house money

by Norman W. Albert on May 3, 2011 8:58 AM PDT

I know its frustrating watching this offense and the defense and Miguel Tejada looks pretty washed up to me but I have a new found perspective after the glorious 62 days that followed August 31, 2010 and the wonderful victory lap of a winter. I am still convinced that we were maybe one Edgar Renteria swing from a 1-0 defeat in game 5 and another epic heartbreaking collapse in games 6 and 7 (such thoughts tend to be more present following losses) but he did hit a three run homer and all the prior glorious hits that could have been near misses fell in and all the calls went our way. I still root for the Giants every minute of every day and I will do so until the end of my days. Now that we have won the World Series in my lifetime I know what won't have to be my last thought and deepest regret...

So this year we play with house money, knowing we were 41-40 halfway through last year, knowing we have a team that can win, even with all its flaws. I hope all Giant fans can take solace and keep 2010 in sight all the days of their lifes as I intend to. Go Orange and Black. Tonight I will be (1) cheering for you and (2) thanking you again from section 128, row 10, seat 1 at citi field.

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Who robbed Hugh Laurie?

Real talk though, we were never under .500 last year, even at our worst. This is bad.

Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.

by GiantPain on May 3, 2011 9:11 AM PDT reply actions

yeah

but think of it this way, 3 everyday players are having the worst years of their careers, and 2 more are injured.

Sharlon Schoop - honkbalspeler extraordinaire.
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That metaphor got away from me.

by Viliphied on May 3, 2011 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions

I thought about it that way

And then I was more sad. Why did you tell me to think about it that way!?

Gigante. Campeón. Pumpkin. Andrés Torres.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.

by GiantPain on May 3, 2011 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions

We're two games under .500

That is not a large number. Belt will come up at some point. Between Posey, Huff, Ross, and Tejada, I’m gonna bet that at least 2 of them get it going offensively. And while the pitching hasn’t been perfect, it’s stayed pretty good.

While I would not bet that we’re going to win the World Series again, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if we’re 41-40 halfway through.

We’ve had a lot of bad luck, so we’re a lot worse team than we expected, but the Giants were good enough to begin with that the worse team they’ve become ain’t totally horrible.

I still have hope.

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by hairball on May 3, 2011 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions

this

by Viliphied on May 3, 2011 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions

and hey, look at the bright side

at least we didn’t sign Crawford

by Viliphied on May 3, 2011 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions

Wouldn’t you trade Tejada, Huff and Ross for Crawford right now?

Thing A

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by sam23 on May 3, 2011 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Crawford in right, Burrell in left, Belt at first. DeRosa as backup 1B/3B, Nate and Rowand as the 4th/5th outfielders and….

/shakes of rosterbatory fantasies

Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.

by baetown415 on May 3, 2011 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions

with his contract?

no.

by Viliphied on May 3, 2011 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Ab-so-lutely

Seth Rosin can hit the side of a barn with a baseball. From space.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to WIN that (TM)

by quincy0191 on May 3, 2011 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions

Shamelessly reposting this because I could

http://vimeo.com/17392599

—jct

Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
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by jctGamer on May 3, 2011 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

HA! I don't want to cry anymore after I see this video

But it still is truly beautiful.

Don't think he can cut it in the bigs? Brock Bond will be the bigger man and walk walk walk away.

by baetown415 on May 3, 2011 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions

And people say you’re not funny!

by Evan on May 3, 2011 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions

post script

First, it was a great game to welcome the defending world champions to nyc and second, it was a torture never felt so good kind of game. third, reyes would look swell in black and orange. I guess its fitting that lineup could produce 7 runs in 10 innings but it sure looked bleak for a little while….

by Norman W. Albert on May 4, 2011 6:08 AM PDT reply actions