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The Giants got spanked by the Rockies, 11-4 as Jeff Samardzija left the game after one inning with a shoulder injury. It got worse from there.

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totalfan62 an hour ago

This is a team in distress that needs reinforcements. The guys we know are close—Bum, Panik, Hanson—but maybe some arms from other teams. If we don’t find legit MLB pitching soon, could be another very long year.
- 610nm totalfan62 an hour ago
  
  Amen. Shark was trying to span the gap to Bum and maybe Cueto, but may have done himself extra damage – suppose we’ll hear after the team gets back to SF and their own MRI experts, and a couple of days have elapsed on the swelling. We have to hope that Derrick Rodriguez just has a nasty bruise, and can try again. But I agree that they have to get somebody from outside. Can’t really be a big name, can it, given the CBT constraints and who we might trade (AJax would be my choice)? But a steady pro like Derrick Holland would help a lot at the moment.
  - Fbchange 610nm 5 minutes ago
    
    Will have to be a real cheapie. I don’t see them blowing the tax thing now with the way things are going.
pacman68 8 hours ago

Could the Giants really lose 90 games again? They are 5 out of first place and dropping like a rock into the ocean. I really don’t see how this story ends with a happy ending. I think big changes are gonna happen soon.
- Moooooooooose pacman68 7 hours ago
  
  Gee, and just a week ago, they were a good bet to win the division.
Eric Ritz 8 hours ago

I get fighting spirit mentality, and the gritty athlete culture, but I hate when the Giants bring back an injured player seemingly early, the player plays like he’s injured, team keeps playing him, then player gets more injured. Samardzija has never looked like a guy who was playing healthy, things clearly weren’t right, and he kept getting trotted out there. It never helps the team when this happens. The player always performs terribly. But Bochy will play them until they can’t move. Pagan when he could barely run, Pence last year who couldn’t stand up after diving for a ball, Scutaro in 2014 where he clearly couldn’t bend down to field plays to his sides. The players play like they’re hurt, is typically among the worst on the team while they’re playing hurt, and then they end up getting hurt worse, hurt someone else, and always make the team worse. I just don’t get it.
- - Matthew Eric Ritz 7 minutes ago
    
    True stuff, Eric. I’m not sure it’s just that Bruce is running them out there when hurt…I think it’s a mixture of “tough” players (Marge is a better example of that than Pagan), an overmatched medical staff, and the manager probably trusting and hoping too much.
    
    Marge has clearly been pitching through an injury…he became a totally different arm all season…and he’ll meet to be shut down or sliced. He probably did it becuase he felt the obligation to cover for Mad Bum and Cueto injuries. It’s noble, but it hasn’t helped in the won/loss column.
    
    Many will lament how the FO was “dumb”, but sometimes, teams get snakebit and have to fight. It’s FAR from a lost season right now, but this next month of games will be rather telling
    
    DrLefty Matthew 5 minutes ago
    
    Shark is a tough guy. He snapped that bat over his knee like a twig. I respect him for trying to step up in an emergency, but we all saw it wasn’t working.
  - paul in p.v. Eric Ritz 8 hours ago
    
    Really good memory there.
- Eleuthero Eric Ritz 8 hours ago
  I wholeheartedly agree with you, Eric. He’s obviously been pitching hurt. I remember after his first start back when Bochy himself said next day that Smarge was “real sore”. Now we’re probably going to lose him for a month or more. It’s a travesty.
  
  Crawfish Joe  9 hours ago
  
  Good evening. Just got caught up on the low lites. Good thing the sun is setting because that means this game is history. What I want and what I think makes no difference. It’s up to the 3 B’s to make right this train wreck. WTF.
  
  pacman68  9 hours ago
  
  What do you do when your team is this bad? I have no fixes.
  
  Eleuthero  pacman68  8 hours ago
  
  There are no fixes. Now Smarge is probably back on the DL and even when Bum returns we’ll still have 4 AAA pitchers in the rotation. We’re a better hitting team but we’ll have to win by outscoring everybody.
  
  Sgbssfg  Eleuthero  9 minutes ago
  
  Hope they put him on the DL and bring up a reinforcement. He’ll need the rest and why be short while waiting for a diagnosis.
  
  Nate’sFanMom  pacman68  9 hours ago
  
  Bring up Duggar and Shaw and let them get some experience for next season. In the meantime, I hope Gorkys keeps up the good hitting and nabs the Giants a good player like Eduardo Nunez.
  
  CaptBrewster  pacman68  9 hours ago
  
  Look for and enjoy the little individual successes from game to game. A flash of superb leather, a monstrous bomb, a couple consecutive innings of no-hit pitching, the surprising debute, a cool slide to steal a bag, the 20 pitch at bat. It’s the little things that can maintain a fans enjoyment if you don’t get too hung up on wins and losses.
  You think this is bad? Wait till they actually dive into re-build mode for a couple years.
  
  Skweezplay55  pacman68  9 hours ago
  
  You figure they will play better. Teams just aren’t this bad for very long. You hope this helps them take steps to bring up guys to help them. Slater? Yes please. What about Shaun Anderson and Ryan Howard?
  
  livfreerdi  Skweezplay55  8 hours ago
  
  This one has been for almost two years

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