Whew. And just like that, the Giants are in the NLCS. Most of what you’ll read about today’s game will focus on Buster Posey’s grand slam in the fifth inning. And, to be honest, it was a huge hit for the Giants, pushing the lead to 6-0, and reminding us that Buster Posey is the truth and the light. Hitting… Read more →
Playoff baseball is awesome again. After a postseason of offensive futility, the Giants’ bats came alive in Game Four, hitting three home runs, racking up 11 base hits, and scoring eight runs against the Cincinnati Reds. What an amazing turn of events. After getting destroyed in Game Two, the Giants looked like a team that didn’t belong in the postseason…. Read more →
Per Alex Pavolvic’s Twitter feed: And “reasons” for Belt sitting this one out: There are few other tweets from other beat guys, but the point, re: Belt, comes down to the “not swinging the bat well, let’s trying something else” mindset. Look, I think Bruce Bochy is a pretty good manager most of the time. He’s a decent handler of… Read more →
Saaaay, I remember this offense! We’re just a few Jose Castillos and Aaron Rowands away from collecting the entire set. First things first: Ryan Vogelsong did an excellent job of giving the Giants a solid start. Vogelsong ended up pitching five innings of one-run baseball with five strikeouts and three walks. The pitching line by itself isn’t incredible; however, it… Read more →
Playoff baseball is really awesome until it doesn’t go your way. Feel free to steal that one. After the first loss of the NLDS, I could honestly shrug my shoulders and say, “Welp. That’s baseball.” Because the loss that ensued after Game One was an easy loss to digest. You take away a hanging Cain curveball and maybe add a… Read more →
Hooray, playoff baseball is here! The Giants are set to play Game One of the NLDS tomorrow night against the Cincinnati Red Stockings. The only thing I know about the Reds is that 1) Cincinnati is impossible to spell right and 2) Mr. Red is a cheap, horrible, freakishly scary knockoff of Mr. Met. (Oh good lord.) Thankfully for you,… Read more →
First, an image from SFGiants.com: Oh, that’s delightful. Splash images on MLB.com websites often range from stupid to really stupid, but I think there’s something to the prevailing notion that Barry Zito could possibly start a game in the playoffs. The Giants intend on taking five starters into the postseason, with the plan to shift one of Zito or Vogelsong… Read more →
Pitching to Paul Goldschmidt is probably one of the most annoying things I can think of. Guy is hitting a career line of .301/.406 /.602 against the Giants. So. Annoying. Finally I understand what it must have been like for Arizona fans all those years that Randy Winn was terrorizing the D-Backs like some kind of crazed peak-level Ellis Burks… Read more →
Tonight, the Giants beat the San Diego Padres 8-4 and, in the process, clinched their first divisional title since 2010, when the team went on to win its first World Series title in the San Francisco era. Obviously this means that the Giants are on their way to winning their second World Series title in San Francisco. Science. Book it…. Read more →
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