Giants win fifth straight, down Brewers, 3-1 - Yahoo Sports

Peavy is pitching as if he has found the fountain of youth. From 1-9 4.72 ERA with the Sox to 3-4 2.66 ERA with the Giants, plus flirting with both a perfect game and now a no-hitter in his brief time with the Giants.



from Yahoo Sports:

Giants win fifth straight, down Brewers, 3-1 - Yahoo Sports:

Obviously Jake Peavy gets the bulk of the credit for the win, considering how he pitched, but I didn't come away from this game thinking, "Goodness, Jake Peavy just minced the Brewers." I came away with it thinking, "That looks like a team with confidence for the first time in months." Peavy was a huge part, the biggest part. The story is the entire team, though. The Pablo Sandoval play isn't on MLB.com yet, but it was another fine example.

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I love how he deflects to his teammate and their contributions, that's what a leader does, but in the case of Brandon Crawford, as far as I'm concerned,  Peavy was preaching to the choir. Exactly my thoughts.

from Giants Extra:
http://blog.sfgate.com/giants/2014/08/30/jake-peavy-7-13-hitless-innings-sf-giants-beat-brewers-3-1/

“Both of those plays were tremendous – kept us in the game,” Peavy said. “That’s who we need to be as a team. For (Crawford) to be going through a little struggle at the plate and come up with a big hit and make those plays, hopefully it’ll give him some good momentum, and it’s awesome for him to be a crucial part of today’s win.”

Crawford said, “It feels like playoff baseball. It’s nice to play well in that atmosphere against a good team.”

Here are the Brandon Crawford highlights, and the second one was deep into the no-no and I swear in real time I thought the ball was by him. As soon as he snagged it though, I just kept yelling "Two-two-two.." and sure enough Brandon's acrobatics came through as usual.

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/51231442/v35815321/milsf-crawford-shows-off-arm-to-retire-aramis




http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/51231442/v35818845/milsf-crawford-saves-nohit-bid-with-diving-stop



I hear coaches say all the time, "This kid would be in the lineup if he hit .230 or .220" or whatever. Brandon Crawford epitomizes that. I wish he would hit better because I'm sure he is better than .225 but just so glad he's in there at times like this.



I keep telling Mrs. TheSlav that the Giants are "can't miss, must see baseball" and just recently this season we've witnessed Peavy and Bumgarner flirt with both no-no's and perfecto's, Timmy pitch his second no-no, Petit pitch 46 consecutive outs ( a perfect game and a half)  almost under the radar plus a couple of Buster Posey 5 hit games, Panik's recent and almost meteoric development to .300 and more memories I'm probably leaving out.



Hopefully, the magic continues as this is an even year and follows next in the sequence after 2010 and 2012. If you are a numerologist, you gotta believe that 2014 is due to become The Year of the Gigantes.



If nothing else Peavy is showing what an improved state of mind can do to performance, wherever the impetus for the attitude adjustment comes from. Here is to hoping for continued attitude adjustments and mind-set changes up and down the Giants lineup and training room. September should be an interesting month for those in pennant contention, so gentlemen start your engines.