What is this all about?
Yesterday
Here are all the October 15 games that mattered in San Francisco Giants history.
1962 World Series Game 6 home vs. Yankees, 5 days after New York took a 3-2 lead the Series resumes, we need a win to force game 7 and we get it. Billy Pierce throws a complete game 3 hitter, we get all our runs in the 4th and 5th off Whitey Ford, Orlando Cepeda drives in runs in both innings, we went up 5-1 and held on for the 5-3 win. It all comes down to Game 7 tomorrow.
1989 World Series game 2, we're down 1-0 and about to go down 2-0. Mike Moore and 2 relievers hold us to 4 hits, we're tied at 1 headed to the 4th when Rick Reuschel gives up 4, the big shot a Terry Steinbach 3 run homer. And that's your final score, we don't get a baserunner after the 5th inning. The earthquake is next, so game 3 won't take place until October 27.
2002 World Series starts 10-19
2010 NLCS starts tomorrow.
2012 NLCS Game 2 home vs. Cardinals we dropped game 1, need this one to get that split at home, Ryan Vogelsong goes 7, gives up just 4 hits and 1 earned, and we win easily. Angel Pagan led off with a first inning home run, we put it away in the 4th on a 3 run Marco Scutaro base hit off of Chris Carpenter. It's a 7-1 Giants victory and we head to St Louis.
2014 NLCS Game 4 home vs. Cardinals, two years later we're in a better spot, up 2-1, again with Vogelsong on the mound - this start doesn't go as well, 3 innings pitched, 4 earned. Homers by Pierzynski and Wong had the Cards up 4-1 as we headed to the bottom of the third. We got 2 back in our half off Shelby Miller with run scoring singles by Posey and Pence. Yusmeiro Petit came on and got 3 scoreless innings, taking us to our half of the 6th where we just kept moving over runners until 3 crossed the plate, Posey again came through with a run scoring hit and it's 6-4 good guys. 5 more Giants relievers finish off the last 3 innings and we hold a commanding 3-1 lead, a game away from another pennant.
See you tomorrow. Go Giants!
October 14 - Top 5 Moments in San Francisco Giants History
Saturday, October 14, 2017
What is this all about?
Yesterday
Here are all the October 14 games that mattered in San Francisco Giants history. It's a big day.
1962 World Series, last day of rain, Game 6 is tomorrow.
1987 NLCS Game 7, we're in St Louis, its 3-3, a win and we have our first pennant since that '62 team that's still waiting for the rain to stop - but we don't get it. It was over early, Jose Oquendo hit a 3 run homer off Atlee Hammaker in the second to put St Louis up 4-0 and they win the game 6-0. Our season is over.
1989 World Series Game 1, it's our first World Series game since '62, and it's just over the bridge, we're in Oakland to face the powerhouse A's and they whip us in game 1. We get shut out 5-0. Oakland gets 3 off Scott Garrelts in the 2nd, Dave Parker homers in the 3rd, Walt Weiss in the 4th. Dave Stewart throws a complete game 5 hitter. Game 2 is tomorrow.
2002 NLCS Game 5 home vs. Cardinals, we're up 3-1, a game away from the pennant, but 15 years ago we went to St Louis up 3-2 and you know how that turned out, so there is at least some level of historical need to get this done on this Monday night at the new ballpark. The Cardinals leave two on in the first, a runner on third in the second, men on the corners in the third, and two on the 6th - but Kirk Rueter escaped all of it, turning the game over to the pen in the 7th and the Cards immediately broke the scoreless tie with a double by Mike Matheny and a Fernando Vina sac fly off of Felix Rodriguez. That holds until the bottom of the 8th, Matt Morris has gone the whole way, but with 1 out he loads the bases, meaning there's no place to put the next batter - Barry Bonds - who just misses, but his sac fly ties the score. Bottom of the 9th now, Morris still on the mound, he gets the first two Giants - then David Bell hits a first pitch single followed by a Shawon Dunston single. 2 on, 2 out, the Cards go to the pen, Steve Kline to face Kenny Lofton - who hits a walk off single to right - Bell scores the winning run. And for the third time in San Francisco history, the Giants win the pennant.
2010 NLCS starts in two days.
2012 NLCS Game 1 it's the NLCS, so of course we're playing St Louis, unlike '87, and '02, October 14 doesn't mean the end of the series, this is Game 1 and we lose the opener at home 6-4. Madison Bumgarner gets lit up, gives up 6 earned and doesn't get out of the 4th inning. We got 4 back in our half of the 4th, the big blow a 2 run Gregor Blanco triple off of Lance Lynn. But that's it, we lose 6-4. Game 2 is tomorrow.
2014 NLCS Game 3 home vs. Cardinals, it's the NLCS, so of course we're playing St Louis. What the hell is going on between us and the Cardinals? There are other teams. We split the first two in St Louis and jump all over John Lackey in this one, 4 runs in the second inning, the big blow a 3 run Travis Ishikawa double. Kolten Wong cuts our lead in half in the 4th with a 2 run double off Tim Hudson, they add a run apiece in the 6th and 7th to tie the score. We don't get a baserunner after the 4th inning until putting the first two on in the 10th and scoring the winning run when Randy Choate threw away a sacrifice bunt. We're up 2-1, game 4 is tomorrow.
See you tomorrow. Go Giants!
Yesterday
Here are all the October 14 games that mattered in San Francisco Giants history. It's a big day.
1962 World Series, last day of rain, Game 6 is tomorrow.
1987 NLCS Game 7, we're in St Louis, its 3-3, a win and we have our first pennant since that '62 team that's still waiting for the rain to stop - but we don't get it. It was over early, Jose Oquendo hit a 3 run homer off Atlee Hammaker in the second to put St Louis up 4-0 and they win the game 6-0. Our season is over.
1989 World Series Game 1, it's our first World Series game since '62, and it's just over the bridge, we're in Oakland to face the powerhouse A's and they whip us in game 1. We get shut out 5-0. Oakland gets 3 off Scott Garrelts in the 2nd, Dave Parker homers in the 3rd, Walt Weiss in the 4th. Dave Stewart throws a complete game 5 hitter. Game 2 is tomorrow.
2002 NLCS Game 5 home vs. Cardinals, we're up 3-1, a game away from the pennant, but 15 years ago we went to St Louis up 3-2 and you know how that turned out, so there is at least some level of historical need to get this done on this Monday night at the new ballpark. The Cardinals leave two on in the first, a runner on third in the second, men on the corners in the third, and two on the 6th - but Kirk Rueter escaped all of it, turning the game over to the pen in the 7th and the Cards immediately broke the scoreless tie with a double by Mike Matheny and a Fernando Vina sac fly off of Felix Rodriguez. That holds until the bottom of the 8th, Matt Morris has gone the whole way, but with 1 out he loads the bases, meaning there's no place to put the next batter - Barry Bonds - who just misses, but his sac fly ties the score. Bottom of the 9th now, Morris still on the mound, he gets the first two Giants - then David Bell hits a first pitch single followed by a Shawon Dunston single. 2 on, 2 out, the Cards go to the pen, Steve Kline to face Kenny Lofton - who hits a walk off single to right - Bell scores the winning run. And for the third time in San Francisco history, the Giants win the pennant.
2010 NLCS starts in two days.
2012 NLCS Game 1 it's the NLCS, so of course we're playing St Louis, unlike '87, and '02, October 14 doesn't mean the end of the series, this is Game 1 and we lose the opener at home 6-4. Madison Bumgarner gets lit up, gives up 6 earned and doesn't get out of the 4th inning. We got 4 back in our half of the 4th, the big blow a 2 run Gregor Blanco triple off of Lance Lynn. But that's it, we lose 6-4. Game 2 is tomorrow.
2014 NLCS Game 3 home vs. Cardinals, it's the NLCS, so of course we're playing St Louis. What the hell is going on between us and the Cardinals? There are other teams. We split the first two in St Louis and jump all over John Lackey in this one, 4 runs in the second inning, the big blow a 3 run Travis Ishikawa double. Kolten Wong cuts our lead in half in the 4th with a 2 run double off Tim Hudson, they add a run apiece in the 6th and 7th to tie the score. We don't get a baserunner after the 4th inning until putting the first two on in the 10th and scoring the winning run when Randy Choate threw away a sacrifice bunt. We're up 2-1, game 4 is tomorrow.
See you tomorrow. Go Giants!
2017-18 NBA Predictions
Friday, October 13, 2017
2017-18 NBA win total projections.
East
Cle 53
Bos 48
Mil 48
Wash 48
Tor 45
Char 44
Mia 43
Phi 35
Det 35
Orl 33
Ind 32
NY 31
Brook 30
Atl 27
Chi 25
West
GSW 64
Hou 55
OKC 52
SA 51
Minn 50
Den 48
LAC 47
Utah 44
Port 43
NO 42
Mem 36
LAL 32
Dall 32
Pho 29
Sac 26
I've picked this Warriors/Cavs series each of the past 3 years and I'll pick it again this year.
East
Cle 53
Bos 48
Mil 48
Wash 48
Tor 45
Char 44
Mia 43
Phi 35
Det 35
Orl 33
Ind 32
NY 31
Brook 30
Atl 27
Chi 25
West
GSW 64
Hou 55
OKC 52
SA 51
Minn 50
Den 48
LAC 47
Utah 44
Port 43
NO 42
Mem 36
LAL 32
Dall 32
Pho 29
Sac 26
I've picked this Warriors/Cavs series each of the past 3 years and I'll pick it again this year.
October 13 - Top 5 Games in San Francisco Giants History
What is this all about?
Yesterday
Here are all the October 13 games that mattered in San Francisco Giants history. Spoiler alert, this hasn't been a great day for us.
1962 World Series is still raining. Game 6 on 10-15
1987 NLCS Game 6, we're up 3-2, a game from winning our first pennant in a quarter century, we go back to St Louis for game 6 and Dave Dravecky locks them down, 6 innings, 1 earned, 8 strikeouts, no walks, and then Don Robinson followed with 2 hitless innings, but it wasn't enough. Candy Maldonado misplayed a Tony Pena flyball into a triple to lead off the second and scored on a sac fly and that's the game's only run. We threatened in the 5th, two on, one out, but John Tudor got both Thompson and Mitchell. We only got one more chance, tying run in scoring position with an out in the 7th, but Tudor got Brenly and Thompson and we lose 1-0. It all comes down to Game 7 tomorrow.
1989 National League Champions. Bay Bridge Series starts 10-14
2002 NLCS Game 4 home vs. Cardinals, 15 years prior the Cards evened up the NLCS on us, they face that need again today as we're up 2 games to 1 on a Sunday night. We only get 4 hits against the Cardinals 12. St Louis gets to Livan Hernandez in the first, scoring 2 with 3 hits and a hit batsman. They left a man on third in the second. They got back to back singles to open the third and a pair of 2 out singles in the 6th. But it was still 2-0 with 2 out in the bottom of the 6th when JT Snow hit a 2 run double off Rick White to tie the score. Still 2-2 in the bottom of the 8th, 2 out, nobody on - Bonds at the plate and they put him on. That's who Barry Bonds was, the Cardinals would rather put the go ahead run on base in the 8th inning of game 4 of the NLCS than pitch to him. Benito Santiago made them pay - he hit a full count two run homer off White, and we went to the 9th inning up 4-2. Robb Nen came on and got into trouble, gave up a run scoring single to Jim Edmonds that left St Louis trailing only 4-3 with runners on the corners and 1 out. Who is at the plate? Future Inner circle Hall of Famer Albert Pujols, he's 22 in his second big league season (Pujols played the first ten years of his career in St Louis, here's how he finished in the MVP vote in each season: 4,2,2,3,1,2,9,1,1,2,5) but in this spot he struck out and then so did JD Drew to end the game. We're up 3 games to 1, one game away from our first pennant in 13 years.
2010 NLCS starts 10-16
2012 NLCS starts 10-14
2014 NLCS starts 10-14
See you tomorrow, lot happening on 10-14 for the home team. Go Giants!
Yesterday
Here are all the October 13 games that mattered in San Francisco Giants history. Spoiler alert, this hasn't been a great day for us.
1962 World Series is still raining. Game 6 on 10-15
1987 NLCS Game 6, we're up 3-2, a game from winning our first pennant in a quarter century, we go back to St Louis for game 6 and Dave Dravecky locks them down, 6 innings, 1 earned, 8 strikeouts, no walks, and then Don Robinson followed with 2 hitless innings, but it wasn't enough. Candy Maldonado misplayed a Tony Pena flyball into a triple to lead off the second and scored on a sac fly and that's the game's only run. We threatened in the 5th, two on, one out, but John Tudor got both Thompson and Mitchell. We only got one more chance, tying run in scoring position with an out in the 7th, but Tudor got Brenly and Thompson and we lose 1-0. It all comes down to Game 7 tomorrow.
1989 National League Champions. Bay Bridge Series starts 10-14
2002 NLCS Game 4 home vs. Cardinals, 15 years prior the Cards evened up the NLCS on us, they face that need again today as we're up 2 games to 1 on a Sunday night. We only get 4 hits against the Cardinals 12. St Louis gets to Livan Hernandez in the first, scoring 2 with 3 hits and a hit batsman. They left a man on third in the second. They got back to back singles to open the third and a pair of 2 out singles in the 6th. But it was still 2-0 with 2 out in the bottom of the 6th when JT Snow hit a 2 run double off Rick White to tie the score. Still 2-2 in the bottom of the 8th, 2 out, nobody on - Bonds at the plate and they put him on. That's who Barry Bonds was, the Cardinals would rather put the go ahead run on base in the 8th inning of game 4 of the NLCS than pitch to him. Benito Santiago made them pay - he hit a full count two run homer off White, and we went to the 9th inning up 4-2. Robb Nen came on and got into trouble, gave up a run scoring single to Jim Edmonds that left St Louis trailing only 4-3 with runners on the corners and 1 out. Who is at the plate? Future Inner circle Hall of Famer Albert Pujols, he's 22 in his second big league season (Pujols played the first ten years of his career in St Louis, here's how he finished in the MVP vote in each season: 4,2,2,3,1,2,9,1,1,2,5) but in this spot he struck out and then so did JD Drew to end the game. We're up 3 games to 1, one game away from our first pennant in 13 years.
2010 NLCS starts 10-16
2012 NLCS starts 10-14
2014 NLCS starts 10-14
See you tomorrow, lot happening on 10-14 for the home team. Go Giants!
October 12 - Top 5 Moments in San Francisco Giants History
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Yesterday
What is this all about?
Here are all the October 12 games that mattered in San Francisco Giants history. Spoiler alert, this hasn't been a great day for us.
1962 World Series is still raining. Game 6 on 10-15
1987 NLCS. Game 6 tomorrow.
1989 National League Champions. Bay Bridge Series starts 10-14
2002 NLCS Game 3, we took the first 2 in St Louis but drop game 3 at home, 5-4. Matheny and Edmond homered off Russ Ortiz in the 4th and 5th to give the Cards a 4-1 lead, we got them all back on one swing of Barry Bonds' bat in the bottom of the 5th, he hit a 3 run bomb off of Chuck Finley. But Jay Witasick gave up a solo shot to Eli Marrero in the 6th for the final margin of victory. We're still up 2-1 and Game 4 is tomorrow.
2010 NLCS starts 10-16
2012 NLCS starts 10-14
2014 NLCS Game 2 - we took game 1, but the Cards even things up here, beating us 5-4 just like they did a dozen years prior. We had a 3-2 lead when Gregor Blanco singled off Carlos Martinez in the 7th to score Brandon Crawford, but homers in the 7th and 8th (Oscar Tavares, Matt Adams) gave the Cards the 4-3 lead as we went to the 9th. With 2 outs Matt Duffy scored the tying run on a Trevor Rosenthal wild pitch, but Kolten Wong took Sergio Romo's second pitch out of the yard in the bottom of the 9th to even the series. We head home in two days.
That's it? That's it. See you tomorrow for a couple of games against St Louis. Go Giants!
What is this all about?
Here are all the October 12 games that mattered in San Francisco Giants history. Spoiler alert, this hasn't been a great day for us.
1962 World Series is still raining. Game 6 on 10-15
1987 NLCS. Game 6 tomorrow.
1989 National League Champions. Bay Bridge Series starts 10-14
2002 NLCS Game 3, we took the first 2 in St Louis but drop game 3 at home, 5-4. Matheny and Edmond homered off Russ Ortiz in the 4th and 5th to give the Cards a 4-1 lead, we got them all back on one swing of Barry Bonds' bat in the bottom of the 5th, he hit a 3 run bomb off of Chuck Finley. But Jay Witasick gave up a solo shot to Eli Marrero in the 6th for the final margin of victory. We're still up 2-1 and Game 4 is tomorrow.
2010 NLCS starts 10-16
2012 NLCS starts 10-14
2014 NLCS Game 2 - we took game 1, but the Cards even things up here, beating us 5-4 just like they did a dozen years prior. We had a 3-2 lead when Gregor Blanco singled off Carlos Martinez in the 7th to score Brandon Crawford, but homers in the 7th and 8th (Oscar Tavares, Matt Adams) gave the Cards the 4-3 lead as we went to the 9th. With 2 outs Matt Duffy scored the tying run on a Trevor Rosenthal wild pitch, but Kolten Wong took Sergio Romo's second pitch out of the yard in the bottom of the 9th to even the series. We head home in two days.
That's it? That's it. See you tomorrow for a couple of games against St Louis. Go Giants!
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