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Project Insomnia

Project Insomnia is many things, but in this context it is simply a "braindump" of whatever I happen to be thinking/reading/watching/doing at the moment. Parental guidance suggested.

Friday, October 03, 2003

Slump?

No one else will say it--not Kuip and Kruk, not the Chronicle's or Mercury News' sportswriters, but I'm saying it. Is Barry Bonds in a slump?
He hasn't hit a home run since last Friday the 26th. In all of September and October (so far), he's hit five. The evidence seems to show that the Marlins have noticed this as well; at any rate Bonds did not walk intentionally in the second or (yet) third game of the Division Series. There have been a discouraging number of popouts and foul outs.
The Giants' offensive strategy is based on the opposing teams' awareness of the threat of Bonds. This forces the opposing pitcher to throw strikes to the batters preceding and following Bonds. If Bonds is less of a threat, the whole strategy goes out the window.
I'm happy to see that right now, top 6th of game 3, San Francisco has tied it up 2-2. I worry that this is a fluke, that Florida just has too much for the Giants to overcome without the big stick of Barry Bonds.
|| Andrew, 2:27 PM || ||

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