Well That Wasn't Any Fun

Oof.

I came into this weekend very confident that we'd walk out of Phoenix having witnessed a sweep. I must have forgotten to specify which team I wanted to do the sweeping. Tim Lincecum, Madison Bumgarner, and Matt Cain all are going to have bad starts throughout the year. This is baseball. It happens. Ideally they don't happen on consecutive days against the team's biggest threat to the postseason. With the Giants actually scoring a reasonable amount of runs, these mulligan starts from the Big 3 showcased a new way to lose, so at least we got a learning experience out of the weekend! (Last year the Giants were 55-9 when scoring at least 4 runs. 0-3 so far this year). Yes, it's only 3 games. But it's also 3 games. Can't get those back.

Great to see Posey homer. But after watching some of his swings, and some of his defense, I'm hard-pressed not to use the pun "Rust"er Posey. He'll be fine.

That bottom third of the line-up consisting of Theriot/Burriss, Crawford, and the pitcher is not quite awe-inspiring. Freddy Sanchez needs to come back ASAP. Also, Crawford, if you are going to be making critical errors, people will be wondering what the point of your existence is.

Credit the Arizona fans for being friendly all weekend, even if their numbers declined significantly after the opener.

So now Barry Zito. At Coors Field. In the role of "stopper". Oof.