During World Series week we discussed the complete overhaul of the San Francisco Giants starting lineup from 2010 to 2012. I suggested that theirs was a strategy of “doing it wrong quickly” and after looking more deeply into the matter, I’m standing by that theory. Further, it seems to be a strategy that the Giants have employed for a while, and it’s worth investigating the construction of their 2010 squad as well. Let’s start with the 2010-2012 turnover first, however, honing in on the World Series starters at each position.
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We Like[d] Ike!
Ike Davis gives me headaches. I throw on the Mets game after a friend told me what Kung Fo Panda just did. After watching Dillon Gee struggle, I get to watch Ike Davis strike out looking with the bases load in the 8th inning against the San Francisco Giants. The Mets would lose 7-2.
After striking out, Davis properly mutters something he shouldn’t have, and throws his bat like an underhand toss. He un-straps his batting gloves and proceeds to look up to the sky as if the answers lie there. But the answers lie in his attitude at the plate.
Mets Game 15: Loss to Giants
Giants 6 Mets 1
The weather conditions were reminiscent of those that might be experienced during an early season game at old Candlestick Park — cold, wet, windy. And as was often the case in those San Francisco games of yesteryear, the Giants beat the Mets.
Mets Game 90: Loss to Giants
Giants 3 Mets 1
Give The Freak three runs, and he’ll win 92.6% of the time. Those are tough odds to overcome.
Mets Game 30: Loss to Giants
Giants 2 Mets 0
This was sort of reminiscent of a game from the 1970s; it could have been John Montefusco and Jon Matlack on the mound facing lineups that include “hitters” like Chris Speier, Ken Reitz, Marc Hill, Roy Staiger, Mike Phillips, and Del Unser.
Off-Topic: A Matchup Not To Be Missed
On Saturday night at 7:30 PM the Phillies will face the Giants in Philadelphia to begin the NLCS. While it’s true I’m a Mets fan, I’m a BASEBALL fan first, and therefore excited to watch this game. Why? Because it pits two of the best pitchers of our generation in a playoff contest — and … Read more
Mets Game 89: Loss to Giants
Giants 2 Mets 0 It was a tough loss for Johan Santana Mike Pelfrey R.A. Dickey and the Mets. Dickey pitched his heart out, allowing one measly run on five hits in seven innings of work — proving beyond argument that it didn’t matter it was he and not Santana or Pelfrey pitching the first … Read more
Mets Game 31: Loss to Giants
Giants 6 Mets 5 The Mets almost won … but fell a hair short. Still, they took a series they needed to take. Early on, it didn’t seem possible. Mr. Hyde Oliver Perez was walking the ballpark, and the Mets hitters couldn’t touch Tim Lincecum. Then, the wind changed. Thanks to idiotic management decisions, terrible … Read more