There’s a long list of things in this world that don’t make sense to me.  This list includes, but is not limited to, pop-up ads, racists, why I had to learn geometry my sophomore year of high school, and how the Giants are actually still in the hunt for a playoff spot.  Most teams...
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It’s no secret that the Giants offense has struggled this year.  Oftentimes, you’ll find yourself cursing the sky every time Orlando Cabrera grounds out weakly on the first pitch, or when Aaron Rowand exists.  It’s been a tough year for a team riddled with injuries coming off of a 2010 season where practically everything...
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To say the Giants have had issues staying healthy this year would be the understatement of the century.  16 of 25 players on the Opening Day roster have missed time due to various injuries this year, as well as two of the three trade deadline acquisitions.  Take a look for yourself and despair. OF Andres...
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Three days ago, the Giants were floundering.  Carlos Beltran was still injured, Aaron Rowand was starting against a righty, and the offense once again barely managed to scrape out one run, this time against the Marlins.  Two games out of first place and free-falling fast, things looked bad.  But then an stat-savvy angel appeared...
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Tonight was weird.  Up was down. Down was up. Blue skies were green. All that jazz.  Here’s the short list of things that defied gravity in this game: Chris Stewart’s first career home run. Aubrey Huff with three hits, including a home run. Pablo Sandoval with two errors despite playing gold glove-quality defense all season long. Sergio Romo...
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After posting an article about how I’m not convinced the Giants are a playoff team, they go ahead and get shutout by Charlie Morton and a Pirates team that had lost 10 games in a row before last night.  In our roundtable yesterday the point was made that this is a team that could...
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This is the part of the season where every team in contention needs to seriously evaluate themselves.  The Giants have reached a tipping point of sorts.  After a horrific stretch of games where the words “offensive futility” don’t even begin to describe the mess that the everyday lineup has been, the season can go...
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Here were are with yet another one of those “most important series of the year” sort of scenarios.  But the Giants don’t need to win to prove anything to anyone right now.  They need to win so that they don’t end the weekend in second place looking up at Arizona.  And while the Giants...
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Rarely do I go out of my way to doubt the will to win of an entire team with such cliches as “they don’t want it enough.”  If these last few games have been any indicator though, the Giants really don’t seem to have any interest in winning ballgames right now.  Carlos Beltran and...
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Whenever division rivals face off in a situation where one team can come out on top in the standings, the temptation to label it the “biggest series of the season” is ever-present.  While I won’t downplay the importance of beating the Diamondbacks here, I will make the argument that these three games are far...
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