After the 1st month of the season the Giants are in 1st Place in the NL West with a record of 16-13 here is the rest of the division

Giants- 16-13
Rockies- 15-14
Dodgers- 14-14
Padres- 13-16
D-Backs- 11-17

As of right now the pitching and hitting has been phenominal the team has the 3rd best team batting average at .292 and the 8th best team era at 3.86

After great months at the plate and on the mound a couple players are nearing huge milestones in their career

Barry Bonds- 800 hrs/ he has 771
Barry Bonds- 3000 hits/ he has 2963
Ray Durham- 200 hrs/ he has 195
Ray Durham- 2000 hits/ he has 1981
Randy Winn- 100 hrs/ he has 96
Aaron Rowand- 100 hrs/ he has 96
Bengie Molina- 1000 hits/ he has 963
Rich Aurilia- 200 hrs/ he has 178

Barry Bonds has already reached a milestone this season,
he got to 2000 rbis in his 4th game of the season against the Milwaukee Brewers

After the 2 months of the season the Giants are still in 1st Place in the NL West with a record of 31-25
here is the rest of the division after May

Giants- 31-25
Padres- 28-29
Rockies- 27-30
D-Backs- 26-30
Dodgers- 25-30

The team is still in rebuilding mode and will not consider trading for a big name at the deadline, as of yet because management still isn't truely convinced this team cannot bring home the 1st World Series to the Giants since the move from New York to San Francisco this season, but possibly in the next few years to come.

In the month of May a couple milestones were reached

Ray Durham- 2000 hits
Aaron Rowand- 100 homeruns

Dave Roberts was injured in the middle of May and is out for 1-2 months, the Giants placed him on the 60 day disabled list and brought up another speedy outfielder Clay Timpner from AAA to be a good pinch runner of the bench which Dave Robers did a great job of until his injury with 12 stolen bases

3 months into the 2008 season, the Giants remain in 1st Place in the NL West with a record of 45-38 heading into July
here is the rest of the division after June

Giants- 45-38
Rockies- 44-40
D-Backs- 43-41
Dodgers- 39-44
Padres- 36-49

The team has a couple of players that are up for All-Star consideration

Barry Bonds|.330|16 HR|41 RBI|13 SB
Matt Cain|6-3 W-L|3.23 ERA|102 K
Noah Lowry|8-3 W-L|3.30 ERA|72 K
Akinori Otsuka|27 S|3.13 ERA|29 K
Ray Durham|.299 AVG|14 HR|42 RBI|3 SB
Aaron Rowand|.324 AVG|8 HR|42 RBI|12 SB


In the month of May a couple milestones were reached

Barry Bonds- 3000 hits
Ray Durhan- 200 homeruns

2008 All Star Game Rosters

National League Team

SP- Johan Santana(New York Mets)
SP- Dan Haren(Arizona Diamondbacks)
SP- Matt Cain(San Francisco Giants)
SP- Dave Bush(Milwaukee Brewers)
SP- Jason Bergmann(Washington Nationals)
RP- Juan Cruz(Arizona Diamondbacks)
RP- Renyel Pinto(Florida Marlins)
CP- Mike Gonzalez(Atlanta Braves)
CP- Akinori Otsuka(San francisco Giants)
CP- Billy Wagner(New York Mets)
CP- Trevor Hoffman(San Diedo Padres)
C- Russell Martin(Las Angeles Dodgers)
1B- Derek Lee(Chicago Cubs)
1B- Lance Berkman(Houston Astros)
1B- Albert Pujols(St. Louis Cardinals)
2B- Luis Castillo(New York Mets)
3B- David Wright(New York Mets)
SS- Jimmy Rollins(Philadelphia Phillies)
LF- Juan Pierre(Las Angeles Dodgers)
LF- Matt Holliday(Colorado Rockies)
CF- Carlos Beltran(New York Mets)
RF- Ken Griffey Jr.(Cincinatti Reds)
RF- Hunter Pence(Houston Astros)
RF- Xavier Nady(Pittsburgh Pirates)
RF- Brad Hawpe(Colorado Rockies)


American League

SP- C.C. Sabathia(Cleveland Indians)
SP- Josh Beckett(Boston Red Sox)
SP- Scott Kazmir(Tampa Bay Rays)
SP- Cliff lee(Cleveland Indians)
SP- Jered Weaver(Las Angeles Angels of Anaheim)
RP- Jason Frasor(Toronto Blue Jays)
CP- Troy Percival(Tampa Bay Rays)
CP- Jonathan Papelbon(Boston Red Sox)
CP- Huston Street(Oakland A's)
CP- Joakim Soria(Kansas City Royals)
CP- Joe Nathan(Minnesota Twins)
C- Jorge Posada(New York Yankees)
1B- Kevin Youkilis(Boston Red Sox)
1B- Miguel Cabrera(Detroit Tigers)
2B- Brian Roberts(Baltimore Orioles)
3B- Chone Figgins(Las Angeles Angels od Anaheim)
3B- Carlos Guillen(Detroit Tigers)
SS- Orlando Cabrera(Chicago White Sox)
LF- Carl Crawford(Tampa Bay Rays)
CF- Torii Hunter(Baltimore Orioles)
CF- Ichiro Suzuki(Seattle Mariners)
CF- Curtis Granderson(Detroit Tigers)
RF- Vladimir Guerrero(Las Angeles Angels of Anaheim)
RF- Magglio Ordonez(Detroit Tigers)
RF- David Murphy(Texas Rangers)

Bronx, New York City- The 2008 All Star Game at Yankee Stadium. It was the last time at the United States' equivalent for the Roman Collesium, but this collesium will be demolished at the end of the season. The starting pitcher for the AL squad was last year's Cy Young winner C.C. Sabathia of the Cleveland Indians. The starter for the NL is another former Cy Young winner in Johan Santana of the New York Mets. The NL took the early lead in the 1st inning with RBIs by Luis Castillo and Carlos Beltran to put them up 2-0. The NL wouldn't look back as they won 4-0. The other 2 runs came on a 2 run shot to the upper deck in left field by David Wright, who was named the All Star Game MVP.

Thanks to the National League's victory they will be granted homefield advantage in this years World Series.

San Francisco, CA- The San Francisco Giants have now made it clear that they are in playoff push mode. The Giants acquired two postseason veterans in 1B Sean Casey and RP Mike Timlin. The Giants traded prospects 1B Dan Ortmeier and RP Takeshi Miura. Sean Casey will wear #22 and Mike Timlin will wear #50.