Dusty should have kept Ortiz in, and Bonds should have kept his head in the game rather than daydreaming about giving his Hall of Fame induction speech. After his homerun, he made two feeble, fumbled plays in the outfield and struck out in a pathetic display of limited self-control. Oh well, he's still the best ever.

The Giants had better start Rueter tonight. The Angels ate Livan Hernandez for lunch last time; they seem to like pitchers who throw a lot of straight fastballs because they're a bunch of young, inexperienced free-swingers. They can't seem to be able to tell the difference between a ball and a strike in high-pressure games, which is why someone like Reuter, who makes his living throwing off-speed junk, can manhandle them.