Jacob Beard

a regular Illinois guy. Following: SF Giants / SF 49ers / Louisville Cardinals / music / architecture / art / investing / local govt. / Jesus

[Jacob Beard @MidwestGiants]

@lane_stapp @SleeperSFGiants Good call. He’s had a rough go in NY

[Jacob Beard @MidwestGiants]

@BenKaspick Good stat.
This was a good move and glad Susac has emerged. Nothing against PB , but just needed more from the bat.

[Jacob Beard @MidwestGiants]

Great win.
Robbie Ray has been fun to watch the last few years. Wish the team was competing for a playoff spot and they could keep him for the stretch, but unfortunately it makes complete sense to trade him.
#goodgiant
#sfgiants

[SFGiants @SFGiants]

The #SFGiants win on the back of a magnificent start from Robbie Ray 💪

[Jacob Beard @MidwestGiants]

@susanslusser Loved that play. Looked so much like Brandon Belt who was so good at bunting against the shift.

[Jacob Beard @MidwestGiants]

@jimrome @jackflora05 @SFGiants Awesome having him on Rome! Looking forward to him making it to the Giants, hopefully sooner than later.

[Jacob Beard @MidwestGiants]

Excited to have Deebo back! Hope he can be a difference maker again. Loved seeing him run through guys in the secondary.

[KNBR @KNBR]

Deebo Samuel returning to the Niners has become a reality. 1-year, $7M deal.

Welcome back 🫡

[Jacob Beard @MidwestGiants]

@PavlovicNBCS Hey Alex! Remembering some guys: former Giant Willie McGee won the 1990 NL batting title for the Cardinals, despite the fact he was traded to the Athletics that season. He had enough at bat with the Cardinals to qualify.

[SFGiants @SFGiants]

Popped off for 1️⃣6️⃣ to take the series!

[Jacob Beard @MidwestGiants]

@jaynordlinger Neil Diamond’s ‘America’, a song of welcoming immigrants as they seek freedom and a better life should be a conservative anthem and what the right embraces.

[Jacob Beard @MidwestGiants]

Sad to hear. Probably like a lot of people my introduction to Glen Hansard was through Once. A beautiful movie and performance. RIP

[Pádraig Belton @PadraigBelton]

I will always think of @Glen_Hansard busking on Grafton Street each Christmas Eve for the Simon community and the homeless - the Big Busk, which he started (and which inevitably also involved Bono and Sinéad O'Connor), was a huge part of returning to Dublin for the holidays, for me and many like me, living away.

It made sense to someone who was himself a former Dublin busker - he quit school in Ballymun at 13 to play on his city's streets. He even played an Irish busker on a Simpsons episode ("In the Name of the Grandfather"). The Commitments, The Frames, the Swell Season came after, and so did an Oscar and an Emmy. And still every Christmas he was out busking for the homeless, and getting every other Irish musician to, too.

And Once was both the perfect romantic comedy - the right amount bittersweet, no happy endings but we can value the moments of closeness we get, as long as they last - and the perfect Dublin film. I danced to Falling Slowly at my wedding.

We're all Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guys today. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

[Jacob Beard @MidwestGiants]

Injuries stink.
Esp bad for McDonald, who I think would have been competing for a rotation spot next year and was looking to continue to prove himself down the stretch.

Hope Schmitt is able to fully recover and come back at 100% next year with confidence at the plate.

[Justice delos Santos @justdelossantos]

To recap today's news:

• Casey Schmitt has a torn meniscus
• Trevor McDonald will undergo UCL reconstruction
• Harrison Bader got into a scooter accident and did further damage to his left foot, which was already injured

Brutal stuff.

[Jacob Beard @MidwestGiants]

@justdelossantos Tough day

[Jacob Beard @MidwestGiants]

@EsotericCD Drums please, Fab.

The New Abnormal record is solid throughout. It’s up there with these.

[Jacob Beard @MidwestGiants]

Great all around win

Pitching (Mahle+relievers) solid.
McCray, 1st MLB homer in 2 years.
and some stolen bases.
Hope Casey is ok with the ankle.
#sfgiants

[SF Giants on NBCS @NBCSGiants]

Starting the week with a win 😁

[Jacob Beard @MidwestGiants]

Well deserved.

Best middle of the lineup / power hitting 2B of his generation. Total gamer. The numbers speak for themselves
#sfgiants

[MLB @MLB]

Among the game's greatest second basemen 🙌

Welcome to the Hall of Fame, Jeff Kent!

[Jacob Beard @MidwestGiants]

@BaseballJeff1 IMO next year rotation is:
1) Webb
2) tbd
3) Roupp
4) tbd
5) tbd

I think whisenhunt, Tidwell, McDonald(?), Hauser are battling for the 5 spot, maybe 4…and we need a solid 2 via F/A

[Jacob Beard @MidwestGiants]

Nice win! Clutch hitting.
Grant McCray = impact player and ready when his name is called.

[MLB @MLB]

Rafael Devers comes through 😤

The @SFGiants walk it off in the 10th!

[Jacob Beard @MidwestGiants]

@SFGiantsMemer He stays, he’s the 4th outfielder.

[Jacob Beard @MidwestGiants]

@SFGiantsGuy_ I don’t know enough to say why some guys stay elite into their 30s and other guys fade before they’re 28, but I feel the way Webb pitches, he is capable of pitching at a high level for a while (lower velo, more natural movement) at least that is my hope.