This game highlighted the Giants two most immediate and pressing goals. The first goal is to be sure that we are not speaking of Hunter Pence in the past tense next year. He looks good in that uni, BTW. Pence does seem to be a throwback to a bygone era.
The next goal is to avoid the stigma mentioned in this article, which is to avoid the being mentioned in the same breath as the Florida Marlins. At least when the subject is defense of World Series championships.
from Yahoo Sports:
Pence drives in 7, Giants trounce Dodgers 19-3 - Yahoo Sports:
The only drama left in the NL West is the battle to avoid last place, with the Giants, Padres and Rockies all tied. The only team to finish last a year after winning a World Series was the 1998 Marlins.'via Blog this'
That team at least had the excuse that ownership gave up financially and virtually unloaded the entire roster. This group of players do not have that as an excuse.
It seems awfully quiet in the Lincecum front. That is rather disturbing. I don't think it's too out of line for them to pass a little of the $11M some odd savings from the Zito contract over to Timmy's side of the table.
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