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After suffering a setback with his right hamstring during his first rehab game Thursday night, Giants center fielder Angel Pagan may now be headed for surgery. According...
June 22, 2013 at 12:40 PM -
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Gerrit Cole is 3-0 with a 3.44 ERA through his first three career starts, walking a grand total of one batter in 18.1 innings at age 22, and the names the former No. 1...
June 22, 2013 at 10:40 AM -
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Bad news from Stockton, California, where Giants center fielder Angel Pagan was carted off the field last night. Pagan was rehabbing a hamstring for the San Jose Giants...
June 21, 2013 at 6:40 AM -
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Jon Paul Morosi sat down with Astros starter Bud Norris. Norris knows the score: he plays for the Astros and, while the Astros are mildly exceeding expectations, he is...
June 19, 2013 at 8:40 AM -
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The City of San Jose has sued Major League Baseball in an effort to get the Oakland A's to relocate to San Jose, to challenge the Giants claim to rights over the...
June 18, 2013 at 12:40 PM -
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Giants outfielder Angel Pagan, on the shelf since May 26 with a strained left hamstring,was told by the team that surgery was an option, but Pagan declined, per CSN Bay...
June 16, 2013 at 4:40 PM -
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Giants reliever Santiago Casilla is doing well recovering from recent surgery on his right knee which removed a cyst. In fact, according to CSN Bay Area's Andrew...
June 14, 2013 at 5:40 PM -
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Taking a quick look at the Nats-Indians, Red Sox-Orioles, Giants-Braves and then wondering why my shoulders were all hunched up and weird when we taped this morning...
June 14, 2013 at 10:40 AM -
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This could be the end of the road for Jose Contreras. The 41-year-old right-hander was released by the Pirates this afternoon in order to clear a spot on the 40-man...
June 13, 2013 at 4:40 PM -
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David Wright lost out to the Giants' Pablo Sandoval in the balloting for the National League third base job on the All-Star team last season and he's trailing him again...
June 13, 2013 at 3:40 PM -
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MLB is warming up for the coming Dodgers-Diamondbacks suspensions: just now it suspended Giants pitcher George Kontos and manager Bruce Bochy. Kontos gets a three-game...
June 12, 2013 at 2:40 PM -
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Not surprisingly the gruesome-looking finger injury that Marco Scutaro suffered last night turns out to be pretty serious, as the Giants announced that he has tendon...
June 12, 2013 at 1:40 PM -
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The losing team scored two runs in eight of last night's fifteen games. I have no idea if that's uncommon or not, but I noticed it and I'm going to pretend it's a sign...
June 12, 2013 at 3:40 AM -
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As expected the Giants have placed Pablo Sandoval on the disabled list, but they're calling the injury a strained left foot despite team president Larry Baer saying...
June 11, 2013 at 2:40 PM -
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Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval left last night's game in the third inning after coming up limping running through first base on a ground ball double play. The foot...
June 9, 2013 at 8:40 PM -
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Giants starter Chad Gaudin held the Diamondbacks to two runs over six innings this afternoon in Arizona. He allowed just five hits and one walk while striking out seven...
June 9, 2013 at 7:40 PM -
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Per CSN Bay Area's Andrew Baggarly, Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval came up limping after grounding into an inning-ending double play in the top of the third inning...
June 8, 2013 at 9:40 PM -
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What was reported yesterday is now official. The Pirates announced this afternoon that top prospect right-hander Gerrit Cole will make his major league debut Tuesday...
June 8, 2013 at 2:40 PM -
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The Giants have placed center fielder Angel Pagan on the 15-day disabled list due to a continued battle with a strained right hamstring, reports CSN Bay Area's Andrew...
June 7, 2013 at 8:40 PM -
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Pirates stud prospect Gerrit Cole, who was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2011 draft out of UCLA, is "very likely" to make his big-league debut Tuesday versus the Giants...
June 7, 2013 at 11:40 AM -
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While noting that nothing is set in stone yet, Adam Rubin of ESPN New York reports that the Mets are expected to call up top prospect Zack Wheeler to make his big-league...
June 7, 2013 at 8:40 AM -
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Alex Pavlovic of the San Jose Mercury News reports that third baseman Pablo Sandoval is back in the Giants' starting lineup on Tuesday night against the Blue Jays after...
June 4, 2013 at 3:40 PM -
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In an exclusive with CSN Bay Area's Andrew Baggarly, Giants starter Tim Lincecum says that although he is presently committed to starting so long as his team needs him -...
June 2, 2013 at 8:40 PM -
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Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina was ejected after being called out on a bang-bang play at first base to end the bottom of the third inning this afternoon in a 4-2 loss...
June 2, 2013 at 6:40 PM -
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As we enter the third month of the season, the herd has been thinned and we have a good idea which pitchers are for real and which were pretenders. With seven innings of...
June 1, 2013 at 3:40 PM -
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Pablo Sandoval was diagnosed with a left foot strain following an MRI and could miss up to a week of action, reports Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com. Sandoval will sit...
June 1, 2013 at 8:40 AM -
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Giants outfielder Angel Pagan has not made an appearance in a game since aggravating his right hamstring Saturday while sprinting around the bases on that two-run...
May 29, 2013 at 9:40 PM -
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Nationals starter Ross Detwiler has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right oblique, reports Adam Kilgore. The lefty missed his previous scheduled...
May 26, 2013 at 5:40 PM -
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As first reported by Amy Gutierrez of CSN Bay Area, Giants reliever Santiago Casilla is scheduled to undergo surgery this week to remove a cyst from his right knee. The...
May 26, 2013 at 12:40 PM -
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On a day of odd baseball, the Giants take home the first place prize as they defeated the Rockies 6-5 on a walk-off, one-out, two-run home run by Angel Pagan. The...
May 25, 2013 at 5:40 PM -
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Well, Bryce Harper and/or whoever is in charge of defensive positioning in the late innings of last night's Nats loss to the Giants. From USA Today: "With two outs and...
May 22, 2013 at 8:40 AM -
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Sounds like it was a wild game in San Francisco. Stephen Strasburg had a filthy changeup working and allowed only one run over seven, but the Giants came back. The first...
May 22, 2013 at 5:40 AM -
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The Nationals have Bryce Harper back in the starting lineup tonight against the Giants, but it appears that Jayson Werth‘s absence from a hamstring injury will be...
May 20, 2013 at 7:40 PM -
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Bryce Harper sat out Saturday and Sunday due to lingering soreness in his left knee caused by his collision with the right field fence at Dodger Stadium last Monday, but...
May 20, 2013 at 6:40 PM -
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The Giants lost their third game in a row, their fifth loss in their last six games as they went down 5-0 to the Rockies this afternoon. Starter Barry Zito labored into...
May 19, 2013 at 10:40 PM -
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In a season that has already endured the drama of one cheating allegation, another was set to boil last night when Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki asked umpire Tim...
May 18, 2013 at 3:40 PM -
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After Ryan Vogelsong was touched up for eight runs - six earned - on six hits and two walks over three innings last night against the Blue Jays, there was speculation...
May 16, 2013 at 7:40 PM -
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Last week after an ugly start Giants right-hander Ryan Vogelsong seemed shocked to learn that people were speculating about his rotation spot being in jeopardy. He...
May 16, 2013 at 9:40 AM -
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Back in 2010 Jeremy Affeldt negotiated a deal with the Giants in which he was to be paid $4 million that year. Someone mistakenly wrote in $4.5 million in the paperwork...
May 15, 2013 at 7:40 AM -
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Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com has the story from Rogers Centre: Giants managerBruce Bochy presented the four-month sensation turned disgraced outfielder with the...
May 14, 2013 at 5:40 PM -
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The Giants' 2012 World Series win didn't feature any contributions from Melky Cabrera, but their 2013 regular season sure did. And it's not going unrecognized: Cabrera...
May 13, 2013 at 11:40 AM -
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Last week we learned that the Giants are paying back wages to clubhouse attendants who were not properly compensated for their work. Now, the San Francisco Chronicle...
May 13, 2013 at 7:40 AM -
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Santiago Casilla has had a cyst in his right knee since last year, but the Giants reliever has been hurting enough lately that he's expected to be unavailable for...
May 10, 2013 at 9:40 AM -
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After his latest poor start last night reporters asked Ryan Vogelsong if he expected to make his next turn in the Giants' rotation and he responded: "Why wouldn't I?"...
May 10, 2013 at 8:40 AM -
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As first reported by beat writer Alex Pavolvic of the San Jose Mercury News, center fielder Angel Pagan is back in the Giants' starting lineup on Tuesday night against...
May 7, 2013 at 3:40 PM -
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Scroll past the story about the new male strip club in the Castro and you'll find this item in the San Francisco Chronicle: . . . the San Francisco Giants have agreed to...
May 7, 2013 at 12:40 PM -
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Vin Scully is my Homeboy found an amazing video from the Dodgers-Giants series last weekend. The description from YouTube says the fan in it is disabled and is "fighting...
May 7, 2013 at 8:40 AM -
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Metallica has certainly seen better days. But this was still pretty cool: Wish they woulda done something off of "Ride the Lightning" instead of the National Anthem, but...
May 4, 2013 at 10:40 AM -
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Adrian Gonzalez is not in tonight's lineup for their match-up against the Giants tonight due to neck pain. Neck pain caused by an umpire, according to Ken Gurnick...
May 3, 2013 at 6:40 PM -
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Johnny Cueto‘s recovery from a strained lat muscle is on hold after the Reds right-hander complained of oblique muscle soreness before beginning a minor-league...
May 3, 2013 at 9:40 AM -
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Clayton Kershaw is away from the Dodgers on bereavement leave following the death of his father, but manager Don Mattingly told Mark Saxon of ESPN Los Angeles that the...
May 1, 2013 at 9:40 AM -
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Someone should check and see if maybe Ken Burns was in San Francisco over the weekend. The plaque commemorating Barry Bonds' record 756th big-league home run was stolen...
April 23, 2013 at 9:40 PM -
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Padres outfielder Kyle Blanks left this afternoon's game against the Giants. He banged into the AT&T Park wall after making a great running catch on a Joaquin Arias...
April 21, 2013 at 3:40 PM -
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Yovani Gallardo is three days removed from blowing a .22 BAC in the wee wee hours. Today's pitching matchup in the Giants-Brewers game: Matt Cain vs. Yovani Gallardo. As...
April 18, 2013 at 5:40 AM -
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From Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com comes word that the Giants have placed left-handed reliever Jeremy Affeldt on the 15-day disabled list with an oblique strain...
April 16, 2013 at 4:40 PM -
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Starlin Castro homered in the fifth and played hero in the ninth, delivering a game-winning double as the Cubs avoided what would have been an ugly loss and defeated the...
April 12, 2013 at 3:40 PM -
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No one gets hit by more pitches than Carlos Quentin, so not surprisingly he's had some beefs with pitchers besides Zack Greinke. Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com passed...
April 12, 2013 at 10:40 AM -
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After falling behind 5-0 in the third, the Giants scored seven times in the fourth and fifth innings on their way to beating the Cubs 7-6 on Thursday. Second baseman...
April 11, 2013 at 3:40 PM -
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Including last year's postseason, the Giants are riding a streak of 16 straight victories with Barry Zito on the mound. The left-hander pitched seven scoreless innings...
April 10, 2013 at 5:40 PM -
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Here we go again: the Tim Lincecum-Buster Posey pairing the Giants did their best to avoid throughout the second half of last season was supposed to be back on this...
April 9, 2013 at 5:40 PM -
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David Laurila of FanGraphs did a Q&A with Giants broadcaster Jon Miller. It deals mostly with statistics and how he as a broadcaster understands and uses them. It...
April 8, 2013 at 10:40 AM -
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The Giants are getting their 2012 World Series rings before Sunday's series-finale vs. the Cardinals. They'll wear jerseys and hats with gold "SF" logos during the game...
April 7, 2013 at 12:40 PM -
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Clayton Kershaw was dominant in his 2013 debut last Monday against the division-rival Giants, striking out seven batters over nine shutout innings as part of a 4-0...
April 7, 2013 at 6:40 AM -
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It wasn't the prettiest outing, but Shelby Miller was awarded a victory Saturday in his 2013 regular season debut against the Giants - a 6-3 Cards win. The talented...
April 6, 2013 at 6:40 PM -
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Tim Lincecum‘s awful spring, in which he gave up 18 runs in 15 1/3 innings, only added to the Giants' doubts about what they'd get from their two-time Cy Young...
April 3, 2013 at 10:40 PM -
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Carl Crawford appeared in only 31 games in 2012 and battled elbow inflammation this spring, so the Dodgers are treating him with extra care early on. According to beat...
April 2, 2013 at 4:40 PM -
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Fans at Dodger Stadium got to see a pretty cool ceremonial first pitch yesterday before the Dodgers-Giants game. New owner Magic Johnson took the mound to throw out the...
April 2, 2013 at 8:40 AM -
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Dodgers 4, Giants, 0: I watched part of this game with my kids after they got home from school. When they were showing the lineups, they showed Clayton Kershaw‘s...
April 2, 2013 at 3:40 AM -
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Clayton Kershaw didn't just dominate the Giants on the mound in today's season opener. He also made some unexpected noise with his bat. In a masterful performance...
April 1, 2013 at 4:40 PM -
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For those of us who miss Manny Ramirez‘s antics on the field, we do have an awkward sort of replacement in Hunter Pence patrolling right field for the Giants...
April 1, 2013 at 3:40 PM -
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The Cardinals wore stuff like this for their ring ceremony last year. Now the Giants are doing it. I didn't much care for it then and still don't. Seems so every St...
April 1, 2013 at 11:40 AM -
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Pablo Sandoval has had elbow problems for the past two weeks and had a setback Friday while playing in a spring training game, but he's in the Giants' lineup for Opening...
April 1, 2013 at 10:40 AM -
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Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval has been experiencing discomfort in his right elbow for over two weeks and felt renewed pain Friday after making a pair of plate...
March 31, 2013 at 9:40 AM -
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Pablo Sandoval was back in the Giants' starting lineup last night for the first time since March 16, but he didn't last long. According to Daniel Brown of the San Jose...
March 30, 2013 at 6:40 AM -
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The Giants have traded pitcher Scott Proctor to the Orioles for cash, reports Hank Schulman on Twitter. Proctor will report to Triple-A Norfolk. Proctor posted a 4.15...
March 29, 2013 at 5:40 PM -
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Justin Verlander isn't the only former MVP getting paid today, as Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com reports that the Giants and reigning NL MVP Buster Posey have agreed...
March 29, 2013 at 12:40 PM -
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Justin Verlander and Paul Goldschmidt got extensions on the even of the 2013 season. Any room for Buster Posey? The big question here is whether it would be a...
March 29, 2013 at 10:40 AM -
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After leading the Giants to World Series titles in two out of the past three seasons, general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy have quite a bit of job...
March 28, 2013 at 6:40 PM -
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The website Fanatics.com keeps track of sports merch sales, and they just released the tally for this now, mercifully-concluding offseason: Since the offseason began...
March 28, 2013 at 9:40 AM -
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For the past few days we've been previewing the 2013 season. Here, in handy one-stop-shopping form, is our package of previews from the National League West. The...
March 27, 2013 at 7:40 AM