minor lines, 6/18/13
Tuesday highlight from the Giants' farm: Johnny Monell homered among three hits.AAA: Fresno lost to Reno 14-10(allowing five runs in the 9th inning)Fresno: CF Gary Brown: 2 for 4, 2B, 2 BB, SOF...
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1. Gregor Blanco - LF 2. Marco Scutaro - 2B 3. Buster Posey - C 4. Hunter Pence - RF 5. Brandon Belt - 1B 6. Brandon Crawford - SS 7. Joaquin Arias - 3B 8. Juan Perez - CF 9. Matt Cain - P
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A day of amnesty for Wheeler-related complaints
In 2011, right before the trading deadline, I made a special effort to go to Municipal Stadium because Zack Wheeler was pitching. I told my wife, "We have to see this guy before he's traded." To...
Giants sign Christian Arroyo for slot value
The Giants signed first-round pick Christian Arroyo on Tuesday. The recommended slot value for the #25 pick was $1,866,500. The Giants signed Arroyo for $1,866,500. I don't know if you remember...
Giants lose lead, reclaim it in 8th to stun Padres
I don't think you could have explained this game to a civilian. You were in too deep. Try explaining a Padres/Giants game in June to a normal person. The baseball gods consulted with a focus group...
minor lines, 6/18/13
Tuesday highlight from the Giants' farm: Johnny Monell homered among three hits.AAA: Fresno lost to Reno 14-10(allowing five runs in the 9th inning)Fresno: CF Gary Brown: 2 for 4, 2B, 2 BB, SOF...
A day of amnesty for Wheeler-related complaints
In 2011, right before the trading deadline, I made a special effort to go to Municipal Stadium because Zack Wheeler was pitching. I told my wife, "We have to see this guy before he's traded." To...
Giants sign Christian Arroyo for slot value
The Giants signed first-round pick Christian Arroyo on Tuesday. The recommended slot value for the #25 pick was $1,866,500. The Giants signed Arroyo for $1,866,500. I don't know if you remember...
minor lines, 6/17/13
Monday highlight from the Giants' farm: Johnny Monell doubled twice among three hits.AAA: Fresno lost to Salt Lake 9-6 (10 innings)(after allowing five runs in the 9th inning to tie)Fresno: CF Gary...
Giants sleepwalk, lose in 13
But we'd like to focus on the managerial hilarity, if you don't mind.
Padres/Giants series preview
The Giants are hosting the Padres for a three-game series. Here are the starting lineups for Monday's game: Giants LF - Gary Brown C - Hector Sanchez CF - Darryl Hamilton 2B - Freddy Sanchez's...
Posey's lead in All-Star voting shrinking
America's greatest hero is being challenged by a red horde, just like comic books and HUAC predicted in the '50s.
Forget It, Giants. It's Atlantatown.
The Giants usually lose two games for every win they have in Atlanta. The Giants won in Atlanta on Friday and lost via walk-off on Saturday. So...
minor lines, 6/16/13
Sunday highlights from the Giants' farm: Devin Harris homered twice, and Gary Brown homered and singled.AAA: Fresno lost to Salt Lake 5-2Fresno: CF Gary Brown: 2 for 4, HR, CSFresno: C Jackson...
The Rotation: Your favorite baseball books
We ask our baseball experts about their most loved baseball tomes.
Giants draftees in the College World Series
There are two of them. So buckle up?
minor lines, 6/15/13
Saturday highlights from the Giants' farm: Craig Westcott had 7.0 scoreless IP, and Chris Dominguez, Johnny Monell, John Polonius and Nathanael Javier each homered in a three-hit performance.AAA:...
The least-attended Giants/Braves games of the '70s
Pretend it's a series preview, and we'll get along fine.
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Madison Bumgarner, Giants offense steamroll Braves
Madison Bumgarner had one of his best outings of the year, and the Giants jumped on Kris Medlen to take the first game in Atlanta.
minor lines, 6/14/13
Friday highlights from the Giants' farm: Chris Stratton had 9 K and just 1 R in 6.0 IP, and Chris Gloor had 7.1 scoreless IP.AAA: Fresno lost to Salt Lake 7-5Fresno: 1B Brett Pill: 1 for 4, HRF...
The official opening of trade-rumor season
It begins. The Giants haven't received the best starting pitching this year, and this under-the-radar story has led some of the rumormongers to suggest the Giants are actively looking for starting...
Matt Cain, Giants salvage win
Matt Cain.
Dunning, Sanchez up; Pill down; Ramirez out
Jake Dunning, a right-handed reliever, and Hector Sanchez, a World Series-winning catcher, are up. Brett Pill is going back to Fresno, and Ramon Ramirez might be joining him if he clears waivers.
The offensive offense of the Giants' bench
The Giants aren't supposed to have a bunch of All-Stars on the bench, but they can probably expect a little more than the bench production they've been getting.
Barry Zito bad, Giants bad, everything bad
The offense was okay, I guess.
Kontos sent down, suspended; Bochy just suspended
If they had to do it over again ...
Dodgers, Diamondbacks in wild brawl
So I was sitting at home, getting thrown up on, when I thought I'd check the Internet one ... last ... time .... Goodness. The Dodgers and Diamondbacks got in a brawl. An old-school doozy of a...
