PRE-ALL STAR BREAK REFLECTIONS

Props Tim Lincecum for recovering from the worst 3 game stretch of your career and solving whatever issues you had to go 3-0 over the following three starts.

Props Buster Posey for giving Giants fans some offensive hope for the future. Even though you have recently endured your first big league slump, I believe in your abilities to overcome a slump, and you are still over the .300 mark on the season.

Props Aubrey Huff for hitting a home run into McCovey Cove (a little over a week ago).

Props Juan Uribe for stepping up and being a run producing hitter.

Props Freddy Sanchez for playing the game like a true professional; as well as hitting way above the .300 marker on the season after returning from injury.

Props Brian Sabean for the Huff acquisition. The man is earning his pay and then some. So far, he has hit for both power and average. Way to realize Huff’s potential. I give you props. Him and Jon Bowker (I think) have been the only SF players since Bonds to hit the ball into the cove. It’s a shame though that you didn’t pull the trigger on Adam Dunn (who signed a 2 year contract with the nationals for 10 million a year) before the start of the 08-09 season; instead, you have signed both Mark DeRosa and Edgar Rentaria since that time to huge contracts. Both of the latter players named have not done well and will likely continue to not do well. The reason I specifically bring up Dunn is because he is power-hitting lefty who most likely would have socked between 10 and 15 of his 40 home runs (the approximate amount that he has averaged throughout his career) into the cove. As well, it was reported at the time that he would have enjoyed playing for the Giants and there were not many other teams pursuing him i.e reason he ended up on THE NATIONALS (pre- Strasburg mania etc.)!

Now to the flip-side……

No props Brian Sabean for wasting millions on the DeRosa signing this year and the Rowand and Renteria signings the prior years!

No props Bruce Bochy for your seemingly monotonous way of being (including speech, body language etc.). At the very least get a tooth pick and twirl the hell out of that thing like Dusty did.

No props starting pitching staff for not tossing a no-hitter or perfect game. Every other team in the MLB has at least one pitcher who has tossed at the minimum one or the other!

No props Panda Sandoval for not producing the way you did last year. Even though I have faith you will turn it around, your first- half have numbers have not been good.

All in all, if I had to give the Giants a first half grade it would be a B. They are competitive at the moment, but if they do not acquire one more hitter they will not outlast the Dodgers or Padres. Just to re-emphasize my point from the last article the time is now to capitalize on our superior pitching staff!