GAMEBALL and JOKER--> GIANTS at ASTROS 04/07

What the hell is going on here? Are the Astros that bad? Are the Giants getting lucky? I am really hoping the answer to those questions is no, but am really don't want to know the answer……just keep doing what you doing please…..

"Last time Houston was beat this bad Bobby Brown went to jail"- EricR17
Warms your heart to know you have an influence of the youth of today. I do what I do for the kids…..

GAMEBALL and JOKER--> GIANTS at ASTROS 04/07

GAMEBALL

RENTERIA

Wow, in these three games Renteria already has more hits than he had all of last season…..Don't bother checking the stats, it’s a fact….Renteria has been playing as if he was reborn. This is a feel good story unfolding before our eyes people….If Edgar can continue his rebound from his forgetful frustrating 2009, it will be the most heartwarming story of redemption by a Columbian since Andres Escobar of 1994 World Cup fame…..GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLLL….ok maybe not…..

TIP OF THE CAP :
BOWKER
Now THIS IS What I am talking about!!!...Pablo broke through to give the Giants a homegrown hitter….but Pablo is different, he is still a kid……Bowker however is cut from the same cloth as so many pretenders before him…kicking around the Giants system for year, finally making to the show in the mid to late 20's….Lewis, Minor. Frandsen, Ortmeier, Linden, Niekro, Ellison, Torcato. Ransom, Minor, Murray, Crespo, Rios…. you get the idea….. so when Bowker looks like he might break through, it's something entirely foreign…Of that whole list of players only Headcase Lewis has had a good semi-full season in the majors……so good luck bucking that trend Mr Bowker, history isn't your friend….and neither is Carlos Valderrama

ROWAND
Shook off the first 2 days with a 4 hit night including a "triple" to lead off the 7th and singles to plate the Giants 6th and 9th runs

URIBE
Slugged a double to change momentum following the Astros Rally and set the stage for Geravacio…..and knocked in the run that avoided going to Wilson for the 3rd time in 3 days……

ISHIKAWA
Reminded everyone of his existence with a one hand golf shot homer in the 9th

JOKER

GERVACIO

For the man with the weird ass setup, one weird ass day to forget…..the biggest play of the night according to fangraphs was his throw down the line to plate the go ahead run…. that one throw was worth basically was worth 0.44 Giants Team Wins…..and if the Division is decided by 0.44 Wins we know who to thank…..and to an injury to insult, some how he actually sprained his shoulder and is out for an undetermined amount of time….I guess that's what happens when you don't setup your throw properly……hate to pile on an injured kid, but after a performance like that I have no choice but hand you your well deserved JOKER…..



SMACK OF THE STICK :
GLOVES
Both Rowand's and Uribe's heroics with the bat saved them from the lower half of the write up, but it wasn't enough to save their gloves……now Pablo's error was more physical than mental……Rowand and Uribe….well, although they weren't official errors, they are certainly mental lapses that robbed Cain of his 1st win of the year and started that whole hard luck Cain shit all over again…..Rowand made a great play to get to the ball, but you got to make that catch….That ball had more leather on than Rowand wears to the Folsom Street Fair….but Rowand was looking for a wall to jam his face into, instead watching the ball into the glove…..and then Uribe, with the speedy Bourn at the plate….takes a couple easy steps in on a slow grounder….prefering to hang back and rely on his arm than charging aggressively…….but mental errors in my book, and those things will kill you in the long run…..so learn from them my Giants, learn

OFFICIAL SCORER
OK, first of all Rowand's Triple was a single and at least 1 error on Bourn…..maybe a 2nd on Pence…..but then how the hell does a ball hit and stick to the outside of Rowands glove for 1/2 an hour before he drops it become a Triple? When a ball gets that much glove time its surely an error from all the baseball I have seen…..what's a matter afraid to give a big bad baseball player an error?

SAN FRANCICSO
I don't think I even really need to add anything I guess Toyota has diversified into Jersey's now….




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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..)




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