tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post962676624104258374..comments2024-01-20T23:55:26.269-08:00Comments on The Detritus Review: The Ol' Can of CornUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-41141371788568307442008-09-09T10:35:00.000-07:002008-09-09T10:35:00.000-07:00And don't forget, Tim Lincecum's ERA+ this year, s...And don't forget, Tim Lincecum's ERA+ this year, so far, is 169, which would tie him for tenth in all-time franchise history.Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-9044384183762322008-09-09T10:29:00.000-07:002008-09-09T10:29:00.000-07:00Yeah, but Marichal has two of the top three and fo...Yeah, but Marichal has two of the top three and four of the top ten best K/BB ratios in franchise history. That's exciting, right? And he retired in 1975.Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-87949696445614981992008-09-06T19:02:00.000-07:002008-09-06T19:02:00.000-07:00Keep in mind, though, that the Giants haven't real...Keep in mind, though, that the Giants haven't really been known for their pitching since the days of Christie Mathewson. Take a look at <A HREF="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/leaders_pitch.shtml" REL="nofollow">the franchise's single-season ERA+ leaders</A>. Jason Schmidt's flukish 2003 is the only one in the top 10 since they moved west.<BR/><BR/>So yeah, when a critic in SF writes about pitchers, he's going to go with the all-time greatest player in the history of his local team's arch-rival. (Perhaps he could have tried to tailor it to the Giants and written that the performance had the smoothness and force of Boras's negotiation of the Zito contract.)Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294716220776027168noreply@blogger.com