Matt Cain earned his first career win against the Dodgers, and the Giants swept their bitter rivals to move one and a half games behind the Padres. Now the Giants must root for the Dodgers to beat up on the Padres so they can overtake them and surge into first place in the NL West:
…. The Giants, who welcomed Javier Lopez to the bullpen while welcoming back Brian Wilson, beat the Dodgers 2-0 on Sunday night in front of a vigorous, sold-out crowd and a national television audience, sweeping their rivals at home for the first time since 2004.
The team continues to play extremely well, just good old-fashioned, hard-nosed baseball, and is impressing the hell out of me. The packed house, playoff-intensity atmosphere yesterday was a sight for sore eyes. It’s been a while, that’s for sure, and I’m glad to see it.
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Arrrrgh!
John wrote on Aug 2, just one week ago.
I don’t know how else to make this any plainer.
Aubrey Huff is having a career year at .946 OPS
Andres Torres is having a career year at .883 OPS
Buster Posey is having a career year at .911 OPS
Pat Burrell has come off his deathbed at .881 OPS
And even with all that unanticipated and unexpected and remarkable performances; the Giants are on par to score exactly 707 runs, including the incredible month of July in which they led all of MLB with 147 runs scored in 28 games.
Thats how bad the brilliant signings of DeRosa, Molina, F. Sanchez, Aaron Rowand, and Edgar Renteria have been. Not even the mind-boggling good performances on the cheap from Huff, Posey, Burrell and Torres has been enough to offset the obscene and mortifying number of outs created by the likes of the $39 Million in annual salaries paid to DeRosa, Rowand et al. The performance, or should I say “lack thereof” by these “signature free agent signings” should be enough to convince even the most sycophantic Giants follower that Sabean needs to leave and take Bochy with him.
The Giants need a fresh start with new blood who can create their own kind of program that will return San Francisco to a desirable place to play for free-agents. And that includes a new GM who actually returns phone calls.
Brad Penny resurrected his career during his short stint with the Giants and he’s been doing well in St. Louis. Is he worth the $7.5M salary plus $1.5M in incentives? Todd Wellemeyer has been a million dollar tire fire, going 3-5. He returned to the pen from AAA yesterday to serve as long relief.
Bochy said: “It’s nice to have that luxury, though we’ve been doing OK without it.” Sure, Bruce. Whatever you say.
Apparently the Giants are still hoping Dontrelle Willis will pitch in the bigs this year. Because 13 is an unlucky number, I’m guessing, and 14 would be better. They are also looking at Jose Guillen who was just dfa by Kansas City. This is the way Brian Sabean builds a team, like a six year old house painter: The job is not going to get done right.
Aaron Rowand, who will be paid $12M+ this season is making strong progress, if his goal is to hit below the Mendoza line, having sunk from an AVG: .309 in his last year at Philadelphia, to .271 in 2008, .261 in 2009, he’s now reached .248. With the highest pay and lowest batting average of any player on the entire squad (except Barry Zito) it is difficult not to wish he had hit that wall a little harder back in 2006. He has gone from looking like he was going to take a dump in the batter’s box to actually doing it. Bochy must be feeling the pressure to play him; Rowand is the highest paid bench player in the history of the game.
I would be delighted to see this team reach the post season, but it will be a struggle. There are 51 games to go and Colorado has yet to hit their stride. San Diego’s August schedule is soft compared with the Giant’s. It’s going to be a long month.
ya….bumbko 2.0 returned to record not even one out…he is a waste
I Call Bullshit
Six weeks of great ball does not a smart GM make. The Giants managed two doinky runs off erratic Jair Jurrjens last night and were bopped over the head by Atlanta. I know they have the best homefield record in MLB. They should. The Ted plays like a sweat lodge filled with helium sometimes; the two Braves’ jacks barely clearing the wall. And all the Giants did was scatter some powerless pus around the pinball machine. Some problems never seem to go away. Never realize a sunk cost. Stick by your mistakes no matter what, because it is more important to save face with underlings and bosses than to win ballgames.
Rowand OPS 699 0 for 3 striking out on a slider in the dirt and once grounding out to lead off the inning in front of Lincecum on 1 pitch.
Sanchez OPS 659 1 for 4 looking weak while doing it. At least Rowand was batting eight while moron Bochy continues to slot Sanchez AAA bat in the 2 hole.
Sandoval OPS of 709 2 for 4 from the 7 hole.
Three automatic outs in the 2, 8, and 9 hole. One of every three batters is a no-sweat out.
Too bad Sabean couldn’t have picked up even an .800 ops bat for the outfield and leave Huff at 1b…you know, like this guy for say about $75000:
.788 OPS 11 stolen bases. I would much rather be looking at Fred Lewis 788 in the lineup hitting from the 7 or 8 hole than Rowands 699.
And wtf with 13 pitchers? With the best starting staff in all of baseball supposedly?
The only thing that Sabean and Bochy are telling folks, is that the Giants have absolutely nothing in their farm system. Bonds has been gone for 3 season “hello!”
If the Giants stumble into the post season, it will be in spite of Sabean and Bochy; two of the sourest pusses two ever represent the orange and black.
Bochy leaving Tim in for the 7th when he’s clearly gassed was obviously a bad move. There are 8 guys in the bullpen! Use them when it’s 100 degrees for christsake! No wonder Tim has a dead arm and can barely throw 91 with ZERO location…
they do have some interesting prospects right now…specifically belt and pill
more so belt than pill
both probably get a call up in sept…although if the giants are still in the hunt, they will only get ph duties
giants have not played well at the ted since it has opened….its the southern version of roxville….so i wasnt surprised at the last two games
gotta deal with one thing….hard to get acclimated to that climate, coming from nocal weather….im surprised that both timmy and zito fared so well
i did not get why bochy started rowand again…maybe hoping that there were still trace memories of when he used to be a phil….cuz he was a joke last nite….im hoping that will be the last of his starts
the game is truly gonna miss cox….he and his staff have the entire system down pat
from the draft through aaa, cox players are drafted and groomed for the atl (cox) way of playing the game….
its really cool to watch
love how their scouts have sanchez pegged….that as caliber 2nd baseman, who is getting 6 mil per to hit singles, cannot hit anything over the outside corner of the plate…and has done nothing to make an adjustment
i have less of a prob with the panda…he is 23…he hit his learning curve…will be worried if he repeats this season starting out next april…will also be worried if he cant drop 30 lbs during the upcoming offseason….
dont think they will stumble into the playoffs
they either win the division by 2 games or the wc by a good margin
or…they totally implode in sept
joe:
What I meant by nothing in the farm system, I meant that there are only 4 bench players at any one time . There’s not a single position player in Fresno that is better suited to make a contribution than the 13th pitcher on the staff? Last night those four players happened to be: Rowand, Schierholtz, Whiteside and Renteria. And that is pathos. That is an embarrassment. And it is $24 Million in Annual Salary. To contrast. The Braves are carrying 5 bench players and that doesn’t include Nate McLouth and his $22 Million contract that they shipped out to their AAA affliate in Gwinnett. And if anything distinguishes a long running post-season team like the Braves from a herky-jerky, hither and fro franchise like the Giants it is that.
Supposedly Dunn hit waivers. The Nationals wanted Sanchez or Bumgarner. A guy in their lineup that would make the Giants post-season drive one of “all-in”. For a number 5 pitcher. A pitcher that normally doesn’t even make the roster in post season. But no. Instead they’re relying on Buster Posey to hit clean-up and carry Sabean’s collection of overpaid-underachieving slackers into the post-season. A kid they didn’t even have enough confidence in until a third of the season was over, to even add to the roster, much less take away playing time from Bengie of the “no-fucking-tools-left-anymore other than storytelling at the postgame spread tribe, Molina. The contributions of the big money signings of Renteria, Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa are fucking invisible. Non-existent. They are all under .700 OPS. That isn’t even AAA production.
Instead they are content to rest their post-season hopes on Buster Posey, and three cast-offs from the American League. Huff, Burrell and Torres. Good for the three of them. Those are three wonderful fucking fairy-tales happening in real life, and I am delighted to witness it up close along with thousands of others. We all live for stores like that.
I don’t think this is anyway to run a baseball organization. Sabean gave away the two missing pieces he needs now to reach the post-season. He gave Fred Lewis away to Toronto and he let his NO 5 starter Kevin Correia (the supposed pitching slot the fucking idiot media sycophants are all loathe to give up in exchange for the one genuine power hitter that has been missing for four fucking seasons) go to San Diego on an unconditional release. And because of this and dozens of reject-worthy transactions over the last few years the Giants chances at their first chance to crack the top 25% in 7 years are all being bet on the shoulders of rookie Buster Posey.
Thats not running an organization, that is wishful fucking thinking and hoping to step in shit and emerge with a gold nugget stuck to the bottom.
this is where you lose me
sure, a team only carries 4 sp into the post….but you dont make the post with 4 and a prayer
and this org doesnt have a 5th starter waiting in the wings for next season
and if you think its easy to get a 5th starter….look at this team at the start of the season…and take a good look at the dodgers…a real good look
the fact is, sabean wasted trades too many times in the past, and because he cant really judge talent, overpays for most.
Well this is exactly what Sabean did when he signed Wellemeyer then after letting Penny go and before that Corriea. The fifth starter thing is overrated. Thats basically 5 innings of out of 45 or 1/9 of the teams total innings over a 5 game span. Big fucking deal. Gimme a fucking power bat for all 5 games vs a marginally better arm for 5 innings.
So what I’m saying is that the Giants are chickenshitting their way again by not bringing in a guy who could not only provide them with a massive presence in the middle of the lineup, it would have given them a 5th player for the bench and a chance once they reached post-season to you know, actually win as opposed to “just happy to be here after seven years of ineptness.”
See thats the difference between Atlanta, Philadelphia, NYY, Boston, Dodgers, Angels, and now the Rangers.
ALL FUCKING IN. Not dipping their fucking little toe in tentatively.
And the bigger point is this. Depending on Posey to carry this team is nuts. Its not planning. Its relying on luck.
Pathetic.
The problem is that it’s risky to Sanchez, because it’s not clear that MadBum will hold up. He’s never thrown this many innings in his life, and dealing MadBum, who is under control for six years would be too costly for 1/2 season of Dunn. I would have been in favor of mortgaging the farm system for a good 1/2 season of someone like Dunn who could make us a NL pennant favorite, but it’s not clear that such a deal would have been accepted.
If Penny had been signed, this would have been easy. That, to me, was the biggest mistake. He would not have cost much, and would have allowed them to deal a starter for a bat.
yup….resign penny and then you can trade either sanchez or madbaum
sabean didnt look at anything long range…his heart was so set on getting derosa and sanchez….both who were the walking wounded to start the season
and sanchez may be healthy…but he doesnt look it at the plate
he is slow getting around on pitches and cant hit anything thrown to the outside of the plate
oh, and another non surprise…rentwreck is injured again….so the bench that had 4, now has 3
which made the whole rowand ph’ing for nate today, even more insane
the team better beat up on the woeful cubbies
And Just For The Hell of It
Fuck the Dodgers. I’m sick of their shit. Even though Ted Lilly and Vicente Padilla managed to help the Giants draw even with the Padres in the win column at 62, I give them no credit. Padilla is a headhunting sack of bad temper selfishness. And its not just the players necessarily, its everything about them. The McCourts have become the personification of everything the Dodgers stand for. Greed, selfishness, narcissism, and a complete lack of self-awareness. I grew up not liking the Dodgers. But in the last couple of years since Couple Number Tew took over from Rupert Murdoch and Ned Colletti decided he had a future as a celebrity GM, they have become a toxic and tumorous reminder that the differences between the Giants and the Dodgers are vast. They are as different from one another as the orcs are from the elves in Lord of The Rings. This says it better than anything I can write here.
I’ll tell you what really scares me. If this team makes the playoffs, Bochy and Sabean may get their contracts extended.
Ha. Didn’t think of that, did you?
Unless the wheels completely fall off this team for the rest of this season and next season is a disaster as well, I think that’s pretty much a given at this point…
F.P. Santangelo is a very perceptive baseball analyst. CSN found a winner.
are you serious?
fp cant shut the fuck up
but fp is proof that roids dont mean shit
See; this is why Robert’s scared. What is F.P. missing? If not very much, then what is he failing to shut the fuck up about?
Are there baseball analysis steroids I haven’t heard of?
when he was doing color on tv…he behaved like it was radio
color on tv is an art fp doesnt have
his post game analysis is also a bunch of blather
and i hate his radio show
I can’t stand FP. He’s rude to callers and has this Tolbert wanna be syndrome.
Here’s the thing about this guy. Occasionally I get trapped in the car with the radio on 680..and a couple of days ago, this mental midget is shooting off his mouth about how mental the game is. Which was preceded immediately by his blabbing on and on about staying up all night after games clubbing. Thats how dense this little freep is, he sees no connection between the two; meaning that there is no correllation between the physical and the mental.
Was one of the stupider things I heard
There is no brain there. Just a hamster with an overactive pituitary gland.
well, as fp was not a very good player….maybe he has a point
you have to admit, that in the case of guys like huff and torres, alot of their performance this season has to do with their improved mental outlook regarding the game
a positive work place makes for good and hard working employees
i just wish the org had the same attitude towards the kids
FP is a forty year old frat rat. He has never grown up. Guys like him give ballplayers a bad name with regular folks. They’re the kind of guys who spend 3 hours a day flexing in front of the gym mirrors in the mornign, sending cell-phone pics of their abs to 17 year old girls in the afternoon, and charging $500/bottle vodka on mom’s credit card at Club Lizard Lounge at night.
He’s one of these little Napoleonic complex twerps who managed to have just enough success and luck to play in the Bigs for awhile and has been smarmy and greasy enough to parlay it into a celebrity media gig for himself because the media whores know there is a market for that, and they need to pander to that market lest 60 cents worth of advertising dollars be left on the table for some other sleeze bucket to pickup.
Can you tell I can’t stand him? LOL
Hard to know what to hope for with Dunn hitting waivers. Definitely don’t want the Rockies to get him. With him, the Giants may become the best team in the league (Torres, Sanchez, Huff, Dunn, Posey,Uribe, Burrell/Schierholtz, Sandoval) but I hate having my best Giant memories connected to carpetbaggers (Bell, Dunston, Lofton).
nobody is getting dunn
this is done (mind the pun) every year
teams dangle guys to see what bites
and dont diss on shawon….i still cry every time i watch his famous, “somebody has to be a good teammate” interview\
and lofton shouldve been resigned…instead we got that japanese future porn star
Good call Uncle Joe. I should not have put either Bell or him in the “carpetbagger” category. My poorly stated point was that one of my greatest Giant memories (was at that game) involved three players who were Giants for a combined 2 1/2 years (or thereabouts).
That truly makes me laugh.
I have a huge number of baseball bookmarks. I research before I make statements. I really do take OBM seriously. And I am intimidated by guys that can quote stats off the tops of their heads. I have to look them up, study, compare.
I also don’t want to sound stupid or poorly informed. I value the smart in this blog, and don’t want to dilute it. You may laugh.
Nobody can get pissed off like +mia and still make so much sense. I am not kissing ass, just telling the truth.
Also, he makes me laugh.
I’m not interested in “G” rated. I like this.
Robert scares me.
Fuck dood. I can’t always be class clown LOL
I take OBM very seriously.
I lurked for three+ years before I posted a word. (You guys scared me.) Then I lurked some more.
That’s a little crazy, but there you go. I don’t say it’s what has to be done. I’m just saying that’s what I did. I had opinions, but I realized I had to organize them and present them well.
I don’t write my posts at the site. I use a word clone. I write, read, re-read. Edit. Fix.
You guys still scare me.
When I post here, I’m not fucking around.
“…You guys still scare me”
WTF? Robert?
That truly makes me laugh.
but OT. tell me you think
You can drop by for some non-threatening shit over there. Its actually “G” rated.
Which is nice.
tell me that you didnt enjoy july just a little bit
sabean and and the brain trust were made to look like idiots, forcing posey to start the year in fresno
the kid had all of st to work with his pitchers….that shouldve ben enough
think about how different this team wouldve been had fat ass not been clogging the base paths starting in april
Unc Joe,
No Shit. And just think if you add DeRosa in the mix instead of Torres. Think Torres gets his shot w/o DeRosa ging on the shelf. Do not wish injury on anyone…but, the Baseball Gods are definitely smiling on us. Which makes this special feeling I have about this team even better.
Kind of Divine Intervention working here.
You know +mia is digging all this. He’s first and foremost…a Gigantes fan…above anything else. Still think he’s waiting for the other shoe to drop. But, I know he’s loving every minute of the Dodger demise this year.
Got to love the timing of Renteria’s rbi’s this year. Almost all are game tying or game winning. Truly amazing.
Hey Robert…Never be intimidated here. Just go pour your favorite beverage…and let her rip. It’s cool not be bring your A game every time…just as long as you bring game. Just showing up is 90% of life.
Let’s keep this mojo working.
Hopeing for a 4-2 road trip…even 3-3 would be tolerable.
almost forgot about derosa
you are right…the baseball gods are definitely smiling upon this org
maybe this is the year
im sure the gods are whispering into the ears of the fo brain trust..forcing sabean to trade lard ass….forcing sabean and bochy to bench rentawreck and rowand….
then the gods struck down bumko 2.0, forcing them to bring up madbaum
ti getting to contribute more than as just a defensive sub
and lo and behold, if you remove the high priced worthless pos’s that are still on this team…the guys who are doing all the hard work (save for the pitching staff, who is worth the money) are guys in the mold of those that have the friars in first
im telling you…even if they dont make the post….this has been a very enjoyable season
A person would have to not like baseball, not like nice guys, and generally be a fucktarded fuckwit to not enjoy the Giants run. I take it for what it is. Great freeking fun watching great performances by a collection of guys who on paper have no business doing what they’ve been doing since the end of that seven game losing streak.
Its like you always say, at some point there is no explanation that can be metrically established ahead of time. Huff, Burrell, Posey, Huff, Uribe, Huff, Torres.
The pitching was expected yes. But not the run production. I look up and down that lineup and other than Posey, there’s not a guy there worth more than a year deal for next year at this point.
Stuff can change, and it probably will. They just concluded the best month they have had since they
look at the friars on paper
by all rights, they should be fighting the snakes for the cellar
paper dont mean shite
posey is the first rook since the thrill who makes the guys around him better
and stop waiting for that other proverbial shoe to fall
+mia,
We all know what’s on paper…is worth paper. Never had paid much attention to what is expected…nor the evil word potential. It’s production that counts…and you know I was one of the idiots who has been pumping Torres since 2009…over Rowand. Got drilled on this site by many. One of the aspects I like most of unproven players…is you never know what you’re going to get…so give them a shot…especially if they have speed. The Pad’s are living proof of this…and I like their make up.
Huff/Posey/Torres are the main reasons where we are at. For the first time since Lofton…we have a legit lead-off…and Huff has been everything and more we needed. Veteran leadership…who actually leads by action. Posey is beyond description.
Seriously…there is no better team in the NL than the Gigantes. I see not only making the playoffs…but going deep. This is a special team…and everything in aligning into place. Burrell’s two run shot Sat. was the clincher for me…that this is our year. A Mike Ivie type shot. It’s events like this that are beyond rationalization. It’s about fucking time…it’s our year…and time to finally bring a championship home.
I would lock Torres up on a multi-year deal…and try to keep Uribe for another two.
The other shoe is never going to drop…not this year.
This is not about Bochy or Sabean…it’s about the players on this team. This is a special team…and it shows.
I’ve always been a believer in thinking positive…and thinking Big. My Motto has is…Either Go Huge…or Go Home.
Stay Hot Gigantes
+mia,
Pardon the gramitical mistakes on last post…racing to catch a flight.
Here’s to a 5-1 or 4-2 road trip.
Well, they’re going to have to sweep Atlanta to go 5-1. The Braves are legit. They always are. Their pitching is right there with the Giants, with Jurrjens, Hudson, Hanson, and Lowe. And their pen has actually been a little better. But when a team is hot, they’re hot, and matchups on paper don’t mean squat. We shal see what we shall see.
lol
no reason to be scared
I’m content with this team right now. They’re playing well. I think we’re the favorites to win the NL West, and have a great shot at the Wild Card if we don’t. I’m happy enough with how we’re playing that I just don’t have any complaints whatsoever – I can ignore anything that would normally be complaint worthy and focus on the good.
@Robert – To be fair, Torres is really, really fast, one of the faster players in the league. Sure he’s 32 and probably not as fast as he once was, but if the rumors are true, in his prime he had legitimate world class speed. A step down from that will still put him among the elites in MLB when it comes to speed.
As for Sandoval, honestly, I can’t see any noticeable difference in his approach, or how pitchers are pitching him. He’s getting a few more pitches outside the zone, but it’s not a big change from before – pitchers figured out he was a free swinger probably 50 AB’s into his career. He’s right around his career average in swinging at pitches out of the zone, though he’s swinging at slightly less pitches in the zone. His contact rates are right at his career average, he’s actually swinging through a few less pitches in the zone than before (all these numbers are at Fangraphs under “Plate Discipline”)….I’m just not seeing a meaningful change in his approach or how he’s pitched to. He’s also getting close to the same proportion of fastballs, sliders, curves, etc. The difference is he’s simply not squaring the ball up consistently the way he did last year. Mostly, he’s not crushing fastballs like he did last year. I don’t know if there’s a remedy for that, or what we should expect out of him in the future. All I know is for Sandoval’s bat to catch fire, he needs to make better contact, because that’s the difference between last year and this year.
If you’re right, then it must be a vision problem. The eyes square the ball up.
Could be a timing problem or a problem with his swing…or just random variation, too…..
No pitcher will complain about a catcher with a 1.118 OPS, which is what Buster Posey has had the last 28 days.
(Actually, nobody will complain about that sort of unreal performance.)
It is important to notice that the surge in performance by the Giants exactly corresponds with the removal of Benjie Molina, sad to say. Nobody wants to bad mouth Molina, but he was very done. Bochy kept playing him, despite the obvious truth. Look at his record at Texas.
AT&T park needs more speed, and it sure doesn’t need a beer truck like Molina.
If the management was building for the park they would get faster and stop buying slow. The fact that Andres Torres is the fastest guy on the team, and that he is 32 years old, suggests to me that the management is still just lucky when they win.
here is what kills me
every pitcher that has worked with posey has nothing but praise for the kid
so what in the hell was the org worried about?
the main prob with this team from april through june was a big fat slow bastard who served as the backstop
has he been posey’s rabbi, that wouldve been fine…but buster was stuck down in fresno
we couldve been spared all of the torture had the move been made earlier
however, its nice that lardass got us an arm
Unc Joe,
A big Amen. I’ve been saying all year that this was a championship calibur club w/o Molina and Rowand. Must admit…Rowand has had a couple clutch hits…and handled the situation professionally. Rumors have it that Molina was a malcontent…and a major negative influence in the dugout and clubhouse. Should’ve never been on the roster.
Molina for a roster spot,bag of balls and salary dump was a great deal. Getting Ray and a prospect….total steal. Sabean got that one right.
Molina blows out his hammy running out a triple in Fenway hitting for the cycle in his last ab…ironic? I think not.
Just keep winning series.
Stay Hot Gigantes.
In the month of July the Giants had the best record in the National League, going 20-8. It was a fantastic month and thoroughly enjoyable to watch.
July was marked by the complete absence of Bengie Molina in the lineup, and a red-hot Buster Posey taking his place. The pitching, which has been erratic this season, settled down. The offense has been solid, posting a +47 runs scored differential during the month.
In order to continue winning the Giants are going to have to seriously buckle down. They did not acquire a big bat for the center of their lineup during the trades. They will have to make due with the talent they have. (Thank you for not making any insane trades.)
That said, Pablo Sandoval, who took a few days off in July to travel to Venezuela to attend to matters of a “personal nature,” has continued to perform far below expectations.
Pablo Sandoval, despite efforts by the Giants staff to get his diet under control, looks to be more than 40 pounds overweight. His speed on the base paths has visibly fallen off.
Orel Hershiser commented that the league has taken note of Sandoval’s propensity to swing at pitches outside the strike zone and has subsequently stopped throwing the ball anywhere near it, letting Pablo strike himself out. Bochy has been steadily moving Sandoval’s spot back in the lineup, as well he should.
Sandoval, who turns 24 next week, has dropped around 240 points of OPS from last year and is the NL leader in grounding into double plays (with 20). The young Sandoval has some serious adjusting to do if the Giants are going to be able to compete down the stretch.
At this point I wish Omar Vizquel was on the Giant’s coaching staff, a fellow Venezuelan, and a consummate professional, someone who could take Sandoval under his wing and get him focused.
While I am happy to see the Giants doing so well in July, it is a long season, there are many games left to play, and every player is going to have to excel to get this team into the World Series. The Giants need Pablo Sandoval to do it.
God Speed Pablo, and ¡feliz cumpleaños!
John,
You got that right. It was a ‘stick” crowd last night. Time to ride this wave. Love the chemistry of this team…and you can feel the confidense growing daily.
SWEEP.
If Sanchez and Sandoval could get going…watch out.
It’s ours to lose.
Stay Hot Gigantes.