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JIM REALINI |
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA MARCH 25th, 2007 |
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It was a cold drippy, typical San Francisco foggy day. Not many fans showed up to either game. Just two women who expected a great night on the town after their husbands dragged them to this dreary field of dreams. Even Coach Isola didn't hang around!! After the warm clime of Bakersfield the previous weekend, many of the boys found it hard to unlimber as the low-40's weather was just bad enough to not get rained out. Next week in the south bay at Oak Grove we'll probably complain about the heat. It was very good to see Doctor Guy Peabody back in action after the horrific smash to the face he took two weeks ago. |
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Oakland A's (Boomer-Vigil) 12 vs '62 Giants (Terra-Realini) 1 The boys from Oakland took advantage of some early inexplicit fielding faux-pas by the '62 Giants and the baffling pitching by rubber armed Sil Krevocheza (5IP), Dave Vigil's "iron-mike-like" arm (2IP), and Kevin Zimmerman's merciful closing (2IP) to thump the punchless '62 Giants. The Giant's were obviously in mourning over the loss of Giant hero Edgar Lonas Bailey who died early sunday morning after hearing reports of the lifeless bats masquerading as '62 Giants. Mark Gemello and Joe Gagilardo pitched very well but could not overcome the one-two punchless affects of no-runs, no-glove support behing them. The A's, apparently using Dodger camp scoring rules amassed 18 hits (some actually left the infield in a "manly" fashion) in their relentless abuse of the Giants. Dave Vigil with a single and double led the A's. Ken Calloway, Steve Dennis, Bill Aboumerad, Mike Mello, David Calhoun, and Dennis Conyers each collected two hits apiece. Sil Krevocheza, Kevin Zimmerman, Eddie Contreras, and Jim Ballowe chipped in singles. The Giants got two hit days from Jim Realini and Sugar-Ray Miailovic after Mark Gemello led off with a singleton. The Giant highlight of the day came in the 5th inning when Mark Gemello executed a perfect pick-off move to first and not only got the runner leaning, but actually running towards second for an easy put out. Then Jim Realini got a napping A's runner who was lollygagging away from the base and ended the inning getting forced on a snap throw to first. |
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Saint Louis Giants 8 vs San Francisco Giants 7 This game had of the earmarks of a rout until the Saint Louis Giants awoke to smite the San Francisco Giants as proof that it ain't over 'til its over! Until the spirited last two innings this game hung on the highlights of watching JC Penney throw out Michael Simon at first on an absolute glacial time scale followed by the 6.4 Richter scale collision of Mike Hughey crashing into Doug Penney at the plate in a crash of the pachyderms. Fortunately the baseball gods had seen enough and the last two innings turned into a great game as the St Louis boys rallied from 7 runs down to tie and then win in the bottom of the 8th on Frank Weishaars solid single to score the fleeting Mark Bruzzone from third. Lynn Lefevre pitched well through some shaky field support for five innings and then Mark Bruzzone came in to shut down the big sticks of the San Francisco Giants. Doug Rusch, Michael Simon, Lynn Lefevre, and Frank Weishaar each cracked a double and a single to lead the St. Louie attack. Mark Bruzzone, Keith DaCosta, Richie "Crazy Legs" Hertz, Arthur Clarke, and Ben Chen rapped singles in support of the St Louie winning cause. Bobby Hartkop threw five solid innings before handing the sphere over to Heath Keller who was rudely treated to some excellent off-field hitting by St. Louis. Keller and JC Penney led the San Francisco hitting attack with two singles each while Captain Steve Bennett crushed a long double to left center to start off the game. Scott Pimpl, Darryl Hughey, Todd West, Doug Meyer, and Bobby Hartkop each blasted bingles to help build San Francisco's early lead. |
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Today was filled with some tired and trite attempts at baseball worthy of denunciation at years end. #1. Kevin Zimmerman is hereby acosted for his failed first base coaching encouraging not one, but TWO runners to get picked off in the same inning. A definite candidate for the WK award of the year. #2. Tom Sanfilippo wears sunglasses (in dense fog) through 5 innings, then sneaks over and asks his wife to go to the car and get his "clear" glasses. #3. Richie Hertz clearly demonstrated he is NOT a graduate of the Steve Bennett Outfielding School by falling down twice before failing to catch a routine "can of corn" to right field. |
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