May 2004 Archives

Driving back from the boonies tonight, we caught the final few innings of the Giants' tenth straight victory. From the highlights, it sounded as if the G's knocked off a floundering team. Hillenbrand made no attempt on what should have...
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Watching the game tonight made me think of petulant kids who refuse to do something in their own best interest. They finally do it, but only via the most difficult route possible, making life miserable for everyone. - Do we...
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Five in a row, 3.5 games back, two out of two against a floundering team. The big comeback is going exactly as I expected. OK, if indeed the ship is turning around, I deserve to drown after jumping overboard in...
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A few disjointed observations on tonight's game: *The Diamondbacks just lost Richie Sexson, probably for the season, due to a torn labrum. Did you hear how he got it? Check swing. Strong man, that Richie Sexson. *Pedro Feliz just lowered...
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Two months into the season, and I'd say we can sum up the proceedings with one word: injuries. It's been an epidemic so far for several teams. The Giants have had Durham, Schmidt, Hermanson, Nen, Eyre, Hammonds, and most likely...
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The Giants' road trip went about as well as one could have asked for, and I'm including Sunday's rainout. With Snow, Durham and probably Bonds not able to play in wet conditions, the Giants would have been seriously shorthanded...
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Neifi Perez just hit a two-run homer off Joe Borowski to put the Giants ahead in the top of the 10th. We will look back on this moment and say, "In 2004, at least for one measly half-inning, God was...
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As Elbo notes below, we'll have to wait and see about how Schmidt bounces back from his 144-pitch performance tonight. But tonight's game featured Pedro Feliz, starting shortstop, which was a welcome sight, and even better he was hitting seventh...
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I'm thrilled that Jason Schmidt threw a masterpiece tonight, really, I am. But don't you find it worrisome that someone who just had surgery to remove scar tissue from his elbow would be permitted to throw 144 pitches in a...
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R is for Ray, as in Durham on DL, It's also for Runners the Giants leave on. Woe, R is for Rags, who's got little to work with, And Rumsfeld, who's having a better year than Tomko. R also stands...
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Sorting through the stats this morning, I thought to myself, "Hmm, is Neifi Perez truly the worst hitter in the major leagues?" Of the 189 position players listed in ESPN's sortable stats, Neifi indeed ranks last in OPS at .512....
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Yesterday's 4-3 loss to the Phils was a particularly bad DNB day, perhaps the worst of the year. To review: DNB stands for "Ducks Named Bonds" and refers to the stats of the hitter who comes up right after Bonds...
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Every once in a while you see little signs that tell you it just might not be your day, or month, or year. Or worse, it might instead be your worst enemy's day, month, or year. Like last night. Not...
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Busy Bee Jimmy dropped a note in my comments about the SF Gate article that touts the advantages of the Coliseum over S...Pac...er...where the Giants play. I'm no pollyanna when it comes to the Giants home park. I thought Rusty...
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No, that's not the title of a long-lost Pink Floyd album. It's a reference to a jaw-dropping rant ESPN's Harold Reynolds made against the popularity of on-base percentage. Reynolds argued OBP was overrated with the example of Frank Thomas, who...
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Dispatch the heralds. Unfurl the banners. Tonight against the Reds, for the first time this year, a Giant hit a home run directly after Barry Bonds reached base. Even sweeter, it was a Pedro Feliz home run just after Bonds...
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Behold the wonder of free commenting software: a guy named Erik dropped a dime in my comments today, so I followed the link back to his site and found some of the most evocative photos of daily San Francisco life...
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A microcosm of the Giants season took place tonight and cost the Giants the game. Top of the 11th, the Mets walk Barry Bonds intentionally to load the bases with two outs. Up comes Pedro Feliz, and in comes David...
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It's a story that refuses to be flushed from our collective consciousness. As much as Moises Alou complains, it's not going to be water under the bridge. Maybe he should just go with the flow. I'm referring to the report...
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So much for the big mo' of last weekend. Two games at the soulless hellhole of Shea Stadium against a Giants-like team (instead of J.T. Snow batting second, it's Todd Zeile; instead of Jeffrey Hammonds hitting cleanup, it's Karim Garcia),...
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I think everyone agrees that the Giants' most glaring roster needs are a big bat behind Bonds (the quadruple B), another horse or two in the starting rotation, and another arm or two in the bullpen. The fifth starter and...
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from his latest ESPN column: The Giants have floated out feelers on a number of players like Edgardo Alfonzo and Neifi Perez, but with Jason Schmidt now back and their hope for the return of a healthy Robb Nen, they...
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As if leaving Bonds out of the lineup and batting Neifi leadoff wasn't enough to wave a white flag over today's game, Felipe Alou had me pounding the steering wheel in outrage as I listened to the late innings on...
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from Gary Miller's ESPN.com column: Two of the few hardy souls who shun batting gloves were in the building in Phoenix this week. Mark Grace, who now is a broadcaster for the D-Backs, and the Cubs' Moises Alou. Alou says...
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