This week’s Sweet Chin Muzak column looks at the long and winding career of San Francisco Giants pitcher Ryan Vogelsong.
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Sweet Chin Muzak – What’s Dirty?
That photo right there broke a lot of hearts in San Francisco last week. The play at the plate can be baseball’s version of violence. A runner is coming full speed and if he decides not to slide, a collision is going to happen and sometimes, the catcher is defenseless. Folks react differently to home-plate collisions. Some determine that it’s simply a part of the game, while others look at the situation based on where the catcher is sitting. If […]
Sweet Chin Muzak – Four Aces And Joe Blanton
Sports Illustrated’s 2011 Baseball Preview featured an entire starting rotation of one team on the cover. But it wasn’t the starting rotation of the defending world champs. It was the starting rotation of the team the San Francisco Giants beat in the NLCS, the Philadelphia Phillies. Last year, the Phillies traded for Roy Halladay and during the middle of the season, traded for Roy Oswalt. And this year, they signed free agent Cliff Lee. Cole Hamels was now their fourth best starter and Joe Blanton […]
Sweet Chin Muzak – Beware The Disease Of More
Later tonight, the baseball team I’ve been watching since 1984 takes their first step in defending their World Series championship. It was only just five short months ago when Brian Wilson struck out Nelson Cruz to clinch the Giants’ first ever world championship in San Francisco. While I cherish the moment of being able to call my team the champs, I sit here conflicted as I await to see what 2011 holds for them. So much of my rooting last […]
Sweet Chin Muzak – Hobbling Towards Opening Day
There are just six days until baseball starts. On March 31, at 10:00AM Eastern, the Detroit Tigers take on the New York Yankees and the Atlanta Braves take on the Washington Nationals. But the big game on the docket is the San Francisco Giants against their hated rival, the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants have had a strong Cactus League season so far, with an 18-9 record which is tops for all teams in the spring (as of this writing). […]
Sweet Chin Muzak – New Year’s Predictions Part 1
To preface what this is about, it’s simply a bunch of quick thought predictions. I will probably go back on some of them before the baseball season starts, but as of today, it’s how I’m feeling. I’m going off the cuff y’all. I’ll do part two later in January. Even though the NFL always owns this time of the year, and LeBron, DWade and the Heat (Heatles?) are showing glimpses of what we haven’t seen from two great wing players […]
Sweet Chin Muzak: Remembering The World Series
I’ll have a brand new column next week looking at 2011, but I felt this was a perfect time to remember what 2010 meant to me and my family as San Francisco Giants fans. I first started following baseball closely when I was just 8 years old. The year was 1984 and the Giants were terrible. Just awful. I did get to go to the 1984 All-Star game which was played at Candlestick Park. Now THAT was a windy day. […]
Sweet Chin Muzak: On Cliff Lee And Benjamins
The 2nd Sweet Chin Muzak column explores the signing of Cliff Lee by the Philadelphia Phillies and why he spurned offers from his former team, the Texas Rangers, as well as the powerhouse New York Yankees.
Sweet Chin Muzak: On The World Series Champs And Derek Jeter
In Popblerd’s first “Sweet Chin Muzak” column, GG talks about Cliff Lee’s erroneous designation as baseball’s best postseason pitcher and the unnecessary Derek Jeter negotiations.