Unlikely, unbelievable, unfathomable, undeniable….
You see where I’m headed here. The Giants swept the Rockies out of town, coming back from a seventh inning, three-run deficit because of the unlikeliest of unlikely heroes, Mr. Edgar Renteria. Renteria’s grand slam wasn’t a walkoff like Spilborghs in Colorado, but it sure tasted good.
UPDATE: How about a pennant-drive pickup that matters?
…. White Sox GM Kenny Williams called teams this afternoon to let them know a large part of their roster is available in trade, including sluggers Jermaine Dye, Paul Konerko and Jim Thome and veteran relievers Scott Linebrink and Octavio Dotel.
Dye has 25 home runs and 50 walks, the two things, as you all know, that the Giants need more than anything. He’d be owed about 15% of his $12 million dollar salary, about, what, $3 million? Apparently, we just picked up Brad Penny, because we need walks and home runs. Oh, that’s right, Penny gives up tons of walks and home runs, so there’s always that.
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I continue to be amazed by this team. Every time I count them out they bounce back. Who thought these guys could score 9 runs against their main playoff rival to complete a sweep? Not me, that’s for sure. What a great season–let’s hope we can keep it going.
Unbelievable isn’t the word. Renteria saw the ball like Superman in in a strip club. And the Gyros had the good fortune to run into Moe Morales, Larry Betancourt, and Curley Rincon after getting to Hammel.
Fuck ‘em. The Rox are as bush league an outfit as their is. Wilson shattering Heltons bat while forcing him to his knees was unbelievably my favorite moment all inning! Seriously though, as much hurt as Lumberjack Todd put on the Giants, it was sweeeeeeeeeeet to see him kneeling before Zod! Best laugh of the weekend. Payback for the all the horseshit that goes on in that joke of a yard in Denver.
If they can get through the last 6 of these 28 nastys, then they are seriously in this. Enjoy for the time being. Band box Tuesday will be here soon enough.
I said they were fun to watch, and I stand by it. To refer back to our previous exchange, I find watching bears eat salmon on the Discovery Channel fun to watch, too, but this is like watching the salmon kicking the bear’s ass 55% of the time. Yep. FUN.
Baseballbriefs.com tracking back …. Unexpected…
Baseballbriefs.com tracking back …. Unexpected…
I never gave a damn about baseball until 1967 when the RedSox came out of nowhere in the same way.
Enjoy this. It’s a rare and wonderful thing.
Like a beautiful woman stopping you on the street and taking you home for the best sex of your life.
It might not last, but you’ll remember the feeling and details forever.
the giants have won at home all season….big fuckin whoop
call me after this road trip
damn dude, we’re not the best team in the league or anything, but come on we just swept the rox to pull into the wild card lead, finishing them off with a come from behind grand slam, live a little and enjoy the team when they come through
sorry…i dont play that game
i would like to see one fucking game where bochy doesnt lift nate cuz he is about to face a lefty
would like to see one game where bochy doesnt wipe out his bench before the 8th with all those fucking useless double switches
one fucking game where sanchez really plays and can run
You forgot to mention that Barry Zito won his first meaningful game as a Giant during this series. Don’t look now, but since Zito got crushed against San Diego on July 12th, he’s started 9 times and put up an ERA of 1.80 in those games.
Yeah. And the morons are all atwitter because he used to be good. A long time ago. In a galaxy far away. In Florida. But what the fuck, why would Sabean want a power hitter with OBP when everybody knows that while chicks dig the long ball, butt-plugs dig the ground attack
ok…so sabean is hoping that penny can go 6 each outing without giving up more than 5 runs…honestly, i think that pucetas,hammond or even kinney can do that too…and no way is penny getting added to a post season roster
thing is…i dont think penny can go 6 anymore….but what the heck, he is basically free
as for getting dye or any of those other guys…unless they can get on the post season roster…and that window closes in 45 minutes…wont be worth the cost
and i dont think they will make it through waivers
[...] as John Perricone of Only Baseball Matters expounds, the G-Men are a team in desperate need of extra offense generated by its offense, not its starting pitcher. Why not trade for Jermaine Dye(notes), who was [...]
[...] as John Perricone of Only Baseball Matters expounds, the G-Men are a team in desperate need of extra offense generated by its offense, not its starting pitcher. Why not trade for Jermaine Dye(notes), who was [...]
[...] as John Perricone of Only Baseball Matters expounds, the G-Men are a team in desperate need of extra offense generated by its offense, not its starting pitcher. Why not trade for Jermaine Dye(notes), who was [...]
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