Giant letdown still fun for lil' one

Well, my daughter’s first baseball game wasn’t a bust after all.
Sure, it started sloooow, but San Francisco Giants starter Matt Cain did take a no-hitter into the fifth. Problem was, nobody noticed – not even the sportswriter in the fam – because it was, well, Matt Cain.
Then Matt Cain became Matt Cain again and the Giants came crashing back to reality as three White Sox in a span of seven hitters went yard at windy AT&T Ballpark, where the hometown boys were swept away with a 13-8 Chicago victory.
Yep, after four-plus innings of no-hit ball, Cain gave up four bombs over the next three – including TWO to ORLANDO CABRERA (double his season total coming in).
In all, there were five homers to the left-field bleachers, but little Payton failed to come up with a souvenier. Then again, either did her dad, who was in line waiting for a $10 beer for four of the five longballs.
So that’s that. Payton’s 1 and she’s already taken in a ballgame from the cheap seats (and the 21 runs on 25 hits gave her plenty to cheer for). I didn’t watch my first game until I was 11, so she’s got that going for her – even if it was the lowly Giants, who have now lost five straight and haven’t won a series this month.
Now that their wonderful 10-game homestand has come to a close, they’re off on an 11-day trip through Colorado, Florida and Arizona. And Kevin Correia is going on the DL.
Brutal, brutal, brutal.
And there are still plenty of lowlights remaining from our weekend in SanFran, so stay tuned.