Giants Midnight Replay

Pablo Lost Three Cats

As someone who has recently lost 15 pounds in the last three months, I can fully appreciate Pablo Sandoval’s recent loss of 38 pounds and 11 percentage points of body fat. Altogether a rough estimate of his actual fat loss being around 45lbs. I assure you that this is almost impossible unless you have been pounding an extra 10+ Coca Colas or maybe eating another four Arepas per day. The first 10 lbs (maybe 20 with Pablo) comes rolling off when you start to work out. The next ten is depressingly impossible. You can run 5 miles a day and eat hardly anything and still only lose about 2 lbs a week. For anyone who has never tried this I would like to give you a little more perspective. Pablo in the last 3 months has lost:

- This many cats worth of weight. 

- This whole fish worth of weight. 

- THREE of these Big Burgers worth of weight. 

- 30 cartons of eggs worth of weight. 

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- 135 baseballs worth of weight. 

- This much weed worth of weight. 

and finally just to tie this back to San Francisco - Six and a half of these burritos worth of weight. 

Basically Pablo lost one of his own legs worth of weight. ….Wait…. a three legged Pablo might actually prove to be valuable. 

Any way that you look at it Pablo busted his ass off this offseason. I dare anyone who hasn’t tried to lose 10 lbs in a month. You might gain that much more respect for what Pablo has pulled off. 

Now let’s hope that this version of Pablo, 

Can swing a bat like 2009 Pablo did.

If I Can’t Have a World Series

If there is no way that we could win the World Series in 2011, then there are still some things that would make me happy to see as a Giants fan.

#1. Matt Cain throws a No-Hitter. Even after a World Series ring AND not allowing a run in the post season, I am afraid that Matt Cain is still woefully overlooked. The plain fact is that he is SUPER DOMINANT! Every time I see him lose a 1 run game in the 8th I want to cry. Cain has thrown:

2 hit game through the 8th 2 times

1 hit game through the 8th 2 times

3 hit game through the 9th 3 times

2 hit game through the 9th 1 time

1 hit game through the 9th 2 times

12 Complete Games and 

4 Shutouts.

The only stat in these categories that Lincecum even comes close to matching him is shutouts. We all know that Cain has a no-hitter in him somewhere. he has gotten soo close, his ability to shut down a game is amazing. 

#2. Kung Fu Panda the sequel. There is nothing that I would love more than to see all those morons with panda hats on enjoying their purchase once again. There are no stats to back up what I want here, I just know that “thinner” pablo has a better shot of being 2009 pablo than Panda-tha-hut does. 

#3. Brandon Belt gets some trophies. Between 1992-1996 LA Dodgers rookies won 5 consecutive Rookie of the Year awards. And through all that they won 0 World Series. Which is pretty surprising because among the 14 N.L. ROYs since there have been 6 World Series winners. We are already 1 for 1 so… let’s get this goggly-eyed kid some hardware.

#3.5 Wilson Giants Saves Record. He is sitting on 134 saves right now just 72 behind All-Time Giants record of 206 by Rob Nen. So I guess that maybe this season is a little early to get close to that, but…. when can we start talking about it? It’s gonna happen soon.

#4. Andres Torres gets Golden. Andres Torres needs a Golden Glove like I need a cup of coffee right now. The fact that Jeter got one last year and Torres didn’t just proves that it is nothing to really brag about. This guy is the heart and soul of our team he needs something for his mantle. 

#5. Barry Zito Dominates. I don’t know how he will do it? I don’t know why, but all I want for next season is for Zito to rip through batters and re-prove himself. I know that this will not happen, but I am contented to think that it can happen though. Let’s see that snappy 12-6 curve come back and that pinpoint control. A great year for Zito would bring him that much more respect, and me an ounce of pride for cheering him on.