World Champion Giants update

At left: A look at what the rings look like that were received by the World Champion San Francisco Giants on Saturday night.

The World Champion San Francisco Giants (5-6) have opened up their home schedule by winning 3 of the first 5 games. I was glad they were able to win Friday and Saturday in dramatic fashion against the Cardinals (4-7). It would have been a shame to lose on Opening Day at home after the Giants raised the World Championship banner, it likewise would have been a shame to drop the second game when the players got their rings, which by the way look awesome. Tough loss Monday against the Dodgers (6-5), but I was impressed with their resiliency in overcoming a 3-0 deficit last night to win 5-4.

Aaron Rowand has had a very good start to the year and got a triple in the late innings last night and then scored on a wild pitch to provide for the final margin. If Rowand keeps this up, he could be working himself into the mix for more playing time even when Cody Ross and Andres Torres are fully healthy. Those two are expected back in the near future, which is certainly good news.

Brian Wilson got his first save of the year last night in a lock-down 1-2-3 9th inning. Wilson had been struggling with an injury and it was good to see him look like he was at the top of his game last night. I think he's going to have another good year. I think the Giants will be fine also, hopefully they get back to .500 tonight against the Dodgers (8:15 p.m. MT, MLB Extra Innings and mlb.tv).