Bow down to Lincecum

Appreciate what you have, San Francisco fans.

You have the real deal. You have the kind of ace that keeps teams from long losing streaks.

You have the kind of ace that should fill the stadium when he pitches.

You have the kind of ace that gives the bullpen the night off.

You have the kind of ace that EVERY SINGLE team in baseball covets.

You might have the best pitcher in baseball.

Another day, another complete game shutout for Lincecum… with 8 strikeouts and no walks and only two hits.

He leads the league in strikeouts, innings pitched, complete games and shutouts and is second in the league in ERA.

He’s won a Cy Young award and looks like he’s about to make it back to back.

And he looks and sounds twelve.

 I stand by my statement… a World Series title would put him among the most loved players in San Francisco sports history.

And guess what? The Giants are guaranteed to go into July in the lead of a playoff spot. 

Savor it.

And sell out his games!

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Calmly and cooly getting the job done

I love wins like the opening game against the Orioles.

I clicked on my Yahoo Sports ticker and I saw that 2 batters into the game, the Sox were up 1-0, and I relaxed.

Seriously, I never for one moment felt nervous after Pedroia knocked in Drew in the first.

Lester calmly took care of business and another number was shaved off of the magic number.

If starting pitching wins titles, then let’s look at what the Sox have done their last four games:

Beckett threw 7 shutout innings last Friday.

Wakes threw 6 shutout innings on Saturday.

Penny threw 6 innings and let up 2 runs on Sunday.

Lester threw 7 shutout innings on Monday.

Four games where the bullpen wasn’t blown to hell and the pitchers threw to a 0.69 ERA.

Tuesday Smoltz tries again after his rotten first start and then Beckett throws. I take my chances to win this series.

Man, I love playing the Orioles!

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2 1/2 games never looked like so big a lead

On May 30th, the Rangers beat up the A’s 14-1.

They had a 5 1/2 game lead in the West.

They had the best record in the American League. 

Now everyone knew that June would bring about some hard tests for the Rangers as the heat in Texas rises to somewhere between Ecuador and Arrakis, home of the Spice.

Well how did the Rangers do in their big test month?

Worse than my worst Pre Calculus test.

The Rangers have gone 10-15 since that game against the A’s and fell out of first place.

Tonight was the first of the crucial tests against the Los Angeles California Angels of Anaheim in Orange County off of the I-5. 

And if I turned in that test to my Pre Calculus teacher Mrs. Swain, she would just write on it “See Me.”

2 1/2 games.

It doesn’t seem like a big lead, especially with 87 games left. But they let the Angels back in it.

They were floundering with injuries, slumping hitters and tragedy. They were at .500 on June 11th.

Now they are hitting their stride and the Rangers may slip all the way to third if the Mariners keep winning.

Can they just blast the airconditioning in Arlington? Because the last time I saw something shrivel in the heat like this to become something small and fragile, I was playing with Shrinky Dinks!

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