Blogroll
categories of the corner
Video and Story Archive
- October 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- February 2021
- September 2020
- March 2020
- October 2017
- August 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- October 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- April 2012
- September 2011
- August 2011
- June 2011
- November 2010
- October 2010
- August 2010
GBC Insta
Category Archives: NLWest
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
Giants Games After the Stretch Have Become Must-See-TV No Matter the Score Because of Kapler’s Use of Pinch Hitters and the ‘Pen; Ruf’s First Grand Slam Ties Game in Seventh in Chavez Ravine
The Giants fell behind by five runs down in L.A. and didn’t seem the least bit worried. The defense was again the problem. This time Luis Gonzalez, our great-hitting rookie playing only his second game ever in right field at … Continue reading
Posted in full games, NLWest, Post Game Blasts, Road Trips, TradeDeadline
Tagged Austin, baseball, Bellinger, Betts, bums, Cody, corner, Darin, dave, defense, dodgers, Dom, Dominic, errors, Estrada, Evan, first, francisco, Gabe, Garcia, Gavin, Giants, Gonzalez, grand, Jarlin, Kapler, league, Leone, Longoria, Luis, Lux, major, Mercedes, mlb, Mookie, national, nemesis, Roberts, Ruf, salami, san, SF, slam, Slater, Thairo, Thompson, Trayce, west, Yermin
2 Comments
Giants Start Second Half On the Road in the Division – Against the Nemesis in the Ravine and Wrangling Snakes in the Desert; But Then Play 20 Games in California
It is twelve days until the trade deadline. The second half of the season starts with the Giants in L.A. for four and Arizona for three. Unlike last year and the first half of this season, we know the starting … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, NLWest, SCRBRDWatch, SFG Off Day Posts
Tagged baseball, bums, Carlos, chicago, clayton, corner, cubs, Diamondbacks, diego, dodgers, Farhan, francisco, Giants, Kapler, kershaw, league, Logan, major, mlb, national, nemesis, padres, Pirates, pitcher, pitchers, pittsburgh, Rodon, rotation, san, SF, starters, starting, Webb, west, Wood, Zaidi
Leave a comment
Giants Take Home Series Against Snakes (2 – 1); Bats Awaken Tuesday, Bullpen Game With Bench Bats Get Walkoff Wednesday; Can Still End Gauntlet of 17 Games Over .500
The Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks two games to one at Oracle Park this week, losing a cliffhanger on Monday night Giants 3, Diamondbacks 4; exploding for a massive score in a shutout on Tuesday Giants 13, D-backs 0; and … Continue reading
Posted in GauntletII, NLWest, pitchers, SCRBRDWatch, Series Recaps, walkoffs
Tagged Arizona, Austin, baseball, belt, Brandon, Brebbia, Buddy, bullpen, corner, Crawford, d-backs, Darin, Daunton, David, Diamondbacks, Estrada, Flores, francisco, Gabe, game, Giants, Gonzalez, Jake, Joc, John, Kapler, Kennedy, league, long, Luis, major, mark, Marte, McCarthy, Melancon, mike, mlb, national, Oracle, park, Pederson, Ruf, Sam, Sammy, san, SF, snakes, Thairo, Varsho, Wilmer, Winns, Yasztremski, Yaz
Leave a comment
The San Francisco Giants are Non-Contenders Who Aren’t Even Fun to Watch Anymore
sigh. If you are a simpleton, you blame Gabe Kapler. If you are a slightly smarter person you look at the decision-making of Farhan Zaidi. But in reality the Zaidi/Kapler Era has been a middling experiment which shone with brilliance … Continue reading
Gauntlet II: Giants Hit the Road After Suffering Home Series Sweep by White Sox, Open in Arizona Against MadBum and Lose Big; Have Lost Five Straight and Eleven of Last Fourteen
It was just a terrible end to June, as the Giants finished it winning only two of the last eight games in the month. The Giants lost a three game series to the Reds at home and only split a … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, full games, GauntletII, NLWest, Post Game Blasts, Road Trips, SCRBRDWatch
Tagged Arizona, Austin, baseball, Buddy, bumgarner, Carlos, Carson, Casali, corner, Curt, d-backs, Daulton, David, Diamondbacks, Evan, francisco, Giants, Joe, josh, kelly, Kennedy, league, Llovera, Longotia, madison, major, Mantiply, Mauricio, Mercedes, mlb, national, Poppen, Rodon, rogers, Rojas, san, Sean, SF, tyler, Vashko, Villar, Wynns, Yermin
3 Comments
La Barrida de la Nemesis, The Giants Sweep the Bums Outta Town in Impressive Fashion, Bullpen Shines
(slow clap) I stand corrected. The Giants are super-crisp on defense and the bullpen is stellar. Or so it would seem. The Giants just swept the Bums at Oracle to take the lead in the season series 3 – 2. … Continue reading
Posted in NLWest, Post Game Blasts, SCRBRDWatch, Series Recaps
Tagged Almonte, angeles, Austin, baseball, bullpen, bums, Carlos, corner, Craig, dodgers, francisco, Gabe, Giants, Heliot, Joc, Kapler, Kimbrel, league, los, major, mike, mlb, national, nemesis, Pederson, Ramos, Rodon, san, SF, Slater, Yasztremski, Yency
3 Comments
Giants Step Up and Beat Buehler and Kershaw; Ruf Returns From Bereavement with Big Night; Kapler Manages Giants Bullpen to Dominance Over Bums
Wow! What a bounce back performance by the Giants! After that four-error game against the Rockies Thursday, the week ended with crisp defense, and the bullpen dialed-in. Thairo Estrada, who had two of those four errors on Thursday, was particularly … Continue reading
Posted in NLWest, pitchers, Post Game Blasts, Relief Pitching, SCRBRDWatch
Tagged angeles, baseball, Bill, Brebbia, bullpen, camilo, clayton, corner, Darin, dodgers, Dom, Dominic, doval, Estrada, francisco, Freddie, Freeman, Giants, Gonzalez, Jake, John, jose, Junis, kershaw, league, Leone, Littell, long, los, Luis, McGee, mlb, national, nemesis, nl, NLWest, rivalry, rivals, Sammy, san, SF, Thairo, west
3 Comments
Giants Lose Home Series to Rockies, 1- 2; On Outside Looking In One-Third of Way Through Season as Dodgers Come to Town … Beat LA!
The National League West is absurdly stacked with expensive talent on two teams that play in southern California. The Dodgers have outspent every team in baseball the last three seasons. The Padres have climbed to fifth in payroll – $60 … Continue reading
Wood Embattled Early; Manny Machado Goes Four for Four with Three Doubles and a Triple; Padres Pulverize and Sweep Giants at Oracle to Establish Superiority
The Padres looked a little better than the Giants in every aspect of the game and a lot better at batting. All weekend, their starting pitching was better, their batting was much better, their relievers were better, their fielding was … Continue reading
Posted in full games, NLWest, Post Game Blasts, Series Recaps
Tagged alex, Austin, baseball, Brebbia, Darin, diego, doubles, four, francisco, Giants, Gore, Ha-Seong, hits, John, Jurickson, Kim, league, Littell, Machado, Manny, McKenzie, mlb, Myers, national, Nola, padres, Profar, Ruf, san, SF, sweep, Wil, will, Wood, Zach
Leave a comment
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
Who is Jake Junis? They Call him June Bug, and We Need Him All of June
With Disco on the 60-day DL and not due back until late June, the Giants now turn to 29-year-old, former Kansas City Royal, Jakob Benjamin Lee Junis, born and raised in Illinois, where he played baseball and basketball very well. … Continue reading
Giants Win Series 2 -1 in Colorado But Rare Implosion by Alvarez Costs Webb Victory and Giants Sweep
Jose Alvarez was very good last year and has been good this year as well. In his first ten appearances he gave up only one hit and one earned run – against the Padres. It was an insurance run added … Continue reading
Giants Baseball Corner 
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 →