by Greek Giant Brandon Crawford’s at-bat against Sean Doolittle in the top of the ninth inning with two outs, one run in, two on and the Giants down 4-2 was a case of a pitcher challenging a hitter with his best fastball. The first two pitches were letter-high heaters right…
by Greek Giant Those add-on runs were killers for the San Francisco Giants last season and in last night’s game against the Washington Walgreens they were the difference in a frustrating 9-6 loss. A three-run homer by Matt Adams (the walking strikeout machine) in the bottom of the 7th inning…
by Greek Giant The San Francisco Giants celebrated Manager Bruce Bochy‘s 64th birthday in impressive fashion by beating the Washington Nationals, 7-3 in D.C. This wasn’t just a win. Matching their previous high for the most runs the Giants scored all year. The San Francisco baseballers wore their dinger shoes…
by Greek Giant At least the Giants were not no-hit! The Giants fell 4-0 behind a complete game one hit shutout by German Marquez of Colorado. At no point did the Giants appear interested in scoring runs. Maybe the 18-inning marathon on Friday caught up with them. Maybe Marquez…
by Greek Giant The Oxford English Dictionary (7th edition) defines “Bumgarnering” thusly: The act of getting beaten, humbled, and over-powered by Madison Bumgarner. Currently the term is only applied to feats of strength, will, and determination by the San Francisco Giants left-handed pitcher. In the future linguists and semioticians agree…
Box score here by DrLefty Mario Mendoza was a light-hitting shortstop in the 1970s. Several of his teammates, as a clubhouse joke, started referring to anyone struggling at the plate as being “below the Mendoza Line.” (Mendoza’s career batting average was actually .215, but an average under .200 is…
by Greek Giant I wish I could say I came up with that title (or, maybe not). It came about courtesy of Crawnik. Kevin Pillar hit a solo homer for the only run of the game and Jeff Samardzia was dominant in his seven innings of work. The Giants right…
by Greek Giant The last time the Giants lost each of their first four series to start a season Ronald Reagan was President. That was 1983. Yesterday, the San Diego Padres out-padred the Giants, winning 3-1 to take two of three games in the series and send what few fans…
by Greek Giant The Giants beat up on the Padres of San Diego 7-2, thanks to four more RBIs by their newfound slugging center fielder, Kevin Pillar. Mr. Pillar now has eight, yes eight, runs slugged in the past two nights. That’s some serious production and a breath of fresh…
by Greek Giant There is no sense in me repeating what has already been said in angry, humorous and laconic fashion by you, the wonderful, maddening, brilliant and beloved Together We’re Giants faithful. I don’t recall seeing so much agreement on this blog before: I could go on and on…