Giants have the best record in baseball… but now the bad news

PHOTO BY DANNY MOLOSHOK/ASSOCIATED PRESS

 

This should be a great night for the Giants. ANOTHER Dodger win. ANOTHER great pitching performance.

THE GIANTS ARE THE BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL!

But Brandon Belt is gone for a while with a broken thumb. And suddenly the have a Giantic hole in their lineup.

Nobody said it would be easy.

The Red Sox got killed and the A’s kicked Washington’s butt. No tension there.

Time to update the Dodged Bullet – Teeth Grinder Tally.

An explanation of what this is all about can be found HERE.

 

 

GIANTS DODGED BULLET – TEETH GRINDER Tally

Madison Bumgarner held the Dodgers to 4 hits, 1 run and 8 strikeouts over 8 innings. The Giants won 3-1 but will lose Brandon Belt for weeks. DODGED BULLET (with a dash of teeth grinding.)

18 Dodged Bullets 10 Teeth Grinders

TOTAL: + 8

 

RED SOX DODGED BULLET – TEETH GRINDER Tally

13 Dodged Bullets 12 Teeth Grinders

TOTAL: +1

A’S DODGED BULLET – TEETH GRINDER Tally

 

12 Dodged Bullets 13 Teeth Grinders

TOTAL: – 1

 

 

Giants magic number is 124.

Now it gets interesting.

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – May 9, 2014

David I. Andersen / The Plain Dealer

Johnny Manziel is the latest hope for Cleveland fans. But 2 and a half decades ago, the arrival of Sandy Alomar helped create a new identity for the Indians that almost took the pressure off of every single Cleveland team afterwards.

Plus Royals manager Ned Yost might be out of a job soon.

Come on down to Cleveland town everyone on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

Edwin Encarnacion, Dallas Kuechel, Anthony Rizzo, Ryan Vogelsong, Ian Kennedy, Nolan Arenado and Alexi Ramirez all added to their totals for Who Owns Baseball.

A Gigantic Narrow Win

Kelvin Kuo, Associated Press

If the Giants really do want to win the NL West, a Division that EVERYONE thought was going to be won by Los Angeles, then they need to pile up wins against their arch rival Dodgers.

And the wins in April and May mean just as much as the ones later in the year.

Last night the Giants couldn’t hit, were shut down by Josh Beckett and looked like they were going to waste a terrific Ryan Vogelsong performance.

Instead they came back and won in extra innings. The Giants and the Dodgers have already played each other 7 times. The Giants have won 5 of those games. That’s not too shabby.

Time to update the Dodged Bullet – Teeth Grinder Tally.

An explanation of what this is all about can be found HERE.

 

 

GIANTS DODGED BULLET – TEETH GRINDER Tally

Giants can’t score until Brandon Hicks slams a game tying homer. They took advantage of a wild Dodgers bullpen to win 3-1 in 10 innings. DODGED BULLET

17 Dodged Bullets 10 Teeth Grinders

TOTAL: + 6

 

RED SOX DODGED BULLET – TEETH GRINDER Tally

13 Dodged Bullets 12 Teeth Grinders

TOTAL: +1

A’S DODGED BULLET – TEETH GRINDER Tally

 

12 Dodged Bullets 13 Teeth Grinders

TOTAL: – 1

 

 

The Giants are in first by themselves.

The magic number to win the Division is 126.

(It is never to early to start counting.)