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Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum has registered an ugly 6.94 ERA in two starts this month and owns a 6.00 overall ERA this season, but San Francisco management is not...
June 12, 2012 at 7:40 PM -
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Forget about the splash hits in McCovey Cove; these Giants can't even reach the cheap seats. In getting shut out by the Rangers on Sunday, the Giants went without a...
June 10, 2012 at 5:40 PM -
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Apparently it's the new in thing; get a no-hitter going and then exit with a groin strain. Of course, Alexi Ogando today was only three innings along in his outing...
June 10, 2012 at 3:40 PM -
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Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz made an early exit from Saturday's loss to the Giants after experiencing soreness in his right Achilles tendon. It's not thought to be a...
June 10, 2012 at 11:40 AM -
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After getting shut out for the first time this season by the Rangers last night, the Giants' lineup is set to get a major boost. According to CSNBayArea.com, Giants...
June 9, 2012 at 8:40 AM -
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A touching story about a fan's final game at AT&T Park with his beloved Giants. The writer included a familiar photo at the end, but before I even got to it -...
June 5, 2012 at 9:40 AM -
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Yesterday Starlin Castro lost track of the number of outs in the fifth inning of yesterday's game and allowed the Giants to score what proved to be the winning run...
June 5, 2012 at 6:40 AM -
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Giants 3, Cubs 2: A one run game in which the winning team scored one run when the losing team's shortstop forgot that there was only one out and didn't try to complete...
June 5, 2012 at 3:40 AM -
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Starlin Castro is the Cubs' best player, but his rookie mistakes aren't so endearing now that he's in his third season. With the Cubs up 2-1 in the fifth inning of...
June 4, 2012 at 3:40 PM -
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And now the latest development in what has been a more than three-year back and forth between Pablo Sandoval and the Giants over his conditioning: Bochy met with Pablo...
June 4, 2012 at 11:40 AM -
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When Brad Penny got out of his contract in Japan and signed a minor-league deal with the Tigers last month there was talk of him making a quick path back to the majors...
June 4, 2012 at 10:40 AM -
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Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com reports that Giants' third baseman Pablo Sandoval is being investigated by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Department and faces...
June 2, 2012 at 3:40 PM -
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The Giants had to get by for most of May without Pablo Sandoval in their lineup, but there's increased optimism that he could return from the disabled list within the...
June 2, 2012 at 8:40 AM -
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His April wasn't that damn bad either. I don't think it's fair to say that most people thought the Giants lost the Jonathan Sanchez-Melky Cabrera trade with Kansas City...
May 30, 2012 at 6:40 AM -
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CSNBayArea.com's Paul Gutierrez reports that Barry Bonds showed up at AT&T Park on Monday and said he's talked with Giants CEO Larry Baer about a job with the club...
May 28, 2012 at 3:40 PM -
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The setbacks continue for Freddy Sanchez. According to CSNBayArea.com's Andrew Baggarly, Giants manager Bruce Bochy announced Sunday that the 34-year-old second baseman...
May 27, 2012 at 7:40 PM -
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Giants 14, Marlins 7: There have been times over the past couple of years when the Giants wouldn't score 14 in a week. And when he played in New York and Atlanta, there...
May 25, 2012 at 3:40 AM -
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Ryan Theriot is back from the disabled list, as the Giants activated the veteran infielder following a minimum 15-day stay for an elbow injury. To make room on the...
May 24, 2012 at 11:40 AM -
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If this sort of thing keeps up Sterling, Cooper, Draper, Pryce is gonna go out of business. And if they don't have jobs, they might turn to drink and other bad behavior...
May 23, 2012 at 11:40 AM -
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Federal weapons charges have been filed against the two men accused of putting Giants fan Bryan Stow in a coma last year. The criminal complaint filed Monday against...
May 22, 2012 at 3:40 PM -
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Ryan Braun had his fourth straight multi-hit game last night, going 2-for-5 with a homer in an extra-inning loss to the Giants, but exited in the 10th inning with a...
May 22, 2012 at 9:40 AM -
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Brad Penny has found a new home in the U.S. after being cut by his Japanese team, but it isn't with one of the team's desperate for pitching; he took a minor league pact...
May 18, 2012 at 7:40 PM -
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5pm on a Friday can mean only one thing: time to report the minor league drug suspensions: New York Mets Minor League second baseman Daniel Muno has received a 50-game...
May 18, 2012 at 2:40 PM -
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Yesterday when the Padres released Orlando Hudson my post about the move wondered if the Giants would be interested in the veteran second baseman now that he was...
May 18, 2012 at 11:40 AM -
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Braves 7, Marlins 0: Brandon Beachy: the best pitcher you haven't heard of. He shuts out the Marlins on five hits and ups his record to 5-1 with a 1.33 ERA. Giants 7...
May 18, 2012 at 3:40 AM -
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From Troy Renck of the Denver Post comes the photo below of the Rockies' lineup card for Tuesday's game against the Giants. It includes shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, who...
May 15, 2012 at 5:40 PM -
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Melky Cabrera‘s breakout 2011 seemed like a fluke, but so far he's maintaining his mojo in 2012, hitting .338/.386/.490 for the Giants. The biggest difference...
May 15, 2012 at 8:40 AM -
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Pablo Sandoval being out 4-6 weeks with a fractured hamate bone has the Giants thinking about creative ways to replace him, which is why second baseman Freddy Sanchez...
May 10, 2012 at 10:40 AM -
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Yesterday afternoon MLB suspended Guillermo Mota for 100 games following a positive test for the performance-enhancing drug Clenbuterol, but the Giants reliever is...
May 8, 2012 at 7:40 AM -
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It was late and out west so I didn't see it, but San Francisco Chronicle beat writer Hank Schulman witnessed something in L.A. last night that is is kind of mind...
May 8, 2012 at 5:40 AM -
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MLB has suspended Guillermo Mota for 100 games after the San Francisco reliever's second positive test for a performance enhancing drug. Mota first tested positive for a...
May 7, 2012 at 1:40 PM -
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Bad news for the Panda. That injury from last night is not good: CONFIRMED: Pablo Sandoval has fractured his left hamate bone. Last year he missed 6 weeks and 41 games...
May 3, 2012 at 10:40 AM -
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This could be bad news for the Giants: a team that already struggles to score runs could be without their biggest offensive threat for a while. Pablo Sandoval left in...
May 3, 2012 at 7:40 AM -
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San Francisco's bullpen took another hit today, as the Giants placed left-hander Jeremy Affeldt on the disabled list with a sprained knee. Affeldt is in the final season...
May 1, 2012 at 3:40 PM -
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There's an article in the San Francisco Chronicle San Jose Mercury News about Barry Zito's return to fine form. It's totally encouraging: Zito is off to one of the best...
May 1, 2012 at 11:40 AM -
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Giants 4, Padres 1: Madison Bumgarner keeps rolling (7.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 6K). After the game he explained his recent success by saying "I'm just trying to make pitches."...
April 30, 2012 at 5:40 AM -
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Aubrey Huff rejoined the Giants today in San Francisco after being placed on the 15-day disabled list earlier this week with an anxiety disorder. While Huff didn't...
April 27, 2012 at 7:40 PM -
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Sure, the Giants' win over the Reds had an assist from a bad call by an ump, but it still counts as a ninth inning rally. As does the Heath Bell meltdown Aaron described...
April 26, 2012 at 2:40 PM -
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Angel Pagan came to the plate in the top of the ninth inning with the Giants down 5-3 to the Reds. Two outs. Two strikes on the batter. And then: heroics! A three run...
April 26, 2012 at 1:40 PM -
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Freddy Sanchez‘s entire Giants career has been filled with injury setbacks and now there's a new one. Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com reports that Sanchez had a...
April 26, 2012 at 12:40 PM -
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Aubrey Huff‘s anxiety-inspired trip to the disabled list was a somewhat surprising, but it appears he won't be away from the team for an extended period: Andrew...
April 26, 2012 at 6:40 AM -
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Aubrey Huff has missed the past few Giants games with what was originally referred to as a "family emergency." It may be more complicated than that, however, as the...
April 25, 2012 at 2:40 PM -
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Last night Joey Votto was plunked by Dan Otero in the seventh inning of the Giants-Reds game. If Otero was actually trying to hit Votto it was pretty remarkable, because...
April 25, 2012 at 7:40 AM -
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Here's a look at the production all 30 teams are getting from their top two hitters to date, ranked by OPS. Yankees - 1.074 Cardinals - .931 Rangers - .851 Mets - .835...
April 24, 2012 at 4:40 PM -
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Aubrey Huff missed both games of yesterday's Giants-Mets doubleheader due to an undisclosed family emergency. Bruce Bochy told reporters that he received a text message...
April 24, 2012 at 8:40 AM -
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No one has started both games of a doubleheader since Wilbur Wood in 1973. That's not going to change today, but Miguel Batista said he's up for finishing the nightcap...
April 23, 2012 at 5:40 PM -
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Freddy Sanchez has had so many false starts and setbacks with his surgically repaired shoulder that recovery timetables seem sort of silly at this point, but the Giants...
April 23, 2012 at 12:40 PM -
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There will be no Sunday Night Baseball. Tim Britton of the Providence Journal reports that this evening's series finale between the Yankees and Red Sox has been...
April 22, 2012 at 1:40 PM -
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Via Spencer Fordin, contributor to MLB.com: The Giants announced Saturday that second baseman Freddy Sanchez will begin an injury rehabilitation assignment Monday with...
April 22, 2012 at 8:40 AM -
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The Mets beat the Giants 5-4 this afternoon, but whether anyone actually deserved to win, well, that's up for debate. The Mets certainly appeared to be in control...
April 21, 2012 at 5:40 PM -
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From the annals of chutzpah, here's Bud Selig commenting yesterday on the Oakland A's San Jose problem and the potential dispute with the Giants over territorial rights:...
April 20, 2012 at 5:40 AM -
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Blast living in the eastern time zone. For, because I went to bed at a reasonable hour, I missed an unreasonably good pitching matchup: Cliff Lee vs. Matt Cain, each of...
April 19, 2012 at 5:40 AM -
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Giants closer Brian Wilson spent the past couple of days gathering different opinions from doctors on the status of his injured right elbow and recommendations on how to...
April 18, 2012 at 5:40 PM -
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Sergio Romo has been one of the best, most dominant relievers in baseball while setting up Brian Wilson for the past four seasons, but with Wilson headed for elbow...
April 18, 2012 at 9:40 AM -
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Joel Hanrahan was unavailable out of the Pirates' bullpen last night because of a hamstring injury, so Juan Cruz got a rare save opportunity and closed out a 5-4 win...
April 18, 2012 at 8:40 AM -
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Home plate umpire Marty Foster had a tight strike zone in last night's Phillies-Giants game. It peeved Roy Halladay a good bit. Then in the fifth inning he walked Aubrey...
April 17, 2012 at 5:40 AM -
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The Giants announced earlier today that they signed Madison Bumgarner to a five-year contract extension with options for 2018 and 2019. Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com...
April 16, 2012 at 6:40 PM -
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Two weeks after handing Matt Cain a five-year, $121.5 million contract extension the Giants have locked up Madison Bumgarner long term as well, signing the 22-year-old...
April 16, 2012 at 1:40 PM -
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Hank Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle passes along this unfortunate series of updates on the status of Giants closer Brian Wilson: We just talked to Wilson. He's...
April 15, 2012 at 12:40 PM -
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John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle shares this bit of troubling news: Brian Wilson structural damage elbow, facing possible surgery, possibly meeting with Dr...
April 14, 2012 at 4:40 PM -
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Matt Cain was nearly perfect in the Giants' home opener this afternoon against the Pirates. And that's no hyperbole. After allowing five runs over six innings in a loss...
April 13, 2012 at 4:40 PM -
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Jim Bowden reports that the Phillies are going to sign Mike Fontenot to a minor league deal. Fontenot hit .227/.304/.377 for the Giants last year and remained with the...
April 13, 2012 at 3:40 PM -
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Fans at the Giants home opener Friday against the Pirates got a special treat, as Bryan Stow appeared on the center-field screen prior to the game and his 13-year-old...
April 13, 2012 at 3:40 PM -
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Apparently the Giants' commitment to Brandon Belt as a regular lasted all of three games. He went 1-for-10 with five strikeouts and has been on the bench for each of the...
April 13, 2012 at 10:40 AM -
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Giants 4, Rockies 2: Madison Bumgarner took a no-hitter into the sixth, silencing the Rockies bats that rocked Tim Lincecum‘s world the night before. That, and...
April 13, 2012 at 4:40 AM -
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Brian Wilson escaped with a save Thursday after allowing a run in the Giants' 4-2 win over the Rockies. Unfortunately, he tweaked his ankle in the process and is...
April 12, 2012 at 5:40 PM -
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At this point "Jamie Moyer is old" facts are getting a little out of control, but here's a good one specific to today's Rockies-Giants game. According to Elias Sports...
April 12, 2012 at 9:40 AM -
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This post from High Heat Stas came out yesterday so it doesn't account for the Rockies' little conga line around the basepaths against the Giants last night. But at...
April 12, 2012 at 7:40 AM -
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Pablo Sandoval hasn't caught a major league game since May 8, 2009, but the Giants have asked him to prepare for emergency duty with rookie Hector Sanchez as the lone...
April 6, 2012 at 6:40 PM -
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It doesn't look like Buster Posey‘s workload will be too limited initially. The Giants plan to have him catch all three of their games this weekend before giving...
April 5, 2012 at 10:40 PM -
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I don't know why I capitalized Opening Weekend. It's probably even a stretch to capitalize Opening Day, but I do it anyway. Whatever. Anyway, Tiffany and I talked about...
April 5, 2012 at 10:40 AM -
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Russell Martin will have a new backup this season, as the Yankees acquired journeyman catcher Chris Stewart from the Giants in exchange for minor-league right-hander...
April 4, 2012 at 2:40 PM -
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It seemed crazy that Brandon Belt wouldn't make the Giants roster, but for a while there during spring training it seemed like a possibility. Aubrey Huff and Brent Pill...
April 4, 2012 at 12:40 PM -
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First Joey Votto and now Matt Cain. Said to be working hard on contract negotiations over the weekend, the Giants just made things official with Cain by announcing a...
April 2, 2012 at 12:40 PM -
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This is the latest BSOHL I have ever witnessed, but this is an unequivocal case. As we've noted, Matt Cain has set a Friday deadline for contract extension talks with...
April 2, 2012 at 8:40 AM -
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It's starting to feel like a rite of spring: Barry Zito shows up with a new delivery he was working on in the offseason, only to ditch it on the advice of Giants...
April 1, 2012 at 7:40 PM -
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Mike Fontenot and San Francisco avoided arbitration with a one-year, $1.05 million deal in December, but the Giants have decided not to guaranteed that salary by keeping...
March 30, 2012 at 12:40 PM -
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The Giants can talk all they want about how hard they're trying to sign Matt Cain to a contract extension, but Cain says that they have less than a week to get it done:...
March 30, 2012 at 6:40 AM -
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The last time we heard about the Giants contract talks with Matt Cain, we heard they were going nowhere. Funny how your arch rivals being sold for $2 billion to a bunch...
March 29, 2012 at 3:40 PM -
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Aaron Rowand signed a minor league deal with the Marlins back in December, but it never got beyond that, as the Marlins released him today. Don't cry for Rowand, though:...
March 29, 2012 at 10:40 AM