Obviously off the top I’d like to ask everyone — I know you already have — but keep thinking good thoughts for Eugenio Velez. If you missed the game he took a Pat Burrell line-drive to the face and was rushed to the hospital.
And I think we all know Juan Uribe’s grand-slam in the seventh inning was for the other “UUUU”.
We’d like to thank @SFOrangeMan for saying the phrase that turned Buster Posey into our very own Old Spice guy…
Pardon my use of the “R” word, but in this form I’m using it as slang for “Unbelievable”.
I’m using it for the man who has captured the hearts of every Giants fan. The man who called the All-Star game retarded. The man who blogged that Andres Torres says “Hi” to him nine times a day.
He’s the man.
Here’s a fun fact — Huff ($3 Million) has 19 homers, that’s four more than Aaron Rowand, Egar Renteria and Pablo Sandoval combined. And those three also take up $24 Million of our payroll.
This is the fun part of the Huff experiment, the part where Huff has no downside. Who knows, maybe he’s older and more mature — but let’s not forget, Huff has made a career of PR head-shakers.
But maybe he does have a different attitude this year — maybe he’s that Gamer we need… We all know our other Gamer died in a field a few years ago.
After the jump let me warn you THERE IS EXPLICIT CONTENT!
Thank God we are playing the Arizona Diamondbacks.
I mean really, the San Francisco Giants tried hard to lose this one — but in the seventh inning, Edwin Jackson became my new favorite Giant.
Two throwing errors to first base opened up a three-run inning and the difference in the game as San Francisco won 7-4. David Dejesus is done for the year.
It’s hard to forget another multi-home run game for Aubrey Huff, but after the seventh-inning collapse by our lovable losers from Arizona the two home runs seem like a distant memory.
Props to Bochy for actually realizing how to play small-ball as last year he would have probably had Merkin Valdez pinch-hit with two on and no outs. Dejesus is done for the year.
Eric brought this to my attention and let me just paraphrase my friend Hank Schulman,
Sabean downplayed the chances of a “blockbuster” deal before the deadline, saying, “I don’t see it presenting itself at this time, a) with the names out there, b) we’re not going to give up pitching and c) we’re not going to break the bank, especially for a rental. Do we have enough balls in the air to do something to help the ballclub? I hope so.
OK, I just copied and pasted but whatever. Anyone else imagine Sabean juggling balls while kicking tires and spouting out “I’m a big boy”?
Imagine you wake up in Egyptian cotton sheets, tigers are frolicking in your living room and you have a TV the size of the Coke bottle at AT&T Park.
You are Brian Sabean — but for one day only.
And in that day you have access to everything Sabes does and you can talk to whoever you want.
Here’s the deal, with the trade deadline coming up you have one day to get a trade done, you’re job pretty much depends on it..
What realistic trade would you pull off?
To get truly into this POST-GAME, I’d advise looping this theme song in the background.
One was born in Leesburg, Georgia… Population: 2,633. The other, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico… Population: 64,685. One played in 172 minor league games. The other, 1,022. One has an amazing, truly flawless swing. The other had a different swing last year.
But these two guys, who are completely different, shared the same spotlight in Thursday night’s 3-0 win. They’re the new Odd Couple.
Well Northern California is getting a lot of money.. And by Northern California I mean the owners of the 49ers and the Giants..
Baggs reports that if the players sign off on it, the San Francisco Giants will be playing the Arizona Diamondbacks for two games in Taiwan..
So the 49ers to London, Giants to Taiwan, what’s next? The Kings playing the Warriors in Afghanistan?
I could maybe see promoting the league in a place like London, but I’m not Bud Selig. Sounds like someone lost a little too much money on black in Vegas last week..
Well this is the part of the year where we start wondering if we really can get guys like Chipper Jones and Sammy Sosa for a discount price..
We start hearing that we realistically can get studs like Vladimir Guerrero and Adam Dunn…
We all know these are lies. They were lies 10 years ago and they are lies now. Funny how Dunn is actually still in the picture, but Washington’s price is extremely heavy — probably a truck full of prospects or Matt Cain.
Well with Bengie Molina hurting himself all over the place in Texas, it’s time to fill the void for the random-once-every-two -month-Giant-player blog.. And who better than the guy who called the All-Star Game retarded?
Yes Aubrey Huff is our new resident blogger. You can check out Aubrey Huff’s Blog here.
Or I just pulled the highlights.. For the record I am in love with this guy.
Not just because he’s playing well but I really believe his personality has had a lot to do with our morale and winning..
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