The San Francisco Giants have been playing enchanted baseball all season long. There has been white magic, like when the team didn't lose a series for almost a whole month in June. There has also been a share of black magic, ... (Continue reading)
NO. SLEEP. TILL BROOKLYN. When Rich Aurilia steps out of the dugout, every Giants fan knows what his walk-up music is. That one clip from the Beastie Boys is indicative of Aurilia’s career, one that may soon be coming to a close. Aurilia went on ... (Continue reading)
The San Francisco Giants have had their fair share of great position players over the years, but very few of them have made their living behind the plate. In recent memory, such characters as Scott Servais, Yorvit Torrealba, and Bobby ... (Continue reading)
Okay, Giants fans, this is it. We’re in August. The deadline is behind us, and players have been exchanged. There are new faces all over the league and plenty of big names that are in new zip codes. Two of those ... (Continue reading)
As the San Francisco Giants found out last year, the bullpen can be just as important as the starting rotation. While the starters compile most of the pretty stats, like wins, innings, strikeouts, and so forth, relievers handle much higher ... (Continue reading)
With the San Francisco Giants barely off the All-Star Break and seemingly poised for a playoff push, a lot of fans are overlooking the fact that this team wasn't expected to contend until 2010, as was envisioned by general manager ... (Continue reading)
It's deja vu all over again. As many of you have probably noticed, and evidenced by these articles here and here, I am a Barry Zito supporter. I am by no means a Zeets fanatic, but I do understand the impossible situation he ... (Continue reading)
A few weeks ago, Bay Area sports personality Shooty Babitt attributed Jonathan Sanchez’s lack of success to his lack of nickname. San Francisco has The Freak (Lincecum), Cainer (Cain), the Big Unit (Johnson), Big Z (Zito), but Sanchez is sans-pseudonym so far this year. Third-base coach ... (Continue reading)
Why don’t the San Francisco Giants lock up ace Tim Lincecum to a long-term contract? Since the end of his 2008 Cy Young campaign, I have been answering the above question to more people that I can remember. Now, with another stellar ... (Continue reading)
For the first three months of the 2009 season, it looked like Matt Cain was finally getting what he deserved. Run support. Tonight, as with his past three starts, it looked like a Matt Cain blast from the past. Cain turned in ... (Continue reading)