TODAY'S GIANTS GAME: FELIZE'S FEAST OR FAMINE
Daniel over at Orange and Black Baseball rightly rakes Pedro Feliz over the coals for inconsistent offensive performance, but today, for the second time in a row, Feliz hit home runs that are central to the Giants' offensive psychology. San Francisco is playing a better (much better?) team, but proving—in their "scrappy bunch" way, as Daniel says—that Atlanta can't march into town and roll over everybody. With Alou out of the game today, somebody has to do something with offensive spark.
Right now, it's 2-1 Atlanta. I want so badly for San Francisco to win this one, less because it would feel sweet for the Giants to take a series from such a competent team, more because it will prevent Atlanta from gaining ground on the Nationals in the NL East. I serve two masters, both are selfish, and neither tolerates the Braves.
Right now, it's 2-1 Atlanta. I want so badly for San Francisco to win this one, less because it would feel sweet for the Giants to take a series from such a competent team, more because it will prevent Atlanta from gaining ground on the Nationals in the NL East. I serve two masters, both are selfish, and neither tolerates the Braves.
posted by Andrew at
3:27 PM
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You know the reason I'm so hard on Feliz? It isn't really his production -- though that's subpar enough for a 3rd baseman -- it's his lack of ability to stay out of these worst-case scenarios.
In other words, Feliz seems to find a way to do the worst thing at the worst time most of the time, whether it's a non-productive out or a GIDP.
He isn't the worst or only one. There are out machines everywhere, but he's OUR out machine, and so I beat him up.
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Daniel, at 9:24 PM
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