I am an optimist by nature but even this optimist clearly sees that the Giants season is over. I feel they did a noble job this year with all the injuries even in an odd year. With some higher salaried players at the end of their contracts and their solid core of Posey, Bumgarner, Pence, Panik, Crawford, Belt and Duffy their future continues to look good but they do need to pick up a couple of starting pitchers. One player I doubt we will see in Orange and Black is Tim Lincecum.
Lincecum has been injured for the last few weeks and just underwent surgery on his hip. He is out for the season and the recovery time for his injury is about 4 months. The Giants gave him a gift contract in my opinion a couple years back paying him way above market price, his skills had obviously eroded. The 2-time Cy Young winner is not the same dominating pitcher he was during his 3-4 year streak as perhaps the best pitcher in baseball.
This card is indicative of how far his star has fallen. I didn't have this card in my collection yet and this Mint Graded version popped up on Sportlots auctions. I put in a minimum bid of 25 cents and received no competition. For the price of a piece of bubblegum plus some shipping I brought home this Bowman Chrome rookie card. Glad to have it in my collection even thought I am not a big fan of graded cards. Maybe some day I will free it from its plastic prison.
Thanks for a great effort this year Giants and thanks for the memories Timmy. I am a firm believer the drafting of you was the start of what has been a great run by the Giants.
It's always a sad day when a player who was once considered one of the faces of a franchise is on his way out. I hope he comes back healthy next year and latches on somewhere. Maybe he can reinvent himself as a closer much like Ryan Dempster or John Smoltz did?
ReplyDeleteI admit my 'dauber' was down after seeing last night's starting lineup (Al de Aza at cleanup, and Nick Noonan at 1B, with Buster resting and Belt having a stomach bug) but they did win a game they had no business winning.....so I am not giving up hope.....yet. They'll still make the boys in blue sweat!
ReplyDeleteI don't see that spark in the Giants that is needed this time of year to make a last minute run at the.division title. Unfortunately, I don't see the Dog-gems having a breakdown to slow them down to win the West. I agree with Mr. H, the.Giants could make them sweat a little (it's not over 'til it's over!) if the Giants are able to keep close.
ReplyDeleteTimmy's time by the Bay is up. Hold it, hold it just one .minute . . . unless the A's offer Timmy a chance a la Eck.
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I'm doing a project for school and I'd like to get in contact with you to ask a few questions about your card collecting if you would, you could get back to me at brndnpvlr@gmail.com
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