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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
 Feel-Bad Wins
Beggars can't be choosers. Beggars rely on the charity of others. The Padres have been very charitable to the Giants, giving them two runs in each of the Giants' two wins. I hope the Giants send thank-you cards to Mike Cameron, Clay Hensley, Khalil Green and Kevin Kouzmanoff. Without their contributions, the Giants would be winless for the season.
That's a chilling thought, isn't it?
From the perspective of this fan, neither win has been particularly enjoyable. Armando Benitez is proving how worthless the save statistic is. He's a perfect 2-for-2 in save situations, and yet sports a sickening 7.71 ERA and a 2.57 WHIP. That ERA doesn't include inherited runners. I don't have that box score handy, but I believe he allowed two of those to score in his first "save." At the end of each of his "saves," I didn't feel that the Giants had won the game. I felt they had barely escaped certain doom. Feel-bad wins, I call them.
It won't be this bad the whole season. It's metaphysically impossible. Isn't it?
Jefferson 9:42 AM
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