Friday, April 08, 2005

 

Grab Your Snorkels...

...because we're going down.

To the DL, that is, for 15 days. And by "we" I mean "Moises Alou." Uh, and by "15 days" I mean "a seeming eternity," and if you're the Giants, right now "DL" means "Division Last Place," because that's where you are right now.

If you saw last night's Giants game--a 6-0 snoozer of a loss to the Dodgers--you saw what your Giants are going to look like for the bulk of April. Ugly. Punchless. Limp.

Somebody is going to have to step up big time and carry the Giants on their backs for a couple of weeks. Problem is, there's no one who can really do that. I'm willing to be proved wrong, though. Maybe Fonzie can have a whole month hitting .455 and spark some rallies? Nah, I don't think so. I think the best we can hope for is treading water, and maybe matching last April's disappointing 10-14 start. Remember, that was enough to keep the team in the hunt the rest of the year.

But last year, the Giants needed a healthy Bonds just to get to 10-14. This month, with no Bonds, no Alou, and a shaky batch of middle relievers, they could easily fail to win 10 games.

I think this where I say, "Hey, it couldn't possibly get any worse, could it?"

Jefferson 4:14 PM

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