Comments on: Jason Marquis’ deal with the devil hasn’t expired yet

By: gloccamorra

gloccamorra — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 05:24:46 +0000

Very good point. His daughter was just out of intensive care when the Padres sent him to their triple A club, and he was able to clear his head. When he arrived in Petco, he had an opportunity to turn it around and made the most of it.

He’s been helped by five starts in Petco, but three of the five road parks were in Seattle, SF and LA. In the two hitters’ parks in Denver and Phoenix, he gave up 5 and 4 earned runs, his two worst starts. He may have to pitch in those parks again, along with Cincy and Wrigley, so stay tuned.

By: granted42

granted42 — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:04:17 +0000

When you have Pagan batting fourth, and Crawford batting fifth, you’re less frightened than if you were facing the Fresno Grizzlies. Pitch around Melky, and it’s almost like pitching to a AA team the rest of the way. He’s done well, but yesterday’s game by itself, while helping his stats, isn’t an indicator of things to come for him. In fact, he’s kind of lucky the Padre’s own questionable offense was able to score more than three runs, because, really, if a pitcher loses to that pathetic lineup, it should be DFA city for him, if not out right release.

By: SOBEIT

SOBEIT — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:50:49 +0000

The Giants had Sandoval and Posey out, and the rest of the lineup just stunk because Melky and Theriot were exposed as the only solid bats in the lineup. And Petco and AT&T are both large yards…so it makes sense that Marquis did well because last nights lineup was like 2011 Giants all over again. Don’t know what Bochy was thinking with the opportunity to get the sweep, the Dodgers lost and we have a day off today. So it did not make sense to take Posey out, insert Whiteside at C, all while Sandoval was out with the hamstring injury the night before.

And for some reason, the Giants have a problem with sinkerballers and finishing off sweeps this year. Marquis did his thing and I have not seen him enough this year to rip him and just blame the Giants…but he got a lot of help from the whiffle ball lineup of the Giants. We have many more games against SD, so we shall see if Marquis holds up. But Lincecum took a step back. So still a work in progress.

By: classyt2000

classyt2000 — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:43:41 +0000

Maybe you should take into consideration that his spring training was interrupted when his daughter almost died. When he returned to the twins his daughter was still in critical condition. So lack of prep and concentration prob played a part in his performance.

http://www.twincities.com/twins/ci_20487982/minnesota-twins-jason-marquis-more-at-ease-daughter?refresh=no

The NL west prob doesn’t hurt either.

By: raindog

raindog — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:37:34 +0000

This blows my freaking mind. I don’t get it.

By: raysfan1

raysfan1 — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:36:57 +0000

He hired a new agent, some guy named Faust.

By: blueballzny

blueballzny — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:28:34 +0000

Hey, if A.J. Burnett can do what he’s done this year than anything is possible.

By: tcostant

tcostant — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:09:16 +0000

No DH?

By: turdfurgerson68

turdfurgerson68 — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:18:22 +0000

Steroids?? That’s soo 20th century…Marquis is doing it the old school way:

A Different Kind of Performance Enhancer
by ROBERT SMITH

March 31, 2006

In 1889, a Pittsburgh pitcher named Jim “Pud” Galvin became the first baseball player to be widely known for using a performance enhancer. (He was nicknamed “Pud” because his pitching supposedly turned opposing batters into “pudding” — much like Barry Bonds’ brain.) Before pitching a game against Boston, Pud used something called the elixir of Brown-Sequard… essentially testosterone drained from the gonads of an animal. And, low and behold, the juiced-up Galvin won.

NPR’s Luke Burbank has the scoop this morning, and the amazing thing is that no one seemed to mind the use of performance enhancers back then. The Washington Post all but pushed the drug in an article from 1889:

“If there still be doubting Thomases who concede no virtue of the elixir, they are respectfully referred to Galvin’s record in yesterday’s Boston-Pittsburgh game. It is the best proof yet furnished of the value of the discovery.”

By: icanspeel

icanspeel — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:15:52 +0000

I’d attribute it to Darren Balsley and Bud Black. Petco helps, but also having “2 pitching coaches” on the team helps a lot of pitchers who go to San Diego. I’ve heard from countless interviews that they work really well with the pitchers and help with adjustments.

By: rgledz

rgledz — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:10:24 +0000

Roids……..just kidding. It’s the National League.

By: biasedhomer

biasedhomer — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:10:11 +0000

roids