Category Archives: Aaron Rowand

Destiny Spits on the Giants

So Peter Happy ends up being the guy who gets the game winning hit in the clincher of the World Series, eh?  That hurts worse than the beartrap that’s attached to the canker sore on my tongue. It is a … Continue reading

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Giants LOB one to Rockies

Cold (or even mild, temperate) summer nights at Pac Bell are no fun unless the Giants are scoring, and these days, the faithful along with the Lunatic Fringe know: that scoring is not going to come from home runs. So … Continue reading

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Filed under Aaron Rowand, Fred Lewis, Matt Cain, Matt Palmer, Randy Winn

DING DONG, CASTILLO’S DFA’D (And Everyone’s Up)

Well, how about that for a move? (From Baggs) Huge, huge shift today. The Giants have a whole new corner infield. John Bowker and Steve Holm were optioned to Fresno and Jose Castillo was designated for assignment. Rohlinger, a third … Continue reading

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Filed under Aaron Rowand, Emmanuel Burriss, Fred Lewis, Ivan Ochoa, John Bowker, Jose Castillo, Omar Vizquel, Pablo Sandoval, Randy Winn, Ryan Rohlinger, Steve Holm, Travis Ishikawa

Vintage Suck

On a night where the Giants adorned their garb of yesteryear, Omar Vizquel decided to go throwback, too, flying all over the field and collecting the Giants’ first straight steal of home in 25 years. Unfortunately, the rest of the … Continue reading

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Filed under Aaron Rowand, Barry Zito, Bengie Molina, Matt Cain, Omar Vizquel, Tim Lincecum

Holy Sweep!

“Ace” Barry Zito leads the Giants to a sweep of Randy Johnson and the first-place D’Bags to cap a 6-3 road trip. Let the record show that Orange Black and Blue takes absolute full entire credit for that. You can … Continue reading

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Filed under Aaron Rowand, Alex Hinshaw, Barry Zito, Brian Sabean, Brian Wilson, Randy Winn

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Who were those guys? Excuse my confusion, but those mysterious men in gray scored in double digits – for the first time all season. (They were the second to last to get there, however, with the Royals still reliably being … Continue reading

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Filed under Aaron Rowand, Barry Bonds, Barry Zito, Bengie Molina, Bruce Bochy, Fred Lewis, Jonathan Sanchez, Jose Castillo, Ray Durham

Another Broken Record: Backbreaking Losses

Giants drop two maddening games in the double-header, the second costing hard-luck Matt Cain another shot at a win. Misch-ugana remains winless after deciding to take the day off, getting absolutely shelled in the first game. Positives: Aaron Rowand’s 100th … Continue reading

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Filed under Aaron Rowand, Bengie Molina, Matt Cain, Omar Vizquel, Pat Misch

Another Broken Record: Backbreaking Losses

Giants drop two maddening games in the double-header, the second costing hard-luck Matt Cain another shot at a win. Misch-ugana remains winless after deciding to take the day off, getting absolutely shelled in the first game. Positives: Aaron Rowand’s 100th … Continue reading

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Filed under Aaron Rowand, Bengie Molina, Matt Cain, Omar Vizquel, Pat Misch

Yor-vit Is Better Than Ours

Among the nasty byproducts of the mercenaries otherwise known as the early 21st century Giants is that we seem to play a former Giant every freaking series. And every freaking series, no matter how much their skills eroded, if there … Continue reading

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Filed under Aaron Rowand, Bengie Molina, Carney Lansford, Jose Castillo, Keiichi Yabu, Merkin Valdez, Pat Misch, Tim Lincecum, Tyler Walker, Vinnie Chulk

Clutch Holmer

Steve Holm gets it done in relief of Big Money as his 2-run homer (the first of his ML career) in the bottom of the seventh helps the Giants nab the rubber match and return the favor to the Phillies. … Continue reading

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Filed under Aaron Rowand, Billy Sadler, Brian Bocock, Brian Wilson, Jack Taschner, John Bowker, Jonathan Sanchez, Jose Castillo, Omar Vizquel, Steve Holm, Tyler Walker