The Giants first loss frustrating

It's about time Randy Johnson became a Giant. Oh wait he's 45 years old. The Giants have terrible timing when it comes to signing star players, its always a couple of years too late. Barry Zito, Edgar Renteria, Aaron Rowand, Randy Winn, Rich Aurilia and Benji Molina were all stars at one time or another. The question remains was bringing Randy Johnson to San Francisco a good idea?

Even amist all the naysaying, mine included, last night Randy Johnson proved that he is still of value to a major league team. Johnson was in control of his pitches the entire game. Even the high fastball that was slammed out of the park by Brewers pitcher Yovani Gallardo was a well placed pitch. Gallardo got lucky. Watching the game last night you could hear the huge sigh let out by the crowd at AT&T Park. It was painful to watch.

What was even more painful to watch was the innings that followed. Eight guys were left on base. This is perhaps the most frustrating aspect of the Giants teams of the last couple of years. Hopefully this trend of being unable to drive in runs will not continue. Aside from Randy Winn's two stolen bases and Aaron Rowand's two doubles, they each struck out twice and looked ugly doing it. Benji Molina also grounded into a double play and hit a soft roller with the bases loaded. All of these infractions are forgiven, because these guys had agressive approaches at the plate. There are two guys whoever who don't look aggresive at the plate. Edgar Renteria and Emanuel Burriss. When they step into the batters box they look lost to me. It's like they are just trying to avoid striking out.

The big positive I take away from yesterday's game is that Bruce Bochy and/or Randy Winn decided to take chances on the basebaths. An agressive approach on the basebaths and in the battersbox is the only way the Giants can have a chance to make the playoffs. Nobody has given the Giants a chance this year, but I think only time will tell how good this team really is. I believe the true talent of this team will be shown by their response to difficult losses like last nights.