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Batkid heads to the silver screen

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First, there was Batkid Begins, a feature-length documentary telling the story of how the Make-A-Wish Foundation transformed San Francisco into Gotham for then-5-year-old Miles Scott (who's leukemia has since gone into remission) to save. Now, Julia Roberts is turning that documentary into a major motion picture.

Cut4 Who would be your choice to play Batman?

Reminder that Madison Bumgarner is awesome, has a temper

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"I saw him play against Butler High School, a team that was in my conference," Wood said. "Butler had a guy, Mickey Brennan, who was a big football guy. Madison was 93-96 [mph], and he wouldn't miss a spot. He tried to go inside to [Brennan] and missed in, off the plate. He wasn't trying to buzz his tower or anything. Mickey had words for him. Madison literally threw his glove down and said, 'Let's go.' Then, he threw the next one behind his head."

From Braves pitcher Alex Wood, via MLB.com

breaking bad continuing freakout thread ep 15

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IT'S HAPPENING NEW HAMPSHIRE HERE WE COME

Giants signed 16-yr-old Dominican SS Kelvin Beltre

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Per Henry Schulman "Baseball America reports Giants signed 16-yr-old Dominican SS Kelvin Beltre for $650,000. That's about 1/3 of Giants' slot pool of $1.9m."

From twitter

Oh Optimism...

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Obviously, it's impossible to draw any conclusions from any of this, but Sanchez is worth watching as someone who has at least some shot at making the team, perhaps as the second lefty out of the bullpen. He struck out two and walked one, although he did have a wild pitch and an HBP.

Charlie Wilmoth- Bucs Dugout

If we look at what Brian Sabean did ..., it was very Fangraphs-y

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If we look at what Brian Sabean did ..., it was very Fangraphs-y

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/fangraphs-audio-dave-cameron-analyzes-all-baseball-16/

TGWTWS for a third of the years that they've been paying Barry Zito.

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TGWTWS for a third of the years that they've been paying Barry Zito.

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2012/10/29/3572024/san-francisco-giants-world-series-seattle-mariners

Roger (Washington DC) So what did you think about Belt's swing when you got a chance to see him...

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Roger (Washington DC) So what did you think about Belt's swing when you got a chance to see him this weekend? Klaw (2:00 PM) It's not good. Trying to get with Hensley Meulens to discuss it. (By the way, his voicemail starts, "Hi, this is Bam-Bam." How awesome is that?) Belt's got his hands way back and throws his front hip forward - and he didn't do all that crap in the fall league in 2010.

San Francisco Giants pitching prospect Clayton Blackburn has emerged as one of the most intriguing...

San Francisco Giants pitching prospect Clayton Blackburn has emerged as one of the most intriguing prospects in baseball this year. You will be hearing his name more often entering 2013, so let's take a look.

John Sickels on Clayton Blackburn -- a good read. I'm missing Tommy Joseph more with each Hunter Pence strikeout, but at least the Giants held on to Blackburn and Kyle Crick.

The highest upside pitching prospect I’ve seen this season in the South Atlantic league is San...

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The highest upside pitching prospect I’ve seen this season in the South Atlantic league is San Francisco Giants prospect and Augusta GreenJackets right hander Kyle Crick.

Scouting Report Giants Prospect Kyle Crick | Bullpen Banter -- A good read for the prospect hounds.