It figures that right after I spit out 500+ words about how good the Giants offense has been, they score a combined four runs in two games in one of the best hitters parks in all of baseball.  But hey, thems the breaks and baseball is a weird sport.  Barry Zito continues to surprise...
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Hello again everyone, I’ve returned from my brief vacation and found that I’ve missed some strange goings-on.  I leave the state for four days and Aubrey Huff plays second base, Brandon Belt gets to play, Barry Zito is still amazing somehow, and the Giants managed to win on the road in New York.  All...
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I’ve made a point on this site to worship at the altar of the large statistical sample.  I won’t worry about Tim Lincecum after three starts.  Brandon Belt’s ten at-bats in Arizona mean absolutely nothing.  I’ve had one burrito for dinner this week.  All of these things are not indicative of a trend and...
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There was a time when the Phillies were a scary team.  They had the hitting.  They had the pitching.  They had the everything, and quite frankly it was annoying.  Here on the west coast all we knew about their fans was that they booed Santa Claus, threw up on children, and were generally an...
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Let me tell you all a story about a player I’ve talked about pretty frequently.  It’s a story about a young player struggling to hit at the Major League level.  He came in as a much-talked about prospect that many agreed should play every day.  But opposing pitchers quickly figured him out. One could...
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I can never pretend to understand the mind of Bruce Bochy.  From a managerial standpoint, the guy is rooted in old-timey gritty hard-nosed nicknamey baseball of the past.  He’s often referred to as a “player’s manager,” sticking with his “proven” veterans against the tide of public pressure no matter how poorly they play. His complete...
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After the whole Willie Bloomquist almost-debacle, the collective exhale from relieved Giants fans could be felt all over the West Coast.  This was then followed by panic, when everyone realized that “fixing the hole at at shortstop” consisted of signing Willie Bloomquist.  With him taken off the market, the options are now scarce.  Unless...
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The search for a competent shortstop, or as it’s being known right now, not-Brandon-Crawford, continued yesterday with rumors flying every which way.  When the news broke that Willie Bloomquist had re-signed with the Diamondbacks, we all thought nothing of it.  Then some disturbing rumors began to surface.  Per Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports, the...
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The scene is a smoke-filled office, with the shades drawn.  Brian Sabean, with his feet propped up on his desk, reaches over and puts out his cigar.  He grabs the phone and hails his secretary. Sabean: Laura, get Dayton Moore on the phone.  And patch Zito in too;  I want him to hear this. Dayton...
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Last year on this date, the Giants were 4 games out of first place with 6 games left to play against the Padres.  With another Arizona win, the Giants are now 6 games away from the Diamondbacks with just a month left on the season.  With a three game set against the DBacks coming...
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