| 02 November 2010
Congratulations to the San Francisco Giants for winning the 2010 World Series. If you would have asked most, they would not have even considered this team a contender.
However, they had very excellent starting pitching, clutch hitting when needed, and an excellent bullpen to neutralize a Texas Ranger team that led the American League in hitting.
Again, I would have never expected San Francisco – especially their offense and roster construction – to win the pennant, but they did things the right way and have a good crop of young players as part of the organization for years to come.
Like they say, good pitching always beats good hitting.
It’s good to see Aubrey Huff – no matter how you feel about him - finally win the big one after ten years in the majors. As well, the team had quite a few former Orioles and it’s good for them to have a taste of winning it all.
It looks like the suspected winds of change have really come to head for the Orioles as Rick Kranitz will no longer be in the organization.
The Orioles.com website reported yesterday that Kranitz will leaving the Orioles and will join the Houston Astros – not as a pitching coach, but as a minor league pitching coordinator with the Houston Astros.
I wondered if Kranitz would stay with the team considering the strong finish that the pitching staff had in 2010, plus the improvement of the young arms and stabilization of a staff that started out just plain awful.
In the end, it looked as if Showaliter wants his own staff in the fold and Kranitz was expendable. Reports have it that Mark Connor – who worked with Showalter as part of the Rangers – will join the Orioles at some point in the off-season.
Despite Kranitz leaving the organization, Mark Connor has a very good reputation and should pick up where things left off.
In addition, it looks like Juan Samuel will probably be the third base coach of the Orioles again.
Samuel might have not had a managerial stint to remember in Baltimore – all things considered, but the fact he was asked back to be part of the major league staff speaks volumes. <-->
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