Quack M§th&ck%ng Quack

Well I for one love heisman watch after 4 games played, just like I like fast food, people who walk slow in front of me when I'm heading to work, and of course I love people hating on Panda's for no reason. Okay I get it 16 touchdowns and no turnovers is great, but it's Mariota anyone who has paid any attention to Oregon football in the last few years knew it was his year, plus he hasn't seemed as baked as most Oregon players tend to be. What these hack sports reporters should be talking about is the hate the Duck's are receiving from the coaches polls, so what they had a close call against Washington State, they are still an incredibly well rounded team. I get it don't rank them too high they might fail you as the PAC12 is a difficult conference these days but they are the m%th#rf*ck&ng ducks, they are in the conversation for the nation title almost every year, and don't give me elephant sized SEC excuses and this BS Florida State garbage, can we rate a team on the actual strength of schedule up to this point and not some futuristic projection that's in some overpaid coaches mind? I for one am more excited for the UCLA game than the Arizona game coming this Saturday for the Ducks, that one will be a true test for our rain weathered fowl.
What it comes down to is we all want good football and without the Ducks being ranked as the AP aptly ranks them it is a disservice to college football as a whole, but this is the NCAA if is broke we will limp along trying not to fix it because we are an extremely profitable non profit that employs slaves to service our monetary funds. Did I speak out of line? I think not, this is the world that my eyes have gazed upon and these are not lies that I speak.
But who really cares, we won we finally have our four team playoff...

Giants prepare for first wild card playoff

The Giants crazy up and down season filled with injuries new faces with nice surprises and sometimes stunning pitching that at other times seemed to be their achilies heel.
Unable to do much to disuade the smurfs from taking the division they are playing in Pittsburgh wednesday to continue in the postseason. If they win they will play a five game series against the Nationals who have used their name well this season as they are the team in the national league with the best record. The Washington based team continues to be the capitol city's only chace at some sort of championship in the near future in professional sports, as the R#dsk@ns and the Capitols both seem to busy f#ck§ng up to pull any of the pressure off the city's baseball team.
So Giants fans are asking themselves if they can be the first team since the adapted wild card game set up to go all the way from the wild card playoff game to win the World Series (and yes international haters of baseball, it is the WORLD Series, both due to the fact that Toronto is part of the league, and the best baseball players in the World come to the MLB to play and actually make money at this game that for some odd reason gets a back seat to Cricket in many parts of the world.) this would be historic, though the Giants have a very formidable foe in their path in the Pittsburgh Pirates who have an excelent home field record this season most likely due to the fact that there is nothing to do in Pittsburgh and even if PNC park is no AT&T park it is still better than what the city of Pittsburgh offers seven nights a week until the Penguins regular season starts up, you know a little brawl on ice with touches of football (both kinds) all with a bunch of like minded fans who want as close to death on ice as is possible.
Anywho the Giants are trying to make this all a regular thing, Win World Series, take a year off, win the World Series, um yeah let's take a year off, and who knows, Win a World Series? It would be impressive, three world series wins in five years, plus the smurfs like losing to the cards in the postseason so we wouldn't even have to face them again and wouldn't that be nice. The only thing really standing in the Giants is a team that comes from a city where there is nothing to do, short of cleveland I think pittsburgh might be the worst city in professional sports to be drafted to (I mean Murican sports ofcourse, I would never want to be drafted by the Bogota whatever's or any team from oman or iran, way too hot and not nerely enough booze for my liking.)
I guess I'm glad the A's made it just because I can't resist the temptation of a battle of bay, though I still hate that shit team from Oakland only slightly less than I hate the smurfs. Oh yeah almost forgot
f%ck LA!!!

Pence figures out rally drum beat and helps Giants win series in top of the ninth

Apparently Gary Brown's head makes a great rally drum, Hunter Pence it seems will find any way to win a baseball game, even if it may be a bit abnoxious to his teammate Gray Brown you cannot scoff at results, especially in an uber superstitious sport like baseball. The revolutionary rally head drum seemed to aid the Giants in the top of the ninth score two runs at an all together perfect time.
The inning started with Panda earning a walk, Susac stuck out looking, then came the rally drum, aiding it seemed to Brandon Crawford's single to right, Brandon Belt had a great at bat laying of a beautiful 2-2 slider and earning a walk in the end loading the bases. Hunter Pence continued his rally drum for Matt Duffy who had an incredible at bat and singled to center scoring Panda and Crawford with one swing of the bat.
With the Dodgers getting stomped by the Rockies last night the Giants sit two games back from their rivals, and it seems like the upcoming visit to Los Angeles will decide the division.
The Giants pick up the win with only six hits, four of which were picked up by Brandon Crawford who is red hot going four of four for the game with an RBI and getting two runs in the game.
Casilla picked up his 17th save of the season, and Romo collected his sixth win, Matt Duffy or Duffman has no fear as a pinch hitter and his attitude shows he truly belongs in the big leagues.
Giants win the series even after losing the first game of three and continue to play like a team that isn't just content with the wild card berth that they have a 99% chance of earning, they seem hungry to steal the division from the Dodgers who at times in this season seemed to have it locked without any problem. Luckily for baseball fans we have a real race for the NL west here in late September, good pitching, smart defense, and good hitting are going decide this one, and what is better than that?

Trade for Peavy still paying dividends as Giants win at Arizona

Peavy had a standup game pitching for seven and two thirds innings, four strikeouts, five hits, an earned run and a walk in ninety five pitches, calming the worried nerves of Bruce Bochey no doubt on the production  for his starting pitchers after a few games that seemed to go astray.
In the Panda Watch he went two for four hitting, also after almost stretching for an incredible play to stop the games only run on the next batter made a great effort to start a double play.
Buster Posey started of the scoring with a solo shot in the top of the fourth his twenty first home run of the season.
Arizona tied it up after a triple in the bottom of the sixth and an insuing RBI single where if Panda was just a bit taller would've made an incredible play to stop the run. The following double play ended the sixth without more damage on the scoreboard.
A lead off single by Hunter Pence started the seventh, then an Ishikawa single brought a hustling Pence to third, and a Brandon Crawford sac fly brought in Pence to regain the lead.
Buster Posey hit two of four with a home run, his average is .312 for the season, Brandon Crawford hit two of three with an RBI. Casilla picked up the save his sixteenth of the season.
Though the Giant's bats may of cooled a bit they are still getting the job done, looking like they will hold on to the wild card berth as well as having home field in the wild card game, though nothing is set in stone. The Giants sit three games back from the Dodgers who lost last night to the Rockies, with a little luck San Francisco could still steal the division though it seems doubtful with only eleven games left to play.

Zebra's attack at Levi Stadium opening

A shocking affair in the opening home game for the 49ers, zebras infiltrated the field early on, though due to a PETA presence there was nothing the NFL could do. The Zebra's were not removed from the field until halftime, though after which they escaped around the same time as the players when the second half had begun.
This was when a number of bears took to the field and began altering the game.  It was strange because this was the first sight of any bears until this point in the game.  From the beginning it had only been Zebra's bringing in the zoo atmosphere to NBC's Sunday night football game.  Unfortunately the game saw more mistakes than victories and we all have a sour taste in our minds due to this game.
However no gazelles were injured so life continues.  Thanks this is panda out I think our Zebra's are gone for now.

Giants bats stay red hot in shut out win over Dodgers

Well the sweat can be wiped from the brow, the Giants hot hitting is definately still effective against the Dodgers talented pitching staff, the proof is in the pudding and more than that on the score board, getting twelve hits and nine runs for the game. The start of the Dodgers batting order looked almost like a shaky start for Bumgarner but the risk was quieted with a few quick outs.
Those Giant's bats, boy did they come to play, in the bottom of the first Panik doubled to left followed by a Buster Posey RBI double to left, Hunter Pence singled to center and got to second as the throw to catch Posey at home came after he had scored from second. Panda flied out to center allowing Pence to tag and make it to third, Arias singled to right bringing home Pence, a wild pitch gave Arias second, Gregor Blanco was walked followed by Brandon Crawford hitting an RBI double to right bringing home Arias and Blanco wisely stayed at third, Bumgarner struck out looking to end the bottom of the first inning. All in all a four run five hit inning for the Giants who went through their entire batting line up, not bad to start off the game.

Dodgers started the second with a double by Ramirez to deep left, yet Madison Bumgarner pitched a strike out, a ground out, and a pop up out to leave Ramirez stranded in scoring position.
No surprise the Dodgers went to the bullpen early as Ryu was relieved by Perez, Pagan was walked then stole second, Panik's fly ball was caught in center field, Buster Posey was walked, then Hunter Pence hit into a double play ending the inning.

Even with a pinch hitter for the pitcher Perez the Dodgers got three kick outs and left the top of the third with still only one hit in the game down by four runs and already using their third pitcher of the game. Panda hit a single to start the bottom of the third, Panda got to second after Arias hit a single, Giants hit three straight hits with Blanco singling to center, though the excitement of the bases being loaded disapated with three straight outs. The fourth inning was uneventful other than Ramirez getting hit by a pitch most likely revenge for a forgotten home run three months ago, though who can really tell when a great pitcher can make it look like an accident, and it is no secret that these teams do not like each other.

The top of the fifth was Los Angeles' best chance to put points on the board, getting two hits and the bases loaded in the inning yet still couldn't muster an RBI. As if the wind wasn't thouroughly remove from the Dodger's sails Brandon Crawford hit a two run  home run in the bottom of the fifth, pushing the lead to a daunting six to nil. The only Dodgers pitcher to last more than an inning (Frias made it three innings) was done after the end of the inning.

In the bottom of the seventh the iconic AT&T Park classic sprung from Ishikawa's bat, a three run splash hit home run, to make things even brighter for Giants fans a guy with a McCovey cove shirt kayaked to the ball and gathered it up with aid of his paddle.

After allowing only three hits in seven innings pitched Madison Bumgarner picked up the win with ease his fifth win in a row leaving him at 18-9 in his starts for the season, Giants starting pitching maintains their quality showing of late as all true baseball fans know is the key at this point in the season.
Buster Posey went 2-4 an RBI and a walk leaving his batting average at .310 for the season, Hunter Pence went 2-5 and an RBI, his average is sitting right under three hundred at .295. Arias hit 2-4 with an RBI, Crawford went 2-3 and 3 RBI's, Ishikawa's only at bat was a 3 run blast to McCovey cove.
Giants bats might as well be on fire with a couple home runs in the game and 12 hits, this team seems to be focused on getting back into the MLB postseason after missing their chance to defend their World Series title last year.
Giants sit one game back from the Dodgers in the division who they play tonight with Tim Hudson starting against Zack Greinke, and if the Giants continue to play the way they have they have a good chance to be sitting tied in the division with another home game to play for the lead in the division.

Giants sweep Diamondbacks, home streak at 9 in a row

Hunter Pence got a funky RBI single (as he seems so apt to get) to start of the scoring in the first inning, then in the bottom of the third Panda hit a RBI single giving Pagan his second run of the game. Brandon Crawford's RBI single in the bottom of the fourth brought home Gregor Blanco and gave the home team a three run lead all they would need to win the game and sweep Arizona in the series. Arizona finally got on the board in the top of the sixth when Trumbo hit an RBI double to deep right center, surely breathing a sigh of relief as it was starting to look like they might get shut out two games in a row, this brought on the pitching change for the Giants as Machi relieved Peavy.
Peavy continued the roll San Francisco starting pitchers have been on, pitching 5.2 innings allowing 6 hits, 1 earned run, and collecting 8 strikeouts thursday afternoon.
The Giants continued the scoring in the bottom of the sixth with more small ball as Perez doubled to left scoring Ishikawa, later in the inning Buster Posey hit an RBI single to right to bring home Perez and Panik made it to third after a throwing error by Inciarte. A walk of the Panda and a following bases loaded walk of Hunter Pence brought in Panik bringing the score to 6-1.
Things almost got worrisome for the Giants in the top of the ninth with three well hit balls to center, one caught at the wall for a fly out, the next a home run for Lamb, and the last a well hit single, though the worries were short lived after two more outs.
All in all the Giants bats looked strong as they prepare for tomorrow's game against the Dodgers who are up two games for the Division lead, their only worry would certainly be their lack of a strong closing pitcher as even this afternoon was their only show of weakness on defense.
As far as hitting went tonight Giants managed twelve hits, Angel Pagan went 2/4 getting 2 runs, Buster Posey hit 3/5 getting one RBI, Hunter Pence hit 1/2 got 2 RBI's and 2 walks, Brandon Crawford hit 2/4 with one RBI, and Perez went 1/2 with 1 RBI.
On the Panda watch he went one out of four, an RBI and a walk, and to watch him play third base like a kung fu Panda is always enlightening.

Giants score 4 in the 7th in shut out win

Wednesday nights game was a must win for the Giants who are warming up to play a series against NL west rivals Dodgers on Friday. Starting pitcher Vogelsong did all you can ask pitching through 6 and 2/3 innings allowing only 2 hits, 5 walks, and collecting 3 strike outs along the way, San Francisco starting pitching staying hot of late. The game was scoreless into the bottom of the 7th, a walk of Hunter Pence started the surge, followed by a Gregor Blanco hit down the right field line and Pence scored all the way from first due to some clumsy fielding. Duffy hits a double and Blanco scores, Brandon Crawford scored on a wild pitch and Pagan added a sac fly to that four run surge in the 7th.
In the Panda watch he was hit by a pitch in the 2nd, and hit a double in the 8th leading to a Panda run to bring it to 5 runs for the Giants.
The Giants bullpen did not allow a hit or a walk, Machi picked up the win though only had to get one out to grab it, Affelt pitched an inning getting one strikeout, Romo finished it off with a ground out and two strikeouts.

The Giants are looking hot, even in a game that had been an all out pitching duel into the 7th, their hitting once again got hot at the right time and they scored more than enough runs to win the game.
Tonight they look to sweep Arizona and keep the bats hot as they prepare to face off against a very hot Los Angeles Dodgers team who are 7-3 in their last 10 games. Giants are sitting 2.5 games behind their Division rival, they could use a sweep tonight and to win the series against the Dodgers as they only have 17 games left in their season.

How much do NBA owner's think they own?

It came to this Panda's attention through LeBron's leaving of the Cleveland Cavaliers and again throughout the last NBA lockout, that NBA owner's were under the impression that they owned a bit more than we as sports fans would consider they had ownership of. For me the idea was simple the players were under contract and beyond that they had every right to jump from team to team searching for better contracts, be it for money, or a better chance to win. What first broke my calm was Dan Gilbert's disgraceful verbage directed towards LeBron James, and it was also unnerving when fans jumped on this disrespectful bandwagon. Don't get me wrong I understand the emotion of losing your best chance of winning an NBA title, but acting out on it without having a bit of empathy for a player who had NO help for his entire first stay in Cleveland is to me shallow and not at all the way people should present themselves to the media. The fans I guess get a pass, but an owner of an NBA team? Childish acts seem to be expected in this day an age in sports I suppose but I for one expect it to come from young players not old men who should have the wisdom and if not the personnel to keep them from acting like spurned lovers cast aside for greener grasses.

Next was the Collective Bargaining Agreement, if a Panda ever had a doubt that billioners had no end to the depths of their greed this was when it was burnt to a crisp with some Superman heat vision. Yet all fans I talked to again had sided with the uber rich, funny that their arguement was that the players made enough money, strange when you do the actual math, 30 owners in the NBA, and I'm not even going to try to figure out how many players are in the NBA. So if I ever thought that 30 people combined should make more than give or take 500 people combined I would need a psycological examination more than I thought. Though the players are the greedy ones trying to maintain the 55% to 45% share of the profits, where the owners got slighltly less of the cut, seems strange when one side of the pie is cut into alot more parts. It's all for not as with the power to lockout, the owners got a 50/50 cut of said pie and us fans lost a portion of an NBA season due to unnecessary greed, but why should any of us really be shocked, they are quite childish and apparently racist as well, the owners ofcourse.

Fastforward to the present as we have the second owner forced to sell due to public racist comments, makes it all come together so well for my mind, if they actually believe they own these players than it is all too crystal clear to understand why they would have no ability to care for these brilliant athelete's future monetary security.

In the end we can only hope that the media can atleast help a bit, though that has me more in doubt than any other possible solution to this very pressing problem in one of the most successful professional sports association in the world.

SF Giants Roll through D-Backs in game one of the series

Giants offense is rolling through game one of the home series against the D-backs, Pagan went 4-5, and Panik went 5-5, adding to the Giants 12 hits in the 5-1 win on tuesday. Petit pitched a complete game with only 84 pitches allowing one earned run and only 4 hits to Arizona, maintaining another good showing for San Francisco starters.
Our good friend Panda got himself a two out RBI off a walk to help out this page's Panda watch.
All in all this games as well as this series seems to be a good warm up for the coming homestand against the rival Dodgers. With a win of this series and a hopefull sweep against LA we could be looking at a very interesting finish to the NL West race.
Hopeful Giants fans are looking for Vogelsong to help the defense shut down Arizona, could be looking at 8 wins in a row at home with a win tonight.

49er fans make the Cowboy's first home game a sea of red

For this Panda watching the first 49ers game of the 2014 season from my apartment in my Parisien apartment, I was surprised yet not shocked to see a prominent number of red jersey's outnumbering the blue ones.

One thing about the so called "America's Team" is that Americans prefer winners, and that is one thing that San Francisco's history has a plethera of.

The first half was a joy to watch for any fan of red and gold, even with one of the leagues best run defense allowing more yards on the ground then fans of the 5 time Superbowl Champs have become accustomed to, the ability to turn the ball over and capatalize on those turnovers was a joy to witness. 

Though there are surely a few rooting for those with stars on their helmets that would disagree. Colin Kaepernick looked cool and collected throughout the game, making some great descisions and making it look like this truely could be a miraculous year for the young QB. On the other end Tony Romo seemed to be playing right into the hands of 49ers Defensive Coordinator Vic Fangio, figuratively and literally at times, Romo's frustration seemed to only grow as the game seemed to be all but over as the minutes continued to expire from the game clock.

Michael Crabtree a game time decision did play, though still didn't seem 100%, but the 70 or so tickets he aquired for friends and family certainly helped make it feel more like a home game than an away game for a San Francisco team that is hoping this season is the one that the frachise can hoist it's 6th Superbowl trophy. 

All in all a great way to start the season, even with a few questionable calls from officiating and perhaps not showing the full brunt of their offense, this Panda certainly believes the San Francisco 49ers should be pround of this showing in Arlington Texas.