April 2011 Archives

How...? What did...I mean...did you ever...Those were the best ways to describe today's win, other than giggling maniacally and doing an exaggerated French-person shrug with the eyebrows up and the lips blowing that funny "Ppht" sound. Apart from some terrible clutch...
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Tuesday night: Two hits to start run-producing rallies. Today: The Giants' only two hits all series with runners in scoring position. The Giants were 2-for-24, and Aaron Rowand was the two. If not for the most maligned of all Giants,...
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Thank you, Ray Durham. In one of those long-forgotten, late-season, dump-the-veteran trades, the Giants sent Durham to Milwaukee in 2008 for a fringe prospect named Darren Ford. We knew at the time he was fast, too old for his low-level...
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Perhaps I'm being presumptuous, but let's assume Brandon Belt rakes in Fresno and come June or July, the Giants have to make a decision. It's possible the decision will be made for them through injury. It's within the realm of...
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Tuesday night, the Giants were riding a Rocky Mountain high, one game away from sweeping the purpled and pinstriped at their home yard and making a huge early-season statement. Now it's Sunday night, and the Giants have stumbled in practically...
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First, thanks to Chris Corwin for the series-opening poster. His graphic design work will appear here frequently this season; check out his other work, such as these wine labels. Now, about these Braves. They're not quite the same Braves whose...
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Oh, will we have a heavenly bounty of new heckle material next time the Dodgers visit Mays Field ("Hey, Sands, in the best interests of the game, why don't you go back to AAA?" -- or is that too subtle?)....
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It's a long season, folks. We've seen but one-tenth of it. Yet, still. You see those mountains on the can turning blue? That means the Giants have won their second straight series at Coors Field.  When was the last time...
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Jon Miller's cry of "This one's headed for Kansas!!" might become the "This one goes to 11" of our Lunatic Fringe generation. Well, that and "That was the worst baserunning in the history of the game!" Miller's description of Schierholtz's...
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Let's back away for a moment from the hype and dread anticipation that always hit our guts before a game at Coors Field, and instead join me for a quick spin around the farm system to see who's doing what,...
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Any time a team no matter how good can waltz into someone else's home field and take two of three, no matter how bad the opponent, it should be good news. And Arizona's not a terrible team. Them's good hitters....
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Here's part two of my conversation with Dave Flemming, who's been on the Giant broadcast team since 2004. He's already described moments that other broadcasters might need an entire career to experience, what with the Barry Bonds home run chase,...
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I think the title speaks for itself, so without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, here he is, painting verbal pictures of the day's proceedings, I give you... David B. Flemming. El Lefty Malo: When did you know you wanted to...
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And you always thought he was "The Bat" or, according to legend, "The Machine." Look, it's not necessarily bad being "The Problem." Better than "The Situation." But I admit I'm cheating a little. If I didn't rely on my blog-post...
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I'm still thawing out from spending Saturday night in the bleachers. It was an unbelievable evening, and only a few hours later I had a little more empathy for Colby Rasmus (just a little) when, in a morning game at...
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Orange and black waving against a pale blue sky: Those were the colors I'll remember for a long time, the purest be-here-now moment of today's festivities. Brian Wilson's dyed-black termite mound of a beard bobbed up and down as the...
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First, a side note to Padres fans: Your team nearly won the freaking division last year, and this is how you repay them? Letting marauders from 600 miles north take over your stadium? Wait. What's that? Cantu's Revenge? OK, I...
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Bonehead mistakes (Pablo Sandoval missed a tag in a run-down). Pitchers who flub comebackers (Madison Bumgarner -- now a fine tradition). Horrendous at-bats with men on base. Oh, and ridiculous umpiring. A key plate appearance by Buster Posey in the...
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Brian Wilson should be back on the bump for the Giants sometime this week, and gosh, it's like he never left. Wilson has been Mr. Ubiquitous this winter and spring, so much so that I worry about him jumping the...
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Losing three of four to anyone sucks. Losing three of four to the Dodgers under a national spotlight in front of the blue hordes will make any Giant fan push away from the dinner table and mumble, "Sorry, I'm just...
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The Giants will have Freddy Sanchez at least through 2012 at a very reasonable price. The second baseman has signed a one-year contract extension for $6 million, the same salary on his contract for 2010 and 2011. If he stays...
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