McCovey Chronicles

Cardinals/Giants Series Preview

2012-05-16T19:57:57Z

The St. Louis Cardinals might be the most annoying franchise in baseball. The Yankees will always have a claim to that title. The Red Sox are too funny right now to be annoying. The Marlins are … wait, it's probably the Marlins.

But the Cardinals are still annoying. Good every damned year. Lose an ace, win the World Series. Lose the best hitter in baseball, keep the hitting ability in the divorce. Pitcher after pitcher after pitcher coming up with a surprise season, even after Dave Duncan is gone. They're the quiet guy in the cubicle next you, always seeming to finish their reports quicker than you, and always getting the majority of the praise in the company meeting. If you've ever said, "I want to pee in the Cardinals' coffee!" in line at the bank without knowing why, it's because you thought of that metaphor first.

I'm not jealous of their abilities to turn Kyle Lohse into something worthwhile, or their endless parade of one-season wonders that they jettison just at the right time, like Jason Simontacchi, Braden Looper, or Todd Wellemeyer. It'd be pretty tacky for a fan of the Giants to complain about something like that. The Giants found Ryan Vogelsong in a bassinet on their doorstep after enjoying the success of three former first-round picks. The Royals have been looking for a good starting pitcher for years, and we shipped over a dirty bomb that exploded all over their rotation. Nope, can't complain about a team that cobbles together a good staff year after year.

But the hitting. That stupid hitting. They lost Albert Pujols and stayed just as productive. They signed Lance Berkman to be a right fielder, which was just about the funniest thing in baseball until he was completely awesome. And when Matt Holliday went down to an injury last year, they replaced him with six or seven guys who hit just as well as Holliday while he was out. So annoying.

Think about Jon Jay. This is the first time you've thought about Jon Jay in several months. Now you're thinking about the Federalist Papers. Stop that. Back to Jon Jay. What do you know about him? Nice player, right? Jon Jay would be the most successful outfielder the Giants have developed since Chili Davis, who was in his fifth season in the majors when Jay was born.

The Cardinals don't care. They just pull a Jon Jay out of a vat of amniotic fluid and plug him into the lineup. Then they look for the next Jon Jay.

The worst part might be what they did this offseason. They took my idea:

I'd rather have Rafael Furcal and Carlos Beltran for a combined $70 million over the next couple of years than Prince Fielder and Brandon Crawford for $150 million over the next seven.

Surprise! Furcal and Beltran cost about half of that, and both of them are on fire. So is Beltran's knee, which might be why the Giants were wary, but the Cardinals had two of the same holes that the Giants did. They filled them with known quantities and good players. The Giants got Brandon Crawford.

So let me revisit the opening line. The most annoying franchise in baseball -- to me, at least -- is the Giants. Wait, no, still the Marlins. But the Giants are up there because they're not a bad organization. They do plenty of things right. And they're just close enough to being a complete organization that you're cool with them, and then you see a complete organization -- one that can develop hitters and pitchers effortlessly. Maybe I'm not giving enough credit for Pablo Sandoval and Buster Posey. But I look at what the Cardinals can do with Jay and Allen Craig and David Freese, and Beltran and Furcal and Berkman, and I start to get a little envious. Offense, yo. Offense.

I wonder what Charlie Culberson and Roger Kieschnick would look like as prospects right now if they came up with the Cardinals. Maybe the same. It's not fair to judge the Giants based on hypotheticals and thought experiments like that. But I can at least throw the thought out there before I have to withdraw it. At least the jury gets to hear it, even if the objection is sustained.

Hitter to watch
Will Carlos Beltran get booed? Probably. But that's because people are stupid. The Giants had an actual offense last September. It was fun to watch, and Beltran was a huge part of that. Melky Cabrera is good, sure. But Beltran is the Backstreet Boys to Cabrera's 98º. It's still, like, amazing music, but you know it's not the original.

Pitcher to watch
Adam Wainwright is in the same circle of FIP hell that Tim Lincecum is, except Wainwright isn't walking everyone in sight. He was looking forward to this start against the Giants in San Francisco like a broke guy looks forward to his holiday bonus. If I can just make it there without falling apart completely, I should be okay ….

Prediction
Neither the Giants nor Cardinals will come away with a three-game sweep in this series. You can put some sweet cheddar on that prediction.

Two-game series are just the worst.

minor lines, 5/15/12

2012-05-16T16:28:05Z

Tuesday highlights from the Giants' farm: Ben Thomas homered twice, and Roger Kieschnick homered and singled.

AAA: Fresno defeated Omaha 6-4
(allowing two runs in the top of the 8th inning but scoring two runs in the bottom half)

Fresno: SS Nick Noonan: 2 for 4, 2 2B, SH, SO, SB
Fresno: LF Roger Kieschnick: 2 for 4, HR, 2 SO
Fresno: C Eli Whiteside: 2 for 3, 2B, BB

Fresno: SP Yusmeiro Petit: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Fresno: RP Jean Machi: 1.0 IP, 2 K
Omaha: SP Mike Montgomery: 6.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K

Kieschnick had his 9th HR, and Noonan had his 7th and 8th doubles. Noonan is hitting .314/.369/.398 through his first 118 AB this year. Whiteside was one of two Grizzlies to reach base three times.

Petit has yet to pitch into the 7th inning this year, but he has pitched six full frames in four of eight starts. In three of those starts, he has allowed 2 ER or less. Machi pitched a perfect 9th inning for his 1st save. The Royals' Montgomery has scuffled since reaching the PCL. With 3+ ER in five of his eight starts, he has a 4.37 ERA this year after a 5.32 ERA last year.

AA: Richmond lost to Harrisburg 4-2

Richmond: CF Gary Brown: 1 for 4, SO, SB
Richmond: SS Ehire Adrianza: 1 for 3, 2B

Richmond: SP Craig Westcott: 7.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K--1 IBB
Richmond: RP Jake Dunning: 1.2 IP, 2 K

Adrianza's third double was one of just three hits for the Flying Squirrels. Top prospect Brown singled and had his 10th SB.

Westcott had his second straight start with a new season high in terms of IP, pitching into the 8th inning for the first time this year. After allowing a couple runs in the 2nd inning, he allowed a couple more runs in the 8th inning to take the loss. Dunning had 1.2 perfect IP to finish the game.

A+: San Jose defeated Modesto 4-3

San Jose: SS Joe Panik: 2 for 4, BB
San Jose: 3B Adam Duvall: 3 for 4, 2B, BB, E

San Jose: SP Justin Schumer: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K--2 HR, 1 WP
San Jose: RP Jose Valdez: 1.1 IP, 2 K
San Jose: RP Chris Wilson: 1.0 IP, 1 K
San Jose: RP Seth Rosin: 1.0 IP, 2 K

Panik and Duvall, the Giants' two left-side infielders, had multi-hit games, raising their respective AVGs to .246 and .224. Panik had an OPS not much above .600 in April but has an OPS above .700 so far in May. He has not shown much power with just 9 XBH and 0 HR in 148 AB this year.

Schumer came up shy of a quality start. With no strikeouts in a start for the first time this year, his K/IP fell even further below 0.50. His low strikeout rate and GO/AO ratio of 1.20 this year is not a good combination, but he does have a WHIP of just 1.11. Valdez, Wilson and Rosin combined for 3.2 near perfect IP, allowing only one baserunner on an error, while getting half of their outs by strikeout.

A-: Augusta lost to Rome 5-3

Augusta: 1B Ben Thomas: 4 for 4, 2 HR

Augusta: SP Edwin Escobar: 5.1 IP, 11 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
Augusta: RP Adalberto Mejia: 2.0 IP, 2 K

Thomas drove in all three of the GreenJackets' runs with his first two HRs of the year--a two-run shot in the 6th inning and a solo shot to lead off the 8th inning. He had 7 HRs last summer, and yesterday's performance raised his SLG this year to an even .400.

Escobar matched a season high with 7 K but allowed a season-high 11 H, pushing his BAA above .250. His ERA remains below 3.00 through six starts. Mejia pitched two perfect innings in his second straight strong relief appearance.

Post-Game Thread: Giants Frustrate, Lose, Frustrate

2012-05-16T06:56:28Z

The last time the Giants walked ten times and lost: May 29, 2001. That was the 18-inning, 1-0 loss to the Diamondbacks. The losing pitcher was Ryan Vogelsong, whom we never heard from again.

As a contender for the most frustrating game of the year, this one had a lot going for it. Horrible defense. Runners left in scoring position all night. Lincecum bunching up all of his base runners at the worst possible time again. Feckless homegrown hitter after feckless homegrown hitter.

But it could have been more frustrating. The Giants walked 10 times tonight. Ten! Baby steps. And the way it could have been the most frustrating game is if Melky Cabrera didn't double down the line, and if only the Blanco walk in the third came around to score. That would have been most frustrating loss of the year. All it would have taken was a Melky Cabrera grounder to second. A half-inch in any direction. Double play. And the Giants wouldn't have used those walks at all.

You could almost picture Bochy harrumphing that a buncha walks don't do crap. Need to drive the ball, et cetera, et cetera. Instead, the Giants actually made the Rockies pay a little bit. Made them sweat, at least.

So it wasn't the most frustrating loss of the year. It had a comeback that went nowhere, horrible strikeouts at the worst time, and runners, runners, runners just hanging out, waiting for someone to drive them in. But it wasn't the most frustrating loss of the year. Because at least they got some runners, right?

Ha ha ha ha, just kidding. That was the most frustrating loss of the year.

We're past the point of freaking out over Lincecum. At least, I am. You can't just pretend the first three starts of the season didn't exist, but since then, I'm pretty convinced that he's the same pitcher he was in 2010, at least, just without a single scrap of luck. He's missing bats and he's making fewer terrible mistakes over the heart of the plate.

That doesn't mean tonight wasn't frustrating to watch. Frustrating, frustrating, frustrating. The secret word. Y'all supposed to scream when you hear it. Frustrating. The purple muppet in the corner will slow it down and help you with the pronunciation. Carlos Gonzalez bloops a double down the line? Of course he's going to score. Tulowitzki reaches third on a two-base error? Of course he's going to score. That's how his season has gone so far.

And when he's trotted out in the seventh with a fastball that's slowing down and 100 pitches? Well, you knew another run was coming in. But we're a few starts removed from a completely unrecognizable Tim Lincecum. That guy was freaking me out. This guy is just frustrating.

Gregor Blanco walked to lead off the game again. He starts again. This is not negotiable.

Actually, I'm thinking Bochy can get a punch card for leadoff walks. And after each one, Blanco can bring the card to Bochy, who will punch out a little hole. And when Blanco gets a dozen, he gets a free sandwich or a $50,000 bonus or something. They can let human resources hash that part out.

Just about everything good this week has involved Gregor Blanco. I know it's easy to get too excited over a hot stretch of play, but at least he can get a damned sandwich.

I'm not sure that I remember watching a hitter struggle to hit fastballs quite like Brandon Belt. Up and away. Middle away. Middle up. Pumping them right by him again and again. So frustrating. I have no idea how that's supposed to be fixed. The good thing is that the Giants don't either, so at least we're covered.

Buster Posey's gutter slump isn't something that can be covered in a paragraph or two, so let's save that until tomorrow. Until then, let's sit around and wonder if Emmanuel Burriss really is the worst hitter on a major-league roster right now. Here's the only double Burriss has had since 2009:

In the last 100 games Burriss has played in, that's his only double. It hit two feet in front of home plate. He has absolutely no value to a team if he isn't walking, and he isn't going to walk because he hits a double every 100 games. He's like Chone Figgins without all the positive attributes. I'm pretty sure that Bochy's had it with him, judging by his decision to send up Schierholtz in the ninth.

Speaking of whom, Schierholtz swung at one pitch in the last at-bat of the game.

Go on. Guess which one he swung at. No, seriously, guess. Come on. Be a sport. Keep in mind that Rafael Betancourt works left-handed hitters away. He has never hit a left-handed batter.

Here's a chart of the pitches Betancourt has thrown to left-handers over the last two seasons:

That's from the catcher's perspective. Do you believe Schierholtz was thinking the other way when the fastball came on the outside half of the plate? The last fifteen words of that sentence were unnecessary, and the answer is "no."

Open GameThread, 5/15

2012-05-16T01:00:10Z

Gregor Blanco - RF
Brandon Belt - 1B
Melky Cabrera - LF
Buster Posey - C
Angel Pagan - CF
Joaquin Arias - 3B
Brandon Crawford - SS
Emmanuel Burriss -2B
Tim Lincecum - RHP

Current Series

Giants lead the series 1-0

Mon 05/14	WP: Sergio Romo (2 - 0) SV: Santiago Casilla LP: Rex Brothers (1 - 2)	3 - 2 win
Colorado Rockies Purple Row @ San Francisco Giants McCovey Chronicles Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 7:15 PM PDT AT&T Park Jeremy Guthrie vs Tim Lincecum Mostly clear. Winds blowing out to center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 55. Complete Coverage >

The Price of Melk These Days

2012-05-15T19:26:27Z

From Carl Steward earlier in the week:

Would you give (Melky Cabrera) an Aaron Rowand contract — 5 years, $60 million — right now?

Oh, god, no.

Let’s take a vote. All those in favor say please, please, pretty please, yes.

No. No. No.

All opposed?

Me. Over here.

Thought so.

OH GOD I'M RAISING MY HAND PLEASE LOOK AT ME

Crickets.

/eats decaying plant material

Cabrera is an interesting, interesting case. I'm not suggesting there's no chance he'll be worth 5/$60M. If he plays as well as he did last year -- and he's been even better this year -- he'd be worth every penny. But here's another quick recap of his professional career:

Minors
Rushed through minors, reaching AAA at 20. His career minor-league numbers, .296/.349/.420, aren't that impressive until you remember that he was exceptionally young in each league.

2006
Good! A .360 OBP for a 21-year-old rookie is kind of a big deal.

2007-2009
Kind of bad. Yankees fans were only including him in fake trades for Mark Buehrle, not Cliff Lee.

2010
Really, really bad. Awful. Worse than a replacement player. Like Juan Uribe playing center, but without the power.

2011
Good. Really, really good. Almost certainly a little overextended as a center fielder, but still a fine player.

And now, a month-and-a-half of him not sinking into the tar pit that is the Giants offense. What in the absolute heck are you supposed to make of him? He's 27, so a four- or five-year deal wouldn't take him too far past his expected peak. He could even be getting better -- last year, he had the lowest walk rate and highest strikeout rate of his career, yet still had a career year. If he could maintain the production and bring back the plate discipline, he'd be even better.

It's probably not a great idea to guarantee his increased production last year has to do with a fluky average on balls in play, either. Hitters control BABIP much more than pitchers do. His .332 mark last year is something dozens of players have maintained for their entire career. It's just as appropriate to assume that an improved Melky caused a higher BABIP as it is to assume a higher BABIP caused an improved Melky.

There might not be a more confusing player to evaluate in baseball right now. He was fluffy, now he's trim. He was good, then bad, then really good, all before he turned 27. The conflicting evidence is impossible to parse, like two different time-traveling versions of yourself, each of them telling you to shoot the other one.

So the best strategy, the only strategy, is to wait. See what the rest of the season brings. Unless Melky is willing to go for a two- or three-year deal at a reasonable rate -- which he isn't -- a long-term deal right now is texting-on-a-motorcycle goofy right now. The reward of sending a text on a motorcycle is that you can let Jason know right now that you figuratively laughed out loud because you saw Christine downtown! Technology is amazing! The risk is a fiery tangle of blood and limbs. It's probably best to wait.

The risk of a long-term deal is right there in the intro: Aaron Rowand. He killed the Giants' budget, and when it became clear he wasn't worth the roster spot, his release riled up the part of the ownership group that didn't understand the concept of a sunk cost. The shrapnel from that deal is still getting picked out from unfortunate places today. If the Giants weren't paying Rowand $12 million, they might have a real shortstop. Heck, they might still have Bill Neukom signing off on the budget.

The reward of a long-term deal, limiting future costs, isn't worth it. How much value could Melky add between now and the end of the season to make it a good idea to avoid that increase? If his numbers don't decline at all and he hits .338 for the rest of the year, will his price really change? Probably a little, but not nearly enough to make it worth the risk right now. And he's almost certainly not going to hit .338 this year. If he's not at his peak value right now, he's close.

I like Melky Cabrera. Not only is he not Jonathan Sanchez, but he's been fantastic for the Giants this year. But sloooooooow down on those extension talks. Sloooooow down. I still have no idea what kind of player he'll be in June, much less June, 2016.

minor lines, 5/14/12

2012-05-15T06:17:39Z

Monday highlight from the Giants' farm: Kevin Couture had 5.0 scoreless IP.

AAA: Fresno lost to Omaha 8-5
(allowing five runs in the top of the 9th inning)

Fresno: CF Justin Christian: 2 for 4, SH
Fresno: C Jackson Williams: 2 for 4, SO

Fresno: SP Andrew Kown: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K--1 HR
Fresno: RP Heath Hembree: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 2 BB--1 HB
Omaha: SP Ryan Verdugo: 6.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K

With two hits each, Christian and Williams combined for nearly half of the Grizzlies' nine hits, raising their respective AVGs to .378 and .215.

Kown pitched seven full innings for the third time in his last four starts. With 3 ER or less allowed in each of his eight starts, he has a 2.61 ERA. Hembree threw just 11 of 27 pitches for strikes while retiring just one of his six batters. He suffered his second blown save as his ERA rose above 4.00. Verdugo, whom the Giants included along with Jonathan Sanchez when acquiring Melky Cabrera from the Royals this off-season, had not allowed more than 2 ER in his previous five starts, but he allowed 3 ER in this start. His peripheral stats through eight starts are 29 H, 22 BB and 38 K in 44.1 IP.

AA: Richmond had an off-day
(their third scheduled off-day this year, with their next scheduled off-day being June 4)

A+: San Jose lost to Modesto 5-3

San Jose: LF Ryan Lollis: 1 for 3, 2 BB, GiDP, SB

San Jose: SP Ryan Bradley: 5.0+ IP, 10 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 0 K--2 HR

Reaching base three times and improving upon the .382 OBP with which he entered the day, Lollis had one of the Giants' five hits (all singles) and two of their six walks.

Bradley had allowed only 27 H over his first seven starts but allowed 10 H tonight. After beginning the year with 22 K and 7 BB over his first six starts, he has 8 BB and 0 K over his last two starts. Or perhaps it is just facing Modesto. In three starts against the Rockies' affiliate, his peripheral stats are 21 H, 9 BB and 1 K in 10.0 IP. In his other five starts, his peripheral stats are 16 H, 6 BB and 21 K in 25.1 IP.

A-: Augusta defeated Rome 1-0
(scoring the game's lone run in the 4th inning)

Augusta: SS Kelby Tomlinson: 2 for 4, SB
Augusta: CF Elliott Blair: 2 for 3

Augusta: SP Kevin Couture: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Augusta: RP Cody Hall: 1.0 IP, 3 K

With two hits each, Tomlinson and Blair combined for four of the GreenJackets' six hits. They raised their respective AVGs to .302 and .234. Tomlinson also had his 11th SB.

After eleven relief appearances, Couture made his first start of the year, scatting five hits over five innings and facing just three batters over the minimum. He lowered his season ERA to 1.50. Hall struck out all three of his batters for his 8th save. With 23 K in 16.1 IP, his K/IP is just shy of 1.50.

Post-Game Thread: Rockies Get AT&T'd

2012-05-15T06:09:37Z

Coors Field is an objectively horrible place. One of the most horrible places on Earth. The best part of the baseball that's played there is the guy in the dinosaur costume. I mean, I think it's a guy. It's not like I've had dreams where the mask comes off, and it's a redhead with a shameless smile and … look, point is, Coors Field is the worst place ever built. All of the creepy paintings and symbols at the Denver Airport are just letting you know that you're close to Coors Field.

But that's how Rockies fans feel about AT&T Park. For the last couple of decades, the Giants and Rockies have had an agreement to play the most frustrating ball possible when they're on the road. It's kind of special, actually. When the Giants go to Coors, there are doinks that fall into the 40-acre outfield, pop-ups that go 430 feet, and Troy Tulowitzki. Always Troy Tulowitzki. Unless it's Carlos Gonzalez. Or anyone else. They're all pretty annoying at Coors Field.

And at AT&T, the Rockies are supposed to use tubes of wrapping paper instead of bats when they hit. In the 19 games since the start of 2010, the Rockies have scored 35 runs. Fewer than two per game. And every game seems to be like this one. Tight. Low-scoring. Up in the air in the late innings. And more often than not, something happens that benefits the Giants and screws the Rockies. It helps me believe in a balanced, orderly universe.

Of course, this just sets up a Coorsing to be named later. In the third inning, with the bases loaded, Michael Cuddyer skied a ball to deep left-center. Harmless out. It would have been 19 rows up at Coors. The baseball gods have an intern keeping track of stuff like that. There will be a time where two walks and a double set up the 15-run inning at Coors.

Like I care about that now. Hee hee. It's funny when it isn't us!

Instinctively, you know that the difference between gritty and disappointing is a Cuddyer grounder through the 5-6 hole. Ryan Vogelsong gets credit for pitching gritty and gutty and gurgly, but he isn't always going to get out of so many self-inflicted jams.

Still, it's so much fun to watch him pitch. That's the difference between a Zito five-walk game (or a Lincecum one, for that matter) and a Vogelsong five-walk game. The Zito five-walk game is part extra-careful and part don't-know-where-it's-going. The Lincecum five-walk game is pure don't-know-where-it's-going. Vogelsong is just being stubborn, and I mean that in the best way possible. He wasn't going to throw a meatball when he could just face the next guy and get a fly ball.

That'll burn him some nights. It didn't happen too often last year, though. And it wasn't a concern tonight. A reminder that he was a Giants prospect when the team played at Candlestick. It's been a full year now, and I'm sure I still don't believe it.

After an especially superlative Romo performance, he should be celebrated in the form of moving pictures.

For a smooth, calm, controlled outing, he'll get Suave Romo.

When he strikes out the side, he'll get Deputy Marshall Romo.

But for a game where he has to reverse the rotation of the Earth and/or slider to clean up someone else's mess, give me Super Romo.

So much love for a middle reliever, it hurts. But it would be remiss to ignore Santiago Casilla, too. When he needed a strikeout after an error, he threw three perfect pitches to Dexter Fowler. I don't mind the idea of keeping a fan-favorite closer around at a premium through his arbitration years out of a sense of loyalty and continuity, but I hope the success of Casilla (and the previous success of the unproven Wilson) will forever bury the organizational philosophy that led to an expensive Armando Benitez.

In 2010, Andres Torres came off the scrap heap and played like a non-dick Shane Victorino. In 2011, Ryan Vogelsong came back from baseball purgatory to get a stray Cy Young vote. That means the Giants are probably due for a fluke performance from an unexpected source. It's only fair. So, yeah, I can dig a four-win year from Gregor Blanco. Don't see a problem with that.

They said that the New Blanco had some pop. His career ISO: .067. His ISO so far in 2012: .077. The early returns suggested he was Reggie Willits with better defense. I'm pretty sure that Willits hasn't hit two balls in his career that added up to that home run from Blanco. More of that, please.

Troy Tulowitzki and Matt Kemp go down on the same day. Pablo Sandoval is already out. Justin Upton should probably lay low for a bit. And the Padres should be careful with … hell, I don't know … Will Venable. Get out of here, Padres. I was making a point.

Open GameThread, 5/14

2012-05-15T01:15:05Z

Lineup, via CSN Bay Area:

1. Gregor Blanco (L) RF
2. Joaquin Arias (R) 3B
3. Melky Cabrera (S) LF
4. Buster Posey (R) C
5. Angel Pagan (S) CF
6. Brett Pill (R) 1B
7. Charlie Culberson (R) 2B
8. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
9. Ryan Vogelsong (R) P

Current Series

2 game series vs Rockies @ AT&T Park

Colorado Rockies Purple Row @ San Francisco Giants McCovey Chronicles Monday, May 14, 2012, 7:15 PM PDT AT&T Park Christian Friedrich vs Ryan Vogelsong Clear. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 55. Complete Coverage >
Tue 05/15		7:15 PM PDT