Another fine start from a resurgent Logan Webb led the way this afternoon in San Francisco. The righty allowed an unearned run on a throwing error from Casey Schmitt and that was it. He struck out seven in eight full frames and walked none. The twenty-fourth out was an excellent play in right field from Jung Hoo Lee who also had two hits and scored a run. Matt Chapman, in the leadoff spot, got the biggest hit, a two-run homer in the 5th. Bryce Eldridge kept his on-base streak alive (up to 20 games now) with a hit and a walk. He batted in the second spot. Caleb Killian, just announced as the closer, delivered a 1-2-3 9th with two whiffs. Good stuff!
This season has mostly not been good stuff. But I can roll with it. I can put it down to inexperience and rookie mistakes. Both Buster Posey and Tony Vitello are new to their jobs. Buster is finding out that being a great baseball player and a successful businessman were both easier than being a baseball executive! I can accept there will be a learning curve and an "implementation dip" from this new partnership. Poor performance from the club is not unexpected. It's disappointing, certainly. But I think it will improve.
What I don't like and have a harder time forgiving is a lack of leadership. I learned from a story on McCovey Chronicles (by Brady Klopfer) that four Giants pitchers did not like participating in the team's annual Pride Night on Friday. They decided to either put Old Testament verses on their caps or to not wear the pride cap at all. Big, manly Landen Roupp (6-2, 220), JT Brubaker (6-4, 200), Sam Hentges (6-8, 255!), and Ryan Walker (6-2, 215) all decided to hide behind their "Christian faith" and Roupp even had the gall to tell LGBTQ fans (if there are any left) to "read the Bible." Why are jocks so afraid of gays?
Fuck you. Fuck your prejudice and your narrow-mindedness. Not to mention your goddamn insubordination. You work for the Giants. The Giants have Pride Night. Suck it up, chickenshits! All of you are grown men (Roupp 27, Brubaker 32, Hentges 29, Walker 30) and seasoned professionals. You are not naive kids just out of amateur ball. I'm calling you out, losers!
And shame on you, Tony V, for not making them "toe the line." And yes, we all know Buster is a Bible Study kinda guy but that doesn't justify tacitly supporting bigots.
Otherwise, it was nice to see the team play well on National TV.
--M.C.
1 comment:
That really pissed me off about Roupp. I didn't know about the other 3. Did Casey Schmidt tell Chapman today to catch the effing ball? He should have. Again, at least on ESPN, Lee has a negative defensive WAR. My eye test continues to say otherwise.I. Webb's previous outing the only run he gave up was a guy he K'd, did not get the call, and the giants didn't challenge the strike 3. The guy got on and came around to score and it cost Webb 12 pitches I still think the giants are terrible at the challenges. In Saturday's game, I thought Adames was safe at first but the N.Y. video room screwed the giants again. I would like to see Lee steal some more bases. With Lee leading off, and a legit threat to steal, it would be great to hit in front of Arraez. The coaches needed to alert the pinch runner of the out situation. That is as much on the coaches as it is on the rookie.
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