Sometimes baseball can really be a strange game. Emphasis on strange. Kevin Mitchell once strained a muscle while vomiting. He also broke a tooth while eating a chocolate donut. Heck, you could probably fill an entire book about general Kevin Mitchell weirdness. Or, the time ex-Giant masher Glen Allen Hill fell through a glass table while he was having a… Read more →
Hat tip to Grant at McCovey Chronicles for first making me aware of the Giants interest in Kosuke Fukudome. Kosuke is a corner OF, who has a reputation of being a defensively sound player. He has played 9 seasons in Japan for the Chunichi Dragons and has done quite well. Over his 9 seasons, he has hit 192 home runs,… Read more →
The theory goes something like this…First base is one of the easiest positions that a major league team can fill, and fill with close to league average production. Defensively, anyone can play first because it’s the least demanding defensive position on the diamond. The throws are short and the area you have to cover is relatively small. If you can… Read more →
*Only applies if you’re not a Boston or Colorado fan. Watching October baseball when your favorite team is already out of the race (or in the Giants case, sometime around mid-May) can be hard. The one team I was rooting for, the Indians, got bounced in a Game 7 Fenway defeat last night. The Indians jumped ahead 3-1 in the… Read more →
First things first, I’ve installed some new spam-blocker software on the site. I’ve been getting bombarded with more and more spam lately and hopefully this should lighten the load. All user accounts should be unaffected but there is a chance new users might get unfairly “tagged” as spam. I seriously doubt that this will happen but if any users, new… Read more →
The Giants have decided to make some changes on their coach staff. Hitting coach Joe Lefebvre and first base / hitting coach Willie Upshaw will not return to their coaching roles in 2008. Dave Righetti, Mark Gardner, Ron Wotus, Bill Hayes, and Tim Flannery will all return next year. Lefebvre became the hitting coach in 2003 and carried that position… Read more →
In 2007 Matt Cain was one of the sadder stories on the Giants. Day in and day out he would take the mound, pitch a great game, and almost always lose in a heart-breaking fashion. Bullpen melt downs and putrid offensive production became the staples that would ruin a great looking start by Cain. Just how unlucky was Matt Cain… Read more →
Slow news day for the Giants, it might have something to do with the whole “not making the postseason” thing. I thought I’d share some quick thoughts and links. There’s a lively discussion on Pedro Feliz over at El Lefty Malo’s. Go check it out, lots of great opinions on Pedro Feliz and how to fill the void that is… Read more →
Everyone’s favorite GM, Brian Sabean, sat down on Monday to chat with fans about the Giants and their upcoming 2008 season. Let’s see if we can try to make sense of some of his answers. DannyN: Are you going to offer Omar Vizquel a contract? Sabean: Vizquel’s situation will be addressed shortly, as we’re considering his talent vs. the free… Read more →