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Category Archives: Relief Pitching
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
Posted in Commentary, GBC Readers, pitchers, Relief Pitching, Road Trips, SCRBRDWatch, Series Recaps, TradeDeadline
Tagged baseball, corner, francisco, Giants, league, major, mlb, national, san, SF
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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
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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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Giants Beat Phillies in Extras Twice, Win Series 2 -1; Nearly Take Final Match for Sweep, But Jarlin Garcia Implodes with Three Run Lead
The Giants followed their extra innings win in the opener with an eleven-inning win in Philly in game two. Jake Junis was excellent again, going four and a third, giving up just three hits and an earned run. Junis had … Continue reading
Posted in Relief Pitching, Road Trips, Series Recaps
Tagged baseball, corner, Flores, francisco, Giants, Junis, league, major, mlb, national, philadelphia, phillies, Rodon, san, SF
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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 Lose Another Bullpen Game, Cardinals Pound Relievers in Support of Mikolas
Cardinals 7, Giants 1 The Giants are without key players so strategy in the losses this past week has been complicated by the very real fact of attrition. It is hard to assess a team filled with guys who are … Continue reading
Giants Drop Second Game at Chavez Ravine
Joc Pederson and Mike Yastrzemski were back in the lineup, and Alex Wood kept it close through five, but the Giants lost the bullpen battle in game two of the season series with the Dodgers. For the second night in … Continue reading
Posted in NLWest, Post Game Blasts, Relief Pitching, Road Trips
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Injury and Covid-plagued Giants Drop Home Series to Nationals 1 – 2; Alex Cobb Returns But Implodes in First
The Giants went out east and swept the Nationals in the District last week, which made this a little less painful, because the G-men won the season series against the Nats, four games to two. The team was dealing with … Continue reading
Posted in Covid, Relief Pitching, Series Recaps
Tagged Aaron, alex, Austin, baseball, Beede, Castro, Cobb, corner, Dubon, Estrada, francisco, Gabe, Garcia, Giants, Jake, Jarlin, Jason, Juan, Kapler, Kervin, league, Llovera, Logan, major, Marte, Mauricio, McGee, mlb, national, Nationals, Nats, san, Sanchez, Slater, Soto, Thairo, tyler, Vosler, washington, Webb, Wood, Yunior
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The Milwaukee Game
The Giants played a single game against the Brewers in Milwaukee as a one-off due to the lockout. It was tacked on to their first road trip. It was also the best example of how the Giants new process of … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, full games, Post Game Blasts, Relief Pitching, Road Trips, Series Recaps
Tagged Alvarez, baseball, Brebbia, Brew, Brewers, Burnes, camilo, Corbin, Crew, Dominic, doval, francisco, Giants, Gonzalez, Jake, Joc, jon, jose, league, Leone, Littell, long, Luis, major, Marte, McGee, milwaukee, mlb, national, Pederson, Sam, san, SF, Yunior, Zach
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Giants Lose Doubleheader in Queens and Alex Cobb to 10-day IL; Max Scherzer Hurls Six and Two-Thirds No-Hit Innings in Mets Debut, Outduels Logan Webb; Francisco Lindor Goes Off; Giants Use Ten Relievers
Ugh. What a terrible day for the Giants. Forced to play a double-header because of a rain-out upon arrival in New York yesterday, the Giants went into game one with Alex Cobb on the mound facing the Metropolitans’ Tylor Megill. … Continue reading
Posted in full games, Mid Series Reports, Post Game Blasts, Relief Pitching, Road Trips
Tagged alex, baseball, camilo, Cobb, corner, double, doubleheader, doval, francisco, Giants, header, Jake, James, Jeff, league, Lindor, Logan, major, Marte, Max, McCann, McGee, McNeil, Megill, Metropolitans, Mets, mlb, national, new, NYM, san, Scherzer, SF, SFG, Starling, Sterling, Tylor, Webb, york
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Giants Win Tight Defensive Opening Series Over Marlins 2-1, Kapler Uses Bullpen Brilliantly, 3B Coach Mark Hallberg Shines, Thairo Estrada Impresses
San Francisco beat Miami, Giants 3, Marlins 2, Sunday, to win the opening series of the season two games to one. The Giants were transparently following the plan elaborated and executed to success by Kapler and coaching staff last year. … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Post Game Blasts, Relief Pitching, Series Recaps, TradeDeadline
Tagged 3b, Anthony, base, baseball, coach, corner, DeSclafani, Dominic, Estrada, francisco, Giants, Hallberg, Jacob, Jorge, league, Leone, major, mark, marlins, miami, mlb, national, Okert, san, SF, Soler, Stallings, steven, Thairo, third
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The Greatest Giants Team Anyone Has Ever Seen Sweep Snakes on a Walkoff and Achieve 105 Wins; Lead NL West by Two with Three Left to Play
It’s official. This is the best Giants team I have ever seen. Having surpassed the 103-win team of the year I moved to the city, the San Francisco Giants have now done something no one alive can say they’ve ever … Continue reading
The Giants Run the Gauntlet (Game 15 of 16), SF Giants Start with Three Doubles for First Time, Score Eleven in Support of Webb; Rookie Castro Debuts
The Giants are playing sixteen games in sixteen days, without a break. Been live-blogging them here under the category /Gauntlet. Tonight’s the penultimate game, 15 of the 16, still at altitude, in Denver. The Giants came into this one (8-6) … Continue reading
Posted in full games, Gauntlet, Post Game Blasts, Relief Pitching, Road Trips, SCRBRDWatch
Tagged base, baseball, Castro, colorado, corner, debut, double, doubles, duggar, extra, francisco, Giants, hits, Kervin, league, Logan, major, national, rockies, san, three, triple, Webb
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The Giants Run the Gauntlet (Game 13 of 16); Giants Win Season Series Against Dodgers Ten Games to Nine
“It’s just no flinch, up and down the lineup, the bullpen – just go about our preparation and every guy pulls their weight. It’s just a lot of fun, it’s a lot of fun to come to the field, strap … Continue reading
Posted in full games, Gauntlet, NLWest, Post Game Blasts, Relief Pitching, SCRBRDWatch, Series Recaps
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Giants Baseball Corner 
26 Guys One Common Goal: Now That We Know Who They Are, the San Francisco Giants are a Viable Wildcard Contender, After Sweep of Pirates Brings Them Back to .500 with Snakes Coming to Town
Wow. Tonight’s game, that ended on the Thairo Estrada walkoff home run, definitely had the feel of 2010. Bam. Said it. The Giants could get hot at just the right time. The team we will be fielding from here out … Continue reading →