I guess this is all part of all of us getting older, but the heroes of the golden era are fading away. Charle Young is the latest. 1st round pick and rookie of the year for the Eagles back in 1973 as a vet presence on a young team. from USC and was instrumental in setting the tone for that 1981 Super Bowl run. He was a Fresno kid who went to USC. He was 75. Funny thing is, he had the same issue I have with my name.
“People had a problem. They thought they had better call me Charlie or Chuck. But Chuck doesn’t fit me, and they didn’t know if they should spell the other one Charlie or Charley. So I decided to find a shorter name that would make it easier for them, and I decided on Charle. Call me Charlie if you want but spell it Charle.”
Still have a few friends that call me Chuck but I never really liked it either. And I randomly see people spell my name with the ‘ey’. Not famous enough to do anything about it though. Plus I have 2 cousins, 2 uncles, and 2 grandparents named Chuck, so I wanted to be different.
In other news, Craig Morton passed as well. Ex-Cal Bear who went on to greatness with the dreaded Cowboys, and somehow dragged the Denver Broncos to the Super Bowl in what for me was the ONLY time I’ve ever rooted for Denver to win anything.
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And hey! Got Robbie Ray going today so let’s see if the Giants can. live up to the prediction of sweeping 4 in LA! Facing Ohtani tonight. At least he isn’t a lefty. Let’s hope we give Rotten Robbie some run support. A 2.74 ERA should be enough to be better than 3-4.
Forty Niners Forever 
Well that was something special u don’t often see a 2 run inside the park HR by Lee and this time the 3rd base coach Cyborg made a good call..2-2 now it’s a ballgame hopefully!!
New ballgame!
Hope they show a replay. Feeding my 8 year old, when that happened.
Arrrrggghhh! WTF?
Nice job by Gage to K Rushing, his 3rd tonight.
I would still bean this guy every time he came to SF
Thought they might think about walking PH to get force in play, sigh
2 cheap ass hits get the Dogpile 3 runs , 2 charged to Roupp now 1 for Gage and now it’s Sucking Borsucki coming in yikes..
Giants are so annoying/frustrating, they could make a McDonald’s Happy Meal cry.
New thread
Chapman comes up for discussion by baggs in TA. Turns out Vitello hitting coach was an assistant in Toronto while Chapman was there and he had 2 good seasons. He actually was more productive 2024 for Giants than either season with Jays and OB pct 2025 of .340 was higher than with Jays (career .329 OB). there is mess of data points cited (launch angle/attack angle) so hopefully he can turn that into productive ABs.
Last season A’s hit 219 HRs and gave up 222.
so far this year, they’ve hit 49/given up 52 with team ERA of 4.36 and FIP is even higher 4.67.
Mahle and Houser go this weekend where it’s standard warm weather there…could be interesting.
found this interesting from “Weaver on Strategy”, 1984 (revised ed. 2002):
I don’t necessarily think that it’s bad to have rookies on the bench. Some people believe in sending a rookie back to the minors for the kid’s sake if he isn’t going to start. But why not keep him on the roster if he can help you win? A young player may be able to play twice a week and help you win 2 games. …if a rookie is ever going to be a big leaguer, someone has to give him a chance in the majors. that doesn’t necessarily mean playing him every day.”
Susac starting behind plate tonight, Koss sent down.