Jeremy Lin’s Official Website Live
from 8Asians.com by John
I was checking out a Jeremy Lin fansite and learned that his official website at www.jlin7.com just recently launched, which has his own blog, YouTube channel, as well as his Twitter account, @JLin7 (which has been around for a while). Check it out!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Washington almost loses big lead, but edges Westmoor
Washington senior guard Brenden Glapion takes the ball up court while holding off a Westmoor defender in the Bud Bresnahan Blue and Gold Tournament on Wednesday at Jefferson High School in Daly City. (Photo by Devin Chen)Boys Basketball: Washington almost loses big lead, but edges Westmoor
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Washington senior guard Brenden Glapion takes the ball up court while holding off a Westmoor defender in the Bud Bresnahan Blue and Gold Tournament on Wednesday at Jefferson High School in Daly City. (Photo by Devin Chen)
By Bonta Hill
DALY CITY — Washington High School nearly blew a 24-point, second-half lead before holding off Westmoor 69-68, in the first round of the Bud Bresnahan Blue and Gold Tournament on Wednesday at Jefferson High School.
Washington senior Brenden Glapion led the Eagles (1-2) with a game-high 26 points and LaVander Moore chipped in 18 points.
Even though the Eagles forced the Rams (0-1) to commit 25 turnovers, there were feelings of disappointment in the way they finished the game.
Washington senior forward LaVander Moore rises up for a shot in the lane against Westmoor in the Bud Bresnahan Blue and Gold Tournament on Wednesday at Jefferson High School in Daly City. (Photo by Devin Chen)
“I’m not really [disappointed], it’s just whoever is in the game, they have to finish,” said Washington head coach Jolinko Lassiter. “We’re still trying to learn and implement the guys we got from [the football team], but at the same time we have to play 32 minutes.”
The Eagles set the tempo early as their full-court press caused Westmoor to commit 17 first-half turnovers and that enabled them to jump out to a 38-23 halftime lead.
Glapion was 8-for-10 from the floor in the first half and had 18 points, but it was two free throws he missed with seven seconds left in the fourth quarter, with his team clinging to a one-point lead, that had Glapion frustrated after the game.
“I’m bringing what I need to bring to get that championship,” Glapion said. “I miss those two free throws at the end there, which I’ve got to make.”
Westmoor fought its way back in the fourth quarter by shooting 11-of-15 from the floor and outscoring the Eagles 32-9 in the final frame. But, as was the case in the first half, a turnover on their final possession halted the Rams from completing the improbable comeback.
Errol Fernandez and Kevin Penado paced the Rams with 19 points apiece, and Maynard Raymundo scored all of his 14 points in that frantic fourth quarter.
“We played so poorly in the first three quarters, so I told our guys our objective was to just play hard in the fourth quarter,” said Westmoor head coach Herb Yaptinchay. “I didn’t care what the score was, I just told them to play hard.”
Although Washington nearly gave away the game, it moved on to the tournament semifinals, where they’ll take on Aragon, who beat Galileo 59-42 on Wednesday.
“Westmoor did a good job of playing hard and getting back into the game, but the guys understand that they have to play 32 minutes and not let their foot of the pedal,” Lassiter said. “We definitely gave the fans their money’s worth.”
Scoring Leaders
Washington
Brenden Glapion – 26
LaVander Moore – 18
Jeremy Jetton – 13
Jonathon Lowe – 4
Austin Hedani – 4
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Golden State's Jeremy Lin scores one for the Ivys
By Jeff Chiu, AP
Golden State's
Jeremy Lin scores
one for the Ivys
Updated 1d 19h ago
By J. Michael Falgoust, USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES — In his second game, Golden State
Warriors guard Jeremy Lin made his arrival to the
NBA official.
The undrafted free agent from Harvard got his first
significant playing time and scored his first points
in a 107-83 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on
Sunday.
The 22-year-old tried his best to downplay his
impact. Lin played three minutes in a win against the
Los Angeles Clippers last week but didn't take any
shots or make any assists.
"I'm not going to really talk about what I did
personally when we lost by 24," Lin says of the
Lakers game. "I'm just learning slowly the NBA game.
…
"There's not one specific thing that I might have
learned in between one game and the next, but just
this experience to be able to get out on the floor
and stay comfortable" was helpful.
The 6-3 guard only scored two points, missing four
of five shots, but Lin also had four steals and five
assists in 16 minutes.
He scrambled on the floor in the third quarter to
wrestle the ball from Lakers power forward Lamar
Odom, then fed Brandan Wright for a dunk while in a
sitting position. The Warriors still trailed 68-51.
Less than 30 seconds later, Lin converted a fast-
break layup and received some applause at Staples
Center, the Lakers' home court.
"We got a chance to get some good information on
Jeremy Lin. He came in and did a good job, gave us
a good tempo," Warriors coach Keith Smart says.
Lin's desire impressed one of his favorite players,
Lakers point guard Derek Fisher.
"He plays with good energy on the floor. He's
aggressive. He plays hard. He's not afraid of the
competition," Fisher says. "Those are good things to
have when you're a young player regardless of
where you're from. You have to be willing to go out
there and compete against the best."
Being an underdog for his entire career, Fisher
understands Lin's mind-set. At 6-1, Fisher is
undersized and came to the NBA from a small school
in Arkansas-Little Rock.
Lin, the third Asian American player in the NBA, is
the first Ivy Leaguer to get playing time in the league
since the 2002-03 season.
"He's carrying the hopes of an entire continent. I
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By Jeff Chiu, AP
Warriors guard Jeremy Lin has received attention from his coach and opposing players for his hustle.
only had to carry the hopes of Little Rock, Arkansas.
He's accomplished a lot more than I have already,"
says Fisher, who has won five NBA championships
with the Lakers.
"He just has to keep working hard and remain
Warriors' Jeremy Lin beat all kinds of odds in reaching the NBA
Jeremy Lin is an undrafted rookie with the Golden State Warriors. (Kyle Terada / US Presswire)
latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/la-sp-warriors-jeremy-lin-20101031,0,7519421.story
latimes.com
Warriors' Jeremy Lin beat all kinds of odds in reaching the NBA
The undrafted rookie is only the third Asian American, and the fourth player from Harvard, to make an NBA roster. And it's looking like he'll stick for a while.
By Baxter Holmes
7:36 PM PDT, October 30, 2010
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The odds of making an NBA roster are slim.
They're near impossible if you're Asian American (only two have done it), if you attend Harvard (only three), or if your name isn't one of the 60 called during the NBA draft.
And if, by chance, you happened to be blessed/cursed with sharing all three of these traits, the odds then would be, well . . .
"Very, very, very small," said Jeremy Lin, an undrafted Asian American Harvard alum rookie guard for the Golden State Warriors, No. 7 in Sunday's Staples Center program.
Lin, 22, took a statistics class in high school, and again in college — he majored in economics — so he knows Halley's Comet comes around more often (visible from Earth about every 75 years) than someone like him.
"It's definitely unbelievable," Lin said.
After leading his Palo Alto High team to a 2006 state title against powerhouse Santa Ana Mater Dei, Lin failed to get any Division I scholarship offers, despite being named state player of the year in several publications.
Some Pacific 10 Conference schools courted him as a walk-on, but the strongest pitches came from Harvard and Brown. Lin picked Harvard, which has produced eight U.S. presidents and 41 Nobel laureates but just three NBA players, the last nearly 60 years ago.
Had Lin simpler aspirations, the odds of finding gainful employment would have stacked nicely in his favor. The name "Harvard," after all, bumps resumes to the top of most application stacks.
But Lin was determined: Basketball or bust, never mind Harvard's pathetic NBA track record, or that Lin, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, was trying to become just the third player of full Asian descent to earn an NBA paycheck.
"I didn't have any backup plan. I didn't apply for any jobs," Lin said. "I was going to try for the NBA."
Lin recognizes how a few key things fell into place late for him to make it.
After four years at Harvard in which he became the first player in Ivy League history with 1,450 points, 450 rebounds, 400 assists and 200 steals, eight NBA teams invited him to pre-draft workouts. But none drafted him.
Then, Lin received one invite to play on a summer league team: the Dallas Mavericks, a team that would play against the Washington Wizards with No. 1 overall pick John Wall. And on the night the Mavericks and Wizards squared off, another Mavericks guard happened to be injured, so Lin received more playing time than usual.
And soon, the focus turned from Wall to the 6-foot-3 Lin, who kept one-upping the Kentucky star in one-on-one matchups. With the crowd on his side, Lin finished with 13 points, and a few days later, teams, including the Lakers, started calling.
Eventually, Lin, a Palo Alto native, chose his hometown Warriors, where in limited minutes he'll play the combo guard position after playing point in college.
In July, he signed a two-year deal with the Warriors — the first year partially guaranteed, and the second with a team option that Warriors General Manager Larry Riley has said is likely to be picked up.
However, Lin is now on a team with talented guards Monta Ellis and Stephen Curry, so he's near the bottom of the Warriors' depth chart.
Warriors Coach Keith Smart said Lin is "a driver, not a shooter," but that he can defend, rebound and is a quick learner, though he now needs to learn that "you have other good players on the team, it's not just you anymore."
Lin, a devout Christian, one day hopes to become a minister, regardless of where professional basketball takes him.
But that he ever made it to the NBA at all, considering the odds, is, well . . .
"A miracle from God," he said.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Jeremy Lin Preseason updates
From the Fast Break Blog
Big Changes (Warriors 95, Kings 86)
Jeremy Lin — The Jeremy Lin NBA highlight reel will not need to be updated following his second NBA appearance. Tyreke Evans and Luther Head are real NBA players (unlike the ragged collection of Clipper camp invitees he faced Friday) and they pretty much ate Lin alive during his brief fourth-quarter appearance. Lin attempted two drives — the first ending in a steal, the second a jump ball. Both started from half-court sets and Lin couldn’t find daylight to the rim against his defender. He looked like he was forcing it — understandable given the adrenalin kick you must get from having 10,000 people cheer your every touch of the ball — but he wasn’t in long enough to settle down. With Adrien playing so well, I still think there’s a reasonable debate to be had over whether the team should eat whatever is guaranteed on Lin’s deal in favor of signing Miles to play back-up point. Regardless, until people start showing up in the Arena in Aaron Miles jerseys, I doubt Lin’s roster spot is in any real danger.
David Lee puts on strong showing in second game with Golden State Warriors
By Marcus Thompson II
mthomps2@bayareanewsgroup.com
Jeremy Lin made a brief stint at the end of the game. He had two turnovers in 1:21, prompting Smart to pull him for guard Aaron Miles.
Jeremy Lin stirs crowd in Golden State Warriors debut
By Marcus Thompson II
mthomps2@bayareanewsgroup.com
Posted: 10/08/2010 10:31:32 PM PDT
Updated: 10/09/2010 04:10:10 AM PDT
The loudest ovation of the night came when Warriors rookie guard Jeremy Lin, a Palo Alto native, got off the bench to walk to the scorer's table in the fourth quarter.
The Warriors were well on their way to a 127-87 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers in an exhibition opener at Oracle Arena. But the crowd was just getting started.
Fan favorite Lin capped the night by totaling seven points, three rebounds and two assists in 11 minutes. Not as impressive a stat line as his teammates. Guard Monta Ellis had 22 points. Guard Stephen Curry had 18 points, six assists and four rebounds. Forwards Dorell Wright and David Lee combined for 33 points and 13 rebounds.
But Lin stole the show. When he scored his first basket -- a three-point play on a driving, windmill layup -- the fans erupted loud enough to create a mild earthquake in Oakland. Moments later, fans got even louder as Lin got a steal and led a fast break that he capped with a look-away pass to Brandan Wright for a dunk.
As much as he tries to tune it out, Lin notices the hype and expectations following him. Though he is beloved as a Bay Area product and a rare Asian-American in the NBA, Lin said he knows what some of his beloved fans seem to forget -- he is an undrafted NBA rookie. That means rough spells and hard lessons.
"I've got news for them," Lin said with a smile before the game, "I won't be an All-Star this year."
Coach Keith Smart said Lin has a tendency to be
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hard on himself and get frustrated. So Smart's plan is to take the pressure off Lin, get him to just play and learn as he goes.
Of course, his fans aren't trying to ease him into anything. They cheered every time he touched the ball, even if for a split-second. Some chanted "MVP!" after he knocked down a floater in the lane.
Lin, on the other hand, said he is focused on doing what rookies do: learning. He has been nothing short of a gym rat -- staying after practice, getting in his film work, looking to learn.
Lin said he is trying to be patient and embrace the rookie process.
"As a player, you want to always play well, so sometimes it gets frustrating," he said. "So I'm just focusing on working hard and getting better."
Lin grabs spotlight in exhibition
Rusty Simmons, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, October 9, 2010
(10-08) 23:33 PDT -- The Warriors' first preseason game, a 127-87 victory over the Clippers on Friday night, was supposed to be about finding a pecking order for the reserves and seeing just how much of the defensive emphasis has taken hold.
Instead, it was mostly about the starters until, with 10:49 remaining, the focus shifted to Jeremy Lin.
Actually, the focus has been on his every movement since the Palo Alto High and Harvard grad signed here July 21. Seven international media outlets taped his every step in his first practice last week.
The 10,004 fans at Oracle on Friday started chanting for Lin in the third quarter. When he went to the scorer's table to check into the game in the final 11 minutes, the place reached its highest decibel level of the night.
They cheered every time he touched the ball, and spilled popcorn when he showed good strength and body control to complete a layup while being fouled. He wasn't done. On the other end, Lin stripped John Scheyer, raced out on the break and found Brandan Wright for a powerful dunk.
"That really touched me. It's something I'll remember forever," Lin said. "This whole opportunity is a blessing from God, and I'm very thankful for that. To get to play in front of so many family and friends, it's pretty indescribable."
Coach Keith Smart is trying to bring along Lin slowly. He doesn't want to overwhelm the rookie.
"Even in the preseason, you don't want to just throw a young guy out there," Smart said. "The pace jumps, and you don't want him to get too frustrated or down on himself. We're not rushing him to be a factor. We're going to keep this nice and simple."
Lin ended up with seven points, three rebounds and two assists in 11 minutes, but his teammates made sure to keep him humble. When he headed for a postgame shower, they hid his shoes.
"I have a long way to go and a lot of improvements to make," Lin said. "I've proven nothing.
"Anyone can have a good 10-minute stint."
Smart hasn't decided whether Lin will play mostly as a shooting or a point guard - or whether he'll play at all.
Big Changes (Warriors 95, Kings 86)
Jeremy Lin — The Jeremy Lin NBA highlight reel will not need to be updated following his second NBA appearance. Tyreke Evans and Luther Head are real NBA players (unlike the ragged collection of Clipper camp invitees he faced Friday) and they pretty much ate Lin alive during his brief fourth-quarter appearance. Lin attempted two drives — the first ending in a steal, the second a jump ball. Both started from half-court sets and Lin couldn’t find daylight to the rim against his defender. He looked like he was forcing it — understandable given the adrenalin kick you must get from having 10,000 people cheer your every touch of the ball — but he wasn’t in long enough to settle down. With Adrien playing so well, I still think there’s a reasonable debate to be had over whether the team should eat whatever is guaranteed on Lin’s deal in favor of signing Miles to play back-up point. Regardless, until people start showing up in the Arena in Aaron Miles jerseys, I doubt Lin’s roster spot is in any real danger.
David Lee puts on strong showing in second game with Golden State Warriors
By Marcus Thompson II
mthomps2@bayareanewsgroup.com
Jeremy Lin made a brief stint at the end of the game. He had two turnovers in 1:21, prompting Smart to pull him for guard Aaron Miles.
Jeremy Lin stirs crowd in Golden State Warriors debut
By Marcus Thompson II
mthomps2@bayareanewsgroup.com
Posted: 10/08/2010 10:31:32 PM PDT
Updated: 10/09/2010 04:10:10 AM PDT
The loudest ovation of the night came when Warriors rookie guard Jeremy Lin, a Palo Alto native, got off the bench to walk to the scorer's table in the fourth quarter.
The Warriors were well on their way to a 127-87 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers in an exhibition opener at Oracle Arena. But the crowd was just getting started.
Fan favorite Lin capped the night by totaling seven points, three rebounds and two assists in 11 minutes. Not as impressive a stat line as his teammates. Guard Monta Ellis had 22 points. Guard Stephen Curry had 18 points, six assists and four rebounds. Forwards Dorell Wright and David Lee combined for 33 points and 13 rebounds.
But Lin stole the show. When he scored his first basket -- a three-point play on a driving, windmill layup -- the fans erupted loud enough to create a mild earthquake in Oakland. Moments later, fans got even louder as Lin got a steal and led a fast break that he capped with a look-away pass to Brandan Wright for a dunk.
As much as he tries to tune it out, Lin notices the hype and expectations following him. Though he is beloved as a Bay Area product and a rare Asian-American in the NBA, Lin said he knows what some of his beloved fans seem to forget -- he is an undrafted NBA rookie. That means rough spells and hard lessons.
"I've got news for them," Lin said with a smile before the game, "I won't be an All-Star this year."
Coach Keith Smart said Lin has a tendency to be
Advertisement
hard on himself and get frustrated. So Smart's plan is to take the pressure off Lin, get him to just play and learn as he goes.
Of course, his fans aren't trying to ease him into anything. They cheered every time he touched the ball, even if for a split-second. Some chanted "MVP!" after he knocked down a floater in the lane.
Lin, on the other hand, said he is focused on doing what rookies do: learning. He has been nothing short of a gym rat -- staying after practice, getting in his film work, looking to learn.
Lin said he is trying to be patient and embrace the rookie process.
"As a player, you want to always play well, so sometimes it gets frustrating," he said. "So I'm just focusing on working hard and getting better."
Lin grabs spotlight in exhibition
Rusty Simmons, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, October 9, 2010
(10-08) 23:33 PDT -- The Warriors' first preseason game, a 127-87 victory over the Clippers on Friday night, was supposed to be about finding a pecking order for the reserves and seeing just how much of the defensive emphasis has taken hold.
Instead, it was mostly about the starters until, with 10:49 remaining, the focus shifted to Jeremy Lin.
Actually, the focus has been on his every movement since the Palo Alto High and Harvard grad signed here July 21. Seven international media outlets taped his every step in his first practice last week.
The 10,004 fans at Oracle on Friday started chanting for Lin in the third quarter. When he went to the scorer's table to check into the game in the final 11 minutes, the place reached its highest decibel level of the night.
They cheered every time he touched the ball, and spilled popcorn when he showed good strength and body control to complete a layup while being fouled. He wasn't done. On the other end, Lin stripped John Scheyer, raced out on the break and found Brandan Wright for a powerful dunk.
"That really touched me. It's something I'll remember forever," Lin said. "This whole opportunity is a blessing from God, and I'm very thankful for that. To get to play in front of so many family and friends, it's pretty indescribable."
Coach Keith Smart is trying to bring along Lin slowly. He doesn't want to overwhelm the rookie.
"Even in the preseason, you don't want to just throw a young guy out there," Smart said. "The pace jumps, and you don't want him to get too frustrated or down on himself. We're not rushing him to be a factor. We're going to keep this nice and simple."
Lin ended up with seven points, three rebounds and two assists in 11 minutes, but his teammates made sure to keep him humble. When he headed for a postgame shower, they hid his shoes.
"I have a long way to go and a lot of improvements to make," Lin said. "I've proven nothing.
"Anyone can have a good 10-minute stint."
Smart hasn't decided whether Lin will play mostly as a shooting or a point guard - or whether he'll play at all.
Travis Ishikawa post season play
It wasn't lost on Travis Ishikawa that the guy who wears No.10 scored the tying run on 10-10-10.
POSTGAME NOTES: Giants’ comeback stirs feelings of deja vu for J.T. Snow, but not what you think; plus much more
Posted by Andrew Baggarly on October 11th, 2010 at 12:54 am | Categorized as Uncategorized
When Travis Ishikawa stood on second base, a thought crossed my mind.
When Ishikawa looked in the dugout, that thought took a U-turn and made a second pass.
And when Aubrey Huff’s flare landed in right field and Ishikawa came lumbering around third, that thought was pounding, pounding, pounding…
Did you think the same thought? Not-so-fleet first baseman. Ninth inning. Nobody on the roster to pinch-run for him…
This time, there was no Pudge at the plate to hang onto the baseball. There wasn’t even an on-target throw to make a play develop. There was no J.T. Snow redux from the final out of the Giants’ season in the 2003 Division Series against the Marlins – the last playoff series the Giants played before this.
Ishikawa was safe, the score was tied – and thanks to bobbling Brooks Conrad, the Giants soon would take the lead on their way to a wild 3-2 victory over the gut-wrenched Atlanta Braves.
And Ishikawa got to laugh about not having a pinch runner.
“I’ve been doing it all September,” he said. “We’ve had (Darren) Ford and (Eugenio) Velez and Manny (Burriss) and I only got pinch-ran once that month. It’s sort of become a joke. I’m just really glad Aubrey hit it in that perfect spot, and gave me a lot of time to score.”
The Giants didn’t have room for any of those speed guys on the playoff roster. Neither did they create space for Eric Young back in ’03, as Snow so helpfully pointed out following their elimination loss in Miami.
Snow is on this trip with the Giants. So I asked him if he had any flashbacks.
He said yes, he did. But not to Ishikawa’s rumble home.
Snow identified most with Eric Hinske.
“I know that feeling,” Snow said. “You’ve just hit a huge home run to save the game, the biggest home run of your life – and before you know it, your team lost. It’s the strangest feeling.”
Snow, you’ll recall, hit the three-run homer in the ninth off Mets closer Armando Benitez to force extra innings in Game 2 of the 2000 NLDS. It remains one of the clutchiest swings by a Giant in San Francisco history.
But Felix Rodriguez, who already had given up a two-run homer to Edgardo Alfonzo in the ninth, couldn’t put away the Mets in the 10th. Darryl Hamilton hit a two-out double, Jay Payton singled him home and the Mets won.
The Giants didn’t bounce back, losing the next two games at Shea Stadium to get knocked out.
In fact, that Game 2 loss to the Mets echoed what happened to the Giants in Game 2 of this current series.
But obviously, the Giants were able to bounce back on the road this time – refusing to give up after Hinske’s huge, two-run pinch homer got the tomahawks chopping and the entire ballpark shaking in the eighth. (Seriously, at that moment, it felt like the press box was going to collapse.)
Anyway, as Snow said, the analogy to 2003 doesn’t hold. “This wasn’t an elimination game,” he said.
“Besides,” he said, “Ishi’s a lot faster than me.”
POSTGAME NOTES: Giants’ comeback stirs feelings of deja vu for J.T. Snow, but not what you think; plus much more
Posted by Andrew Baggarly on October 11th, 2010 at 12:54 am | Categorized as Uncategorized
When Travis Ishikawa stood on second base, a thought crossed my mind.
When Ishikawa looked in the dugout, that thought took a U-turn and made a second pass.
And when Aubrey Huff’s flare landed in right field and Ishikawa came lumbering around third, that thought was pounding, pounding, pounding…
Did you think the same thought? Not-so-fleet first baseman. Ninth inning. Nobody on the roster to pinch-run for him…
This time, there was no Pudge at the plate to hang onto the baseball. There wasn’t even an on-target throw to make a play develop. There was no J.T. Snow redux from the final out of the Giants’ season in the 2003 Division Series against the Marlins – the last playoff series the Giants played before this.
Ishikawa was safe, the score was tied – and thanks to bobbling Brooks Conrad, the Giants soon would take the lead on their way to a wild 3-2 victory over the gut-wrenched Atlanta Braves.
And Ishikawa got to laugh about not having a pinch runner.
“I’ve been doing it all September,” he said. “We’ve had (Darren) Ford and (Eugenio) Velez and Manny (Burriss) and I only got pinch-ran once that month. It’s sort of become a joke. I’m just really glad Aubrey hit it in that perfect spot, and gave me a lot of time to score.”
The Giants didn’t have room for any of those speed guys on the playoff roster. Neither did they create space for Eric Young back in ’03, as Snow so helpfully pointed out following their elimination loss in Miami.
Snow is on this trip with the Giants. So I asked him if he had any flashbacks.
He said yes, he did. But not to Ishikawa’s rumble home.
Snow identified most with Eric Hinske.
“I know that feeling,” Snow said. “You’ve just hit a huge home run to save the game, the biggest home run of your life – and before you know it, your team lost. It’s the strangest feeling.”
Snow, you’ll recall, hit the three-run homer in the ninth off Mets closer Armando Benitez to force extra innings in Game 2 of the 2000 NLDS. It remains one of the clutchiest swings by a Giant in San Francisco history.
But Felix Rodriguez, who already had given up a two-run homer to Edgardo Alfonzo in the ninth, couldn’t put away the Mets in the 10th. Darryl Hamilton hit a two-out double, Jay Payton singled him home and the Mets won.
The Giants didn’t bounce back, losing the next two games at Shea Stadium to get knocked out.
In fact, that Game 2 loss to the Mets echoed what happened to the Giants in Game 2 of this current series.
But obviously, the Giants were able to bounce back on the road this time – refusing to give up after Hinske’s huge, two-run pinch homer got the tomahawks chopping and the entire ballpark shaking in the eighth. (Seriously, at that moment, it felt like the press box was going to collapse.)
Anyway, as Snow said, the analogy to 2003 doesn’t hold. “This wasn’t an elimination game,” he said.
“Besides,” he said, “Ishi’s a lot faster than me.”
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Fast Don't lie
Usually dont see very many Asian Am in Sports ads maybe it will change with Jeremy Lin hitting the NBA
Plus some harsh words from John Shea on Travis Ishi
-- Two dozen Japanese reporters eagerly await whether reliever Takashi Saito, who has had a sore shoulder, will make the Braves' playoff roster. If he's left off, it would be the first year since 2007 Japan isn't represented in the postseason, and lots of reporters would be bummed. No, they wouldn't stick around to cover Travis Ishikawa.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/07/SPTE1FPBLT.DTL#ixzz11goIC0wQ
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