Thursday, July 26, 2018

Report from the Northland

I came to Seattle for the sun and to see a Giants game, the weather has been clear and warm.  This chance (to see the Giants) only comes along every 3 years, so a lot of Giants fans have had exactly the same idea.  I've been in Seattle since Friday and the town has been awash with orange and black.  It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.  Seattle is a great town.  It's beautiful, has loads of hip eateries and drinkeries, friendly residents and some of the most godawful traffic you can imagine.  I'm pretty sure I saw Jon Miller on the waterfront Monday and I saw Hunter Pence walking in to the stadium yesterday.

I could go on, all this is my way of avoiding talking about yesterday's game.  The Giants lost 3 - 2.  They got 6 hits, which was more than the M's.  The Giants did not hit a home run, the M's did.  Brandon Belt got hurt for at least a couple of games.  It was in the low 80's in Seattle, but there was little air movement in the stands.  The Giants are 2 - 3 since the break.  If they are to make any kind of a move, they've yet to show any signs of it.

3 comments:

M.C. O'Connor said...

Good teams thump other teams. The Giants eke out wins and eke out losses. It's not a sustainable model. The Giants keep indicating there is little chance of a big move, that they believe a full-health roster is the key "improvement" to make. They are only 4-1/2 back, which is nothing, really, but unless the team goes on an extended winning run it's irrelevant.


Glad you had a good visit to the Emerald City. It was a beautiful day on the TV, there were actually people in the stands that looked hot!

Zo said...

It was hot in the stands. Low 80's but no wind. I don't think the Giants should make a big move, if indeed they even have one to make. Their other "big moves" haven't really moved the needle. Arroyo, Duggar, Slater, etc.

nomisnala said...

the years the giants won the WS, they were not necessarily thumping other teams. They were eeking out close games.