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Tag Archives: game
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
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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
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
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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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
Cueto Shines, Bullpen Holds, Baraga the Vulture Goes to 5-1; Labor Day Game Pivotal
But the Bums rested Mookie Betts against the Rockies in the night game and lost, so our Giants remain in fourth place in the division by half a game. I am not going to recap yesterday’s day game against the … Continue reading
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
The GBC Reader, Issue Nine: Confidence is High Despite the DL
So the second half begins with the G-men in first place in the NL West holding the best record in baseball, which is why we lost last night naturally to the Padres for the first time this year and once … Continue reading
The GBC Reader, Issue Four: Struggles on the Road, Infield Errors, Relievers Injured and Back to .500
It’s absurdly early in the season, so there’s no reason to panic – because the Giants have shown us what they’re capable of in flashes of brilliance with the lineup we’re currently fielding: we had come-from-behind wins and a home … Continue reading
CL game 3: Bumgarner Yields Homer then Settles In, Hesto Throws 2 Scoreless, Giants defeat Reds 4-3
Madison Bumgarner’s first start was apparently similar to years past: gave up a dinger and then settled into his usual self, striking out the side to end his outing. Chris Heston then came in and handled the Reds for two … Continue reading
Posted in Cactus League
Tagged adrianza, bumgarner, cactus, cincinatti, ehire, franciisco, game, Giants, league, madison, Reds, san, SF, three, win
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ICYMI: SF Giants 1-0 in Cactus, Rally to Beat Angels 4-1
Since we are back up and running it’s probably a good idea to drop a post every day or two to keep us all connected. The Giants won game one out in Scottsdale by the score of 4-1 over the … Continue reading
Posted in Cactus League
Tagged anaheim, angels, arroyo, baseball, Cactus League, game, Giants, lollis, mlb, nl, one, SF, win
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Waking Up After Last Night’s 14 Innings
In a way we can say we’ve been playing these guys, in this League, for 131 years. Last night’s was a trench battle. Games like that reveal what kind of fans we are and today, as we all wake up … Continue reading
Incredible Season, Relentless Team, Hall of Fame Manager
Bruce Bochy, I’d like to shake your hand. I want to thank you, congratulate you and apologize for doubting you from time to time. What you have done with a number of different players over the last five years is … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, World Series
Tagged after, champions, champs, day, fame, francisco, game, Giants, hall, incredible, manager, mtk, relentless, san, season, series, team, the, world
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Thoughts on Jake Peavy Before Game Six of the 2014 World Series
Jake Peavy joined the Giants and went 6-4 with a 2.17 ERA in 12 starts. He only gave up three home runs. He threw 58 strikeouts and 17 walks, for a 3.41 strikeout-to-walks ratio. He gave up 65 hits and … Continue reading
Bay Bridge Significant Series
It would all be in good fun if it didn’t mean so much to us. Having been nine and a half up six weeks ago and now down a half a game and knowing the Dodgers are down by a … Continue reading
Suspended By Hail and Rain, Giants and Rockies Rubber Match Ends Deadlocked 2-2 in Sixth
The game has just been called due to the weather. Hail stones and rolling electrified thunderstorms suspended this one, tied 2-2 in the bottom of the sixth, with David Huff on the mound for the Giants, a runner on for … Continue reading
Posted in Mid Series Reports, midgame posts
Tagged baseball, called, colorado, francisco, game, Giants, hail, mlb, play, rain, rockies, san, stopped, suspended, suspension, weather
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EVERYBODY’S talking bout “just enough runs”
I started talking about “just enough runs” a year and a half ago and have been on KNBR to discuss it. The idea that – comparable to the Rockies park where they rely on scoring runs at altitude – we … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged baseball, commentary, enough, francisco, game, Giants, just, karthik, mlb, mtk, runs, san
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Giants Baseball Corner 
Heartbreak in Miami! Jake McGee’s First Blown Save and Giants Rally Twice Only to Fall in Game Two
Here was extra innings: Saturday night’s game was a crazy affair – here was first time the Giants fell behind and the rally of the 7th and here’s the blown save and here’s extra innings and the second rally … … Continue reading →