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First Fifteen Games Report

Welcome back Giants Baseball Corner subscribers! and welcome aboard new friends and fans! I’m Karthik Rajan and this is the first GBC Reader of the 2021 season. When it was announced The Farhan Zaidi Era was to begin with Gabe … Continue reading

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Series Recap: Melky Comes to Town, Hits Well, Loses, RA Dickey Wins

In Melky Cabrera’s first game back at AT&T Park he received boos and catcalls, but still hit well. However, the day belonged to Tim Lincecum, Andres Torres and Sergio Romo as the Giants won 2-1 on seven strong innings from … Continue reading

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Series Recap: The Cardinals Have “Figured Out” Matt Cain

Crazy double header in which the Cards scored an obscene number of runs off Matt Cain for the second time in a row in, specifically, the third inning – representing some adjustment they are making to a habit he has … Continue reading

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Series Recap: Bay Bridge Series – Only Thing Missing is The Yakkity Sax (1-3)

The Athletics beat a loose, sloppy, error-filled, weak-hitting Giant team for three games and succumbed to decent defense and slightly better hitting in game four. The only thing missing from these Giant losses was the Yakkity Sax music that makes … Continue reading

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Series Recap: Giants Come Back Against the Rox (2-1)

The Rockies won the first game 5-0 and it seemed their recent success against the G-men was going to continue, but the G-men stormed back to score 13 runs in the next two games to win 6-5 and 7-3 behind … Continue reading

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Series Recap: Giants Come Home Beat Nats Vogey Breaks Hand (2-1)

Game 1: Giants 8, Nationals 0 Ryan Vogelsong came out of his slump and got the win, but then had his hand broken when hit by a pitch and will be out 6 – 8 weeks. But it was a … Continue reading

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Series Recap: Turning Point for Giants Starting Pitchers (3-1)

Save for Ryan Vogelsong’s fifth inning implosion that lost game one of these four with the Atlanta Braves, this series was a smile that became a grin as everything from starting pitching to batting came together. Starting Pitching Matt Cain, … Continue reading

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Series Recap: Phillies Take Two, Giants Fight Back (1-2)

The Philadelphia Phillies came into AT&T Park with a chip on their shoulder. They had just endured a a 12-run loss to the lowly Marlins at home and were eager to prove they were a solid pitching, good hitting team … Continue reading

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D’Backs Series Recap(1-2), Snakes Outlast Giant Gameplan

With pitching, crisp defense, just enough runs and by taking advantage of their opponents mistakes to win in the late innings … the  Diamondbacks beat the Giants at their game. The Arizona Diamondbacks won two of three in extra innings … Continue reading

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Giants vs. Cubs at Wrigley Series Recap (3-1)

This was a wild one in the windy city. Let Cain and Bumgarner go six innings for the quality start and then pull them as standard procedure for a few months, maybe even the whole first half of the season. … Continue reading

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Colorado Series Recap (3-0 Sweep) – Zito Dominates

The Rockies have been a punching bag for the Giants in recent years and Colorado’s been particularly good for Barry Zito. After yesterday’s game, Zeets’ option is now making national press like this from NBC’s Matthew Pouliot: “Including last year’s … Continue reading

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GBC Recap – The Opening Series v. LA (2-1)

It took a perfect outing from one of the best lefties in baseball – including the first home run he ever hit in his life  – to mar what was otherwise an excellent opening series for the San Francisco Giants. … Continue reading

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