Goooo Giants

I've been in bed shaking for the last week.

About a week ago the giants were in the middle of two close playoff races. They had to play the best baseball of the whole season if they had any serious aspirations of making the playoffs and beating teams much better staffed and coached than them. So what did they do? They promptly lost four in a row (including a series to the Rockies). I then said to myself "the season is all but over UNLESS they sweep the brewers, win the arizona series, and suicide bomb the dodgers, winning the rivalry once and for all!" History will show, in situations like this, the season is almost always all but over. They had to play the best baseball of the season and they literally played their worst. Not only did they convince me they don't deserve to ever be in the playoffs this year, but they also convinced me that anyone who likes the Giants are losers (and i LOVE people who like the giants!).

Here's the specifics: The starting pitching is pathetic and the bullpen is doing a shitty impression of the starting pitching. The team is old, and if they were winning, their age wouldn't matter, but they AREN'T winning so it obviously does. Pedro Feliz being a free swinger isn't the end of a team, but a Pedro Feliz at first, third and catcher is. Randy Winn is both the best and worst basketball player in baseball since Michael Jordan. And Mike Stanton is our closer.

SO, as far as i'm concerned the season is over. You can only be a barely .500 team all season if you make a ridiculous run at the end (see the national league playoff picture). Infact, the WHOLE point of being .500 at september is to finish strong. The giants missed the WHOLE point and it's so frustrating!

I've been up for 5 months straight and it's time to get some sleep. I'll wake up again for the winter meetings (bring home Terry Mulholland!). Tampabay giants.com has a lot of growing up in the mean time and i'll do my best to deny that until the last minute and then throw something stupid together.

good night,
Brad