May 2010 Archives

I'm home and catching up on the weekend's results. Ubaldo Jimenez cooled off Buster Posey, but it looks like Buster's up for a while. I'm packing it in tonight, I'll weigh in more heavily tomorrow, but I have one request:...
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Dan Fost is a veteran Bay Area reporter and writer. I've known him since the dot-com days, when he wrote about high-tech for the San Francisco Chronicle. He's also a deep baseball fan, and his latest work is the wonderful...
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Boy, did the Giants need that win today. A series loss that included a poor showing by Tim Lincecum to start this homestand would've been cruel. To come back from a two-run deficit in the late innings with a short bench...
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Ahh, home. Fog. Rain. Mist. Wind. Mota. So good. Dagnabbit if they don't just make me GM already. Andres Torres hitting leadoff (3 for 4, a run scored). Todd Wellemeyer, the home-field W (six shutout innings before hitting a snag...
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It took a while, but Bruce Bochy finally installed Andres Torres in the leadoff spot. Let us now pray that Andy's hammies, which kept him out a fair amount last year, behave themselves. There's talk that the Giants could shuffle...
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Dig it: After throwing their eighth straight complete game and going 1-7 in that stretch, the Giants' starting rotation sneaks into the clubhouse and replaces all bats except their own with molded plastic explosives. They figure at least they'll be...
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Player A 23.2 IP / 17 H / 8 ER / 2 HR / 10 BB / 15 K / 3.04 ERA Player B17.1 IP / 16 H / 18 ER / 7 HR / 17 BB / 14 K...
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Whispers abound that the Giants are mulling alternatives to Todd Wellemeyer as fifth starter. Let's take a look at a couple possibilities. One of my favorite hackneyed formats for a blog post is "Player A vs. Player B," and you, dear reader, are...
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Bad idea to try to win a mashfest against Arizona. The Diamondbacks might suck, but they seem to match up well against San Francisco, especially when the Giants' pitchers decide to take a couple nights off. It's probably the hardest...
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Here's another way to look at that question: What can Freddy Sanchez give the Giants that Matt Downs isn't giving them right now? While I was sleeping last night, Downs gave them a huge two-run double in the 12th inning. He...
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I'm already crunching the numbers. The Giants can go 0-18 against the Padres and still win 93 games by, let's see...divide by 7, carry the 3, multiply by runs scored....by going 72-42 against everyone else from here on out. Totally...
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I spent two hours on the water Saturday in a sea kayak. If you haven't paddled past Mays Field on a game day, I highly recommend it. These folks are happy to hook you up. The guides will also give...
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That's Duane Kuiper's new signature line. I love it, especially delivered in his Wisconsinite smoker's deadpan, but it's a bit disingenuous, as most teams torture their fans with a good dose of cliffhangers and dashed expectations every season. The Giants...
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It's getting so weird I can't work up a real angry lather. Jonathan Sanchez and Mat Latos have faced each other twice this year, both times the game has ended 1-0 for the Padres. The Giants have also lost 3-2...
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The Padres played the kind of game Wednesday night the Giants fantasize about and occasionally pull off. The Pads drew walks, they stole bases, they tagged up smartly, they drew more walks, they got two-out RBI hits, they advanced on...
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Perhaps this is premature speculation -- no, I don't need to ask my doctor about it -- but based on the reports of DeRosa's wrist surgery being a "total failure," it's perfectly valid to ask how the Giants might go...
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That's an odd post title to write as the 18-12 Giants kick off a big early-season series against the team just ahead of them in the standings. After all, things are going so well, and the good times are fed...
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Imagine I said to you a week ago that the Giants would head to the East Coast to play six games against two competitive teams, and their best hitter would go 3-for-29, Eli Whiteside would play half the games behind the...
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Well, it does seem Eugenio Velez had an option left. He's been sent down to AAA to make room for another infielder, Ryan Rohlinger. That's because Edgar Renteria just hit the disabled list with a sproing in his groin, and...
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It was a very impressive series in the Southfloridaland Area, for the team and for several individuals. On the cusp of a Timmy Day loss, they rallied Tuesday to win. Romo bounced back Wednesday and pitched as stellar an inning of...
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Once again, my friends, Barry Zito brought the hammer of the gods with him to the mound, and once again the Giants have won the first two games of a three-game series. That's four series in a row, and as...
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