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• Hudson dominates D-backs to win Giants debut
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Tim Hudson graced the Giants with the magic he has sustained for 15 years, working 7 2/3 innings Wednesday night in San Francisco's 2-0 victory over the Arizona...
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• Hudson dominates Diamondbacks in SF Giants debut
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  By Henry Schulman Phoenix – Tim Hudson, pro that he is, officially began his Giants career Wednesday night by owning the strike zone, dominating the Diamondbacks...
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• Pablo Sandoval gives clearance for in-season negotiations
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Pablo Sandoval's camp is open to resuming contract extension talks, and the Giants would engage if they are convinced it wouldn't be a distraction to the 2012 World...
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• Giants notes: Food poisoning won't keep Lincecum down, etc.
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Neither the knee contusion nor a sudden case of food poisoning will keep Tim Lincecum from making his season debut as scheduled on Thursday.
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• Bochy mixes in Giants' bench players early
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants manager Bruce Bochy is trying to find playing time for the club's reserves, which he considers particularly essential early in the season.
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• Bochy less likely to argue under new replay system
  From the Web › MLB.com
  As Giants manager Bruce Bochy saw it Wednesday, baseball's new replay system saved him some fine money. Noting that he regarded four separate umpires' calls as worth...
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• Lincecum to make start after overcoming illness
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Tim Lincecum quickly recovered from an upset stomach Wednesday and will make his scheduled start against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Thursday's series finale.
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• Giants lineup: Adrianza in, Arias out
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Joaquin Arias went 0-for-6 over the Giants' first two games, so Bruce Bochy is giving Ehire Adrianza the start at second base tonight.
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• SF GIANTS UPDATE: Bochy details lineup plans for next two games
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  UPDATE, 5:45 p.m.: Manager Bruce Bochy said he planned all along to have Ehire Adrianza start tonight. It was not a reaction to Joaquin Arias' performance in the first...
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• Wednesday's lineup: #FreeEhire is here; Lincecum start in doubt
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Tim Hudson gets the steadier infield today: Pagan CF Belt 1B Sandoval 3B Posey C Pence RF Morse LF Crawford SS Adrianza 2B Hudson RHP Parra RF Hill 2B Goldschmidt 1B...
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• MLB replay fizzles in Phoenix
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants' first experience with a replay challenge was nothing short of disastrous in the fourth inning Tuesday night at Chase Field.
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• Giants' Tim Lincecum may have food poisoning, could miss start
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  San Francisco Giants' Tim Lincecum could miss Thursday's start against Arizona Diamondbacks, pitching coach Dave Righetti says
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• Andrew Baggarly's Giants chat transcript (4.2.14)
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Giants Insider Andrew Baggarly chats every week! Join him today at 2 p.m. for free-flowing baseball talk.
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• San Francisco Giants (1-1) at Arizona Diamondbacks (1-3), 9:40 p.m. (ET)
  From the Web › Sacramento Bee
  (Sports Network) - Veteran Tim Hudson will make his San Francisco Giants debut on Tuesday night when the club resumes its four-game series with the Arizona...
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• D-backs Rally Past Giants
  From the Web › ESPN
  ESPN Video: The Diamondbacks scored five unanswered runs and topped the Giants 5-4.
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• We all saw this coming with the replay challenge system
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Baseball sold the replay challenge system on its "uniqueness and charm." What happened in last night's Giants-Diamondbacks game was certainly unique, but not at all...
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• And That Happened: Tuesday's scores and highlights
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Major League Baseball wanted a challenge system for replay. Everyone except Major League Baseball said a challenge system would be flawed and would lead to problems. The...
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• A challenging loss for Giants in the instant replay age
  From the Web › Sacramento Bee
  If Tuesday night's game had happened in any season before this one, the San Francisco Giants still would have lost, 5-4, to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Right-hander Matt...
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• Affeldt had some explaining to do over latest injury
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  PHOENIX – Left-hander Jeremy Affeldt's latest injury didn't come via kitchen cutlery or running children or anything else out of the ordinary.It did leave Affeldt...
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• Upon further review: The challenge is when to ask
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The fine art of deciding when to use an instant replay challenge was on display in all its glory on Tuesday night at Chase Field.
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• Bochy, Cain won't moan over flawed replay system
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  PHOENIX – Whenever Bruce Bochy tires of managing, perhaps he can pursue a second career in diplomatic service. With Matt Cain as his attaché.
  Share • April 1, 2014 at 11:41 PM
• The good and bad of instant replay, Sabathia's struggles, and two key injuries
  From the Web › SI.com
  Texas' win over the Phillies showed instant replay's upside just as the Giants' loss proved its faults.
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• SF Giants notes: Why they really lost (not replay), plus Affeldt's bad decision
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  My final game story will have all of Bruce Bochy's comments on his replay loss, which ultimately cost the Giants a run. His answer boiled down: Shawon Dunston saw a...
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• Replay rule prominent in D-Backs' 5-4 win over SF
  From the Web › Sacramento Bee
  When should a manager challenge a call? That's a crucial element of baseball's new replay rule.MLB umpires Pat Hoberg (20) and Chris Guccione review a play challenged by...
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• POSTGAME NOTES: Replay can't help Giants, and other issues pop up in first loss of season; Affeldt's "pie-on-face" moment
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Matt Cain saw what you saw. "He was out. I had him," Cain said of the play at the plate. "(A.J. Pollock) went through the top of my glove to go over it." When home plate...
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• Hudson makes Giants debut vs. D-backs
  From the Web › MLB.com
  One pitcher who established consistency long ago and another who's still searching for it will cross paths Wednesday as the Giants and D-backs clash again.
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• Instant Replay: Giants blow early lead, lose to D'Backs
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants scored four runs in the first inning, but the Diamondbacks chipped away and came away with the 5-4 win on Tuesday night.
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• Challenge rules hurt Giants in loss to D-backs
  From the Web › SI.com
  Giants-Diamondbacks Gameflash for game played on April 1, 2014
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• Replay rule prominent in D-Backs' 5-4 win over SF
  From the Web › Sacramento Bee
  The perils of baseball's new replay rule figured prominently in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants Tuesday night.Arizona Diamondbacks...
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• Pollock emerges from slump to key D-backs
  From the Web › ESPN
  A.J. Pollock broke out of an 0-for-13 start to the season with three hits, scoring twice and driving in a run, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants...
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• Belt hits second homer, but Giants can't hold lead
  From the Web › MLB.com
  A four-run first inning wasn't enough for the Giants, whose lead steadily eroded Tuesday night before the D-backs secured a 5-4 victory at Chase Field.
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• First replay experience turns disastrous for Bochy, Giants
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants got a hard lesson in the new instant replay system after a fourth inning challenge that was nothing short of disastrous.
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• Dodgers' Wilson to DL with nerve irritation in elbow
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Dodgers reliever Brian Wilson is headed to the disabled list with nerve irritation in his pitching elbow.
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• SF Giants blow 4-0 lead, lose first game of year after replay fiasco
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  By Henry Schulman Phoenix – The Giants' first foray into instant replay Tuesday night went just peachy, didn't it? Matt Cain had to stand on the mound after an...
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• San Francisco Giants fall to Arizona Diamondbacks as Matt Cain lasts just five innings
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Brandon Belt hits his second homer of the season, but the Giants lose both their first try at Major League Baseball's replay system and the ballgame.
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• Bochy loses challenge, then key opportunity
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants manager Bruce Bochy was denied in his first official 2014 challenge of an umpire's call, as the crew upheld a "safe" ruling on a fourth-inning pickoff in San...
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• Replay system's flaws rear head in Giants-Diamondbacks game
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  MLB chose not to institute a replay system whose sole goal was getting calls right, instead opting for a system that involved managerial challenges and strategy, at...
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• SF Giants have terrible first replay experience
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  Manager Bruce Bochy fell to 0-1 on replay challenges in an episode tonight that shows a downside to the whole process and could not have gone worse for the Giants. They...
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• Bochy loses his 1st challenge as safe call stands
  From the Web › Sacramento Bee
  San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy lost his first challenge under baseball's new replay review rule, and it may have led to an Arizona run.
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• Giants notes: Bochy not getting complacent with Kershaw out, etc.
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  It looks like the Giants won't have to worry about Clayton Kershaw for a while, but you won't see Bruce Bochy getting complacent as a result.
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• Giants notes: Bochy not getting complacent with Kershaw out, etc.
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  It looks like the Giants won't have to worry about Clayton Kershaw for a while, but you won't see Bruce Bochy getting complacent as a result.
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• Pence looks golden on defense in opener
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants right fielder Hunter Pence looked like a Gold Glove Award candidate in Monday's series opener against Arizona. But he doesn't anticipate capturing the honor in...
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• Posey to sit in finale as Bochy maps out rest
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Bruce Bochy's attempts to preserve Buster Posey's stamina begin this week, as the Giants manager announced plans to rest his valuable catcher in Thursday's series finale...
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• Giants notes: On missing Kershaw and resting Buster
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  PHOENIX – Golf legend Jack Nicklaus has a stock story he tells on the banquet circuit about what he'd hear in the clubhouse during major tournaments.
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• PREGAME NOTES: Posey to sit out Thursday; Will Giants see Wilson this weekend?
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Buster Posey won't catch Tim Lincecum. Let it all begin! (I'm kidding. Please don't let it all begin.) This one is kind of a no-brainer: Posey will catch the first three...
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• Dodgers' Kershaw likely out all of April
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Clayton Kershaw won't return to the Dodgers' rotation anytime soon. Manager Don Mattingly said it 'is going to take some time.'
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• Giants lineup: Pence batting second, Belt down to sixth
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants eked out a win over the Diamondbacks in the season opener. Bruce Bochy is making a significant adjustment for Game 2.
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• MLB Opening Day: What we learned
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Baseball is officially underway! Which outfielders are rejuvenated? What teams have closer issues? Take a look at this fantasy primer.
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• Mets closer Parnell partially tears elbow
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  New York Mets closer Bobby Parnell's season may be done for the season after his opening outing on Monday resulted in a torn elbow ligament.
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• SF GIANTS UPDATE: When Buster Posey will sit, plus Dunston's new respect for umps
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  UPDATE, 5:50 p.m.: Manager Bruce Bochy said this afternoon that Buster Posey will catch Wednesday night's Tim Hudson Giants debut then sit Thursday when Tim Lincecum...
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• Tuesday's Giants, Diamondbacks lineups and more Posey fun facts
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  That's the pitch Buster Posey hit 453 feet, according to ESPN's home run tracker. It's the longest homer of his career, although I still think the one he hit off the...
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• A slow start for Giants' Bumgarner
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  San Francisco Giants opening night starter Madison Bumgarner only lasts four innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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• San Francisco Giants (1-0) at Arizona Diamondbacks (0-3), 9:40 p.m. (ET)
  From the Web › Sacramento Bee
  San Francisco right-hander Matt Cain will try to put a disappointing 2013 season behind him on Tuesday when he tries to help the San Francisco Giants get off to a 2-0...
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• Giants rally for opening victory
  From the Web › Sacramento Bee
  As the San Francisco Giants headed home last week for the Bay Bridge Series, manager Bruce Bochy made a point of complimenting a lineup that scratched and clawed...
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• Cain gets season started against D-backs
  From the Web › MLB.com
  A pair of seasoned pitchers will oppose each other in Tuesday night's Giants-D-backs rematch. They're experienced in different ways, however. Matt Cain, the...
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• Posey, Giants refuse to quit in Opening Day victory
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  In the Giants' come-from-behind Opening Night win, Buster Posey showed that although Bruce Bochy is the club's manager, this is his team.
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• Diamondbacks' big night falls apart in 9-8 loss
  From the Web › Sacramento Bee
  Everything looked great for the Arizona Diamondbacks.San Francisco Giants' Madison Bumgarner throws a pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning of...
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• POSTGAME NOTES: Bumgarner's short night; The non-challenge; Machi, Belt step up
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Madison Bumgarner thought about this moment, because all pitchers do. He probably thought it would last more than four innings, though. Bumgarner was pulled in the fifth...
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• Giants' fortunes tied to Posey's excellence
  From the Web › MLB.com
  It's safe to say that as Buster Posey goes, so go the Giants. When the money and all the pressure was once again on the line in the ninth inning Monday, Posey got hold...
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• Instant Replay: Posey's heroics lift Giants past D'Backs
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants trailed 7-3 after six, tied it in the seventh, took a 9-7 lead on Buster Posey's shot in the ninth, and held off the D'Backs to win 9-8.
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• SF Giants notes: The power factor, a near-replay and other Opening Night tidbits, including an 18-inch corn dog
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  Well, that was fun, wasn't it? Brandon Belt actually used that word - "fun" - to describe tonight's 9-8 win. I'm sure manager Bruce Bochy used different words when he...
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• Recap: Arizona vs. San Francisco
  From the Web › Sacramento Bee
  Buster Posey smacked a two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 9-8 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Opening Day.
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• On opening day, Buster Posey is back "on a different level, man."
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  For a former MVP, a $167 million man, Buster Posey is almost forgotten. Nationally, they talk about Mike Trout, Bryce Harper and Miguel Cabrera. In Scottsdale this...
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• Posey HR caps Giants' rally over D-backs
  From the Web › ESPN
  Buster Posey hit a two-run homer off new Arizona closer Addison Reed in the ninth inning, and the San Francisco Giants rallied from four runs down to beat the...
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• SF Giants win ugly opener on Buster Posey's home run
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  By Henry Schulman Phoenix – The Giants and Diamondbacks did not have the ugliest Opening Day of 2014. You really have to pin that gold medal on the Angels, who...
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• Posey's home run caps Giant rally in 9-8 victory
  From the Web › Sacramento Bee
  Buster Posey hit a two-run homer off new Arizona closer Addison Reed in the ninth inning and the San Francisco Giants rallied from four runs down to beat the...
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• San Francisco Giants rally to win season opener
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  The San Francisco Giants play six uninspiring innings, then rally to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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• Posey's home run caps Giant rally in 9-8 victory
  From the Web › USA Today
  Posey's 9th inning HR caps rally, Giants beat Diamondbacks 9-8
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• Giants complete comeback with Posey's shot
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Buster Posey, among the Giants who slumped last year, walloped a two-run, tiebreaking homer in the ninth inning to propel San Francisco to a 9-8 triumph Monday over the...
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• Giants notes: Lincecum all set; Affeldt & Scutaro updates
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Tim Lincecum is in line to start against Arizona on Thursday and Jeremy Affeldt is making progress. As for Marco Scutaro, there's little to pass along...
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• LIVE: Giants vs. Diamondbacks
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants look to start the season 1-0. Watch on CSN Bay Area and follow along with In-Game Live to vote for the player of the game.
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• Posey HR caps Giants' comeback over D-backs
  From the Web › SI.com
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• Affeldt progressing well, but Scutaro still ailing
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants manager Bruce Bochy issued differing updates Monday on the health status of second baseman Marco Scutaro, who apparently won't resume playing any time soon, and...
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• Lincecum on track to make first start
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum said Monday that he's embarking upon his usual between-starts routine in anticipation of pitching Thursday's series finale against the...
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• Giants loaded up with plenty of Brandons
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants bench coach Ron Wotus will have to be specific when he summons Brandon to enter a game or receive advice. After all, the club has a trio of Brandons on its...
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• Bochy not concerned about string of righties in lineup
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants manager Bruce Bochy's Opening Night batting order Monday included three right-handed hitters arranged consecutively, fourth through sixth: Buster Posey, Hunter...
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• PREGAME NOTES: Lincecum still on track to pitch Thursday; Affeldt could return next week
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  As Bruce Bochy addressed the media before Monday's season opener, Tim Lincecum headed out to shag fly balls in the outfield. Bochy's eyes lit up. "I just saw Timmy jump...
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• Tim Lincecum likely to start Thursday for San Francisco Giants
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Lincecum took liner off his leg last week, but the Giants right-hander said only a bruise remains and he expects to make regular start Thursday against Arizona...
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• Giants lineup: Bochy follows through on batting order plan
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Bruce Bochy announced his probable Opening Day lineup on Saturday and followed through on his plan to have Brandon Belt hit second.
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• Twitter CHAT with Rich Aurilia and Shawn Estes
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Want to chat with @RichAurilia35 & @sestes55? Tweet 'em with #AskRichAndShawn; they're answering questions during innins four through six in Arizona!
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