I was off the grid this weekend and only just now (Sunday night) saw #755. The best thing about it, other than the big fucking sigh of relief, is that Bonds hit it to left field. Which means he’s got his stroke back, which means the Giants may score a few more runs between now and October and watching the team will occasionally be more fun than cleaning my toenails with a grapefruit knife. Sorry, I can’t find an appropriate YouTube video for that one.
Note above I didn’t write “the Giants may win a few more games,” because I’m not holding out for any such splendor in the grass. To paraphrase Axel Rose, I used to love the bullpen, but I had to kill the bullpen after Friday and Saturday’s ickfests, and as the Giants slog through this stretch of 60 games in 45 cities in 20 days while singing 88 lines about 44 women, or whatever it is, I can’t see the ‘pen getting any better. Oh wait, maybe they’ll call up Scott Munter. Mmmkay.
Nice move: Barry Zito pitched in with a scoreless relief inning today to help the frazzled bullpen. The bad news is that Zito threw today because Noah Lowry left early with a sore arm. Keep your fingers crossed it isn’t serious. If it is, remember pitching injuries are a part of the game, and the Giants are fortunate to have decent reinforcements, such as…
PLODAW (player of da weekend): Pat Misch, who gave up a couple runs but struck out eight without walking a batter in his first major-league start. Huzzah! When other teams break down his performance on video, would it be considered a Mischigander?
And congratulations to Tom Glavine, an old-school lefty malo who keeps on keepin’ on with win #300 tonight, as well as to Alex Rodriguez, who is sometimes called A-Rod. He hit home run #500 yesterday and will almost certainly break Barry Bonds’s all-time record as long as he doesn’t get eaten by alligators or become addicted to cough syrup. In case you’re wondering, Barry Zito has 110 career wins and needs an average of 18 wins a year for the next 11 years if he’s to win #300, like Glavine, in his age-41 season.
