I Am Afraid

I am faint of heart.  As a child I used to run away when the Wicked Witch of the West showed up on the Wizard of Oz.  Yesterday, I had to turn off the game after the 7th inning. That was for the Giants' 7-2 loss to the Cardinals.  Today, celebrating the return of Brandon Belt, I watched the whole game. After all, Matt Cain gave up only two runs.  Hope was alive right up through the last out. But there was no joy in Mudville, again.

I am afraid.

I am afraid of what happens when a team keeps losing. The Giants have momentum, all right.  Only it is going the wrong way.  Sometimes I am just afraid it is going to hurt.

Where I live, everyone loves the Giants. I see strangers talking baseball in the produce section of Whole Foods. When the G's win, the people of the Bay Area are happier, I am certain. I get mad when people leave the Giants.  I get mad when they flip to the A's. I get mad when the G's don't play well.

The Giants' pitching seems to have been shored up.  At least for now. But what good is pitching without offense? Cain did not deserve to lose. What is the inspiration to keep fighting is there is no offensive backup? It would have been so nice to celebrate his 1,500th strikeout with a win.

With was nice to see Michael Morse get a double. Pence hit. Morse hit. Posey hit. Arias hit. That was it. Stults won:  seven innings with six strikeouts, four hits and two walks.

Giants fans are special.  I have known that for a long time. We have courage. We stand by our G-Men. It becomes, however, more and more difficult.  Like I said, I am afraid. But I will see the game tomorrow. Hudson vs. Despaigne.  Despaigne shut the Giants out the last time they played, June 23.  6-0.

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I just heard that the Athletics just got Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel from the Cubs.  I was hoping that the Giants would go after Samardzija. Now it could happen that the Giants will face him during the Giants-A's series.