4 games in a row. 4 games. Not the monumental momentum that Atlanta has been enjoying, but the longest Giants streak of the 2006 season. And it couldn’t come at a better time. 1/2 a game out of first with two more games against San Diego. Our main man Schmidt takes the mound tomorrow, and things are just looking really good on the clubhouse side.

Speaking of the clubhouse. Thank you for team leadership. Vizquel shut the doors and spoke his mind. Omar does indeed have a posse, and that posse is me, and everyone else who is stepping up their efforts this year to make this team better.

Lowry said there’s an upbeat attitude permeating the team now, a one-for-all, all-for-one mentality. He can feel it, touch it.

“It’s a new mentality here and everybody is believing in what we talked about,” said Lowry. “Everybody’s buying into what we talked about. It’s a different feeling, to tell you the truth.”

Thank you to the franchise leadership for doing the same. Brian Sabean, I love what you are doing with the team. Close the doors, make the trades, keep doing what you are doing. The 2nd winningest team in baseball doesn’t come about by accident.

And to all of you ney-sayers:

Shea Hillenbrand is exactly what the Giants need. 2 time allstar with a near .300 average, exactly what we need. I will explain from the point of view of Monday nights game. Twice the Giants had the bases loaded with no outs. And the result of the loading? 1 sacrifice RBI. One more hit was all we needed to turn the game early and quite possibly prevent the 6th inning hemmorage.

So I ask you, what will 1.5 hits, with potential pop, give us every game? The division.