Yes, it's been that long since the Giants won more games then they lost on a home stand. The Giants come from behind win over the Rockies today not only won the game but gave them the season series and broke a long losing steak of home stand losses.
Pence and Vogelsong are two Giants in the news. Has Pence late season surge priced himself out of the Giants budget? Has Vogelsong's failure in his last two games priced himself out of getting an additional year?
Tuesday night's over four hour nine inning game was one the worst baseball games I have ever watched. In fact it was so bad I tuned the tv off after the seventh inning. K & K the Giants tv announcers kept complaining about the slowness of the game. They timed the starting Rockies pitcher a big winner on their staff as taking 47 seconds between pitches. They also commented that since Vogelsong has returned from the DL he has become much slower. These pitching coaches all take Baseball Psychology 202 each winter in Florida which teaches pitchers how to rub up the ball for minutes, walk around the mound, then step off call the catcher out for a conference, pick up the rosin bag, scrape the mound with their cleats, comb their hair, clean their glasses, turn around and discuss dinner with an infielder and by that time the batter is so disgusted he swings at anything which is the purpose of all the delays. How to ruin a great sport! The big winner however are the concessions stands whose sale boom during four hours games.
Homer Sweeney
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