Q & A #1

Hey Shawon, I loved watching you as a Giant. I remember that home run you hit in Game 6. Anyway, what do you think of the Giants’ finalized roster? Is this the year?
Andy H.
Sonoma

If, by “the year” you mean “the year that lots of unpredictable things in baseball happen, as is the case in most years” (which I assume you do) then, probably. I do remember that home run, and I remember we were definitely supposed to win the game when we were up 5-0. As I recall, that didn’t happen. What I mean to say is, the 2007 Giants aren’t supposed to be better than the 2006 team which lost like every game. On paper they look comparable, and in person they look even more similar. However, they look just as similar to the 2004 team which won nearly 150 games and would have made the playoffs if it weren't for that slimeball crawdad Finley. The most notable difference was that the 2004zies had the offensive juggernaut of “The Angry Abbreviator”, J.T. Snow. Snow was “supposed” to hit about .237, instead he anagramed those numbers and put up a .327. Long story short, anything can happen, especially in the playoffs. The Cardinals were by far the worst team in the postseason last year and they didn’t embarrass themselves. So, to answer your question, yes.