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Powerhouse matchup
Story line: What constitutes a dynasty in 21st century baseball? Baseball has reached a modest level of parity since the Yankees won the last of three consecutive World Series in 2000. So maybe a repeat by the Phillies this year would mark a modest dynasty,...
Lineups get attention, but pitching may decide it
The Phillies must have felt at home when they left their own shoe box of a ballpark to play the first game at the new Yankee Stadium on May 22. The teams combined for seven home runs - the Phillies hitting four of them in a 7-3 win. Despite all the talk about...
Powerhouse matchup
Story line: What constitutes a dynasty in 21st century baseball? Baseball has reached a modest level of parity since the Yankees won the last of three consecutive World Series in 2000. So maybe a repeat by the Phillies this year would mark a modest dynasty,...
Closing down Mannywood
You painted your face in bright, gaudy colors, with a double layer of eye-black. You had fake vegetables sprouting out of your head. Your cheers went for naught in a really bad loss at your nearby stadium, and now you're back home with the mirror, feeling...
GIANTS / Getting a big jump on new season
With spring training just around the corner, it's time to start fixing the Giants. By getting busy now with helpful criticism and suggestions, we avoid being accused of second-guessing. We are first-guessing, and any response by the Giants will be second-...
Giants / Getting a big jump on new season
With spring training just around the corner, it's time to start fixing the Giants. By getting busy now with helpful criticism and suggestions, we avoid being accused of second-guessing. We are first-guessing, and any response by the Giants will be second-...
Giants, A's remember day that shook baseball
Twenty years ago today, at 5:04 p.m., a half-hour before World Series Game 3 at Candlestick Park, Al Michaels told a national TV audience, "I think we're having an earth..." The Giants and A's were rendered irrelevant after the Loma Prieta quake shook the...
Giants, A's remember day that shook baseball
Twenty years ago today, at 5:04 p.m., a half-hour before World Series Game 3 at Candlestick Park, Al Michaels told a national TV audience, "I think we're having an earth..." The Giants and A's were rendered irrelevant after the Loma Prieta quake shook the...
Chaos in owners' box may hurt Dodgers
Now that everyone has finished with their angst-a-thon about the Giants, the new deals for Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy, and the identity of the new hitting coach (what say they make a run at Jason Bay and say they'll pay him to do both jobs?), here comes...
LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE: Remembering the 1989 A's / One of the best teams ever
Spring training brought its usual spirit of renewal in 1990, but it wasn't the same around the A's camp. In a sense, the ground was still trembling. Oakland had just won a World Series interrupted by earthquake, rendering more trivial matters insignificant...
Coach says he did his best for team of free swingers
Carney Lansford, fired as the Giants' hitting coach, did not ask manager Bruce Bochy who might replace him. "Frankly, I don't care," Lansford said Thursday. "I wish whoever it is the best. I hope they get some players for him." Fan favorite Will Clark does...
Coach says he did his best for team of free swingers
Carney Lansford, fired as the Giants' hitting coach, did not ask manager Bruce Bochy who might replace him. "Frankly, I don't care," Lansford said Thursday. "I wish whoever it is the best. I hope they get some players for him." Fan favorite Will Clark does...
LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE: Remembering the 1989 A's / One of the best teams ever
Spring training brought its usual spirit of renewal in 1990, but it wasn't the same around the A's camp. In a sense, the ground was still trembling. Oakland had just won a World Series interrupted by earthquake, rendering more trivial matters insignificant...
Chaos in owners' box may hurt Dodgers
Now that everyone has finished with their angst-a-thon about the Giants, the new deals for Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy, and the identity of the new hitting coach (what say they make a run at Jason Bay and say they'll pay him to do both jobs?), here comes...
Kate Hudson added to Yankees' all-star lineup
The Yankees always skim the cream of the free-agent pool, but this is ridiculous. Now they've landed Kate Hudson. Remember when Hudson helped inspire the Warriors to their greatest (and only) playoff series victory in the last 15 seasons, as part of Baron...
Baseball after death, and destruction
There is no cheering in the press box, but there is weeping. I try to keep my weeping to a minimum and reserve it for important stuff, like when the popcorn machine breaks or a writer with a fat head camps in the row in front of me. Oct. 27, 1989, was...
For losers, little relief in playoffs
Say what you want about whether baseball's first-round playoff series should extend to a best-of-seven, the three-man vs. four-man rotation strategies or the sloppy job by umpires. If we've been reminded of anything so far in the 2009 postseason, it's that...
Giants don't ask hitting coach Lansford back
The Giants did not hit, and batting coach Carney Lansford is paying the price. Manager Bruce Bochy phoned Lansford on Wednesday to tell the coach he would not be invited back for a third season. The South Bay native and 1981 American League batting champion...
National League Championship Series preview
A look at the National League Championship Series, which begins today at 5:07 p.m. in Los Angeles. LEADING OFF Rematch of 2008 NLCS, which Phillies won in five. Manny Ramirez had big NLCS in '08 (.533, two homers, seven RBIs) but wasn't a factor. Series MVP...
Kate Hudson added to Yankees' all-star lineup
The Yankees always skim the cream of the free-agent pool, but this is ridiculous. Now they've landed Kate Hudson. Remember when Hudson helped inspire the Warriors to their greatest (and only) playoff series victory in the last 15 seasons, as part of Baron...
Shedding tears both of sorrow and of hope
There is no cheering in the press box, but there is weeping. I try to keep my weeping to a minimum and reserve it for important stuff, like when the popcorn machine breaks or a writer with a fat head camps in the row in front of me. Oct. 27, 1989, was...
League championships schedule
Playoff schedule NLCS Today: Philadelphia (Hamels 10-11) at Los Angeles (Kershaw 8-8), 5:07 p.m. Friday: Philadelphia at Los Angeles (Padilla 4-0), 1:07 p.m. Sunday: Los Angeles (Kuroda 8-7) at Philadelphia, 5:07 p.m. Monday: Los Angeles (Wolf 11-7) at...
For losers, little relief in playoffs
Say what you want about whether baseball's first-round playoff series should extend to a best-of-seven, the three-man vs. four-man rotation strategies or the sloppy job by umpires. If we've been reminded of anything so far in the 2009 postseason, it's that...
Giants don't ask hitting coach Lansford back
The Giants did not hit, and batting coach Carney Lansford is paying the price. Manager Bruce Bochy phoned Lansford on Wednesday to tell the coach he would not be invited back for a third season. The South Bay native and 1981 American League batting champion...
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