Today was good day. I woke up late, watched the Giants beat the Cubs behind Lincecum and two 3-run innings. Bengie Molina got the Giants started in fine fashion, as his 3-run HR in the 1st gave Lincecum 3 runs to play with before he ever took the mound. As soon as the TV cameras showed Lincecum in the dugout, pumping his fist like he'd already won, I thought, "That better be enough, Timmy, because that might be all you get". For a long time, it looked like I was right. Lincecum led by the slim margin of 3-2 after 7 innings before the Giants added 3 in the top of the 8th, highlighted by a 2-run double by the eternally-slumping Aaron Rowand.
Getting to watch the Giants play a day game at Wrigley is one of life's simple pleasures. Getting to see Lincecum hold down the Cubbies for the win is the cherry on top. The Giants scoring 6 runs is the tab of acid on top of the cherry.
Bright spots: Merkin Valdez was nasty, and struck out 2 in an inning of work -- he hit 99 and had a devastating slider. Emmanuel Burriss had 2 hits, albeit from the right side. Molina continues to be a not-as-embarrassing-as-it-should-be cleanup hitter. Rowand (see above).
Downside: After getting hot the last 2 games, Fred Lewis looked very bad at the plate, taking a collar and still hasn't homered. Before looking nasty and striking out 2, Valdez couldn't get the ball over the plate with a 4 run lead in the 8th -- he was lucky to get his first out on what would've been ball 4.
Again, just awesome -- real grass, real sunshine, real baseball. Giants at Wrigley. Lincecum. Runs. Not working. Today represented everything great about America.
TOMORROW: The Giants travel to Colorado to play the Rockies, the Big Unit taking the hill against Ubaldo Jimenez (a.k.a. "Battle of The Uglies 2: Rocky Mountain Ugly").
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