The Giants are certainly a confusing team in 2013, but wins are wins. Brandon Belt was the hero of Tuesday evening, launching an eighth inning homerun to turn the tables on the Diamondbacks, granting the Giants a 9-6 win. A shaky start by Tim Lincecum will surely raise more doubts about his future in San Francisco, but at least the more »
With Melky Out Should the Giants Pursue Hamilton, Ichiro or Swisher?
No, no way, no how can the Giants even consider bringing Melky Cabrera back. When considering the ever expanding debacle that is Melky Cabrera’s PEDs usage, it becomes abundantly clear that the Giants need to walk away from any thoughts of keeping the Melk Man. On the positive side, it saves the Giants some significant dollars and an assured public more »
A Surging Angel Pagan Remains Vital to An Improved Giants’ Offense
If Angel Pagan thrives in the leadoff spot, the Giants score more runs. Gregor Blanco and ex-Giant Nate Schierholtz have mainly held down the leadoff role for the majority of the season, or at least tried too, but Pagan, whose had much more experience then anyone on the Giants in leading off, is making a good bid to be the more »
Pagan and Posey lead Giants to 16-4 Win over Jonathan Sanchez, Rockies
The Giants faced a serious issue of addressing their recent struggles heading into the first series on an important August road trip at Coors Field. In the midst of a tight NL West division race with the Dodgers and Diamondbacks, the Giants had an awful home stand and needed a morale booster for the struggling ball club. The confidence and more »
Trade Deadline: Cody Ross Makes Sense for a Powerless Giants’ Lineup
Remember Cody Ross? The guy who went on a late season tear, swatting five home runs in the playoffs, including two home runs off Roy Halladay in the National league championship series, and was honored by winning the NLCS MVP award? While it may be a long shot, it would be wise for the Giants to attempt to bring Ross more »
Why Angel Pagan Should get a Second Chance in the Leadoff Spot
It’s time for Bruce Bochy to use some of his mixing and matching skills with Angel Pagan, whose struggling mightily at the plate. The former Met hit an astounding .375 in May, but the summer has brought everything but astounding numbers for Pagan. He hit .245 in June, and while we’re only halfway through July, Pagan is hitting just .229. more »
Are Opposing Pitchers Starting to Figure Gregor Blanco Out?
Bruce Bochy hasn’t had the advantage of automatically penciling in a leadoff hitter since Andres Torres had a breakout year with the Giants in 2010. However, Gregor Blanco has given Bochy the benefit of penciling his name in the leadoff spot every game, but Blanco didn’t get his chance until roughly a quarter way through the season. If you can more »
Cain Not Perfect, But Good Enough To Win
Matt Cain (9-2) took the mound Monday evening against the Los Angeles Angels in his first start since throwing the 22nd perfect game in major league history. Though far from perfect, and struggling with location most of the night, Cain battled through some tough innings to keep himself in the ballgame through the fifth inning. [...]
Rangers Harrison Pitches a Gem, Blanks The Giants
On a day after scoring eight runs on fifteen hits, and 19 runs over the last three games, the Giants surging offense was brought to a screeching halt Friday evening. Scattering just five hits over eight innings, Matt Harrison (8-3) pitched a complete game shutout for the Rangers while Ian Kinsler and Josh Hamilton homered [...]
Giants’ Bats Erupt in 8-3 Win Against Padres On Thursday Afternoon
Matt Cain pitched seven innings while striking out nine on just one walk to lead the Giants to a 8-3 win against the Padres in the rubber match of a three games series on Thursday afternoon. The Giants defense was hands down atrocious, but there were some web gems mixed in with the poor defensive outing. On a sunny afternoon more »
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