Yes! The sky is falling according to all you Giants fans. Yes! It's time to shut it down and start to look to next year. Why, you ask? Timmy had another subpar outing.
In his past 3 starts, Mr. Lincecum has 15 1/3 inn., surrendering 14 runs, walking 15, while striking out only 14. These are hardly the numbers that you expect the 2 time Cy Young winner to have. Or is it? Let's take a look at the season as a whole. He has 11 starts -- 72+ innings with over 85 k's vs. 30 BB's, 3.15 era and a 5-2 record. Baseball is a season of peaks and valleys. That's what is great about baseball ... you don't know who is going to show up on any given day.
People have often asked me why I hate the Giants and my response is usually it's all of their "Humm Baby" fans. You guys all drive me nuts. Every week it's the same thing. You go from being just one "big bat" from winning it all to it's time to trade all your veteran players and go with the youth movement. Hey, Giants fan! Your problem is not Timmy or Barry (the clock will strike 12) Zito, it's the fact that you're the worst hitting, run scoring team in the majors. You are the only fans in the majors that would take a player like Pablo Sandoval and make him out to be the Albert Puljos of the West. Now you put the weight of the world on Buster Posey. Good luck, and a great way to ruin your young stud.
You fans have to look only at your front office for the reason that you won't, and never will, be world champions. You throw stupid money at the wrong people (see Barry ... yes, both of them), and then you surround them with veteran players that are about 5 years past their prime. For this I thank you all, I will be around for a long time.
The Sports Wise Guy
Monday, May 31, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
If only I had AAA...
It was mid-April. For most of us on the Left Coast that is the start of the hockey season. Yes! For those of us from California, hockey starts with the NHL play-offs. As a Bay Area guy the Sharks are my local flavor.
On April 14th I wandered out to the back shed. As I wandered, I began to dream of Lord Stanley's Cup residing in San Jose, CA. I opened the shed doors and pulled the cover off an automobile. What kind you ask? One that did not run. Its been awhile since I have driven this vehicle. I normally don't have to drive because I'm usually taken for a ride. Just like the Sharks against the Avalanche, it took awhile to get it running. With hard work and many long nights, I got my baby purrrrrring ... like a ... Shark?!?!
The pistons began to fire on all cylinders. Heatley, Marleau, and Thorton were revving up. This car ran on special high performance fuel called Joe Pavelwski and had a Evgeni Nabokov drive train.
It's time everyone climbs aboard this bandwagon as we head back to San Jose. Let's hope the Sharks can win it in 5 so I don't have to drive this wagon back to Hockey Town, USA (Detroit) for game 6. I know it won't make it home for game 7, and AAA won't tow this type of vehicle!
Go Sharks!
On April 14th I wandered out to the back shed. As I wandered, I began to dream of Lord Stanley's Cup residing in San Jose, CA. I opened the shed doors and pulled the cover off an automobile. What kind you ask? One that did not run. Its been awhile since I have driven this vehicle. I normally don't have to drive because I'm usually taken for a ride. Just like the Sharks against the Avalanche, it took awhile to get it running. With hard work and many long nights, I got my baby purrrrrring ... like a ... Shark?!?!
The pistons began to fire on all cylinders. Heatley, Marleau, and Thorton were revving up. This car ran on special high performance fuel called Joe Pavelwski and had a Evgeni Nabokov drive train.
It's time everyone climbs aboard this bandwagon as we head back to San Jose. Let's hope the Sharks can win it in 5 so I don't have to drive this wagon back to Hockey Town, USA (Detroit) for game 6. I know it won't make it home for game 7, and AAA won't tow this type of vehicle!
Go Sharks!
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