The Zong

The short answer is: “Maybe!”

After all the complaining and bitching and throwing my hands up in the air at the start of the season, the San Francisco Baseball Giants are maybe the hottest team in the majors. The starting pitching has been outstanding, and Barry Bonds looks like he might still be juicing. Wherever the magic is, they’ve won 6 straight and are in Secret Touching-Distance of the first place Dodgers, who going into tonight had the best record in the bigs.

As if it wasn’t good enough, they’ve been doing it basically without the top of their lineup. Dave Roberts and the Viz have been pretty stinky up until now, and one wonders how good los Gigantes will look if they actually start to get on base. On top of all this, Armando Benitez hasn’t blown a save yet! What the fuck is going on here?

I really, really want to believe that Barry, Barry and Sons are as good as this, but it’s way too early for anyone to say that I was wrong about them yet; they could drop their next six and then I’ll be back to my bitching. Nevertheless, the more they make me look like a jerk, the better I feel.

- M.G.