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Giants Lose Two to Worst Team in Baseball as Kapler Skips Anthem in Cincinnati, Makes Major Lineup Card Error; Mark Hallberg Sends Bart From Second on Shallow Liner to Aquino, Thrown Out at Plate with Two Outs in Ninth
The Giants left on a ten day road trip that started in Cincinnati, where Gabe Kapler and his staff made two glaring coaching errors and the Giants lost the first two games to the worst team in baseball. The Giants … Continue reading
Posted in Mid Series Reports, Road Trips
Tagged anthem, Aquino, Aristedes, Ashcraft, baseball, Carlos, Cincinnati, coach, coaching, corner, error, errors, francisco, Gabe, Giants, Graham, Hallberg, Joc, Kapler, league, major, manager, managing, mark, mistake, mistakes, mlb, national, Pederson, Pham, Reds, Rodón, Rodon, san, SF, Tommy
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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
Posted in Commentary, Final Post, GBC Readers
Tagged baseball, corner, dodgers, Farhan, francisco, Gabe, Giants, Kapler, last, league, major, management, manager, mlb, money, moneyball, national, nemesis, payroll, post, sabermetrics, san, seaso, SF, Zaidi
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Kapler’s Decision to Hold Cueto Pays Off, Giants Batter A’s, Bash Murphy, Take More Runs Than They Gave Up in Two Games, Prevent Season Sweep, 14 – 2
These Giants looked tough on Sunday, eh? Bob Melvin was complaining about ’em bashing his catcher and beaning Laureano (like the most hit guy in the league, btw). That’s rich. The A’s manager complaining about the Giants roughing ’em up! … Continue reading
Posted in 2020
Tagged baseball, Bcraw, Brandon, Brewers, card, cincinatti, Cincinnatti, colorado, Crawford, diego, Farhan, francisco, Gabe, Giants, grand, Kapler, league, makor, management, manager, milwaukee, national, padres, pennant, philadelphia, phillies, playoff, race, Reds, rockies, salami, san, slam, west, wild, Zaidi
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Cueto’s Start Pushed for Anderson as Cross-Bay Rivals Smite Giants’ Playoffs Dreams with TWO Six-Nothing Shutouts *PLUS* Critique of Management and Broadcast Coverage
Ugh. The A’s are a lot better than us. I hoped we’d win the Gausman outing, and it was a tense, well-fought battle until the cobbled-together outfield, created from the absence of Alex Dickerson (paternity leave) and Mike Yastzremski (calf … 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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The Bruce Bochy Era of SF Giants Baseball
(all photos: me) The last few days have been good for serious reflection on what the San Francisco Giants and their fans have experienced over the last five years, which has been historic and secures this period of SF Giants … Continue reading
Developing Middle Relief – Masterful Bochy Evolves
Last year, forced into it by injuries to staff, Bruce Bochy became masterful at relief by committee and in so doing joined managers of the future who recognize that the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series in 2011 under … Continue reading
Posted in Relief Pitching
Tagged 50-49, Bochy, Bruce, Cain, closers, day, developing, development, freakswing, George, innings, kershaw, Kontos, LaRussa, manager, Matt, middle, opening, pitchcount, pulling, pulls, relief pitching, relievers, Tony
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Giants Baseball Corner 
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 →