The San Francisco Giants Offense Without Melky Cabrera
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…