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Please...Please... I need Help


I can't take it anymore.

I've tried and tried to take it in stride. I just can't take articels like this anymore.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/pablo_torre/03/18/giants.postcard/index.html#ixzz0j57Iy3os

With stuff like this:

"The Giants have the best pitching staff in the National League"

"The NL West is arguably the deepest pitching division in all of baseball, and San Francisco possesses the best staff of them all (and the best one-two punch)."

Then he breaks down their possible starting rotation. Ok Timmy is very good. Matty is very good against everyone but us. Zito is still trying to find his um....(insert what ever here). Sanchez..... has been compared to Kershaw, in a bad way. For both of them, but Sanchez is 27. He does have a no hitter though. Then there is the Bum. 10 innings in. 20 years old and he is the rock that solidifies the bottom of the best pitching staff in baseball. The kid has good minor league numbers, but between his age and his spring problems. He is hardly a lock for that rotation. Let alone a proven performer at the big league level. I say bring him on, if he really is that good we'll see him sooner than later. If he falls flat on his face all the better for us.

My real problem is this though. Teams change every year, individual performances rise and fall, injuries happen. To me the Dodgers and the Giants have a pretty well balanced mix. Of young, possible up and coming stars (already there in Lincecum's case). As well as vets that have had success in the past, and journeyman with solid mediocre careers. Plus the fancy new prospects vying for a shot on the roster. I really think both our pitching staffs are both very good and very similar. Sure there might be a little more confidence in the future performance of Lincecum compared to Kershaw. Ok guilty untill proven innocent.

But ALL the quotes are "PITCHING STAFF" not good staff + Ace. Yet the Dodgers have a better Team (= Staff) ERA over both of the last two seasons. Both LA and SF finished the 2009 season with 611 runs allowed (tied for first in MLB). Though L.A. pitched 27 more innings. They also allowed fewer earned runs. Although sadly enough that is a different topic.

I will fully, and rightfully so admit. The Giants have a very good pitching staff. But I really, really, really, need just one person to give me a reason why even though they have allowed more runs over the last two years they are better than the Dodger.


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