Sometimes, it's not fun to be right.....

So obviously I was way off giving Runzler credit for 4 1/3 and 3 runs. So he put forth a disgusting display yesterday with 1 2/3 innings of worthlessness and gave up 4 runs. Of course, Mota comes in and goes 3 innings and doesn't allow a run and now has a 2.78 ERA post all star break. But I don't need to get into Mota anymore. I've said my peace on that situation. The Baby Giraffe goes big fly and has 4 knocks. Wouldn't surprise me in the least to see him on the bench tomorrow. Bochy plays the averages as you know.

The Bullpen was unreal yesterday. 9 1/3 innings of SCORELESS relief. Without Beard and Romo. That's crazy good. This staff all around is as good as baseball has seen in 20 years. Seriously.

Now, let's not get carried away. The Giants just lost 2 of 3 from a team that's 43 games under .500 and Carlos Lee is the only semi-recognizable name on the team. The silver lining you ask is two fold. First, Arizona has lost 5 in a row and plays a 4 game set in Washington who plays solid at home. Second, the Giants are only 1 1/2 games back after going 7-13 so far this month. Oh, and they get San Diego and Houston next. Last year at this time (actually exactly a year ago Friday, the Giants were 5 games back of San Diego) The Giants were in worse shape. So with a little health and home cookin',  we as fans have reason to be hopeful. That is unless Bochy decides that Cabrera, Tejada and Wall Sit Rowand absolutely NEED at bats to stay sharp. Ok, we know for a fact that at least two of those guys start on Tuesday but let's hope it's not Tejada. He offers nothing....ever.

I'd like to discuss Huff though. He's playing much better post all star break but he shouldn't be hitting cleanup but the Giants have none options so he's stuck there. I like that Bochy has given him time to figure it out. They way he sticks with veterans too long actually worked in this case (1 out of 38 is good right?). I see Huff having a big September....in left field. A friend (CeeDub) and I were chatting and he made a good point. If Bochy decides to play Belt everyday, then he should play 1B and Huff in left. Belt is much better at first and Huff doesn't struggle in left. Problem solved.

Well, here's to Cabrera and Tejada slap fighting in the clubhouse and both snapping an Achilles Tendon and Rowand blowing his shoulder out while doing some body work on DeRosa's IROC (Is there any way DeRosa doesn't cruise his IROC with Vinny Testaverde?).