Well...the Giants are my NL team. Have been for a long time. My wife is from Northern Cali and I loved touring in SF. I've been to PAC Bell park and it's beautiful. My dad was a Willie Mays fan growing up and I happen to like a goodly amount of their players.

Of course, they shit the the bed at the Fens and will now sweep us. As much as I dig them and expect them to win the WS this even year, I hope to sweep them!

Whew.

My dad was also a Giants fan.
Until they left.

that's my boy, Beli!

Say Carlos!!

I thought he had a homer on that loud foul, but I accept this rbi.

2 out ribeye!

[3] my dad's a yankees fan. and mantle fan. but, yeah, i think that's more of a product of his two sons and he dug the giants when he was a kid.

I bet it's hot in ATL.
It's hot here. Well, not so much right now, but 90 today.

yeah, it's definitely HOTlanta. but, if you go anywhere, you need layers 'coz every store and restaurant is like the tundra.

Oooh, it's 92 in the Bronx, according to NOAA. And Bumgarner is working hard. Forty-seven pitches. Maybe we can wear him down.

Wow.
Hey, did you know I do not have an air conditioner in my house?
I know! It's crazy!
However, I have eaten blueberries, so, we're even.

E3.
Not fun to watch.

Uh oh.

BELI!

wait. oh no. his fingers may have swiped the plate. damn.

That was very gratifying.
Carlos is the star of the game, already.

Oh, yeah. Hm. Hard to tell.

[11] it's cranked waaaaay too high here. everywhere. it's quite uncomfortable actually.

What's the rule? Is it like football, where to overturn you need 'clear and convincing' evidence or something like that?

his fingers may have been in the air and dirt was just flying around. hopefully, there's not enough evidence to overturn.

[19] yeah.

OUT!!

Yay!

Man, what a break. And what a freaking throw, too.

And Tanaka escapes!

i love beltran.

gonna ask the tavern to put the game on for me in a bit. hope to see miller pitch a perfect 8th.

my two favorite (current) yankees!! : )

will the boy still be in Atl at the end of the month? i'm playing a sunday evening gig not far from him. i'll be performing Rush's "Tom Sawyer" on it \m/

welcome back, chase.

hope your son is doing well!!!

Oh, no, he's in NOLA!
Going to a lot of jazz.

that was a very mad-bum like inning.

don't let him off the hook next offensive frame!

[27] oh, wow. cool.

i played Tipatina's and the Jeff Fest in NOLA. (Jeff, not Jazz. not sure what it was exactly, but we opened for the Neville Brothers, so i guess it wasn't too small...)

oh, crap.

looks like that's a play that should've been made...

ref still doesn't have a homer...

crazy mad-bum snake/rabbit story...

Hey, I do get John n Suzyn via MLB at bat. But it can't find my location so no video for me.

oh, come on. cano prolly woulda caught that.

it was hit hard, but still...

rbj - it's on MLB network.

matt v, kitty, verducci.

Wow, you played Tipitinas?
Jordan went there last week. I think last Saturday. I can't remember who was playing.

ok. really need a DP...

[37] i did.

i used to tour quite a bit and played lotsa great places. best venue was probably Red Rocks in CO. sold out show on a saturday night. beautiful. there are even red rocks in the backstage area.

Oy. Another jam. Tanaka is really pushing it -- partly fielding, but the walks are troubling.

thank you, el nino.

good job, lettuce.

Okay, that's one! Maybe he can get out of it again.

And now it's pouring rain here -- I mean pouring. Looks like there might be some of the same in the Bronx later.

if he gets out of it right here, he'll still have a good pitch count.

hey announcers - don't do that!

we had bad rain yesterday. i was in the classroom the entire time...

Ah, I hadn't set at Bat to access my location. Got the wpix feed

Gulp.
3-1, bases loaded with two out...

biggest pitch of the game right here...

[47] nice.

good pitch. now for another...

Onions!

Got 'I'm!
Beautiful.

Phew

FUCK YEAH!!!

don't think i've ever seen that kind of emotion from Masahiro. i dig it.

i aired it out here in my den too. i needed that...

See, we just needed rbj on board. That did the trick.

Yeah, that was cool, the 'Hiro fist pump!

i wonder if rbj will be coming off the bench later...

i hope ichiro reaches 3,000 hits this weekend.

* that'll be a career achievement, as he most likely won't amass 3,000 hits in one game. even if it's a doubleheader. especially, if he's a pinch hitter.

starlin's been doing great afield.

ooh, posey's out of the game. georgia boy...

Oh, no, of course not in one game. But you said this weekend, right? So, man, that really is a lot of hits for one weekend. It took Jeter almost his whole career!

[61] awesome.

Happy birthday Meredith

Aw. Happy Birthday, Meredith.

when ichiro suzuki gets 4 more hits, he will have accrued 3,000 for his career in MLB in the US.

Hah. Siddown, Belt, you fraud.

It is amazing. How many do you think he would have had if he'd started here at age 22? Could be 4000.

nice pitch to strike out belt.

i don't have the pix feed. happy birthday, MM!!

Oh good lord. Michael Kay: philosopher.

Ah, you're listening to Kaat?
Michael told Meredith: May you live as long as you want, but never want as long as you live.

I thought you wouldn't want to miss that pearl.

[66] i like belt. i'm wearing a silver double-pinned timberland one to hold up my cargo pants.

ichiro - all things being equal (similar career, no injuries, et al.), yes. 4,000 would definitely be a possibility.

nice first pitch hitting for starlin.

definitely not posey behind the plate!

let's go, beli!

[70] oh, michael. thanks for sharing.

yes, kaat is on the broadcast.

If Belt had drawn ball four, I was gonna say:
See, that's the difference -- their Belt walked, but our Belt-ran!

Oooh, now I really want A-Rod to bunt!!!

Not.

Holy smokes. That was fast, and profoundly ugly.

another walk for mad-bum.

i guess i should let you know the mad-bum snake/rabbit story from the mlb broadcast...

he and his wife were in the AZ desert. i forget what they were doing. hiking, horseback riding, something... they encountered a rattlesnake. madbum had a hatchet with him, because, why wouldn't you. he took care of the rattler and realized it had just eaten. he rescued the jackrabbit and took it back to their cabin to nurse it back to health. then, he released it in the wild.

alex, alex, alex. i thought you told hal and espn you had a plan to help with chasing pitches out of the strike zone.

quite poor execution. boos warranted. though, chase just matched you.

Huh?
The rattlesnake had swallowed a jackrabbit whole and it was still alive?

Oh, Michael is telling the same story.

madbum's 91mph seems way faster.

[78] apparently. i guess the news has traveled!

or, are they reading the banter?

hey, michael: i have two solo percussion CDs for sale. if you buy both, i'll include a sticker and magnet!!

Those six strikes in a row were pretty impressive.

wasted opportunity.

madbum seem quite calm talking with the ump after.

[81] they really were.

madbum has not recorded a single ground ball out through five frames.

Hm, the Bum averaged 23.5 pitches per inning for the first two, but less than half that many for the next three.

alright, we're headed out. i'll check in from my phone in a few...

i really like brandon crawford. fine player. i hope he makes an out right now...

Okay, have fun!

Oooh, I wish thelarmis had seen that play by Carlos.

Hey, I wasn't listening -- did they say why no Tanaka? Just because it's Big Three time?
I can't say I disagree with the decision, probably the right call.

Or not. Goddam it, Dellin, find that strike zone.

Don't like lead off walks

That's more like it.

Why did Paul say, "You just can't hold up on that fastball"? It was obviously a curve ball.

Dammit.

Ruh roh

Just got the game on. Really wish tanaka pitched the 7th...

Oh my god.
Argh!

Shit

Sure, now.
Well, okay. One run for Miller and Chapman, should be okay...

Good.

Lame on the wild pitch. I like how they were respecting Beli's arm! What was the play he made?