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Impressive youngster showing his power: Giants first win of spring training
February 27, 2009
Matt Vitale
Impressive youngster showing his power: Giants first win of spring training
In a 10-7 win over the Cleveland Indians, the Giants had a lot to show for in the first game of spring training. Let me emphasis that this is only spring training. I am not getting over excite BUT it is entertaining to watch these young kids play. Travis Ishikawa went 3-for-3 with 2 home runs, a single, and 4 RBIs. I was listening to the game on XM radio and it was being broadcasted by the Indian's commentators. The sound of their voices when Travis hit both of his homeruns was like it was a regular season game. They sounded amazed and impressed by how much power came out of his bat. I remember seeing this kid come up briefly in 2007 and though he looked like he had potential, I thought he would just be another waste of time. I saw a kid who chased everything and rarely hit the ball. Now we are seeing this bright kid who has an old school batting stance, waiting on pitches and clobbering the one he likes. Let me say on behalf of the Giants fan base, that he works out for us. We need a power hitting corner infielder badly. I am glad the Giants did not get Crede because he was asking way too much and is plagued with back problems. Let us all hope that this one game glimpse of Ishikawa turns into a season full of bombs into Mc Covey cove.
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