Hasta la vista, Cy Young
In a season full of depressing games, this one was one of the worst, thanks to Bruce Bochy's inept handling of the team's most valuable asset.
Bruce Bochy's done everything he can to make sure that Tim Lincecum doesn't win the Cy Young -- thanks to his ridiculous insistence on massive pitch counts over the last five starts. It blew up in his face tonight when an obviously ineffective Tim couldn't get out of the fifth after 102 pitches, leading to a disgusting 9-4 loss to the Rox.
That should pretty much assure that Brandon Webb wins the Cy Young. Somehow, it seems appropriate that the Rox -- a team that's inflicted so much pain on the Orange and Black -- would be the ones to bring down the hammer tonight and make Giants fans wonder if Tim will be able to get back to where he was earlier this year.
Look, I realize that Bochy and Sabean are trying to win games here but they've also been acting as if every recent game that Lincecum or Matt Cain pitches is the 7th game of the World Series. It makes sense if you are the Mets and have Johan Santana throw 125 pitches to keep the postseason hopes alive. It's stupid when you are 15 games under .500 with two weeks left in the season. I'm still steamed about Lincecum throwing 138 pitches two starts ago.
Every time Bochy (with Brian Sabean's approval) insists on the team's top young pitchers going deep into games -- when the team was mathematically eliminated weeks ago -- they are increasing the chance of serious injury exponentially. They are too stupid to realize this and need to be fired NOW.
Bochy and Sabean: The Anti-Brain Trust
Speaking of Anti-Brain -- The SF Chron's John Shea files a clueless game story that never mentions the issue of excessive pitch counts.
Bruce Bochy's done everything he can to make sure that Tim Lincecum doesn't win the Cy Young -- thanks to his ridiculous insistence on massive pitch counts over the last five starts. It blew up in his face tonight when an obviously ineffective Tim couldn't get out of the fifth after 102 pitches, leading to a disgusting 9-4 loss to the Rox.
That should pretty much assure that Brandon Webb wins the Cy Young. Somehow, it seems appropriate that the Rox -- a team that's inflicted so much pain on the Orange and Black -- would be the ones to bring down the hammer tonight and make Giants fans wonder if Tim will be able to get back to where he was earlier this year.
Look, I realize that Bochy and Sabean are trying to win games here but they've also been acting as if every recent game that Lincecum or Matt Cain pitches is the 7th game of the World Series. It makes sense if you are the Mets and have Johan Santana throw 125 pitches to keep the postseason hopes alive. It's stupid when you are 15 games under .500 with two weeks left in the season. I'm still steamed about Lincecum throwing 138 pitches two starts ago.
Every time Bochy (with Brian Sabean's approval) insists on the team's top young pitchers going deep into games -- when the team was mathematically eliminated weeks ago -- they are increasing the chance of serious injury exponentially. They are too stupid to realize this and need to be fired NOW.
Bochy and Sabean: The Anti-Brain Trust
Speaking of Anti-Brain -- The SF Chron's John Shea files a clueless game story that never mentions the issue of excessive pitch counts.
posted by Big D at 10:54 PM
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