re reason for giants june swoon giants off to a fast start in article apr bnlux bnl gov kyee bnlux bnl gov kenton yee writes in article nxm psuvm psu edu nxm psuvm psu edu writes the giants have won of their last games behind some solid pitching excluding that win against atlanta if they can stay around first place after say the first games i think they ve got a legitimate chance at winning the pennant and maybe even more than that don t you remember that the giants were in st place as late as june last year then their pitching collapsed their problem is they have optimistically only good starting pitchers swift brantly and the bowler can t remember his name the other starters are extremely unreliable and often get blasted before innings that means the already shallow bullpen gets over worked this means after a few months the bullpen collapses and their post all star record tends to be much worst than their pre all star record the bowler is john burkett who went to last night he is a bargain pickup on my roto team i got him at a minimum of just a thought does someone have the won lost pre post allstar records for the giants the last few seasons i bet their records tends to be worst and worst as the season goes on this is not really true excluding last season the giants has been a better nd half team in they had a hot august to pull to within a few games of the braves and dodgers before fading in september the giants may go back to earth but not as fast as last season for two reasons barry bonds roger craig is no longer the manager dusty can manage his pitching staffs much better than craig edward hui
