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The Beginning of the End?

6 May 2008

Many of the youngsters have performed well above their heads thus far in ‘08, and to me, tonight’s loss in Pittsburgh feels like the beginning of the end. No evidence, no analytical support… just a feeling.
* Barry Zito never made an appearance during his time in the bullpen… does anyone actually expect him to […]

The 3-0 Pujols Strikeout

21 April 2008

How many of you have watched a game in which a player hit for the cycle?  My guess is that if you have, you remember who did it, when it was, and who it was against.  Why?  Because it’s a baseball rarity!  Since 2001, a player has hit for the cycle only 28 times in […]

… they’re realizing what we knew

8 April 2008

The Giants are bad. Really, really bad.
It seems more and more people are realizing how historically awful this team is:
* Tim Kawakami of the Merc recognizes how hopeless San Francisco looks.
* Rob Neyer has these adjectives for the Giants: “Bad, abominable, atrocious, awful, crappy, crummy, deficient, dreadful, god-awful, gross, inferior, lousy, stinking, substandard and […]

Miller Park… and Friday links

4 April 2008

I’ll get my first look at Miller Park as I travel to see the Giants play the Brewers in Milwaukee tomorrow. I’m both excited, and a little bit sad. I’ll always enjoy heading out to a game, but the season thus far has been exactly as predicted: very little offense, decent […]

Easter Thoughts

23 March 2008

A little house-keeping… I’ve added a link to a great bay area sports site: The Bay Area Sports Machine. Check it out!
I’ve also been working on my pictures… feel free to take a look here.
Bill Plaschke is a big dummy. Why write anything else about it when Junior over at Fire Joe Morgan […]

Brian Sabean’s “Speed” Kool-Aid

8 March 2008

From the first time I heard Brian Sabean state that he’s rebuilding the Giants based on “pitching, speed, and defense”, I assumed something was amiss. To me, Sabean’s assertion sounded a little bit too much like the recently dumped boyfriend who insists his new found, lonely, bachelorhood is a good thing. Just because […]

7 more for a team

15 October 2007

Our second son Ethan was born last week, I’ve put pics here. Noah is the tall, left-hand starter with overpowering stuff… Ethan is the switch-hitting catcher… Next up? The speedy center-fielder. Needless to say, I’ve had other things on my mind besides the ‘07 playoffs… but I do have some thoughts:

Most […]

catching up and venting

7 October 2007

It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to sit down and write anything related to baseball… I’ve been pretty much swamped with family, work, and school responsibilities. Today though, I’m supposed to be studying all day and I always find a way to do everything BUT study. Chances are, I’ll wind […]

bud’s reaction

6 August 2007

For those of you that missed it, here’s #755, and Bud Selig’s reaction to it. How can the commissioner of baseball hate his job so very much?
Dodger-fan (but good writer none-the-less) Jim Caple wrote a funny article in response to Selig’s dumb reaction.

i’ll let others do it…

4 August 2007

Defending Barry is tiresome… he’s been a jerk for so long, it’s hard to root for him. But I’ve always maintained that Barry is getting a raw deal… he is singled out, picked on, and mocked by those who he mistreated in the past: the media. The same media who control what is both said […]

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