Sunday, 9/19/2010.
status: living in a large fog cloud.
in other words, it's gloomy and I am COLD.
activities: arguing with the parents, and volunteering at a concession stand at a horse show.
consequences of doing so: Missing a solid pitching job by Barry Zito via radio (LOVE YOU KNBR 680, you complete me <3) and the Red Sox game via radio...WEEI BOSTON!
and more importantly stomach ache.
Working at a concession stand is some serious self discipline because...there's just ALL THIS FOOD and it's all in front of you..so you JUST KEEP EATING!
working concessions.
if you look closely i have my "let Tim smoke" shirt on,
it's my two cents for the upcoming vote.
Moving along to bigger more important things:
first off, anyone notice that Bruce Bochy pretty much stole my line up?
Just kidding.
He's the superior here, and I'm sure he came up with it all on his own...
first off, anyone notice that Bruce Bochy pretty much stole my line up?
Just kidding.
He's the superior here, and I'm sure he came up with it all on his own...
secondly,
Jose Guillen, where the hell did you pull that grand slam out from?!
Outfielder Jose Guillen hit his 19th grand slam during the bottom of the first inning. A powerful hit that just sailed right past left field. Before all that, let's talk about the start of one heck of a game. Cody Ross (who I dubbed lead off man in my blog post Saturday night) hit a hard ball out to left field. Unfortunately for him, left fielder Ryan Braun was having a damn good day and made an incredible catch to rob Ross of his home run. Don't worry, Ross, I still think you're pretty cool.
Anyway, that almost homer sort of got the rally going. Freddy being a hot hitter recently anyone singled. With two outs, Buster Posey doubles and now we have men on 2nd and 3rd. Pat Burrell comes to bat, hoping to knock in a scoring run or two. However, being smart, he takes ball 4 on a full count and walks to first, loading the bases for our hero Jose Guillen. Smart move since we already had two outs.
Basically, we know what happenned during his at-bat.
So we had an early lead, finally showing some offensive support for the unrewarded Barry Zito. =(
In the bottom of the 5th Guillen earns himself another couple RBI's by scoring our duo Aubrey Huff and Buster Posey. (6-0 Giants)
Like I said, Zito pitched real solid game shutting out the Brewers until the 6th inning and FINALLY he was rewarded for his excellent pitching job.
The two runs for the Brewers came in the 6th when Braun, who I mentioned was having a good day, homered to score Corey Hart. (6-2 Giants)
The Giants didn't stop there though.
They completed their rally in the bottom of the 7th. Pat Burrell came up to bat with, surprise surprise, Buster Posey and Aubrey Huff on base. Burrell homers out to left field (folks sitting there had a lot of home run balls coming their way). (9-2 Giants).
Anywho, 9-2 was the final score.
I was thinking that this was like, the light at the end of the tunnel. After Friday and Saturdays game I could sort of see a dim light in the distance fading away into darkness as the Giants looked like they might trail the Padres again. Luckily, something when through their heads (and Bochy's head in terms of the line-up) and they came back in a manner that just screams, "we're not going down without a fight."
It's interesting to me that in the past few weeks, or just this month in general, the Giants have been scoring a lot on home runs. This concerns me just a little because it makes me wonder about our ability to get men on base home. It's been a problem for the team in the past and I wonder if it'll become a problem later. However, it's hard to say that grand-slams and home runs are bad things...seeing as they AREN'T...and we'll take those wins any way we can. It's crucial that the Giants widen the gap between themselves, the Padres and the Rockies. That would require consistency, and when you talk about the Giants and consistency, everything sort of goes grey-ish.
But like I said.
We'll win however we can, and wins are good, so just keep 'em coming.
Meanwhile, in my opinion, the world of baseball was a little whacked out yesterday. Numbers didn't seem to...influence anything. The Orioles beat the Yankees in an 11 inning game. The Angles beat the Rays and the Dodgers came back from a...i think 6 run deficit to beat the Rockies. The Athletics beat the first place Twins. The Red Sox (with Jon Lester pitching) shut out the Blue Jays. The Astros beat the Reds. The Tigers beat the White Sox also in an 11 inning game and the Mariners beat the Rangers.
The Oakland Raiders also won their home game, and take my word for it, that is very unusual.
As for today, the Giants have the day off before playing the Cubs in a three game series that Matt Cain will kick off. The Red Sox are at this moment playing the Orioles, Dice-K pitching and the 49ers football team will play last years champs the Saints here in San Francisco at Candlestick Park.
It's time to break out my optimism piggy bank, but between this year's Red Sox season and the constant need to save some for the Giants and late hockey season with the Sharks...I don't think there's much left in there.
Jose Guillen, where the hell did you pull that grand slam out from?!
Outfielder Jose Guillen hit his 19th grand slam during the bottom of the first inning. A powerful hit that just sailed right past left field. Before all that, let's talk about the start of one heck of a game. Cody Ross (who I dubbed lead off man in my blog post Saturday night) hit a hard ball out to left field. Unfortunately for him, left fielder Ryan Braun was having a damn good day and made an incredible catch to rob Ross of his home run. Don't worry, Ross, I still think you're pretty cool.
Anyway, that almost homer sort of got the rally going. Freddy being a hot hitter recently anyone singled. With two outs, Buster Posey doubles and now we have men on 2nd and 3rd. Pat Burrell comes to bat, hoping to knock in a scoring run or two. However, being smart, he takes ball 4 on a full count and walks to first, loading the bases for our hero Jose Guillen. Smart move since we already had two outs.
Basically, we know what happenned during his at-bat.
So we had an early lead, finally showing some offensive support for the unrewarded Barry Zito. =(
In the bottom of the 5th Guillen earns himself another couple RBI's by scoring our duo Aubrey Huff and Buster Posey. (6-0 Giants)
Like I said, Zito pitched real solid game shutting out the Brewers until the 6th inning and FINALLY he was rewarded for his excellent pitching job.
The two runs for the Brewers came in the 6th when Braun, who I mentioned was having a good day, homered to score Corey Hart. (6-2 Giants)
The Giants didn't stop there though.
They completed their rally in the bottom of the 7th. Pat Burrell came up to bat with, surprise surprise, Buster Posey and Aubrey Huff on base. Burrell homers out to left field (folks sitting there had a lot of home run balls coming their way). (9-2 Giants).
Anywho, 9-2 was the final score.
I was thinking that this was like, the light at the end of the tunnel. After Friday and Saturdays game I could sort of see a dim light in the distance fading away into darkness as the Giants looked like they might trail the Padres again. Luckily, something when through their heads (and Bochy's head in terms of the line-up) and they came back in a manner that just screams, "we're not going down without a fight."
It's interesting to me that in the past few weeks, or just this month in general, the Giants have been scoring a lot on home runs. This concerns me just a little because it makes me wonder about our ability to get men on base home. It's been a problem for the team in the past and I wonder if it'll become a problem later. However, it's hard to say that grand-slams and home runs are bad things...seeing as they AREN'T...and we'll take those wins any way we can. It's crucial that the Giants widen the gap between themselves, the Padres and the Rockies. That would require consistency, and when you talk about the Giants and consistency, everything sort of goes grey-ish.
But like I said.
We'll win however we can, and wins are good, so just keep 'em coming.
Meanwhile, in my opinion, the world of baseball was a little whacked out yesterday. Numbers didn't seem to...influence anything. The Orioles beat the Yankees in an 11 inning game. The Angles beat the Rays and the Dodgers came back from a...i think 6 run deficit to beat the Rockies. The Athletics beat the first place Twins. The Red Sox (with Jon Lester pitching) shut out the Blue Jays. The Astros beat the Reds. The Tigers beat the White Sox also in an 11 inning game and the Mariners beat the Rangers.
The Oakland Raiders also won their home game, and take my word for it, that is very unusual.
As for today, the Giants have the day off before playing the Cubs in a three game series that Matt Cain will kick off. The Red Sox are at this moment playing the Orioles, Dice-K pitching and the 49ers football team will play last years champs the Saints here in San Francisco at Candlestick Park.
It's time to break out my optimism piggy bank, but between this year's Red Sox season and the constant need to save some for the Giants and late hockey season with the Sharks...I don't think there's much left in there.
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