No Boog in 5-2 loss
The Giants offense came up empty when searching for a meaningful hit. A’s Nick Kurtz made it look easy.
May 15, 2026; West Sacramento, California, USA; Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz (16) points to the sky after hitting a home run against the San Francisco Giants during the fifth inning at Sutter Health Park. Mandatory Credit: Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images | Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images Long gone are the resilience of the Giants extra innings win against Pittsburgh, the heights of Borucki, the hip-thrusting pleasures of LA. Oh, how a three-game winning streak makes fools of us all, and how a three-game losing streak lays bare.
A three-game losing streak…or a three-run homer. View Link It was the cantankerous and eyebrow-y manager Earl Weaver who built his Baltimore dynasty of the early 70’s around the three-run homer. The concept is simple: one guy gets on a base, then the guy after that gets on a base, and then the pitcher becomes so frustrated by all these guys getting on base that he loses focus, loses command, and grooves a fastball to a guy named “Boog” who launches it out of the park.
What, dear reader, makes a Boog a Boog ? A Boog is out of the shallow 6 feet range in terms of height, and able to stand and breathe comfortably in the deep end of most motel swimming pools. A Boog is like a bowling ball on a mattress, the movement of their mass pulls surrounding objects helplessly towards them.
When a Boog steps into the batter’s box, attention gravitates into their orbit. Defenders on a Boog’s pull-side feel the effects of the Hitchcock Zoom: They physically step back from the plate and yet the Boog somehow grows. Nick Kurtz is the A’s Boog.
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