Giants need Pagan back. The revolving door of lead off hitters continues tonite with Hunter Pence taking over the duties. Not exactly the type hitter you want at the top but what the hell.
Zito out of the pen. Not sure what Bochy is thinking here unless he wants to keep Gaudin in the rotation when Vogalsong comes back.
The Freak is on the bump today for the last game of the 4 games series against the Brewers. The offense is due to have one of their weekly big games.
Lincecum throws 8 solid innings of one hit ball. Strikes out 8 and only walks 1. Hope he's back like this for the test of the season. Next up are the O's as Vogalsong returns to the rotation. Looks like Zito may be odd man out.
Giants start a 3 game series against the Nationals with MadBum on the bump for the first game. The Giants are 15 games behind the Dodgers and 13 games under .500. Zito has been sent to the pen where he has given up 2 HR in his 2 appearances since being demoted. Hoping they can play spoiler somewhere down the line but the way they've played lately I don't see them doing anything special.
Yea I hate the Dodgers. I remember when the Braves were in the west I caught a Braves Dodgers game in Atlanta, saw a Dodgers banner and went up one level tore it into pieces and went back to my seat with no hassle from security. Good thing I was wasted or I wouldn't have done it. Of coarse the Dodgers won it was the 80's and the Braves sucked and Velenzaela was in his prime. He was the Dodgers pitcher that night.
Yea I remember when the divisions were all screwed up like that. The 93 Braves and Giants had an epic division race. I was watching TBS when the Braves were playing the Giants and I remember Don Sutton saying the Giants wouldn't win the west. They were up by like 5 games at the time in August. Damned if the Braves didn't take them. I've hated Sutton every since.
MadBum got the s**t tonite. Now if he could run the bases a little better he might have a lead to work with.
Rain killed MadBums thing yesterday. 4 good innings giving up 1 run, then the rain came with a little more then an hour delay knocking him out. Giants end up losing 4-2. Lincecum on the bump tonite. Will we get the great Timmy or the terrible Timmy?
Giants try to avoid the sweep in Washington. Vogalsong on the bump today. He didn't have a bad outing in his return from the DL. 6 innings giving up 2 earned runs. Hopefully he builds on that and the Giants can put a W up.
Giants in Miami for the weekend. Chad Gaudin is on the bump against the team he played for last year. And by the way, the giants won yesterday. Hector Sanchez hit a 3 run bomb in the top of the ninth and the Serg closed it out. That's one in a row.