I'm on a rare business trip with little blog time, but it's worth passing along this tidbit. At SFO last night, nursing a beer and waiting for my boarding call, I caught the last two innings of the Giants game. In the bottom of the ninth, before Wilson gave up the two-run single to make the game scary, he struck out Edgar Renteria on a fastball that registered 102 MPH. On the TV, the closed caption diligently tried to follow Krukow and Kuiper's patter, with this classic exchange (not quite verbatim, but close):
Kuip: I don't know, 102 is probably a little high, but it's still worth saying: Sit down!
Kruk: Yeah, grab some [several seconds pause]..... pie and meat!
When Vizquel made the dazzling play to end the game, I jumped off my barstool with a Marv Albert-like "Yes!", prompting several tourists to look on in shock as if to say, "How can anyone who roots for the Giants care that much?"
To which I would respond, of course, Grab some pie and meat.
One quick observation from the small part of the game I saw: Brian Wilson needs to throw inside more. When he went away consistently, the Tigers hit the ball hard (Cabrera, Rodriguez and Granderson all got opposite-field hits). When he came in, the batters were all tied up. I was sweating the inning and worried about missing my plane, so if anyone else was watching closely, feel free to add to this.
