Sadly, as the season droops like my no longer magnificent abdomen over the waist on the white Sansabelt pants of remorseful destiny, the late 70's are coming back like a cold sore on your wedding day. You could pretty much count on this same abysmal behavior by various Giants squads all through the horrendous disco years. There may, in fact, be some sinister correlation between the two events. That should perhaps always remain a mystery..Two things we do know, the Brewers were pretty good then and the Giants occupied some other reality.
Whatever the Giants are preoccupied with now is oddly reminiscent of that dark and forlorn time. While I certainly like the night life and I like to boogie on the disco round as much as the next guy, I just don't want to relive this. Why do the Giant feel compelled to go all David Soul on us now? Haven't we suffered enough? Put down the puka shells, men. If the ugly realization that the Brewers are better than you doesn't snap you out of your funk, what makes you think popping on a leisure suit will improve your chances to score?
We just can't be having another ghastly dry spell like you accosted us with in the late 70's. We can't! We can't! That we probably will gnaws at me.
On a completely unrelated note, the Wiener Races are upon us again and that is always big fun. I am a little concerned by the trustworthiness of the results, though. Lately, Hotdog, all loaded up with rat feces, horse genitalia and obviously human growth hormone, has been dominating this event. Why isn't Mitchell investigating this? The numbers never lie and the numbers are telling a scary story.
Bratwurst 4
Polish Sausage 9
Italian Sausage 5
Hot Dog 14
Chorizo 5
That's overall wins, people and that's scandal with a capital S. You can't tell me Hotdog works any harder in the off season than Polish Sausage. That dude is one whama jamma kielbasa and he can't buy a break. Bratwurst sucks but that's a given. To see Italian Sausage come back from that unfortunate boiling incident and perform as well as he has is heartwarming(or maybe heartburning after 6 pm). It's clear they rushed Chorizo too soon but that's Selig for you. Somebody needs to be raked over the coals here until we can get some answers. If we lose our belief in the integrity of the Wiener Races, what's left?
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This team is far worse than the Giants teams of the "disco era."
From 1977-79, the Giants had a .484 winning %. Those teams had a decent bullpen (Lavelle, Minton, Moffitt, Curtis) and some halfway decent hitting (J. Clark, Ivie, D. Evans).
This team reminds me more of the Giants from 1983-85. Those were the darkest years that I remember as a Giants fan. That's when The 'Stick felt the coldest. The days of the Croix de Candlestick, the Crazy Crab, and the pathetic "C'mon Giants... Hang in there" slogan.
Kruk & Kuip were on those teams. I wonder if they're thinking the same thing. Winning % from '83-'85?: an anemic .426.
96 losses in '84, and 100 more in '85.
Lame rookies like Rob Deer. Washed up palookas like Dan Driessen and Manny Trillo. In '85, Krukow was 8-11 with a 3.38 ERA. Gott was 7-10 with a 3.88. Laskey was 5-11 with a 3.55. Hammaker was 5-12 with 3.74. And Dave LaPoint was 7-17 with a 3.57. Jeffrey Leonard led the team with 62 RBIs, matching the number of wins the team had that year. Sound familiar?
These Giants are THOSE Giants. And guess where the All-Star Game was played in '84. I remember it well because I was there, freezing my butt off.
Thankfully, '86 brought us Roger Craig, Al Rosen, Will the Thrill, Robby Thompson, and HUMM BABY! Mr. Sabean could have learned a thing or two from Al Rosen.
I agree..The early 80's were even more grim..I just picked the 70's so I could go with my lame disco references.
Sorry to get all technical on you. And I did enjoy the disco stuff. It's just that this year's team really does remind me a lot of those miserable Giants teams in the early 80's, and I had to vent. Btw, there are lots of good 80's references out there too.
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