Saturday, June 16, 2007

Odds and Ends...

There are any number of viable reasons why the Giants offense tends to slumber. I mean traveling to Boston is like way far, dude. That sort of trip would tax even the heartiest grandma I know. And nobody can ever convince me those bats aren't heavy.

The Giants still appear to have some nice pitching prospects in the minor leagues. One could argue that the franchise has a bit of a surplus of young arms, particularly since they just drafted 200 of them last week. Here's a thought certainly worth dismissing after limited debate. Why not trade some of those minor league pitchers for some minor league position players? Is there some ritualistic code of the scouts that disallows this practice? I am putting the staff on the case.

Speaking of the staff, there are quiet whispers rocketing around the corner offices at the palatial corporate headquarters here in Strawman Towers. In hushed but urgent voices the questions linger. Who is Brian Horwitz? What does he do? Does he merit any further study. Why are they asking me? Are those real?

Are the ball dudes starting to die off? They seem to be running out a bunch of 35 year olds lately instead of the kindly old gents we have come to know and love. This perplexes me some because the Giant do seem to value the kindly old gents they parade out in the lineup every day. Let's try something different. Why not have kindly old ball dudes and sprightly young ball players? I am willing to accept the addition of sprightly young ball dudettes for purely prurient reasons but that is perhaps best suited for examination in a different forum.

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