GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> DODGERS at GIANTS 06-28

Little shorter than usual…..just cause im pissed


OK, so I am in my car and radio station is still on KNBR… which is one of the only clear real stations I can get out here in the boonies…..well "Mr T" was going over the stats comparing the Padres and the Giants and wondering how the Padres were in first ahead of the Giants…..well, since you know nothing about baseball and obviously aren't paying attention let me break it down for you…..THE GIANTS PLAY LIKE SHIT VERSUS THE PADRES …..yes, you heard it, you seen it, you know it……both teams have their warts, but when you are 1-7 versus the Pads…..well….we know who the first place team is there….……Now in the 4 game we have played against the Dodgers…..well the Giants are 1-3 with 2 heart breaking losses…..2 losses that stick in your craw….2 losses that SHOULD motivate…..Giants still have about 14 games left versus the Dodgers so the head to head series hasn't really even started……but if the Giants don't find a way to beat the Dodgers and continue their losing ways against the Padres….NO WAY they make the playoffs……this isn’t a bad team, but this team isn't strong enough to overcome losing that many division games…..SO BEAT THE FUCKING DODGERS ALREADY

GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> DODGERS at GIANTS 06-28

GAMEBALL

SANCHEZ

2 hits including the tying single in the 6th…..and most impressive….27 pitches in 4 at bats…..on a hacky team, this is a godsend…..


TIP OF THE CAP :
HUFF
2 hits including an RBI Single in the first and a great play in Left giving up the body…..gotta love the Huff

BURRELL
2 hard hit singles and a good chew on Torres after his bonehead in the 3rd…..gotta love this guy, he seems to be all about winning…….

ZITO
Wasn't great, but I am happy with just less suck…..and honestly was even better than that…..

ISHI/ NATE
Both came through with pinch hits…Ishi came around to score his…..Nate gave us hope in the 9th……

JOKER

PANDA

Obvious choice…..man THE bonehead move of the game, the week, the month…..its been hashed and rehashed…..bottom line, he had a brain fart…..hopefully he learned from it……this has been a strange year for Pablo as we are used to him making that heady sometimes amazing plays in the field and on the bases….this year….well, he has been in Full Panic Mode too often…..lost in this gaffe was 2 hard hit balls and a walk looking like the hitter we saw last year……but after the gaffe he had taken from him the only thing he likes more than Lasagna ….At Bats…….probably the first time he has been pinch hit for with the a game on the line in his life…..lets hope that’s a wake up call, cause without Panda, this team is very limited in how far it can go……he is the only hitter on the team with MVP potential….he needs to be the hitter in the middle everyone fears……


SMACK OF THE STICK :
RENT
2 DP…..well 1 GIDP….and 1 failing getting the runner in from 3rd with 0 out……

TORRES
bad angle on Manny's ball in the 3rd lead directly to a run…..2 out there, slim chance to make that catch…..gotta cut that ball off……negates the grind it out run in the 1st……

POSEY
Its kinda rough to drop the kid here, but one thing bothers me on this AB….8 pitches 7 fastballs ….and Kou couldn't get the slider over to save his life…..against this limited arsenal he still chased ball 4 with 1st and 3rd and one out..;…yeah, would love a extra base hit there, but know the situation….a single or a walk gets the tying run into scoring position…..when you get to two strikes shorten up and battle….you don't try to jerk a head high fastball off the plate away over the left field fence….even if you are a golden god……don't be greedy…..

CASILLA
Great stuff……but he pulled a Romo… when you groove a belt high fastball on a 3-2 count with 2 out….well, you just close your eyes and pray……and praying didn't help…..


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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 thought 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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