Four-A Player -Noun 1. Professional baseball player who is too good to play in Triple-A, but is unable to find success at the Major League level: Todd Linden was a Four-A Player for the San Francisco ... (Continue reading)
Imagine you are responsible to select an all-time starting rotation for the San Francisco Giants in a fantasy league. Your team would then have to compete against all other selected teams. Who would make your team? Who would you select ... (Continue reading)
The fact of the matter is this for Giants fans: Aaron Rowand is going to be the Giants center fielder on Opening Day, and he most likely is going to bat leadoff unless one of three things happen: 1. ... (Continue reading)
Almost all of us who follow the game of baseball have heard the claim that “pitching and defense win championships.” But is there any truth to that claim in this day and age? While teams built primarily on pitching and defense may ... (Continue reading)
There are five tools to baseball: Hitting for average, hitting for power, speed, arm strength, and fielding ability. In the history of baseball there has only been one man to posses all five tools at an elite level. His name was Willie Mays. How ... (Continue reading)
The Author originally published the following slideshow at hotstove.com, and it can also be seen here: http://www.hotstove.com/2010/03/will-the-san-francisco-giants-make-the-postseason-four-coin-tosses-that-could-get-them-there/ When a team finishes 72-90 in 2008 and then jumps up to a 88-74 finish in 2009, 2010 expectations obviously skyrocket. The San Francisco ... (Continue reading)
With spring training officially on its way, the offseason, for the most part, is officially done. Sure, there are some lingering free agents out there and perhaps some late-additions to the Giants roster could (but shouldn't) happen, but for the ... (Continue reading)
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)
The newest host on the San Francisco Giants' flagship radio station took a swipe at how the club opted to exact revenge against Milwaukee Brewers slugger Prince Fielder. F.P. Santangelo, a former big leaguer and current part-time Giants analyst, said that ... (Continue reading)
Ah, with one mild fastball placed squarely between the ample shoulder blades of Prince Fielder, Barry Zito of our San Francisco Giants reminded the athletic world exactly why Major League Baseball will always be the top dog for many of ... (Continue reading)