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The Giants are looking good so far this season. a pretty good pitching staff and the bat of Joe Panik helped SF win 2 of 3 down at Chavez Ravine the opening weekend of 2018.
Giants opening day starter Ty Blach scattered three hits over five inning to get the win and second baseman Joe Panik provided all the offense San Francisco would need when he blasted a a deep drive into the right field bleachers.
Panik was the man game two of 2018 when his top of the 9th homer did not waste the 7 innings of one hit ball Johnny Cueto tossed against LA. Tony Watson pitched a scoreless 8th to get the win.
Three losses in a row (two by shutout) floowed before SF busted loose for a 10-1 pounding of Seattle. New bats to the line up (Evan Longria and Andrew McCutchen) have added pucnh to the middle of the line up.
You can tell by the way Panik is swing the bat. Last year picthers could pitch around Joe but now with Longria and McCutchen behind him pitchers dont want to leave any thing out there for those two so Panik is getting pitched to.
It is true that both McCutchen and Longoria have started slow at the plate. McCutchen showed that taking away runs is just as big as scoring them when he went deep into triplpes alley to save two run behind Cuteo.
AT 3-3 San Francisco has shown it can pitch with the best of them and hit a little bit and play some defense, three keys to playing winning baseball.
Now can they put them all togetther for long periods of the season.. More click here
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It is still hard to believe how New England won the Super Bowl.
They did and you have to give it up to them. Coming back against a very good Atlanta team was not easy.
Just about everything had to go right for them and it did.
Tom Brady's 5th ring. Can he get six. Until the Pats are knocked out of the playoffs you know they have a chance.
The Falcons must dust themselves off and comeback with a vengeance. No pissing about for Atlanta. If their young and fast defense can improve and Matt Ryan keeps his high scoring offense rolling Atlanta can make it back to the big dance.
That's a big if for the team that loses the big game. That Bills squad that made 4-striaght Super Bowls back in the day are looking more and more impressive every year.
The Oakland Raiders will be one of the most watched teams this season. A 12-5 campaign from a year ago left a bad taste in their mouth's because they needed more then a first round playoff exit. More click here
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What can you say about them now. Warrior's fans are basking in the after glow of watching their beloved team do away with the pesky Cav's in 5-games and in front of their passionate hometown fans.
Kevin Durant did just what the Warrior's were hoping he would do. Create a situation were you can't double team Steph Curry. KD was a problem for Cleveland the whole series.
Except for game four when King James and Co. hit 23 three pointers to win going away the Warrior's withstood LeBron James averaging a triple double against them in the series.
Klay Thompson did everything he could to slow down Kyrie Irvin. You can't stop Kyrie and holding him to just a pair of 40pt games was enough for Golden St. to come away with their 3rd Championship in Oakland.
That ties them with the Oakland Raider's and puts them one behind the Oakland A's 4 World Series titles won since the team moved to Oakland in the 60's. More Click here
STATE FARM AGENT SAMANTHA HARRIS
The 2017 Pure Insurance Open at Pebble Beach
2017 GoPro Indy Car at Sonoma Raceway
2017 US round of the World Superbike Championship at Laguna Seca Raceway
2017 Ferrari Challenge at Laguna Seca raceway
