Tim Lincecan't Control Blue, Stupid Baserunning

Good guys fall to the Rox 3-2 on a blown balk call and baserunning miscues. For now, it looks like balks, and only those mired in controversy, at that, are Lincecum's only known kryptonite.

On the Lince-o-Meter, it was a horrific start. What was that line again?


Note that the above line would make Barry Zito write an epic power rock-ballad dripping with envy. My guess is he'd even devote the killer bridge (with requisite key change) to how much he digs phantom balks.

The Rox had a "holy crap, Pedro Feliz is catching and Randy Winn is on third" moment last night when slumping soph Troy Tulowitzki hurt himself (potentially for a while) in the first. With their backup already scratched, second baseman Clint Barmes shifts to short, third baseman Garret Atkins slides to second, and catcher Chris Iannetta goes to third (the latter two being the first ever appearances by those players at those positions). Iannetta responds by hitting a homer off the kid. If only it was that easy to procure a hitting third baseman in GiantsLand.

Meanwhile, Ray Durham continues to look like someone slightly better and John Bowker continues to look like Ray Durham, putting up another 0fer and a GIDP to boot.

I still like him better than Durham.