Oh Giants

Buster Posey debuted yesterday. He had a fairly productive day, playing first base. I suppose I don't mind that much that he isn't catching at the moment, I mean, his bat probably is better than anyone not named Sandoval on that team, and bengie isnt terrible. Well, for now at least. But bengie wasnt playing yesterday, fucking whiteside was. Youre really going to start whiteside over Buster fucking Posey? The whole excuse for keeping him down was to work on his receiving, why the hell would you not play him at catcher on bengies off day. At least it wasn't the stupidest occurrence yesterday. That would belong to kendry morales. holy crap was that funny. I mean, yea, score some bad karma points to me for laughing at a guy for breaking his leg, but when an angel hurts himself during a celebration, i'm going to laugh.

Hanging Around

Around the .500 mark that is. Pretty much what I expected out of this team. BUT! But, the difference is that this team has been absolutely raped by injuries. I mean arguably our best position player and best pitcher have already missed time. Still have a free agent signing that hasn't seen any playing time. Ellis has missed time. I could keep going but we all know the injury luck we've had. And yet we are still managing an even record. When Anderson comes back we should be right back in the mix for first. And if the young pitchers can improve a bit as the year progresses (is that way too much to ask?) this team could get really really exciting really really fast. I hope the whole Ross in the rotation thing works out, I'm really optimistic about this guy, mostly because he's a local guy.

PERFECT

Never in a million years did I think this could happen. I mean come, it's Dallas Braden. Craft lefty with a mid 80's fastball. And it's the Rays! One of the better offenses in baseball. I only wish I could have seen it on something other than gameday. You know between the hilarious interviews, the "get off my fucking mound!" hysteria, and now a perfect game, I'm pretty sure Dallas Braden is like the most entertaining A I've ever witnessed. Dude is pure awesome.

So roster moves...

Donaldson/Cahill up, Suzuki to the DL, Carson down to AAA. Wait, Carson was on the roster? Missed that. I was miffed yesterday with the donaldson call up, but I guess I don't care now. Our season has basically already been fucked by injuries, may as well try an catch a random spark from a young player, worst that happens is we learn where he is in his development.

japanese has lost its fun

this is why i hate school. japanese was never school. it was a grand cultural reclamation project. it was something more to me, the grade at the end didnt matter. so of course, my best class was always japanese, it was the only class i actually wanted to go to and learn abotu and improve in. except that feeling is almost all gone for some reason. im not really learning anymore, just putting tons of symbols and words into my short term memory. im suposed to make a 3 min speech tomorrow. mine will be a minute if im lucky. just cant write anything. assignment is so stupid. dont really care at this point. fml. and i hate that expression. but seriously. fml. id say i wish i could sleep forever but, lately my dreams have been horribly unpleasant.

UGH

BAD FUCKING DAY. Hope is such an incredible thing. Take it away and what are you left with. Not much. I dunno what Ima do with my life. Everything looks impossible. I'm not alone but...somehow this feels worse.

Early Season Thoughts

BRETT ANDERSON EXTENSION WOOOOO! Also, BRETT ANDERSON DOMINANCE WOOO!

Gio has also been pretty awesome. Actually, everyone besides Sheets has been awesome, and I'm not panicking on Sheets yet...ok I am panicking, but he could still easily revert to being an above average pitcher.

On offense, not much happiness, but that was expected. Barton has been insane. I was optimistic about Barton, he won't be this awesome all season, obviously, but if he can throw up a .400+ OBP I will be ecstatic. Pennington has been better than expected, but that might be because I'm really pessimistic about him.

The bench has been great. Rosales is a beast. Gross has had a nifty start. Patterson...well, I still believe in him.

I've been enjoying the whole first place thing, but I've been realisitc. Yes, we have been playing really well, and the performances havent been all that flukey good, but still our competition has been...less than stellar. M's, well, I've said many times I'm not a believer, and without Lee they are pretty much a joke. Angels and Rangers are just not great teams, better than us, maybe, but still not that strong. And then theres the orioles...yea...I love free wins.