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September already?!?

It’s hard to believe my last blog was over a month ago! A lot has happened in the month of August! The Giants have had an up & down month also Lincecum & Zito had been struggling.  Up until last night Timmy pitched a gem against Jimenez and the Rockies, going 8 innings, gave up 1 run and 9K’s I don’t know what had been wrong with him this past month but hopefully he’ll have the same stuff through the end & maybe the playoffs.  The Giants are probably going to make the playoffs, a lot of people didn’t think they would but with San Diego struggling and the Giants have improvement with their offense they can possibly win the division if not the wild card.
  This upcoming road trip can be tough on them however.  They go to LA this weekend (who are struggling so they should at least win 2 out of 3 or even better sweep them again! But i dont want to be jinxing anything! ;) The Giants sure made two smart moves by bringing up Posey from AAA and acquiring Pat Burrell from waivers.  They’ve sure improved our offense in the past three months.  However the pitching had been a little rusty though Bumgarner, Cain & Sanchez had been hot lately but have earned ND. I think Andres Torres will be come back player of the year, he has been fantastic for the Giants, offensively & defensively. He’s sure come a long way after being in the minors for several years & a lot of injuries. I don’t want to make this long, i am right now watching Yankees beat the A’s actually a 4 game sweep! Which is good because i cannot stand the Angels being below chokeland.   I think they took 2/3 from Seattle and are heading to Oakland this weekend, hopefully its a good series even though the Angels probably won’t make it this year. ;( next time! hopefully sooner than a month!

-nikki

Cant believe its mid-June!

 I remember waiting for three long months for the season to start & now there’s 3 1/2 months left. ;O Time flies during baseball season.  Good thing i like the NBA because they help me get through the MLB offseason lol.  
   Anyway enough of that, the Giants have been playing well this month so far, they’ve won all their series’ so far including sweeping the A’s at At&t Park, which was retaliation from being swept in Oakland a month ago.   Lincecum seems to be slowly coming back into his old self, and Zito & Cain have been outstanding the last couple of starts.  Today’s game was good, not what i would say Lincecum’s best with the 8 hits but he did get 10 k’s and managed to get out of a couple of jams.  He has been pitching better than he has the preivious 5 or 6 starts.  He had some really rough outings against AZ, Washington & Colorado.  I think he’ll have his third all star selection this year, i am not sure about starter though because Jimenez is 11-1 and has 1.10 era (not exact but im too lazy to look it up)  I am not sure if Zito will go, but he does deserve it, if not he’ll definitely be come back player of the year if he keeps his dominance up.
  Anyhow Cain has had three CG’s this season & was dominate on Sunday against the A’s.  He’s now 5-4, hopefully he could make the all star team, and Brian Wilson too.  Wilson has also been closing out games & getting the job done.  I also think Juan Uribe deserves to be in the ASG, he’s been one of our biggest power hitters, hopefully he’ll get enough write-ins.
 I am glad SF finally brought up Buster Posey he has helped this team a lot, also acquiring Pat Burrell was another big addition.  Their offense is improving over what i saw the last two months.  
  OK talking about the Angels a bit, i do think teams in general should celebrate their walkoffs differently.  Its dumb to have someone injured over a freak accident, like what happened to Kendry Morales who might be out for the year. Their team looks okay enough to win the division, they do need some pitching help.  I am excited the ASG is at Angel stadium this year, it would be awesome to go but its really expensive, i tried going to the one at At&t park a few years ago & it was just too much. ;/ It’ll be nice to see the old legends and HOF’ers that i followed over the years when i lived down in LA area.  ;) Anyway im gonna close now, i know im not a great writer but i love to rant so don’t criticize my grammar.  I’ve had plenty of that. ;)

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