Richard Dyer

It’s usually around mid-August when the global Major League Baseball picture starts to come into sharper, more precise focus. As…

The recent MLB trade deadline is being described in terms of what the Big Three franchises did or didn’t do…

The 2019 menu for the San Francisco Giants looked to be pretty well laid out. This season they were supposed…

The Major League Baseball landscape in San Francisco is a contorted mishmash as we pause at the All-Star break to…

No other professional sport on planet earth is more defined and illuminated by statistics than Major League Baseball. As the…

With the recent embarrassing outburst by demoted San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Derek Holland criticizing his team’s leadership, the discord…

After the first three weeks and 20 games into the 2019 season, the San Francisco Giants appear on the surface…

The San Francisco Giants are definitely not rebuilding. Because a “rebuild” suggests that there was something worthwhile there in the…

“Playing Pepper” is back. Despite the best efforts of science to stop its virulent spread, Daniel Shoptaw’s annual review of…

Every year we get all worked up about the success or failure of various MLB teams, based on what we…

One way or another the San Francisco Giants intend to get a piece of superstar free agent outfielder Bryce Harper….

With the death yesterday of Peter Magowan, a principal member of the SF Giants ownership group, the story of how…

We often hear the following tired clichés when baseball commentators, front office executives or field managers are talking about the…

The recent news that team spending on Major League Baseball payrolls decreased by $18 million in 2018 compared to 2017…

As we assess the moves made during the recent MLB Winter Meetings, and the many free agents still on the…

The addition of new President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi doesn’t change the difficult immediate outlook or profound long-term challenges…

Right now it’s difficult to envision the full effect of the San Francisco Giants’ recent hiring of former Dodgers General…

Once the San Francisco Giants go through the process of selecting a new President of Baseball Ops and a new…

Willie McCovey 01/10/38 – 10/31/18 Willie McCovey debuted with the San Francisco Giants on July 30, 1959 at the age…

Hold on to your authentic MLB-branded reversible ball caps! We recently got the news that the LA Angels of Anaheim…

As we plunge headfirst into the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers, I ask…

When San Francisco Giants Chief Executive Officer Larry Baer announced on September 24th that the team’s General Manager Bobby Evans…

You would think the sports section of a metropolitan newspaper would use modern analytical statistics to support their Major League…

2018 has been another tremendous Major League Baseball season, featuring great division races, elite-league teams, young superstar players and dramatic…

Once again this season we’ve heard the same tired cliched comments about MLB player injuries: > “Wow is it me…

We live in a time when ideology is more important than our basic institutions. When traditions and foundational beliefs are…

As we complete the first full week after the 2018 All-Star Break, there’s a lot to suggest that the current…

It’s odd to think of the 2018 New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers as being in similar situations as…

After the first 69 games of the 2018 season, the San Francisco Giants are 34-35, in third place in the…