Sorry I did not put up a post today -- I was consumed by tasks and business. ComcastSportsNet BayArea posted Grant's latest column. Today he argues that Bruce Bochy did a better job of managing this season than he did last season. I like arguments which make me look at [...]
Here are some pregame Bochy quotes. The first topic is Brian Wilson who played catch near the dugout, throwing slowly. Bochy: This is a light day. he’s actually been throwing a little bit more than he did today. He played catch for 6 or 7 minutes. If he feels OK [...]
Here's a new bulletin. The Giants can't hit, they really can't. I sat in the press box on Saturday and endured their third straight loss to the Phillies and watched them score one run and lose 2-1. If they could hit at all they would have won. But they can't [...]
Bochy in his pregame presser on Friday’s brawl: From what I gathered nobody got hurt on either side. In those brawls you sometimes get a hand stepped on. Do you fear what might happen to Whiteside (suspended)? He’s in a hard spot there. He’s got all kinds of sides to [...]
Bruce Bochy just finished his pregame media confab (don’t you love the word confab?) in which he spoke about the Giants’ hitting woes (woes -- another cool word,). Here are selected quotes: Re: Torres leading off today. “See if he can jumpstart us here. No getting around it, we’re in [...]
The Giants got swept by the A's -- pretty amazing and frankly pretty bad. Well, it was good for the semi-resurgent A's. So the main topic of conversation with Bruce Bochy after the Giants lost 2-1 on Sunday was whether the Giants should trade a pitcher (Jonathan Sanchez anyone?) for [...]
This is about Dusty Baker vs. Bruce Bochy, but it's really about old-style baseball managers vs. new-style. I prefer old style -- Baker, etc. -- in a specific way, but I am not criticizing Bochy --a new style guy. Got that? The Reds were in SF over the weekend and [...]
Here is the pregame Q&A with Bruce Bochy in the dugout before today’s game. Please excuse all typos; I transcribed this in a hurry: What’s the lastest news about Posey? Right now it’s a lower-leg fracture, ankle fracture. X-rays did show that. Right now he’s getting an MRI so we’ll [...]
Henry Schulman just tweeted Bruce Bochy is unhappy with Jonathan Sanchez who stunk today vs. the Mets. Bochy plans to meet with his pitcher tomorrow who, Bochy said, is drifting mentally. I can get behind that. But what does it mean he drifts mentally? Is he on the mound with [...]
Bruce Bochy just held his pregame presser. He was coughing and clearing his throat and seemed filled with phlegm. He said "the crud" has been rampaging his clubhouse and other major league teams. Today's starter, Jonathan Sanchez, has the crud and needed an IV yesterday. Bochy said they will keep [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.