Steel Drivin' Molina

Like the fabled John Henry took to steel rail spikes, Giants cleanup hitter, Bengie Molina, hammered his way through opposing lineups during a grueling 9-game road trip; a trip which the Giants finished 6-3, including a combined 5-1 mark against fellow NL West teams the Colorado Rockies and the Arizona Diamondbacks.

During the stretch, Molina batted .571 while collecting 7 doubles, 2 home runs, and driving in 14. He was awarded NL Player of the Week honors in the middle of the tear.

Molina and the Giants hope to continue their momentum tonight as they open a 6-game home stand against the San Diego Padres. Pre-game celebrations will be in abundance as it's the 15th annual 'Until There's a Cure (for AIDS)' game, as well as extended pomp and circumstance for Omar Vizquel setting some sort of record for playing a whole lot.

Giants Shoot For Winning Road Trip

Behind a superb starting performance from hard luck pitcher, Matt Cain, another miraculous home run from incumbent Willie Mac Award honoree, Bengie Molina, and some smart and speedy base running from newcomer Emmanuel Burriss, the Giants stole a much needed road victory last night against the San Diego Padres. The low scoring 3-2 affair was precisely the style of game play this team will have to master as they continue to rely on superior pitching to offset their woeful lineup.

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Molina's 9th inning home run off Padres legend Trevor Hoffman had the added benefit of averting another 1-0 loss for Cain. Cain suffered two such defeats in 2007, including an April decision to the very same Padres at Petco Park.

The Padres pitcher that evening was Chris Young, who the Giants face tonight as they complete their 7-game trip. The Giants will send the incomparable Tim Lincecum, who has roared through April, devouring his competition to amass a 3-0 record and 1.57 ERA. A victory will give the Giants a winning trip, and improve their season record against NL West opponents to a modest 6-7.

Molina Satisfies Fans Just Hanging Around For Fireworks

-- Fucking Worth It --

Bengie Molina launched a pair of solo home runs, including a game-winning shot in the bottom of the 11th inning, in Tuesday nights' contest against the San Diego Padres. Behind starter Tim Lincecum, the Giants pathetic offense produced only 6 hits, yet had somehow clawed their way to 2-1 lead. Unfortunately, to the dismay of thousands of fans who had braved the chilly San Francisco weather just to watch the post-game fireworks spectacular, closer Brian Wilson blew the save in the 9th, costing Lincecum the win, and forcing said fans to take a long, hard look in the mirror and ask themselves whether they really wanted to stick around and watch this pathetic 1-6 team probably lose in extra innings just to witness the post-game fireworks spectacular.

It was. And those fans who remained were rewarded with a Giants win and an amazing post-game fireworks spectacular!

When Will These Sad Sacks Hit a Friggin' Home Run

The Giants mustered just 1 extra-base hit (a double) in their season opening series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Considering their post-Bonds lineup of Randy Winn hitting 3rd (their opening day #8 hitter last season) and catcher Bengie Molina (2007: 19 HRs ) at cleanup - how long will it take before the San Francisco Giants, as a team, hit just one measly home run...?

By when will the Giants have hit their first home run?

• Home Opener, April 7 in SF
• Sunday, April 27 @ Cincinnati
• Sunday, May 4 @ Philadelphia
• PRAISE THE LORD! Finally in Colorado - May 19

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***UPDATE***
Bengie Molina hit a meaningless HR in today's 13-4 shellacking by the Milwaukee Brewers.

What Is This Dreck?

1. Dave Roberts, lf
2. Rich Aurilia, 1b
3. Randy Winn, rf
4. Bengie Molina, c
5. Ray Durham, 2b
6. Aaron Rowand, cf
7. Jose Castillo, 3b
8. Brian Bocock, ss
9. Barry Zito, p

Morris Giants Lone All-Star?

With AT&T Park hosting the All-Star Game just over a month away, we in the Bay Area can look forward an exciting, sun-kissed few days of baseball irrelevance. But as we tune our sets to the game on July 10, basking in the national exposure our great stadium is receiving once more, who among our current team will be out there with us, making us proud?

Matt Morris is having an absolutely outstanding comeback season and will certainly be among the first pitchers selected by his former manager, Tony La Russa. Sadly, it may be Morris will be the only SF representative.

Barry Bonds' recent slump at the plate is translating into a slump at the ballot box, and what was once a probable start in LF may be nothing more than a pinch-hit appearance late in the game. That presumes La Russa even selects Bonds to the team given the national pressure he'll face to snub the mercurial slugger, despite worthy offensive numbers. I don't think La Russa's the type to do that, but a more likely scenario will be Bonds isn't voted in and simply announces he won't play in the game (but still appear at the park) to rest his ailing, splintered shins.

Which brings us to first year Giant Bengie Molina, a catcher highly deserving of the honor, but lost in the shadow of LA's Russel Martin and NY's Paul Lo Duca. There's been some noble campaigning by Giants fans to get him voted in, but realistically, Molina's best chance of making the team will be if current St. Louis catcher, Yadier Molina, whispers a few kind words in his skipper's ear on behalf of his older brother.

Eric Byrnes - God's Favorite Dildo

Matt Morris suffered the complete game loss tonight in the second of two straight games of divinely crafted horse shit.

To see the outfield buffoonery of former Oakland dunderhead, Eric Byrnes, TWICE turn into heroic, game-saving plays for Arizona just further cements by belief God exists, and He takes sadistic pleasure in fucking the Giants. Byrnes' ridiculous attempts at diving catches, which when missed in Oakland so often shot right past him, rolled to the wall, and turned singles into triples, last night scared Rich Aurilia enough to force a double-take between second and third base, allowing Mark Reynolds (3B) to retrieve the ball and hurl it back to third with such a velocity that it literally directed itself straight into the stumbling Brandon Lyon's glove and then once caught, change direction to pull Lyon's arm up into a tag on a sliding Aurilia!!! Next batter Bengie Molina flys out to the warning track in center to end the threat. Did I mention this was the top of the 10th? - cuz Chris Young comes up to end it with a walk-off in the bottom if the inning.

Then in tonights game, the Giants had a scoring situation in the 6th with Durham on second and one out. Feliz singles to left field and as Durham was flying around third on his way home, Byrnes picks the ball and lets off one of his preposterous throws where he does a flying somersault and lands on his head - which in Oakland invariably meant a missed cutoff man or it sailed so far offline everyone would take an extra base - but tonight against the Giants was a fireball right into Arizona catcher Chris Snyder's glove who applied the quick sweep tag to record the out at home. Of course, then Chris Young comes up to hit a home run which stood as the difference in the 1-0 game. There were other offensive failures tonight that are not owed to divine intervention however, just an old, tired baseball team that's not getting any breaks.