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Bruce Bochy holds meetings sparingly, mostly preferring to handle issues in private meetings. If there ever is a time to gather the boys together for a group talk, it's...
August 3, 2012 at 4:40 PM
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Giants manager Bruce Bochy waded in lineup chatter before today's homestand-closing matinee against the Mets. Among the issues: **Bochy insisted he wasn't tempted to...
August 2, 2012 at 1:40 PM
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John Shea reporting from the ballpark . . . Hunter Pence spoke with a few reporters and admitted the obvious: "I have to be honest. Every now and then, I do things that...
August 1, 2012 at 6:40 PM
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I have a full story on the Hunter Pence deal on the home page. It includes quotes from GM Brian Sabean and Nate Schierholtz. You can read it here. Here is some more...
July 31, 2012 at 4:40 PM
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Multiple national reports say the Giants have acquired power-hitting outfielder Hunter Pence from the Philadelphia Phillies for catching prospect Tommy Joseph, but the...
July 31, 2012 at 10:40 AM
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Fake Twitter accounts, bogus rumors, red herrings. Yup, trade deadline must be around the bend. First, what I know: As I type this comma, I have no information that any...
July 30, 2012 at 3:40 PM
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From Henry Schulman via Sulia: I've just gotten confirmation from two credible sources familiar with the Phillies' thinking that there is absolutely no deal in place, or...
July 30, 2012 at 2:40 PM
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Short of the postseason, it's hard to get manager Bruce Bochy to admit that any single game is important. He wouldn't bite today either. "They're all important," he...
July 29, 2012 at 12:40 PM
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John Shea reporting from the ballpark . . . Marco Scutaro was arriving, wheeling a suitcase with a Rockies' logo. Emmanuel Burriss was giving and getting hugs. Pablo...
July 28, 2012 at 1:40 PM
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I just filed a game story that doesn't talk much about tonight's 5-3, 10-inning loss. There's not much to say. Brandon Belt hit a two-run single to tie it in the eighth...
July 28, 2012 at 12:40 AM
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The Giants, who have been seeking experienced bench help, acquired 35-year-old infielder Marco Scutaro from the Rockies tonight for infield prospect Charlie Culberson...
July 27, 2012 at 9:40 PM
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The only solid information I can give you Pablo Sandoval is that he has cut virtually all of his hair off. He posted this photo of new new do with the gentleman who did...
July 27, 2012 at 6:40 PM
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An old artillery shell found a few blocks from AT&T Park forced authorities to evacuate two buildings and close traffic in the area for much of the day Friday...
July 27, 2012 at 4:40 PM
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Steve Kroner subbing for Henry Schulman along the shores of McCovey Cove: First, the Pablo Sandoval news. He had an MRI exam Wednesday morning that confirmed a hamstring...
July 25, 2012 at 12:40 PM
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The home of the Giants will be the home of the world. Major League Baseball announced the semifinals and finals of the World Baseball Classic will be played at AT&T...
July 25, 2012 at 11:40 AM
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Pablo Sandoval will undergo an MRI exam on his left hamstring on Wednesday to gauge the extent of his strain. That in turn will tell the Giants if they need to place him...
July 24, 2012 at 11:40 PM
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The Giants just turned one of their better double plays of the season, but it cost them Pablo Sandoval, who was playing first base for the second day in a row and...
July 24, 2012 at 8:40 PM
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John Shea reporting from the ballpark . . . Brandon Belt returned from a 1-for-20 trip to learn he wasn't starting the homestand opener. Pablo Sandoval is the first...
July 23, 2012 at 7:40 PM
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Manager Bruce Bochy said it best. The Giants had a very good 4-2 trip, but it could have been a great trip. Indeed, they were a hit away from winning both the games they...
July 22, 2012 at 7:41 PM
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Today's lineup: Schierholtz RF Theriot 2B Cabrera LF Posey C Sandoval 3B Pagan CF Crawford SS Belt 1B Zito P Notes: Struggling Angel Pagan has the highest batting...
July 22, 2012 at 10:40 AM
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I wish I could take credit for that line, the Average Annual Value Bowl. I forgot who first said it, but that's what we have at Citizens Bank Park today. Taking the...
July 21, 2012 at 12:40 PM
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I truly believe it was. I'm talking about the fourth inning of tonight's 7-2 win against the Phillies, which assured the Giants of no worse than a .500 trip. If you were...
July 20, 2012 at 9:40 PM
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Eli Whiteside will make his first start of the season tonight, catching Tim Lincecum. Though that decision only fuels speculation that Lincecum does not want to throw to...
July 20, 2012 at 3:40 PM
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The Giants today go for their first sweep in Atlanta since 1988, but they'll have to beat a pitcher who has owned them, Tim Hudson. Hudson is a great control pitcher...
July 19, 2012 at 8:40 AM
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The Giants wasted little time after Hector Sanchez's MRI exam this morning to place him on the 15-day disabled list with a left-knee sprain. They recalled Eli Whiteside...
July 18, 2012 at 12:40 PM
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Hector Sanchez has left tonight's game in Atlanta with a sprained left knee. The team lists him as day to day, though I can't imagine they will want to go many days at...
July 17, 2012 at 6:40 PM
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Manager Bruce Bochy had planned to end the Barry Zito-Hector Sanchez pairing for tonight's game. He told us in San Francisco last weekend that Buster Posey would catch...
July 17, 2012 at 3:40 PM
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Busy morning here at China Basin. Melky Cabrera has left the team for one game to attend the birth of his third child. He flew to Orlando and will be placed on the 3-day...
July 15, 2012 at 12:40 PM
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You hate to be so dramatic, but let's face it, if Tim Lincecum has a bad one tonight, do you really think the Giants will pitch him at Citizens Bank Park in Philly next...
July 14, 2012 at 3:40 PM
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Good to be back at the yard. Angel Pagan and Pablo Sandoval are coming outside for early hitting. It's windy and overcast, in other words normal for July in the City...
July 13, 2012 at 3:40 PM
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Steve Kroner at China Basin, following the Giants' workout: Items of note: 1) Barry Zito will start Tuesday in Atlanta, followed by Ryan Vogelsong. Bruce Bochy's main...
July 12, 2012 at 10:40 PM
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John Shea reporting from Kansas City . . . The players' union still is willing to file a collusion grievance on Barry Bonds' behalf, union chief Michael Weiner told The...
July 10, 2012 at 3:40 PM
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In preparing my midseason Giants review story, which is slated to run in Thursday's paper, I spoke with general manager Brian Sabean this afternoon to get his views on...
July 10, 2012 at 1:40 PM
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John Shea reporting from Kauffman Stadium . . . Buster Posey didn't bring an oversized mitt to catch R.A. Dickey. But Dickey brought one along for anyone who'd dare try...
July 9, 2012 at 3:40 PM
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John Shea reporting from Kansas City . . . Tony La Russa has chosen Matt Cain to start Tuesday's All-Star Game at Kauffman Stadium, according to a tweet by John Harper...
July 9, 2012 at 8:40 AM
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Tim Lincecum was honest and compelling as usual after taking his 10th loss today and going into the break with the worst ERA, 6.42, of all 101 starters with enough...
July 8, 2012 at 2:40 PM
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It definitely seems a bit less warm today than it has been on this trip, which might help Tim Lincecum a bit. It's overcast, too. First-pitch temperature expected to be...
July 8, 2012 at 8:40 AM
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Ryan Vogelsong leads the National League with a 2.26 ERA. Pirates starter James McDonald is not far behind at 2.45. And they'll be watching the All-Star Game on...
July 7, 2012 at 10:40 AM
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I devoted all of my game story to the issue of who should close for the Giants. As I've mentioned many time in print, in this blog and on Twitter, Sergio Romo might have...
July 6, 2012 at 9:40 PM
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At least their record is superior. The Pirates are 10 games over .500 at 46-36, the Giants down to seven games over at 45-38. Since May 12, Pittsburgh and Anaheim have...
July 6, 2012 at 1:40 PM
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Buster Posey has taped one of those (usually) funny ESPN "SportsCenter" commercials. This one's pretty good. It'll start airing Monday during the All-Star Game workout...
July 5, 2012 at 2:40 PM
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Or, for my friends in Hawaii, read this lineup and go to bed for the first time. From the bottom of my heart, I want to think umpire Gary Darling for initiating an...
July 4, 2012 at 7:40 AM
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Welcome from the press box high atop Nationals Park, which is actually really hot because we're only 92 million miles from the sun. I just came upstairs after watching...
July 3, 2012 at 3:40 PM
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As a beat writer, you don't really care if the team you cover is good or bad. You just hope it's interesting. In that sense, we scribes have been blessed with the 2012...
July 1, 2012 at 7:40 PM
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As Wilbert Harrison might have sung had he still been with us, Buster Posey, Melky Cabrera - and in a big surprise - Pablo Sandoval are goin' to Kansas City. The Giants'...
July 1, 2012 at 10:40 AM
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The Giant's streak of four consecutive shutouts, and 36 consecutive shutout innings, ended on the first pitch of tonight's game against the Cincinnati Reds when Zack...
June 29, 2012 at 7:40 PM
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Brad Penny, who had a short but fruitful stint as a Giant starter in 2009, rejoined the team as a reliever Friday and said he almost signed here before spring training...
June 29, 2012 at 6:40 PM
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How funny is it that the pressure to keep the shutout streak going rests on the shoulders of the guy who threw a perfect game? Matt Cain takes the mound against...
June 29, 2012 at 3:40 PM
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. Few players in the Bay Area have had as long and as strange a career as Barry Zito. The quirky Las Vegas boy became a star in Oakland, winning a Cy Young in 2002...
June 29, 2012 at 4:40 AM
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Steve Kroner on another historic night at Third and King: In 2-1/2 months, consider these pitching feats along the shores of McCovey Cove: 1) Matt Cain threw a...
June 28, 2012 at 11:40 PM
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Steve Kroner subbing for Henry Schulman on a breezy Thursday on the shores of McCovey Cove: If it weren't for Matt Cain and R.A. Dickey, Thursday's matchup between...
June 28, 2012 at 3:40 PM
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First off, let me remind people I have no horse in the race to for All-Star starting catcher. Buster, Yadi, Chooch, I don't care. Bring back Pudge if you want. Strap a...
June 28, 2012 at 1:40 PM
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Today we talked to manager Bruce Bochy in his office rather than in the dugout. I've always liked those sessions more because they have less of a press conference feel...
June 27, 2012 at 12:40 PM
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If my math skills are any good (shaddup!), I would deduce that any starter on a five-man staff has a 40 percent chance of not pitching in a three-game series.If that...
June 26, 2012 at 3:40 PM
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With less than 72 hours left in voting, Buster Posey retained his lead over St. Louis' Yadier Molina for the starting catcher's spot in National League All-Star voting...
June 26, 2012 at 12:40 PM
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Fans wondering about a target date for Matt Kemp's return from a hamstring injury are in the same boat as the Dodgers. They don't have one. Dodgers manager Don Mattingly...
June 25, 2012 at 6:40 PM
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On the final day of the Giants' four-game series in Miami, on May 27, I wrote the blog that you can read here. The point I made that day was how the schedule was going...
June 25, 2012 at 3:40 PM
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Steve Kroner subbing for Henry Schulman at the Coliseum: Here's Bruce Bochy's lineup as the Giants try to complete their first three-game sweep ever in Oakland: Blanco...
June 24, 2012 at 12:40 PM
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Or maybe it wasn't. We won't know for a while. It'll take more than five good innings after one bad one to draw any conclusions. It'll take more than his next start...
June 23, 2012 at 12:40 AM
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UPDATE: 4:10 P.M.: I just talked to Buster Posey, who said he knew for a couple of days he would not be catching Tim Lincecum tonight. "There weren't any discussions...
June 22, 2012 at 4:40 PM
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Buster Posey maintained his lead over the Cardinals' Yadier Molina in All-Star voting results released Tuesday. If Posey can maintain it through the final eight days of...
June 21, 2012 at 11:40 PM
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In October, in the Arizona Fall League, Bryce Harper, Mike Trout and Gary Brown played for the Scottsdale Scorpions. Three can't-miss prospects in the same outfield, on...
June 21, 2012 at 11:40 PM
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In a baseball season characterized by offbeat scheduling, this might be the craziest twist of all: The Dodgers go to Oakland before they get to San Francisco. Giants...
June 21, 2012 at 11:40 PM
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The minute the A's traded Mark McGwire to the Cardinals in July 1997, Jason Giambi stepped in as the new first baseman. The A's went from one slugging All-Star to...
June 21, 2012 at 6:40 PM
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For the first five weeks of the season, the Giants could have been charged with false advertising. In spring training, the mantra was run, run, run, but the Giants did...
June 21, 2012 at 4:40 PM
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If you're one of the three people on earth who still regularly watches Survivor, this may be old news to you. If that's the case, please give the rest of us a second to...
June 21, 2012 at 1:40 PM
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The Giants have seen a freaky number of opposing players sustain serious injuries in their games this season. Pitchers Mike Pelfrey of the Mets and Cory Luebke of the...
June 21, 2012 at 12:40 AM
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The Giants are not having a fun run through their interleague schedule. They started by taking two of three at home from Oakland before dropping two of three against...
June 20, 2012 at 10:40 PM
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Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson is coming to San Francisco for a presentation of artifacts from Matt Cain's perfect game. A ceremony will be held before Tuesday...
June 20, 2012 at 6:40 PM
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Angels starter Jerome Williams is back in the clubhouse today, but he is not done with medical tests after he went unconscious in the clubhouse after being removed from...
June 20, 2012 at 4:40 PM
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Dusty Baker loved to say that water seeks its own level. To the relief of the Angels and dismay of the Giants , Albert Pujols and Barry Zito are proving the point...
June 20, 2012 at 12:40 AM
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After tonight's 12-5 loss, manager Bruce Bochy said George Kontos would not be with the team Wednesday because he is flying to the Chicago area for his grandfather's...
June 19, 2012 at 11:40 PM
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Buster Posey maintained his lead over the Cardinals' Yadier Molina in All-Star voting results released Tuesday. If Posey can maintain it through the final eight days of...
June 19, 2012 at 11:40 PM
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Dusty Baker loved to say that water seeks its own level. To the relief of the Angels and dismay of the Giants , Albert Pujols and Barry Zito are proving the point...
June 19, 2012 at 11:40 PM
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In a baseball season characterized by offbeat scheduling, this might be the craziest twist of all: The Dodgers go to Oakland before they get to San Francisco. Giants...
June 19, 2012 at 10:40 PM
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In October, in the Arizona Fall League, Bryce Harper, Mike Trout and Gary Brown played for the Scottsdale Scorpions. Three can't-miss prospects in the same outfield, on...
June 19, 2012 at 10:40 PM
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Giants left fielder Melky Cabrera doubled against C.J. Wilson to lead off the fourth inning of tonight's game at Anaheim for his 100th hit of the season. Cabrera reached...
June 19, 2012 at 8:40 PM
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Melky Cabrera has leapfrogged Milwaukee's Ryan Braun for the third spot in National League All-Star outfield voting. If those results hold through the final week or so...
June 19, 2012 at 6:40 PM
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The unexpected reward (or unintended consequence) of an incredible sports performance is an appearance on Letterman to read off the night's top ten. Matt Cain delivered...
June 19, 2012 at 9:40 AM
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Tim Lincecum had announced that he needed to make a stand, to prove he was worth keeping in the rotation. Pitching in his hometown for the first time as a professional...
June 18, 2012 at 11:40 PM
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