Two Wins and No Rain

The Giants continue to lead the NL West after splitting a rainless four game series with the red hot St Louis Cardinals while at the same time at Chaves Ravine the Rockies were taking two out of three from the Dodgers. All of the Giants played well in the series noting especially Posey and Scutaro for their hitting, Zito and Vogelsong for pitching and Brian Crawford for his outstanding defensive play at shortstop.

Notes -  This blog pointed out at the start of the week that the relief staff had gotten very unreliable so it was no surprise that the Giants decided to change the assignments of the relief staff and close games by committee.   It has been reported that the former closer Santiago Casilla has had a blister on his finger but the facts are that he got tired, careless and lazy.  This blog believes he will get his second wind and be the main closer for the Giants by September. . . Vince Scully mentioned on a Dodger game broadcast which was also highlighted on the internet that he can 't understand with all the technological advancements why baseball doesn't have instant replay umpire sitting in the press box correcting all the missed calls within a matter of seconds. . .  The Giants like many major league  teams have a solar company as one of their sponsors.  Most solar panels advertised look the same as the 1970 version but one company has really innovated by having a small chip instead of a large solar panel placed on top of  a roof.  Scully would be impressed with that type of progress. . . Giant fans got a little nervous when contract talks between the team and Melky Cabrera were broken off until the end of the season.  This blog mentioned back at the start of the season that the Giants have no interest in resigning Cabrera.  These recent talks were not serious and designed to keep the loyal Giant fans quiet and happy. The Giants offered the star outfielder $21 million over three years which is an average of 7 million a year. Give me a break they can't be serious.  They paid Huff $11 million a year for the past two years on emotion and are still paying Rowand 12 million.  The Giants pay their pitchers enormous salaries which makes it almost impossible to sign Melky with Posey and Sandoval waiting in the wings.. .  Will Brian Wilson be offered a contract next year by the Giants?

Homer Sweeney