five months

Noel Smith had moved his wife and teenage daughter to one of California's most far-flung regions five months ago, a landscape of rolling mountains, rivers and wide valleys near the Oregon border.

It is somewhat hard to evaluate the 2009 season of the San Francisco Giants. ON one hand they gave their fans exactly what was expected, good pitching followed by poor hitting.

However given the fact that this team had a winning season, after five years of sub .500 baseball we should treat this as a success.

On top of that a giant step in the right direction. On the other hand this team was competitive for five months, and when it really counted they could not get the job done.

New York Giants safety Kenny Phillips has had microfracture surgery on his left knee and will have to wait about five months before he can start to run.