Baseball Closure

Rest easy, Giants fans. We fought and failed. We were embarrassed by the Dodgers in the final weekend. The Padres continually beat the Giants down the stretch. It was bad.

Alas, the Padres won one game in St. Louis and the Dodgers got swepted. Their seasons lasted five days longer than ours. Most importantly, they got lured into thinking they were actually good and had a chance. There would of been no pain greater than watching Kent, Lofton, Tomko and friends celebrating again. Thankfully, it did not happen.

While I'm talking about the playoffs, it is certainly time to give the A's their fair share of praise. I'm not sure what happened, but back in June, the Giants split the season series and should of taken four of six. The A's were not a good team. Frank Thomas has found the fountain of youth somehow and Esteban Loiza has straightened out his drinking and driving issues. No one will watch the Tigers-A's series but it be great baseball. Regardless of how much the two beat each other up, the winner will certainly beat the pitching depleted NL champ.

5 World Championships, 0 Splash Hits? Sigh.

Highly interesting article by Scott Ostler regarding the strange saga that is Jeff Kent. Deadspin had a great take on it.