Griffey has historic night

DETROIT -- Ken Griffey, Jr. had quite an impressive showing last night (4/17) at Tiger Stadium.  The All-Star Center Fielder finished 5-for-5 with 3 home runs.  Griffey's 9th inning bomb ended up being the winning run in a close, 7-6 contest.

"I was locked in tonight," Griffey said.  "I couldn't wait to get up to bat again.  That one I hit off the roof in the 9th felt great."

Griffey has an astonishing 5 home runs in 21 at-bats against lefties this season.  He leads the league in home runs.

Waco stops MLB play

WACO, T.X. -- An insane cult of right wing religious fanatics has halted the MLB season after an assault on their compound killed pretty much all of them.

David Koresh, chairman or whatever-the-fuck of the Branch Davidians nutcase cult was sieged by federal authorities today in some weird fucked up event that no one really understands, so fuck it, but whatever, there was some weird, bizarre shit happening that probably involved child fucking so whatever.

Play will resume tomorrow.  The Giants took 3 of 4 from Atlanta in the series.

Atlanta Braves in town for HUGE four-gamer

SAN FRANCISCO -- The National League West pennant race officially begins tonight when the Atlanta Braves and Giants meet for the first time this season to start a four-game series at Candlestick Park. 

These two teams are long-and-away the best teams in this league, so whichever squad can win the season series will have the advantage in the razor thin division race.

The Braves' start to the season has been less-than-ideal.  They've had two series losses to the Cubs, and have amassed just three home runs all season (13th in the NL).  Outfielder David Justice (pictured right) with Halle Berry has been a bright spot: .368 average, 3 home runs, 9 runs batted in.  Years later it would emerge that David Justice used to beat the shit out the prized actress on a daily basis.  You can read about that here:

David Justice Almost Killed Halle Berry

Around The Leagues

• Fleet-footed Vince Coleman (NYM) has already stolen 7 bases this season, which means he's on pace for 162.
• Marquis Grissom (MON), Wil Cordero (MON), Jay Bell (PIT), Jeff King (PIT), and Willie McGee (SFN) each have eight game hit streaks to start the season.
• Paul Molitor (TOR) has 15 RBI's on the season for the 6-1 Blue Jays.
• The Minnesota Twins have lost 7 straight after winning their first game of the season.
• The California Angels are hitting .213 as a team with 1 home run in 230 at-bat's.

Giants drop back-to-back heartbreakers

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants have dropped the first two games of their home opening series against the Marlins, losing today on a blown save by Rod Beck.

With two outs in the top of the 9th, Marlins pinch hitter Rich Renteria hit a two-run home run to put the Marlins up 4-3 going into the 9th.  Bryan Harvey, Florida's fine closer, finished the ninth 1, 2, 3 to close the deal.

The Giants lost in extras the night before.  Willie McGee was the tying run at third in the 12th but Matt Williams couldn't bring him home.  The Giants will try to salvage one game against the expansion Marlins tomorrow.

BOXSCORE: 1993 Florida Marlins At 1993 San Francisco Giants         4/14/1993
 
  Marlins            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Pose CF           5  1  0  0 .241     W.McGee RF          3  0  1  0 .469  
  B.Barberie 2B       3  0  1  0 .258     D.Martinez CF       3  1  1  0 .400  
E-R.Renteria PH,2B    1  1  1  2 .143     M.Williams 3B       4  0  1  1 .273  
  J.Felix RF          3  0  0  0 .241     B.Bonds LF          4  1  1  1 .294  
  O.Destrade 1B       4  0  0  0 .161     T.Benzinger 1B      4  0  0  0 .000  
  D.Magadan 3B        4  0  0  0 .333     R.Clayton SS        3  0  1  0 .235  
  B.Santiago C        4  2  3  0 .379     K.Manwaring C       3  0  0  0 .259  
  J.Conine LF         4  0  0  0 .207     M.Benjamin 2B       2  0  0  0 .273  
  W.Weiss SS          2  0  1  0 .300   F-R.Thompson PH       1  0  0  0 .269  
C-A.Arias PH,SS       0  0  0  0 .500     B.Swift P           1  1  1  0 .500  
  R.Bowen P           2  0  1  1 .250   B-D.Lewis PH          1  0  0  0 .304  
A-C.Carr PH           1  0  1  1 .375     M.Jackson P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  L.Aquino P          0  0  0  0 ----     R.Beck P            0  0  0  0 ----  
D-G.Briley PH         1  0  0  0 .143                                          
  B.Harvey P          0  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  4  8  4                 Totals      29  3  6  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Bowen In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Swift In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Weiss In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Aquino In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Barberie In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Benjamin In 9th Inning
 
Marlins......... 0 0 0  1 0 1  0 0 2  -  4  8  1
Giants.......... 0 0 0  1 2 0  0 0 0  -  3  6  4
 
Marlins (4-4)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Bowen                   5       6   3   1   4   3   1  86   4.09
L.Aquino WIN(1-0)         3       0   0   0   0   2   0  32   9.00
B.Harvey SAVE(2nd)        1       0   0   0   0   0   0   9   5.40
Totals                    9       6   3   1   4   5   1
 
Giants (5-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Swift                   7       7   2   2   3   3   0 119   1.20
M.Jackson HOLD(1st)       1       0   0   0   0   0   0   8   0.00
R.Beck LOSS(0-1) BS(1st)  1       1   2   2   1   1   1  18   9.00
Totals                    9       8   4   4   4   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 22,824 DATE- Wednesday, April 14th 1993 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Rich Rieker, Jerry Layne, Paul Runge, Kerwin Danley
T- 3:05
LEFT ON BASE- Marlins: 8  Giants: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Marlins: 2  Giants: 2
ERRORS- O.Destrade, R.Clayton-2, K.Manwaring, M.Benjamin
HOME RUNS- R.Renteria(1st), B.Bonds(1st)
RBIs- R.Renteria-2(3rd), R.Bowen, C.Carr(1st), M.Williams(8th), B.Bonds(5th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Santiago(2nd), C.Carr(3rd)
CAUGHT STEALING- R.Clayton
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Barberie, B.Swift
WALKS- J.Felix-2, W.Weiss, A.Arias, W.McGee, D.Martinez, R.Clayton, K.Manwaring
HIT BY PITCH- M.Benjamin
STRIKE OUTS- B.Barberie, J.Conine, R.Bowen, G.Briley, B.Bonds, T.Benzinger-3,
             M.Benjamin
GIDP- O.Destrade, K.Manwaring
2-out RBI- R.Bowen, C.Carr, R.Renteria-2
RLISP 2-out- R.Bowen, O.Destrade, M.Williams, S.Pose-2

Giants sweep Pirates

PITTSBURGH -- Jim Leyland's Pirates couldn't do shit against the Giants except lose.  Bonds failed to homer, but the Giants still skull-fucked them with a three game sweep.  Willie McGhee is now hitting .526, 3 home runs, 7 RBI's.

Leyland sucks.  He sucks. 

Giants flop in opener

ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals shined in their home opener against the Giants today, delivering a 8-2 victory to a crowd of 40,071 adoring fans.  Bob Tewksbury pitched a complete game and managed an RBI double, while first baseman Gregg Jeffries finished 3-for-4 with a home run. 

Giants slugger Barry Bonds went 1-for-4 with a single.

"The Cardinals executed very well.  Their assault on Burkett was seemingly endless," the Giants manager said after the game.

AROUND THE LEAGUE:

• The Houston Astros defeated the Phillies 20-6 in their opener at the Astrodome.
• Darryl Strawberry hit two home runs for the Dodgers as they blanked Florida 10-0 in Miami.

Bonds Snaps at Spring Training

HORTON, ARIZONA -- Giants new free agent acquire Barry Bonds went absolutely ape shit after

the team lost their final Spring Training game.

"I WANT A MOTHER FUCKIN' CROWN, BITCH,"  Bonds screamed.  "WIPE THAT GOOFY FUCK SMILE OFF YOUR FACES.  I WANT ALL THESE SPRING TRAINING INVITEES CUT NOW.  GET THESE ROOKIES OUT OF HERE."

"AND THIS NEW PUNK MANAGER BETTER GROW UP TOO.  WE SUCKED DONKEY DICKS THIS SPRING TRAINING AND I AIN'T DOWN WITH IT.  SO LETS GO TO ST. LOUIS AND SMEAR TORRE'S DICK IN THE DIRT.  AND IF OZZIE SMITH DOES A BACK FLIP ON THE FIELD, TEAR HIS ACHILLES WITH YOUR TEETH."

"I WILL NOT LOSE THIS MOTHER FUCKIN SEASON."