Eric Surkamp Interview

Giants prospect Eric Surkamp was interviewed by Beyond the Boxscore. Surkamp has had a heck of a season in AA after having a hip injury that cut his season short last year. The strikeout rate is very enticing.

Year	Age	Tm	Lev	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2011	23	Richmond	AA	7	3	.700	1.78	96.1	77	22	19	4	30	114	1.111	7.2	0.4	2.8	10.7	3.80

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/14/2011.

It's just a quick interview before the all star game but still worth a listen. He talks about coming back from his injury, how it feels about being a part of the defending Champion organization, the tips he's gotten from the older guys in the organization and what it is like to be an All-Star.

Have a listen.

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Interview with Giants Pre/Post Game Host Marty Lurie

There is an excellent fan post on McCovey Chronicles from user Goofus that did an interview with Giants pre and post game iron man host Marty Lurie.

An excerpt:

McC: You’re doing the radio pre-game and post game shows on weekends. Do you see your role as journalist, commentator, cheerleader, or therapist for distraught fans after a tough loss?

ML: I think I’m a baseball historian and a fan. I’m like everybody else; I can’t wait for it to start and I can’t wait for the next day’s game. That’s what I bring to the table. I’ll set the game up; I’m excited about what’s going to happen and afterwards take the game apart and talk about what happened, what should have happened, how they played it and then get you ready for the next day.

I do understand that there’s a rhythm to a baseball season and you can’t panic and do knee-jerk reactions. I mean, Huff has a bad game on Sunday. You can’t say, "That’s it. He can’t play right field anymore." You have to be patient and even it costs you, he’s your #3 hitter. You have to be patient with a guy like Brandon Belt and let him get his at bats. You have to be patient and see what you have as a team. So in that regard, yeah my job is to be somewhat of a therapist for the fans during the rough parts. The key to this team will be the bullpen; that’s the most important job of a manager.

Read the entire thing. It's definitely worth your time.

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O, Gigantic Victory! Baseball Poems: The 2010 Championship Season

Steve Hermanos, a local Bay Area writer/real estate agent, has a book of Giants poetry that is pure gold. He was interviewed on KNBR with Murph and Mac Wednesday morning for his book O, Gigantic Victory! Baseball Poems: The 2010 Championship Season.

In all (about 40 poems over 64 pages), it is safe to say this order has been placed in Amazon.

A sampling:

Madison Bumgarner II:

Dude,
You are 21,
Ronald Reagan as ancient as Thomas Jefferson or Plato,
To you.

If a nuclear bomb,
Took out Allameda,
Withn you on the mound,
Would that faze you?

What about Godzilla,
Rising out of McCovey Cove,
Breathing fire,
On the opponent's bullpen?

What about a lineup,
Of cloned and steroid-addled Babe Ruths,
Rickey Hendersons, Honus Wagners,
And Ty Cobbs?

You might be,
The most unflappable ballplayer,
I've ever seen.

Have your agent,
Look it up.

And another one of my favorites:

Jon Miller, Hall Of Famer:

Your humor dryer,
Than a summer Scottsdale parking lot;
Your timing equal,
To James Brown’s;
Your knowledge profound,
Wide and generous;
Your descriptions vivid;
Your mimicking of Vin—
Ah, perfect moment after perfect moment.

You’re the only announcer,
To whom I stay tuned,
In a rain delay.

With Stanford sidekick David B. Flemming:
Tonto/Sancho Panza/Chico Marx/Dr. Watson/
Mr. Spock/Chewbacca;
Aristotle,
Contemplating Plato’s freshest utterance.

Miller, you gotta quit ESPN,
Sending you hither and yon,
Every week,
Away from the story by the Bay.
Remain with the homies,
In your booth,
A lama on his hillside,
In reverent levitation,
Soaking in every nuance of the goings on,
Below on the greensward,
Disseminating ever-deeper observations;

And tossing off jokes,
The most popular guy at the party.

We deserve it, don’t we?

Listen to the interview on KNBR for a for a few more poems.

A hat tip to @HaffkeTheThird for passing on the interview to me.

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