tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053198457044192659.post8526370922273452536..comments2023-10-18T03:35:50.630-07:00Comments on GiantWatch: Brandon Crawford has arrivedGiantWatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161469775848399776noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053198457044192659.post-54136543534965953722011-06-10T08:11:51.801-07:002011-06-10T08:11:51.801-07:00Hey, Paul. Busy day yesterday, so I didn't hav...Hey, Paul. Busy day yesterday, so I didn't have a chance to respond. I'd say it's as good an analogy as you get, though there is no Sandy Koufax on this team; the Giants could claim to have the best staff, and they have to make two runs stand up, if they get two at all, so there's your comparison. Bumgarner's performance definitely felt like that. And he is absolutely brilliant. I guess as close to a Koufax impersonator as you can get on the staff. It's so hard to compare eras. You look at the numbers of pitchers in the 60s, all those complete games and shutouts, 300-plus inning years, big strikeout years, ERAs in the 1s and 2s. They may be calling this year the year of the pitcher, but that's only in comparison to the outsized Steroid offense years. I imagine if the mound was raised at the same level as it was in the 60s, you might get similar numbers, though the pitchers still wouldn't go the distance.GiantWatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05161469775848399776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1053198457044192659.post-21168057280905946512011-06-09T07:21:20.719-07:002011-06-09T07:21:20.719-07:00Thanks for your story telling and catching me up o...Thanks for your story telling and catching me up on the latest. I've been busy working while the games are on. It's good hearing the kid is doing well.<br /><br />I wrote a comment earlier, here, comparing the present Giants to the Dodgers of the 60's and 70's. We had better hitting then, but they beat us with their pitching. What say you of that comparison?Pablohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963540433054608632noreply@blogger.com