The Giants

The Diamondback Series:  Milky Cabrera raised his BA to .348 with a nine hit series helped a little by a hard infield to lead the Giants with a 2-1 series victory over the DBacks.  Cain was the hero Saturday night with his pitching, hitting and base running and on Sunday the Giants got a season high 14 hits in their  7-2 victory.  Blanco was the star by twice getting  two out hits to knock in three runs.  Pill and Cabrera hit home runs for the Giants during the series to  raise the Giants season total to 24 and keep them six ahead of Hamilton who has been stuck on 18 for one day.

The Infield:  Culberson was brought up from Fresno to start at second base.  His spring training was delayed about a month due to a weightlifting injury but he has rebounded well at the AAA level.  In an earlier blog we mentioned that this was a key month for the Giant infielders.  Arias passed the test with some outstanding plays at third during the DBack series.  He will be there until Pablo returns.  No Freddy Sanchez is not going to play third or second. Theriot was place on the DL which is much better then getting a pink slip.  Burriss days are numbered unless there are further injuries.  Crawford needs to settle down in the field to keep his job.  When Pablo returns Arias could be the shortstop or the second baseman depending on how well Culberson performs.  


It Better Be a Long Season:  Right now the Giants are the only threat to the Dodgers winning the West Division wire to wire.  The others teams in the division are already five plus games under .500.  There might be hope with the fact that the Dodger star Kemp pulled a hamstring Sunday.  Like all great athletes he doesn't want to go on the DL, "the team needs me".  Odds are good then he will return early and like so many in past injure himself more seriously. 

The NBA Before Tattoos

The San Francisco Rainbows?  The Mayor of San Francisco and the Board of Supervisors  following the wishes of the Warriors owner came out in favor of  a waterfront property for the NBA franchise.  As mentioned on this blog last week the Giants will offer AT&T Park for three NBA games next year.  According to an unreliable Giant source they feel the Warriors could play about 38 regular season games and some playoff games at AT&T that would not conflict with baseball.  The few games that could not be scheduled could be played at the Cow Palace, the Civic Auditorium, Kezar, or Oracle Arena  The biggest strength of the Warriors has been their loyal fan support over the years now they are getting shaft.  The owner keeps putting up his right hand with one finger indicating to the fans that they are "#1".  It's no wonder the owner is booed!

The Colorado Series:  The Giants and Rockies split their short two game series.  Both games were looong and drawn out.  Monday the Giants hit the one home run of the game and won while on Tuesday it was the Rockies winning with a homer proving once again that power wins!  It's the same old story for the Giants poor defense and the lack of run producing hits.  As Dave Fleming Giant broadcaster said on the post game show the bottom of the Giant order this year has been a wasteland.  (Added May 16, 2012)

In and Out:  Before you could finish a burger the Cardinals and Giants had split their two game series.  Power won the first game for St Louis on Wednesday while two homers weren't enough Thursday afternoon since the Cards committed three errors and their pitchers walked ten Giants.   It was the only visit this year for World Champions who were rushed out of town in order to make room for American League teams on the Giants schedule which start tonight with Athletes coming to AT &T.  (added May 18, 2012)

Homer Sweeney