Friday, April 18, 2008

Glad This Wasn't Us

With Matt Cain's luck, this will probably happen in one of his starts.

Jake Peavy started last night's Padres/Rockies matchup at 7:05PM. Roughly six hours later, in the 22nd inning, it ended with the Rockies victorious 2-1. This was the longest baseball game in 15 years. Ex-Giant Yorvit Torrealba caught all 22 innings - that's a gamer and all out, all season. If this were us, I am sure the bullpen would be gone by the 13th and we would get a chance to see Eugenio Velez's curveball.

Here's a question for you - between this and last year's one-game playoff, how much do you think the Padres hate playing the Rockies?


It has been difficult to be a Giants fan these last several years - losing records, injuries, and bad contracts. We may be critical - but we stand by our team through good times and bad. The Giants remain one of the most storied franchises in the history of baseball and have a crop of new stars ready to add new pages to the Giants history books. Lincecum, Cain, Sanchez, Wilson and Sandoval are giving us reasons to be excited. Times may not always be stellar, but the Giants always give us something to talk about.