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Category Archives: GBC Readers
GBC Reader 22-3: What the Giants Did at Trade Deadline and Why; Big Brother Comcast is Still the Worst
One thing can be said for Farhan Zaidi: he is precise. And he absolutely has to be for any of what he has authored to work. In this age of sabermetrics-driven baseball, the tiniest, measurable difference in the skills of … Continue reading
REPOST OF Last GBC Reader of 2021: If Moneyball Mostly Dies in the DS, and Has Never Won it All, Do We Really Want to Commit?
[Ed. Note – WELCOME NEW READERS – This was the last post of LAST season. Reposting it today, July 24th, 2022, in advance of the game down in Chavez Ravine later today because I want to bring up questions I … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Final Post, GBC Readers
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Giants Win Season Series With Milwaukee Aided by Game-Winning Score From Bases Loaded Balk in Eighth; Gauntlet of 17 Straight Games Concludes Today; Is Everybody Trade-able?
The Giants defeated Milwaukee Saturday night by standing still while they flinched. It would be easy to say the Giants had no business winning this one – I’m sure that’s what the east coast media thinks – but that viewpoint … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, etiquette, GauntletII, GBC Readers, Mid Series Reports, TradeDeadline
Tagged alex, baseball, belt, Brandon, Brebbia, Brewers, camilo, Carlos, Cobb, corner, Crawford, Crew, David, Dominic, doval, francisco, Gabe, Garcia, Giants, henry, Jarlin, Joc, John, Junis, Kapler, league, Leone, Llovera, Logan, major, Marte, Mauricio, Mercedes, mike, milwaukee, mlb, national, Pederson, Rodon, rogers, san, schulman, SF, Shillman, tyler, Villar, Webb, Wood, Yastrzemski, Yermin, Yunior
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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
Posted in bats, Commentary, GBC Readers, Relief Pitching
Tagged Alcantara, baseball, Brady, bullpen, corner, francisco, Gabe, gap, gbc, generation, Giants, Gonzalez, Guardado, Jake, Jeff, Joc, Junis, Kapler, Kathryn, Keown, Klopfer, league, Luis, major, Maria, marlins, miami, mlb, national, nick, Pederson, Pollack, reader, san, Sandy, SF, Xu, Young
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GBC Reader 22-1: First Giants Baseball Corner Reader of 2022 Season
Greetings and welcome to GBC Reader number one for the season. The GBC Readers are this site’s compendium of contemporaneously relevant links by others covering the Giants at any given point in the season. The category “GBC Readers” includes them … Continue reading
Last GBC Reader of 2021: If Moneyball Mostly Dies in the DS, and Has Never Won it All, Do We Really Want to Commit?
This season was mathemagical and lucky. The Dodgers were the better team, that a few times only lost because of an error by one guy (Bellinger, Jansen, Turner). To their credit, our Giants seized the mistakes. The Giants played unbelievably … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Final Post, GBC Readers
Tagged baseball, corner, dodgers, Farhan, francisco, Gabe, Giants, Kapler, last, league, major, management, manager, mlb, money, moneyball, national, nemesis, payroll, post, sabermetrics, san, seaso, SF, Zaidi
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300th Post
Eleven years ago, I came home from a Giants game and wrote up a description of it, and Giants Baseball Corner was born. The Giants had not yet won a World Series in San Francisco. This is my 300th post. … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Final Post, GBC Readers, history, NLWest
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Giants Sweep Rockies on the Road Again; Stay Two Games Up in Division with Six Left to Play at the Yard
Beat reporters Maria Guardado (SF) and Juan Toribio (LA) collaborated to say it best in, One Week to Win the West, posted tonight to answer FAQs about the Giants-Dodgers rivalry and the last week of the season. Everything is up … Continue reading
Posted in GBC Readers, Post Game Blasts, Road Trips, SCRBRDWatch, Series Recaps, SFG Off Day Posts
Tagged baseball, belt, Brandon, camilo, Castro, colorado, dodgers, doval, francisco, Gausman, Giants, Kervin, Kevin, lad, league, major, national, rockies, san, SFG, sweep
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GBC Reader No. 5 – Tidrow Passes, Giants Select Fourth-Ever Indian-American Player in MLB Draft, Start Second Half in St. Louis Tonight
Before we launch into the second half, we mourn the loss of the architect of our pitching staff of the first World Series Championships in San Francisco, Dick Tidrow – who died at the age of 74 this week. John … Continue reading
Posted in GBC Readers, PreGame GBCs, Road Trips
Tagged american, baseball, Dick, dies, dirt, Farhan, Giants, Handa, India, Indian, Indian-American, injury, Jonathon Sanchez, league, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Cain, mlb, national, passes, report, Rohan, SFG, speculation, Tidrow, Tim Lincecum, Zaidi
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Giants Salvage Road Trip (3-3), Win Road Series in AZ (3-1), Remain in First Place in NL West at Halfway Mark of Season
In the first half of the 2021 MLB season, the San Francisco Giants exceeded expectations, leaping to the top of the NL West in April, staying in first in May and June and making it to 83 games without relinquishing … Continue reading
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Giants Handle Cubs 3-1 but Sustain Injuries; Longo Out at least a Month; PLUS Sabermetrics/Injury/Trade Report
In the ninth inning of the last game of a series we had already won, in a collision between two excellent veteran infielders going hard for a ball that was of indefinable responsibility (probably because of all the shifting), we … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, GBC Readers, pitchers, Relief Pitching, Series Recaps, SFG Off Day Posts, steals
Tagged Brandon, Bruce, carcher, chicago, Crawford, cubs, Evan, francisco, Giants, giantsTagsbaseball, injury, knee, league, Longoria, major, Maxwell, mlb, national, report, san, SFG, trade
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Desclafani Solid, Giants Support Him, Slater Wins the Day, Bullpen Doesn’t Blow It, McGee Gets 8th Save
Game one of the three game series between the NL West division-leading San Francisco Giants and the half-game back and charging San Diego Padres at Oracle was a back and forth affair that ended with young Camilo Doval getting a … Continue reading
Despite Series Loss in Colorado, Giants Remain a Half-Game in First in the NL West; Happy 90th Revolution Around the Sun to Willie Mays
Our greatest weakness now has become glaring: win or lose, we have a terrible ‘pen, likely to give up one or more runs once they’re handed the ball. Bullpen losses are the worst, gut-punching. They un-do all the good of … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, GBC Readers, Relief Pitching, Road Trips, Series Recaps
Tagged 90th, baseball, birthday, blown, bullpen, camilo, colorado, doval, francisco, Giants, Jake, league, loss, Magee, major, Mays, national, punch, rockies, san, save, series, SFG, willie
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Gausman Outduels Musgrove, Giants Retain First in NL West; Face 7-Inning Double Header in Colorado
The Giants avoided the sweep in San Diego in impressive fashion as our ace Kevin Gausman threw six strong innings and scored twice, while new Giant Mike Tauchman homered and drove in four runs. Giants 7, Padres 1. Musgrove was … Continue reading
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GBC Reader Vol. 2, Issue 3: Thankful to Turn the Calendar Page
The first month of the season was turbulent, chaotic and unpredictable. MadBum ripped two home runs on Opening Day, the only pitcher in history to achieve such a feat, and we lost. We scored a bunch of runs in the … Continue reading
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Hang Around, Hang Around, Hang Around and We’ll Punch ‘Em in the ‘Pen with Pinch Hitters is Fascinating, and Hella Exciting From the Seventh Inning On, But Not a Championship Philosophy
The trade deadline is now eight days away. The Nemesis swept the Giants over all four games of a series at the Ravine for the first time in 27 years to add to the brace they “swept,” back in May, … Continue reading →