Let the Buster Posey Era Begin!

It's hard to draw any conclusions from the Giants' four-game offensive outburst against potentially the worst defensive display of the year, save this one: We were forced to watch three months of Bengie Molina why?

In roughly 200 ABs, Bengie treated us to thee home runs and 17 RBIs. In 77 fewer ABs the Giants have enjoyed six home runs and 20 ribbies from Buster Posey. Oh, and Buster actually plays defense, unlike that fat tub of goo that Sabean HAD to re-sign in the off season. And Buster not only can hit, he can take a walk. That .375 OBP doesn't suck. Plus, unlike his predecessor, he doesn't run like a bulldozer.

So led by the new kid and the resurgent Aubrey Huff, thee Giants took four in a row from the charitable Brewers. The Giants desperately needed to find a foil, a team that was struggling as mightily as they were. Were they cheap wins? Absolutely, but they count the same in the standings. They say you gotta beat the teams you should, and the Giants have made a habit of rolling over and dying instead.

The Brew Crew's leaky defense was the perfect prescription for a struggling offense, and the Giants now find themselves back to five games above .500 and five games behind the Padres in the wild and wacky west.

The Giants exploded for 36 runs over four games despite putting Edgard Renteria on the field. Hey, even Aaron Rowand got into the act (if you count an intentional walk and an infield single as a contribution). Don't expect that to continue as the Giants head on to DC to face Stephen Strassburg, the Greatest Thing to Ever Happen to Baseball for this month. Earlier this year the Giants had a 12-run explosion against Arizona, then the offense took a trip to the Bahamas.

It's not all good. Bochy still mystifies with the idiotic line-ups and changes.

Let me see if I get this. Your top prospect is a catcher, you trade your catcher, so the top prospect plays (wait for it) first base. That means your first baseman moves to the outfield, where he plays like a (wait again) first baseman. Nothing against Aubrey Huff, but as an outfielder he makes an excellent train conductor.

The Giants don't seem to be learning from the Posey episode. When you have young players, you gotta let them play. It's not like Nate Schierholtz is sitting behind Barry Bonds. Jeez, he spent a year and a half playing spear carrier for Randy Winn of all people. What does it take to get a shot? Seems he's this close to be Bowkered back to Fresno.

This is the curse of Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy.

Remember the girl who teased you with tales of what she could do for (or to) you when you were alone, only to find out she's never alone? That's Sabean and Bochy. They talk a good game, but when push comes to shove there's no action. We've been hearing for years about youth, yet the off-season always bring veteran acquisitions. Guillermo Moto, Denny Bautista -- what, Matt Moirris turned us down?

What makes it doubly difficult is that occasionally one of these moves hits. Aubrey Huff has been reborn in San Fancisco, and for Sabean that's justification for the tactic. His selective memory allows him to forget that Mark DeRosa is sitting home watching the games on Comcast, or that for every success we can go the recent rosters and find a Ryan Klesko, Phil Nevin, Dave Roberts or Steve Finley that failed miserably.

This kids are contributing. They are the future, and the Giants need to make that move. I believe the future is now.

"Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." -- Ferris Bueller




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