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John McLaren, who was named interim manager of the Nationals after the stunning resignation of Jim Riggleman on Thursday, will be in the position for only the short...
June 24, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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In 1967, Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals started and won Games 1, 4 and 7 of the World Series against Boston, throwing three complete games and allowing a total of...
June 24, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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I haven't gotten to the yard yet. When I do I'll post the lineup here, plus any news of the day. Meanwhile, a couple of leftovers: As I mentioned on...
June 24, 2011 at 2:40 PM
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Manager Bruce Bochy said he likely will return Andres Torres to center field for tonight's series opener against Cleveland after two games off. Torres has fallen...
June 24, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Inspiration comes from many sources, sometimes an old friend, sometimes the old man. After Tim Lincecum became Tim Lincecum again in Thursday's 2-1 victory...
June 24, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Manager Bruce Bochy said he likely will return Andres Torres to center field for tonight's series opener against Cleveland after two games off. Torres has fallen...
June 23, 2011 at 8:40 PM
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Tim Lincecum struck out 12 in seven superb innings, helping the Giants beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 Thursday afternoon. Miguel Tejada and Cody Ross drove in runs for the...
June 23, 2011 at 4:40 PM
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The Internet is abuzz with commentary about last night's incident in which a fan at AT&T Park caught a foul ball mere inches away from Giants' left...
June 23, 2011 at 10:40 AM
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Mets first baseman Ike Davis might need season-ending ankle surgery if his bone bruise has not healed sufficiently in three weeks for him to resume baseball activities...
June 23, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Change is coming to the A's fast and furiously this month and the most recent one displaced the team's longest tenured player - and might benefit the...
June 23, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Barry Zito pitched a two-hit complete game in his final rehab start for Triple-A Fresno on Tuesday night and is expected to rejoin the Giants and start a game in...
June 23, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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The stats can quantify Ryan Vogelsong's microscopic ERA, which dropped to 1.86. They can show he held a Twins lineup that can score prolifically to three hits...
June 23, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Change is coming to the A's fast and furious this month and the most recent one displaced the team's longest tenured player - and might benefit the...
June 22, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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The stat folks can quantify Ryan Vogelsong's microscopic ERA, which dropped to 1.73. They can record that he held a Twins lineup that can score prolifically to...
June 22, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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Barry Zito pitched a two-hit complete game in his final rehab start for Triple-A Fresno on Tuesday night and is expected to rejoin the Giants and start a game in...
June 22, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Here's the lineup: Rowand CF, Burriss 2B, Sandoval 3B, Huff 1B, Ross LF, Schierholtz RF, Crawford SS, Whiteside C, Vogelsong P. Barry Zito did meet with manager...
June 22, 2011 at 5:40 PM
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Mystery solved. A vintage photo of Joe DiMaggio taking a postgame shower is being auctioned. Another Yankee is in the photo. Who is he? Nobody knew. Then a 91-year-old...
June 22, 2011 at 5:40 AM
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Joe Mauer hasn't met Buster Posey , but he's rooting for him. Baseball's best overall catcher, Mauer was looking forward to this week's...
June 22, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Not many baseball games are decided before the first out is recorded, but the Giants made an exception Tuesday night. Before manager Bruce Bochy got a chance to see his...
June 22, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Joe Mauer hasn't met Buster Posey , but he's rooting for him. Baseball's best overall catcher, Mauer was looking forward to this week's...
June 21, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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Not many baseball games end before the first out of the first inning, but the Giants made an exception Tuesday night. Before manager Bruce Bochy got a chance to see his...
June 21, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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John Shea from the ballpark . . . Manager Bruce Bochy, to a certain extent, is sacrificing youth and defense for veteran presence and offense tonight -- at least he...
June 21, 2011 at 6:40 PM
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Jemile Weeks is the Buster Posey of the A's . You can tell them apart by their hairstyles. When the slight (5-foot-9, 161 pounds) and speedy Weeks rounds first...
June 21, 2011 at 5:40 AM
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Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols will be out an estimated six weeks with a fractured left wrist from a collision Sunday. The injury is a non-displaced fracture of...
June 21, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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The Giants need to beat Minnesota in a series that begins tonight at AT&T Park, and not merely because they come into the series with a four-game losing streak...
June 21, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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To the victors go the spoils. This has been true through the ages in war and politics, and now in baseball All-Star selections. Bruce Bochy will manage the National...
June 21, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols will be out an estimated six weeks with a fractured left wrist from a collision Sunday. The injury is a non-displaced fracture of...
June 20, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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Sometimes All-Star managers fill their rosters with their own players--Joe Torre comes to mind. Bruce Bochy will have the opportunity to add at least nine players to the...
June 20, 2011 at 9:40 PM
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The Giants need to beat Minnesota in a series that begins tonight at AT&T Park, and not merely because they come into the series with a four-game losing streak...
June 20, 2011 at 9:40 PM
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To the victors go the spoils. This has been true through the ages in war and politics, and now in baseball All-Star selections. Bruce Bochy will manage the National...
June 20, 2011 at 7:40 PM
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Baseball's vision of extreme realignment, all the rage the past couple of weeks, would result in two 15-team leagues and an interleague game every day...
June 20, 2011 at 5:40 AM
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Before Saturday's game at the Coliseum, two Padres' alumni had a little chat on the field. Bruce Bochy couldn't remember how much time had passed...
June 20, 2011 at 5:40 AM
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Matt Cain allowed one hit through five innings and surrendered three over seven innings. That is not just a quality start but a fantastic one, and yet in analyzing the...
June 20, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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On June 9, Bob Geren was fired. On June 10, Freddy Sanchez dislocated his shoulder. A week and a half later, the first-place Giants and last-place A's have new...
June 20, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Any comprehensive analysis of the Giants ' World Series championship run last season must include the fact that general manager Brian Sabean did not make a panic...
June 20, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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On June 9, Bob Geren was fired. On June 10, Freddy Sanchez dislocated his shoulder. A week and a half later, the first-place Giants and last-place A's have new...
June 19, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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Matt Cain allowed one hit through five innings and surrendered three over seven innings. That is not just a quality start but a fantastic one, and yet in analyzing the...
June 19, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Landon Powell hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning, his first homer of the season, and the Athletics held on to beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 on Sunday at...
June 19, 2011 at 4:40 PM
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Trevor Cahill, trying to end a five-game losing streak, will face: Torres CF, Burriss 2B, Sandoval 3B, Huff 1B, Ross LF, Schierholtz RF, Rowand DH, Crawford, Whiteside...
June 19, 2011 at 12:40 PM
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Marlins outfielder Mike Stanton is having vision problems caused by an eye infection and was scratched from Saturday night's lineup. Stanton had been scheduled...
June 19, 2011 at 5:40 AM
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Say we're a few years down the road, and one of our Bay Area teams is in crisis. The All-Star break is approaching, and there are no pennants in the forecast. A...
June 19, 2011 at 3:40 AM
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Nate Schierholtz has started 13 of the Giants ' 17 games in June, quite a change from last season, when he was more of a late-inning defensive replacement and...
June 19, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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A new A's lineup was on display at the Coliseum. Not a permanent lineup, manager Bob Melvin said. Just a temporary arrangement with Josh Willingham missing a...
June 19, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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A new A's lineup was on display at the Colisuem. Not a permanent lineup, new manager Bob Melvin said. Just a temporary arrangement with Josh Willingham missing...
June 18, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Nate Schierholtz has started 14 of the Giants ' 18 games in June, quite a change from last season, when he was more of a late-inning defensive replacement and...
June 18, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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John Shea with a few quick hits from the Coliseum . . . Aubrey Huff was the designated hitter in Friday's opener, and Aaron Rowand is the man today. Manager...
June 18, 2011 at 7:40 PM
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Looking for a piece of classic art to hang above the fireplace? How about this vintage photograph (right) of Joe DiMaggio in a postgame shower? The photo, which surfaced...
June 18, 2011 at 5:40 AM
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The Marlins optioned outfielder Chris Coghlan to Triple-A New Orleans on Friday. Coghlan, the 2009 NL rookie of the year, was hitting .230 with five homers and 22 RBIs...
June 18, 2011 at 5:40 AM
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By any objective measure, Tim Lincecum threw his best game in an otherwise dismal June on Friday night. He might have lost to the A's , but for the first time in...
June 18, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Barry Zito probably will start a game for the Giants on June 28, when they play a doubleheader in Chicago, good news for the left-hander but bad news for the California...
June 18, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Almost any major-league "first" rates as memorable for the player involved. Graham Godfrey's first major-league win rates as especially memorable. In...
June 18, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Barry Zito probably will start a game for the Giants on June 28, when they play a doubleheader in Chicago, good news for the left-hander but bad news for the California...
June 17, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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In the vernacular of modern baseball, Tim Lincecum completed a quality start Friday night when he held Oakland to three runs, two earned, in six-plus innings. Lincecum...
June 17, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Back in the day, before we were well-versed on oblique strains, patella contusions and bilateral leg weaknesses, ballplayers simply pulled muscles, rubbed on a little...
June 17, 2011 at 5:40 AM
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Barry Bonds hated being a designated hitter. Pat Burrell was terrible at it. Aubrey Huff loves it. "DHing is as good as an off day, to be honest," Huff said...
June 17, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Ballplayers with sense and experience preach about not getting too high or too low. For the sake of their mental health, it behooves them not to tie their emotions to...
June 17, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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- Ballplayers with sense and experience preach that they should not get too high or too low. For the sake of their mental health, it behooves them not to tie their...
June 16, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Barry Bonds hated being a designated hitter. Pat Burrell was terrible at it. Aubrey Huff loves it. "DHing is as good as an off day, to be honest," Huff said...
June 16, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Here's the lineup vs. Ian Kennedy, as the Giants try to sweep Arizona for the second time this year: Rowand CF, Burriss 2B, Sandoval 3B, Huff 1B, Ross LF...
June 16, 2011 at 6:40 PM
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Douglas Farmer of the Los Angeles Times caught up with Pete Rose this week, and the all-time hits leader had plenty say about Buster Posey's injury. Rose, of...
June 16, 2011 at 3:40 PM
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Joe Mauer's return to the Minnesota lineup is set for Friday. The catcher finished his minor-league rehabilitation assignment by facing teammate Joe Nathan in a...
June 16, 2011 at 5:40 AM
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My game story from tonight's 5-2 win, linked here , focuses on Madison Bumgarner, as it should. Any win he gets is an occasion. He has three. He deserves about...
June 16, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Barry Bonds' lawyers asked a federal judge Wednesday to overturn his obstruction-of-justice conviction for testifying evasively to a grand jury about drug...
June 16, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Two young Giants offer a great lesson on the perils of predictions and expectations. Some pundits picked Buster Posey to be the National League MVP and Brandon Belt as...
June 16, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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So many times, manager Bruce Bochy has said, "We need to do anything we can to get Bum a win." Did he mean Pat Burrell and Eli Whiteside both hitting triples...
June 16, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Barry Bonds' lawyers asked a federal judge Wednesday to overturn his obstruction-of-justice conviction for testifying evasively to a grand jury about drug...
June 15, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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So many times, manager Bruce Bochy has said, "We need to do anything we can to get Bum a win." Did he mean Pat Burrell and Eli Whiteside both hitting triples...
June 15, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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Two young Giants offer a great lesson on the perils of predictions and expectations. Some pundits picked Buster Posey to be the National League MVP and Brandon Belt as...
June 15, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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The Yankees placed shortstop Derek Jeter on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday because of a strained right calf, an untimely setback for the team's captain as he...
June 15, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Freddy Sanchez today will meet with the orthopedist who performed an operation on the second baseman's left shoulder to help chart his treatment for a dislocated...
June 15, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Flag Day was Christmas Day for Pablo Sandoval. Like a child anticipating that bull rush toward the tree on Dec. 25, Sandoval went to bed at 9 p.m. Monday because he...
June 15, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Freddy Sanchez today will meet with the orthopedist who performed an operation on the second baseman's left shoulder to help chart his treatment for a dislocated...
June 14, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Pablo Sandoval had not played in a major-league game for 47 days, so give the man credit for not swinging at the first pitch in the first inning from Josh Collmenter...
June 14, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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Freddy Sanchez walked into the clubhouse in street clothes a few minutes ago and gave me grief over Cal baseball's big comeback win over UC-Irvine, which sent...
June 14, 2011 at 6:40 PM
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Now that former Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Bill Hall is a Giant, you and he and all of his new teammates can share a big laugh about this. Remember the...
June 14, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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- Now that former Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Bill Hall is a Giant, you and he and all of his new teammates can share a big laugh about this. Remember the...
June 13, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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The Diamondbacks have made a bunch of blunders - at least highly questionable decisions - in their short history, and firing Bob Melvin , now the A's manager...
June 13, 2011 at 5:40 AM
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Nearly two months have passed since Barry Zito sprained his right foot fielding a bunt, and the Giants still have not said when he will be activated from the disabled...
June 13, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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No day yet has capsulized the Giants ' 2011 season better than Sunday. In the training room, Freddy Sanchez wore a sling on his right arm as he and team doctors...
June 13, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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Nearly two months have passed since Barry Zito sprained his right foot fielding a bunt, and the Giants still have not said when he will be activated from the disabled...
June 12, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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