Chad Gaudin pitches well, Giants salvage last game against Cards
AAAAAAH - Photo credit - Dilip Vishwanat  Gaudin you, mate.
Gaudin you.  It's June 2, and Chad Gaudin is the best starting
pitcher on the Giants.  Hyperbolic? Possibly! I'd hate to be
known as the one writer on the Internet who overreacts. Seems
like the kind of label that can stick with you. But what Chad
Gaudin did on Sunday was "pitch well." It's a weird, neo-
Moneyball strategy that other teams are trying lately, and
Gaudin looked the part. He threw first-pitch strikes. When he
got ahead of hitters (which was often), he put them away or
convinced them to make contact with pitches out of the strike
zone. So let's restate the opening for emphasis:   I don't
really believe that. I still have the Krusty-is-coming kind of
faith with Matt Cain, and even an erratic Madison Bumgarner is a
better bet to finish the season stronger than Gaudin. So how
about instead of the dramatic, over-the-top finality of that
statement, we refine it just a little?  I