjobi DT Charlotte 230-77
78. Blair Brown LB Ohio 240-71
79. Eddie Vanderdoes DT UCLA 240-61
80. Isaiah Ford WR  VTech 240-47

81. Nathan Gerry S Neb 240-51
82. Jeremy McNichols RB Boise 240
83. Carlos Watkins DT Clemson 240
84. Dorian Johnson G Pitt 240
85. Tanzel Smart DT Tulane 260-62
86. Elijah Qualls DT Wash 250-63
87. Marlon Mack RB Flo 250
88. Josh Jones S NC St 250
89. Carlos Henderson WR LA Tech 260-72
90. Ryan Glasgow DT Mich 260

91. Howard Wilson CB Hou 260
92. Tyus Bowser OLB Hou 260
93. Josh Reynolds WR A&M 270
94. Josh Malone WR Tenn 270
95. Alex Anzalone ILB Fla 275
96. Ejuan Price DE Pitt 280-50
97. Tedric Thompson S Colorado 280-39
98. Conor McDermott T UCLA 280-51
99. James Conner RB Pitt 280
100. Jeremy Sprinkle TE Ark 280

2017 NFL Draft Big Board-Final Version, Top 100

Here's my final Top 100 headed into the 2017 NFL Draft, Round 1.  Time permitting I'll reset before Friday.

1, Myles Garrett DE Texas A&M
2. Jonathan Allen DT Alabama
3. Jamal Adams S LSU
4. Marshon Lattimore CB Ohio St 12-92
5. Reuben Foster ILB Alabama 13-92
6. Solomon Thomas DE Stanford 15-94
7. Derek Barnett DE Tenn 18-91
8. Malik Hooker FS Ohio St 20-92
9. Christian McCaffrey RB Stanford 23-92
10. Mike Williams WR Clemson 25-91

11. OJ Howard TE Alabama 25-92
12. Corey Davis WR WMich 29-91
13. Leonard Fournette RB LSU 29-93
14. Haasan Reddick OLB Temple 30-92
15. John Ross WR Wash 37-90
16. Mitch Trubisky QB UNC 38-89
17. Dalvin Cook RB Fl St 42-90
18. Deshaun Watson QB Clem 45-88
19. Marlon Humphrey CB Alabama 45-89
20. Forrest Lamp G WKy 46-90

21. Tre'Davious White CB LSU 47-89
22. Ryan Ramczyk T Wisc 48-88
23. Charles Harris DE Missouri 50-90
24. David Njoku TE Mia 57-91
25. Patrick Mahomes QB TTech 59-85
26. Jordan Willis DE Kansas St 61-85
27. Adoree Jackson CB USC 64-88
28. Jarrad Davis ILB Florida 66-89
29. Takk McKinley DE UCLA 69-89
30. Jabril Peppers S Michigan 71-84

31. Malik McDowell DT Mich St. 73-86
32. Cam Robinson T Ala 75-90
33. Taco Charlton DE Mich 76-86
34. Jourdan Lewis CB Mich 80-87
35. Sidney Jones CB Wash 79-79
36. Zach Cunningham ILB Vandy 80-82
37. Tim Williams OLB Ala 81-80
38. Kevin King CB Wash 81-89
39. Evan Engram TE Ole Miss 81-90
40. TJ Watt DE Wisc 83-87

41. Obi Melifonwu SS UConn 85-85
42. Carl Lawson DE Auburn 89-73
43. Zay Jones WR ECU 89-87
44. Garett Bolles T Utah 99-87
45. Gareon Conley CB Ohio St 100-90
46. DeMarcus Walker DE Fl St 105-80
47. Alvin Kamara RB Tenn 112-86
48. Joe Mixon RB Oklahoma 109-84
49. Chidobe Awuzie CB Colorado 108-73
50. Marcus Williams FS Utah 115-83
   
51. Taylor Moton G WMich 118-79
52. Quincy Wilson CB Fla 123-88
53. DeShone Kizer QB ND 125-82
54. Budda Baker S Wash 120-86
55. Teez Tabor CB Florida 132-80
56. Ahkello Witherspoon CB Colorado 124-74
57. Justin Evans S A&M 130-74
58. Ethan Pocic C LSU 138-75
59. Kareem Hunt RB Tol 137-74
60. Dalvin Tomlinson DT Ala 137-76
   
61. Chris Wormley DT Mich 135-80
62. Desmond King CB Iowa 136-75
63. Dan Feeney G Indiana 134-80
64. Curtis Samuel WR Oh St 138-87
65. Trey Hendrickson DE FAU 145-75
66. Caleb Brantley DT Fla St 144-81
67. Tarrell Basham DE Ohio 140-77
68. Gerald Everett TE S Ala 152-73
69. George Kittle TE Iowa 155-68
70. Derek Rivers OLB Youngstown 160-77
   
71. Dede Westbrook WR Oklahoma 162-52
72. Cooper Kupp WR EMich 169-79
73. Juju Smith-Schuster WR USC 169-83
74. Dion Dawkins G Temp 163-73
75. Cordrea Tankerlsey CB Clem 179-63
76. Joe Mathis DE Wash 176-NR
77. Dawuane Smoot DE Ill 170-74
78. Samaje Perine RB Oklah  170-77
79. Pat Elflein G Ohio St 170-76
80. Vincent Taylor NT OK St 186-60
   
81. Taywon Taylor WR WKy 180-76
82. D'Onta Foreman RB Tex 180-73
83. Cam Sutton CB Tenn 180-73
84. Antonio Garcia T Troy 180-75
85. Rasul Douglas CB  WVA  190-72
86. Raekkwon McMillan ILB Ohio St 190-73    
87. Tanoh Kpassagnon DE Nova 190-70
88. Marcus Maye S Fla 189-87
89. Ryan Anderson OLB Ala 188-81
90. Chris Godwin WR Penn St 200-72
   
91. Nathan Peterman QB Pitt 200-77
92. ArDarius Stewart WR Ala 215-74
93. Corn Elder CB Mia 226-64
94. Roderick Johnson T Fl St 220-61
95. Deatrich Wise DE Ark 221-56
96. Eddie Jackson S Ala 220-62
97. Bucky Hodges TE VT 220-72
98. Montravius Adams DT Aub 220-73
99. Jake Butt TE Mich 220-78
100. Jaleel Johnson DT Iowa 220-71
   


   

April 27 - Top 5 Moments in San Francisco Giants History

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Here are the top 5 April 27 moments in San Francisco Giants history.

Walk off 1965 home vs Phillies, down 11-7 the Giants tied it with 4 in the 7th and then took a 13-11 lead in the 8th.  The Phillies tied it up at 13 in the top of the 9th, but with two out in the bottom Matty Alou homered off Ed Roebuck to give it to the home team.  This Alou had several good years in Pittsburgh but was a replacement player in 1100 please stop it with the non Felipe Alou brothers plate appearances with the Giants.

1969 home vs. Astros, we already won the first game of this double header, but were down 2-1 in the 6th - that changed with a 3 run Willie McCovey homer off Jack Billingham.   We've hit the sweet spot for McCovey; he leads the league on OBP and SLG and his 209 OPS+ is his career high.  He's an 8 win player in '69, McCovey's career year.

1977 home vs. Astros, 8 years later, again it's Houston - down 2-1 in the 8th, a man on with 2 out - JR Richard on the hill..Darrell Evans beats him with a 2 run homer and that 3-2 mark will be the final score.  We got Evans in a deadline deal with the Braves the year before, he'd be a Giant for 8 years before signing with the Tigers as a free agent.

Walk off 1998 home vs Pirates, the day before we walked off the Brewers, the Pirates got in the barrel here, down 5-4, Marvin Benard doubled home Rey Sanchez all the way from first to tie the game.  A couple of batters later a Kent single scored Benard to win it.  Benard tried to hook up with a couple of AL clubs after his Giants career ended in '03, but never played a big league game for anyone but San Francisco.



Walk off 2014 home vs Indians, an interleague game makes the countdown, 1-1, two out, two on, botom of the ninth - Brandon Hicks hits a 3 run game winning homer.   This was the only season of Hicks's four year career where he got more than 70 plate apperances, but he didn't make it to mid July before he was out of the big leagues for good.

See you tomorrow.  Go Giants!

April 26 - Top 5 Moments in San Francisco Giants History

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What is this all about?

Here are the top five April 26 moments in San Francisco Giants history.

Walk off 1972 home vs Phillies, Philly scored 2 in the top of the 10th to go up 6-4, a Speier triple tied it at 6, and then Bobby Bonds hit a 2 out, 2 run homer off Bucky Brandon to win the game.  Bonds had only a 116 OPS+ in '72, the worst offensive season of his career to that date - and he wouldn't have another one as bad for 8 years.

Walk off 1985 home vs Reds, here's a great one, the Giants came into the bottom of the 9th down 6-1.  The Reds had a 99% win probability.  Here's what happened:

Chili led off with a double.  Leonard singled to score him  6-2.
Scot Thompson singled.  The Reds brought in Ted Power. Brenly moved the runners over.
Brad Wellman singled to score both runners.  6-4.
Joel Youngblood grounded out.  David Green walked.

And then Dan Gladden hit a 2 out, 3 run walk off home run for as improbable a comeback as you'll ever see.  7-6.  In only 86 games, Gladden finished fourth in the Rookie of the Year balloting in '84 with a blistering 145 OPS+; he came back down to earth and was sent to Minnesota just before the '87 season with Bryan Hickerson the most noteable future Giant to return.

Walk off 1992 home vs Dodgers, everyone loves a Dodgers walk off, 4-4 in the 11th inning (a Strawberry 3 run homer in the 8th tied it for LA) 2 on, 2 out, Kevin Bass singles to center off Steve Wilson, scoring Willie McGee, and we take the ballgame.    Bass didn't last the season, we dumped off his deal to the Mets for the stretch.

Walk off 1998 home vs Brewers big Giants comeback here, the Brewers scored a half dozen off Mark Gardner in the third, but with help of a Bonds grand slam we had cut the deficit to 7-6 coming into the 9th, Stan Javier tied it with a homer, and here, with 2 out, Charlie Hayes homers to right-center off Doug Jones to win the game.    We drafted Hayes 15 years prior, in '83; he had a cup of coffee and then got moved to the Phillies in '89 as part of the deal that brought us Steve Bedrosian.  He made his way back in '98 (headed out was a prospect named Chris Singleton, who finished 6th for Rookie of the Year with the White Sox in '99) this was his third Giants home run.

2012 at Cincinnati Giants down 5-3 in the 8th - Angel Pagan hits a 3 run homer off Sean Marshall, we'll win the game by that 6-5 score.  Pagan was a 5 win player in his first season in San Francisco, his best year as a Giant.

See you tomorrow.  Go Giants!

Walk off 2017 home vs Dodgers, I wasn't intending on editing in this year's games into the document, but when the season's been as much of a struggle as has been 2017, you gotta make your own fun - down 3-2 in the 8th in what to that date was a slog of a season, former Giant postseason hero Michael Morse, in his first big league plate appearance in over a year, hits a pinch hit homer off of Pedro Baez to tie the score.  The Giants win it in the bottom of the 9th on a Pence sac fly 4-3. It was Morse's  first homer since September of 2015.

See you today.  Go Giants!