Disappointing Effort

86-year-old Tony Bennett was in the stands.

It was the perfect evening to take in a game at AT&T Park. Tonight fan favorite Tim Lincecum was on the mound. For the past two years he had been a shadow of his former Cy-Young-Award winning self. Would he continue the signs of improvement he had shown in his recent outings?

Lincecum gave up a couple of runs early, and tonight the Giants' bats were lifeless. The home team never got a runner past second base, and the Giants fell quietly to the Rockies, 5-0. We consoled ourselves by feasting on hot dogs (with all the fixings) and garlic fries. Most of the crowd stayed for the fireworks, but, after the Giants' disappointing effort we just wanted to go home.

[Update--5/25/12: we picked the wrong game to attend. In an exciting Saturday game marked by crucial blown calls, the Giants overcame a 4-0 Rockies lead and a 5-4 deficit in the 10th inning. The winning blow was a home run by Angel Pagan. It was the first walk-off inside-the-park home run in the major leagues since 2004, and the first ever by a San Francisco Giant; the New York Giants' Bill Terry hit one in 1931.]