In an effort to balance out my fret-a-thon that is currently taking place in anticipation of Braves-Giants Game One, I wanted to take a break from critiquing rosters and sizing up opponents to move back into the sunshine from Sunday that is still glowing warmly. First, I want to post my favorite picture from Sunday:
What unbridled joy does to people's faces. I can't tell if he just scored on an Aubrey Huff double, or got tazed in his behind. Or maybe he's actually a lemur. Either way, seeing it brings me back to that moment, even two days later. Chills.
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And speaking of pictures I could look at all day...
On a more somber, yet honorable note, on Sunday the Giants quietly honored the memory of the late Rod Beck, former stud closer for the Giants from 1991-97. His career was highlighted by recording a franchise record 48 saves in '93 (including 24 in a row), getting out of a bases-loaded no-out jam against the Dodgers in the Brian Johnson walk-off game in '97 (pitcured above), and an awesome trucker's mustache.
Sadly, Beck passed away in 2007 after being out of baseball for three years. He was only 38.
The Giants brought Stacey Beck, Rod Beck's widow, and their two daughters as guests to the entire Padres series over the weekend. On Sunday, the Beck family not only saw Rod's former team win the division title, but saw current closer Brian Wilson tie Beck's record with his 48th save.
After the game, in a classy move, Wilson called Beck a legend and acknowledged that the saves record belongs to Rod Beck alone; that Wilson can only share a part of it.
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