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…
Photo credit: San Francisco Chronicle Full box here by DrLefty I was considering a more R-rated title related to the wacky ending of last night’s game, involving words…
Drew Pomeranz leaves the mound for Boston, looking disgusted. Photo credit: Boston Sports Extra Full box here by DrLefty On a bad team, and let’s not kid ourselves; that’s what the Giants are, it can be hard sometimes to pinpoint what causes the losing. It’s the chicken-or-the-egg thing: Are…
Full box here by DrLefty It’s been a week of great nostalgia in the Lefty household, starting with our wedding anniversary on June 25 (which we’re happy to share with Tim Lincecum’s second no-hitter in 2014 and Brownie’s birthday) and culminating with moving out of our home of nearly…
[Photo credit: Bay Area News Group/San Jose Mercury News] Full box here by DrLefty Ahhhh, Saturday morning. The coffee is hot, the Giants won last night, and for the first time since the middle of May, I don’t have to write about a Drew Pomeranz Friday night start. And for…
Full box here by DrLefty The first-place Bashin’ Brewers swaggered into town for the weekend, and as we were reminded multiple times during the broadcast, the Brewers had more than twice as many team homers as the Giants did. Indeed, just four hitters on the Brewers–Christian Yelich, Ryan Braun, Yasmani…
by DrLefty The Giants beat Clayton Kershaw last night. Grant Brisbee breaks down in gnarly detail how unusual that is–especially at Oracle Park–but somehow they got it done. Ignore the standings. When the Giants beat Kershaw, it’s a good day. This was the week that Joey Bart returned to…
Full box here by DrLefty That photo above only looks like Shaun Anderson, Stephen Vogt, and Matt Herges (get well soon, Curt Young!) walking in from the bullpen after a pregame warmup. In reality, the guy in the middle is a new superhero. The Giants’ rotation was historically bad…