What a difference a week makes. The Padres, losers of seven straight, are suddenly looking very vulnerable. The Giants, with the squeaker win last night in a Lincecum-Jiminez duel with the Rockies, are now back in contention for both the divisional title and the wild-card.
Three back with 4+ weeks to play brings them back under the "make up one game per week" rule of thumb that many use to determine a teams playoff chances.
Giants close to within 1.5 games of the Phillies for the wild-card berth, with the Cardinals falling to 3.5 back of the Giants. Very surprising to see the Cards folding like this as well.
ESPN's MLB standings now includes POFF: %, the teams chance of making the playoffs. This used to be a feature exclusive to coolbaseballstandings.com.
The Giants lineup is starting to shape up as a plus down the stretch. Sandoval in the seventh hole and Posey in the six last night, not too shabby. Torres and Sanchez to set the table.
Darren Ford, a September call-up, helps secure the victory with a LLWS-staple, steal of third-take home on the catcher's overthrow.
And now those, like Giants announcer Mike Krukow, who worried that Buster Posey was the root cause of Tim Lincecum's late season swoon, can take a deep breath and relax a little bit. When a Jason Varitek taps the ground, he's showing leadership and firing up his pitcher. Apparently when Posey does it, he's tipping pitches.
Amazing how far experience and seniority bring to your credibility and acceptance as a big-leaguer and how you're viewed by some of these ex-ML'ers. But you know what 100% of 40 HOF'ers say?
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