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Offseason Fears, Vol. MCMVII
8 days ago by
McCovey Chronicles
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I'm almost okay with the Giants acquiring another second baseman and moving Freddy Sanchez to third. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to pay a bunch of money for a player whose worth is completely intertwined with his ability to play a good defensive second base, but...
Offseason Priorities for the Giants, Part II: First Base
13 days ago by
McCovey Chronicles
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Supposedly, the easiest position at which to find a hitter is first base. Alas, we are Giants fans. It's a little disingenuous to say there's a post-Will curse on the organization -- J.T. Snow did provide a couple of fantastic years to bookend the meh -- but there hasn...
Minor League Update -- 11/16/09
15 days ago by
Over The Monster
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Jose Iglesias is not to be kept down. via cache.daylife.com
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NL West in Review: Shortstops
15 days ago by
Purple Row
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by David Zalubowski - AP
If UZR wasn't so strangely hard on Tulo, the Rockies' shortstop would be even higher above his competition.
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This is about as suspenseful as a modern...
Missing Nomar: The Red Sox Shortstop Search Continues
20 days ago by
Sports Blog Net
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Fourteen players have started at shortstop since the beginning of the 2004 season: Nomar Garciaparra, Pokey Reese, Cesar Crespo, Ricky Gutierrez, Mark Bellhorn, Orlando Cabrera, Edgar Renteria, Royce Clayton, Alex Cora, Alex Gonzalez, Julio Lugo, Dustin Pedroia, Jed Lowrie and Nick...
Blogging the Offseason: San Francisco Giants
21 days ago by
Simon On Sports
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Blogging the Offseason is a 30 team series in which I ask a blogging representative from each MLB team a series of ten questions about their desires and thoughts surrounding the offseason. Check out all of them here.Today's NL team is the San Francisco Giants and our guest Giants...
Bad Gift Ideas For Your Favorite Tigers Fan
28 days ago by
Bless You Boys
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What would be a worse gift idea for a Detroit Tigers fan this holiday season? An Edgar Renteria bobblehead or a Gary Sheffield bobblehead?
(I'm kind of impressed by the Sheff bobblehead's likeness. Usually, these things look nothing like the actual person....
We'll Always Have 2004
October 27, 2009 by
Mighty Quinn Media Machine
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1,827 days ago. It sure doesn't seem like five years. I was in the Riviera Cafe and Sports Bar that night when Keith Foulke grabbed Edgar Renteria's grounder. It set off ten minutes of sheer pandemonium and joy like I had never experienced before.Here's a tribute to that...
ESPN's Buster Olney on the Cubs Starlin Castro Starlin Castro, the Cubs' exceptional shortstop...
October 24, 2009 by
Fake Teams
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ESPN's Buster Olney on the Cubs Starlin Castro
Starlin Castro, the Cubs' exceptional shortstop prospect, won't turn 20 until March, but it appears he will have a legitimate chance to climb to the big leagues sometime next summer. "He's a big strong kid, not...
Cup of Coffee: Part 6
October 24, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Below is part six of this ever-expanding series. This is the final post. Enjoy. Edgar Renteria: We all know that the Tigers gave up Jair Jurrjens to bring Renteria to Detroit for the 2008 season...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Giant Shortstops Rich Aurilia, Omar Vizquel, Edgar Renteria & Juan Uribe
October 21, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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It isn't difficult to pick out who doesn't belong in this foursome. It's Edgar Renteria. Rich Aurilia was and always will be a fan favorite, spending his most productive seasons in San Francisco where we spent 12 of his 15 major league seasons...Read the full article on...
Why the San Francisco Giants Should Say Goodbye to Edgar Renteria
October 21, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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It isn't difficult to pick out who doesn't belong in this foursome. It's Edgar Renteria. Rich Aurilia was and always will be a fan favorite, spending his most productive seasons in San Francisco where he spent 12 of his 15 major league seasons...Read the full article on...
Is Re-Signing Juan Uribe Worth It For the San Francisco Giants?
October 18, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Giants general manager Brian Sabean has been known for some awful deals. This season was no exception as he proved to make a disastrous blunder in signing shortstop Edgar Renteria to a two-year, $18...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Discussion: Boston's Shortstop Problem
October 17, 2009 by
MLB Trade Rumors
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Ever since the Red Sox traded Nomar Garciaparra to the Cubs at the 2004 trade deadline, they've been looking for a long-term solution at shortstop. They've gone the big name free agent route with Edgar Renteria and Julio Lugo, tried the scrap heap approach with Nick Green,...
San Francisco Giants Allegedly Extend Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy—the Faithful Sounds Off
October 11, 2009 by
SportsScribes.net
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Sadly, the San Francisco Giants' 2009 season is already growing cold.
It was a fantastic ride—better than most people expected—but it's time to close the books on another 162-game campaign. Of course, when one book closes, another opens (so to speak).
That means it...
2009 Giants Post-Season Press Conference
October 07, 2009 by
ObsessiveGiantsCompulsive
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The great Andy Baggarly posted his transcript for the 2009 Giants Post-Season Press Conference at his blog recently. Chris Haft just posted his transcripts, but with the actual questions asked, at his blog, but it is unclear whether he provided the whole Q&A session or just select...
SABEAN / Defending Renteria's contract
During Monday's postseason review with the media, general manager Brian Sabean passionately defended his most criticized move from last season, a two-year, $18.5 million contract for shortstop Edgar Renteria. Sabean said: "I'm not going to speak to track...
Fixing the Giants Offense, Part I: Just Do Nothing
September 28, 2009 by
McCovey Chronicles
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The offseason hasn't even started yet. I already hate the offseason. The hopes of improving the Giants' offense are dead; long live the hopes of improving the Giants' offense.
The team wants to re-sign Juan Uribe, which is a fine idea. But they want to sign Juan Uribe...
Giants notebook: Renteria will have season-ending elbow surgery
September 25, 2009 by
Inside Bay Area
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Renteria will have season-ending surgeryNow that the Giants are all but done as a playoff contender, Edgar Renteria will have arthroscopic elbow surgery today that will end his season.
Giants' Renteria will have season-ending surgery
September 25, 2009 by
Mercury News
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Edgar Renteria's injury-plagued first season with the Giants is over after the club announced that the veteran shortstop will have elbow surgery on Saturday.
Renteria (elbow) done for year
San Francisco Giants shortstop Edgar Renteria will have surgery on his right elbow to remove bone chips and spurs.
San Francisco Giants: Why Bruce Bochy's Contract Shouldn't Be Extended
September 22, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Throughout the entirety of the 2009 season for the Giants, there have been numerous "head scratching" decisions made by their manager, Bruce Bochy.
Continually not bunting runners over from second to third with nobody out and putting on the hit and run in precarious situations...
Ryan Dempster: One of the Worst Free Agent Signings?
September 22, 2009 by
Jorge Says No
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SI.com's Ted Keith recently outlined "the worst" free agent signings of the 2008 offseason, most of which were not surprising. Oliver Perez and Milton Bradley have been two of the biggest disappointments in baseball. Edgar Renteria and Pat Burrell have shown very little...
With charismatic Uribe, Giants hit bargain-basement bonanza
Juan Uribe's salary is $1 million. Edgar Renteria averages $9.25 million. Imagine Uribe's surprise one recent payday when by mistake he was handed Renteria's bimonthly check. Uribe held up the check and whooped, "America is a great country!" He's a funny guy...
Post-Game Recap: The Giants Are Out of This Thing, and Running Down the Street To Avoid the Thing's Flaming Wreckage
September 17, 2009 by
McCovey Chronicles
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You know what? I'm going to give full credit to Jorge De La Rosa on this one. He threw hard, he located well, and his offspeed stuff was impeccable. It wasn't the awful, disgusting, reprehensible offense that's usually awful, disgusting, and reprehensible when Pablo Sandoval...
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