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Nightmare game produces nightmare results for Giants

Nightmare game produces nightmare results for Giants

Published by on May 31, 2011 | 7 Responses

Alternate title: please stop letting Javier Lopez face right-handed batters. I feel like I’ve been beating the ‘don’t let Lopez pitch to RHBs’ drum for awhile now, but once again, Bruce Bochy left Javier Lopez in to face too many righties. The result was this… J Lopez relieved S Romo. L Berkman grounded out to third. A Craig doubled to… Read more →

Brandon Belt: a quote and a graph

Brandon Belt: a quote and a graph

Published by on May 31, 2011 | 18 Responses

Bochy, per Baggs. The organization didn’t want to recall Belt until they had a place for him to play every day, but Bochy acknowledged the injuries — not just to Posey, but Pablo Sandoval, Mike Fontenot, etc. — changed the calculus. Belt will get occasional starts in the outfield and first base, but he’ll be used most often off the… Read more →