GAMEBALL and JOKER--> GIANTS at MILWAUKEE 09/04

Happy Memorial Day Weekend… what….Labor Day??? Kids are back in school and the Giants are only 1 game back after a squeaking out a win in Milwaukee???....and Milwaukee of all places, where just over 2 months ago we watched Cain and Wilson get smacked around the park pretty badly only to salvage the last game with a now DFA'ed Ryan Sadowski debut……man I got to tell you that this Brewers Lineup is scary….sure the Phillies knock the cover off the ball, but Fielder and Braun are both complete hitters….perhaps the most fearsome duo of players in the National League…well, I mean besides Lincecum and Cain……

GAMEBALL and JOKER--> GIANTS at MILWAUKEE 09/04

GAMEBALL

BENGIE

Tell you what, he may not hit a bunch but he seems to pick some opportune times to come up with a big hit…..he is about 1 week removed from his Gibsonesque hobble around the bases and that’s his 2nd late game go ahead homer in his last 11 at bats…..Bengie had the proverbial fire lite under his ass by the expedited callup of Posey…..and I want to see Posey play as much as anyone, but we need to temper expectations…..of all the active catchers in the Majors right now, Posey is by far the most inexperienced with 115 minor league games….the only other catcher with less than 200 minor league games before their callup is the other super prospect Matt Wieters who caught 169 games before his callup….and Posey was only converted to catcher his last year of college….Wieters was a catcher since High School, and then all 3 years in College…….so the bottom line, Posey's bat may be ready and he still may play a pivotal role in the playoff chase, but we are going to need Molina ……lets just hope he doesn't have to hit cleanup every night

TIP OF THE CAP :
BOCHY
Unorthodox, and risky…..but Bochy was able to get 3 2/3rds from the back end of the bullpen and keep the Giants in this….wasnt pretty and I am not really sure HOW it happened, but Medders, Miller, Runzler, and Howry actually kept the Brewers off the board…..

RUNZLER
Welcome to the show……hard 3/4ers fastball had Gerut looking foolish….. and no, don't expect 3 pitch strikeouts every time out kid

THE BACK OF THE BULLPEN
Say what you will, but 0 runs is 0 runs…..

ROWAND
Hard hit ball the other way plated the tying run…ok, he is only 97% suck…..

JOKER

CAMERON

I Love Defense!!..... my favorite part of the game….a great play of defense is the most exciting play in the game….and when I think of great defensive center fielders I have seen in my life, only a few names come to mind….Eric Davis is the first….Devon White is the second…..and Mike Cameron is the 3rd……and when it all is said and done you could argue that Cameron has had the best career of the 3…..more longevity than Davis…..and a better hitter than White……but none of that mattered tonight as the solid defensive Cameron had a horrible night in the field…misplaying the Giants first hit of the night in the 5th, stutter stepping and letting a ball fall getting caught between a shoe string catch and a dive……and then the big one with two down and two men on, he let the ball clank off his glove for the Giants 1st run and set up the Giants 2nd run to tie……and with the Giants lineup only recent experience with Runs coming after a 2 AM run to Taco Bell, Cameron gave the Giants a much needed assist….


SMACK OF THE STICK :
ISHIKAWA
Ugly night at the dish with 1 hit but 3 strikeouts..including a K to end the Giants rally in the 6th

PIERRE
Guy still has some game, and would be a welcome player in center in place of the Rowand contract…..but turned down the Giants…..we settled for Roberts……he settled for riding the pine……that’s what we call a lose lose deal…….

ROCKIES
LOSE DAMN YOU WHY WON'T YOU LOSE

FINAL THOUGHTS
The Giants already have 2 wins on the road trip that looked like it could be a 6 game nightmare….with Cain and Sanchez slated to go in the next two, the Giants might just end this road trip at .500 headed back home for a HUGE homestand versus resurgent Padres team (18-14 since Aug 1st), and the two teams ahead of the Giants in the standings….Rockies and Dodgers……The Rockies will be out for revenge and Fowler is slated to return this week, and Morales has looked pretty damn good so far in place of an injured Street…..the Dodgers, well you remember what they did to us last time in ATT…..but if the Giants can finish up strong on the road and keep rolling at home they have a strong chance at the Wild Card….and if they can beat the Doggies, you might hear a few people whisper about possibly winning the division…….

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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..)