There Will Be Blood

Just about every major media outlet has published an article in the last week about how the Giants are finally free from the chains of Barry Bonds, and that they will mesh together as a team much better without him. I'm not fooled. A week into Spring Training, the Giants seem to be taking this whole "Warrior Spirit" slogan a little too literally. Kevin Frandsen and Ray Durham have both come out and staked their claim on the second base job. Dave Roberts is saying "Hell No" to a platoon in left-field. Then comes the news that Rich Aurilia, Omar Vizquel, and Bengie Molina have already sustained minor injuries. Henry Schulman recently spotted a couple other examples:

There was more pain to go around. Vinnie Chulk got nicked in the upper arm by a Ray Durham line drive and catcher Eliezer Alfonzo took a fastball in the back of his left shoulder from nonroster pitcher Scott Williamson. Alfonzo gave Williamson the evil eye as he walked off the field, later saying he was upset his teammate didn't say, "Sorry."

Now I'm not suggesting the Giants are out to get one another. But if I were Fred Lewis, I would keep an eye on Nate Schierholtz. You never know what a guy might do to avoid going back to Triple-A.