August 2011 Archives

Now that Aaron Rowand and Miguel Tejada have left the building, there will be much ado about clubhouse chemistry. In fact, there already has been. Mark Purdy spent much of his column establishing how important chemistry is for a baseball...
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There's an old joke: "What do you call a bus full of lawyers going over a cliff? A good start." It's not particularly funny, as I happen to like lawyers. I eat two for breakfast every morning. But it brings...
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Well, at least that's over. The mighty Astros are off the Giants' schedule, and the defending World Series champs can get back to business. What kind of business might that be? Dammit. I knew you were going to ask. How...
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This should be interesting. According to the Tweeternet, the Giants are calling up double-A pitching prospect Eric Surkamp to take Jonathan Sanchez's rotation spot, which Dan Runzler so ignominiously filled last Sunday in Houston. Surkamp was a big part of...
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(For the poster, skip to the end.) A win is a win is a win is a win, as I learned at the Gertrude Stein exhibit last week, but this one gave me no joy. Somewhere in the parade of...
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The clock is ticking. The world is watching. How exciting! The Giants have 48 hours to trade for Padres closer Heath Bell, whom they have claimed on waivers, according to Buster Olney. A waiver refresher for those of you not...
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Ha! Oh yes it can. Tomorrow, Henry Sosa starts for Houston, and the cruel Muses of 2011 are simply waiting to breathe eight-inning shutout βίος into Sosa's right arm. Or, the Giants could buck up, win the game by any...
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First inning: Giants go down in nine pitches against rookie making his second major-league appearance. Jonathan Sanchez walks the Braves' leadoff man, who happens to be the top base stealer in baseball, who then proceeds to ste.... uh, to get...
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If you've landed on this page after a Google search to slake your spanking fetish, please go back. Nothing to see here. Well, except there's this guy called "The Machine" who comes around every so often...No. Today we speak of...
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I keep reminding myself that on August 26, 2010, the Giants were six and a half games behind the first-place Padres. All the 2011 Giants need to do, from August 11 onward, is win one more game and lose one...
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(Bonus poster prize at bottom of box!) Argh. That is the sound a million Giant fans make when they hear that Carlos Beltran is getting an MRI on his hand/wrist to make sure there are no broken dreams in there....
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I don't get all WTF very often. Not good for the kishkes. Or as Satchel Paige liked to say, it angries up the blood. But if I had a press pass and didn't care about burning bridges for the rest...
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Big thanks as usual to Chris Corwin. You can find all his posters here, including one for the Diamondback series, which I forgot to post. Lo ciento, Corwinator X. ...
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First order of business: Keep calm and carry on, citizens. The Giants are playing their worst ball of the year. They haven't been close late in a game since the extra-inning loss Friday in Cincy. They're still in first place....
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Barry Zito is back on the disabled list. The official word is he re-aggravated the foot injury that sidelined him for two months this spring, but it seems a thinly veiled move to get Zito off the field with a...
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When was the last time such a flawed team had such a huge mandate to improve at the trade deadline? The Giants were in a very odd situation the past month, very much in contention for a playoff berth --...
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