Then in come the Marlins. OK guys, this is the worst team in the National League, we got this right? RIGHT? No. They managed to put up a whopping 8 runs in a 4 game series against the Fish. June has just been downright sad.
Back to my point: Javier Lopez. Twitter has been brewing up a lot of conversation about Javy lately including the lovely Nicole Vogelsong's campaign to get Javy to the Allstar game:
She also included this AMAZING photo from NLCS Game 7:
I am all for Javy in the Allstar game. I'd campaign for him any day! He started really winning me over in 2011 when I found out that he had a degree in Psychology. It's rare to hear about Major League players who took the time to get their degree and I really respect that about Javy and George Kontos. Our bullpen is funny AND smart!! The next thing that I noticed about our favorite lefty specialist was his walk up song. This catchy tune, "Coastin" by Zion I & K. Flay, is just so different from what your used to hearing especially from relievers. Some of your standard walk up songs include "Hells Bells" by AC/DC, "Shipping Up to Boston" by Dropkick Murphys and who could forget "Jump Around" (don't act like you don't miss BWeez just a tad). Anyway, go listen to "Coastin" and tell me it isn't awesome. I also had the privilege to attend the "Breakfast with Champions" season ticket holder appreciation event in August 2011 where they did 3 different segments of player Q & As and Javy came out with Ryan Vogelsong and were hands down my favorite portion of the event. And most importantly...doesn't he just look like a nice guy??
There's also the "strut". If you haven't seen Carmen Kiew's FANTASTIC compilation of Javier Lopez Struts please stop reading an watch it now. Go ahead, I'll wait.
As you can see there are plenty of non-baseball related reasons to love Javy. Now we need to get down to business. Javier Lopez is good at pitching. His sidearm delivery and frisbee like slider are such a weapon against left handers. Now here is where it gets crazy...I'm feeling pretty confident that he might be able to get more than one batter per game out. WHOA THAT IS CRAZY! Pitching to more than 1 batter?! Oh the madness! Let's not forget that he closed 7 games for the Giants in 2012 which I'm pretty sure had to entail getting multiple batters out. I looked at his stats since he's been with the Giants and since he came to the team in 2010 he's only given up 1 home run. With as many late inning home runs as it seems the Giants have been giving up, that stat alone makes me want to see him pitch more. Our bullpen is flat out struggling and I just don't get why Bochy won't pitch him more. I know we don't question the bullpen master who's won the Giants 2 World Series in 3 years but come on Boch! LET JAVY PITCH!!
End rant. I feel better getting that off my chest. Maybe Javy could put that psychology degree to use and give us all some logical explanation of why he isn't pitching more. I know we would all feel better if he stayed in games longer. At least until he made a mistake and turned everyone against him in an instant ;)
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