What an odd dream last night, no doubt brought on by the salty tang of the air here in West Seattle, and the wine I've been sharing late into the night with old friends starting a new life in this... # continue reading
We pause from our regularly scheduled muscular dystrophy blogathon to bring you this week's Puzzlah. Name the two pitchers below: Pitcher A 8 games / 54.2 IP / 11 ER / 7 HR / 18 BB / 34 K /... # continue reading
With most of the Giants upper-level prospects now on the big club, the minor league reports have been thin of late. But yesterday brought a spate of farm news: - Triple-A phenom Matt Cain spun six shutout innings with seven... # continue reading
Just back from Mays Field... On a night with fog swirling through the yard, there were some eerie happenings afoot. My dad went to get coffee in the fifth inning, about two innings earlier than usual. I kicked myself (figuratively)... # continue reading
His line from the Cincy series: 17 ABs / 10 H / 2 2Bs / 1 HR / 2 RBI / 1 BB / 3 K Get your T-shirts hastily printed and your wagons prematurely banded. Let's not wait to... # continue reading
There's been recent chatter hither and yon about the makeup of the 2006 Giants. With trades possible until Aug. 31 and a winter of tumult no doubt ahead, any roster construction this far in advance requires much speculation. Which we're... # continue reading
Last night, the remaining Jewish settlers left the Gaza strip peacefully, the Bush Administration promised it would no longer inject religious dogma and corporate spin into scientific research, Vladimir Putin got his nipples pierced, and Pedro Feliz walked three times... # continue reading
Stricken with toe gout is not the way most Giants fans will remember Kirk Rueter, at least not fans who have a warm organ nestled deep among their otherwise cold sabermetric bones. He was lucky, he was crafty, he was... # continue reading
Not long after the insipid Larry Krueger was revealed by Cardinal Alou to be a "messenger of Satan" not worthy of a handshake, KNBR has decided to get right with God and exorcise the One Who Carries The Diabolical Word... # continue reading
Will Carroll has a note on Armando Benitez in today's Under the Knife column that's notable not just for its kind words for the S.F. med staff -- in Carroll's estimation, Benitez's recovery is unprecedented -- but for the sports... # continue reading
Great series this weekend. Friday night I sat high above home plate with steak-frites and a couple martinis in my belly (thanks again, A-B); Saturday I missed all but the post-game radio show but savored every last second of audio... # continue reading
For those who haven't heard, KNBR talk-show host Larry Krueger (motto: "Often wrong, seldom in doubt") went off on the Giants Wednesday night after two lackluster losses against the Rockies. He said Felipe Alou's brains had turned to Cream of... # continue reading
More communication breakdown, another theme of this Giant frustration of a season: Brett Tomko is wearing an orthopedic boot on his right foot to protect a bruise he sustained two weeks ago. Apparently the injury keeps him from running full-speed,... # continue reading
Kevin Correia will take Rueter's place in the rotation tomorrow, and likely for the rest of the year: "We're going to give the kids the ball," said [Felipe] Alou, of a rotation featuring Noah Lowry, Brad Hennessey and Correia, as... # continue reading
Word from KNBR is that Marquis Grissom has been released, though I don't see it anywhere online yet. His totals with the Giants: BA .281 OBP .315 SLG .441 OPS .755 64 BB 183 K Those numbers were dragged down... # continue reading
Barring post-deadline trades or serious injury, what we see of the Giants' 25-man roster is likely what we get for the last two months. (By the way, according to BP's VORP ratings, Randy Winn was the 46th best ML OF... # continue reading
