Giants 3, Marlins 0, Max Roach 83: Instead of catching the last three innings of tonight’s game, I put on a compilation of Max’s and grooved while cooking dinner. Earlier in the day, Elbo laid some of Sonny Rollins’ Saxophone Colossus on me — Max Roach on drums, something I never realized. “Why is trading fours such a joyful thing?” I asked Elbo. We mulled that one over for a while, then Elbo said: “It’s something jam bands never learn to do.”
PLODAG: Barry Zito for his best-pitched game of the year against a formidable young lineup, no less. I revise an earlier trade suggestion: I don’t think the Marlins would agree to trade Hanley Ramirez for Matt Cain straight up. Ramirez should get a few MVP votes this year and a lot more in the years to come.
