Its early September and the Giants are out.. once again.
It was too much to think that they could repeat.
It looked so much better for the Giants before the All Star break.
You cannot blame the pesky snakes.... they are not much better.
Can you blame it on youth or injuries? Yep but it wouldn't do much good.
They just didn't win when it came to playing teams that they should easily beat.
But what a ride this year.
We all learned to appreciate a left handed slider.
And Timmy was all the rage.
Voglesong made a miraculous return as a starter.
Bumgartner the young kid star that comes from Grandma Candy's neck of North Carolina could not have pitched better.
And then there is Zito. The vestiage of the Barry Bonds era.
The park proved its pitcher's chops.
The home runs were few but memorable.
The panda was the star of a few splash downs in Mc Covey Cove.
From two years ago, this team has grown enormously in the defensive side.. but still its not good enough to overcome the lack of runs.
Games are won by the number of runs that are scored.
Too bad.. We all gained a new appreciation for the defensive side of baseball.
As they say in baseball.. there is always next year.
: ) Pat
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Baseball is like life in many ways. Not everyone is a millionaire and not every teams wins the pennants. But every season has many games that provide a slice of the good life. There are those games when you are at the ballpark and it honestly doesn't matter whether your teams wins or not. The weather is good, the garlic fries are wafting their scent over the crowds, the flags are whipping over the cable car and LIFE IS GOOD! There are the games on the radio when you are far from the ballpark, but you can still hear the snap of the ball and the roar of the crowd. You feel part of something bigger than just yourself. There is talking baseball with friends, just shooting the breeze and feeling good about panda and fear the beard and splash zone and the boys of summer that have graduated from "the show", but we still say their names: McCovy, Mantle, Bonds, Clark.
So, ok, they had a mediocre year. They are still a part of the wallpaper of our year.
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