"fergie jenkins"

Active, my friend, active.

"Active, my friend, active."

Ooh, Mr. Fancy Pants has a technicality.  Well, forget it, I'm not buying it.  I'm sticking with my answer, Alex, "Who is Ferguson Jenkins?"

DAMMIT RASMUS YOU HAVE TO GET THAT ONE.

Phew. Needed that one.

Considering who's pitching for the Giants the next two nights, that's a significant win.

Ugh. I like Rasmus, but damn man...you gotta make that.

Considering who's pitching for the Giants the next two nights, that's a significant win.

I was thinking Schumaker gets the next two nights off since he stands no chance against either Lincecum or Sanchez, but that Skip n Slide might have gotten him the nod.

And oh yeah, if teams want either Craig or Jay, they better be willing to pay a big price. Those two are keepers.

Max wrote:

Descalso comes up human in the late innings for once. 

Seriously, was that our best option on the bench?

It was him, Kozma or Cruz. And you don't get the Genius mantle by sending up right-handed hitters against right-handed pitchers when it's close and late.

tkihshbt wrote:

And oh yeah, if teams want either Craig or Jay, they better be willing to pay a big price. Those two are keepers.

When they signed Berkman, I questioned whether Craig could have given them similar production.

In hindsight, I doubt Craig could have done what Berkman has done, but everything he has done still makes me think he'll be an important part of the 2012 team.

artie_fufkin wrote:

"that Skip n Slide"

He would have been safe by a step and a half if he hadn't slid. The two stupidest baserunning plays are sliding into first and sliding into home headfirst.

Agree, except when I saw it at full speed, I thought he was sliding to avoid a possible tag by the pitcher. The replay proved me wrong, but if he thought the pitcher had a swipe, I can't blame him for trying to get out of the way.

artie_fufkin wrote:

"I'm sticking with my answer, Alex, "Who is Ferguson Jenkins?"

I'd have to weed that out as incorrect then. I doubt Fergie ever had an at bat in the AL. He came over after the DH was installed and retired before interleague play.

and you would be correct:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jenkife01.shtml

well, he wasn't active, nor did he ever hit a dinger in the AL, but otherwise I'd rate it a fine effort on my part.

forsberg_us wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

"that Skip n Slide"

He would have been safe by a step and a half if he hadn't slid. The two stupidest baserunning plays are sliding into first and sliding into home headfirst.

Agree, except when I saw it at full speed, I thought he was sliding to avoid a possible tag by the pitcher. The replay proved me wrong, but if he thought the pitcher had a swipe, I can't blame him for trying to get out of the way.

Watching highlights I agree, he thought the pitcher had a swipe and he cold probably see clearly that pitcher's foot was not on the bag, so that the only play was a tag.

Also:

-the pitch that Skip swung at was pretty questionable, as in obviously out of the strike zone. 

-Albert's swing looked like classic Pujols.  I hope we see more of that.

-Craig's swing was funny, almost like a check swing double.  Either he's a really strong guy to smack that pitch inside out into the gap in right center, or else that was a blistering fastball that just ricocheted off his bat almost to the warning track.

Had Tejada slid into first on this play he probably would have been safe.

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=15412319

Max wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

"I'm sticking with my answer, Alex, "Who is Ferguson Jenkins?"

I'd have to weed that out as incorrect then. I doubt Fergie ever had an at bat in the AL. He came over after the DH was installed and retired before interleague play.

and you would be correct:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jenkife01.shtml

well, he wasn't active, nor did he ever hit a dinger in the AL, but otherwise I'd rate it a fine effort on my part.

I'm a little disappointed no one got the weed reference.