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From Shortstop to Sports Desk: Rich Aurilia Joins SF Giants Pregame Show

Nobody wants to hear that their career is over. Ever. That goes right on the top of the list of things you never want said to you. When you're a professional athlete, the pill is even more difficult to swallow. For ... (Continue reading)

Top 10 Reasons Of All Time To Be A Giants Fan

After looking at the Top 5 Reasons to look forward to 2010, I wanted to look back at the history of the Giants since their inception in as the New York Gothams in 1883. As one of the oldest franchises ... (Continue reading)

San Francisco Giants 2010: SWOT Team

For the Giants, their 2009 season was a fantastic surprise, with huge performances from their pitching staff and surprising ones on the offensive side. It brought San Francisco into competitive September baseball for the first time since 2003, and heralded ... (Continue reading)

Top Five in 2010: Reasons to Be a San Francisco Giants Fan

For the San Francisco Giants and their fans, 2010 is supposed to be a good year. If you've been following the team for a while, you'll remember that as far back as 2008, THIS was the year we've been waiting ... (Continue reading)

Countdown to Baseball: Giants Roster Fluidity, Posey, and Steve Johnson

The San Francisco Giants will be reporting to Spring Training in less than a week. With that said, the roster is almost completely set, and there is a definite lack of substantive story-lines that are permeating other big-league ... (Continue reading)

San Francisco Giants Team of the Decade: The Pitchers

The San Francisco Giants have had one of the strongest traditions of pitching in all of baseball throughout their franchise history. They have had countless Hall of Famers, league leaders and two Cy Young award winners. When they were the New ... (Continue reading)

Santa Sabean Looking for Another Christmas Gift for the Giants’ Lineup

Brian Sabean and the San Francisco Giants went into the 2009 offseason with a relatively short, but particularly important to-do list. The deadline for offering arbitration has passed. The winter meetings are over. Free agents are coming off the market. And what ... (Continue reading)

Fate of the Franchise: Who’s on First for the Giants? Or Third, for that Matter

  For the last couple years since the departure of Barry Bonds, the San Francisco Giants have been pressured and prodded in the direction of a power-hitting corner infielder. Many names have been heard on the rumor mill, including Joe Crede, ... (Continue reading)

San Francisco Giants Roundtable: Who’s Coming Back Next Year?

Although general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy just received contract extensions, it is safe to say that both already had their wish lists set out for the 2009 offseason.   While Bengie Molina is the highest profile free-agent-to-be, there are ... (Continue reading)

San Francisco Giants Take a Turn in Right Direction in 2009

The San Francisco Giants 2009 season ended in a bittersweet way. Short-term Giants fans may look at the year in the negative, citing another absence from the playoffs and a fizzling offense that lost key games down the stretch. However, long-term ... (Continue reading)