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• Vogelsong has first session off bullpen mound
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Ryan Vogelsong's recovery from a fractured pinkie on his throwing hand progressed to another stage Thursday at Petco Park when he threw off a bullpen mound for the first...
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• Grateful Pence finishes third in Final Vote
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants right fielder Hunter Pence was sincerely gracious Thursday as he congratulated Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman for winning the National League portion of...
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• PREGAME NOTES: Updates on Vogelsong, Casilla and Cain
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  There have been few bright spots recently, but Ryan Vogelsong provided one on Thursday. Vogelsong threw 30 pitches, all fastballs, during his first bullpen session since...
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• Giants recall Machi, wait on Francoeur
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Following the shortest outing of Matt Cain's career, the Giants addressed concerns over an overworked bullpen by bringing back Jean Machi.
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• Giants lineup: Scutaro returns, Tanaka batting seventh
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Marco Scutaro is back in the lineup as the Giants open a four-game set in San Diego looking to close out the first half with some a few wins.
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• Giants-Padres stat pack
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants are one of four defending World Series champions to fall 10 games under .500 before the All-Star break. Get the in-depth stats right here.
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• UPDATE: Is Matt Cain struggling because of bone spurs or chips in elbow?
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  UPDATE, 6:45: First off, understand that many pitchers throw despite having bone chips or spurs in their elbows. They can be painful, but not necessarily debilitating...
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• Thursday's Giants lineup and another positive step for Vogelsong
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  First, some good news here at Rock Bottom Headquarters: Ryan Vogelsong is throwing a bullpen session in front Bruce Bochy, Dave Groeschner, Dave Righetti and Mark...
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• Fans pass on Pence in All-Star Game Final Vote
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Hunter Pence will have to find another way into the All-Star Game, as MLB announced Thursday he did not win the Final Vote.
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• Ballots closed; Final Vote winners await word
  From the Web › MLB.com
  This week brought the stretch run of a frenetic race involving 10 worthy candidates and only two spots. The winners will head to the All-Star Game, chosen by the fans...
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• Bochy bent on All-Star victory
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Bruce Bochy has the honor of managing the NL All-Stars, but he's feeling the pressure to perform in the Midsummer Classic.
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• Young stars dominate most popular jerseys
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The young stars dominating Major League Baseball the past couple of seasons have quickly become fan favorites, as 18 of the 20 most popular jerseys are of players ages...
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• MLB's top-selling jerseys: Buster Posey and Mariano Rivera
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  MLB.com released a list of their best-selling jerseys and Giants catcher Buster Posey is No. 1, followed by Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. Here's the top 20, which is...
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• Posey No. 1 in MLB jersey sales; Romo, Sandoval in Top 20
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Buster Posey is a two-time World Series champion, won the 2012 NL batting title, and is the reigning NL MVP. His jersey is pretty popular, too.
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• Posey has most popular jersey in MLB
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  It's been a disappointing season for the San Francisco Giants, but their most recognizable players remain as popular as ever when it comes to jersey sales. According to...
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• Giants' Buster Posey leads MLB in jersey sales
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  It's been a disappointing season for the San Francisco Giants, but their most recognizable players remain as popular as ever when it comes to jersey sales, topped by...
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• Posey leads MLB jersey sales; Puig in top 10
  From the Web › ESPN
  San Francisco Giants star catcher Buster Posey's jersey was the top seller. Of the top 20 best-selling jerseys on MLB.com, only two players -- Derek Jeter and Mariano...
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• Tweets will help decide who wins Final Vote
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Today is the last day to cast ballots in the 2013 All-Star Game Final Vote, sponsored by freecreditscore.com. Not only can you do it online, but for six hours today...
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• Mets Sweep Giants
  From the Web › ESPN
  ESPN Video: Baseball Tonight Spotlight: The Mets cruised past the Giants 7-2 to complete the sweep in San Francisco.
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• Twitter to help decide Final Vote on final day
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Fans can vote for their candidate using the designated hashtag of that player from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET on Thursday. Those hashtags will count as part of the overall...
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• Giants Extras: Next spark plug, Kontos suspended, etc.
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Kensuke Tanaka has been solid in his first two MLB games, but his success hasn't led to Giants' wins. Who will the team look to next to kick-start the offense?
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• POSTGAME NOTES: Another round of haymakers for group that has lost 14 of 16
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  "I thought we had already hit rock bottom ..." a player said as he dressed in a somber clubhouse Wednesday afternoon. The Giants already had lost 13 of their previous 15...
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• Kawakami: Does Matt Cain's short outing punctuate a season gone haywire?
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  San Francisco Giants management might prefer to re-trench than grind it out in what is rapidly becoming a lost season.
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• San Francisco Giants vs. San Diego Padres
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  GIANTS AT SAN DIEGOThursday: Giants' Madison Bumgarner (9-5, 3.05) vs. Jason Marquis (9-4, 3.79), 7:10 p.
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• Giants pitcher Gaudin charged with lewdness
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants pitcher Chad Gaudin has been charged with lewdness after allegedly touching a woman's breast in a Las Vegas hospital in January.
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• Rock bottom gets lower as Giants see Cain's 'worst'
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Few could believe that Matt Cain was completely healthy after his 36-pitch stinkbomb Wednesday, but it wasn't arm health that led to his low point.
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• Struggling Giants, Padres square off at Petco Park
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Madison Bumgarner heads to the mound as the Giants open a series against Jason Marquis and the Padres on Thursday at Petco Park.
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• Giants option reliever Kickham to Triple-A Fresno
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Following the Giants' 7-2 loss to the Mets on Wednesday, the club optioned left-hander Mike Kickham to Triple-A Fresno. No corresponding move was announced.
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• Santiago Casilla could be activated on Thursday
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Santiago Casilla hasn't appeared in a game for the Giants since May 20 because of a cyst on his right knee. But the setup man is about ready to return. According to beat...
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• How 'Jacob's Ride' touched Giants' hearts
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Jacob Landis mapped out a 10,500 mile, 175-day bike ride to every MLB stadium, all in the name of rasing money -- and hope -- for the hearing impaired.
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• Instant Replay: Cain KO'd in first inning, Wheeler beats Giants
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Matt Cain couldn't escape the first inning, his replacement Mike Kickham didn't fare much better, and the Giants were swept by the Mets.
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• Gaudin's lawyer issues statement on gross lewdness charge
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Chad Gaudin's lawyer issued a statement Wednesday afternoon in response to news leaking of a "gross lewdness" charge against the Giants pitcher.
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• Kickham optioned after sparing bullpen in loss
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Mike Kickham received little thanks for coming to the aid of the Giants' taxed bullpen Wednesday. The lefty is heading back down.
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• Mets 7, Giants 2
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  By Steve Kroner     In each of Matt Cain's first 253 career starts, he made it through the first inning. On Wednesday, that streak ended with start No. 254...
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• Full statement from Chad Gaudin's lawyer
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  From Chad Gaudin's lawyer, Dominic Gentile: On January 27, 2013, Chad Gaudin was examined in the emergency room of a local hospital while experiencing symptoms believed...
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• Matt Cain ineffective as San Francisco Giants lose again
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Matt Cain departs before end of first inning as Giants are swept by lowly New York Mets
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• Cain exits in first as Giants swept by Mets
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Matt Cain had the shortest start of his career and the Giants couldn't get much going against former prospect Zack Wheeler in a 7-2 loss to the Mets on Wednesday at AT&T...
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• Live chat: Inside the San Francisco Giants, Friday at 2 p.m.
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  What's behind the Giants' struggles? Beat writer Alex Pavlovic will answer this and other questions during a live chat on Friday.
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• Ironman Pence doesn't want All-Star break to rest
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Whenever Giants outfielder Hunter Pence, who was chosen as one of five candidates for the National League Final Vote balloting that will run through Thursday, takes the...
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• Gaudin faces lewdness charge from Jan. arrest
  From the Web › SI.com
  LAS VEGAS -- A San Francisco Giants pitcher accused of touching a woman's breast at a Las Vegas hospital earlier this year now faces a lewdness charge.
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• Giants' Matt Cain pulled in first inning
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain is pulled Wednesday after 2/3 of an inning, three earned runs
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• Casilla says he's ready to come off disabled list
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants reliever Santiago Casilla told reporters before Wednesday's game that he feels good and that he expects to be able to come off the disabled list Thursday when the...
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• Bochy getting first look at former prospect Wheeler
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Wednesday not only gave Giants fans their first glimpse at what the club's former first-round selection Zack Wheeler could have done at AT&T Park, but it also marked the...
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• 'Tributes for Heroes' winners set for ASG
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Major League Baseball and PEOPLE magazine on Wednesday announced the 30 winners of the "Tribute for Heroes" campaign, a national initiative that recognizes veterans and...
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• Just when you thought the Giants season couldn't get any worse
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Less than an hour ago we learned about Chad Gaudin getting arrested for lewdness. Then the Giants-Mets game started and Matt Cain came in and pitched all of two-thirds...
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• Gross lewdness charge for Giants' Gaudin
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The struggling Giants took another hit on Wednesday, this time for an off the field incident involving pitcher Chad Gaudin.
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• SF Giants pitcher Chad Gaudin charged with lewdness (UPDATE)
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  San Francisco Giants pitcher Chad Gaudin has been charged with lewdness after allegedly groping a woman on a gurney in a Las Vegas hospital, the Las Vegas Review-Journal...
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• Gaudin charged with misdemeanor in Las Vegas
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  It just keeps getting worse for the Giants. Right-hander Chad Gaudin has been charged with lewdness, according to a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The report...
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• San Francisco Giants' pitcher Chad Gaudin faces lewdness charge
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Chad Gaudin was arrested in January for touching a woman at a Las Vegas hospital, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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• Giants lineup: Posey back to catch Matt Cain
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Kensuke Tanaka will get another start in left field backing up Matt Cain as the Giants look to salvage the series vs. New York. TV: 12 p.m. CSNBA
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• Giants notes: Casilla close, scouting Wheeler, etc.
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants' 10-6 loss to the Mets on Tuesday left fans missing Santiago Casilla. They may not have to yearn for his services much longer.
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• Giants set to face Mets' Wheeler
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  Steve Kroner subbing for Henry Schulman for the finale of the three-game series against the Mets: The Mets will start Zack Wheeler (2-1, 4.29 ERA), whom they acquired...
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• Wednesday's Giants/Mets lineups
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Giants looking to avoid a sweep ... Blanco CF Tanaka LF Posey C Sandoval 3B Pence RF Belt 1B Abreu 2B Crawford SS Cain RHP Young LF Murphy 2B Wright 3B Davis 1B Byrd RF...
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• Chad Gaudin faces one count of "open and gross lewdness" in Las Vegas
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Saw this via Deadspin, which saw reported in today's Las Vegas Review-Journal. Giants pitcher Chad Gaudin was arrested back in January after allegedly groping a woman...
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• Mets' Wheeler looking forward to facing organization that drafted him
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  WARNING: If - on the heels of another tough loss that came on the heels of a 16-inning loss that came on the heels of, well, many, many losses - you have no desire to...
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• Giants facing ex-farmhand Zack Wheeler of Mets Wednesday
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Mets rookie pitcher Zack Wheeler hopes to show Giants what they missed when they traded him to New York two years ago
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• Extra Baggs: Giants can't perfume over stink of another loss
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  After setting the stage for a grand slam, Jeremy Affeldt's postgame comments suggest optimism is dwindling in the Giants' clubhouse.
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• Giants set to face former first-round pick Wheeler
  From the Web › MLB.com
  On Wednesday afternoon -- nearly two years after Zack Wheeler was traded to the Mets in the Deadline deal that sent Carlos Beltran to San Francisco -- the 23-year-old...
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• Brian Wilson nearing return?
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Former Giants closer Brian Wilson is working his way back to the big leagues.
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• Instant Replay: Mets slam Giants to another loss
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants fell 10-6 to the Mets Tuesday, thanks to New York's five-run eighth, to suffer the seventh loss in their last eight games.
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• Byrd's grand slam helps Mets beat Giants again
  From the Web › SI.com
  The latest MLB news, scores, stats, fantasy analysis, and mock drafts as well as the best MLB writers and photos from SI.com.
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• Giants buried by Mets' five-run eighth
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  San Francisco Giants roster moves for naught in 10-6 loss
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• Tanaka a bright spot as Giants fall to Mets
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Kensuke Tanaka's debut represented one of the few energizing forces for the Giants in a 10-6 loss to the Mets on Tuesday.
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• SF Giants crushed, now have worse record than the Cubs
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  By Henry Schulman There was a strange sight at AT&T Park on Tuesday night. No, no, no. Not a win. The Mets scored five in the eighth and crushed the Giants 10-6. The...
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• Mets 10, Giants 6 — final version
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  SAN FRANCISCO – There's only so much the Giants can do to extricate themselves from the mess they created the first half of the season. Yet, that isn't keeping...
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• Giants bring up Tanaka in place of Gillespie
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Kensuke Tanaka's Spring Training stint with the Giants was one he would like to forget, but after starring in Japan, he thinks his talent is finally translating across...
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• Kickham returns as Sanchez goes on DL
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Two days after the Giants optioned pitcher Mike Kickham to Triple-A Fresno, he was back in San Francisco to help provide some relief for the bullpen following Monday's...
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• Quirky Pence appreciates fans' support
  From the Web › MLB.com
  In less than a year since the Phillies traded him to the Giants, Hunter Pence has endeared himself to the San Francisco fan base. With diving catches in the outfield...
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• Giants notes: Looking for lightning from Francoeur and Tanaka
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Can Jeff Francoeur provide what Pat Burrell gave the Giants in 2010? Will Kensuke Tanaka be a spark? The Giants sure hope so.
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• Mets-Giants lineups for Tuesday night's game
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  The Mets and Giants play the second of a three-game series Tuesday night, with Barry Zito opposing Dillon Gee. The Mets won the first game of the series, 4-3 in 16...
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• Giants lineup: Tanaka to make MLB debut
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Kensuke Tanaka will make his MLB debut for the San Francisco Giants starting in left field and batting second in the order.
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• Giants make flurry of moves: Add Tanaka and Kickham, DFA Gillespie
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  I'm off today (and napping mostly, if you're wondering). Steve Corkran is covering the team tonight, but I figured I'd jump in for a sec because of a flurry of roster...
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• San Francisco Giants make a bunch of roster moves
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Jeff Francoeur signed to a minor-league deal; Hector Sanchez goes on DL, Kensuke Tanaka and Mike Kickham called up
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• Pence third in NL Final Vote race entering final stretch
  From the Web › MLB.com
  As of the final voting update on Thursday morning, Hunter Pence was running third in the NL Final Vote tally. Fans can vote online, by text or by tweeting with...
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• Giants sign veteran Francoeur to play left field
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Eight games behind the D-backs in the National League West heading into Tuesday night's game, the Giants have signed Jeff Francoeur to play left field, according to the...
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• Giants purchase contract of Tenaka, call up Kickham
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants purchased the contract of Kensuke Tanaka Tuesday in a pair of roster moves prior to Tuesday's game against the Mets.
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• Foul ball, fair game: Chronicle asst. sports editor's moment of baseball shame
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  I almost caught a foul ball at the Giants game last night. Instead, I became a social media punching bag. First of all, let me make this point: I have caught a ball in a...
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• UPDATE: Bochy explains Tanaka move for SF Giants
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  UPDATE, 6:10 p.m.: The Giants have reached the point where the questions isn't why they brought a certain player to San Francisco, but why not? Take manager Bruce...
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• Giants' Belt joins rare company in 16-inning loss
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants and Mets played 16 innings Monday night, giving Brandon Belt enough at-bats to join an unappealing group.
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• Recently released Francoeur signs on with Giants
  From the Web › SI.com
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