Baseball Lifer

The Mets come into San Francisco and slap the Giants, 13-3.

This one hurt. When Brandon Crawford hit his two-run home run in the bottom of the second inning to give the Giants a 2-0 lead, it felt like we were finally coming out of this, but then the Mets responded with a five spot in the top of the third. When Crawford hit his home run, I doubt a single person thought that Luis Gonzalez would once again pitch tonight. This game was just flat-out fucking ugly all the way around.

GAMEBALL:

Brandon Crawford

I’ve been a hit hard on Craw lately, so I’ll give him the nod tonight. He hit the two-run home run run home run to center that gave the Giants a 2-0 lead, and he also nearly made a spectacular play to throw out Eduardo Escobar in the fourth. It would be really nice if he could get hot soon.

TIP OF THE CAP:

Longo: Went 2-for-4 tonight; 3-for-8 over the last two games. Hope he’s getting out of his slump.

Jeff McNeil: Hit a two-run shot to right to shut a drunk heckler up. Nice.

“JERK:

Josh Donaldson

When Chris started doing these write-ups, they were originally called the “Gameball and Jerk,” but he turned the “Jerk” into the “Joker” in 2009, and when I took over the write-ups in 2011, I decided to give the Jerk in rare situations when it was warranted.

For Josh Donaldson, it’s more than warranted. His comments to Tim Anderson were specifically said to mock Anderson for the color of his skin; that’s racism, PERIOD. And then he tries to say it was just a joke? Seriously, dude, go to hell.

SMACK OF THE STICK:

Alex Cobb: I really don’t want to give it to Cobb, and I even want to give him a Tip of the Cap for still going six innings and striking out seven, but he was just torched tonight, so I have to.

Kevin Padlo: Yo, why weren’t you covering the bag???

Luis Gonzalez: He had to get an ERA at some point.

Drunk Heckler: “HEY, MCNEIL, YOU HAVE NO POWER,” then, BAM, home run to right. FAIL.

FLIP OF THE FINGER:

Major League Baseball: Just a ONE-GAME suspension for Donaldson? Go fucking figure.

FINAL THOUGHTS:

The Giants have now dropped five in a row, just as they continue to drop like flies. LaMonte Wade, Brandon Belt, Curt Casali and Austin Slater are now all on the IL. While I’m still optimistic that the Giants will play much better when they get healthier, the fact that we are 7-14 against teams over .500 is very concerning. We need to win tomorrow, and we need to get healthy soon.

Stephen