by Dr. Lefty | Aug 12, 2023 | Latest Post, Out of Left Field
by DrLefty I am stuck in the middle with my morning coffee. At a crossroads, you could even say. Let me explain. For many years, we’d brew a big pot of strong French Roast coffee. Boom. Done. But a couple of years ago, MrLefty decided to invest some of his...
by Dr. Lefty | Aug 5, 2023 | Latest Post, Out of Left Field
by DrLefty So the 2023 trade deadline came and went, and the Giants basically passed. Why? Well, there are two distinct but related reasons. First, the players available for trade weren’t all that appealing. There was no Juan Soto sweepstakes this year. Second,...
by Dr. Lefty | Jul 29, 2023 | Latest Post, Out of Left Field
by DrLefty Last week I riffed on the “glass half-full vs. glass half-empty” metaphor. One week later, I feel like the glass is down to two-thirds empty. Really the only thing going well for the Giants is that the other teams in the NL West have been losing...
by Dr. Lefty | Jul 22, 2023 | Latest Post, Out of Left Field
by DrLefty I’m nervous about the Giants right now. I read the discussion on TWG following last night’s game and saw a spirited conversation about two reasonable perspectives: (1) the team’s offense in particular has been “putrid” over the...
by Dr. Lefty | Jul 15, 2023 | Latest Post, Out of Left Field
by DrLefty Last week I talked about JuniorHighLefty being bewildered and put off by some weird dude singing about putting “de lime in de coconut.” Around the same time, I became absolutely obsessed with the song “American Pie,” which was a #1...
by Dr. Lefty | Jul 8, 2023 | Latest Post, Out of Left Field
*If you love/hate the content of Out of Left Field this week, you can thank/blame MrLefty. In fact, he had so many ideas for this column that I suggested maybe he’d like to write it himself. But he says he only traffics in concepts, and he’ll leave the...
