They look mediocre too.
The hitting is mediocre, the defense is mediocre, and even the pitching is mediocre. Is this really the same team that had the majors best record over the last 50 games or so last season?
The naysayers are probably having a field day with the Giants record right now. There were some prognosticators who were predicting that the Giants would finish in fourth place this season.
Fourth Place!
I have been mostly upbeat about the Giants so far this season despite their early season struggles. I keep comparing them to last season when they had a rough start to the season.
But this isn't last season.
Are we going to keep living in last season? Is every development from the 2011 season going to be looked upon in context to last season? The simple answer is yes. We are going to be hearing comparisons to the Giants of last season until this team does something that makes us believe that last season was not a fluke. We can't help it.
It is really tough to separate the two seasons from one another. Even though last season has nothing to do with this season, there is nothing else for us to really compare what is happening with the Giants to. Later in the season, we can look back at this stretch of the season and compare things but that probably won't start until around the all-star break or so.
This and that;
- Looks like Mark DeRosa is going back on the disabled list. I'm not surprised about this development. I am somewhat surprised about the timing of it. I thought that he would go on the DL when Torres got back. But we will get a little glimpse of Emmanuel Burris. It's either going to be Burriss or Ford who go down when Torres is healthy.
- Madison Bumgarner pitched like the guy we were all hoping that he would be against the Pirates yesterday. But he got Matt Cained as the Giants failed to score a single run on the day which dropped his record to 0-4. Hopefully he can string together 2 good starts in a row and get that first win next time around.
- Ryan Vogelsong gets the start tomorrow against his old team. The Giants have been really high on this guy and he is really set up to succeed. Really, all the guy has to be is a serviceable #5 starter until Zito is healthy. Hopefully he can make the decision to activate Zito a tough one.
I'm reading "A Band of MiSFits" by the San Jose Mercry News' Andrew Baggerly. I'm only into the third chapter right now, but I will do a review of the book when I get finished with it. (no promises on how soon that will be) It's interesting looking at some more of the background on the storylines that we followed as the season progressed last year. For example, the reasons that Buster Posey was brought up when he was are explored a little more in depth than was possible during the season.
It's a good read so far. I got it from Amazon.
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