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The Wise Hall of Famer Casey Stengel's has one of the best quotes in baseball. "Most ball games are lost, not won." and the Giants put that quote into action tonight, being just good enough not to lose…..but as much as this feels like a gift from the Braves, the Giants put themselves in a position to win by playing good clean baseball, and capitalizing on mistakes….you think the Cardinals are giving back those 2006 World Series rings after scoring 8 unearned runs in the series? Think the Mets are upset that Buckner was the focal point of the series in 1986? Its part of the game, and sometimes being the team that doesn't screw the pooch is good enough…..
GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> GIANTS at BRAVOS 08/06
GAMEBALL
ZITO
It may not have been the prettiest game he has pitched, and he may have been in line for the loss before some late innings….ummm…"heroics"…..but I have to give the Gameball to Barry for notching his 3rd 10 strikeout game of the year and holding the Braves in check only allowing Gonzales jack and Chipper's wall scraper….this was the first time he has notched 3 double digit strikeout games in a single year since 2001….and in a Giants uniform he had only notched 1 double digit strikeout game before this year……and honestly, not getting the win may be a good thing….as it seems that Barry pitches best when he has a big old chip on that shoulder…..and in the big picture, Barry doesn't need W's on the resume to get fans on his side, all that has to happen is Barry keep pitching like he did tonight and for the GIANTS to get those W's…..cause the more W's the Giants get, the more people stop thinking about that price tag…….
TIP OF THE CAP :
HUFF
Started his day with a pretty cool interview on KNBR ….then got a RBI Ground out in the 1st and then ended the day with the two biggest plays of the night…..a Hit By Pitch to lead off the 9th…..and a Walk to lead off the 11th…..both times coming around to score critical runs
TORRES
Was a 1 man wrecking crew in the 1st inning with a single, 2 steals and a run……and along with Huff, the Giants have 2 players in the top 20 in runs scored in the National League…….the last time the Giants had ONE player in the top 20 in runs scored was Bonds in 2004…..and the last time the Giants had TWO players in the top 20 was Bonds and Kent in 2002……Torres and Huff…..Bonds and Kent…..betcha were making those comparisons in spring training….
BURRELL
Never take that sac fly for granted…..especially in a extra innings tie ballgame on the road
BULLPEN
Romo, Ray, Wilson, and Lopez…..4 solid…..and suddenly with Romo and Ray finding their form, and Lopez looking more than a Loogy…..the Giants pen is looking better than it did even BEFORE the injuries to Affeldt and Runzler…..maybe those injuries turn into one of those weird positives where guys step up and find themselves when the going gets …..tough
LOPEZ
1 inning 3 lefties outs and a single to the right hander……he is looking like just what the Giants needed…..and sorry Bowker and Martinez, Lopez has already proven more useful this year to this team......as Lopez is plugging a critical hole, where Bowker and Martinez would be extra pieces without a role……
PABLO
Put the ball in play……which ….well…..lets just say that Pablo doesn't always put the ball in play
JOKER
LARRY
Oh man, gotta love that shit……the man with the go ahead homer……Mr Atlanta Braves (sorry Dale Murphy)……future hall of fame gamer……the best Braves Position Player since Hank Aaron (sorry again Dale Murphy)….blows the play of the night ….charging a Pablo grounder trying to cut the run down at the plate……he gives us that Ole' Bullshit to tie the game that the Braves would lose in extras……would Huff have been out on that play…..yes…..did he need to go the backhand on that play…..probably not…..with your momentum heading to the plate, with the play right in front of you in your field of vision, with the angle in fair territory giving you a natural throwing lane….that's the easiest throw on the diamond…..and with 1 out, Huff didn't get a good jump and WAS LESS than HALFWAY down the line……yes, the backhand is the natural most comfortable play for a vet……but he had time to hang back a little square it up and make a throw…..sure you see vets backhand that all the time, but you better be sure to catch it on a short hop, and not the in betweener that Chipper tried to come up with…..
SMACK OF THE STICK : 
ISHI
Made a nice play on a Hayward one hopper early in the game……but with the bases juiced and the Giants in need of sac fly in the 9th…….hit into the DP……..never take those Sac Flys for granted…..
ALEX GONZALEZ
First of all……quit changing teams…….I lost track of which Alex Gonzales you are……are you the one that fields shitty and can hit a little that was with the Marlins? or the one who fields shitty and can't hit that was with the Cubs?…..well, after watching tonights game I am guessing you were the guy that was with the Marlins…….popped a Homer in the 5th…and by the way, that was probably the only homer that woulda been out of ATT of the 4 the Braves have hit in 2 days….and then bounced a throw to Infante to keep the 9th innings alive and setup Jones Miscue
INFANTE
And by the way, you HAVE to catch that ball……sure it was a throw in the dirt, but that’s a makeable play….you should get 1/2 of Gonzales Error on that play…..or at least 1/4………
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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..)
by merkin
With Dodgertown reeling from the embarrassing loss on top of a losing streak, today was the perfect day to twist that knife into the Dodgers gut…..all the elements were there….a Fan Friendly lineup (ie no Rowand or Rent) a struggling Billingsly on the mound in front of a battered Dodger bullpen all being managed by MattingLOL (tm Baggs)….instead we got 9 innings worth of blah……Both teams played without incident, which probably did wonders for the Dodgers as they focused on the game rather than their Machismo
GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> GIANTS at DODGERS 07-21
GAMEBALL
ZITO
Barry did just about all we could ask, pitching well enough to keep the Giants in the game versus a still potent Dodger lineup…he was a little shaky in the 2nd allowing a Blake homer, and the back to back singles before getting a comebacker Double Play to end the innings….he then breezed through the Dodger order for 3rd-7th innings, without allowing a Dodger runner past 1st base…..but then in the 8th after a leadoff single, a sac bunt and walk, he left the game swearing at no one in particular like a crazy homeless man on Market street….without the urine stench or cardboard Vietnam vet sign…..so, despite being tagged with the L, Zito turned in a solid performance, and the fire that has been indicative of the good Zito…..errr, I mean less sucky Zito…….
TIP OF THE CAP : 
GIANTS FANS IN LA
I don't know how you do it….I just plain fucking hate LA and that goddamn stadium…..the sprawling concrete with little vegetation, the traffic seemingly on every street and at most hours of the day…..the people, who are more conscious of how much money you make and what you drive than who you are…..and then there is Dodger Stadium and Dodger Fans…..you don't really notice the smog unless….you look at the horizon……you are landing or taking off in a plane……you go to Dodger stadium……and man, when the heat starts to rise in the Summer and you get that inversion layer compounded by the Ravine compounded by the Stadium…..well, you get a big bowl of smog…..and you can not only see it as you look across the field,….you can feel it…..with the sun and the alcohol and the microscopic dirt clinging to your body as Dodger fans display what happens when you dilute the gene pool……it all makes me feel like Travis Bickle praying for a real rain…..perhaps a rain of 10 % bleach would do the trick
NATE
1 for 2 with a walk in 3 PA's…..really the only bat that didn't squander an opportunity of some sort …
JOKER
BATS
Shut down, and held to 5 hits….but they never seemed overmatched by Billingsly, getting chance after chance to tie the game but coming up short…..0-8 with runners in scoring position, including 0-4 from Sandoval and Uribe, but you cant hang it on those two as Torres and Posey and Sanchez had their chances as well….The Giants only struck out 3 times, and did not strike out at all with runners on base…not only that they didn't hit into any DP's and didn’t really make any blunders……but in the end, they couldn't find any holes, and only a handful of hard hit balls…..but still it was the kind of game where you felt like you were hitting……but still manage to put a big fat goose egg up on the scoreboard…..
SMACK OF THE STICK :
UMPS
Looks like you fucked up last night too, at least it was to our benefit……
ROMO
After getting Kemp, gave up a humpback liner to Blake to hand a 2nd Earnie on Zito
TASCHNER
What a man will do to collect a big league check…..yes, he is a officially a fucking Dodger…..whats the matter Colleti,. Felix Rodriguez not available?
So, that’s it for the Dodgers for now, as today felt like a letdown game…..but the Giants travel to the Desert where they have hit well recently…so I don't expect a hangover from this emotional series……and they can afford to, as the DBacks pitching can be taken advantage of and despite a managerial change they are still blowing chunks with Gibson 6-10….and the Giants get a little lucky too, missing the Ace in Haren by a day, and facing that bullpen, which is not only historically bad, but pitched 13 innings in 5 days including 8 innings in a game that just ended…..
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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..)
by merkin
A day after a late run made a 1-0 into a 2-0 victory, the Giants finally broke through with a 1 run win……and I mean a win with pitching pitching pitching…… this team was built to win 1-0, 2-1, and 2-0 and like I said yesterday uwe did not have a single 1-0 victory until tonight….……the kind that harkens back to the days of Gibson, Marichal, and Koufax……the Giants are now 3-6 in games that ended with 1-0, 2-0, and 2-1…. for comparisons sake the Padres are 9-3 in those same type of games……I will leave that stat up to you for interpretation……
GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> METS at GIANTS 07/16
GAMEBALL
ZITO
Man, what the fuck was that all about…..after an early exit in his last turn, Barry comes up LARGE with 8 shutout innings with 10 strikeouts…..and if not the walk to Turner with 2 out in the 8th he might have stayed in for the duration…..It was his best start of the year, and the second time he has gone 8 scoreless and hit the 10 K mark this year….The only two games he has gone 8 with 10K's in a Giants uniform was this year, and before this year, he only hit double digit strikeouts once since donning the French Vanilla……man, that was just fucking filthy…..I don't know how much of it was the Mets sucking, the Ump giving calls, or Zito dealing……but I tell you one thing…..you don't have a game like that without kicking some serious ass…….to put this into a little perspective lets look at the Bill James game score…. Tonight's start was an 86, the ONLY start in his career that was higher was August 20, 2001 vs the Indians….where he notched a 88 in a 4 hit shutout….maybe I am wrong and maybe that ace we saw in April is still alive somewhere in there…maybe he did come out of the all star break fresh and recharged….… or maybe he has a new pre game meal whatever it is……I would be the happiest wrongest man on the planet if that turns out to be true…..
TIP OF THE CAP :
HUFF
3 singles and a walk…..and scored the lone run……and much like Huff it wasn’t the prettiest collection of hits…..and neither was the dash home as he looked more like a beer league softball player about to blow out a hammy after having a few too many and pushing that old body a little too hard…..well, it turned out to be the only run of the game, and was good for the W…..
WILSON
came in, got two quick outs before a single and an umpire aided 3-1 call…..hey, the zone was wide for both teams…..and a Save means we Won……
POSEY
After bouncing into a DP with a runner on 3rd, he set up another runner at 3rd with less than two out…..and this time he scored……
BURRELL
Lost a pop up in the lights, but had the game winning groundout??? Hey, you take what you can get…..and when you don’t give UP anything, you don’t have to get much……
JOKER
TORRES
Hard to get two down on this team, despite the lack of offensive production……but of all the candidate for Joker, it has to be Torres…..back in the lineup was nice to see, but pulling in a 0 fer 4 with 2 K's versus the Leftie leaves to door open to a possible platoon…….good to see him healthy, but when you are a too old to be a prospect, and have no major league track record to speak of, the leash is short….you need to stay healthy and stay hitting, or you might get displaced by an overpaid jackass…..or worse yet, Sabean could see it as a need and overpay for someone like David DeJesus……..so get it in gear Andres……we don't want to see the alternative…..
SMACK OF THE STICK :
FSANCHEZ
Right after I start singing your praises, you go missing……just the flu?...ok, I will cut him some slack….unless Flu is code for Knee or Shoulder…..wouldn't be the first time the Giant org misled us…..
PABLO
Wasn't even in the lineup versus the leftie….and didn't really do much to earn more time with 1 hit 4 AB's with a total of 9 Pitches……
URIBE
Just as hacky as Pablo taking the 0 fer…..
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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..)
by merkin
After losing their last 5 series in a row, and coming off a horrible ending to the series in Colorado…the Giants entered Milwaukee for a 4 game set……the scene of two of the most embarrassing losses of the 2009…..you had Wilson getting the shit kicked out of him losing a newly minted 2 run lead on a walk off Fielder double….and then in the last regular season meeting you had the infamous Fielder proclaiming himself a Beautiful Flower Blooming walk off homer celebration…..so who saw this coming???/ A four game sweep in their house???... come on now, this is pretty fucking sweet…..Fuck the Brewers, Fuck Milwaukee and their miserable city, Fuck Miller Genuine Apple Juice, and Fuck Laverne and Shirley……the only thing I can think of that would be better is if we mixed in a Fielder bean ball and Huff ending his home run trot in the 3rd at home plate by pulling down his pants and dropping a steaming deuce on homeplate while pointing at Fielder at first……now THAT woulda been sweet
GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> GIANTS at BREWERS 07/08
GAMEBALL
HUFF
Well, I can forgive him for not dropping a deuce…..pretty sure that would garner a suspension…..but perhaps he could parlay that into a Charmin endorsement …what he did drop was 4 RBI's including the first 3 runs of the game….and man I can't believe this guy……0-2 pitch in on the hands and he short arms it over the fence in right…..man, either the ball is flying or this guy has insane power…..lets hope it’s the later……and ever notice that the cheaper the contract the better the signing……1 Year…$3M……he keeps this up and I would be happy to give him a 3 year……just not a Rowand type contract…..
TIP OF THE CAP :
SANCHEZ
The second half of today's offensive attack….Set the table with a single in front of Huff's two run shot, and then knocked in a couple of his own with a 2 run double in the fourth….and then scored on a Huff Sac Fly……like Huff, better than I expected on both offense and defense……and doing a good job of making the Glass Freddy tag a memory…..
POSEY
He wasn't quite done in Milwaukee……and hit a bomb to Right Center on a 85MPH fastball, that easily cleared the fence…..man, this guy has WAY more power with the wood bat than people gave him credit for……now I just wonder where we are going to put the statue…..
TORRES
Have I mentioned…..I love this guy
RENTERIA
Another multi hit game……maybe Baggs should challenge his manhood more often….
RAY
So far so good, and a big 2 innings today…and the first pitcher of the day to throw strikes consitenly…..
JOKER
ZITO
Zito dropped at least 4 on camera F Bombs in the 5th….which is about 0.0001% of the F Bombs I have dropped watching him pitch the last 3 1/2 years…..The two biggest barometers to watch is fastball velocity, and walk count…..well the velocity has been there all year and was there again tonight……but the control was all over the place walking 6 through 4 2/3rd….this is the 3rd time he has had at least 5 walks in a game this year…..and his walk numbers are high, but not quite as bad as they were a couple years ago……..no, he's not ace we saw in April….and honestly, I am glad he was pissed off coming out of that game……the last thing I wanna see is a player like him brush it off like its no big deal……
SMACK OF THE STICK :
LABRON
Come on seriously??? The biggest waste of airtimes since Al Capone's Vault…so I watched…..and good god, can someone hire him a PR guy…..FANS….remember to mention the FANS…..NOT what YOU DID for them, but what THEY DID for you……repeat that you love FANS over and over and over and over…Miami and Cleveland alike….all fans…..you LOVE FANS….got it?? ok, that'll be $14 million dollars for my services……
RUNZLER
Got out of the pickle in the 5th, only to turn in easily the worst At Bat of the year…..
BRIDE
Few more cocktails? Anyone?
FORD
Dude…..I can spot you a few hundy if you needed it……jeeeezuss……
SABEAN
Don't even TALK to me about Corey Fucking Hart……talk about Buy High Sell Low……..what's the matter…Cory Snyder won't come out of retirement???.......fuck…I Talk a bet right now that Burrell will out OPS Hart the rest of the year…..
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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..)
by merkin
GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> GIANTS at ASTROS 06-23
GAMEBALL
RENTERIA
Hey….now I don't think anyone here will accuse me of being an Edgar lover…..but I am more that willing to give him the benefit of the doubt……an aging shortstop with limited range and arm strength, could still contribute to this team…..maybe not starting every day…..but virtually everyday….assuming his bat can chip into the Giants attack….and whether he really likes Houston or his bat really does have some life…..today was a good sign… 3 hits including a extra base hit to left are all good signs….and those pulled extra base hit was what was missing last year…..sort of a canary in a coal mine if you will……lets just hope we aren't the canaries……and besides…..Uribe and Sanchez can use to sit a spell…..and Rent at SS also leads to a position shuffle that gets Molina some rest as well……
TIP OF THE CAP :
TORRES
Well whatever was wrong with Andres, certainly didn't last long….2 extra base hits and a walk…..the RBI that got the Giants on the board and scored the second run of the night…..guess I should stop worrying…..
LANDON DONOVAN
Debated the GB for Landon, but in the end just couldn’t do it……..huge huge goal for USA Soccer, but its not the 1984 Olympic Hockey team…….This country manages to care about soccer once every 4 years…..and that goal prolonged the spotlight for a few more days….……so good luck against Ghana, or Zimbabwe, or Suriname, or Sudan, or whatever country is next on the list……admit it, you had to go to google maps to figure out where half these countries are….and it should be mentioned, not only was this a big goal for USA Soccer, but gay athletes everywhere…..yeah, I know about the whole hot ex thing…..but ever notice how the gay athletes in the closet have the hottest women?? Jeff Garcia??.....Brett Tomko??.......but seriously, if he is "a gay" more power to him….to each his own….live and let live….a stitch in time saves nine…..haste makes waste…..don't tred on me…..or some profound shit……
ROWAND
Gamiest pinch hitter in the game
JOE MARTINEZ
Scoreless inning….hey, I thought he was being sacrificed….errrr….pitching against the Red Sox this weekend???
JOKER
ZITO
Yeah….thats not gonna work……belt high fastballs and looping curves getting smacked around the park……Zito turned in his worst effort of the year……It was almost as if the Astros were playing slow pitch softball just hanging back waiting for that slow shit to make it to the plate…..after tearing through April and early May….Zito has hit a bump where he is almost alternating starts where he is pretty good, and then not so much…..still far from the embarrassing pitcher of 2007-2008……but now far from the ACE we were watching early in the season….lets hope he just settles into this halfway decent area instead of regressing….I know the contract ain't worth it, but at least we get some useable value out of him……..and by the way……with his over the top public love of all things unicorn……and unabashed bachelorhood…….not gay…….although the gays think he is a fucking fruity bastard……but not gay…….and the gays are relieved……
SMACK OF THE STICK :
PABLO
He's gotta snap out of it sometime right???
ENGLAND
OK, I figured it out……the fucking English Soccer team wear jersey's with FUCKING COLLARS……what the fuck…..pompous asses…..the whole team looks like Dan Akroyd's Country Club buddies from Trading Places….good luck with Germany you wankers……
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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..)
by merkin
The Giants visit Canada rarely, which makes trips like this really something special. I was hoping to make this road trip with the Giants this year, but schedules just wouldn't work out. So to those Giants fans lucky enough to get to Toronto this year, I hope you have fun and enjoy your trip. And here is a little known fact….Canada is actually LARGER in area that Alaska, which makes it the largest US State in land mass….of course people don't actually LIVE all over Canada….97% of the Population lives within 15 feet of the southern border…….which also makes Canada the longest and thinnest state in the union….
GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> GIANTS at JAYS 06/18
GAMEBALL
ZITO
Zito took his Magical Mystery Tour to the Great White North, and although he took the big L he pitched very well……4 hits in 8, and no hitter into the 5th when he gave up a infield single which clanked off Uribe's glove…..add a broken bat bloop and a BLAST on a offspeed pitch on the outer half and Zito picks up the L……and the complete game…..wasn't a masterpiece but was a very solid game…..
TIP OF THE CAP :
PANDA
kinda strange tip of the cap here….but a based loaded walk and an infield chopper got the Giants their two runs of the night….hey, you take what you can get
USA
Congratulations on the comeback 3-2 win versus the smallest country in the World Cup…nothing is more satisfying then putting one of these goddamn little upstart contries back in its place…….and tip of the cap to FIFA for retroactively counting the goal once it was discovered that the Referee was actually part of a massive infiltration of sporting officials by Al Qaeda…..and of course……I hear that the ref has been hired by MLB to work the Giants next series……
LEWIS
Congrats on your success…..and good riddance…..hope he does well, as he is a nice kid…..but I don't and won't miss him……and funny thing…..his success in Toronto comes from what Felipe was preaching at him moons ago….he is MORE hacky with 3.82 Pitches per AB….never below 4.00 as a Giants……OBP is down, SLG and BA is up….I guess that makes people happy in Toronto…….
JOKER
HUFF
Aubrey…you have been hot and you got 2 of the Giants 5 hits……so,.this hurts me more than it hurts you…..and considering that the only things you read are the Sunday Comics and SI Swimsuit issue…..this writeup probably won't hurt you at all…….OK, 1 gaffe and maybe he avoids this……but after 2 gaffe's that cost the Giants AT LEAST 1 run and the Giants LOSE by 1 run….well, it’s a done deal…….come on Huffers……You are familiar with Toronto, and I don't think that this DOMED stadium has changed that much….that HR was no sure thing….now I am not saying you sprint out of the box….but at least give it a LITTLE Hustle…..and THEN as if he was channeling Freddie Lewis or Ruben Rivera…..BOUGHT the DEEK and got gunned at the plate for the 1st out….it was a great throw and relay to get him at the plate….but you gotta score from second on a double…….and that play not only cost a run but ALSO an out…..and if you just take simply take an out off the board, then Burrell scores on the Posey fly and its 4-2…of course you never know what would happen for sure…..but I DO know that HUFF is the JOKER..
SMACK OF THE STICK :
TORRES
1K and 2 popups? ok, not a BAD game, but I can't remember seeing Torres popup ONCE in a game let alone TWICE……
URIBE
Muffed the first hit of the game, and swang at shit in the first with a struggling pitcher on the mound
TURF
Forgot this stuff was still in the league…..no wait, its NOT in the league….its AL only these days…..ANOTHER reason to hate the AL Game…..
SKYDOME errr RODGERS CENTRE
It was pretty cool when it was built……but so was the PT Cruiser……the last of the circle cookie cutters to be built….yes, its got lots of bells and whistles….but its charm wore off once Baltimore build Camden…and the Rockies built Coors….and Seattle built Safeco….and the Rangers built the Ballpark…..and the Indians built Jacobs Field….and the Giants built Pac Bell….
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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..)
by merkin
OK, folks….sorry about that……old drinking buddy from back in the day was in town for the first time in years…..so I have been drinking for a week…..My body hurts, my head hurts and my eyes are redder than Molina's after his second box of Kleenex….but its over and done with for now……and now back to what's important….
GAMEBALL and JOKER ==> A'S at GIANTS 06/12
GAMEBALL
ZITO
Zito will be forever associated with the A's, Money Ball, and the Days of the Big three……and after spending multiple years in both leagues he has beaten every team in the majors, except one…..his original team……not really a big surprise when you consider how often he actually faces the A's and he has spent most of his time in a Giants uniform sucking Donkey farts….but that all changed today, as Zito continued to answer his critics with another solid start and his first win versus the Mount Davis A's
TIP OF THE CAP :
WILSON
Big time Wilson, came in for other tough save…..based juiced and 1 out in the 8th and came through big time….. today's performance makes up for that CSN Life of Brian series last year….almost
URIBE
Continues to buck all trends….getting less and less hacky as time goes on…..swinging at less than 50% of the pitches he sees….he hasn't finished a year under 50% since 2003 with the Rockies….
BURRELL
You liking this guy yet? In combination with Huff Posey and Torres, the whole lineup has a difference complexion this year…..
TORRES
Scored the first run and knocked in the second……and early runs are big for a team that is used to prolonged slumps with the bat…..don't believe in momentum?? Well, I believe early runs relax the pitcher and the offense….and with a bunch of players that seem to get inside their own heads…..relaxing can be all the difference
JOKER
MOTA
OK, this isn't funny anymore…. someone PLEASE update the pic on his MLB player page
not exactly Howry territory, but that is two times in 3 games that Mota has been ineffective in a close late situation……allowing opponents a 0.333 ave and 1.000 ops in those high leverage situations….compared with .233 and 0.517 OPS in all other situations……lets hope its just chance, and he isn't a headcase….and there is reason to hope, his career leverage splits are non existent….as to say, there is not difference……
SMACK OF THE STICK :
AFFELDT
Ouch…..I got the feeling that more than his leg is hurting……I think its just plain old control problems……at least it looks that way to me…..
THAT GOALIE DUDE FOR ENGLAND
Ouch….good thing that England didn't actually lose…..of course, his life would be safe as the English have very strict gun laws…..the angry mobs would have to kill him by making him watch that shit PBS runs every other night……
HALFIES
Half Hats, Half Unis, Half Boats…..all losers…..but that goes without saying
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by merkin
GAMEBALL and JOKER--> GIANTS at A'S 05/21
GAMEBALL
TORRES
A popular guy these days on the Gameball write up, Torres continued his hot hand with a pair of doubles that were just SMOKED……throw in an RBI on the stat sheet and that’s just about all it takes to get the GAMEBALL on a night devoid of Giants highlights……
TIP OF THE CAP :
PANDA
Couple knocks and looks like he just might be heating up…..
HUFF
Ahead of Pablo in Average, On Base, and Slugging…..which is just as much a testament to Huff turning it around into a decent season, as it is a statement to the poor start the Panda is off to……
DALLAS
Yeah yeah, tip the cap again…..we get it…… but hey, how often do perfect games come around……
RAJAI
Think back….. the April 2008…. the Giants put Rajai on waivers to find room for Burriss on the active roster….well a lot has happened since then…….Burriss and Bocock at SS???......Always liked Rajai, hope he does well…..at least 156 games a year…..
JOKER
ZITO
Seems like one of two things happen when a player returns from whence they came… they either kick fucking ass like Torrelabla seems to do to us 12 times a year……or the choke like David Carradine on a Saturday night…….and Mr Unicorn falls into the second category…..even during the dream season he is having he just can't get over the hump…….and by the way, that whole Zito in A's uniform montage……2 things pop into mind….1st.. he got old……2nd….nice to see that JOKER in a different uniform……
SMACK OF THE STICK : 
BOCHY
Rowand stays in the leadoff spot with a bat colder than a witches tit…..while Torres sits at the bottom of the lineup smoking more than Timmy on a Jamacian vacation……dude….this isn’t a set and forget offense…..you cobble together your best hitters in a group hoping to maximize benefit…….8 hits and 1 run……put Torres at the top of that lineup…..or even 9th in that "2nd leadoff" spot and you probably get another run……2 hits from the 3, 4 and 8 hole……what the fuck…..
WEGNER
Apparently, was found dressed as Peter Pan and molesting collies earlier today…..hey, I don't make the news……I just report it……
CHANNEL 11
Miller, Krukow, and Fosse???? Man, that is a forced combo.......A Hall of Famer….a Gamer….and Pete Rose's speedbump……
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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..)
by merkin
