Thursday, February 22, 2007
We arrive at part 2 of our 3 part series dedicated to how the Giants are shaping up heading into the 2007 season. The first installment can be picked up here for those that missed it.
The NL West this year looks to be jam packed with solid rotations. The Dodgers, Padres, and Arizona all have [...]
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Giants Spring Training camp officially kicks off with the arrival of pitchers and catchers. The biggest story of the day centers around one Barry Zito and his revamped pitching motion.
Zito added 10lbs of muscle over the course of the offseason and tinkered with his pitching motion in a effort to gain lost velocity on his [...]
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Recently I had been having a few troubles with my version of Wordpress, the blogging software that powers BCB. Posts were randomly going private and removing themselves from the front page and a few other bizarre things were happening. I figured that I would just upgrade to the newest version of Wordpress that came out [...]
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
The proverbial light at the end of the tunnel is fast approaching. No, it’s not a mack truck but spring training thats driving towards us. Giants’ pitchers and catchers are set to report to camp and begin work on Thursday, February the 15th. Who will be the big surprises this spring? Will Tim Lincecum wow [...]
As we approach the start of the baseball season, just 7 days till pitchers and catchers report, I wanted to break down the state of the Giants in a three part series. Each part will focus on different components of the 2007 Giants. These parts are the Bullpen, Starting Rotation, and Position Players. Think of [...]
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Giants announce the retirement of Mike Matheny today. Matheny was in the final year of his 3 year 10.5 million dollar deal. Most expected that this was going to happen with the signing of Bengie Molina but it’s still unfortunate news. Matheny was battling continued post-concussion problems after his early departure in 2006 in which [...]