Concussions are a Joking Matter to @MLB

Major League Baseball made a big deal this off season in doing something to help protect players better from concussions, but the official Twitter account doesn't seem to have gotten the memo.

In last nights game Chris Stewart got hit in the head on the back swing by the Dodgers Aaron Miles. He was checked out by Giants trainers and finished the inning but was replaced afterward as a precaution.

It is frankly in bad taste to make light of someone getting hit in the head with a bat with the number of studies coming out showing the seriousness of concussions. MLB did the right thing by giving teams more options on how to go about dealing with concussions but now that an official outlet for the sport is making light of a serious issue I have to question if they were serious or if it was all just for getting good PR.

I hope that the people in charge of the official twitter account have better judgment in the future.

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Giants Link Round-Up

All of the Giants links fit to print.

PaapFly: "Jeff Suppan is no Joe Posnanski" I wonder how he feels about this pickup. Actually I don't because this line sums things up nicely.

Imagine for a second you were collecting baseball writers. You already have Joe Posnanski, Bill James, Rob Neyer, Joe Sheehan and Jayson Stark. But you want a little just-in-case insurance, you know, just in case. Maybe, along the way, one of them gets writers block, or maybe one breaks both hands and can’t type. You already have Murray Chass lined up in the stable, and a couple others like him. Then, in an effort to beef up your complete and utter lack of depth, you hire on the Bleacher Report. This is essentially what the Giants have done.

Sully Baseball: A great video giving MLB some tips on how to appeal to a younger generation. What makes it better is he says that we need more Giants.

Baseball Monk: The monks talk about how loaded the National League is in pitching right now. I couldn't agree more, after years of offense the pendulum has swung towards pitching and it special with the number of great arms out there.

Splashing Pumpkins: A quantitative look at Giants skipper Bruce Bochy. He did everything right in the playoffs it seemed but I agree with the conclusion here that his overall effect on the team was probably a wash with great decisions cancelled out by the boneheaded ones.

22Gigantes: If you need more reasons to hate the Dodgers here is another one: Tommy Lasorda disses the Giants.

When the Giants Come to Town: The top 50 prospects (plus a bunch of Honorable mentions). First few detailed scouting reports are out too: #1 Brandon Belt, #2 Zach Wheeler, #3 Thomas Neal and #4 Gary Brown.

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