Criticism, observations, and general ranting
A lot has happened since I last posted here at Croix De Candlestick. The Giants swept the Dodgers in an inspirational series at home, sending the Bums back to LA a broken team. They split series against the Marlins and Rockies while the Padres continue to drop big games. Now in Atlanta, the Giants...
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The discussion every day amongst Giants fans seems to be who should be brought into the fold at the trading deadline. Everyone from David DeJesus to Corey Hart have been discussed, and more recently Jayson Werth. With DeJesus hitting the disabled list, the options on the market have slightly narrowed.
Things being the way they...
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Plain and simple, the Giants will not win the NL West unless they start improving against the Rockies, Padres, and Dodgers. Some of the most horrific stretches of play this season have come against teams in our own division, and as such have dug us into a bit of a hole here in July.
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Amidst the Corey Hart rumors, there’s one name out there that may be a little more affordable and lot more effective. Royals outfield David DeJesus has come up in talks, as Henry Schulman claims that a top talent evaluator was at the Giants/Mets game last night. The real question here is what the 30...
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Back when Ned Colletti was crowned the General Manager of of the Los Angeles Dodgers, there was a certain aire of betrayal amongst the Giants community. Colletti was the assistant GM to our very own Brian Sabean, and skipped town to join the our age-old rivals down the coast. Much like our esteemed GM,...
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The run up to the All-Star break sparked a good deal of discussion as to what exactly the missing pieces on this Giants team were. On some days, it seems as though all the pieces are in place. Buster Posey is hitting successfully out of the cleanup spot, Aubrey Huff is continuing to roll,...
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As recent as about a month ago, the Giants offense was pretty terrible. After suffering through historically one of the worst starting lineups last season, 2010 was shaping up to be more of the same. In three games in Oakland, the Giants scraped together one run in what can only be described as one...
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After an inspiring sweep of a less than formidable Diamondbacks team finished off by a resilient extra-innings victory, game one against the division rival Rockies didn’t go quite as well. And predictably so. Honestly, there’s no shame in getting shut out by Ubaldo Jimenez, a guy with a 0.78 ERA. He has yet to...
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There’s an old saying that dates back awhile that I feel like describes the Giants current situation perfectly. After the series in Oakland where the offense managed to score one run while getting shut out twice, upper management had a surefire solution to fixing the problem. It involved moving Aubrey Huff to left field,...
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Following a nice series victory of the Cardinals, I feel bad bringing some negativity into the world. That said, there’s something that needs to be observed: the contradictions of Bruce Bochy’s decision-making abilities. Who does and doesn’t get playing time seems to be arbitrarily judged off of…well…nothing.
After a torrid spring, John Bowker was handed...
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