Thursday, November 8, 2018



GUESTS:

PHIL STEELE 315

OddsShark (@OddsShark)
"According to the VP of Risk Management at ⁦‪@SuperBookUSA‬⁩ (⁦‪@golfodds‬⁩), they'd set the Bills as a 28.5-point favorite in a hypothetical game against Alabama."

-BAMA OVER LSU
-MICHIGAN OVER PEBOCHY NN ST
-ASU BEATS UTAH - UTAH QB INJURY TO HUNTLEY
-WSU SURIVIVES CAL
-ND OVER N WESTERN
-OHIO ST SQUEEAKS BY NEBRASKA
-GRIER AND WEST VA GET BY TEXAS W A 2

THIS WEEK: CFB LINES 

ERIC BYRNES 350

-FREE AGENCY - BRYCE, MACHADO
-FARHAN - ZY-DEE --LIKE THE MOVE?
-FIRST ORDER OF BIZ?
-MOVE BUM
-NO HARPER
-BOCHY
-BILLY OWENS AS GM
-MODERN AGE GIANTS

430 ROD HIGGINS
-WARRIORS BUCKS
-TEMPO AND 3'S
-WHO CAN BEAT WARRIORS
-LAKERS
-CELTICS

455 DAN FOUTS

-CHARGERS 15-5 LAST 20
-CAN THEY COMPETE IN LA
-RAIDERS GIVE UP GRUDEN NO FIRE
-ROOKIE QBS HITTING WALL
-PAC-12 WHY NOT BETTER IN FB

515 CHAD MILLMAN
-OVERS IN EVERYTHING

OddsShark (@OddsShark)
"According to the VP of Risk Management at ⁦‪@SuperBookUSA‬⁩ (⁦‪@golfodds‬⁩), they'd set the Bills as a 28.5-point favorite in a hypothetical game against Alabama."


TOPICS:

John Shea (@JohnSheaHey)
“Bryce is a perfect fit in a lot of cities, and San Francisco would be one of them.” My interview with agent Scott Boras, who explains why Bryce Harper likes Giants; also, what Zaidi-led Giants say about pursuing the "generational" player: sfchronicle.com/giants/article… via ⁦‪@sfchronicle‬⁩


SF GIANTS ---MY THOUGHTS---

FORGET THE TITLES --THOSE ARE OFFICIALLY GONE - BEST THING ABOUT THE HIRE----HISTORY GONE GOOD AND BAD

FARHAN PRESSER:

LARRY-

- LARRY STARTS WITH A SHOUT OUT TO BRIAN SABEAN ---"WILL REMAIN" --BUT DOES NOT SAY HOWS WENT
-LARRY -  POINTED OUT ZAIDI HAS A 7 YR STREAK OF GOING TO PLAYOFFS W A'S AND DODGERS
-LARRY - SAID MEETINGS WENT -- TRANSFORMATIONAL THINKING, GREAT BALANCE TO THINKING OF THE GAME.
-LARRY ASKED ABOUT CASE SRTUDIES OF EVALUATIONS ON PLAYERS--SAID SOME WERE SOCUTING, SOME ANALYTICS, --"COMPELLING" HOW HE HAS PUT TOGETHER WINNING FRANCHISES.
-10, 12 AND 14 ARE DEAD.....G AME HAS CHANGED --LOOK AT WARRIORS SINCE FIRST TITLE

FARHAN:

-1ST GAME WAS AT CANDLESTICK IN 1987 ---WILL CLARK WALK OFF
-WAS IMPRESSED BY FAN BASE ON LAST GAME OF SEASON WATCHING HUNTER PENCE CEREMONY
-CALLED IT "HUMBLE IN PROCESS" --WON'T USE REBUILDING ----"BASEBALL IS ABOUT THE 25 MAN ROSTER" IT'S NOT THE NBA --ONE PLAYER (HARPER REFERENCE???) -- SIGNALS A REBUILD NO MATTER THE VERBIAGE.

BOCHY: SPOKE 5-10 MINUTES, SAYS HE LOOKS FWD TO WORKING WITH HIM AND A VERY POSITIVE SITUATION.

BUMGARNER: OPEN TO TRADING? - WACHIED BUM FROM AIRPORT DOING DOWN TO DODGERS IN INTERVIEWS, SAYS HE'S A PILAR OF FRANCHISE AND CARRIES WEIGHT, BUT AT SAME TIME, HE'S A1 FOR HIM AND ---"EVERYTHING ON TABLE IN HOW THEY MOVE ROSTER FORWARD"

-IS ANYONE UNTOUCHABLE, INCLUDING BOCHY? - IN AN ABSORBING PHASE, MESSAGE IS , IT'S A COLBERATIVE EFFORT. I TAKE INPUT FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND FORM AN OPINION. WE WANT MAXIMUM FLAXIBILTY AS AN ORGINIZATION ANDMAKE SURE WE AREN'T MISSING ANY OPORTUNITIES TO GET THIS THING MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. NO TALK OF RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT WE THINK IS RIGHT.

-NEW GM? ---FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS? -- COMPETITBVE LANDSCAPE TO GET PERMISSIONS, WE HANEED FARM DIRECTOR AND GM. VE TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WANTS TO TALK TO OTGHERS IN ORGINZATION ABOUT CANDIDATES. --NEEDS FARM DIRECTOR AND GM.

-BOCHY OLD VS NEW --- "CONVENENT NARATIVE TO SEE THIS AS CLASH OF SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT" ---DON'T SEE IT THAT WAY AT ALL. THINGS I CAN BRING, ---

ORDER OF BUINSES:

1- GM
2- FARM DIRECTOR
3. CALLED BUM 1-A --
4. POWER ON ROSTER
5. NO HARPER---MUNCH TYPES, THEY WANT FLEXIBILTY
6. DIDN'T USE REBUILD OR RETOOL --BUT SAID NO LOTTO TICKETS, TAKES TIME---CALLED IT A PATIENT PORCESS. (THAT'S A FANCY PHRAE FOR REBUILDISH)
7. SAYS BOCHY WILL MKAE CALLS ON FIELD, COLLBORATIVE EFFORT--HE'LL HANDLE ROSTER ---WITH MUCH INPUT IN FRONT OFFICE----BUT BOCHY HANDLES THE GAME.
8. THANKED SABEAN---THEY SAT DOWN---UNDTERMINED ROLE--BUT THERE'S A BASEBALL OPS GUY AND A GM----SO IT'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING ADVISORY IN LAST YR OF DEAL.

---CAN WE STOP LIVING IN 10-12-14----GAME , AL SPORTS ARE VERY DIFFERERNT--

GIANTS ADMITTED IT BY THIS MOVE.........

KEY WORDS:

1. -"HUMBLE IN PROCESS" --WON'T USE REBUILDING ----"BASEBALL IS ABOUT THE 25 MAN ROSTER" IT'S NOT THE NBA --ONE PLAYER (HARPER REFERENCE???) -- SIGNALS A REBUILD NO MATTER THE VERBIAGE.

(REBUILD, RETOOL--- NOT DOWN TO THE STUDS, BUT THEY WILL BE THE BUSIEST TEAM IN MLB)

1. - SAID THRE ARE NO LOTTO TIUCKETS --NOT THE NBA ---THERE IS A SINGLE PLAYER OUT THERE, A LOTTERY TICKE --DOUBT THEY GO AFTYER HIM

A: THINK MUNCY, BRANDON MOSS, CHRIS TAYLOR TYPES...NOT BRYCE HARPER)


3. "-WE WANT MAXIMUM FLAXIBILTY AS AN ORGINIZATION ANDMAKE SURE WE AREN'T MISSING ANY OPORTUNITIES TO GET THIS THING MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. NO TALK OF RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT WE THINK IS RIGHT."

(ATTATCHING BAD CONTRACTS TO GOOD PLAYERS)

TRADEABLE: BUM, BELT, MAYBE PANIK, MAYBE CRAWFORD,

NOT TRADEABLE: MELANCON, SAMARDZIJA, LONGORIA

INJURED OR TOO EXPESIVE: BUISTER, CUETO

4. - "CONVENENT NARATIVE TO SEE THIS AS CLASH OF SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT" ---DON'T SEE IT THAT WAY AT ALL. THINGS I CAN BRING, ---" (SAYS BOCHY CONTROLS THE GAME)

-IN HIS STOPS WITH A'S AND DODGERS--- MANAGER DIDN'T CONTROL THE GAME ENTIRELY , THERE WILL BE SOME GIVE THERE, FARHAN SAID IT WOULD BE COLOBORATIVE.

5- ON BUM ---PILLAR OF FRANCHISE BUT

 WACHIED BUM FROM AIRPORT DOING DOWN TO DODGERS IN INTERVIEWS, SAYS HE'S A PILAR OF FRANCHISE AND CARRIES WEIGHT, BUT AT SAME TIME, HE'S A1 FOR HIM AND ---"EVERYTHING ON TABLE IN HOW THEY MOVE ROSTER FORWARD"

A- HE GONE IF RIGHT DEAL CAN BE HAD---ATTATCH A BAD CONTRACT WITH IT 


-PROPS LARRY BAER
-ZAIDI WILL HAVE FULL CONTROL
-I WOULD EXPECT MAJOR CHANGES--
- ON SURFACE, I DON'T SEE HARPER ----
-HOPEFULLY THE GIANTS WILL FIND THE HIDDEN GEMS --- I WOULD THINK BRANTLEY, MARWIN GONZALEX....MARINERS WANT TO TRADE....

NEEDS -
-POWER
-GRINDERS
-LF, RF
-DECIDE ON BUM
-CLOSER
-STARTER OR TWO IF YOU TRADE BUM
-POSITIONALLESS BASEBALL
-BOCHY DECSION --- 3 TITLES, 2.5 BAD SEASONS---THE GAME HAS CHNAGED SINCE 2014....


SOLUTIONS:

LF BRANTLEY, POLLOCK A GRINDER, EVOLDI, MORTON, KEUCHEL, HERERA, ANDREW MILLER,
POSITIONALESS



1. TRADE BUM FOR BATS --YANKESS AND BRAVES SYSTEMS ARE FLUSH WITH BATS --GET A TOP STARTER PROSPECT AND 2 BAT PROSPECTS. -HAVE TO BE CLOSE TO MAJORS---  (SP ISN'T AS VALUABEL --SEE BELOW)

-ID SEE WHAT I COULD GET FOR BELT.

2. SIGN A RF AND LF.

-I;D GO MICHAEL BRNATLEY 31, , AJ POLLOCK 31, MARWIN GONZALEZ 30,
AN
1. POLLOCK RF (15M)
2. BELT 1B
3. POSEY C
4. LONGORIA 3B
5. BRANTLEY LF (15M)
6. M. GONZALEZ 2B (10M)
7. CRAWFORD SS
8. DUGGAR

S0 FOR HAPRERS 30M --U GOT POLLOXK, BRNATLEY AND GONZAELEZ.


3. FORTIFY BULLPEN.

HERERA, A MILLER, JOE KELLY, ADAM OTTAVINO, BRITTON, FAMILIA,

-I'D LIKE HEREHO CAN SET UP OR CLOSE. --MELANCON'S DAYS A S CLOSER ARE DONE.

4. 1 SOLID STARTER.

-MARINERS MIGHT TEAR DOWN---JAMES PAXTON, LEFTY, 6'4 2235---29---CHEAP.
FAS: EVOLDI, MORTON, CORBIN, KEUCHEL. RYU, HARVEY, BUCHOLTZ,

-I'D LOOK INTO A TRADE FOR PAXTON AND TRY TO GET PAXTON, SEE WHAT EVOLDI'S COSTS AND USE BUCHOTLZ AND HARVEY AS BACK UPS.....

PERFECT WORLD: DROPPED BUM'S 12M, PENCES 19M ---33M ---  PLUS ADD 10% ON PAYROLL ---MAYBE 50M --

-INSTEAD OF HARPER AAND 30M +

-POLLOCK, GONZAEZ, BRANTLEY, HERERA, EVOLDI. PLUS POSSBLY A TRADE FOR PAXTON....ADD ABOUT -- 60M ....TRY TO TRADE SOME SALARY



WARRIORS:

Sam Amick (@sam_amick)
My latest at the ⁦‪@TheAthleticNBA‬⁩: A deep dive on the NBA’s ‘Freedom of Movement’ movement & the feedback/pushback from all sides: 14 players, coaches, execs weigh in, & resident referee leader Monty McCutchen reveals the league’s early look at the evidence theathletic.com/641432/2018/11…

om Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh)
My debut column at ⁦‪@NBCSports‬⁩ is up.

Why MVP front-runner Stephen Curry is the new Michael Jordan -- once dismissed, then beloved and copied by the entire NBA. nbcsports.com/philadelphia/n…

-COULD BUCKS BE A FACTOR IN EAST
-ANTEKUMPO --START A FRNANCHSIE RIGHT NOW AGE AND SKILL --HIM?
-DURANT VS ANTEKUMPO
-THIS WILL SHOW IF WARRIORS CARE---EARLY SEASON GAME IN THEIR HOUSE---HOW DO THEY COME OUT FOR A CHALLLENGE --LAST YEAR WOULDN'T HAVE CARED

Monte Poole (@MontePooleNBCS)
The old Bucks were able to cause problems for the ⁦‪@warriors‬⁩. The new and improved Milwaukee team has the defending champs on high alert fw.to/MIDWWac


NFL:



MIDWAY THROUGH COULD ANYONE HAVE SEEN THIS FOR RAIDERS---49ERS...??

-  7-9 49ERS WAS MY PICK AND THE RAIDERS ABOUT THE SAME

STORIES IN 1ST HALF:

1. MACK TRADE
2. JIMMY INJURY
3. GRUDEN GENERAL INEPTNESS
4. THOUGH CARR WOULD BOUNCE BACK UNDER GRUDEN
5. BOTH TEAMS LACK OF DEFENSE, PASS RUSH
6. COOPER TRADE.
7. KITTLE EMERGES.
8. 49ERS YOUNG PLAYERS -- ESPECIALLY SOLOMON THOMAS NOT PROGRESSING
9. SALEH WATCH.
10. BATTLE OF THE BAY --NOT A BATTLE AT ALL, MULLENS EMERGES.

WHAT DID I MISS OR RANK WRONG?


iddlekauff: Why Kyle Shanahan is everything Mark Davis wanted in Gruden 


Midseason musings: What's at stake at QB, Mostert's future, Sherman's contract and other thoughts as the 49ers hit the back stretch 


https://theathletic.com/635185/2018/11/05/midseason-musings-whats-at-stake-at-qb-mosterts-future-shermans-contract-and-other-thoughts-as-the-49ers-hit-the-back-stretch/


OTHER:

OddsShark (@OddsShark)
"According to the VP of Risk Management at ⁦‪@SuperBookUSA‬⁩ (⁦‪@golfodds‬⁩), they'd set the Bills as a 28.5-point favorite in a hypothetical game against Alabama."

SHOWS YOU DO OR DONT WANT TO WATCH

Sports Illustrated (@SInow)
A woman in Georgia allegedly shot at her family because she didn’t want to watch the Bulldogs game go.si.com//VBFfG0V


ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk)
So Le’Veon Bell and his agent didn’t previously know he could skip the full season and avoid a re-tagging in 2019? That fits with the theory that the Steelers leaked it to get Bell to not show up.


Cut4 (@Cut4)
Come to the #JapanAllStarSeries for the baseball, stay for the groundbreaking beer technology. pic.twitter.com/ftRp7jCka4


New York Post (@nypost)
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