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The Giants played a good game, but Brian Wilson blew a two-run lead in the bottom of the ninth. For once, the blame rests solely on two people: Brian Wilson, for being an awful pitcher who relies almost entirely on luck and generous calls in pressure situations, and Bruce Bochy, for sending Wilson out to begin with, and not putting in Jeremy Affeldt to face the left-handed Freddie Freeman with two outs and the bases loaded, still up by one run. Affeldt was warmed up and ready. Wilson was not well enough to pitch yesterday. I called the blown save the second the ninth inning began. A Brian Wilson at 100% I have little to no confidence in. A less-than-100% Brian Wilson is just willfully driving your team's bus off a cliff. I get needing to stick with your players so they don't lose confidence, but you're in a pennant race.
Well, you were in a pennant race. This is the night the Giants lost a playoff berth. Mark it down. The players were visibly losing confidence by the day and they needed this win in the worst way. I say it again: in the worst way. I don't see them bouncing back from this, even though the Diamondbacks will almost certainly be humbled by the Phillies in the coming days.
This is terrible. This has ruined everything.
I was listening to this one on the (internet) radio, and when Pablo went down I was equal parts "lol" and "poor, poor Bill."
ReplyDeletethe good news is Pablo is fine. the bad news is that romo and beltran went on the DL today
ReplyDeletelolololol
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