Yeah, bitches. Just littered with star power right here.
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Make note of that HBP, as Ricky Orta owned Cal League product Thomas Neal in the head, sending a message that the Cactus League doesn't have room for two teams with the same whatever the Mariners and Giants have in common. Neal was said to be laughing after the game, but that just means that Orta knocked the silly bits loose.
I've heard of Kenn Kasparek, and he threw forty-seven consecutive balls in the tenth inning before getting pulled. I've never heard of Anthony Vasquez, but he didn't throw forty-seven consecutive balls in the tenth inning, so in conclusion, Anthony Vasquez is better than Kenn Kasparek, who somehow managed to walk infinity times more Giants than Jesus Colome.
Players to appear in both last year's first box score and this year's first box score: Chris Woodward, Chris Seddon, Mike Carp, Matt Tuiasosopo. Spring Training: It Matters!
Seddon, by the way, allowed four runs in two innings in this year's debut, against zero runs in two innings in last year's debut. Based on this two-point trendline, Chris Seddon's career has really gone to hell in a handbasket.
Tim Lincecum pitching to Chone Figgins featured the same total body volume as a normal-sized person standing still.
Ryan Langerhans drew walks in all three of his plate appearances, which is kind of lazy.
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Man, Lincecum has aged terribly.
Fin - March 3, 2010
He looks like Orel Hershisher now
And not Orel Hershisher the LA Dodgers pitcher, but Orel Hershisher the retired-LA-Dodgers-pitcher-turned-TV-announcer.
Kouvre - March 3, 2010
Smoke!
Trenchtown - March 3, 2010
Why do say that?
He looks sort of weird in the picture, but hey, it’s just one picture.
redwolf75 - March 3, 2010
Yay sample size.
JonBBT - March 3, 2010
He always looks like shit
Jeff Sullivan - March 3, 2010
Can you imagine what he'd look like if instead of growing up on Mercer Island
he was from Methville, OR?
Bearskin Rugburn - March 4, 2010
Didn't he grow up in Renton?
My friend went to high school with him at Liberty High School which is in Renton.
seattle_since_81 - March 4, 2010
Yes, it was Renton
I also went to school with him
tootthekazoo - March 4, 2010
They really should get him to do those "Beyond the Curve" ads
I expect John Keister is a bit cheaper, however.
wandergeist - March 4, 2010
What year did you graduate?
seattle_since_81 - March 4, 2010
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ThundaPC - March 4, 2010
Until you go down to Spring Training it is easy to believe the games mean something and people win/lose jobs during game performance.
However, once you actually get down to Arizona and watch a few games; you realize these games don’t mean anything. It is practice. How a pitcher throws in their bullpens is just as important as what happens in the games, sometimes more important.
It is fun. My trip to Spring Training is my favorite time of the year.
But wow are the box scores meaningless.
mark sobba - March 3, 2010
Weird box score
I see Colome but I don’t see Column B
OlSalty - March 3, 2010
Die
Jeff Sullivan - March 3, 2010
Your tweet obviously jinxed it.
appleshampoo - March 3, 2010
Guess who just knew this was going to happen?
.
I Lick Squirrels - March 3, 2010
GAMETHREADS ARE BACK BABY
Poochie - March 3, 2010
Wooo!
Goose - March 3, 2010
I've been waiting for this
OlSalty - March 3, 2010
I can go back to being a total prick and having an excuse!!
Poochie - March 3, 2010
Thank you Jeff, I've never laughed so much reading one thread.
Andrew E - March 3, 2010
What the dick, Kasparek.
Trade that bum to Kansas City.
I Lick Squirrels - March 3, 2010
great post
cedarA - March 3, 2010
I always forget to capatalize and use punctuation :(
cedarA - March 3, 2010
Just pretend it's not the internet!
Bearskin Rugburn - March 3, 2010
I hear walking is good for your health!
ThundaPC - March 3, 2010
With the ghosts of 2008 Mariners still in my head, it boggles my mind to think our team could draw 8 walks.
Even in Spring Training against AA pitching.
SethGrandpa - March 3, 2010
AA pitching?
It must burn the Giants, and their fans, to know they gave $23M over two years to an AA pitcher.
wandergeist - March 3, 2010
I know right? Cause he pitched all 10 innings.
Wait what?!? You’re telling me he only pitched one inning?!? Gasp.
SethGrandpa - March 3, 2010
And he didn't give up any walks, right? Gasp
wandergeist - March 4, 2010
Lincecum looks like he is trying to hold in a bong hit for too long.
Wilder. - March 3, 2010
"Holding"? That photo is edited sir.
Here’s the real one:
The Typical Idiot Fan - March 3, 2010
Touche.
Wilder. - March 3, 2010
I hope Doug Fister maintains his new and improved 2.5 K/IP.
Vatinius - March 3, 2010
Also, the K/BB of ꝏ.
supershane - March 3, 2010
The Internet can't count high enough to comprehend how good Doug Fister has become.
Teej - March 3, 2010
You were going for ∞
I presume?
wandergeist - March 3, 2010
Ryan Langerhans is the new B.J. Upton.
JLProck - March 3, 2010
He's black now?
I Lick Squirrels - March 3, 2010
He's at least hanging out with black people
but when he is, he’s bow hunting. So, I dunno, does that cancel out?
Bearskin Rugburn - March 4, 2010
Wait, you can hunt black people now?!
JLProck - March 4, 2010
Clearly someone hasn't seen Surviving the Game
OlSalty - March 4, 2010
And here I thought I'd seen everything ever done by The Great Busey.
AND JOHN C. MCGINLEY! Where the hell have I been?!?
JLProck - March 4, 2010
Doesn't that make him
The new Ted Nugent?
wandergeist - March 4, 2010
You could do an entire Faces series for Tim Lincecum and never run out of material.
Holy crap he’s ugly.
xero3k - March 4, 2010
But damn can he pitch.
xero3k - March 4, 2010
Based on that picture
I think Tim Lincecum age 40 may be uglier than Randy Johnson will ever be.
Ike Clanton - March 4, 2010
That's a rather tall order.
ToddK - March 4, 2010
I see what you did there.
Mariner John - March 4, 2010
Bazinga.
Ike Clanton - March 4, 2010
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