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• MVPosey: Giants catcher is NL's most valuable
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Buster Posey's triumph in the voting for the National League Most Valuable Player Award, as conducted by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, probably caused...
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• Buster Posey first catcher in 40 years to win NL MVP award
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  The Giants' Buster Posey was the runaway winner for National League Most Valuable Player honors Thursday, claiming 27 of the 32 first-place votes. Posey was listed in...
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• San Francisco Giants sing the praises of Buster Posey
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Catcher Buster Posey was key to World Series champion San Francisco Giants
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• Big day for Buster Posey, plus news on World Series video
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  The National League Most Valuable Player award will be announced on the MLB Network shortly after 3 p.m. PST today with Buster Posey favored to win. This would be the...
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• Affeldt, Giants complete 3-year, $18 million deal
  From the Web › SI.com
  SAN FRANCISCO -- Jeremy Affeldt wanted some job security -- and the reliable reliever got it.
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• GIANTS NOTES: Affeldt, Giants make it Facebook official; Posey predictions; Twitter, meet Belt
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Wanting stability for his three young sons, left-hander Jeremy Affeldt sought a long-term commitment after helping the Giants win a second World Series title in three...
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• San Francisco Giants will have Jeremy Affeldt in bullpen for three more years
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Marco Scutaro and Angel Pagan still playing the field, but San Francisco Giants want them both to return
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• Affeldt, Giants complete 3-year deal for $18M
  From the Web › ESPN
  Jeremy Affeldt made it known he needed some job security -- and the reliable reliever got it.
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• San Francisco Giants and reliever Jeremy Affeldt make it official
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Left-handed set-up reliver signs three year contract for a reported $6 million per year
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• Affeldt, Giants complete 3-year deal
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Left-hander Jeremy Affeldt and the San Francisco Giants havecompleted an $18 million, three-year contract.
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• HOF announces memorabilia for Giants exhibit
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's Autumn Glory exhibit, which honors World Series champions, opens Friday with numerous artifacts from the Giants' road to their...
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• San Francisco Giants' catcher Buster Posey expected to win NL MVP in a landslide
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Buster Posey fills just about every definition of what an MVP is about
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• Indispensable Posey will add MVP to hardware haul
  From the Web › MLB.com
  It's virtually impossible to picture anyone other than the Giants' Buster Posey winning the National League Most Valuable Player Award.
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• Brown taking advantage of second stint in AFL
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Top Giants prospect Gary Brown is taking advantage of his second stint in the Arizona Fall League, posting a .313 average through the first five weeks.
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• The Giants are optimistic about signing Marco Scutaro
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Giants are "optimistic" about re-signing Marco Scutaro and believes that a two-year deal will soon be...
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• GIANTS NOTES: Bochy finishes third in Manager of Year voting
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Just as he did two years ago, Bruce Bochy lifted the World Series trophy but came up short of winning the National League Manager of the Year award. Bochy finished third...
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• Nats' Davey Johnson beats Bruce Bochy for NL Manager of the Year
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  Had members of the Baseball Writers Association of America submitted their votes after the World Series, the outcome for National League Manager of the Year might have...
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• Giants' Bruce Bochy bypassed for National League Manager of the Year
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy comes in third in National League Manager of the Year voting, behind winner Davey Johnson of the Washington Nationals and Dusty...
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• Bochy third in NL Manager of the Year voting
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Though Bruce Bochy didn't win the National League Manager of the Year Award, San Francisco's skipper remains highly regarded within the baseball industry. Winning two...
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• MLB.com has you covered with great holiday gifts
  From the Web › MLB.com
  With the holiday season right around the corner, check out all of the great gifts MLB.com has to offer at great prices.
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• Giants poised to bring back Affeldt
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Giants will reportedly ink veteran left-handed reliever Jeremy Affeldt to a three-year deal worth around $18 million.
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• Lefty reliever Affeldt, Giants agree to 3-year deal
  From the Web › SI.com
  SAN FRANCISCO -- A person familiar with the negotiations says left-hander Jeremy Affeldt and the San Francsico Giants are closing in on a three-year contract.
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• Report: Affeldt, Giants agree to three-year deal
  From the Web › ESPN
  Left-hander Jeremy Affeldt and the San Francisco Giants have agreed to terms on a three-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations said Monday...
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• Report says SF Giants, Jeremy Affeldt close to three-year deal
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  I'm working on confirming a report from CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman that the Giants have reached an agreement on a three-year deal with left-handed reliever Jeremy...
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• Report: Affeldt, Giants close in on 3-year deal
  From the Web › ESPN
  Left-hander Jeremy Affeldt and the San Francisco Giants have agreed to terms on a three-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations said Monday...
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• Source: Affeldt, Giants near deal
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  A person familiar with the negotiations says left-hander JeremyAffeldt and the San Francsico Giants are closing in on a three-yearcontract.
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• Report: San Francisco Giants, Jeremy Affeldt agree to three-year, $18 million deal
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  The Giants reportedly reached an agreement with free-agent relief pitcher Jeremy Affeldt on a three-year, $18 million contract Monday night
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• Baggs' NL Rookie of the Year ballot
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  Now that the National League Rookie of the Year winner has been announced, Giants Insider Andrew Baggarly breaks down his own ballot and Bryce Harper's historic...
  Share • November 12, 2012 at 5:40 PM
• Jeremy Affeldt's deal with Giants expected to be $18 million
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Last week Jeremy Affeldt and the Giants were said to be close to a three-year contract and now both Buster Olney of ESPN.com and Bob Nightengale of USA Today report that...
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• Giants' Bochy quietly building Hall of Fame resume
  From the Web › MLB.com
  No manager did a better job than the Giants' Bruce Bochy in 2012. However, his strength is also one of his weaknesses when it comes to the voting for National League...
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• Cut4: Panda rocks custom jersey at Niners game
  From the Web › MLB.com
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• Melky Cabrera attracting interest from at least five teams
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  You know the story by now. Melky Cabrera was busted for PED use this summer, tried to skirt his 50-game suspension by building a fake supplement supply website, and then...
  Share • November 10, 2012 at 6:40 PM
• Third arrest made in Muni bus destruction after San Francisco Giants World Series win
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  San Francisco police have made a third arrest in connection with the destruction of a city transit bus when World Series celebrations got out of hand.
  Share • November 10, 2012 at 2:40 PM
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• Baseball continues to assist storm relief efforts
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Major League Baseball announced Friday that in conjunction with the Major League Baseball Players' Association a donation of $1 million is being made to benefit the...
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• Cut4: Romo drops puck at hockey game
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• MLB awards: Who will win MVP, Cy Young and who should win?
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Buster Posey, Mike Trout, Miguel Cabrera, Bryce Harper, Justin Verlander and Clayton Kershaw head a star-studded cast of nominees for Major League Baseball's version of...
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• Sale of Giants in '92 paved way for renaissance
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Anniversaries can simply mark the passage of time. Or they can symbolize something deeper. Come Saturday, 20 years will have passed since owners of National League...
  Share • November 9, 2012 at 4:40 PM
• Jeremy Affeldt and the Giants moving toward a three-year deal
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  The headline says it all. Here is the reportage: The #SFGiants are confident they will be resigning Jeremy Affeldt, likely to 3-year deal. — Bob Nightengale...
  Share • November 9, 2012 at 1:40 PM
• Peninsula man charged in Giants World Series violence
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  A Daly City man pleaded not guilty Thursday to breaking a window of a San Francisco Muni bus destroyed during the violent revelry after the Giants' World Series...
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• Baseball: Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane awarded
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane has been voted the Sporting News Major League Baseball Executive of the Year
  Share • November 8, 2012 at 9:40 PM
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• Zito to be honored with annual Hutch Award
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Barry Zito already had a pretty impressive year going, but the Giants left-hander topped it off on Thursday with the announcement that he is the winner of the 48th...
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• Posey adds Silver Slugger to awards haul
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Buster Posey won the Silver Slugger Award as the National League's top offensive catcher, as announced live Thursday on MLB Network.
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• Another award for Buster Posey, and one for Barry Zito
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  Buster Posey has won the Silver Slugger Award as the best-hitting catcher in the National League in a vote of coaches and managers. He is the first Giant to win since...
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• Posey wins Silver Slugger Award
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Major League Baseball handed out the Silver Slugger Awards on Thursday to the top offensive player in the American League and National League.
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• Series champions are well represented in GIBBYs
  From the Web › MLB.com
  As newly crowned World Series champions, it figured that San Francisco Giants nominees appeared in numerous GIBBY Awards categories.
  Share • November 8, 2012 at 1:40 PM
• Hunter Pence is going to be back with the Giants in 2013
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Pop quiz, hot shot! You traded for an outfielder in the middle of the year who often looked helpless at the plate. He was a nice guy and had character, though, serving...
  Share • November 8, 2012 at 5:40 AM
• Buster Posey, Yadier Molina look to catch MVP award
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  The San Francisco Giants' Buster Posey and the St. Louis Cardinals' Yadier Molina are vying to join a select group of major league catchers with MVP awards
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• Cut4: Panda rewards hoops fans
  From the Web › MLB.com
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• Sabean says Pence will 'be a Giant next year'
  From the Web › ESPN
  San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean can guarantee that outfielder Hunter Pence will be back with the team in 2013. He is not close to ready to make the...
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• Polls: Vote on who should win MLB's major awards
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Vote on who should win MLBs major awards.
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• San Francisco Giants' Buster Posey heads list of finalists for NL MVP
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Yoenis Cespedes, Bob Melvin and Bruce Bochy also up for baseball awards
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• Buster Posey, Bruce Bochy among finalists for BBWAA awards
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  John Shea on the BBWAA awards beat . . . Buster Posey. Of course Buster Posey. The finalists for all awards produced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America were...
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• San Francisco Giants, Oakland A's each have two finalists for the major baseball awards
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Buster Posey, Yoenis Cespedes among the finalists for the four major awards presented by the baseball writers
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• Bochy a finalist for NL Manager of the Year
  From the Web › MLB.com
  For the first time, baseball's annual individual awards will be presented live on television next week on MLB Network, with the announcement of four major awards as...
  Share • November 7, 2012 at 3:40 PM
• Giants fan releases new version of 'We are the Champions' to celebrate 2012 title
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Ashkon, the Bay Area artist who captured the Giants 2010 season with his version of 'Don't Stop Believin', waited until after the parade to deliver for 2012 fans by...
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• The guy who smashed the bus window in San Francisco pleads not guilty
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  You know that guy, Gregory Graniss, who smashed the bus window after the Giants won the World Series? Oh, I'm sorry ALLEGEDLY smashed the bus window? Yeah, he pleaded...
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• 'Bucks on the Pond' heads to the World Series
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Andrew Gutierrez owns Sign-A-Rama in Union City, Calif., and a day before the 108th World Series began, he bought four standing-room-only tickets at $400 a pop "on...
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• Posey is players' choice for NL's top comeback
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants catcher Buster Posey added another award for his stellar 2012 season, picking up the Players Choice Award for National League Comeback Player of the...
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• Report: Giants' Cabrera gets full playoff share
  From the Web › ESPN
  Melky Cabrera, who was suspended 50 games and left off the San Francisco Giants postseason roster, will still receive a full playoff share per union rules, according to...
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• GIANTS NOTES: Patriotic Pence; Bye, Eli; Another Anthem; "Comeback Kings"
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  I was planning on putting something up on the blog today purely because Pence Flag needs to be waving at the top of this blog for a few uninterrupted days. And then we...
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• Yankees claim Whiteside off waivers from Giants
  From the Web › FOX Sports
  Giving themselves another backup catching option, the New YorkYankees have claimed Eli Whiteside off waivers from the SanFrancisco Giants.
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• Crawford named Giants' top defender
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Shortstop Brandon Crawford was recognized for his vast range, strong arm and deft reflexes by being named the Giants' top defender in the Wilson Defensive Player of the...
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• Giants lose Whiteside to Yanks on waiver claim
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Giants lost another backup catcher to the Yankees on Monday afternoon, as New York claimed Eli Whiteside on waivers from San Francisco.
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• Yankees claim catcher Eli Whiteside from SF Giants
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  The Yankees really like Giants catchers. In April they acquired Chris Stewart (for George Kontos) and today they have claimed Eli Whiteside on outright waivers. Johnny...
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• New York Yankees claim San Francisco Giants catcher Eli Whiteside off waivers
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  San Francisco Giants backup catcher Eli Whiteside was claimed off waivers by the New York Yankees on Monday
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• Yankees claim catcher Eli Whiteside off waivers from the Giants
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  The Yankees announced this evening that they have claimed catcher Eli Whiteside off waivers from the Giants. It's your move, Russell Martin. Whiteside, 33, appeared in...
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• Giants don't plan on relaxing, eye repeat in 2013
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Next for the Giants comes the part of winning the World Series that's most challenging: defending the title. Fortunately for the Giants, several of their key performers...
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• Cut4: San Francisco Zoo names monkey after Romo
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• San Francisco school district loses big because 4,100 students skipped school for Giants parade
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Thousands of San Francisco kids apparently skipped school to attend last week's Giants World Series parade
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• The Giants win the World Series again
  From the Web › HardballTalk
  Yomiuri, that is: [Shinnosuke] Abe drove in the tiebreaking run in the seventh and the Yomiuri bullpen took it from there, as the Giants won the Japan Series with a 4-3...
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• The 100 best photos from the Giants' World Series run
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  Today, we wanted to take time to honor the incredible photographers who captured the San Francisco Giants' 2012 World Series run. Every time you picked up the paper or...
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• Hamilton, Goodwin shine bright in Rising Stars Game
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Both Billy Hamilton of the Reds and Brian Goodwin of the Nationals had their skills on display as 5,731 fans came to Salt River Fields at Talking Stick to watch...
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• Mark Purdy: Are the San Francisco Giants a dynasty?
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  The most ridiculous debate of this past week has been whether the Giants' second championship in two years is proof that they constitute a dynasty. It is a ridiculous...
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• Despite adversity, Giants flourished in 2012
  From the Web › MLB.com
  It's often said that weathering rough times makes people appreciate the good times more. So it was with the Giants, who surged to their second World Series triumph in...
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• Baseball donates $1 million for Sandy relief efforts
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Major League Baseball announced Friday that in conjunction with the Major League Baseball Players' Association a donation of $1 million is being made to benefit the...
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• Parade: Giants and fans celebrate
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Relive the Giants 2012 World Series championship with photos from the Bay Area News Group.
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• World Series Game 1
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Relive the Giants 2012 World Series championship with photos from the Bay Area News Group.
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• World Series Game 2
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Relive the Giants 2012 World Series championship with photos from the Bay Area News Group.
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• World Series Game 3
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Relive the Giants 2012 World Series championship with photos from the Bay Area News Group.
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• World Series Game 4
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Relive the Giants 2012 World Series championship with photos from the Bay Area News Group.
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