By Chris Quick on August 22, 2008
The Giants won another game in their last at-bat yesterday when Manny Burriss scampered home to score the winning run after Marlins closer, Kevin Gregg, uncorked a wild pitch in the dirt that got away from Paul Lo Duca John Baker — sweet, sweet, Schadenfreude. Who says you need to hit to win games? In [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged blueprint, injury, matt palmer, noah lowry
By Chris Quick on March 25, 2008
I’d like to thank Will Carroll for taking the time to answer these questions. If you’re unfamiliar with Will’s work, I recommend that you head over to Baseball Prospectus and look for his ‘Under The Knife’ column. Will is BP’s resident injury expert and he sat down with us today to shed some light on [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged baseball prospectus, injury, interview, will carroll
By Chris Quick on March 24, 2008
Infielder Kevin Frandsen has ruptured his achilles and could miss the entire season. From SFGiants.com Frandsen was testing his leg after being sidelined since March 16 with tendinitis. Manager Bruce Bochy, who accompanied the Giants here for their 6-5 exhibition loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks, was told that Frandsen had singled and was rounding second [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged injury, kevin frandsen
By Chris Quick on March 4, 2008
As I sit in a Best Western somewhere in Virginia, I’m typing this post up while I watch the local Spanish channel. The show is muted, my ability to speak and understand Spanish is extremely rudimentary, but every actor is speaking with an intense furor. I don’t need the audio to see that. Everyone talks [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged injury, loss of control, noah lowry, pitching
By Chris Quick on February 27, 2008
The latest news out of Spring Training is that Omar Vizquel will miss 4-6 weeks with a knee injury. The official word is that it’s a ‘torn medial meniscus’ in his left knee. Vizquel has had knee problems a couple of times in his 19-season career, the most recent was two surgeries that he had [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged defense, injury, omar vizquel, shortstop
