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Posey a student for now; stats come later
Buster Posey has appeared in only five games since his call-up from Triple-A Fresno on Sept. 2. You get the sense he hasn't spent his time in the Giants' dugout simply eating sunflower seeds and admiring the architecture of big-league ballparks. "He's pretty...
Giants leading off
One-run not-so-fun: Though the Giants already have 11 more wins than the 72 they had last season, the 2009 team hasn't been nearly as good in one-run decisions (20-22) as the '08 club was (31-21)...
Posey a student for now; stats come later
Buster Posey has appeared in only five games since his call-up from Triple-A Fresno on Sept. 2. You get the sense he hasn't spent his time in the Giants' dugout simply eating sunflower seeds and admiring the architecture of big-league ballparks. "He's pretty...
Giants leading off
One-run not-so-fun: Though the Giants already have 11 more wins than the 72 they had last season, the 2009 team hasn't been nearly as good in one-run decisions (20-22) as the '08 club was (31-21)...
Giants On Deck
Today OFF Tuesday vs. Diamondbacks 7:15 p.m. CSNBA Davis (8-13) vs. Sanchez (7-12) Wednesday vs. Diamondbacks 7:15 p.m. CSNBA Mulvey (0-2) vs. Penny (3-1)...
Relaxed Cain puts fun over stress, gets win
Whatever their faults, you have to give the Giants this: They reached the season's final week without being eliminated from the playoffs when they beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 Sunday. Matt Cain rebounded from one of his worst starts as a Giant and held the Cubs...
Keeping Uribe seems obvious
There exists a player who sounds as though he wants to be a Giant next year. This year, he is hitting .299 in 378 at-bats. Project his numbers over 500 at-bats and he would have 20 homers and 70 RBIs. His on-base-plus-slugging percentage (OPS) as an everyday...
How they scored
Giants 1st: Velez singled to right. F.Lewis singled to left, Velez to second. Winn grounded out to shortstop, Velez to third, F.Lewis to second. Sandoval intentionally walked. Uribe grounded into fielder's choice, third base to second base, Velez scored....
On deck
Today Off Tuesday vs. Diamondbacks 7:15 p.m., CSNBA Davis (8-13) vs. Sanchez (7-12) Wenesday vs. Diamondbacks 7:15 p.m., CSNBA Mulvey (0-2) vs. Penny (10-9)...
Relaxed Cain puts fun over stress, gets win
Whatever their faults, you have to give the Giants this: They reached the season's final week without being eliminated from the playoffs when they beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 Sunday. Matt Cain rebounded from one of his worst starts as a Giant and held the Cubs...
Uribe powers victory, says he'd love to be back
There exists a player who sounds as though he wants to be a Giant next year. This year, he is hitting .299 in 378 at-bats. Project his numbers over 500 at-bats and he would have 20 homers and 70 RBIs. His OPS as an everyday player since Aug. 1 is 1.011. To...
The topic has become next year
Now that the Giants have played themselves out of contention, 2010 is the next topic of discussion. Four home games remain, meaning several players - especially veterans - are saying their final farewells to Giants fans. Some don't know it. Some do. "I won't...
Giants' Villalona enmeshed in hometown slay case
They call him "Papa" here in his hometown. Angel Villalona is the baseball hero you go to when you need uniforms for the youth ball league, bats or gloves for the neighborhood kids, a little money to help with the bills. But today there are no free bats,...
Giants leading off
Bradley a Giant? The Chicago Tribune speculated on a Milton Bradley-for-Aaron Rowand trade, the Cubs picking up Rowand's contract (three years, $36 million remaining) and the Giants Bradley's (two years, $21 million). The Giants would save money but acquire a...
Sanchez sees rosy 2010
Second baseman Freddy Sanchez thinks he'll be healthy at the start of next season, whether he's with the Giants or another team. "I'm 100 percent confident I'll be ready going into someone's spring training," Sanchez said. Asked if he wants to return to...
Giants fall again
Now that the Giants have played themselves out of contention, 2010 is the next topic of discussion. Four home games remain, meaning several players - especially veterans - are saying their final farewells to Giants fans. Some don't know it. Some do. "I won't...
Sanchez sees rosy 2010
Second baseman Freddy Sanchez thinks he'll be healthy at the start of next season, whether he's with the Giants or another team. "I'm 100 percent confident I'll be ready going into someone's spring training," Sanchez said. Asked if he wants to return to...
Giants' Villalona enmeshed in hometown slay case
They call him "Papa" here in his hometown. Angel Villalona is the baseball hero you go to when you need uniforms for the youth ball league, bats or gloves for the neighborhood kids, a little money to help with the bills. But today there are no free bats,...
Zambrano blanks Giants in Posey's first start
The Giants conjured quite a trick Friday night, playing one game that spanned two seasons. While technically still alive in the 2009 postseason race, the Giants took a grand step into 2010 by installing Buster Posey as their primary catcher. "It's time,"...
Giants beat: Cain wins 2009 Willie Mac Award
Matt Cain could have made a strong case for the Willie Mac Award last year, when he went 8-14 but easily could have gone 14-8 with a little more run support. He did not whine, publicly or privately, and made a strong impression on teammates. When Cain came to...
Baker's homer in 9th sinks Giants
In a season of wild momentum changes, the biggest might have occurred when Brian Wilson fired a 2-2 fastball that got too much of the plate's inner half. Jeff Baker sent it into the foggy San Francisco night, and the Giants moped at a time they should have...
Jenkins: HR crushes Giants' hopes
They were standing as one, for the first time all night. Even as the baseball season seemed to vanish into the left-field bleachers, a home run too cruel to comprehend, they stayed on their feet. They were in shock, too stunned to move. If the Giants'...
Giants Beat: Lincecum open to long-term deal
Tim Lincecum answered the question exactly how Giants fans wanted him to. For the first time, the ace will be eligible for arbitration, meaning his salary will skyrocket, and he was asked if he'd be open to a long-term deal. "Yes," he said Thursday. Lincecum,...
Giants leading off
All even: The Cubs entered the four-game series with a 16-16 record at the Giants' 10-year-old park. The only out-of-town teams with winning records at Third and King: Dodgers (43-38) and Pirates (15-14)...
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