Giants 3, Rockies 1: For the second straight night, Rockies manager Clint Hurdle made a strategic decision that made one wonder if his brain is encased by meat-muffs. Down two in the eighth, leadoff guy Kaz Matsui led off with a single. The next three hitters came into the game hitting .293 (Troy Tulowitzki), .337 with 24 home runs (Matt Holliday), and Todd Helton (Todd Helton). On-base percentages: .362, .393, .417. There was an excellent chance that at least one of those guys would get on base, perhaps with extra bases involved. So what does Matsui do? He tries to steal. He gets thrown out. The Rockies give away an out, and Matsui wasn’t even the tying run. Perhaps Matsui went on his own; if so, Clint, I’m sorry about the Fleischekommentariat.
But last night, Clint, you ordered Brad Hawpe, who had lined his 24th home run of the year over the right-field wall a couple innings earlier, to bunt with two on and no out. This was so dumb, the Giants broadcasters made fun of you for an entire segment of the post-game show. So I think the meat-muffs are firmly in place.
Not a meat-muff, but the PLODAG: Matt Cain. Now 27 innings against Colorado this year with four runs allowed. Runner-up: Rajai Davis, getting that mojoi going: walk, single, double, steal, two runs scored, including one on a very short sac fly. Speed kills, kids.
