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NLDS Game Three, Giants at Dodgers 10/11/21
Alex Wood named to start When the Giants signed Alex Wood, one of the most commonly heard praises was that, as a former standout starter for the Dodgers, he’d step up and perform for us against them with an intimate, … Continue reading
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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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 7 of 16), Brewers Come to Town, Cueto Sick! Jose Alvarez Starts a “Bullpen Game”; Wood Tests Positive, Scratched
The Giants are playing sixteen games in sixteen days, without a break. They faced the Mets (3-0) and Braves (1-2) on the road, and are back at home to face the Brewers (Game 1 of 4 tonight) and Dodgers (3), … Continue reading
The Giants Run the Gauntlet (Game 5 of 16); Logan Webb Ascends to Ace of Staff, Silences Braves Bats to Lead Giants to Major-League Leading 15th Shutout
The Giants are playing sixteen games in sixteen days straight. They’re in Atlanta, where Friday night they lost the first of a three-gamer. Saturday was game two – Game Five of the Gauntlet of 16. The Giants sent Logan Webb … Continue reading
Posted in full games, Gauntlet, Mid Series Reports, Road Trips, SCRBRDWatch
Tagged atlanta, baseball, braves, east, francisco, Giants, Huascar, LaStella, league, Logan, major, national, san, Tommy, Webb, west, Ynoa
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The Giants Run The Gauntlet (Game 4 of 16) Atlanta, Game One Ends on an Epic Catch at the Wall; Giants ‘Pen Blinks First, Watson Fails to Hold Again
The Giants are playing sixteen games in sixteen days. Tonight they are in Atlanta to face the Braves. Game 4/16 of the Gauntlet. I’m writing these during these sixteen games and posting immediately after, so it’s fresh. After the sweep in New … Continue reading
The Giants Run the Gauntlet (Game 3 of 16); Carrasco Outduels Wood, Who Again Gets Tagged Third Time Through Order; Giants Win Battle of ‘Pens, Sweep Mets
The Giants are playing sixteen games in sixteen days. Tonight they went for the sweep against the Mets in Queens. Game 3/16 of the Gauntlet. I’m writing these during these sixteen games and posting immediately after, so it’s fresh. Alex Wood (10-4, 4.11 … Continue reading
Posted in full games, Gauntlet, Post Game Blasts, Road Trips, SCRBRDWatch, Series Recaps
Tagged 3-2, alex, Alonso, Alvarez, Baez, baseball, bryant, Carlos, Carrasco, east, francisco, Giants, Javy, Jeff, jose, kris, league, Lindor, major, McNeil, Metropolitans, Mets, national, pete, rogers, san, sweep, tyler, west, Wood
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The Giants Run The Gauntlet (Game 2 of 16); Cueto Back From IL, Shaky, But Defense Backs Him Up; Mets Waste Great Outing by Walker, Pulled by Rojas
The Giants are playing sixteen games in sixteen days. Tonight was game two of three against the Mets in Queens. Game 2/16 of the Gauntlet. I am writing these during the games and posting immediately after, so it’s fresh. Top … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, full games, Gauntlet, Mid Series Reports, Post Game Blasts, Road Trips, SCRBRDWatch
Tagged baseball, bryant, change, Citi, Cueto, east, field, francisco, Giants, johnny, kris, league, Luis, major, Metropolitans, Mets, national, pitching, Rojas, san, seventh, SF, SFgiants, Taijuan, Walker, west
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The Giants Run the Gauntlet (Game 1 of 16); Season-Defining Stretch, Game One, G-Men Jack Megill, Shutout New York Metropolitans
The Giants are playing sixteen games in sixteen days. They face the Mets (3) and Braves (3) on the road, the Brewers (4) and Dodgers (3) at home, and finally the Rocks (3), at altitiude, without a break. This gauntlet … Continue reading
Posted in Gauntlet, Mid Series Reports, Post Game Blasts, Road Trips, SCRBRDWatch
Tagged baseball, belt, Brandon, Buster, Crawford, four, francisco, Giants, homers, Jackson, Jay, Jr., LaMonte, league, long, major, Megill, Metropolitans, Mets, mlb, national, new, Posey, runs, Sammy, san, seven, Trevor, Wade, Williams, Yastrzemski, Yaz, york
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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
Brandon Belt Comes Off IR and Smashes Four, Game-Changing Home Runs in Milwaukee; La Stella is Silk; Giants Win Series to End Road Trip, 5 – 2
Wow! B-Craw’s leadoff double in the eighth inning was a thing of beauty. He swatted it inside-out to the bright sunshine in left and bolted – he was going for scoring position all the way – went flying, head-first, horizontally … Continue reading
Posted in Post Game Blasts, Relief Pitching, Series Recaps
Tagged baseball, belt, Bradon, corner, four, francisco, Giants, home, homers, LaStella, league, major, Milwaukee.Brewers, mlb, national, runs, san, SF, silk, Stella
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Giants Toss Another Game to Pirates 2 – 10, Tauchman Pitched! SF Remains Two Games Up in NL West, Gausman Struggling?
Kevin Gausman, the only sub-two-ERA pitcher in MLB – since deGrom has been deactivated – has not looked quite right since the All-Star Break. He and his family had a medical emergency immediately after the ASG, which we have been … Continue reading
Posted in midgame posts, NLWest, pitchers, PreGame GBCs
Tagged baseball, Brebbia, francisco, Gausman, John, Kevin, league, major, mlb, national, Pirates, pittsburgh, san, Taylor, west
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First Team to 40-, 50-, and 60-Wins in MLB 2021: Your San Francisco Giants with a Major-League Leading Gross of Home Runs; Rogers and Bullpen Redeem Themselves, Giants Down Dodgers 4 – 2
What a game! Gabe Kapler’s decision to put Buster in to lead off the ninth against Kenley Jansen, knowing Posey has had success against him, was inspired managing. Buster roped a single and shook him. Then Wilmer Flores – who … Continue reading
Kwang Hyun Kim Has Three-Hit the Giants Twice and Beaten Them at Home and on the Road, DeSclafani Blinks First, Cards Win 3-1
The pitchers duel I predicted came to pass and Kwang Hyun Kim was stellar. DeSclafani left one up in the second that got tagged for a solo shot and then slipped in the seventh and Goldy drove in two more. … Continue reading
Posted in full games, Mid Series Reports, Road Trips
Tagged Anthony, baseball, Brandon, Cardinals, Crawford, DeSclafani, francisco, Giants, hits, Hyun, Kim, Kwang, league, Louis, major, mlb, national, performance, pitcher, pitching, san, second, SFG, St., st.louis, stl, three, three-hit, win
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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
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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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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Giants Baseball Corner 
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 →