Blue Notes, Bonds Version

Bravo, Big Blue, and thanks for the field reporting and photo documentation. I'm not sure if Blue Notes can endorse violence towards Giants fans, no matter how pretentious and obnoxious they may be, but it must have been a great time at the Ravine last night.

I could only imagine what it was like at the Stadium while I sat in my crappy New York apartment/sauna. Watching the dramatics at home was fun, except for the coverage, of course. My choices were watching on ESPN's national broadcast (High-Def but inevitable bombardment by Barry coverage) or watching the MLB Extra Innings feed, which happened to be the Giants' local broadcast rather than the Dodgers'.

Unable to choose the best of the two excrutiating options, I went back and forth continuously thorugh the night. Chris Berman and Joe Morgan are the absolute worst announcers in sports, plain and simple. Berman loves to hear his own voice and Joe Morgan doesn't know anything about baseball.

ESPN continued to be offensive with its coverage of Bonds, choosing to show replays of his previous at-bat and solo shots of him throughout entire at-bats of other players. At one point after Bonds was pulled for a pinch runner in the eighth, Berman quipped, "With Bonds gone we are reminded that there is an actual game being played." I don't even know where to begin to respond to such an asinine comment.

The Giants' coverage wasn't much better, but at least that's expected from the local broadcasters.

Game Notes

Cheers to Mark Hendrickson, who has continued to be solid. He very well could've won the game if any Dodger other than Pierre and Furcal had been able to figure out Tim Lincecum.

Tough one for Matt Kemp, whose drive down the third base line was clearly fair and he really could've used the break. Instead, he remains in what is now an 0-for-19 slump.

Cool to see Lincecum dealing. His showdown with Russ Martin in the first inning was really awesome. He started out throwing at Martin's head, then he mixed in perfectly placed fast balls and breaking balls to strike him out.

Rajai Davis, the pride of Norwich Connecticut, wasted no time showing that San Francisco got the better end of the Matt Morris deal -- as if that needed to be proven. His speed was instrumental in keeping the Giants competitive, both on the bases and in center field.

Big props to Furcal and Pierre, who were really flying around the diamond. They combined for three hits, two walks and two stolen bases. Git 'r done.