Tendown April 5 2015

168 is here. This is Tendown 169.



1. They're coming after Workman's Comp.

2. Hey Christians, if you want to give your kids Jesus blood jelly beans, go nuts.  But, you know, it's creepy. Fox would get a week out of this if it were Islam.

3. The anti gay pizza place in Indiana.  This was after only two days.  Who do I go to for a Bigot Kickstarter?

4. Mean.

5. The right used to use religion to justify racial discrimination.

6. Could be worse, we could be Iran.  Says a Bad Judy.

7. Indiana's locking women up for abortion.

8. Bankers didn't go to jail.  But teachers did.

9. It's more hawkish on PEDs than I'd be, but the sentiment of this Bonds piece is worth a read.

10. It took the entire offseason, but I now have a list of the 100 most valuable Giants of all time.

And one more...

11. Guess who is selling ladies trousers?

That's all for this time.  I'll be back next time. If there is a next time....

Your pal,

Jim

Forever Giants: 2014 World Champion San Francisco Giants Year 57 (132) (And The Top 100 Giants by WAR of All Time)

2013 is here.

My WAR calculation is a combination of Baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; I believe it to be the "best" WAR number available for historical comparison. 8 WAR is an MVP quality season.  The record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.

2014 87-75

C Buster Posey  5.6 

1B Brandon Belt 1.25 

2B Joe Panik 1.6

SS Brandon Crawford 3.5 

3B Pablo Sandoval 3.85 Last Season (22.95)

LF Michael Morse 2.1

CF Angel Pagan 1.75 

RF Hunter Pence 3.95 

CF Gregor Blanco 1.7 

2B Brandon Hicks .7

3B Joaquin Arias -.25

C Hector Sanchez -.4 

LF Tyler Colvin -.3

LF Juan Perez -.8

2B Ehire Adrianza -.1

SP Madison Bumgarner 5.05 

SP Tim Hudson .45

SP Jake Peavy 1.85

SP Tim Lincecum -1.75 

RP Santiago Casilla 2.85 

RP Jeremy Affeldt 1.65 

RP Jean Machi  1.95

-It happened again.  Crazy, right? The first NL team to win 3 titles in 5 years since WWII, your San Francisco Giants.  This is the worst of the 3 clubs, an 87 win pythag meant that, under the new WC format, the Giants had to win a play in game against Pittsburgh, then go to the NLDS and beat the Matt Williams and the Nationals (in a series that included a 6 hour, 18 inning win), then beat the Cards - again - to win the pennant (on a walk off Travis Ishikawa homer) and then take a full 7 games to beat the Royals to become a bonafide Dynasty.  Lincecum (continuing his quest to give back WAR; seriously, I don't think any Giant pitcher has ever had a worse threem) threw another no hitter; Petit broke the record for consecutive batters retired; this wraps up Sandoval.

Forever Giants: 2013 San Francisco Giants Year 56 (131)

2012 is here.

My WAR calculation is a combination of Baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; I believe it to be the "best" WAR number available for historical comparison. 8 WAR is an MVP quality season. The record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.

2013 – 74-88

C Buster Posey 5.05 

1B Brandon Belt 4.75 

2B Marco Scutaro 2.15 

SS Brandon Crawford 1.65

3B Pablo Sandoval 1.85

LF Gregor Blanco 1.75 

CF Angel Pagan .95 

RF Hunter Pence 5.35

LF Andres Torres .15 

SS Joaquin Arias .3 

2B Tony Abreu .15

C Hector Sanchez .2

2B Nick Noonan -.55

SP Madison Bumgarner 4.9

SP Tim Lincecum -.65

SP Matt Cain .75 

SP Ryan Vogelsong -2.2

SP Barry Zito -3.25 

SP Chad Gaudin 1.5

RP Sergio Romo 2.55

RP Santiago Casilla 1.95 

RP Javier Lopez 1.6

RP Mike Kickham -2.1

-Pretty terrible, a 74 win pythag the year after the Series.  Lincecum throws a no hitter but has his second straight sub replacement season.  

Forever Giants: 2012 World Champion San Francisco Giants Year 55 (130)

2011 is here.

My WAR calculation is a combination of Baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; I believe it to be the "best" WAR number available for historical comparison. 8 WAR is an MVP quality season. The record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.

2012 88-74

C Buster Posey 7.95

1B Brandon Belt 2.4 

2B Ryan Theriot -.35  

SS Brandon Crawford 2.95

3B Pablo Sandoval 3.25 

LF Melky Cabrera 5.3

CF Angel Pagan 5

RF Hunter Pence .1

LF Gregor Blanco 1.4

SS Joaquin Arias 1.55

2B Marco Scutaro 2.35

C Hector Sanchez  .3

RF Nate Schierholtz .65 

2B Emmanuel Burriss -1.25

1B Brett Pill -.25

SP Matt Cain 5.25 

SP Madison Bumgarner 3

SP Ryan Vogelsong 2.6 

SP Tim Lincecum -2

SP Barry Zito .25 

RP Santiago Casilla 1.25

RP Sergio Romo 3.05

-88 pythag wins...and the second World Championship in 3 years.  Posey comes back with an MVPQ season, the best catcher season in all 130 years of Giants baseball (and it's not close).  Cain throws the first perfect game in 130 years of Giants baseball; Giants dominate the All Star Game then lose Melky Cabrera, who had been their best player in the first half, for the last two months of the season on a drug suspension.  The Giants were down 2 games to 0 in the NLDS and beat the Reds, down 3 games to 1 in the NLCS and beat the Cards - then swept the Tigers in the Series, Pablo Sandoval hit three game one homers.  

Every Wrestlemania Main Event Ranked.

Here's every main event in Mania history ranked.  Updated through 32

1. Chris Benoit d. HBK d. HHH (20) 
2. Shawn Michaels d. Bret Hart (12) 
3. Seth Rollins d. Brock Lesnar/Roman Reigns (31) 
4. Brock Lesnar d. Kurt Angle (19) 
5. Undertaker d. Shawn Michaels (26) 
6. Steve Austin d. The Rock (15) 
7. Steve Austin d. Rock (17) 
8. Steve Austin d. Shawn Michaels (14) 
9. Hulk Hogan d. Randy Savage (5) 
10. Daniel Bryan d. Randy Orton/Batista (30) 
11. Ultimate Warrior d. Hulk Hogan (6) 
12. HHH d. Rock d. Mick Foley d. Big Show (16) 
13. Undertaker d. Edge (24) 
14. John Cena d. Shawn Michaels (23) 
15. Rock d. John Cena (28) 
16. John Cena d. Rock (29) 
17. HHH d. Chris Jericho (18) 
18. Randy Savage d. Ted DiBiase (4) 
19. John Cena d. HHH (22) 
20. Hulk Hogan d. Sgt Slaughter (7) 
21. HHH d. Randy Orton (25) 
22. Batista d. HHH (21) 
23. Roman Reigns d. HHH (32)
24. Bret Hart d. Yokozuna (10) 
25. Hulk Hogan d. King Kong Bundy (2) 
26. Hulk Hogan/Mr. T d. Roddy Piper/Paul Orndorff (1) 
27. Undertaker d. Sid (13) 
28. Miz draw John Cena (27) 
29. Lawrence Taylor d. Bam Bam Bigelow (11)
30. Hulk Hogan d. Andre the Giant  (3) 
31. Hulk Hogan d. Sid (8) 
32. Hulk Hogan d. Yokozuna (9)