With Barry hitting only 754 during the homestand and the looming series with the Evils and the Padres, the Giants are stuck between a rock and a hard place: should Barry play, or should he sit to increase the chances of hitting 755 and 756 at home? If he plays less than 2 games during the entire 6 game road trip, Arizona and other wild card teams would be extremely unhappy. If he plays more than 2 games, it's much more likely that 755 and 756 end up in the hands of the malicious cannibals they call Dodgers/Padres fans. Here's what Steve Kline had to say:
"He could hit it in our bullpen, and one of us can catch it and give the ball back to him," San Francisco reliever Steve Kline said. "I'm afraid some Dodger fan might jump down there and try to stab me. Who knows what kind of weapons they might carry. They're rough."
Here's the list of options Barry and the Giants could take:
- Who cares about the other contending teams? Sit him out the entire trip.
- Play him. He'll bunt every time up though.
- Play him. Hit some dingers, preferably in the general direction of Giants fans.
- Vanish. Mysteriously go on the bereavement list for 6 days.
I think I'll go with option 3. Even Evils and Padres fans can appreciate some history, right? Or am I expecting too much from them?
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