This Giants season has been maddening - at times looking like the best team in the league, and finally, after roster crippling injuries, have show their true colors - an offense that cannot sustain having two of its best hitters out of the year, as well as losing -um, everyone not named Aubrey Huff.
They performed admirably despite these losses, and had hoped the Keppinger and Beltran additions would reinvigorate their postseason run, but with them being hurt, and their few remaining position players being run into the ground, it is time to go young
Hector Sanchez is already up. Brandon Crawford, Emmanuel Burris and Brett Pill should be up here, playing. As should Brandon Belt. The vets are tired, beat up, and not hitting. It is time to infuse a little youth, speed, and possibly - POWER! Belt is their most powerful bat outside of Pablo Sandoval, yet Bruce Bochy just wont trust him. Since being sent down, both Crawford and Burris have hit over .300. Pill, probably the best bat in the minors but with no position, can play first and second.
This isn't just about playing young guys to get them ready for roles next year, its about this year too. I can only see so many combinations of .240 hitters disguised as lead off and clean-up hitters. Wouldn't this be a refreshing line up on September first:
1. Torres - CF
2. Keppinger 2b
3. Panda - 3b
4. Beltran - RF
5. Schierholtz - LF
6. Belt - 1b
7. Crawford - SS
8. Sanchez - C
Its gotta be better than what we are trotting out there now... Until then, play some young guys - they actually have a chance to improve
Saturday, August 20, 2011
49ers - Big test
I re-watched most of the 49ers first preseason game last night and came away much more positive than most of the fan base did.
Sure - the results were disastrous, but the little details are what caught my eye. I saw a coach who changed up his play calling to match the strengths of the players he had on the field, very un-Singletary like.
Positives
- The schemes. From Nolan to Singletary, the team's play calling has been transparent. Seeing us run out of the shotgun, throw more, and have multiple formations is a big step in the right direction. Now a result of this big fancy playbook coming into town - alot of the pressure you saw was due to missed assignments, not getting overpowered [Well, that and the Saints trying to prove something, blitzing the house all game for preseason game #1].
Sure - the results were disastrous, but the little details are what caught my eye. I saw a coach who changed up his play calling to match the strengths of the players he had on the field, very un-Singletary like.
Positives
- The schemes. From Nolan to Singletary, the team's play calling has been transparent. Seeing us run out of the shotgun, throw more, and have multiple formations is a big step in the right direction. Now a result of this big fancy playbook coming into town - alot of the pressure you saw was due to missed assignments, not getting overpowered [Well, that and the Saints trying to prove something, blitzing the house all game for preseason game #1].
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