MILWAUKEE AT SAN FRANCISCO PREVIEW
The Giants open up SBC Park against the Brewers this afternoon. The real story though is Barry Bonds' pursuit of Willie Mays. Entering the series, Bonds has 659 HR, one shy of his godfather. A lot of people have been saying that Bonds is slumping. While he has missed a few pitches that he normally hits out of the yard, he still is hitting .316/.500/.632. I know he only has one HR so far, but it's not like he's hitting below .250. Harold Reynolds of ESPN said that he felt Bonds could hit .400 this season. I never really gave it that much thought, but it really is a strong possibility. Bonds was 12 hits shy of .400 last year. With his plate-discipline and the amount of times he's going to walk, he has as good of a shot as anybody has had in recent years.

Monday, 3:05 CDT
MIL: Kinney (0-0, 4.50)
SF: J. Williams (0-1, 7.50)

Tuesday, 5:05 CDT
MIL: Capuano (1-0, 1.50)
SF: Hermanson (0-0, 1.50)

Wednesday, 2:35 CDT
MIL: Obermueller (0-1, 8.44)
SF: Franklin (0-0, 0.00)

SF Probable Starters
C: AJ Pierzynski
1B: JT Snow
2B: Ray Durham
SS: Neifi Perez
3B: Edgardo Alfonzo
LF: Barry Bonds
CF: Marquis Grissom
RF: Michael Tucker

For the first week of the season the Giants were hitting Michael Tucker third ahead of Bonds, to which my first reaction was "what?!?!?!". Last night the Giants switched it up and put Grissom in the three-spot, where he hit .300 last season (don't pay attention to his .322 OBP). Grissom went 4 for 5 last night so I would suspect that is where he'll hit again this afternoon. Jeffrey Hammonds will probably get the start in RF tomorrow against left-hander Chris Capuano. (Insert "Jeffrey Hammonds sucked in Milwaukee joke here".)