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Pick-A-Penny

From the Boston Herald:
Penny will be placed on release waivers tomorrow and clear them on Monday. He can talk to other teams while on waivers, but he can’t formally enter into a contract until he clears. He would like the opportunity to start, which probably wasn’t going to happen in Boston.
Penny, the former Dodger and [...]

The Curse Of Clank

Oh, Eugenio. Everything was going so well, too.
The Giants haven’t played their best baseball against the Dodgers. Stop the presses. Thus far in the series, the Giants have only scored 3 runs while our pitching has given up 13 runs. Not what you would call a winning formula for baseball. Our hitting has made the [...]

Lincecum Rolls To Victory In SF

Tim Lincecum pitched another extraordinary game last night against the Phillies. Against a packed lineup that seems to have a solid hitter at each position in the batting order, Lincecum tossed 8 innings of shutout baseball. He struck out 8 hitters, walked 1, and wiggled out of a few jams in the mid-innings of the [...]

Cain Throws Well; Scary Moment for Joe; Sandoval Hackin’

MATT CAIN CAN’T WIN GAMEZ!!!
Did you know there’s this weird section of the Giants fan base that believes that Matt Cain just-can’t-win-games because he-just-deoesn’t-have-the-right-stuff or because he-always-finds-a-way-to-lose? It’s frightening. There aren’t many things that come out of Giants’ fans that truly bug me but the average fan’s estimation of how good — or bad — [...]

Quickly Dissecting Joe

I’ve been a big fan of Joe Martinez over the last few years. He’s not an exciting prospect, but he’s pitched well at each level he’s played at. He gets groundballs and doesn’t walk hitters — be still my heart. So, you can imagine my reaction when I heard he’s the favorite for the long [...]

Farm Review: Connecticut Defenders

Getting back to our review of the Giants minor league farm system, we find ourselves in the cool and crisp air of Connecticut. The Eastern League and Dodd Stadium — the home of the Defenders — has long had a well earned reputation of being a tough place to hit. The cold air, windy conditions, [...]