GAMEBALL and JOKER--> GIANTS at ROCKIES 8/21

For a team that rarely draws a walk, the Giants have been getting a good number of runners on ….in the month of August the Giants have a .333 OBP …but what they do with the runner once they are on is anybody's guess…..The Giants have played 19 games in August…..and in those 19 games the Giants have managed to have 10 or more baserunners while scoring 2 runs or less 5 different times…..let me repeat that a different way to make sure I explain this properly……5 of 19 August games Giants have at least 10 baserunners and at most 2 runs…….now they have broken out too with 5 games over 7 runs and 15 baserunners……
Well tonight was the exception…..as they got 14 runners on but were able to convert enough to get 6 runs… which was enough to hang on to the game in the thin air of Coors……

GAMEBALL and JOKER--> GIANTS at ROCKIES 8/21

GAMEBALL

GAMER

Came through with the 3 run bomb that changed the game….Rowand's big fly came on what looked like a curveball from Fogg on the outside half……to me this was the critical spot in the game…with the Giants holding onto a 2 run lead early, you know that you were going to need more to win in the thin air and add to that Sanchez's propensity for an early exit…..additionally Cook was freshly pulled and if Fogg found his rhythm it could have been a long night……instead the Giants got their second 3 spot of the game which proved to be enough for the win…..

Rowand also kept up with the 7 hole magic.bumping up the numbers of the 7 hole with a 3 for 4 night ……in fact the 7 hole in the lineup IS THE MOST PRODUCTIVE SPOT in the Giants lineup when measured by AVE, OBP, SLG, OPS, MBA, LSD, NWA,\ and OPP (yeah, you know me)……
And here is the murders row that have started in the 7 spot, with starts in parenthesis……
Aurilia (7), Bowker (3), Burriss (2), Downs (3), Frandsen (3), Ishikawa (23), Lewis (5), Renteria (6), Rowand (22), Schierholtz (8), Torres (4), Uribe (30), Velez (3), Whiteside (2), Winn (1)

TIP OF THE CAP :
SANCHEZ
A little wild, but this kid was pumping BB's striking out 8 in 5 solid innings……and that radar gun was hot, but only a couple MPH……Sanchez was 93-95 all night via Pitchfx

RENTERIA
Two hits and started the 1st inning rally

MOLINA
Big double on a fly to center in the first, and a great take of second by the slowest man in baseball

AFFELDT/ WILSON
Both came up with BIG BIG outs…..

FULD
Centerfielder for the Cubs…..down by 1 run in the bottom of 8th held the game to one run buy going up and over to steal a Ramirez Homer…..

JOKER

CUBS

$134,058,500….and you got this piece of shit….in the Post Dusty/ Wood/ Prior/ Bartman era the Cubs lean on the fruits of two bad trades in D Lee and A Ram….. a underappreciated hot head workhorse in Zambrano….and the rest of the roster is basically filled out with whichever free agents were willing to take their cash…..just a band off spare parts and 1 trick ponies…..come on, Lilly Bradley Fukudome Soriano Harden…..they all basically just ended up here without rhyme nor reason to building a cohesive team…..and now as the Cubs fall from the race…. Beaten in back to back nights and held to 3 runs in 18 innings by the likes of Randy Wolf, Jeff Weaver, and the the beaten tattered Dodger bullpen……good job Cubbies…..you might be waiting until next year, but we want ours and we fucking want it now…..

SMACK OF THE STICK :
DUDE WAVING PANDA
ok, bro….we all love Pablo…..heck a few of us might even wear a panda mask or shirt or hat…….but when it comes down to taunting the opposition by waving a stuffed Panda in their face????....first of all, not very intimidating…..and more importantly do you think the average fan in the stands in Denver knows the nickname of the Giants almost all star? I am sure there are a number of Colorado fans driving home wondering….."Why in the hell was that Giants fan waving a teddy bear in our face? Was he trying to sell them or something???"

AFFELDT/ WILSON
Both came up with BIG BIG outs…..but made us all soil our shorts a little first…..

VELEZ
What's colder than Eugenio's bat?......yes, you got it….his stone glove…..

COWBOYS
What the hell was that…..the $40 million dollar jumbotron…..weighs 400 tons…that’s about the weight of 200 cars……..and now it looks like its too low and interfering with punts????? Good work idiots…..hope you have a fun time moving that thing……

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(The fine print: There will be cussing and bad taste. This is written with the heat of the moment feel you may have during the game, with rational though sprinkled in now and then. This is entertainment folks, sure there is a lot of truth and I am a genius, but this is all about having a laugh and enjoying the ride…….now lets go heckle Jeff Kent in when he gets inducted to Cooperstown..)