Dueling narratives. (Photo: Inha Leex Hale/flickr)

Man, I can’t keep the narratives straight anymore.

I do know that

1. There may or may not be a personal catcher rule in effect, but Hector Sanchez is totally catching Tim Lincecum every start, whether you like it or not.
2. Tim Lincecum may or may not be back, but the media is totes going to say he is.
3. Tim Lincecum was pretty awesome tonight.
4. And with an 8 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 11 K line, why wouldn’t he be?
5. Hector Sanchez may or may not be the reason why Tim was awesome again tonight, but let’s all just say he is because that’s how it works.

I think that’s all the narratives that happened until the 9th inning. I think.

Anyway, Hector Sanchez is … a backup catcher for a reason. He’s not particularly the best defensively and unfortunately, tonight was the night it really showed.

The game should’ve been over in the top of the 9th with a strikeout, except there was the throwing error and the wild pitch and then, oh, look, the game’s tied. Herpity derp. » Continue reading “Giants Recap: Oh Hai First Place”

Madison Bumgarner facing the Astros is usually a fun thing to watch.

Last time he faced them, he hit his first career home run — something that I know I’ve definitely been waiting to see since I heard he hit a grand slam in AA Connecticut. (Remember when the Giants’ AA team was still the Connecticut Defenders and not the Richmond Flying Squirrels? That was, like, three or four seasons ago? What the what now?)

Anyway, tonight, he faced the Astros once again. Seven innings, two hits given up, two walks, one run, five strike outs. Pure awesomness, of course. Sure, someone can credit that also to the fact that it’s the Astros and they don’t exactly have the best team in the National League. But Jose Altuve went 0-for-4 tonight, which means something.

Buster Posey ran massive_dingerz.exe and crushed one into centerfield. It was awesome. That’s Buster Posey.

I would have rather not seen any kind of collision at the plate, even if it was one of the Giants bowling over the opposing catcher. That … was just not pleasant to watch, honestly.

But otherwise, with the exception of the 8th and 9th innings when I was promptly distracted by the internet, it seemed like a good game. And they won! Which is a nice change from losing. But it’s not like there are any other options than that.