As I was reading the news today of Jermaine Dye signing a 2 year extension with the White Sox, it dawned on me, how was the 2008 market shaping up for baseball players? The Giants once again will have some holes to fill on their roster. 3B, SS, and 1B will all have openings next year. Excluding the potential for… Read more →
A couple of days late but I wanted to post some reactions from the doubleheader against the Pirates on Monday. I’m back to a PC with internet access after spending the last few days in Pittsburgh. Matt Cain’s game 1 start was typical for this season in almost every single way. Lots of pitches in the first, a few earned… Read more →
Favorite moment from today’s 3-1 loss to the Washington Nationals: I think it’s the 5th or 6th and the Giants are stringing together a modest rally that never came to fruition. Durham has just walked to bring the leading run to the plate with 2 outs. I’m watching FSN Bay Area and of course between hitters they are doing the… Read more →
Congratulations to Barry Bonds! Barry Bonds drilled his 756th career home run off little known Nationals starter Mike Bascik in the 5th. The game is still going on but in true Giants fashion the bullpen has blown the lead, the Giants are currently down 8-6 to the Washington Nationals in the 8th. I will update this post more in the… Read more →
Steroids? Nah. An article recently detailing that Barry Bonds’ brace may be the culprit for the tainted homerun chase has received a lot of press. While Bonds is getting ready to pass Aaron for the all-time home run champ, this article has been popping up all over sports pages I read on the internet. The basic premise of the article… Read more →
A couple thoughts today as I’m getting back to the blog after a short weekend away from the internet. First, I was actually away when Barry hit #755 and didn’t find out until Sunday. Congrats to Barry and to the San Diego fans who I thought reacted very well to the home run. I think it goes to show that… Read more →
I’m not even sure how to begin this post because the sheer absurdity of the Matt Morris trade is still swimming around in my head. It’s probably unwarranted to an extent, but Matt Morris had quickly climbed my chart of most annoying Giants. Not only was he causing waves in the clubhouse, he hit a wall in July which totally… Read more →
From Dictionary.com: scha·den·freu·de [Shahd-n-froi-duh] – noun satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else’s misfortune. I have to admit, that last night watching Armando Benitez give up a game losing 3-run homer to Eric Byrnes in the 9th, with 2 outs, and an 0-2 count felt good. It was like seeing an ex-girlfriend at the mall for the first time in… Read more →
A quick post this morning on a interesting rumor that I read this morning from Fox’s Ken Rosenthal. Quoting from an article entitled ‘First basemen hot deadline commodities’: The Mariners, blanketing the majors with scouts in their pursuit of rotation and bullpen help, are drawing mild inquiries on first baseman Richie Sexson. Trading Sexson would enable the team to move… Read more →
Matt Cain has got to be the most frustrated man on the Giants squad. When he’s pitched well, the offense can’t score any runs and he loses. When he doesn’t pitch well, well, he loses again. With the 4-2 defeat last night against the Atlanta Braves, the Giants need to figure out how to get Cain back on track. It… Read more →