With the Pirates on the road and no Suns or work,tonight was spent watching 14 innings of baseball as the Giants scored three runs in the top of the 14th to break a 1-1 tie and then watched on helplessly as the Rockies scored five in the bottom of the inning as Ryan Spilborghs crushed the first pitch that Merkin Valdez threw to the plate over the wall in right center for a 6-4 Colorado win.
The game lasted just short of five hours and was quite entertaining for a low scoring game for 13 innings.
Giant Steps
1) If the Giants get any kind of hitting at all,they would be a threat to win it all.
Instead they will be lucky to make the playoffs.
With exception of Pablo Sandoval and maybe Freddie Sanchez and Benjie Molina,the Giants do not have a bat that would rate in the upper half of National League hitters at their position.
2) Ryan and I watched the latter half of the game together and quite a few tidbits came up.
The first was when the Giants scored their runs and I commented the game was not in the bag.
Too many times in these long games,once the gates are opened-the runs start scoring.
Why?
Each team tends to have their worst pitchers in the game by this point and then the offense takes command.
Colorado finished the game with Adam Eaton,while the Giants used Valdez,Brandon Medders and Justin Miller.
Not very many Gossages or Fingers in that bunch....
3) Another topic was the ugly uniforms of the Rockies.
To borrow Bill Maher's "New Rules"-New Rule:If you didn't wear sleeveless uniforms before 1969,you cannot wear them now.
Black,Purple and a dull hat equals boring and bad....
4) I don't particularly like Purple or Teal,but since the Rockies and Marlins have these unusual colors,why do they settle for black?
When you have different colors,at least use them for the hat.....
5) The Giants aren't exactly getting their use from Freddy Sanchez.
Sanchez came to the Giants a bit dinged up and has missed the Giants last seven games.
Sanchez is in danger of not triggering the 8 Million dollar option for 600 at bats that seemed so certain when he was with the Pirates....
Bonus Round
Barry Zito is still overpaid,but Zito has turned his game around in the second half.
The ERA reads under 2.50 in second half starts,but a lack of run support has caused his record to be just 3-2 and most often no decisions...
A few words on the top pick in the Baseball draft Stephen Strasbur
g.Strasburg is going to be very tough in the autograph hobby.
Strasburg turned down collectors several times over the weekend,many of them in one on one situations.
The one refreshing thing was in the Yahoo photo to the right-click this link where Yahoo's caption lists Strasburg as NOT signing an autograph.
Usually the media would have taken the picture and wrote-Strasburg waves to fans...
The fan in the picture is our good friend Tom O'Brien..
You haven't thrown a professional pitch yet and you are too good to sign autographs?
Sorry,sir-I think I'll take a pass on rooting for you...
Pirate pitching coordinator Troy Buckley has resigned to return to his former job at Long Beach State.
Buckley ruled the Pirate pitching coaches with an ironfist and didn't seem to want the coaches to offer very much in the way of instruction other than his.
One Pirate pitching coach seemed less than enthralled with Buckley in an off the record conversation.
I am sure that many of you have had talks that name without naming and that is what I felt was happening.
No word on potential replacements.
The Pirates have suspended former 2006 second round pick Mike Felix for driving under the influence indefinitely,although it is likely to be for the remainder of the season.
Felix was pulled over for crossing the center line three times and registered a blood alcohol level of .19.
Felix has always shown a strong arm,but was unable to consistently find the strike zone and this could possibly be the end of his time with the Pirates.....
Jon Stewart takes on the ridiculous dumbing down of our news with his take on "Just Sayin'.
I am at work when this segment is on and trust me,it is even dumber than it seems here.
Former Baltimore and Washington area veteran Carol Costello hosts the silly feature and doesn't do it any favors as a 48 year old woman attempts to get this over as a young person would....
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| CNN's Just Sayin' | ||||
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Photo Credits
Valdez:David Zalubowski-AP Photo
Strasburg:Charles Dharapak-AP Photo
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