MLB: Bayside Stories - an 09 San Francisco Giants Dynasty

[Mit]

Another 1-0 win, your pitchers are holding it down

Yeah man. Somehow they are. I just need to be able to score some runs. It's frustrating when I can't.

Lincecum is ruckin' fediculous ... and that's an understatement of how good he is.

Not to get all "pitching coach" or anything, but Timmy is having a major impact on the way coaches look at mechanics, particularly hip and shoulder seperation (stride length and late trunk rotation -- belt buckle facing home plate, chest facing 3rd base). He may have as dramatic effect on pitching mechanics as Nolan Ryan and Greg Maddux did. Unfortunately, I don;t think many pitchers are going to have his elasticity and flexibility and are going to try and do something their bodies aren't capable of doing (stride length at 120% of height). But he does it to perfection.

Linecum is pretty ridiculous. He hasn't been as good as Matt Cain has been this year in my dynasty, but he's been solid. And for that's quite interesting with those facts about how pitching coaches are trying to look at his mechanics and all that. His elasticity and flexibility reminds me a little of Sandy Koufax (might just be me). They both have pretty exotic deliveries and are big-time pitchers.

[Mit]

Damn, now that's my kind of game. Beautiful. BTW, the dynasty looks great, glad to know I'm not the only one playing MVP.

Yeah. It does get frustrating when you have absolutely no offense, doesn't it? I mean, come on. My only run came from Dallas McPherson, who scored off of a fielder's choice by Tim Linecum. That's pretty sad and thanks a lot for the compliment man. Your dynasty is excellent as usual and people will really be able to see how good MVP is and why people still continue to play it.

L O fucking L


Lincecum FTW

Haha. Yes. Linecum was absolutely on. It was strikeout after strikeout. I got nervous in the 9th when Troy Tulowitzki got on base because I was only holding a one run lead and Garrett Atkins was up, who has been on fire the entire year. Luckily I was able to get out of it and get the shutout with Linecum.

[Mit]

Game 47 Preview

[Mit]

[T.Dot]

This chise is Diane Kruger in Troy-- Hot

[TheSanchize]

this is sick

[Mit]

Man i love that line up card. Great job with that. Count on me to be following this.

Thanks a lot man.

This chise is Diane Kruger in Troy-- Hot

I had to look up who Diane Kruger was because I've never seen Troy. Now I know what you're talkin' about. :lulz:

this is sick

Thanks man.

[Mit]

Cook Pitches Complete Game Shutout As Rockies Cruise Past Giants
Left: Todd Helton hits his 8th homer of the season in the 1st inning | Right: Carlos Gonzalez hits a single to drive in a run

Pitching
Noah Lowry (L, 3-4) - 5.0 IP | 14 H | 6 ER | 0 K | 5.05 ERA
Jonathan Sanchez - 3.0 IP | 1 H | 0 ER | 4 K | 3.12 ERA

Pitching
Aaron Cook (W, 3-4) - 9.0 IP | 5 H | 0 ER | 3 K | 3.34 ERA

Batting
RF Randy Winn: 1-4, SB (17)
SS Edgar Renteria: 2-4, CS (1)
LF Delmon Young: 0-4, K
CF Aaron Rowand: 0-3
3B Pablo Sandoval: 1-3
1B Travis Ishikawa: 1-3, 2B (8), K
2B Dallas McPherson: 0-3
C Bengie Molina: 0-3, K
P Noah Lowry: 0-1
PH Nate Schierholtz: 0-1
RP Jonathan Sanchez: 0-1

Batting
1B Todd Helton: 2-5, HR (8), RBI (19), 2 R
SS Troy Tulowitzki: 2-4, R
3B Garrett Atkins: 1-4, HR (13), 2 RBI (34)
RF Brad Hawpe: 2-4, R
LF Ian Stewart: 2-4, K
CF Carlos Gonzalez: 2-4, RBI (18)
2B Ryan Raburn: 2-4, RBI (9)
C Chris Iannetta: 1-4, K
P Aaron Cook: 1-4


Player of the Game

SP Aaron Cook

[Mit]

Aaron Cook kills me too, man.

His control on the game is very good.

I wouldn't mind if he got injured for the season on my franchise.

Todd Helton lead off in my franchise also ... he has like 6 homers and 17 rbi's through 20 games.

I'm 2-4 so far against COL, they're much better on MVP than in MLB ... at least in games I play against them.

In my franchise, I think Winn is leading the NL in BA and Sandoval is mashing in the power stats.

Aaron Cook is ridiculous. He was just serving up absolute filth the entire game. I was somehow able to grind out 5 hits against him (4 of them being singles). I was wondering why Helton was in the leadoff spot. He's been doing mediocre for them in the leadoff spot. I think they could get someone else up there, but he's alright there for now. I'm hoping I don't have to play at Coors Field that much for the rest of the season. This series so far has been an absolute struggle to get some offensive production. It's frustrating as heck. And Winn is leading the MLB (I think) in BA. His average is dropping quick, though. Winn, along with my entire team is having trouble getting hits. As for Sandoval, he's doing fairly well for me. He got injured for about 2 weeks, so his stats aren't as great as Delmon Young or Travis Ishikawa's, but his batting average is excellent. It's somewhere around .340.

[Mit]

Game 48 Preview

[Mit]

[Mit]

Cain Shuts Down Rockies As Giants Win In Colorado
Left: Matt Cain strikes out Todd Helton for 1 of his 7 strikeouts | Right: Delmon Young scores after an RBI single by Dallas McPherson

Pitching
Matt Cain (W, 10-0) - 8.0 IP | 8 H | 1 ER | 7 K | 1.51 ERA
Brian Wilson (S, 14) - 1.0 IP | 0 H | 0 ER | 1 K | 0.00 ERA

Pitching
Ubaldo Jimenez (L, 1-5) - 7.0 IP | 7 H | 3 ER | 3 K | 4.50 ERA
Manny Corpas - 2.0 IP | 1 H | 0 ER | 0 K | 2.42 ERA

Batting
RF Randy Winn: 0-4, RBI (12)
CF Aaron Rowand: 0-4
LF Delmon Young: 1-4, R
2B Dallas McPherson: 1-4, RBI (14)
3B Pablo Sandoval: 0-4, K
1B Travis Ishikawa: 2-4
SS Eugenio Velez: 2-4, 2B (4), 2 R
C Bengie Molina: 1-3
P Matt Cain: 1-3, RBI (3)

Batting
1B Todd Helton: 0-4, 2 K
SS Troy Tulowitzki: 0-4, K
3B Garrett Atkins: 3-4, R
RF Brad Hawpe: 2-4, R
LF Ian Stewart: 1-4, RBI (21)
CF Carlos Gonzalez: 0-4
2B Ryan Raburn: 2-4, K
C Yorvit Torrealba: 0-3, 2 K
P Ubaldo Jimenez: 0-2, K
PH Jose Vidro: 0-1


Player of the Game

SP Matt Cain

[Rudi]

Good shit Mit, I think I am about to start a MVP05 chise...Could you PM me the link for the rosters you are using? I got the 08 total conversion one, but I need some new rosters. Thanks

[Mit]

Matt Cain really did it all, batting and pitching lol.

Yeah man. Love it when your pitchers do that.

It is pretty funny that Colorado has great pitching stats in my franchise also. I am currently playing at Coors Field and I have one run in two games against Jason Marquis and Greg Smith.

Anyways, this franchise is looking solid. Keep it up!

Man. I would assume Marquis and Smith are difficult pitchers to face. Any pitchers really (for me) are difficult to face with this weak Giants offense. Thanks for checking in.

cain is on a hot streak

Yeah he is. 10 wins in 10 starts. Pretty good statistic for me. He will eventually lose. Possibly his next start...

Good shit Mit, I think I am about to start a MVP05 chise...Could you PM me the link for the rosters you are using? I got the 08 total conversion one, but I need some new rosters. Thanks

Thanks a lot Rudi. I sent you the rosters and all I can say is best of luck, man. I will be following.

[Mit]

Series Preview

VS.

(29-19) (19-28)

Game 1

Billy Sadler vs Chris Volstad

Game 2

Barry Zito vs Anibal Sanchez

Game 3

Tim Linecum vs Andrew Miller