GAMEBALL and JOKE 4/24 GIANTS at DBACKS

That Pitching Machine called the Giants rotation, keeps chewing them up and spiting them out……and Tim kept it rolling with a dominate performance to open the series in the desert…….as the Giants win their first road game of the year……..yeah……on April 24th

GAMEBALL and JOKE
4/24 GIANTS at DBACKS


GAMEBALL

MOLINA

Despite the wear and tear on that lumpy body, Bengie is still the clutchiest (it’s a word, I swear) bat in the Giants lineup……and tonight Bengie came through again with a corkscrew shot over the fence in left and a booming double off the glove of Chris Young in near the 413 mark in right center…..add that to a bad ass block in the first inning preventing a run scoring wild pitch and Bengie had one hell of a night………So as the Giants consider the fate of the free agent to be, just remember our offense might not be "improved" if we hand the catcher duties over to Buster next year…..cause as good as Buster promises to be….well…..Bengie is pretty damn good right here right now……

TIP OF THE CAP :
TIMMY
Goddamn I love watching this kid….All you need to know about Tim was that at bat in the first vs Mark Reynolds,….nursing a 1 run lead…….on a 2-1 count…..he fed Reynolds 3 straight changeups…..swing through, foul tip, swing through for the K…..man…Tim has already evolved from a kid with pure sick stuff….into a fearless pitcher that can mix in 3 PLUS pitches…….just be glad the Giants don't have to hit against him……

RENTERIA
Got the party started in the first, with an oppo shot taking advantage of the this Arizona air…..

AURILIA
HEY….he got a hit…..and an RBI….and for this team, every RBI is a BIG one…..


JOKER

BOCHY

I try not to second guess too much, but this left my head a-scratching…….
After pulling Timmy in a tie game after 98 pitches to hand the ball over to a shaky pen….....with a 4 run lead….and sitting on 110 pitches….he sends Timmy back out there to hit and then finish the 8th….. at 123…….
Good god, if there is anytime to save Timmy its when the lead looks to be safe…….
so with no chance of the "important psychological" complete game or shutout…..with a lead that looked to be safe…..5 days removed from talking about saving Tim's arm…long season….. BLAH BLAH BLAH……you turn things on its head and send him back out there for 123 pitches…….Now….maybe I don't have a problem with that if it wasn’t for all the shit you said a week ago……and we have a fully rested pen (albeit short 1 Hishaw)…..
And sure a 4 run lead might not be safe in t he desert….but when the hell are you going to give Merkin the ball????
He was a WEAPON last April when healthy…..and I don't think he is hurt……..and that’s now 8 days without an appearance…..good god, Jose Canseco gets more work than Merkin……..


SMACK OF THE STICK :
MANNY
I hate to do it…..but what happened to that aggressive line drive bat we saw in spring……now we got this slapping deer caught in headlights judy hitter…..almost like you went to the Todd Linden school of hitting…..
Called Strike three
Slapping a ball 1 inch of the ground about 10 feet
A chopped 2 hopper to Short
A slapped Pop up to 3rd…..
If you added the distance traveled from all your at bats it wouldn't reach the center fielder…….
You're making Bocock look like Pujols…….