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The San Francisco Giants Offense Without Melky Cabrera

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The baseball world in general and the National League playoff race in particular was rocked yesterday by the news San Francisco Giants’ left fielder Melky Cabrera was suspended 50 games for using a banned performance-enhancing drug. With Frisco at 64-54, one game back of Los Angeles in the NL West and a ½ game back of Pittsburgh & St. Louis for the last wild-card spot, the suspension will cover the balance of the season and at least through the first playoff round if San Fran was to get there. But do they have the bats to get to October with the All-Star Game MVP now sidelined? TheSportsNotebook takes a look at the rest of the San Francisco Giants’ offense…

NL West Report: San Francisco’s Back In The Race

Dan Flaherty Uncategorized Melky Cabrera Giants, NL West race, San Francisco Giants bullpen, San Francisco Giants lineup. NL West schedule, San Francisco Giants pitching, San Francisco Giants rotation

What had to happen finally did happen, and it’s that the Los Angeles Dodgers have come back to earth and the race is on in the NL West. San Francisco, at 30-24, is coming off a week where they first won a series against Arizona, then took advantage of playing the Chicago Cubs and delivered a three-game sweep. Coupled with a slump by the Dodgers, Frisco is back within three games of the lead and there’s no reason to think this is just a flavor-of-the-week type thing.