11 posts tagged “sf giants”

The pulled pork sandwich from center field in San San Francisco. Modeled by Cory Treffiletti in the bottom of the 5th in a 1-1 game vs the Diamondbacks.

Later in the game, Barry Bonds hit his 750th career home run:

 

 

Nice blast over the deep LF wall -- below the full moon!

Our friend and longtime Giants (& adopted Carolina) fan, Cary Savas, caught a foul ball (his first in San Francisco, 2nd lifetime) and the Giants went on to take the rubber match of the Yankees series.

 

 

It was also the reunion of the 1962 World Series teams -- both Yankees and Giants were being honored -- in attendence:  Felipe Alou, Matty Alou, Gaylord Perry, Juan Marichel, Willie McCovey, Orlando Cepeda, Willie Mays -- and that was only on the Giants' side!

Other milestones for today's managers:  It is Bruce Bochy's 2,000th game as a manager, and would be Joe Torre's 2,000th win.  Didn't happen for Joe this game though...

Listen to the reception for Willie Mays:

 

Barry Bonds was 1 for 2, with three walks and a hit-by-pitch (on the first pitch of his last at-bat when the Giants were comfortably in the lead) -- he is by far the most feared (least pitched-to) player in baseball:

 

Barry takes his bad calls like a man -- I've never seen him get hot about balls and strikes:

 

 

A-Rod was out-of-his-mind in this series:  he was 11-13 at my rough count -- here's one of several RBI's:

 

Roger Clemens came out of the bullpen (for only the second time in his career), as a tune-up for an upcoming start:

 

Besides the bevy of Hall-of-Famers in attendence because of the 1962 World Series reunion, there were a bunch of future members on the field:  Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Roger Clemens, and even guys like Omar Vizquel and Andy Petitte (who could make the Hall too).    Roger Clemens vs. Barry Bonds could have been an epic moment -- but Barry will not swing at balls outside of the zone:

 

 

 

A-Rod got lucky here on this ball hit into the sun:

 

And a solid close-out to the first series win for the Giants in weeks:

The scuttle in town is that the Giants are going to go after A-Rod to replace Barry as our franchise player:

 

 

on a gorgeous day in San Francisco.   Lots of great highlights today, with Scott Sanford and Madeleine Cohen cheering on their visiting Yankees:

 

Kevin was wearing his "Dusty, Gone Fishin'" hat:

 

Jeter played a great game -- here's one Hall of Famer to another (Omar V):

 

A-Rod is playing out-of-his-mind right now -- he's something like 10 of 12 against the Giants in the first two games:

 

The Yankees had at least 18 hits, but they didn't score very much:

 

A-Rod's 28th dinger of the year looked (to knot the game at 5-5) was impressive -- the scuttle now is that the Giants will go after him to replace Barry Bonds:

 

 

 

 

Jack and Jack D'Angelo Jr were on hand -- Jack Sr. met Babe Ruth here in San Francisco when he was 4 years old:

 

And the Giants play the Yankees for the first time since the 1962 World Series.

Barry Bonds hit #749:

 

 Here's more 749 hoopla:

 

Even Barry's foul balls are exciting -- that's one of the things I'll always remember about watching him play:

 

Matt Cain pitched a decent game, but got hit as hard as I've seen him hit this year -- he is 2-8 but has an ERA under 4.  I'm glad we signed him to a 4 year deal...    Scott and Madeleine Cohen were here routing for their Yankees, and Gaurav Suri also got to see his Yankees win:

 

The silver lining to the Red Sox's sweep of the Giants was the high-level of play, the camraderie, and watching Barry Bonds, Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, JD Drew hit.

 

 

For some reason, at Fenway they sing "Sweet Caroline" in the 8th inning (play videos, above, for crowd participation).

Mitch is lucky to have his younger brother, Mack, in town with him:

 

And Kevin Gottesman joined the fun, in from San Francisco to cheer for the Giants.   Matt Cain pitched a three hit, one earned-run game for us -- it is a shame he's only 2-7 so far this year because he's pitched very well and received no run-support...

 

First time the Giants have played here since 1912.

 

Mitch Caplan Rock got a gang of Gilman boys together:  Dennis McCoy, Walker Jones, Richard Ginsberg, and me:

 

As the Giants beat the Blue Jays (and end a 6-game home losing streak).    Arthur Ceria was our good luck charm, shown here posing with Barry:

 

 

 

And as a special bonus, Elliot Yamin led the crowd in "Take Me Out to the Ballgame":

 

Kevin showed up with a friend, Mike, who happens to be a Baltimore guy -- went to Boys Latin and then the University of Vermont -- small world!   Barry Bonds hit homerun #746; here's his wave to the crowd afterwards:

 

 

Another year, and the "original three" are back together again!