Category Archives: bats

VIDEO: First Home Run as a Giant by J.D. Davis

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GBC Reader 22-2: The Fifty Game Report; Generation Gap as Giants Use 47 Players and Moneyball Management Continues; Bullpen ERA Balloons; LuGo and Jake Junis Emerge; Kapler Obsessed with PH

The Zaidi/Kapler Era of San Francisco Giants baseball embodies a contemporary generation gap. There was a large, once-in-a-generation group of fans who joined us in support of the Giants during the San Francisco World Series Championships: The Bruce Bochy Era. … Continue reading

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Papierski Debuts Replacing Concussed Casali; Belt Scratched, Wade, Jr, Out; Giants Lose Two to Padres

Mike Papierski is the latest sudden inclusion in the ever-shifting personnel of the Kapler/Zaidi system. The 25-year-old catcher came over to the Giants a week ago in the trade with the Houston Astros for Mauricio Dubón. Curt Casali took a … Continue reading

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Giants Look Sharp, Sweep Guardians in Cleveland; Thairo Estrada Explodes for Four RBI, Alex Wood Goes Five Scoreless, Belt Yards Two-Run Big Fly, Sammy Long Gets First Save

The day game of the series on Sunday was not, as hoped, warmer in Cleveland than the night games as temperatures hovered around 36 degrees, but the Giants, and especially Thairo Estrada, took to the sunshine. They scored eight runs, … Continue reading

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Alex Cobb Debut: Five Innings, Four Hits, Two Earned Runs, Two Walks and Ten K’s; Awakened Giants Bats Hit with RISP, for Ten Runs in First Two Innings

The San Diego Padres came into town with the NL West division lead and beat the guys at Oracle on Monday, Padres 4 – Giants, 2 in the first game of the season series. Alex Wood struck out six over … Continue reading

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Second Low Point of Season, Giants Lose Two in LA and First of Four in Arizona, Start Road Trip (0-3), Dodgers Gain Three

oof. It feels like the Dodgers have seven guys who can eke a home run six inches to a foot past some wall, corner or part of their crappy park stuck in a ditch – sorry, manmade ravine – atop … Continue reading

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The Farhan Zaidi Era Giants Bloom Into Contention

“They have the best record in the National League and are leading a division that also contains the Dodgers and Padres, two teams who have pulled off the kind of boldface moves that would make finishing behind the Giants both … Continue reading

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Michael Andrew Yastrzemski’s First Major League Grand Slam, the 87th Splash Hit at The New Yard

Oski’s http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=31641980

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It’s HOT in the City, Take the OVER – Giants Hope Cueto Stays Dominant and Giant Bats Wake Up

The highlight of this weekend so far was the back-to-back first triples by back-to-back rookies, who were also the 8th and 9th batters on the lineup card. Joey Bart and Mauricio Dubon inked their names into the lovely pages of … Continue reading

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Using Timely Hitting the Giants Open the Yard with a 3-1 Series Win Over the Nemesis

In case you haven’t been paying attention to baseball yet because you’re wrapped up in Warriors or Sharks or The Masters coverage, our San Francisco Giants are looking really good at the plate. Yes, that’s right, THE GIANTS ARE HITTING! … Continue reading

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Led by New Acquisitions, Giants Win with Bats, 12-3, and Cueto, 2-1, in Milwaukee

Blissed-out is how to describe us here at Giants Baseball Corner. The Opening Day game in Milwaukee was a perfect display of what our new lineup is capable of in terms of hitting – and came with the surprise of … Continue reading

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The Triple Kiss

I refer to this broken bat double which swerved into play, as: The Triple Kiss This excellent .gif of The Triple Kiss is by @CorkGaines Hunter Pence knocked in three runs when this ball left his broken bat after a … Continue reading

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Is This Melky Cabrera’s Last Basehit as a Giant?

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Brandon Belt Triple August 2011

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