GAMEBALL and JOKER--> DODGERS at GIANTS 9/11

Well that sucked… a Giants team needing to get hot at home got slapped around like a $20 Mission Street Whore, and their play was just as ugly…... But today isn't they day to shovel dirt on the Giants…as much as it seems like this is the end, we learned a few weeks ago in Colorado that there is another game tomorrow…of course those days are growing short as the Rockies came back for a "routine" 4 spot in the 9th to beat the Padres 4-1 and reduce the Giants Tragic Number to 16…… And as bad as it seems, and as frustrating as it this season has become the Giants haven't gone in the tank so much as they have watched the Rockies rush right past them…..Since August 1st the Giants are 20-18, where the Dodgers are 20-19….both teams basically just going sideways…..But the Rockies are 26-13 including 10-1 in September…..

GAMEBALL and JOKER--> DODGERS at GIANTS 9/11

GAMEBALL

POSEY

Well, one thing you can say is the kid is a quick study, as he responded to the adulation of the Giants fan base with a check swing strike three on a ball low and away….musta been Lansford's influence….. Buster failed to live up to Will Clarks Giants Golden Spike Winner debut by failing to Homer off Nolan Ryan… a check swing strikeout to Hiroki Kuroda just doesn't have the stuff folklore is made off….but Buster is the greatest Giant on the roster right now…. not because of what he has accomplished or will accomplish, but what he represents, which is hope for a brighter future where Giants hitters have an idea of the strike zone….

TIP OF THE CAP :
BOWKER
Actually hit a ball hard and broke up Kuroda's streak of 107 Giants batters in a row that sucked…..

URIBE
Got his 7th extra base hit of the month… to go with his 6 singles and 5 Strikeouts…..the only surprise if those stats is how low the Strikeouts are with that hack…..

MOLINA
Hard hit single, and came around to score…..and I finally understand what "Lumber" because when Molina was "Lumbering" around second he was running almost as fast as a Log…….

FRANDSEN
Wow… that musta felt good…..I heard when you pulled into second, instead of pointing to the sky, you flipped the bird in the general direction of Sabean's Luxury Box…just a rumor……couldn't confirm…….

JOKER

GIANTS

OK, enough oh well pussy bull shit….this team has no business getting the Wild Card….the Wild Card is meant for teams that actually step up to the late season challenge, and win games in bunches down the stretch….this team can barely get out of its own way at the plate, and the wear and tear of the season is showing on the pitching staff…..Still with life in the wild card and with the hated rival in town, they pulled down their pants and dropped a deuce right on the field…..no fight, no spark, no life, no chance…….

SMACK OF THE STICK :
SANCHEZ
If hitting is contagious, then bad hitting is a fucking pandemic running through the Giants clubhouse infecting congenital brain dead hackers and "Former Batting Champions" alike…and I swear the next person who mentions Freddy Sanchez and "Former Batting Champion" in the same sentence is going to get brained by a D Cell Battery…..

ROWAND
Long ago when the Giants were still in the game, Rowand got jammed with the tying run on 3rd and 1 out….. and the sad part isn't how many more years and how much money…..its the fact we got NOTHING as far as viable short term center field candidates in the minors……man Rajai Davis is looking pretty damn good right about now but that would involve given a chance to someone that wasn’t a proven vet……

FINAL THOUGHTS
The Giants are drifting out of contention, but that doesn't mean this is over…..we still have 5 games versus the Dodgers, and if the Giants have ANY fight left it them they need to play hard and see if they can BEAT LA……honestly, if we can take the season series from the Dodgers and perhaps spoil their division hopes ……and the bitter irony is we likely won't be faced with the question about who we cheer for the final weekend when the Dodgers face the Rockies…..pretty sure Giants fans pulling for a Dodger win is one of the signs of the apocalypse…..

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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..)