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Category Archives: history
Giants Baseball Corner Fully Supports Gabe Kapler’s Decision to Protest, in Reaction to the Massacre in Uvalde, Texas, Through Absence During National Anthem
In the wake of the massacre of 19 children and two of their teachers in a school in Uvalde, Texas, two days ago, the manager of the San Francisco Giants, Gabe Kapler has issued a statement today, entitled, “Home of … Continue reading
Stay Up, Swan, Mind Your Delivery and Work with Staff on Maintenance to Avoid Blisters and Muscle Pulls
Alex “Swan” Cobb is 34 years old and has been in the majors since 2011, when he started for the Tampa Bay Rays, who had drafted him five years earlier. However he missed all of the ’15, ’16 and most … Continue reading
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
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Superstitions, Rally Headgear and the 2021 GBC Glossary of Terms
Glossary of Shorthand Used Often on GBC: Irregular Season – the 60-game, Covid-shortened 2020 season in front of cardboard fans The Manfred Man – name for the free runner on second in extras in the 2020 and ’21 seasons College … Continue reading
GBC’s All-Star Ballot 2021
I rushed it, last second, this year – right at the deadline – so I understand if you have beef about Machado. Longo was going to get my vote til he got hurt. So I made a knee-jerk heart call: … Continue reading
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Brandon Crawford Passes Travis Stonewall Jackson as Longest Tenured Giants Shortstop, Has Magical Night in Giants Win in Texas
No one has ever started more games at shortstop for the Giants than Brandon Crawford. In the 139-season history of the team, on either coast, Crawford stands alone at short having passed Travis Jackson, a Hall-of-Famer who joined the New … Continue reading
Posted in Commemorations, Commentary, history, Series Recaps
Tagged american, baseball, Brandon, Crawford, fame, famer, francisco, Giants, hall, hits, HoF, home, homers, homeruns, Jackson, league, longest, major, mlb, national, new, ny, Rangers, runs, san, seven, seven-hit, SF, short, shortstop, Stonewall, stop, tenured, Texas, Travis, york
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Leading National League West by One Over Pads, Two Over Bums, SF Giants Welcome Weekend Challenge by Nemesis; Giants. Dodgers. Game One.
Giants. Dodgers. Regarded as one of the most competitive and longest-standing rivalries in American baseball, with some observers considering it the greatest sports rivalry of all time, says wiki. Fans of both sides, each and all, have memories of great … Continue reading
Posted in history, PreGame GBCs
Tagged alex, angeles, Anthony, baseball, Bauer, belt, Beuhler, Beuller, Brandon, Buhler, Buster, Crawford, DeSclafani, division, dodgers, Donovan, first, francisco, game, Gausman, Giants, julio, Kevin, leading, league, los, major, mike, national, pitchers, pitching, Posey, rivalry, san, season, Solano, starting, Trevor, Urias, Walker, west, Wood, Yasztremski
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Giants Drop Paired-Chromosome Count on Rox! Win 23 to 5!
An outrageous explosion of offense last night in Colorado was led by five hits and three home runs by Alex Dickerson, but filled with scoring opportunities the Giants capitalized on, as they were 11 for 26 with RISP and left … Continue reading
Covering the SF Giants from 2010 to 2017
Welcome to Giants Baseball Corner Which was an independent view of the San Francisco Giants – some reporting, some fanposts, some history, some theorizing about management or strategy – between 2010 and 2017, all out of love for the baseball … Continue reading
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The 1962 World Series Between The Yanks and Our SF Giants
We’re playing in New York City against the Yankees this week, and immediately my thoughts turn to Willie McCovey whose line drive that could have won the first World Series in San Francisco was caught by Bobby Richardson in Game … Continue reading
Giants in Queens, no wait … I mean Flushing: Common Misconceptions
The New York Metropolitans play in Flushing Meadows, which is kinda … Queens, a borough of New York. There are 5 boroughs. So our history is related to all this: OK. so. Shea stadium was in Flushing. It neighbored Citi … Continue reading
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We Are Down 4-2 and Petit just Got On in the Bottom of the 4th
That’s only his second hit all year, he’s 1 for 25 (heh,heh,heh) – Joe Buck and I am posting this just to mark the moment. (a few days later …) Wow. Using nine different guys in the 9-spot, Bruce Bochy … Continue reading
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About Giants Baseball Corner
As we slowly put Giants Baseball Corner together, the Giants are in chilly Milwaukee to play the Brewers tonight with Barry Zito on the mound. Hank Schulman tweeted today that : If Zito starts with 3 shutout innings, he will … Continue reading
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Concerning the Two Managers in Texas and the Chairman in San Diego, a VIDEO BLOG from mtk
Bruce Bochy, 67, has been hired on a three-year contract to manage the Texas Rangers. Dusty Baker, 73, is about to manage the Houston Astros to the World Series for the second year in row. Meanwhile, the San Diego Padres, … Continue reading →