GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> GIANTS at PIRATES 06/04

GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> GIANTS at PIRATES 06/04

GAMEBALL

URIBE

For a team that struggles to score any runs going down by 4 early is the kiss of death…..but after the Giants plated 2 in the 5th…..with a DP and a solo shot….what little momentum we had looked like it was about to die out…..but with two outs and a man on First, Juan JUMPED on a first pitch fastball to hit a BOMB to center….man, gotta love this guy, a dumpster diving find that swings from the heels….and what a swing….he gets every bit into that…..watch that highlight again what the fuck is he doing with that front foot…..not as exaggerated as some of his shots…..but he is swinging so hard he corkscrews himself into the ground…Benito Santiago would be proud…….

TIP OF THE CAP :
POSEY
Kids a player…..2 hits including a ringing opposite field double……he is hot and is staying hot….and when the league adjusts to him……well, he'll adjust back…..no need to worry about Posey's bat……

FSANCHEZ
3 hits in a return home, hey did you know this guy is a former all star and batting champ….and if he keeps this up, maybe he has a couple more of those accolades in his future……

JSANCHEZ
Got off track there a little after the error from Posey…..and maybe if the offense doesn't pick him up he gets a smack….but he bounced back and kept the Pirates in check long enough for the Giants to get back into it

HUFF
Love that homer…and love the reaction…..a little watch, the start of a styling flick of the bat……then catches himself drops the bat nonchalantly and proceeds to drop his head and make his way around the bases…..almost as if, hey I hit em like that all the time….no biggie…….

MOTA
Romo Who?

WILSON
With a little help from Torres…..clean inning, 2 K's

WHITESIDE
Solo Shot was large keeping the Giants in this, and recovered from the wild pitch to gun down the runner at 1st to end the game…..when did this guy learn to hit?.....hell this guy is turning into one of the best hitting backup catchers in the league….something tells me we have seen the last of Steve Holm….is Steve even in the org?

JOKER

PABLO

Giants put up 6 runs, hit 3 homers…..and Pablo had nothing, zilch, nada, nil to do with it….in fact Pablo turned in his 4 plate appearances in 7 at bats with a GIDP…..the fear from pitchers is long gone and they are attacking Pablo…..in his first AB he took a fastball down the pipe and then grounded out on a ball low and away……in his second AB he grounded out on a fastball down the pipe….in his 3rd AB he hit a ball hard for an out to center, and then in his last AB he took a fastball on the outside corner for a strike and then chased one low and in for a another easy grounder…..not sure how to diagnose whats going on with the Panda….he was having a hard time catching up to or laying off that fastball above the belt…now it seems he is having a hard time hitting pitches in the zone……the longer the slump goes the longer he is a FAT ASS JOKER…..but tomorrow is another day and if he starts hitting he will just be a BIG BONED SLUGGER……

SMACK OF THE STICK :
TORRES
0 for 4 with 2 k's……Déjà vu….but at least he brought the leather on that play in the 9th…….

POSEY
Dude, sure 1st base is a fairly new position…but you played infield most of your baseball life…..played yourself right into a in-between hop…..groundballs are instinct and practice……so throw that catchers gear in the dumpster and go take some grounders…..the way you are hitting you aren't heading back to Fresneck to "Learn how to catch" anytime soon…..

ROWAND
Meh…






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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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