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Major League Baseball unanimously approved expanded instant replay rules on Thursday and our Insider has an answer for every FAQ.
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After securing Brad Penny as a non-roster invitee yesterday, the Royals added another familiar name today by signing reliever Guillermo Mota to a minor league contract...
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SAN FRANCISCO – Pat Burrell, Aubrey Huff and Ryan Theriot might have announced their retirements, but Guillermo Mota isn't ready to give up the life just...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO – Major League Baseball on Thursday collected all the necessary rubber stamps to expand instant replay in time for the 2014 season.
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Charlie Manuel has agreed to return to the Philadelphia Phillies, accepting a position offered to him the day he was fired as manager.
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Barry Bonds can no longer claim to be the most polarizing baseball player in history, not now that the USADA has revealed Alex Rodriguez' alleged regimen.
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The Dodgers reportedly made Clayton Kershaw the richest pitcher in the history of baseball on Wednesday with a seven-year contract.
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
Pablo Sandoval must be sick of making headlines for his weight, but he — and the Giants — might soon be very pleased with his spring training weigh-in. On...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
Some random Giants-related things to talk about on a Wednesday ... - We're officially less than a month away from BEST SHAPE OF HIS LIFE territory, but Pablo Sandoval...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
San Francisco Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval tweets that he hasn't commented about his weight, and that everyone will find out how much he's lost when he reports to...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Giants Insider Andrew Baggarly chats every week! Join him today at 10 a.m. for free-flowing Giants chatter!
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From the Web › The Mercury News
San Francisco Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval tells reporters in Venezuela he has taken 42 pounds off his Panda physique preparing for the 2014 baseball...
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Pablo Sandoval, who is set to play in the Venezuelan League playoffs, told reporters in his home country that he's lost 42 pounds.
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From the Web › HardballTalk
Time for your annual Pablo Sandoval offseason weight loss update. This one comes from MLB.com Venezuela correspondent Rafael Rojas ... The Biggest Loser, #SFGiants...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Clark, the Cubs mascot, is named after the North Side Chicago street on which Wrigley Field is located.
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Lelands auction house says Jackie Robinson's trophy he won with the Brooklyn Dodgers was sold to an anonymous buyer on Jan. 10.
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Barry Bonds received less votes on this year's HOF ballot than last year's. Is that a sign he will never reach the Hall of Fame? Andrew Baggarly forecasts future ballots...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO – The Giants will issue 26 lockers to non-roster invitees when major league spring training begins Feb.
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From the Web › The Mercury News
A lot of these names trickled out during the winter meetings, and others were obvious, but here's the full list of non-roster invitees for spring training. It's a mix of...
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
Here's the list of non-roster players the Giants have invited to their big-league camp in spring training: Pitchers (16) RHP Jason Berken LHP Tyson Blach RHP Clayton...
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MLB's key witness in its case against Alex Rodriguez says he designed and administered an elaborate doping program for the 14-time All-Star that started in...
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All-Star outfielder Carlos Gonzalez underwent emergency appendectomy on Friday night and is recovering in a Denver-area hospital.
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From the Web › HardballTalk
Peter Gammons tweets that the Twins and Red Sox have shown interest in 27-year-old Korean free agent pitcher Suk-Min Yoon, and suggests the Giants would be a good fit...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
The Washington Nationals and 25-year-old starter Stephen Strasburg agreed to terms on a one-year contract Friday, avoiding arbitration.
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Giants minor league infielder Marco Guzman has received a 50-game suspension without pay after testing positive for me PEDs.
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From the Web › HardballTalk
The release says drugs, but my sources tell me it was really for letting Deadspin take his drug test for him: The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced today...
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Masahiro Tanaka was 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA last year for Japan's Rakuten Golden Eagles, who made him available under the new posting system.
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
It's been a decade since Dontrelle Willis was a rookie pheom and two years since his last MLB pitch, but he'll get a shot next year with the Giants.
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From the Web › HardballTalk
Some guys never get a shot at the big leagues. Or if they do, it's far too short a shot and they are overlooked for the rest of their careers, exiled to Triple-A or...
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
If you have not seen Giants third-base coach Tim Flannery and his band, the Lunatic Fringe, you have missed out. This guy is a talented country-bluegrass balladeer. I...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Hall of Fame complainers are usually good for the betterment of the voting process when they don't get distracted by little things, such as ...
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Baseball finally has its karmic payback for the years of ignoring/cashing in for the 40 years of the PED era. People now hate talking about the Hall of Fame.
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Don Mattingly will be back as manager of the Dodgers next season with a new three-year contract that takes him through 2016, quieting speculation that his future with...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
I'm still out of the country, fully enjoying airports that allow you to keep your shoes on, but I imagine a 2,300+ comment post takes a while to load. So, new "thread"...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
For just the second time ever, three first-ballot players were elected to the Hall of Fame. Check out the complete voting results...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
A trio of San Francisco Giants graced the 2014 Hall of Fame ballot, although the vote totals they received are not inspiring.
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After no one made it last year, baseball writers could elect a quartet of players to the Hall of Fame for the first time in more than a half-century.
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Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig was busted driving 110 mph in a 70 mph zone, and asked a Florida trooper to let him go.
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From the Web › Sacramento Bee
Longtime Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster Chris Wheeler is out after nearly four decades in the booth and Gary Matthews isn't returning as color analyst.FILE - In this...
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Greg Maddux is considered the best pitcher of his time and perhaps of all time, yet Andrew Baggarly nearly left him off his HOF ballot.
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
Let me join the chorus of those who would like the Hall to ditch the 10-person maximum ballot, which forced me and many other voters to make some choices this year for...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
With the 2014 Hall of Fame class set to be revealed Wednesday, Monte Poole explains why he voted for Barry Bonds.
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From the Web › HardballTalk
This is interesting and, thankfully, has nothing to do with the Hall of Fame: Jeff Pearlman sat down and talked with former major leaguer Brian Johnson, who currently...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Here is Ray Ratto's ballot, released only because of transparency, and not because he thinks it should sway, enlighten, entertain or discomfort you.
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Greg Maddux won't be a unanimous selection for the Hall of Fame because Ken Gurnick of MLB.com says the only player he voted for was Jack Morris.
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Looking for something faster than a Madison Bumgarner fastball and louder than a Hunter Pence pregame speech? Check out this beauty.
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Don Mattingly's extension with the Dodgers has been in the works since the end of the 2013 season, and now it appears that a deal is near.
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
Richard Ben Cramer wrote the definitive biography of Joe DiMaggio. I consider it a must-read for true baseball fans for many reasons, especially San Franciscans. As...
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Legendary San Diego Padres broadcaster Jerry Coleman passed away on Sunday at the age of 89.
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We last saw Brad Penny pitch with the Giants in a relief role at the end of the 2012 season. He was bothered for a few weeks in August into September by a shoulder...
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The Seattle Mariners signed three players, two former Giants, to minor league contracts Thursday and invited them to major league spring training.
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From the Web › The Mercury News
The Dodgers have told outfielder Yasiel Puig the organization is 'very disappointed' with his behavior in the wake of his second arrest this year for reckless...
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Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig was reportedly arrest on Saturday morning on charges of reckless driving in Florida.
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The bidding for Japanese star pitcher Masahiro Tanaka is underway, as teams have a 30-day period to sign the 25-year old ace.
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