All that nonsense about “watchable baseball”, well you can ignore it. The news flash of the day is that the Giants still look completely over matched when playing baseball. It’s almost getting to a sickening point, impressive in a sad way, in the different ways this team manages to lose games. Bullpen meltdowns? That is so 2006. All the new… Read more →
Alright, maybe not “beautiful” but watchable baseball? Maybe. This years incarnation of the Giants is never going to be a great one but they’ll win the occasional game. We must exercise caution and not get too excited, the Giants are not a playoff team and in no way should we get our hopes up. But, a lot of things went… Read more →
Most have heard the bad news, former Giant All Star Rod Beck has passed. The mustache, the hair, and the dangling swinging arm were all characteristics of Beck who was a 3 time All Star with the Giants. While with the Giants, Beck was a rock, a player that the manager could always go to when he needed the help…. Read more →
The saying rings true for the Giants “You can’t lose when you don’t play” as the team limps home after a nothing-went-right road trip. The road was unkind to the Giants and resulted in 6 straight losses adding to a total losing streak of 7. Things don’t get much worse. Who do the Giants find waiting for them at 24… Read more →
Just a quick thought today that came to me after watching last nights game. Ben Sheets pitched a great game while Lincecum still had trouble, looking wild and giving up 6 ER in just 4 innings pitched. While watching Sheets cruise through the Giants lineup it reminded me of how sometimes it takes awhile for pitchers to adjust to the… Read more →
The Giants just aren’t very good. It’s no exercise in logic either to come up with that statement. The results are right in our faces. The team continues to struggle and look bad doing it, not that you can look good struggling but every time I see the Giants squander a close game situation, I hear a deflating noise in… Read more →
Many people in the Giants community are “freaking out, man” about Tim Lincecum’s last few starts. In his last three games started, Lincecum hasn’t had much success. Going a combined 14.2 IP with 18 H, 16 ER, 10 BB, 15 K over that span. That’s good for a 9.82 ERA. In yesterdays loss to the Blue Jays, Tim’s final line… Read more →
I don’t really care if 2 wins in a row is poor excuse for the title of “winning streak” but after watching the Giants lately, you take what you can get. And what Giants fans got last night was another close win, with some 9th inning dramatics and good pitching. Noah Lowry pitched well enough to earn the win, going… Read more →
The Giants, oh, the Giants. Where do we begin? The anemic offense? Or how about, the poorest situational hitting that I’ve seen since Tee-Ball? Bad luck and injuries? As the A’s rolled through AT&T with a sweep, making it look easy, it really dawned upon me that the season is going to be a hard one. Call me a slow… Read more →
The Giants split a 4 game series with the Phillies by picking up the last game with a 8-1 win. With a few things going the Giants way, they could have easily swept the series but such is baseball. The biggest contributions come from Barry Zito, who went 6 innings while only giving up one unearned run, and Ryan Klesko,… Read more →