Twittergate Is Over

One of the funnier non stories of the season has now been put to rest by Brian Wilson himself (You can read the first part in this post). Andrew Baggarly made a post on his blog, Extra Baggs, asking Wilson to clarify the Twitter situation. My favorite quote from the whole thing is this, "Obviously I’m not doing things like going toe-to-toe with a ninja. Find me a ninja, for one." I'll let you read the rest.

I for one am disappointed that Brian will no longer be tweeting it up with random updates about ninjas and Reebok pumps, but at least we still got to watch him strikeout the side against the bums!

Last night before the game, Eugenio Velez was optioned to Triple-A Fresno and relief pitcher Osiris Matos was called up. Matos pitched 8.2 innings in Fresno, posting a 1.04 ERA and 10 strikeouts. The thought was the Giants needed some fresh relief arms after the bullpen got chewed up in Sunday's game.

Unfortunately, Velez will not be gone for long. Andres Torres tweaked his hamstring running after a pinch hit and will have to go on the 15-day DL. That means we will get to see Eugenio's softball beer league batting stance and nonsensical route running for another two weeks!

Monday Updates

Lots of interesting links today. Henry Shulman has a post over at The Splash about Brian Wilson's Twitter . Basically people are upset that Wilson is up at 12 am posting updates like this,

"i respect fighters. does that mean people who wear affliction are all fighters. you need a blackbelt right? no way this guy next to me has."

And,

"he didnt have a blackbelt. he said my hair was stupid and i said his girlfriend liked it. 38 wins. she said she liked it uhhhhhh!"

While it does sound like Wilson was out someplace in Scottsdale being a tool the night before he blew a 3 run lead in the bottom of the ninth, I find this situation more funny than concerning. 38 definitely sounds like he would be hilarious to go out with, and bullpen meltdowns happen. I don't mind if he wants to go around acting like a hardass, I just hope he can flex on people when he's on the mound as well.

Andrew Baggarly has a nice write up on some possible roster moves and the lack of work for Merkin Valdez. Valdez has completely fallen off the radar over the last two weeks. I almost forgot he was even on the roster.

El Lefty Malo also has some good ideas on which relief pitcher may be getting called up for the Dodgers series.

Nothing will ease the pain of a tough extra innings loss like a win over the bums tonight, Go Giants!