I wasn’t there for the whole thing, but I caught a little bit of it. Bill Neukom was speaking about why they were there today. Then he introduced J.T. Snow to talk about Jeff Kent. J.T. said that they played against one another in high school and then in the big leagues when Jeff was an Indian.
OK, that’s about all I stayed for and then headed to pick up my gym bag. Yeah, I know I’m not much fun. When I did leave the park and the ceremony was over I noticed a steady line of people obtaining Kent’s autograph. He seemed to look neutral with no smile as he was giving out autographs. I couldn’t really read his facial expression. Well he was signing autographs, but I didn’t notice any pictures.
Folks, he’s trying to get back on Giants fans good side and I think it’s working.
GAMEBALL and JOKER--> ROCKS at GIANTS 8/29
GAMEBALL:
BARRY
WOW…a shut out going into the 9th inning. Who saw this coming? Honestly, I didn’t. He had pitched great previously in his past few starts, but to throw a complete game shut out? It didn’t happen, but the fact that he tried his hardest in the 9th inning shows you he’s changed and he really has changed. The last time Zito got a complete game was while he was with Oakland in 2003 (thank you Krukow).
The pressure from Timmy and Matt maybe even how well they’re pitching is rubbing off on this “old man”. When he gave up a homerun to Brad Hawpe I’m sure everyone was thinking, “DAMN IT!”
Well Zito, you’ve made a believer out of me since I didn’t believe in you, but this year you’ve changed it around and made a lot more friends than enemies.
TIP OF THE CAP:
PANDA
Was it déjà vu? I could’ve sworn I’ve seen this before. Pablo hitting a homerun for his first at bat am I watching a game on Saturday? This is the second night he’s done do. He crushed the ball! Pablo took one deep and got it WET! You’ve now tied Felipe Crespo on the Splash Hits list. Merkin you’d usually ask for “More please!” and tonight they delivered just for you. If you missed it here it is: Hey kid, if you can’t run full speed it’s ok. You can be just like Barry Bonds. He was great and didn’t run fast either. Just keep hitting them out!
Rollinger
That catch to throw to Uribe to get the out. That was beautiful! You couldn’t have made it better! Off your knees to Uribe. Welcome to the big leagues kid. You’re going to do ok defensively, but just work on that offense.
WHITESIDE
You made a great double play. Strike them out, through them out. You threw out Clint Barmes and that was beautiful. You nailed guys again tonight. You hit a triple later on to clear the bags. Eli, you’re proving that you can make some noise as well. Keep up the good job.
If you missed the double play check out the link.
Here’s the triple to clear the bags.
JOKER
ROMO
So you got a save in your last outing. You’ve been doing sooooooooooooo good. Tonight you blew it. You almost gave the Rockies a chance to come back and beat us. You gave up two runs to make the game too interesting. Did you get Bob Howry disease from the beginning of the year? Were you channeling Matt Herges as a Giant?
AFFELDT
You had a ball ricochet off your left foot. You said you were ok, but obviously you weren’t otherwise you’d be able to close out the game. Instead Bochy had to pull you out and bring in Wheezy who almost didn’t get the job done. Great going you freaky soul patch face.
SMACK OF THE STICK:
NATE
Hey MEAT! Velez said he got the ball and yet you still had to come in to steal it from him? Do you know the rules of the outfield are? Centerfielder is IN CONTROL of traffic. Zito gave you a WTF look. WTF were you doing? BACK OFF! If you were to get hurt I’m sure a lot of Giants fans will go, “If he only let Velez catch the ball he wouldn’t be hurt. His arm could be making killer throws.”
By monkey (pinch hitting for merkin)
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