My friend Numenius gave me the best present yesterday evening—a set of San Francisco Giants baseball cards, tastefully (and thematically) wrapped in a newspaper story about Tim Lincecum. Wow! Baseball cards! Despite my love of the game and the many years I've been a fan, I've never owned a single baseball card. Not a one. And now I have a whole set featuring the 2009 San Francisco Giants. The team as it was constituted when those cards were printed, that is; I've noticed the absence of a few who were acquired recently and the presence of some players who have since been sent back to the farm. But the pitchers are there, and Pablo, and Bengie, and Aaron Rowand, and . . . well, see for yourself—here's today's starting lineup (click on the image for a really good look):
Giants starting lineup, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, vs. Colorado Rockies: 2B Velez, LF Winn, 3B Sandoval, C Molina, RF Schierholtz, 1B Garko (Ishikawa in for Garko), CF Rowand, SS Renteria, RHP Lincecum. Final score, Rockies 4, Giants 2.
With cards like these, they should have won the game. Thanks, Numenius! You're the best!
Giants starting lineup, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, vs. Colorado Rockies: 2B Velez, LF Winn, 3B Sandoval, C Molina, RF Schierholtz, 1B Garko (Ishikawa in for Garko), CF Rowand, SS Renteria, RHP Lincecum. Final score, Rockies 4, Giants 2.
