by DrLefty Baseball is funny. This could be considered a terrible week for the Giants, the week in which they were mathematically eliminated from postseason contention for the third year in a row. (But hey–at least that moment came in the third week of September this time! In 2017, I…
by DrLefty After the desultory series the Giants put on for their home fans against the Pittsburgh Pirates this week, I’d already decided that if the Sacramento River Cats completed their sweep of the Round Rock Express (Astros) in the Pacific…
Full box here by DrLefty The game began with some dreary statistics, intoned by announcer Jon Miller. Clayton Kershaw’s sparkling career record against the Giants. Jeff Samardzija’s record of futility at Dodger Stadium, never having won a game there despite having pitched reasonably well. The Dodgers on the verge of…
Full box here by DrLefty Good morning from Kramerica’s stomping grounds, Carmel, California. We drove here yesterday and today will head down Highway 1 to Santa Barbara, where we’ll wave to the Crawniks in Solvang and spend the next couple days. We bought a convertible on Labor Day weekend last…
by Greek Giant The Milestones This was a weekend of milestones for the Giants. Evan Longoria drove in his 1000th run in yesterday’s thrilling win over the A’s. That game was also the 400th game of Bruce Bochy’s managerial career. It took Madison Bumgarner to remind the Giants skipper when…
Happy 29th birthday, Mike. Your Players Weekend nickname should be “Bright Spot.” by DrLefty So how weird was it not having a Friday night Giants game? Instead, we got to check out the Yankees and the Dodgers and the amazing Players Weekend unis, and I’m just gonna leave that right…
Full box here by DrLefty I was never confused by the 2017 Giants. Starting with Opening Day, when expensive new closer Mark Melancon blew a save/lost the game, into April when ace Madison Bumgarner crashed a dirt bike and landed on his pitching shoulder, it was painfully obvious that this…
I got a lot of problems with you people, and now–you’re gonna hear about it.–Frank Costanza, Seinfeld, “The Strike,” 1997 by DrLefty Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know Festivus isn’t until December 23, but is there ever a “wrong” time for a little wisdom from Frank Costanza? I say there isn’t….
by DrLefty I spent the last minutes before the 1 p.m. PDT trade deadline on Wednesday at my desk in my campus office, pretending to work but really just refreshing Twitter (after ascertaining that I couldn’t get Xfinity to stream MLB Network on my office iMac). After being assured by…
July 21, 2010, at Oracle Park. From left: Surf Maui, Totalfan62, MrLefty, DrLefty, Paul in PV Full box here by DrLefty So much going on with the Giants and TWG this week, all good. I’ll be honest that since I started doing weekend posts at the beginning of the 2017…