Check Your Head

Me (two days ago):

Horwitz makes his first start - I'm not holding my breath for a Bowker-esque first full game.

Brian Horwitz (a 4 for 8 with a homer later):

Check yourself.

And Bri Rock is born. (Click here if you don't get it, you weird, slightly off-putting, but not really rebellious emo kid.)

Once again proving I don't know jack, Bri Rock and the 1927 New York Yankees decided to call it a game early in a drubbing of the New York Wets the Bed.

In another cruel-life counterexample to my ill founded assertions, Jonathan Sanchez is looking like a pitcher that has a plan, even out of the stretch, and his run of good starts continues. (He's also starting to look pretty comfortable at the plate.)

An interesting contrast to the starting pitcher for the Mets last night, Oliver Perez, another lefty with filthy stuff and a questionable mound presence. When it's all said and done, Sanchez's career arc could very much mirror Ollie's - fits of inconsistency (as last night's outing displayed) interspersed with absolute brilliance. Although it seems he's been around forever, Perez is, at 26, only a year senior to Sanchez.

And a huge congrats to Big Money for his 1,000th hit. Molina's quickly becoming one of my all-time favorite Giants. From the big guy:

"It means a lot to me. It's like most of the guys hitting 3,000. I know and understand I'm not a superstar. I'm not a Hall of Famer. But to get to 1,000 hits for a guy who wasn't supposed to sign and signed for $1,000 - $750 after taxes - for a guy who wasn't supposed to make in the minor leagues, for being the slowest guy in the world, to get 1,000 hits is really an honor for me. ... No scout in Puerto Rico gave me a chance to be a pro."

P.J. Martinez makes his long-anticipated return tonight. New Yorkers wonder what they'll get.

Meanwhile, San Franciscans wonder which kind of washed up ace they'd prefer: the injury-prone kind or the untalented kind. We'll get a first hand look tonight.

- A lot of prognosticators are licking their chops, as David Ortiz gets hurt, giving the Bonds to Sox as DH rumor momentum.

- Threets DFA'd. Best of luck to the hard throwing lefty.

- The Giants have expressed interest in Sac State's Gabe Jacobo, potentially as a fourth or fifth round pick. Jacobo's an athletic power hitter without a clear position - he was a prep shortstop before playing first in college.

- Define AAAA.

- Scary thought: "Hey kids, getting hurt's part of the game. And remember, one big stolen base does in fact a career make."

Discussion Junction (yeah I like that): With Randy Winn continuing to jack up his trade value and the young guys looking good, who do you think will be manning the Giants outfield on game 162?