sorry reggie...

but despite barry being done, your nocal giants, whom you've been pooing on all year, are very much alive in the race for a pretty crappy nl west. no one's over five hundo and look at those records over the last 10 games. since you root for ex-yomuri giant matsui and the yanks (and are also a tireless commenter) i just wanted to give a little love to the giants and here's hoping they can make some noise. you'll also note that i give you pedro feliz instead of barry on crutches, out of respect.

West	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Cent	West	Streak	L10
San Diego	52	54	.491	--	30-23	22-31	6-6	15-17	24-20	Won 1	2-8
Arizona	52	56	.481	1.0	25-29	27-27	7-12	11-14	26-20	Lost 1	5-5
LA Dodgers	48	58	.453	4.0	26-27	22-31	7-9	11-15	25-21	Won 1	4-6
San Francisco	45	59	.433	6.0	22-30	23-29	4-11	13-14	22-22	Lost 2	4-6
Colorado	37	67	.356	14.0	27-27	10-40	9-10	11-23	11-25	Won 1	4-6

SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds has been sidelined so long now, his teammates refused to let themselves count on him returning this season. Still, news that San Francisco’s star slugger doesn’t expect to play again until 2006 came as a shock to Jason Schmidt on Tuesday.

“I was surprised,” said Schmidt, the ace of the Giants’ pitching staff. “I heard he’d been working out hard. The division is kind of up for grabs. I thought he would come back and give us a little boost. ... If you’re hurt, you’re hurt.”

The 41-year-old Bonds said Monday that his troublesome right knee would keep him from resuming his quest for the career home run record until next year. He is recovering from three operations on the knee since Jan. 31.