We all know that feel, sadcat with an orange soccer ball.

Tim Lincecum struck out two in the first inning. Sounds like good ol’ Timmy, sure. But he also gave up two home runs in that inning.

Then he had some decent innings.

Then the wheels fell off completely.

And then the Giants lost.

Good grief, that is basically the whole game in a nutshell.

Now the overanalysis of what-is-wrong-with-Timmy-itis is happening. I hear Greg Papa talking and it sounds like the adults in the Peanuts cartoons talking. That’s a perfectly acceptable analogy for Greg Papa’s analysis.

I don’t know about you, but when Jonathan Sanchez was traded away, I would’ve expected only Barry Zito to throw below average or have frustrating starts. » Continue reading “Giants Recap: That Was Just Sad”