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- Giantfan9
- I have been a Giants fan for as long as I can remember. I have had Giants Regular Season Tickets for 25 years (since 1985) and Spring Training Season Tickets since the "new" Scottsdale Stadium opened in 1992. I have gone to Spring Training every year, except the strike year, since 1987. I go to A LOT of Giants games. I also go to Arizona for the Arizona Fall League every October/November. I figure I attended about 125-130 games in calendar year 2008......almost all of them involving Giants players. Baseball is a great game.....Giants' baseball is the best part of a great game!
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February
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- Giants 3 - Mariners 5
- Aaron Rowand started the game in CF. He went 0 fo...
- Mark Minicozzi made his first appearance in a Gian...
- Stephen Holm replaced Guillermo Rodriguez at catch...
- Travis Denker started the game at 2B and moved to ...
- Brian Bocock came in in the 6th inning to play SS....
- Despite what we heard yesterday afternoon, Ray Dur...
- Rich Aurilia returned to action and looked pretty ...
- The final pitcher of the day was Bartolome Fortuna...
- The inning belonged to Randy Messenger who did not...
- Next up after Williamson was Merkin Valdez. Merkin...
- Scott Williamson followed Misch, inheriting a 3-0 ...
- The third pitcher of the day was Pat Misch. Pat ...
- Tim Lincecum had a very good day today....much bet...
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- Giants vs Cubs
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- Practice Game
- By request. Here you go Phil.
- Benjie Molina was back on the field today. He part...
- One More Day Until The Games Begin
- Before the simulated game, 35 year old Crash Davis...
- I also had the opportunity to get a rare shot of C...
- Nate Schierholtz takes off for 2B during baserunni...
- Jonathan Sanchez tries his hand at bunting the run...
- Justin Leone swings and misses.
- There was a Travis Ishikawa sighting.
- Ben Copeland takes a turn at the plate.
- Manny Burriss had a couple of ABs and picked up ri...
- The simulated game gave me a chance to see some of...
- Dave Righetti was the second BP pitcher during the...
- They even had the pitchers attempt to lay down bun...
- Today they had a simulated game, where a coach wou...
- Another Missed Practice
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- 3 Days and Counting
- Here Daniel Ortmeier practices fielding simulated ...
- Once again Kevin Frandsen did the most extra work ...
- Randy Winn in the cage. Apparently, Randy was th...
- New CF Aaron Rowand in the batting cage. Aaron ha...
- Ray Durham finally decided to take a little extra ...
- The final pitcher of the day was 22 year old Kelvi...
- Because Benjie Molina was held out of practice aga...
- Jose Capellan followed Sanchez to the hill. Cappe...
- 39 year old Keiichi Yabu was the third pitcher to ...
- The 4th pitcher of the day was Jonathan Sanchez. ...
- Non-roster invitee Scott Williamson was the second...
- The Giants went back to 2 rounds of batting Practi...
- Another beautiful shot of baseball in Scottsdale S...
- JT Snow was not just content to instruct Daniel Or...
- Eugenio Velez grabs the ball on the backhand.
- My choice for RF......Nate Schierholtz.
- Shawon Dunston (on 2B) helps Daniel Ortmeier work ...
- Ray Durham in the foreground........JT Snow in the...
- Around the batting cage. Rajai Davis is at bat. ...
- Rich Aurilia
- “Back” At It
- Guillermo Rodriguez with the new frosted hairdo.
- Dave Roberts and Rich Aurilia get some face time w...
- Ray Durham talking with Brian Sabean. From the lo...
- As rumored, Shawon Dunston made his appearance in ...
- A lot going on in this photo. Kevin Frandsen take...
- Instead of regular infield today the thirdbasemen ...
- Here is a shot of the pick off/run down drill. Pr...
- A few of the kids came over from the Minor ...
- The last pitcher of the day was Osiris Matos. Mat...
- The 5th pitcher of the day was Pat Misch. Here Mi...
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- Tim Lincecum was the first pitcher of the day duri...
- Day Off
- Wednesday, 1 Week and 1 Day from the First Game
- And last but not least, Ray Durham.......just beca...
- Randy Winn, just because I like the photo.
- "It's a simple game. You throw the ball, you hit ...
- Rajai Davis...just because I don't think I have po...
- Rich Aurilia joined Ortmeier and Frandsen as the o...
- Kevin Frandsen continues to win the hard work of t...
- The Giants really cut down on the Spring Training ...
- Just like yesterday, after a round of live BP off ...
- As rumored, Robb Nen showed up at camp today. I a...
- JT Snow continued to shadow Daniel Ortmeier everyw...
- At 1B were Brett Harper and Travis Ishikawa.
- The shortstops were Emmanuel Burriss and Brian Boc...
- The drill today was pretty much the same as yester...
- And the final pitcher of the day was Osiris Matos.
- Bartolome Fortunato was next to the mound after Me...
- Big Randy Messenger was the 4th pitcher of the day.
- Brad Hennessey was next up after Walker.
- Tyler Walker followed Lowry to the hill. Tyler se...
- Noah Lowry was the first pitcher to throw live bat...
- By request, Pat Misch. Bunting of all things. L...
- Here is another shot of Ortmeier....just because I...
- First Full-Squad Workout
- I think that Aaron Rowand has already established ...
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9 comments:
I can't beleive they are playing a game with a truck in fowl play. I can see the injury report on that one.
*see Freddy Garcia
Who is the side-arm pitcher??
The sidearm pitcher is Adam Cowart.
I absolutely love your site! The daily updates are great and I love to hear from another source besides Chris Haft how everyone is doing. I was wondering how much you have seen of Manny Burriss and Brian Bocock? Which do you think is the more appropriate heir to Omar? I love Frandsen, but he is not the long term answer at shortstop.
Ben:
I really haven't seen a lot of Bocock. I saw Manny Burris quite a bit during this last Arizona Fall League season (October-November). It was very disappointing to hear of his performance at San Jose (.165) that got him demoted to Augusta. But he rebounded with a .321 average at Augusta and his .365/.450/.873 with 8 stolen bases in 9 attempts (in only 17 games) was quite impressive.
They say Bocock's defense is exceptional......but personally......from what I have seen I like Burriss a lot.
GF9
I like what I have read so far about Burriss, but I have not heard a whole lot about Bocock and was curious if you had seen anything promising in him in camp. Whatever the case I am sure I will be getting a closer look at them in the not-too-distant future for the Grizzlies. I live in Fresno right now for college so I dont have time to go to many games, but I was able to make time to watch Lincecum throw 7 dominant innings last year a few weeks before he got called up. Thanks for the answer to my question! GO GIANTS!!!
GF9,
When you saw Manny in the AFL, did if finally seem like he has figured out he's not a power hitter and needs to stay short to the ball every time?
In terms of defense, despite all his speed, Manny isn't particularly quick in the field and his arm is barely average for shortstop. I have trouble believing he'll be anywhere other than 2B at higher levels.
Of course, I also have trouble believing he'll do anything offensively in Connecticut and Bochy is talking about him as a dark-horse for the bigs, so what do I know?!?!
David:
Manny was a swat and run hitter in the AFL. Just put the bat on the ball and beat it out.....exactly what he should do with his speed. I also saw no problem with his arm defensively. His range did seem a little limited for someone with his speed though.
GF9
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