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Forget the fluffy, full-head panda masks for Pablo Sandoval, orBrian Wilson's lookalike bushy beards. So last year. Lately, it'sall about the baby...
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Forget the fluffy, full-head panda masks for Pablo Sandoval, or Brian Wilson's lookalike bushy beards. So last year. Lately, it's all about the baby...
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When San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson went onto the disabled list on August 16 for right elbow...
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Next year, the Giants are going to pay $15 millionto a pitcher whose career record is now 68-72. Are they NUTS? Well, no. The pitcher is Matt Cain, and he deserves that...
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
Next year, the Giants are going to pay $15 million to a pitcher whose career record is now 68-72. Are they NUTS? Well, no. The pitcher is Matt Cain, and he deserves that...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
Belt decides to play winter ball after allSAN DIEGO -- Brandon Belt wasn't excited when Giants officials broached the subject of playing winter ball.
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
We West Coast writers have a reputation for being soft. If you're talking around the belt line, well, I'll plead guilty there, though Andy Baggarly of...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Matt Cain made his 200th career start Wednesday, all for the Giants, and it ended like far too many before it. He was great, and then he lost.
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From the Web › The Mercury News
The Giants will open the 2012 season at Arizona on April 6 and play their home opener April 13 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, according to a tentative schedule obtained...
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Last season, the San Diego Padres were battling for the NL West title before losing out on the last day of the regular season to the eventual World Series champion San...
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
Aaron Harang threw seven strong innings and Cameron Maybin had two hits and an RBI as the Padres dealt another blow to the Giants ' fading playoff hopes with a...
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Aaron Harang threw seven strong innings and Cameron Maybin hadtwo hits and an RBI as the San Diego Padres dealt a big blow to theSan Francisco Giants' fading...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Matt Cain allowed a leadoff home run but just two runs in seven innings. It wasn't enough to avoid another hard-luck loss, however, as the Giants...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
SAN DIEGO -- Matt Cain reached a couple of impressive plateaus Wednesday afternoon.He became the seventh pitcher in the Giants' San Francisco era to make 200...
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Aaron Harang threw seven strong innings and Cameron Maybin had two hits and an RBI as the San Diego Padres dealt a big blow to the San Francisco Giants' fading...
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From the Web › HardballTalk
From beat writer Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News comes word that Giants closer Brian Wilson “aired it out” during a 22-pitch bullpen...
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
General manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy invited several players into Bochy's office after Sunday's loss against Arizona to make sure they...
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
Brian Wilson's comeback from a strained right elbow took a big turn today when he threw 22 pitches off the mound, fairly hard, and felt no ill effects. "It...
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Police Department issued a missing person report Wednesday regarding Billy Chamberlain, the long-time Giants fan who has gone missing. Chamberlain...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Managers Bruce Bochy and Bud Black have announced their lineups for Wednesday's series finale in San Diego.
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From the Web › The Mercury News
The Giants go for a series sweep (!), and yes, Brett Pill is in there. So is Justin Christian. Either Bruce Bochy had a change of heart, or Aubrey Huff’s back...
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On Sept. 6, Brett Pill made his Major League Baseball debut with the San Francisco Giants. He smacked a home run in his first at-bat, becoming the first Giants player to...
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On Sept. 6, something happened to the San Francisco Giants that has not happened in quite some time. The team finally gained some ground in the National League West...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Day games for the local nines on a gorgeous Wednesday in the Bay Area. Let's get started early, then, with our daily quintet of MLB-related questions to chew on...
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The official countdown to Carlos Beltran's farewell startedweeks ago, although the realists in the organization said theirgoodbyes in spring training. Either...
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SAN FRANCISCO - From the franchise that brought you a miracle in1969, taught you "Ya gotta believe" in 1973 and watched MookieWilson's grounder roll...
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As expected, the Dodgers announced that Juan Uribe will undergo season-ending sports hernia surgery, bringing a premature end to his disastrous first season in Los...
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San Francisco still owes Barry Zito 19 million next season, 20 million in 2013, and a 7 million buyout in 2014, but when asked yesterday about the left-handers future...
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San Francisco still owes Barry Zito $19 million next season, $20 million in 2013, and a $7 million buyout in 2014, but when asked yesterday about the...
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With his team's back planted firmly against the wall in the National League West, San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy was looking for someone, anyone, to...
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On the hot and barren fields of the Giants' minor-league spring trainingfacility, with attendance that could be measured in the tens, firstbaseman Brett Pill...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Justin Christian still needs a name on his road jersey, but the journeyman has already contributed to a crucial Giants win. Our MLB Insider thinks he is one of a few new...
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
If I do this job for 100 years, and I'm only two years shy, I will never tire of watching a player get his first major-league hit. I imagine the adrenaline rush...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
Let's start at the top, with Justin Christian. He began the year at Double-A Richmond. If you don't count his stint with Los Mochis in the Mexican...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
Rookie homers in first big league trip to plate
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From the Web › FOX Sports
If the San Francisco Giants can continue taking advantage ofteams that are all but out of the playoff race over the final threeweeks, then they could still have a shot...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
Christian follows long road back to the majorsSAN DIEGO -- Justin Christian is 31 years old and had played in 24 major league games before batting leadoff and going 1...
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From the Web › FOX Sports
Rookies Brett Pill and Eric Surkamp had a night to remember,even as their San Francisco Giants are trying desperately to catchthe Arizona Diamondbacks.
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Brett Pill hit a two-run home run in his first MLB at-bat and San Francisco held on to win and gain a game in the N.L. West standings thanks to a late Colorado comeback...
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
- Manager Bruce Bochy insists he is managing to win the National League West, and if he believes a September-ish lineup featuring three rookies ages 24, 26 and 31 gives...
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Brett Pill hit a two-run homer in his first big league at-bat, Eric Surkamp earned his first major league win and the San Francisco Giants had to escape a bases-loaded...
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
- Andres Torres did not become a major-league regular until he turned 32 last year. So, if anyone tells Justin Christian he cannot do it, all he need do is point toward...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
In his first major league at bat, Giants first baseman Brett Pill launched a two-run home run against the Padres in San Diego.
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
Giants first baseman Brett Pill just homered in his first big-league at-bat, on the second pitch he saw and on his first swing, against Padres left-hander Wade LeBlanc...
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
Here is the lineup, which includes a name most of you don't know: Christian CF, Keppinger 2B, Beltran RF, Ross LF, DeRosa 3B, Pill 1B, Cabrera SS, Stewart C...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
Justin Christian is a 31-year-old with 43 big league plate appearances. Guys like that usually have some stories to tell. Inspiring ones, too. Christian’s...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
A few days ago, GM Brian Sabean said if “it gets ugly” in September, the club would look to win and develop at the same time. Well, they are coming...
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The outlook for the rest of the season for the San Francisco Giants is bleak. In fact, the team is almost guaranteed to not make it to the postseason. Fortunately...
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With the 2011 MLB season coming to a close, it is almost time to start talking about the 2012 season. Nobody will enjoy moving on more than the San Francisco Giants. OK...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Avert your gaze from that daunting spreadsheet for a few minutes and soak up today's set of MLB-related questions, collectively and individually sure to put into...
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
From The Chronicle Sports Desk: The Panda and his bat had a heart-to-heart in the dugout yesterday. The two currently have a very strong relationship. Together, they...
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Gwen Knapp has a troubling story in the Chronicle today. A Giants fan named Billy Chamberlain who has been a fixture outside of the team’s clubhouse for five...
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General manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy invitedseveral players into Bochy's office after Sunday's loss againstArizona to make sure they...
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Copies of an old photo of pitcher Matt Cain, in his baby-faced years, and one of the Giants ' most devoted fans have taken up prime real estate in the...
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Did Bruce Bochy throw away the Giants' last legitimate chance tostay in the N.L. West race Sunday? Without question, it'll be a major topic of debate in...
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
The Diamondbacks can kick back this morning, enjoy some mimosas, maybe watch sailboats in the bay, then come to the yard for a leisurely afternoon of ball. The only...
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
Giants players on Saturday received ballots for the Willie Mac Award, to be announced Friday, named in honor of Willie McCovey and presented to the season's most...
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Vogelsong plans to keep busy during the winterSAN DIEGO -- Pablo Sandoval and the Giants haven't decided whether he will play this winter for Magallanes, his...
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Coming off a deflating loss to the NL West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks, San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy wanted to see signs that the defending World Series...
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Pablo Sandoval and the San Francisco Giants aren't giving up onwinning the NL West, but the task is daunting.
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