Molina de Semana

In what promises to be one of few pieces of recognition the 2008 San Francisco Giants receive, our venerable cleanup hitter proved not only the best of the Flying Molina Catching Brothers, but the whole darn National League as he is named the Player of the Week for the week of May 19-25.

His stats from the week? .652 (15-23) batting average, nine RBIs, .654 on-base percentage, 15 hits, six of which were doubles, and a 1.043 slugging percentage. In the backbreaking May 25th doubleheader on Sunday, he went a combined 6-for-7 with four doubles, five RBI and two runs scored.

In a word: ridiculous.

Congrats, Bengie.

- Great matchup tonight as "Keep Us Closer" Tiny Dancer faces Dan Haren at the field formerly known as the BoB. 6:40 start.

- Pedro Martinez will return next week as the dysfunctional Metropolitans of New York come to Pac Bell on June 3rd.

"We look forward to a dominating 2/3 of an inning from Pedro," manager Willie Randolph told the vultures, er, press corps in New York. "We plan on lifting him at that point to preserve his body for his next start in August."

"Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go pick up the Wilpon's dry-cleaninng."

- Orlando Cepeda avoids the slammer. I'm pretty sure that he'll quit after this whole ordeal...

- Another thing I'm sure of: this is what will happen whenever the Giants ever hoist a trophy, be it in my lifetime or my great-grandchildren's.

Discussion-Explosion: What other individual awards could the San Francisco Giants win this season?