In the euphoria of Bryce Eldridge's walk-off grand slam, it was easy to forget the Giants trailed in that game 9-1 after 7 innings. The team that fell behind 9-1 is the one who showed up for this game and when Eldridge hit another home run in the 9'th inning, the bases were empty. Key Lines:
Bryce Eldridge DH- 3 for 4, HR(5). BA= .316. Luis Arraez had the only other Giants hit for a total of 4. The rest of the lineup went 0 for 22 with a walk.
Landen Roupp RHP- 4.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 4.24. Roupp threw 105 pitches so by no means pitched well, but left the game trailing 2-0 with 2 runners on base, 2 outs and a lefthanded batter coming up. Which brings us to.......
Erik Miller LHP- 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 0 K. ERA= 4.58. Miller promptly gave up a 3-run homer to the lefty batter he was brought in to face after failing to retire a batter in his previous appearance June 9.
J. T. Brubaker RHP(3.00) pitched 2 scoreless inning. Sam Hentges LHP(1.74) and Ryan Walker RHP(6.06) added scoreless frames. Walker in particular looked like he had better command of a sharper slider after spending some time in AAA.
Trevor McDonald RHP tries to even the series tonight facing Ben Brown RHP who comes in with a 1.74 ERA.
Hopefully Miller has options remaining.
ReplyDeleteI think there needs to be a discussion about sending Miller down to Sacramento for a refresher course. Hopefully Walker can stick around this time.
ReplyDeleteI was disappointed by the teams showing on pride night. The question isn’t whether players are entitled to their religious beliefs. Of course they are.
ReplyDeleteThe question is why, when presented with an opportunity to make a broad and harmless gesture of inclusion, some felt compelled to signal their objection.
For a franchise that plays in San Francisco, it reflects a surprisingly narrow understanding of the community.
Bad baseball is one thing, but showing a lack of empathy and an inability to read the room makes to root for some of these guys.
- Fan
Very well put. I agree with this take. Nobody is telling those players they have to be LGBTQ themselves or that they can't express their religious beliefs. Christians have plenty of opportunities to express their faith in other ways. I mean, they play and sing God Bless America every game and we all know it's the Christian God they are singing about. But it's not OK to deface symbols of a day the team and city chose to support a marginalized community. That's when it crosses the line into hate. I wish more Christians actually knew what Jesus taught and how He lived and it's not excluding or condemning people who religious leaders of the day called sinners. That is all I am going to say on this subject.
DeleteHarvey Milk would be rolling in his grave if he saw what they did to the hats. I feel it is a disrespect to the city of San Francisco and their long efforts of LGBTQ+ equality and I'll leave it at that as a general as Doc did a great job portraying how Jesus is about love and peace.
DeleteAshamed of my team. And it's passive approval all along the way. No effort to have Roupp put on another un-defaced hat. No effort to stop other players from doing it after. No statement from the team of admonishment nor punishment for hateful acts. Watching reporters lob softball questions Roupp after the game about his hat was disgusting, allowing his, "Awww, shucks, I'm just about loving God and all...." BS to stand.
DeleteEverything points towards trying to placate advocacy of intolerance and hate. All in the name of money. Giants, don't have the night if you're going to allow players to express their hateful beliefs. Responsibility comes with hosting Pride Night. Lets expect the same level of decorum of the players that we expect of fans.
And Roupp? Try writing on your hat on September 23rd.
He had his faults, but don't think Gabe Kapler would have allowed it.
DeleteWhy are we not hearing from Buster?
DeleteAs if their pathetic play isn’t bad enough, they have to insult the very fans who pay their salaries with not-so-veiled attacks on the LGBT community on the night that they are honored at the ballpark. I am not a member of that community, but I respect their right to live their lives the way they desire. This ball club is completely out of control! They can’t pitch, they can’t hit (consistently), they can’t field, they can’t run the bases and now they can’t respect the fans that pay their salaries???? Well, I guess they have perfectly summed up the Johnson family with all of their pathetic actions……….Why anyone votes for this organization with their money is beyond me. If you want more of the same, keep showing up and buying $12 beers…….
ReplyDeleteI have often wondered how, in a world Trump and MAGA have so polarized -- it would be to inhabit a clubhouse 200 days a year with a MAGA teammate, and how a team's chemistry might be affected by that.
DeleteI worked at a certain Refinery in Richmond a few years ago. Before Trump. About as Right a culture as you'll find in the Bay Area.
DeleteI mostly shut up when the good ol' boys got to jawing. Kept my thoughts to myself. And it was good enough to get along. The women who worked in OPs told me some stories, though. And you should hear some of the 'arguments' they had about the impossibility of global climate change...LOL. I can't imagine how much further down that road that culture is now.
I do wonder sometimes how someone like Javy Lopez got along in the locker room...
Miller must be hurting still. A bad back can linger and turn into a career killer.
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