Today's Giants Lookalike: Too Good To Be My Idea

Meet team OPS leader Matt Cain. A Bondsian 1.072 in case you're wondering.

I have an unhealthy obsession with pitchers that can hit. So even before Matt Williams, er, Cain muscled up again last night, I noted, "Cain certainly takes his hacks up there, doesn't he?"

So forget about the great game he pitched, or the fact that he may be starting to bounce back from a slow start (pitching-wise) to look like the Matt Cain we all know and love. We'll leave that to the lowly beat writers of the world today.

Cainer has shown some power in the past, blasting two out last year. But the entire staff as well as the younger hitters all seem to have benefited from the tutelage of Carney Lansford. So while Cain had 2 HRs in all of 2007, he matched that total last night and is on pace for almost 7 for 2008, a Mike Hampton-esque pace.

I'm only half-joking when I ask: can he play third?

Also, Giants win. Assists to Brian Wilson for a drama-free 1-2-3 in the 9th and FLew, who almost goes for the cycle a year to the date from last one. Slump's over, I suppose.

Win's good for a lot of reasons, most importantly because Pat Misch is facing the Astros stacked lineup tonight. And although Brian Moehler isn't exactly Roy Oswalt, Winn-Molina-Rowand also aren't Tejada-Berkman-Lee.