My blog turns 1 today

Hey kids, ol' Jax here.

The blog turns one year old today, Aug. 19. In dog years that's like what, age 21? So have a beer.

I'm in the garage right now waiting for the fog to lift outside. There's a half-assembled Weber grill in here. Does he expect me to put this together? Hello, do you really want me messing with propane with no opposable thumbs?

The Giants came from four runs back to beat the Reds 8-5 in 10 innings last night, and Ryan Garko had two clutch hits including the RBI double in the 10th that won it.

"Maybe now my teammates will stop avoiding eye contact with me in the locker room," Garko probably thought as he stood on second base.

Garko had been hitting .224 since he joined the Giants at the trade deadline. Some fans (and maybe teammates) doubted him.


Giants announcer Dave Fleming asked him after the game how it's been on the squad so far. His first response was "Uh, it's been OKAY ..." then he launched in to how great the team was and the fans and the city blah blah blah. Garko photo by bayareasportsguy.com.

For once it would be nice if a ballplayer were honest and said "Actually, these guys are pretty frosty when your situational hitting sucks."

This 11-game road trip to New York, Cincinnati and Colorado started off horribly at that first game at Citi Field. Then in the last game in New York the Giants exploded for a 10-1 win and split the series. Hopefully that momentum can continue in Cincinnati. The Giants are better than the Reds, c'mon, they're 16 1/2 games out of the NL Central. They don't have a snowball's chance. Then again, neither do the Mets and they whooped us for two games.

Also in New York, Matt Cain threw a fastball that clanked off David Wright's helmet and sent him to the hospital. Wright might be out for the season. Cain rarely beans guys, I have to believe it was a mistake. Nonetheless, the retaliatory pitches flew at catcher Bengie Molina in the next inning.

Let's hope Zito can get it done tonight in Cincy.

Jax