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The Giants threatened Pablo Sandoval with a demotion to Fresno if he did not get into shape last winter, and he found religion. Now, the team is telling first baseman...
September 29, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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The last week of a baseball season always brings a bit of whimsy and emotion. Rookie Conor Gillaspie took care of the former with a rumblin', stumblin'...
September 29, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Charles Johnson, who has emerged as the Giants' largest stakeholder, is assuming a position similar to the late Harmon Burns - holding the biggest share but not...
September 29, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Giants fans who are daydreaming about Albert Pujols or Prince Fielder manning first base at AT&T Park next season need to dial back their expectations, judging from...
September 29, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Besides Brett Pill , no September call-up has helped his cause for 2012 more than left-handed reliever Dan Runzler , who has rediscovered the strike zone after more than...
September 29, 2011 at 9:40 PM
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We just got done with our annual postmortem with GM Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy. The highlights. The highest priority moving forward is paying and keeping...
September 29, 2011 at 12:40 PM
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When any baseball season ends, I immediately think of Bart Giamatti's great essay, "The Green Fields of Mind." As I sit in the press box waiting for...
September 29, 2011 at 10:40 AM
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Buster Posey and the Giants could not have imagined what was about to hit them. The defending World Series champions tried to put a brave face on the future when Scott...
September 28, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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One year ago, Ryan Vogelsong wobbled into another long baseball winter after his fourth consecutive season without a whiff of the major leagues. He went 3-8, starting...
September 28, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Losing their season finale 6-3 to Colorado shouldn't have any lasting effects on the Giants , but they did endure an unfortunate moment during an otherwise...
September 28, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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As expected, manager Bruce Bochy kept Aubrey Huff on the bench for Monday night's game against Colorado. Brett Pill started at first base and Brandon Belt played...
September 28, 2011 at 8:40 PM
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There was some news amid the handshakes and so-longs in the clubhouse after the final game of the season. Carlos Beltran said he will give the Giants first crack at...
September 28, 2011 at 5:40 PM
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Steve Kroner on picture-perfect afternoon at McCovey Cove: Here's Bruce Bochy's starting lineup against Colorado lefty Drew Pomeranz in today's...
September 28, 2011 at 12:40 PM
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The first version of my game story, which you can read here , is already up on the Gate. Look for the second version, which will have lots of quotes about Conor...
September 27, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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- Second baseman Freddy Sanchez visited the clubhouse before Sunday's game, a reminder that Buster Posey was not the team's only significant loss this...
September 27, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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(09-27) 22:12 PDT San Francisco -- Madison Bumgarner and two relievers combined on a three-hitter, Brandon Belt homered into McCovey Cove and the San Francisco Giants...
September 27, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Giants fans forever will be grateful to outfielder Pat Burrell for signing with his hometown team last May and giving the team a good push toward a National League West...
September 27, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Looking ahead to the Giants ' offseason and how they can resume supremacy in the NL West: -- The major free-agent targets - Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder and...
September 27, 2011 at 9:40 PM
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Besides Brett Pill , no September call-up has helped his cause for 2012 more than left-handed reliever Dan Runzler , who has rediscovered the strike zone after more than...
September 27, 2011 at 9:40 PM
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First, tonight's lineup in Game 161: Torres CF, Fontenot 2B, Beltran RF, Sandoval 1B, Gillaspie 3B, Belt LF, Crawford SS, Whiteside C, Bumgarner P. Now...
September 27, 2011 at 4:40 PM
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Presenting the three easiest places to manage the Giants: 1. Around the office coffee machine. 2. A sports bar where people shout a lot. 3. Your imagination. Bruce Bochy...
September 26, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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One year ago, Ryan Vogelsong wobbled into another long baseball winter after his fourth consecutive season without a whiff of the major leagues. He went 3-8, starting...
September 26, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Though the Giants ' quest to defend their World Series championship ended officially with the final out of a 15-2 drubbing at Chase Field, there was a moment in...
September 26, 2011 at 9:40 PM
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Any postmortem of the Giants ' 2011 season will note that they were doomed by a 14-25 stretch that began with a three-game sweep in Cincinnati in late July and...
September 26, 2011 at 9:40 PM
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As expected, manager Bruce Bochy kept Aubrey Huff on the bench for Monday night's game against Colorado. Brett Pill started at first base and Brandon Belt played...
September 26, 2011 at 8:40 PM
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As the Giants prepare for tonight's opener of their season-ending series against Colorado, the chatter naturally turns toward 2012. Among the fresh, intriguing...
September 26, 2011 at 6:40 PM
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With the exit of Bill Neukom as managing general partner of the Giants , a new behind-the-scenes kingpin has emerged. Charles Johnson , chairman and co-founder of...
September 26, 2011 at 5:40 PM
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A few Giants stood at the dugout rail and watched the Arizona players dissolve into a euphoric blob of humanity near the mound, as they themselves did a year ago at...
September 25, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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- Second baseman Freddy Sanchez visited the clubhouse before Sunday's game, a reminder that Buster Posey was not the team's only significant loss this...
September 25, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Tim Lincecum learned something interesting after today's 5-2 loss, which ensured he will have a losing record (13-14) for the first time. He learned that his...
September 25, 2011 at 6:40 PM
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Justin Upton, the Diamondbacks' best offensive player, has left the game after Tim Lincecum hit him in the helmet with a fastball in the first inning of...
September 25, 2011 at 2:40 PM
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Contract talks with Tim Lincecum might be Job One for the Giants this winter, and though Lincecum said he would listen to whatever the team has to say, he told The...
September 24, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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Presenting the three easiest places to manage the Giants: 1. Around the office coffee machine. 2. A sports bar where people shout a lot. 3. Your imagination. Bruce Bochy...
September 24, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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The Giants ' series in Arizona that begins tonight was supposed to be a showdown. Now, unless the Giants complete their first three-game sweep at Chase Field...
September 24, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Any postmortem of the Giants ' 2011 season will note that they were doomed by a 14-25 stretch that began with a three-game sweep in Cincinnati in late July and...
September 24, 2011 at 9:40 PM
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- Though the Giants ' quest to defend their World Series championship ended officially with the final out of Saturday night's 15-2 drubbing at Chase...
September 24, 2011 at 9:40 PM
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With the exit of Bill Neukom as managing general partner of the Giants , a new behind-the-scenes kingpin has emerged. Charles Johnson , chairman and co-founder of...
September 24, 2011 at 5:40 PM
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It's not often that a baseball season is summed up in a single play, but it happened in Arizona on Friday night in the game that essentially sent the Giants home...
September 24, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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The image still seems so vivid, the Giants letting loose in exultation after beating San Diego on the final day of the 2010 season to win the National League West, the...
September 23, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Buster Posey has begun catching pitches from a machine in a squat position, a big physical and emotional milestone in his recovery from that devastating leg injury...
September 23, 2011 at 5:40 PM
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The Giants are facing a lefty, Joe Saunders, so no Panda and no Crawford. The lineup: Christian CF, Keppinger 2B, Beltran RF, Pill 1B, DeRosa 3B, Belt LF, Cabrera SS...
September 23, 2011 at 4:40 PM
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Here's Bruce Bochy's post-game press conference, following the Giants 8-2 loss to the Dodgers: ...
September 23, 2011 at 12:40 PM
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Here's Bruce Bochy's post-game press conference, following the Giants 8-2 loss to the Dodgers: ...
September 23, 2011 at 12:40 PM
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The names spoke to the bizarre unpredictability of a pennant race; Sands, Delgado, Theriot, Chambers. So many Septembers unfold this way, heroics rented out to the...
September 22, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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Contract talks with Tim Lincecum might be Job One for the Giants this winter, and though Lincecum said he would listen to whatever the team has to say, he told The...
September 22, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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If Clayton Kershaw wins the Cy Young Award, he might ask the trophy manufacturers to add an engraving of his foot standing on a Giant's throat. The...
September 22, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Billy Chamberlain, the homeless Giants fan whom the players, coaches and manager befriended in San Francisco, surfaced at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, more than two months...
September 22, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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The Giants ' series in Arizona that begins tonight was supposed to be a showdown. Now, unless the Giants complete their first three-game sweep at Chase Field...
September 22, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Manager Bruce Bochy on Tuesday acknowledged that third baseman Pablo Sandoval might need surgery after the season to repair the left shoulder he strained while swinging...
September 22, 2011 at 8:40 PM
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If the Giants tie Atlanta for the wild-card lead, they would play a one-game play-in in Atlanta a week from today. If the Giants tie St. Louis, they also would play...
September 22, 2011 at 4:40 PM
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Tim Lincecum said the Giants need a "miracle" to reach the playoffs. If the skies do not part to reveal one, the team can still give the faithful a small...
September 22, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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- What a heart-tugging scene, captured by the Showtime crew and shown on "The Franchise." Brandon Belt, 22 and less than two years out of college , cried in...
September 21, 2011 at 9:40 PM
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Christian CF, Keppinger 2B, Beltran RF, Pill 1B, Belt LF, DeRosa 3B, Fontenot SS, Stewart C, Vogelsong P. Pablo Sandoval is out again because he cannot hit right-handed...
September 21, 2011 at 4:40 PM
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Here's the Giants manager after Tuesday's loss, which had a certain finality to it. For more on the game, check out this column by Bruce Jenkins and this...
September 21, 2011 at 10:40 AM
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It is accurate to say that Tim Lincecum did not beat Clayton Kershaw in 2011, but it is not fair. This has been one of the strangest - and for the Giants, saddest -...
September 20, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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- Closer Brian Wilson came off the disabled list Sunday, just short of five weeks after he hurt his elbow, and struck out his first two batters in a 1-2-3 eighth inning...
September 20, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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The names spoke to the bizarre unpredictability of a pennant race; Sands, Delgado, Theriot, Chambers. So many Septembers play out this way, heroics rented out to the...
September 20, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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Billy Chamberlain, the homeless Giants fan whom the players, coaches and manager befriended in San Francisco, surfaced at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, more than two months...
September 20, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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If Clayton Kershaw wins the Cy Young Award, he might ask the trophy manufacturers if they could add an engraving of his foot standing on a Giant's throat. The...
September 20, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Manager Bruce Bochy on Tuesday acknowledged that third baseman Pablo Sandoval might need surgery after the season to repair the left shoulder he strained while swinging...
September 20, 2011 at 8:40 PM
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Out of the mouths of babes, right? After the Giants hit four home runs in an inning for the first time in 50 years Sunday, two by Pablo Sandoval, rookie Brandon Crawford...
September 20, 2011 at 5:40 PM
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I just talked to Billy Chamberlain, the homeless Giants fan who had been a fixture at AT&T Park until this summer. He is standing near the Sunset Boulevard...
September 20, 2011 at 4:40 PM
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(09-19) 19:46 PDT Oakland, Calif. -- Agent Scott Boras expects slugger Carlos Beltran to seriously consider returning to the San Francisco Giants beyond this season...
September 19, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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- What a heart-tugging scene, captured by the Showtime crew and shown on "The Franchise." Brandon Belt, 22 and less than two years out of college , cried in...
September 19, 2011 at 9:40 PM
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For all the talk about bad communication among fellow co-owners, Bill Neukom 's exit as head of the San Francisco Giants came down to management style and money...
September 19, 2011 at 5:40 PM
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Yup, the Panda had a monster week. He hit .440 (11-for-25) and co-led the majors in triples (2), homers (4) and RBIs (10) in helping the Giants to a perfect week. So he...
September 19, 2011 at 4:40 PM
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- Closer Brian Wilson came off the disabled list Sunday, just short of five weeks after he hurt his elbow, and struck out his first two batters in a 1-2-3 eighth inning...
September 18, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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UPDATE: As of 4:45 PDT, the tarp is on the field and we are in an official rain delay, though the rain has stopped and the grounds crew looks like it's preparing...
September 18, 2011 at 9:40 PM
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Out of the mouths of babes, right? After the Giants hit four home runs in an inning for the first time in 50 years Sunday, two by Pablo Sandoval, rookie Brandon Crawford...
September 18, 2011 at 5:40 PM
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Giants go for their first sweep at Coors Field since 2002. Sunny, beautiful morning. Torres CF, Fontenot 2B, Beltran RF, Sandoval 3B, Huff 1B, Belt LF, Crawford SS...
September 18, 2011 at 10:40 AM
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Ladies and gentlemen of the crazy world of Giants-watching, this September is starting to get interesting. Down a run in the eighth inning Saturday night, the Giants...
September 18, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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With the Giants all but finished in the postseason hunt, it was hard to imagine them accomplishing anything at Coors Field on Thursday night to upstage all of the...
September 17, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Regrets? Bill Neukom has a few. "I wish I hadn't been in the stands when Buster (Posey) got clobbered," he said. "I wish I hadn't been in...
September 17, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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This week's KNBR Conversation was conducted between Brian Murphy, Paul McCaffrey and the Giants ' Larry Baer. It has been edited for length. Q: Explain...
September 17, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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- Ladies and gentlemen of the crazy world of Giants-watching, this September is starting to get interesting. Down 3-2 in the eighth inning Saturday night, the Giants...
September 17, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Bill Neukom's voice wavered and eyes turned watery Thursday as he remembered looking over the enormous crowd at the Giants ' World Series celebration...
September 17, 2011 at 9:40 PM
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In Bill Neukom's three years as managing general partner, the Giants didn't sign any players beyond two years, a far cry from the Peter Magowan regime...
September 17, 2011 at 9:40 PM
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- Giants players learned of Bill Neukom' s impending departure as managing general partner the same way many fans did, from the news. The story crawled across...
September 17, 2011 at 9:40 PM
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For all the talk about bad communication among fellow co-owners, Bill Neukom 's exit as head of the San Francisco Giants came down to management style and money...
September 17, 2011 at 5:40 PM
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Torres CF, Keppinger 2B, Beltran RF, DeRosa 3B, Pill 1B, Cabrera SS, Christian LF, Stewart C, Surkamp P. They’re facing a left-hander, Drew Pomeranz, who...
September 17, 2011 at 2:40 PM
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