I’m tired of the excuses. “Oh they’re injured, give them a break. They’re doing the best they can.” That was valid until Madison Bumgarner returned to the team. The rotation was starting to look nice. Mad-Bum came back, and then the bats just stopped working. But for some reason, the excuses were still flowing. With Brandon Belt on the D.L. because of appendicitis, too many fans, and even some beat writers pointed to Brandon Belt’s absence from the lineup as a problem. That’s something I have a severe problem with.
WITHOUT Brandon Belt in the lineup, their lineup still possessed: Buster Posey, Andrew McCutchen, Evan Longoria, Joe Panik, and a piping hot Brandon Crawford.