by Dr. Lefty | Jun 25, 2022 | Latest Post, Out of Left Field
I’m not sure what else to say about the Giants this week. After winning the second game in Pittsburgh last Saturday, they’ve lost five out of six. The first four losses were by one run, and last night’s listless performance ended up 4-2 Reds. The...
by Dr. Lefty | Jun 18, 2022 | Latest Post, Out of Left Field
The Giants had a very good week, going 5-1 against the Dodgers, Royals, and Pirates. Last night’s 2-0 victory featured solo homers by Luis Gonzalez and Joc Pederson, eight sparkling two-hit innings by the good version of Carlos Rodón (more on him below), and a...
by Dr. Lefty | Jun 11, 2022 | Latest Post, Out of Left Field
Here is a link to the full game. The tenth anniversary of Matt Cain’s perfect game is on Monday, June 13, but the Giants are celebrating it tomorrow (Sunday), and this is the weekend column, so I thought now would be a good opportunity to reflect upon it....
by Dr. Lefty | Jun 4, 2022 | Latest Post, Out of Left Field
It’s about that time for a professor: finals and graduation are coming up this next week, and I’ll be doing my final set of grades for this academic year. The Giants are not exactly at the one-third mark for the 2022 season (at 28-23, they’ve played...
by Dr. Lefty | May 28, 2022 | 2022 Season, Latest Post, Out of Left Field
Photo credit: NBCS Bay Area Last night, some of y’all were gleefully speculating on what kind of scorched-earth column I’d write after the Giants’ ugly loss to the Reds, and I said I already had a title. The one I had in mind was...