"You can't script this bullshit"

(Perhaps the best summary of this road trip, courtesy of Todd Greene).

Barry might be back to normal--slugging home runs and sitting near the top of the league in many offensive categories--but the Giants certainly are not, even by this year's lowly standards. Having dropped three in a row to the Brewers and given up about 200 runs on this recent road trip, Bonds & Co. can't wait to return to 24 WMP and distance themselves both physically and emotionally from this trainwreck. Barring a monumental collapse by the multitude of teams ahead of the Giants in the division and Wild Card, the best the team can hope for is to spoil the playoff dreams of the Dodgers, who finish the season in San Francisco.

In other news Dr. Art Ting is back in our lives, after a tumultuous three-round bout last season with Barry's knee, the surgeon will attempt to remove bone chips from the left-fielder's left elbow.