For Bobby Thomson's sake... Let's pick it up Giants!

On August 11th, I wrote about how the Giants had about as good a chance as any to win the NL Pennant assuming they made the post season.

None of the other NL Teams were powerhouses and San Francisco could steamroll them through the NLCS.

The Giants have dropped 4 of the next 6 games including the brutal first few games of the Phillies series.

So now the Giants have fallen out of a playoff spot... they look lost and even my dad, the biggest Giants fan I know declared them dead.

But guess what? They looked dead in 1951 as well.

While I wrote about the Giants hopes on August 11th this year, on August 11th 1951 the Giants were 13 1/2 games behind the Dodgers before they completed the Miracle at Coogan's Bluff and Bobby Thomson hit the Shot Heard 'Round The World.

Thomson passed away this week and while that was nearly 60 years ago, the home run still resonates in baseball lore and should be looked on as hope for the current Giants club.

OK, there's no Willie Mays or Monte Irvin on this squad. And yeah, their starting pitching is in a huge slump.

There's no 13 1/2 deficit to overcome. In fact if the Giants and Jonathan Sanchez can beat the Phillies and Cole Hamels this evening, they'll be only 2 games back in the loss column with 40 games to play.

Making up 2 games in 40 games isn't a miracle. It's focus.

Come on Giants. You can still win the Pennant! You can still win the Pennant!

For Bobby Thomson's sake... Let's pick it up Giants!

On August 11th, I wrote about how the Giants had about as good a chance as any to win the NL Pennant assuming they made the post season.

None of the other NL Teams were powerhouses and San Francisco could steamroll them through the NLCS.

The Giants have dropped 4 of the next 6 games including the brutal first few games of the Phillies series.

So now the Giants have fallen out of a playoff spot... they look lost and even my dad, the biggest Giants fan I know declared them dead.

But guess what? They looked dead in 1951 as well.

While I wrote about the Giants hopes on August 11th this year, on August 11th 1951 the Giants were 13 1/2 games behind the Dodgers before they completed the Miracle at Coogan's Bluff and Bobby Thomson hit the Shot Heard 'Round The World.

Thomson passed away this week and while that was nearly 60 years ago, the home run still resonates in baseball lore and should be looked on as hope for the current Giants club.

OK, there's no Willie Mays or Monte Irvin on this squad. And yeah, their starting pitching is in a huge slump.

There's no 13 1/2 deficit to overcome. In fact if the Giants and Jonathan Sanchez can beat the Phillies and Cole Hamels this evening, they'll be only 2 games back in the loss column with 40 games to play.

Making up 2 games in 40 games isn't a miracle. It's focus.

Come on Giants. You can still win the Pennant! You can still win the Pennant!

Whitey Lockman... rest in peace

The "Shot Heard Round The World" by Bobby Thomson was a three run homer that won the 1951 Pennant for the Giants.

But lest we forget who hit the one out RBI double that chased Don Newcombe and forced Dodger manager Charlie Dressen to make a pitching change.

Whitey Lockman kept the wheels turning that inning...

And the former All Stat first baseman not only hit a key three run homer in Game 3 of the 1951 World Series...

And not only was the Giants lead off hitter in the 1954 World Series, the last one the Giants have ever won...

But he was also one of my dad's favorite players.

Rest in peace Whitey Lockman... you did "Run Like The Wind If Thomson Hits One."