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• World Series: Tim Lincecum might be able to pitch in Game 3
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum left Game 2 of the World Series against the Kansas City Royals with a stiff back, but it felt better on Thursday and San Francisco...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 7:40 PM
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• World Series wait over for Giants' Hudson, Royals' Guthrie
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Two men with over a decade in the big leagues will pitch in the World Series for the first time Friday when the San Francisco Giants' Tim Hudson meets the Kansas City...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 7:40 PM
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• Strickland 'embarrassed' by Game 2 actions
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Hunter Strickland apologized Thursday for the way he handled himself in Game 2 of the World Series after allowing yet another postseason home run. Strickland caused the...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 7:40 PM
• Baer's bond with Giants runs deep
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Giants were Larry Baer's first job after college in 1980, and since returning in 1992, he has methodically risen through the organization. Now he's the man...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 7:40 PM
• In first five years, Posey evoking legendary backstops
  From the Web › MLB.com
  It doesn't take an expert in the art of catching to realize that Buster Posey is a special player off to a rare start to his Major League career. Two World Series rings...
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• Band of brothers: Team-first mentality the key for Giants
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Giants are the classic case of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. Put them up, man-for-man against some other teams, and maybe the other guys seem...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 7:40 PM
• Bochy awaits results of Lincecum MRI
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Bruce Bochy and the Giants are awaiting one major scrap of information on Tim Lincecum, who underwent an MRI on his back on Thursday.
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 6:41 PM
• Oct. 23 Hudson workout day interview
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Giants' Tim Hudson meets the media a day before starting Game 3 of the World Series.
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• Oct. 23 Bochy workout day interview
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants manager Bruce Bochy meets the media on the eve of World Series Game 3.
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• Giants Return Home, Ready for World Series Weekend
  From the Web › NBC
  The San Francisco Giants returned to the Bay Area on Thursday with a 1-1 split of the first two World Series games in Kansas City. The series continues Friday at AT&T...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 6:40 PM
• Benches Clear After Game 2 Home Run in Royals 7-2 Victory
  From the Web › AOL On
  The Fumble - The Kansas City Royals evened the best-of-seven series with a 7-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants in Game 2 of the World Series. But that was just the...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 5:41 PM
• World Series: Buster Posey and the art of catching
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  From Tim Hudson to Tim Lincecum to Jake Peavy and Sergio Romo, the San Francisco Giants pitchers sound off on MVP catcher Buster Posey
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 5:40 PM
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• What got into Giants' Hunter Strickland? Friends, family offer guesses
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Hunter Strickland jawed at -- then appeared to challenge -- Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez after Omar Infante's sixth-inning home run in World Series Game...
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• Kawakami: San Francisco Giants and the mystery of the even-numbered year
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  How the San Francisco Giants, managed by Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy, have reached the World Series in 2010, 2012 and 2014 and the impact of those off-years
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• Major League Baseball roundup
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  (The Sports Xchange) - Veteran baseball executive John Hart reversed course and opted to accept a three-year deal to become president of baseball operations with the...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 5:40 PM
• Sense of stability waiting for World Series at AT&T Park
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The first two games revealed that the Giants and Royals are well matched. The next three games should provide a sense of order to the chaos.
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 3:41 PM
• Giants: Coveted players' tickets in World Series go to 'those who love us along the way.'
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Everybody who is anybody is clamoring for a ticket to see the San Francisco Giants' latest World Series title run against the Kansas City Royals, but these are the...
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• Hunter Strickland's mom has his back
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Hunter Strickland, the goat of Game 2 of the World Series against Kansas City Royals, has big support back home.
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 3:40 PM
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• World Series: Giants' Tim Lincecum to have back treatment
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum will receive treatment on his back when the team arrives from Kansas City on Thursday.
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 2:40 PM
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• Lincecum's back fine, expected to be ready Game 3
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  San Francisco Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum has no structural damage in his tight back and is expected to be available when the World Series resumes with Game 3 on...
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• Get World Series tickets and watch the Giants vs Royals
  From the Web › TiqIQ
  Tomorrow's Game 3 is BY FAR the cheapest remaining #WorldSeries ticket. Browse all options here:
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• Lincecum to have back treatment
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum will receive treatment on his back when the team arrives from Kansas City on Thursday.
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 1:40 PM
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• Hudson's long journey finally leads to World Series
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  It's getting a little tiresome for the three Hudson children. Nearly every day in hotel rooms on the road this week, Giants' starting pitcher Tim Hudson will ask them...
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• Just how good is Buster Posey?
  From the Web › USA Today
  The Giants' catcher is the best player left standing this postseason.       
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• Gold Glove Awards finalists revealed
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Three players at each position in each league were named finalists for the 2015 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards on Thursday.
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• Giants' Sandoval one of three finalists for NL Gold Glove
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The finalists for MLB's Gold Glove Awards were announced on Thursday, and Pablo Sandoval is among a strong group of NL third basemen.
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 12:41 PM
• Royals-Giants Preview
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Eric Hosmer is eager to see what makes San Francisco's waterfront ballpark unique. ''I know absolutely nothing,'' the Kansas City first baseman said. I've always wanted...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 11:40 AM
• New-fashioned Giants built on winning formula
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  By Larry Fine SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Giants fans, once in love with home runs and Barry Bonds, will be cheering a selfless, grinding club chasing their third...
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• At 1-all, World Series moves to quirky Giants park
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Eric Hosmer is eager to see what makes San Francisco's waterfront ballpark unique. ''I know absolutely nothing,'' the Kansas City first baseman said. I've always wanted...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 11:40 AM
• What's To Like About KC: Water Fountains and BBQ
  From the Web › NBC
  As Bob Redell wakes up early and stays up late to provide the latest news on the World Series first two games in Kansas City, the intrepid NBC Bay Area reporter needs to...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 9:40 AM
• Bochy's bullpen management to blame for Giants' Game 2 loss (NBC on Yahoo Sports)
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Of course this is going to be about Tim Lincecum, because the predetermined narrative demands it. It's enough to make your brain throb. Only it's way more involved than...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 8:40 AM
• Giants' Hudson to face Royals' Guthrie in Game 3
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  In the middle of a champagne-and-beer-soaked clubhouse after the San Francisco Giants won the NL Championship Series, Tim Hudson was given the chance to speak to his...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 8:40 AM
• Was Bochy's Bullpen Management the Problem in Game 2?
  From the Web › AOL On
  Sports Illustrated - Sports Illustrated's Ben Reiter and Albert Chen discuss San Francisco's struggles with their bullpen and the outlook for the Giants heading home for...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 4:41 AM
• When Bullpens Face Off, Edge Goes to Royals
  From the Web › AOL On
  Sports Illustrated - Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci discusses the bullpen performances of the Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants in Game 2 of the World...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 4:41 AM
• Giant frustrations nearly spark Series brawl (AFP)
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Frustrations and emotions nearly boiled over into a World Series brawl Wednesday after San Francisco relief pitcher Hunter Strickland confronted Kansas City's Salvador...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 3:40 AM
• Rewind: Giants leave KC with burnt ends, splitting headache
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  After the bullpen's meltdown in Game 2 on Wednesday, Bruce Bochy has a short period of time to get things straightened out.
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 2:40 AM
• Giants can't handle Herrera's heat in Game 2
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Royals finally got a chance to use the meat of their vaunted bullpen in Game 2, meaning Kelvin Herrera got to bring the heat.
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 2:40 AM
• Ned Yost's tactics work out and Bruce Bochy's don't in Game 2
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Many pundits figured Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost would find himself at a tactical disadvantage throughout the Major League Baseball...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 2:40 AM
• Oct. 22 Bochy postgame interview
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants manager Bruce Bochy discusses Game 2 of the World Series.
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 2:40 AM
• As tempers flare, Royals get even, and the World Series finds some drama (Yahoo Sports)
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  In one inning, the Royals pushed Hunter Strickland and the Giants to frustration and gave the World Series a dose of intrigue.
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 1:40 AM
• Weaknesses revealed as Giants head into Game 3
  From the Web › USA Today
  Meltdown in 6th inning raises concerns for Giants.       
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• Giants RP Hunter Strickland: 'My emotions got to me'
  From the Web › USA Today
  He's coming into tight situations, and the baptism by fire is proving too hot to handle.       
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 1:40 AM
• Perez, Royals bring the fight in more ways than one
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  As part of their victory in Game 2, the Royals won an emotional battle over the Giants, and may have found their answer to Hunter Pence.
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 12:41 AM
• Rewind: Giants leave Kansas City with burnt ends and a splitting headache
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  KANSAS CITY – It is not the worst feeling to have in a World Series, shining bus taillights on a hostile ballpark with a two-game split. It's the splitting...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 12:40 AM
• Giants can't do much with heat from Herrera
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  KANSAS CITY – The Giants chased Royals starter Yordano Ventura in the top of the sixth inning Wednesday in Game 2 of the World Series.
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 12:40 AM
• Billy Butler comes through with two key hits for Royals in Game 2 victory
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Billy Butler must be one of the first players in World Series history to take a curtain call after an RBI single. Such responses usually happen...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 12:40 AM
• Strickland-Perez spat chalked up to misunderstanding
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Omar Infante hit a homer, Hunter Strickland started yelling in English, Salvador Perez yelled back in Spanish and both dugouts momentarily braced for a skirmish that...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 12:40 AM
• Giants hope to find adjustments at home for Game 3
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Are you starting to understand why so many people thought this was such an intriguing World Series matchup? Yes, the Giants have Madison Bumgarner, and he's an ace among...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 12:40 AM
• Giants relievers unable to execute Bochy's plan
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Giants' bullpen combined to give up five runs on five hits, allowing the Royals to coast to a 7-2 win Wednesday night that evened the best-of-seven World Series at a...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 12:40 AM
• Tightness in back curtails Lincecum's return to action
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Tim Lincecum waited an entire postseason to make an appearance for the Giants, and when it finally happened, the outing lasted all of 23 pitches, as the right-hander was...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 12:40 AM
• Panda extends streak, but he'd rather have a win
  From the Web › MLB.com
  When Pablo Sandoval doubled to lead off the fourth inning of Wednesday night's 7-2 loss to the Royals in Game 2 of the World Series, he extended his postseason streak of...
  Share • October 23, 2014 at 12:40 AM
• Lincecum needs reliever: Back 'pretty stiff'
  From the Web › ESPN
  Banished to the bullpen and absent from the mound since the regular season, Tim Lincecum returned Wednesday night with the Giants trailing the Royals by five runs in the...
  Share • October 22, 2014 at 11:40 PM
• Police detective offers funny response to tweet about Kelvin Herrera's fastball
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  The Kansas City Royals 7-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants in World Series Game 2 didn't necessarily set up perfectly, but it did allow manager Ned Yost to unleash...
  Share • October 22, 2014 at 11:40 PM
• Hunter Strickland's meltdown, on the mound and off, has Giants looking for help (Yahoo Sports)
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  After Hunter Strickland gave up his fifth homer of the postseason, the Giants might have to go to Tim Lincecum. If he's healthy.
  Share • October 22, 2014 at 11:40 PM
• Giants lose battle of bullpens as Royals level series
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  By Larry Fine KANSAS CITY Missouri - The Giants lost the battle of the bullpens on Wednesday and San Francisco reliever Hunter Strickland nearly ignited a brawl after...
  Share • October 22, 2014 at 11:40 PM
• Butler seizes opportunities to help Royals level series
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  By Larry Fine KANSAS CITY Missouri - Bill Butler grumbled about a lost opportunity in Kansas City's opening defeat in the World Series. The designated hitter took...
  Share • October 22, 2014 at 11:40 PM
• Giants-Royals, World Series Game 2: Did you know?
  From the Web › MLB.com
  In a postseason filled with one-run games and extra-inning contests, each of the first two games in the World Series has been decided by at least five runs. That hadn't...
  Share • October 22, 2014 at 11:40 PM
• Statcast: Pence slips, but still beats Escobar's throw
  From the Web › MLB.com
  When the Giants' Hunter Pence hit a ground ball into the hole in the sixth inning on Wednesday night, it provided another highlight-reel opportunity in Game 2 of the...
  Share • October 22, 2014 at 11:40 PM
• Five things we learned from pivotal sixth inning
  From the Web › MLB.com
  By the time the sixth inning was over, Kelvin Herrera had thrown a 101-mph sinker, Billy Butler had given a curtain call after a single, the benches had cleared, Omar...
  Share • October 22, 2014 at 11:40 PM
• Blanco survives battle with Ventura, hits leadoff HR
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Gregor Blanco was not thinking home run when he led off Wednesday night's Game 2 of the World Series against Yordano Ventura, especially as the at-bat wore on. "You're...
  Share • October 22, 2014 at 11:40 PM
• Homers continue to be Strickland's nemesis
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Hunter Strickland may have three-digit velocity. He may have terrific potential. But his time is not the 2014 postseason, particularly the 2014 World Series. You can...
  Share • October 22, 2014 at 11:40 PM
• Peavy settles in until finding trouble in sixth
  From the Web › MLB.com
  What made Jake Peavy's struggle in the sixth inning of Wednesday's Game 2 loss so unique is that he had thrown only 57 pitches up to that point, settling down on the...
  Share • October 22, 2014 at 11:40 PM
• Giants should give Yusmeiro Petit the Game 4 start
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Petit deserves the nod over probable starter Ryan Vogelsong.
  Share • October 22, 2014 at 11:40 PM
• Bochy's decisions give Royals renewed hope
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Bruce Bochy's decision to use Jean Machi and Hunter Strickland on Wednesday blew up in his face, giving the Royals life in the World Series.
  Share • October 22, 2014 at 10:41 PM
• Purdy: Lincecum's World Series appearance adds to drama
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  If healthy, Tim Lincecum could give the San Francisco Giants another weapon out of the bullpen against the Kansas City Royals in the World Series
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• Jake Peavy's playoff woes continue
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Peavy surrendered four runs over five-plus innings and was the losing pitcher in the Giants' 7-2 loss to the Royals.
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• Lincecum gets in game, leaves with tight back
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Banished to the bullpen and absent from the mound since the regular season, Tim Lincecum returned Wednesday night with the Giants trailing the Royals by five runs in the...
  Share • October 22, 2014 at 10:40 PM
• World Series viewers in DC miss Game 2 fireworks due to emergency test
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Just as World Series Game 2 got interesting on Wednesday night, Comcast customers who double as baseball fans in and around Washington D.C. were left in the dark about...
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• Royals' combination of Herrera, Davis and Holland stifles Giants to seal Game 2
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Following the 7-2 World Series Game 2 win over the San Francisco Giants, a smoke machine pumped fake smoke throughout the air of the Kansas City...
  Share • October 22, 2014 at 10:40 PM
• Instant Replay: Giants' bullpen rocked, Royals win Game 2
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Royals erupted for five runs in the sixth inning to beat the Giants 7-2 on Wednesday night to even the World Series at a game apiece.
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• Instant Replay: Giants' bullpen rocked, Royals win Game 2
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Royals erupted for five runs in the sixth inning to beat the Giants 7-2 on Wednesday night to even the World Series at a game apiece.
  Share • October 22, 2014 at 9:40 PM
• Royals rip Giants, pull even in baseball World Series (AFP)
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Omar Infante smashed his first playoff home run to cap a five-run outburst, giving the Kansas City Royals a 7-2 victory over San Francisco to level the 110th World...
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• Royals even World Series with rout of Giants
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  By Larry Fine KANSAS CITY Missouri - The Kansas City Royals rediscovered their post-season magic in a 7-2 victory on Wednesday that leveled the World Series and signaled...
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• Kawakami: Giants let it get ugly in Game 2
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Giants now have their own worries as World Series against Kansas City Royals heads back to San Francisco
  Share • October 22, 2014 at 9:40 PM
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• Five key moments from the Royals' 7-2 win in World Series Game 2
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  The Kansas City Royals erased any doubts about how they'd bounce back from their first loss of the 2014 postseason. They were just fine in Game 2 of the World Series...
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• Royals erupt for five runs in sixth inning on way to 7-2 victory in Game 2
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jake Peavy was cruising, having retired 10 straight batters and looking like he would save the San Francisco Giants from needing to use their...
  Share • October 22, 2014 at 9:40 PM
• Royals beat Giants 7-2 to tie World Series 1-all
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Billy Butler hit a tiebreaking single, Salvador Perez and Omar Infante drove in two runs each with big hits in a five-run sixth inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat...
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• Butler delivers 2 big hits, KC evens World Series
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  A big-and-burly thumper still has a place on these flash-and-dash Kansas City Royals, it seems. Especially if he can deliver clutch hits in the World Series, the way...
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• Royals clobber Giants 7-2 to even World Series
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Salvador Perez and the pesky Kansas City Royals fought back from a Game 1 flop to beat the San Francisco Giants' brilliant bullpen and even the World Series. Perez broke...
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• Giants' bullpen melts down in 7-2 loss to Royals
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Giants manager Bruce Bochy signaled to his bullpen and got no relief. While the Kansas City Royals showed off their late-inning heat, San Francisco's relievers melted...
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