WELL, IT WAS A TOUGH CONTEST, THIS ONE, BUT IN THE END, THE GIANTS COULD NOT SCORE. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I THOUGHT THE GIANTS WOULD SCORE, BUT THEY DID NOT. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WAS CONVINCED THAT THE GIANTS WOULD NOT SCORE, AND THEY DID NOT. SO IT APPEARS FOR JUST A MOMENT THAT MY INSTINCTS WERE CORRECT.
THE FUNNY THING ABOUT THIS LINEUP NOT SCORING IS THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THE GIANTS WHO WAS IN THE LINEUP HAS HAD AT LEAST ONE RBI IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES BEFORE. I CHECKED THE STATS, AND SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE HAD TWO OR MORE. IN FACT, BASED ON MY RESEARCH, THERE ARE SEVERAL PLAYERS WHO HAVE OVER ******500****** RBI IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES. AUBREY HUFF IS ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS. AARON ROWAND IS ANOTHER. I EVEN THINK THAT MARK DEROSA HAS THAT NUMBER OF RUNS BATTED IN, OR HE IS AT LEAST CLOSE.
BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT EVEN THOUGH ALL OF THOSE PLAYERS HAVE TONS AND TONS AND TONS OF RUNS BATTED IN OVER THEIR CAREERS, THEY COULD NOT MANAGE TO GET ANY TONIGHT. WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF THAT PARTICULAR SEQUENCE OF EVENTS HAPPENING? I AM NOT A STATS GUY BECAUSE WATCH A GAME FELLAS AM I RIGHT? BUT IT SEEMS THAT IT IS UNUSUAL FOR ALL OF THOSE PLAYERS TO NOT GET RBI WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN SO PROFICIENT IN GETTING THEM IN THE PAST
SO IN THE END, THEREFORE, IT WAS THE PITCHING THAT IS TO BLAME FOR THIS AS IT USUALLY IS. I HAVE CHECKED VARIOUS SOURCES, AND EVERY SINGLE PITCHER FOR THE GIANTS ALLOWED AN EARNED RUN IN THE PAST, THEREFORE, IN THE END, THIS SORT OF THING SHOULD HAVE BEEN PREDICTED. I BELIEVE THAT THIS SORT OF THING COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF ONLY THINGS HAD BEEN PLANNED BETTER. THAT IS MY OPINION AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE.
THE GIANTS ARE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF THEIR RIVALS IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST AND I BELIEVE THIS STUNNING LOSS IS BUT A MERE SETBACK IN MY OPINION. ALL OF THESE PLAYERS HAVE RBI IN THE CAREER HISTORIES AND I BELIEVE THAT IN THE FUTURE THEY WILL HAVE RBI AGAIN. THIS IS SOMETHING I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT AND IF YOU DO NOT AGREE BUT I WILL BEG TO DIFFER.
IT'S A MARATHON NOT A SPRINT SO I THINK THAT THERE ARE BETTER DAYS AHEAD FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS AND THEY WILL BE JUST FINE IN MY OPINION.