July 2004 Archives

I have called for his trade many times, and now it has happened. I'll miss him, but I won't miss his lack of off-speed pitch. For a couple of years, he was lights-out, but after his career year in 2001...
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My thoughts on all these new deals are still pretty disjointed, but here they are. *I think the Dodgers have screwed up. If indeed they have Dave Ross and maybe Brent Mayne at catcher, they have definitely made a mistake....
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Yikes. The latest ESPN rumor report has the Dodgers circling around both Randy Johnson and Steve Finley, or if the Unit deal doesn't work out, Finley, Brad Penny and Hee Seop Choi. Choi and Penny are having quietly excellent years....
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A bit off-topic, although Barry Bonds is mentioned: Dan LeBatard of the Miami Herald writes about his friendship with running back Ricky Williams, who just announced his retirement from the Miami Dolphins. It's also about the ideal and myth of...
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* Randy Johnson won't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but G. According to ESPN, the Dodgers offered Guillermo Mota, Jayson Werth, and minor league pitchers Chad Billingsley and Chuck Tiffany but the Big Mullet said nuh-uh. *...
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July is dwindling, the rumors are swirling. I won't run down every last whisper over what's up the Giants' sleeves or who is in their sights, mostly because everyone reading this is reading everything else I've been reading and no doubt certain things...
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Two out of three against the hottest team in baseball in the reddest stadium in baseball. Hoo, man, do those people wear a lot of red. Thank goodness I'm a Giants fan so I can wear lots of black. Cuz...
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Skip Bayless of the Merc echoes my sentiments exactly in today's column. I hope Sabean is reading. Go for it, dammit. Trade for Randy Johnson. You're going to raise my ticket prices again this winter, anyway, so you might as...
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Brief note: Because of spam overload, El Lefty has changed his e-mail address, so if you've got the old Hotmail address on speed dial, replace it with el lefty malo at gmail dot com but take out the el and...
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from today's online chat with ESPN.com's Jayson Stark: Q: The Giants (Sabean) always plays his cards close to chest. We KNOW he is making calls, but no clue who is listening to him- any rumblings on what Giants might get...
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Yesterday's game, in which Matt "The Magician" Herges performed his stupendous disappearing-lead trick one more time, was a tough one. I'm glad I wasn't listening.   No doubt the chattering classes are calling for Herges's head, which I can understand but...
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Nothing proved the Lesser Fool Theory (NL West version) more than last night's game. (For an excellent summary read Across the Seams, one of the last remaining daily Giants blogs, not to mention honest pizzas.) What a stinkfest. The Giants...
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Here's a scary tidbit from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: The Mariners are about to release John Olerud, who two weeks ago turned down a trade to the Giants. According to the P-I, the swap would have been Olerud for J.T. Snow....
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El Lefty is back from La Manzana, and let me tell you something: I wouldn't want to go there if I were Randy Johnson. Those people are *insane,* and not just because of their electronics prices. If Brian Sabean's having...
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Live from Pac Bell Park, Wednesday July 14, El Lefty Malo himself will be on the mound. Yes, my 28-and-over team will be playing an exhibition at 6.30 pm next Wednesday. Admission is free. Come down and heckle me! My...
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I was at the game last night, and I've had more fun at funerals. The bullpen meltdown was brutal, but in and of itself not the end of the world. Every team's bullpen does this at least once a year....
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Let's put aside this year's race for a moment and peek ahead to what the Giants may look like in 2005. The following players will be free agents (with or without options): Perez, Grissom, Hermanson, Snow, Nen, Tomko, Christiansen, Cruz....
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The Giants have cooled off the past week thanks to bad defense, shaky relief pitching, and terrible production from the number-five slot. After climbing toward respectability, the DNB numbers have dropped precipitously. * I have written this before: does Marquis...
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Oh, how nice it would've been to end Gagne's streak last night. How wonderful it would've been to get Schmidt a win even if he didn't have his best stuff. Sadly, we will have to regard this series, where we've...
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