GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> GIANTS at PHILS 08/17

After a disappointing series versus the Padres, the Giants get a 6 Game Roadie into fellow Wild Card hopefuls St Louis and Philly……Hoping for 4-2, could live with 3-3, but really just hoping we can avoid a sweep in either city…..

GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> GIANTS at PHILS 08/17

GAMEBALL

GUILLEN

Well, that bat looked pretty nice tonight, with line drive out to Right, a smash single to lef, and a BOMB that answered the Phillies 2 run 6th and pulled the Giants to within a run…… what a random collection the Giants have put together on offense……The Phenom behind the plate, a struggling Panda at 3rd…….and a bunch of vets on the wrong side of 30 that resembles the the Island of Misfit Toys more than a playoff lineup…and with what we saw tonight, looks like Jose's bat will be a perfect fit with the Giants despite the square wheels on his caboose…..

TIP OF THE CAP :
BURRELL
Got off to a quick start with a solo shot in the first to give the Giants a 2 run margin

POSEY
2 hits including a single that setup the Giants first run

CASILLA
With Runzler and Affeldt on the mend, Casilla is making a strong case for keeping a roster spot….and tonight he kept the Giants in the game getting out of the 6th with a runner on 2nd and no one out…..don't look now but that’s his 10th appearance in a row without giving up a run…..15 innings, 5 hits, 4 walks, 10 k's…….

BOBBY THOMPSON
What can you say, the biggest most famous Home Run in baseball history……and it beat the Dodgers….

JOKER

RAY

Ouch…..so THAT'S the bad Ray…..Chris saw his ERA fatten up quicker that a Retired Tony Gwynn….going from from 3.28 to 4.05 in 1 appearance……and he was hit pretty hard…..a couple hard hit balls through the right side. a walk with Victorino dancing of 1st, and then a Double by Ruiz that hit a wall harder than Tom Cruise's career

SMACK OF THE STICK :
RAMIREZ
Dind't do Ray any favors allowing all of Ray's inherited runners to score……and soon, Ramon might have a chance to show one his most valuable attributes…….he has options available (Marco, feel free to double check me, I am doing rules by memory)….and when Runzler and Affeldt return, the Giants are going to need this roster spot….

ZITO
Got an early lead, but wasn't able to hold it…..the big stat of the night is 0 K's……if Zito isn't missing bats, it's not going to be a good night…and he got 4 swings and misses in 91 pitches….4 swings and misses?

URIBE
4 swings and misses…that was an average At Bat for Uribe tonight

PABLO
2 boot in 2 games….

FART IN NOTE
0 for 3 with a boot

HUFF
And the Water Buffalo that stirs the drink……opened up about himself and Pat in the Merc…..and then proceeded to go 0 for 4 with 0 for 2 and a DP with runners in scoring position….

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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 when he gets inducted to Cooperstown..)



by merkin