Sometimes, when I’m feeling saucy, I like to peruse the Giants Inbox. It’s a semi-regular send-in-your-question type column on SFGiants.com that features team beat-writer, Chris Haft. Chris gets to answer all sorts of questions from regular fans like you and me. Questions such as: “Is Melky Cabrera any good?” or “Is Nate Schierholtz’s defense underrated?” or whatever. Generally it’s pretty… Read more →
I’m going to write a lot of this post off-the-cuff, so bear with me, but I can’t remember a more depressing time as a fan of baseball. Losing Posey will surely impact the win column in numerous ways. We could slice and dice the data, fine-tune WAR calculations, and come up with a number that would give us a pretty… Read more →
After yesterday’s announcement, Buster Posey became the 9th catcher to win the Rookie of the Year Award since 1947, when the BBWAA started the award. In chronological order, the previous 8 catchers are: Johnny Bench (1968), Thurman Munson (1970), Earl Williams (1971), Carlton Fisk (1972), Benito Santiago (1987), Sandy Alomar Jr. (1990), Mike Piazza (1993), and Geovany Soto (2008) …. Read more →