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Giants first-round pick Chris Stratton is in stable condition after taking a line drive off his head during batting practice for short-season Single-A Salem-Keiser on...
August 21, 2012 at 9:40 PM -
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Sept. 8 is "Gigantes T-shirt" day at AT&T Park, and while Melky Cabrera‘s name isn't attached to the promotion, it seems his likeness was going to be on the...
August 21, 2012 at 4:40 PM -
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Showtime's documentary series "The Franchise" followed the Giants last season and the Marlins this season, but the network has decided to cancel this year's version...
August 20, 2012 at 12:40 PM -
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Steve Gilbert of MLB.com shared an interesting scene from the Diamondbacks clubhouse, where manager Kirk Gibson learned about Melky Cabrera‘s suspension for...
August 16, 2012 at 6:40 AM -
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Alfonso Soriano made it known before the trade deadline that he wasn't interested in a trade to the Giants. Asked again today about the possibility of a move to San...
August 15, 2012 at 4:40 PM -
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Big, big news out of San Francisco that could have major playoff implications: Melky Cabrera has been suspended 50 games for a positive testosterone test. That knocks...
August 15, 2012 at 12:40 PM -
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With Melky Cabrera done for at least the rest of the regular season after testing positive for enhanced testosterone levels, the Giants may well fall short of the...
August 15, 2012 at 12:40 PM -
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I'm loathe to ever say a team "made a statement." There are a lot of damn baseball games, see, so no "statement" can last much more than 24 hours. For example, if the...
August 14, 2012 at 5:40 AM -
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The Phillies have placed Nate Schierholtz on the DL with a fractured toe. There's no timetable for his return, but it's not like there's any urgency in Philly at the...
August 13, 2012 at 9:40 AM -
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Out since Monday, Gary Brown is back in Double-A Richmond's lineup Thursday after suffering an injury near his eye when he was hit by a bat. CSNBayArea.com's Andrew...
August 9, 2012 at 3:40 PM -
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Yahoo!'s Steve Henson gives us the state of the union over the MLB's efforts to mediate the A's-to-San Jose thing. The upshot: it's ugly and there's no easy solution, as...
August 9, 2012 at 7:40 AM -
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Marlins 13, Mets 0: Well, that one got out of hand. Chris Young was beaten like a red headed stepchild (can we still say that?), allowing two homers and four RBI to...
August 9, 2012 at 3:40 AM -
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Cardinals manager Mike Matheny sent shivers through St. Louis earlier when he told reporters that something "developed today" with Allen Craig, who is out of tonight's...
August 8, 2012 at 4:40 PM -
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That I decided to note 29-year-old Jim Henderson's major league arrival with a blog entry two weeks ago was largely due to the fact that he was an Expos draft pick; if...
August 8, 2012 at 3:40 PM -
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Back in May the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the Giants and Melky Cabrera would try to talk about a contract extension this summer. Jon Heyman reports, however...
August 8, 2012 at 1:40 PM -
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Lyle Overbay is a free agent after being released by the Diamondbacks and Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun reports that the Orioles "have made their interest known."...
August 8, 2012 at 8:40 AM -
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Good news here for the Giants, who are clinging to a half-game advantage in the National League West. From CSNBayArea.com's Andrew Baggarly comes word that Pablo...
August 7, 2012 at 5:40 PM -
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A member of The Best Fans in Baseball got arrested last night in St. Louis for aiming a laser pointer at Giants pitcher Shane Loux and Cardinals manager Mike Matheny...
August 7, 2012 at 12:40 PM -
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He hasn't reached Philip Humber territory in terms of struggling after throwing a perfect game, but Matt Cain has a 4.40 ERA since making history on June 14 and the...
August 7, 2012 at 10:40 AM -
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San Francisco has added some bullpen help for the stretch run by claiming left-hander Jose Mijares off waivers from Kansas City. Mijares signed a one-year deal with the...
August 6, 2012 at 1:40 PM -
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CSNBayArea.com's Andrew Baggarly has the goods: The Giants and 11-year veteran Xavier Nady have agreed to a minor league contract, club officials confirmed. Nady, 33, is...
August 4, 2012 at 7:40 PM -
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Here's a dose of positive news for Mets fans. As first reported by CBS Sports' Danny Knobler, top pitching prospect Zack Wheeler was officially promoted from Double-A...
August 1, 2012 at 7:40 PM -
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It got hot and heavy last night and we still have several hours to go today, so let's take a look at who has moved and where at the 2012 trade deadline. 7/31/12: The...
July 31, 2012 at 11:40 AM -
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Ruben Amaro is taking no prisoners. Mere minutes after word of the completion of the Shane Victorino trade, Jon Heyman reports that the Giants have agreed to acquire...
July 31, 2012 at 9:40 AM -
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Conflicting reports about Giants outfielder Nate Schierholtz. Jon Heyman reported that he formally requested a trade. He tells Andrew Baggarly, however, that's not so:...
July 31, 2012 at 6:40 AM -
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San Francisco's Angel Pagan became the second player to leave a game Monday after punching a dugout surface in frustration, joining Boston's Ryan Sweeney. Pagan was...
July 31, 2012 at 12:40 AM -
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ESPN's Jim Bowden reports that Alfonso Soriano has told the Cubs he will not accept a trade to the Giants. The main Soriano rumors of late have placed him with Ryan...
July 30, 2012 at 8:40 PM -
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The report of a "trade in place" for Hunter Pence may have been shot down, but Jon Heyman says ... While Giants people have denied a report from Sunday that there is a...
July 30, 2012 at 11:40 AM -
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The Blue Jays and the Giants may still be interested in Justin Morneau, but count out the Dodgers, says Ken Rosenthal: #Dodgers no longer a fit for Morneau. They sent...
July 30, 2012 at 11:40 AM -
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Jon Heyman says that the Blue Jays and Giants have expressed interest in Justin Morneau. Add this to that Dodgers speculation from last week. And as we said last week...
July 30, 2012 at 8:40 AM -
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KPIX TV in San Francisco is reporting that The Giants "have a deal in place" to acquire Hunter Pence from the Phillies, pending ownership approval. At the moment there's...
July 30, 2012 at 3:40 AM -
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To the Giants? ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick reports that the Mariners are close to dealing reliever Brandon League to an undisclosed team that isn't the Braves or Rangers...
July 29, 2012 at 2:40 PM -
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Pablo Sandoval strained his left hamstring while stretching for a throw at first base on Monday and the Giants have decided they won't go short-handed on their roster...
July 28, 2012 at 12:40 PM -
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Here's something you don't see everyday: a writer apologizing to a player for giving life to a rumor of PED usage. You see, there was a nasty rumor flying around on...
July 28, 2012 at 10:40 AM -
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The Rockies just announced that they have traded Marco Scutaro and cash considerations to the Giants for infielder Charlie Culberson. Yes, Brian Sabean loves his veteran...
July 27, 2012 at 9:40 PM -
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Out since spring training with an elbow injury, Giants left-hander Eric Surkamp will now be sidelined through at least the middle of next season following Tommy John...
July 25, 2012 at 2:40 PM -
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Pablo Sandoval sustained a strained left hamstring while stretching for a ball at first base last night, but the Giants are gonna wait and see if it warrants a trip to...
July 25, 2012 at 12:40 PM -
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The Giants lost their outspoken, eccentric closer with imaginative facial hair before the season began, so they apparently need a new outspoken, eccentric closer with...
July 23, 2012 at 10:40 AM -
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Who is Andrew Baggarly? CSN Bay Area's Giants beat writer, of course. And he'll do his best to make all of us sportswriters proud when he's appears on Jeopardy tonight...
July 20, 2012 at 3:40 PM -
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Braves pitchers went the whole game without hitting Melky Cabrera in the 3-2 win over the Giants. Indeed, the only incident of any kind of all was when, after he hit a...
July 19, 2012 at 2:40 PM -
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Going for their first sweep in Atlanta since 1988, the Giants outhit the Braves 9-3 on Thursday, yet lost 3-2 anyway. All three Braves hits went for extra bases: Freddie...
July 19, 2012 at 12:40 PM -
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Melky Cabrera wasn't all that popular in Atlanta after his dismal, one-year stint there. He's less popular now. Last night, during the Giants 9-4 win over the Braves...
July 19, 2012 at 5:40 AM -
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Angels/Giants 22, Tigers/Braves 0: So, I'm a Braves fan and my girlfriend is a Tigers fans and each of our teams got the crap beat out of them last night. So we agreed...
July 18, 2012 at 3:40 AM -
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As if watching Melky Cabrera win All-Star game MVP while hitting .350 for the Giants wasn't bad enough for Royals fans, now they're being forced to watch Jonathan...
July 17, 2012 at 8:40 AM -
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It didn't take 12 innings, like Saturday's game did, but the Giants edged the Astros 3-2 for the second straight game Sunday, with Matt Cain picking up his 10th win in...
July 15, 2012 at 5:40 PM -
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The Astros aren't the most lethal of opponents, but we caught a glimpse of vintage Tim Lincecum on Saturday night in San Francisco. And it was good. The Giants...
July 15, 2012 at 5:40 AM -
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The Dutch were apparently a lot more impressed by his 12 home runs than the Yankees were. Prior to Friday's game at AT&T Park, Giants hitting coach Hensley Meulens...
July 13, 2012 at 8:40 PM -
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If you have Showtime and you like baseball, you probably won't want to miss the second season of "The Franchise," which debuts tonight at 10 PM ET. Last year's inside...
July 11, 2012 at 6:40 PM -
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Those Giants fans treated harshly for stuffing the ballot box have to be feeling pretty good right about now: Melky Cabrera: 2-for-2, two-run HR, two runs scored Pablo...
July 10, 2012 at 7:40 PM -
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We have reached the All-Star break. Which means that this is the last And That Happened for a week. Unless there's a temporal anomaly or something, which has been known...
July 9, 2012 at 3:40 AM -
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Giants second baseman Freddy Sanchez, who opened the year on the disabled list after he was slow to recover from shoulder surgery, underwent season-ending surgery to...
July 5, 2012 at 3:40 PM -
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A.J. Pierzynski has a reputation as a clubhouse cancer. That's not just some broad opinion. One of his teammates on the San Francisco Giants actually called him a cancer...
July 5, 2012 at 11:40 AM -
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Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum tossed seven scoreless innings last Wednesday against the Dodgers and limited the A's to three runs in six innings the week before that...
July 3, 2012 at 6:40 PM -
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Despite missing a ton of time to the DL, Pablo Sandoval beat out David Wright for the starting third baseman's job in this year's All-Star Game. Mets GM Sandy Alderson...
July 3, 2012 at 1:40 PM -
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Jay Bruce must have forgotten he was playing in San Francisco. Thinking there was a wall where there was no wall, he gave Angel Pagan a game-winning double as the Giants...
July 1, 2012 at 5:40 PM -
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From John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer comes word that Reds first baseman Joey Votto made an early exit from Saturday's game against the Giants after feeling soreness...
June 30, 2012 at 3:40 PM -
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Between this, the Giants-Reds game and my well-known yet uncontrollable pitching fetish, I am really not liking living in the eastern time zone today. If NBC would act...
June 29, 2012 at 6:40 AM -
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Never before in the long history of the Giants franchise had they thrown four straight shutouts, but they have now. They blanked the Reds 5-0. This after throwing three...
June 29, 2012 at 5:40 AM -
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The Dodgers were shut out by the Giants in an entire series this week, becoming the first team since 2010 to go scoreless in three straight games. Worse, in the finale...
June 28, 2012 at 11:40 AM -
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Giants 3, Dodgers 0: The season nadir for the Dodgers who got swept by their arch rivals in three straight shutouts and lost their lead in the division. And, to add...
June 28, 2012 at 3:40 AM -
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They're dropping like flies today, first Andy Pettitte, now Andre Ethier. Ethier left the Dodgers-Giants game after sliding awkwardly into second base following a walk...
June 27, 2012 at 1:40 PM -
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Reds 4, Brewers 3: Bronson Arroyo had a no-hitter through seven and then ended up with a no-decision. Guess that happens when you ask a starter who usually throws less...
June 27, 2012 at 4:40 AM -
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There's still time to vote, but if it ended now, the NL All-Star team would look like so. Changes to possible starters: Ryan Braun pulled ahead of Melky Cabrera for the...
June 26, 2012 at 1:40 PM -
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AT&T Park is in a beautiful location by the water. But water can be dangerous, folks: A 27-year-old man reported missing after attending Monday night's...
June 26, 2012 at 12:40 PM -
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Last week Jerome Williams was hospitalized for shortness of breath after passing out in the clubhouse following his start against the Giants, but the Angels right-hander...
June 25, 2012 at 8:40 AM -
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The A's were dealt a couple of very tough losses in the first two games against the Giants. On Friday, Ryan Cook, who entered with an 0.57 ERA, gave up four runs in the...
June 24, 2012 at 5:40 PM -
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The Giants continue to exhibit patience with Tim Lincecum, despite his season-long struggles. While he still owns a 6.07 ERA and remains winless since April 28, he at...
June 23, 2012 at 8:40 AM -
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Not only did Mike Trout go 6-for-9 with two doubles and four runs in back-to-back wins over the Giants the past two nights, in doing so he logged enough plate...
June 21, 2012 at 11:40 AM -
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After missing three weeks with a back injury Jered Weaver came off the disabled list yesterday and shut out the Giants for six innings. Being on a limited pitch count in...
June 21, 2012 at 6:40 AM -
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Angels starter Jerome Williams spent a night in the hospital after collapsing in the Angels' clubhouse Monday following a rough three-inning outing against the Giants...
June 20, 2012 at 6:40 PM -
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Just like in Monday's AL balloting update, one spot in the National League projected All-Star lineup changed hands this week. Melky Cabrera moved ahead of Ryan Braun...
June 19, 2012 at 4:40 PM -
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The Royals traded Melky Cabrera to the Giants during the offseason with the idea that Lorenzo Cain would be their starting center fielder moving forward. That trade...
June 19, 2012 at 11:40 AM -
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Jerome Williams struggled Monday night versus the Giants, failing to make it out of the fourth inning against his former team, and afterward the veteran right-hander had...
June 19, 2012 at 7:40 AM -
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After making it through another bullpen session today without any issues, Jered Weaver was cleared to make his return from the disabled list Wednesday against the...
June 18, 2012 at 6:40 PM -
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Many thought Tim Lincecum was one more bad start away from either having his turn skipped or receiving a temporary demotion to the bullpen. Lincecum, though, has escaped...
June 17, 2012 at 7:40 PM -
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The Astros placed right-hander Bud Norris on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with a sprained left knee and called up left-hander Dallas Keuchel from Triple-A Oklahoma...
June 17, 2012 at 1:40 PM -
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Oh, Aubrey: Aubrey Huff hurt his knee celebrating perfect game. Going for an MRI. Bochy said DL "a possibility...too early to tell." #SFGiants — Rael Enteen...
June 14, 2012 at 12:40 PM -
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Giants 10, Astros 0: A simply unbelievable night for Matt Cain. As we noted last night, this was among the best games ever pitched in the history of baseball. Perfection...
June 14, 2012 at 3:40 AM -
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Matt Cain turned in one of the most dominant performances in recent memory Wednesday night, going 27 up and 27 down against the Astros for the 22nd perfect game in MLB...
June 13, 2012 at 10:40 PM -
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San Francisco and No. 20 overall pick Chris Stratton have agreed to a deal for the exact slot amount of $1.85 million. Stratton told Jay Lee of MLB.com that he wanted to...
June 13, 2012 at 12:40 PM