The Giants took five out of six on their South land road trip which has given them a 2 1/2 game lead over the Dodgers. They are now home to face the tough Atlanta Braves. The drug situation in baseball makes for many suspicions. I have chosen to ignore my thoughts on the subject in making these following comments.
Pagan - Had a great road trip making up for the absence of Cabrera
Scutario - What a sound pick up by Sabean
Sandoval - Got a couple clutch singles and sacrifice flies. He is so fat it is embarrassing
Posey - Cooled off a little which was expected.
Pence - Since July 4th hitting .125. Did the Giants get taken again? Had a sold out 45,000 for his bobble head night in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
Arias - Signed in the spring as a no hit good fielder. Left spring training for Fresno as one of the Giants best hitters. Returned to the Giants to show that he could field but not hit. He is now showing the Giants that he might be a pretty good hitter.
H. Sanchez - Gets raves from the pitchers but has lost his touch with the bat.
Belt - Much improved at the plate but lacks consistent power for a first basemen
Blanco and Christain- Lost at the plate.
Starting Pitching - Zito, Vogelsong and Lincecum continue to be a worry.
Relief Pitching - Shaky at best. Looks like Casilla will return to be the closer as predicted by this blog two weeks ago.
Attendace in San Diego was very good thanks to thousands of Giant fans. The Dodger games were a disappointment. A sellout for Fernando bobble head night but 20,000 empty seats Monday and 16,000 on Wednesday. Decades ago the Giants always drew 50,000+ at Dodger Stadium.
Homer Sweeney
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