At the Quarter Pole

by humm baby on May 21, 2005 12:00 PM PDT

Without snarky self-loathing pessimism, where would Giants fans be? That being said, at the quarter pole, the 2005 Giants have played slightly better than the 2004 Giants.

As everyone will remember, in the first quarter of 2004, the Giants started off disastrously, going 17-24, with 165 RS and 221 RA. In April 2004, they batted just .268 and had a whopping team ERA of 5.55.

The 2005 Giants have started off 19-22 with 182 RS and 212 RA. They're batting .268 and have a team ERA of 4.72.

In 2004, after being swept by Pittsburg, the Giants bounced back with a 10 game win streak to end May, sweeping both Arizona and Colorado. The Giants did this with Bonds batting just .250 and hitting 4 HR in May. Giants pitching allowed just 28 runs over the 10 game stretch.

Unfortunately, the 2005 Giants have cooled off going into May. In April, the Giants hit .279 and were ninth in the league in RS. In May, the Giants have hit .255 and are twenty-eighth in the league in RS. In the meantime, pitching has remained consistently mediocre with an April ERA of 4.97 and a May ERA of 4.64 (both bottom third of the league).

But here's hoping the Giants can put together another hot streak and climb back into this thing.

Poll

Given the Giants first quarter performance, Brian Sabean should...

Ride the season out and dream of a healthy 2006

7 votes

Plug gaps by trading some young prospects

2 votes

Fire sale! Every "seasoned veteran" must go!

9 votes

Sacrifice a chicken and pray to Jobu

11 votes

29 votes | Poll has closed

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Fire Sale!

If ever there was a true vote of confidence in Sabean's "veterans only" strategy from within the organization, it was this quote from Grissom:

"A little bump here, and a little stress there...who knows, it'll strike up anything in this old body."

Damn You Grissom.

"I never have more than one drink before dinner. But I do like that one to be large and very strong and very cold and very well made." - Bond

by Hayes on May 23, 2005 10:59 AM PDT reply actions

I voted vor:

Ride the season out and dream of a healthy 2006.

The one exception is if you can rid yourself of Alfonzo's salary and open aup a possition for Feliz in the process, you do it.

Unfortunately the only veterans with value are Schmidt and maybe Tomko. You can trade Tomko if you get something valuable in return, but Schmidt stays at all costs.

by BleacherEd on May 23, 2005 12:49 PM PDT reply actions