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Tag Archives: SFG
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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first to 70 wins.
This season the San Francisco Giants have been first to 40-, 50-, 60- and now 70-wins in all of baseball. Tonight’s win was a breakthrough win, on the road against the NL Central Division-leading Brewers, an excellent defensive team who … Continue reading
Posted in full games, Mid Series Reports, Road Trips
Tagged 70, first, Giants, mlb, SFG, wins
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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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Giants Start Second Half with Solid Road Win in St. Louis, 7-2
Kevin Gausman was given leave. Logan Webb was given the start. Mike Tauchman was brought back up. Jay Jackson, who hadn’t pitched in the majors in two years, was called up for his Giants debut. He was used in intensely … Continue reading
GBC Reader No. 5 – Tidrow Passes, Giants Select Fourth-Ever Indian-American Player in MLB Draft, Start Second Half in St. Louis Tonight
Before we launch into the second half, we mourn the loss of the architect of our pitching staff of the first World Series Championships in San Francisco, Dick Tidrow – who died at the age of 74 this week. John … Continue reading
Posted in GBC Readers, PreGame GBCs, Road Trips
Tagged american, baseball, Dick, dies, dirt, Farhan, Giants, Handa, India, Indian, Indian-American, injury, Jonathon Sanchez, league, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Cain, mlb, national, passes, report, Rohan, SFG, speculation, Tidrow, Tim Lincecum, Zaidi
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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
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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In Complete Turnaround, Giants Erase Home Sweep and Take Series in Chavez Ravine 3-1
This was like a train, the momentum of this thing since Tauchman’s catch. I’d be remiss not to mention though that Albert Pujols hit his 669th and 670th home runs in the last couple of days, toh to Phat Albert. … Continue reading
After 23 Run Outburst Last Year, Giants Rack up 19 Runs in Shellacking of Reds to Complete Road Sweep 4-0, End Road Trip 6-2
Last year, what we call the Irregular Season, the Giants had a game – granted it was in Colorado with altitude – when we scored 23 runs. Today’s performance of 19 runs in more down to earth Cincinnati was another … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Road Trips, Series Recaps
Tagged Americn, baseball, beat, Brandon, Cincinnati, Crawford.Buster, Cueto, destroy, francisco, Giants, great, johnny, kill, league, major, mash, mlb, national, Posey, pound, Reds, san, series, SFG, sweep, win
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Despite Series Loss in Colorado, Giants Remain a Half-Game in First in the NL West; Happy 90th Revolution Around the Sun to Willie Mays
Our greatest weakness now has become glaring: win or lose, we have a terrible ‘pen, likely to give up one or more runs once they’re handed the ball. Bullpen losses are the worst, gut-punching. They un-do all the good of … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, GBC Readers, Relief Pitching, Road Trips, Series Recaps
Tagged 90th, baseball, birthday, blown, bullpen, camilo, colorado, doval, francisco, Giants, Jake, league, loss, Magee, major, Mays, national, punch, rockies, san, save, series, SFG, willie
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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
Posted in Commentary, Mid Series Reports, midgame posts, pitchers, Relief Pitching, Road Trips
Tagged april, baseball, blown, francisco, game, Giants, Jake, league, Magee, marlins, miami, mlb, national, rally, san, save, SFG, two
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GBC is Back! San Francisco Giants Fanfest 2021
Screeeeee! – Thunk-Thunk-Thunk- whoooohooohooo – THIS THING ON? We listened to KNBR Fanfest 2021 today 2:29 MTK intro 7:47 Marty Lurie and Kerry Crowley with SF Giants GM Sam Harris 28:31 SF Giants President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi 48:06 … Continue reading
Giants Can Clinch Postseason Tonight with: Win Over Padres, Brewers Loss to Cards, and Phillies loss to Rays
It could happen tonight with Jhonny Cueto on the mound and Tyler Heineman – called back up to take over for the injured Chadwick Tromp – behind the plate. I am glad it won’t be the rook. It isn’t fair … Continue reading
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 →