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 →
If you’re a Giants fan with a pulse, then you know that within the last 24 hours the Giants have shipped off much maligned closer Armando Benitez to the Marlins for RHP Randy Messenger. After Benitez’s meltdown in New York it was only a matter of time before something was done. He was conveniently held out of the lineup the… Read more →
Some of the doom and gloom has washed away after I watched Zito throw 7 shutout innings against the Metropolians last night. Zito will surely never live up to his giganto contract but he threw well when the team needed him too and has looked solid over his past two starts. His effort against the Mets has also lowered his… Read more →
Following a professional sports team is irrational. The entire process in itself is one that lives between the borders of irrationality. Professional athletes do not care about the casual fan in the same way that we care for them. We are outsiders looking in. We place great emphasis on who we are by who we root for. One of my… Read more →