Rangers Return

The Texas Rangers took two out of three from the Giants.  The opening game on Friday was embarrassment to the Giants since not one Giant hit a ball over 200 feet and in the final game Sunday the orange and black  could only collect three hits in losing by the same score of 5-0.  The one win of the series came on Saturday thanks to another brilliant  effort by Vogelsong and some very timely two out hits.

McCovey Statue

Thoughts on the Giants:  Its getting hard to find a positive about the pitching of Tim Lincecum.   Here's one for you.  The Giants have now lost 11 games that he has started and since the Giants  are paying Lincecum 20 million this year that is currently about 1.82 million a loss. If they lose over 20 games that he starts it will be less then a million dollars a loss which should make Sabean feel better. . . . Pablo Sandoval had a horrible game at third base Sunday but we need his bat in the line up.  We got spoiled with Arias playing third. . .  The Giants are going to have a difficult time contending this year for two reasons.  One is the fact that  they have no power and second it is really hard to imagine the 'three amigos' in the outfield continuing to hit at their current rate. . . Congratulations to the marketing team of Giants who continue to sell out AT&T.  It's a lot more difficult this year since last year's weekend games were sold out weeks in advance.  This year they have give a ways such as orange and black caps today and recently McCovey statues to entice the fans to come.  It has worked.  Houston coming in Tuesday will be a challenge!. . . Is it time to put Melky Cabrera on the DL?  The tendency is to come back early like Kemp of the Dodgers with disastrous results.

Homer Sweeney