You know what’s awesome? That it was Buster Posey, Madison Bumgarner, and Andres Torres (though he’s not really part of the “youth movement”) that won the game for the Giants. You know what’s not cool? That it was Buster Posey, Madison Bumgarner, and Andres Torres who won the game for the Giants. Where are the rest of the guys? Watching them swing at first pitch after first pitch, not working the count, hacking away like a bunch of drunk loggers was dreadful. Thankfully, the two youngest members of the Giants were able to keep the G-Men from a second straight [...]

Hilarious. Simply, hilarious.
Venture to any San Francisco Giants message board, forum, blog – what have you – and you’ll find venom spewed at the mere mention of Jose Guillen, especially after his two run drop in the outfield last week. And that drop was simply awful. It should have been caught, simple as that. In fairness to him, it was clearly windy (as Freddy Sanchez struggled with a similar pop-up the next batter), but it was a play that needed to be made. So, alas, Guillen was the scapegoat. I’m not sure he was all that deserving, considering Barry Zito [...]

Had the Giants lost yesterday, it would have been devastating. Getting swept, at home, by the Diamondbacks in a pennant race? Words can’t even describe.
Thankfully, the Giants avoided the sweep and even picked up a game on the NL West leading Padres as they were swept at home by the Wild Card leading Phillies.
The bullpen was a disaster yesterday afternoon, but, probably not as big of a disaster as Bochy’s managing of them. He ran through those guys (with a big upcoming Rockies series) like some bad Mexican food after a night of boozing it up. And of course, every [...]

Whatever Tim Lincecum was doing last night that gave away his location – Diamondbacks shortstop Stephen Drew figured it out early on. Drew lead the game off with a four pitch walk and could be seen on the broadcast tipping pitches to Adam LaRoche as he stood at second base. A look to the left. A touch of the helmet to the left. Moments later, a three run bomb shelled into the Cove by LaRoche and the Giants are down 3-0. As the inning finally came to an end, TV cameras caught Drew talking to more Diamondbacks in the dugout, [...]

First things first – the Giants were awarded their waiver claim on former Marlins outfielder, Cody Ross.
The move was simply nothing more than a block on the Padres and/or Phillies, making sure those fellow playoff contenders (PLAYLOLFFS?) wouldn’t be able to snag the free powerful (I guess?) outfield bat.
In my humble but incredibly awesome opinion, it was a bit odd of a block anyway – it’s not as if Ross had been lighting up the world for the Fish down in Miami. Sure, he’s got a bit of pop – but he’s pretty much average anywhere else. Ross has 100 [...]

Think that explains it pretty well – don’t you?

Oh July, how I miss you so.
The first half of August has started incredibly rough for the black and orange – and this daunting roadie isn’t making things any easier. The Phillies made sure of that in the first game of their series with the G-men.
Aubrey Huff continued his massive slump (which he’s more than allowed) which hurt the Giants on more than one occasion, but he was far from alone.
The starting staff continued their struggles as well, tonights effort spearheaded by Barry Zito. Zito was unable to register a strikeout during his five innings, giving up two mini-bloops which [...]

As of today, 2-9 is the Giants record versus the Padres. Two and nine. *gags*
Are the Padres the more talented of the two squads? I’m not sure. Are they the better team? As of now, without a doubt.
The Padres do the small things on offense to make up for their glaring holes. Their starting pitchers have been nothing short of amazing. The bullpen is by far the best in baseball. And their coaching staff, especially Bud Black, is premier despite the lack of big names.
I’ve heard doubts about the Padres all season long, living in San Diego and all. But [...]

I have the pleasure (I guess…) of living in the San Diego area, despite the fact that I root for the Gigantes. So this year has been especially unique since the swinging Friars and Giants have been in a battle since the start of the season.
Padre fans were mildly annoyed (and rightfully so) when Jonathan Sanchez came out earlier this week and said the Giants were going to sweep the Padres. It was on every local newscast. It was on talk radio. He sparked a fire that really didn’t need to be lit in the first place. Do I personally [...]

Boy, what a wild night. If you weren’t wearing your man diapers, you might not have escaped that one totally dry.
You knew it wasn’t going to be easy once the Cubs put a two spot on the board in the first inning. And just as it seemed the Giants would finally scratch and claw their way back into the game and tied it up, the Cubs would come up with one more big hit/play to smash your baseball loving heart. But the Giants never gave up. They never gave in. There were so many chances last night where the Giants [...]