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Giants pitcher gets some help from his defense while throwing the first perfect game in team's long and storied history.
June 13, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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Major League Baseball has offered players 80% of their prorated salaries and a 72-game regular season starting July 14
June 12, 2020 at 1:40 PM
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The MLB Draft gave baseball fans a reason to get excited again. Can the league keep the momentum going?
June 12, 2020 at 10:40 AM
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Led by first round pick Patrick Bailey, the SF Giants went heavy on college players at the top of the 2020 MLB Draft.
June 12, 2020 at 9:40 AM
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The left-hander is the first high school player the Giants have taken in the 2020 MLB Draft.
June 11, 2020 at 5:40 PM
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MLB Draft: After choosing NC State Wolfpack catcher Patrick Bailey in Round 1, the SF Giants have six picks on day two of the draft.
June 11, 2020 at 3:40 PM
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Coronavirus stalled the sports calendar but many events are back in the plan. Here's what we know.
June 11, 2020 at 2:40 PM
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An organization that soon expects top prospect Joey Bart to play every day took catcher Patrick Bailey in the first round.
June 11, 2020 at 6:40 AM
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MLB Draft: The Giants have six more selections in the 2020 draft.
June 10, 2020 at 5:40 PM
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The move should help the Giants recruit undrafted amateur talent when this week's five-round MLB Draft concludes.
June 10, 2020 at 2:40 PM
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Major League Baseball can reportedly start as soon as July 10th. Will you still tune in?
June 10, 2020 at 1:40 PM
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Heliot Ramos, Joey Bart and Hunter Bishop are three of the Giants' top prospects. Who will be the next No. 1 pick to join an emerging farm system?
June 10, 2020 at 11:40 AM
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Marlins star pitcher nearly threw a perfect game against the Giants, but settled for having the last no-hitter ever at Candlestick Park.
June 10, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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MLB did not appear to view the proposal as productive but made no comment. MLB Network's Jon Heyman reported that one ownership source's reaction to the proposal was...
June 9, 2020 at 8:40 PM
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The Giants hold four of the top 68 picks in the 2020 MLB Draft and have a chance to dramatically increase the farm system's depth.
June 9, 2020 at 1:40 PM
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"A lot of the players that we talk with, we spend time with and scout, they identify with the Giants and the World Series runs."
June 9, 2020 at 12:40 PM
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Unheralded Giants rookie pitcher stuns Mets by no-hitting them in just his 13th MLB start.
June 9, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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"The number one thing I can do right now is carefully listen to black people," Kapler wrote. "I can hear their stories, their experiences and their pain. I can ask...
June 8, 2020 at 2:40 PM
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Two years after drafting catcher Joey Bart, the Giants are again exploring the idea of drafting a catcher with their first round pick.
June 8, 2020 at 1:40 PM
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The roar of the crowd has been such a staple of major sports, such an advantage for the home team, that NFL clubs have been accused at times of artificial...
June 8, 2020 at 8:40 AM
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Randy Johnson became the first pitcher to win his 300th game in a Giants uniform since Christy Mathewson in 1912.
June 4, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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Major League Baseball rejected the players' proposal for a 114-game schedule, telling the union that teams have no reason to think 82 games is possible and now will...
June 3, 2020 at 12:40 PM
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Giants owner Bob Lurie insists the team will not play at Candlestick Park beyond the expiration of their lease in 1994.
June 3, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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Aubrey Huff's first career three-homer game came on his wife's birthday. "She wanted me to hit her a home run. I hit three. That's Brownie points."
June 2, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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Heralded San Francisco rookie gets three hits, three RBIs in his season debut.
May 29, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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The coronavirus pandemic is decimating minor league baseball, with "hundreds" of players released on Thursday and hundreds more expecting the same fate, ESPN's Jeff...
May 28, 2020 at 3:40 PM
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Giants slugger blasts No. 715 to eclipse Ruth at No. 2 on baseball's all-time home run list.
May 28, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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Players will take at least a few days and possibly until next week to respond to Major League Baseball's latest proposal to salvage pandemic suspended season.
May 28, 2020 at 4:40 AM
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The Major League Baseball team owners know how to play the game, so they're embarrassing the players in restart negotiations.
May 26, 2020 at 2:40 PM
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Motivated by the unveiling of Juan Marichal's statue, the Giants scored three runs in the first inning against the A's.
May 21, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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Bonds' milestone home run was caught in the bleachers by a teenage fan who is not a Bonds fan and who left before the game was over.
May 20, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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California is eyeing the first week of June to begin to allow live pro sporting events, as well as "a number of other sectors" of the economy, "if we hold these trend...
May 18, 2020 at 1:40 PM
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When will sports come back? As soon as the lawyers figure it out.
May 14, 2020 at 4:40 PM
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Former A's and Giants pitcher Barry Zito turned out to be the Rhino
May 13, 2020 at 10:40 PM
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Former Giants star tells how a chance meeting 40 years ago led to a job offer that has him working 6,000 miles from home.
May 11, 2020 at 3:40 PM
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Each team would play about 82 regular-season games, most against opponents in its own division with interleague matchups limited to AL East vs. NL East, AL Central vs...
May 11, 2020 at 12:40 PM
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Just 0.7% of Major League Baseball employees tested positive for antibodies to COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.
May 11, 2020 at 7:40 AM
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Facing his former Giants teammates three days after his trade to the New York Mets, Willie Mays hit a game-winning home run.
May 11, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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California won't reopen sporting events to fans until immunity to COVID-19 has increased and a vaccine is widely available, per Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan.
May 8, 2020 at 4:40 AM
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We've been without major American sports for a month and a half now.
May 2, 2020 at 6:40 AM
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For both Bay Area teams, credits and full refunds will be available for season ticket holders, as well as for single-game tickets, only for March, April and May...
April 29, 2020 at 2:40 PM
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After opening with six losses in a row at Pac Bell Park, Barry Bonds' home run gave San Francisco its first win there.
April 29, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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Optimism is rising that the MLB can set a season start date, play at least 80 games, per reports.
April 28, 2020 at 1:40 PM
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A week after a lawsuit was filed against MLB, baseball will offer refunds on tickets to postponed games.
April 28, 2020 at 12:40 PM
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Chinese Professional Baseball League, Korean Baseball Organization and National Rugby League have plans in place to start their seasons. What can it tell us about the...
April 28, 2020 at 6:40 AM
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When sports finally return to provide the great distraction we've grown accustomed to, what kind of changes might we be in for?
April 19, 2020 at 8:40 AM
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The Giants debuted in San Francisco by beating the rival Dodgers at old Seals Stadium in the first MLB game ever on the West Coast.
April 15, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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Players and team employees will be tested in a study that researchers hope will provide a better understanding of the virus' true infection rate.
April 14, 2020 at 5:40 PM
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Bonds wasted no time thrilling his hometown fans by blasting a home run in his first at-bat during an unforgettable Giants debut.
April 12, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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Kevin Elster's surprising three-homer day in 2000 helped L.A. beat Giants and spoil the unveiling of Pacific Bell Park.
April 11, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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John Tamargo's stunning, game-winning home run at Candlestick Park in 1979 still holds a special meaning for one fan.
April 10, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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Clark's home run off Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan in 1986 opener will live forever in Giants' lore.
April 8, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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NEW YORK - Putting all 30 teams in the Phoenix area this season and playing in empty ballparks was among the ideas discussed Monday by Major League Baseball and the...
April 7, 2020 at 9:40 AM
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Now retired, David Aardsma's claim to fame is he's listed first among the 19,364 players who have ever played in the major leagues.
April 6, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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Sports were among the first things to be shut down amid the COVID-19 pandemic. They should be the last part of normal life to return.
April 4, 2020 at 3:40 PM
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Kuiper and Krukow will call matchup on NBC Sports Bay Area during COVID-19 shutdown
April 2, 2020 at 1:40 PM
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With the season on hiatus indefinitely, the San Francisco Giants added an additional $700,000 to the $1 million fund to aid Oracle Park event employees.
April 1, 2020 at 3:40 PM
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The MLB extended its compensation plan for minor leaguers through May 31 as baseball's start date remains uncertain.
March 31, 2020 at 10:40 AM
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Talk in the Giants camp in 1993 was about the offseason trade of Kevin Mitchell, the National League MVP in 1989.
March 31, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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Ex-All-Star says 'disrespectful' A's fans and Oakland Coliseum are baseball's dregs, but Giants park is best around.
March 30, 2020 at 12:40 PM
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Vida Blue admitted he was "bitter," but welcomed his trade to Kansas City.
March 30, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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USA Today reports Friday that both Major League Baseball and its players are willing to extend the season until Thanksgiving in order to preserve as much of the schedule...
March 27, 2020 at 5:40 PM
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The Giants have long believed the 2020 MLB Draft will be critical for creating a more successful future.
March 26, 2020 at 7:40 PM
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Dieter Kurtenbach and Shayna Rubin answer the most pressing questions about MLB's 2020 season, the A's, and the Giants
March 26, 2020 at 2:40 PM
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Simulated computer games and results offer baseball-starved fans an alternative for the real thing.
March 26, 2020 at 1:40 PM
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Drive-thrus, takeout stands open for business during coronavirus crisis
March 26, 2020 at 1:40 PM
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An unforgettable error, a lousy start, a two-home run game and an old-school brawl make the cut.
March 26, 2020 at 6:40 AM
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"Nothing's off the table" as MLB maps out ways to move forward with the 2020 season amid coronavirus pandemic.
March 25, 2020 at 10:40 PM
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Miller's son and his son's fiancée tested positive for the coronavirus following a trip to Europe. Miller and his wife, Janine, await results.
March 25, 2020 at 5:40 PM
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Barry Bonds, a seven-time Most Valuable Player, left the Giants' Arizona training complex March 25, 2005, to rehab his balky knee in the Bay Area.
March 25, 2020 at 6:40 AM
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Thursday was supposed to be Opening Day for the Giants and A's. What will baseball be when it does return?
March 24, 2020 at 1:40 PM
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Randy Elliott and his prolific hitting during spring training 1977 gave long-suffering Giants fans something to cheer about.
March 23, 2020 at 1:40 PM
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Here are replays of 5 games Southern California sports fans need to avoid as we observe the governor's shelter-in-place order.
March 20, 2020 at 4:40 PM
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No member of the Giants organization has been tested for COVID-19.
March 19, 2020 at 5:40 PM
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The Giants chose an odd time to send two roster hopefuls to the minors.
March 19, 2020 at 5:40 PM
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A coronavirus-delayed season put minor league pay in jeopardy. The MLB took a first step toward a solution.
March 19, 2020 at 2:40 PM
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NBC Sports Bay Area and California are set to re-air classic Bay Area sports games to provide entertainment during coronavirus-imposed live sports freeze.
March 18, 2020 at 2:40 PM
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Connor Joe, now with the Dodgers, reveals he's battling testicular cancer but his prognosis for a full recovery is good.
March 18, 2020 at 12:40 PM
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Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants establish event staff and ballpark employee fund in response to MLB season postponement.
March 17, 2020 at 3:40 PM
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Major League Baseball to postpone the regular season further in accordance with CDC recommendation.
March 16, 2020 at 12:40 PM
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