2018 NL West
27 Jun 18
MLB 27 Jun 18
Two National League Teams with Opposite Opportunities to Reboot
It’s odd to think of the 2018 New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers as being in similar situations as the July 31st non-waiver trade (…)
14 Jun 18
MLB 14 Jun 18
The 2018 MLB Trade Deadline: What the SF Giants Will Do -- What they Should Do
After the first 69 games of the 2018 season, the San Francisco Giants are 34-35, in third place in the NL West, some 4 games behind the (…)
04 May 18
MLB 04 May 18
Ready for Another Shake-up Year in the NL West? Not So Fast
2017 was a paradigm shift season for the National League West. With both the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies under new front (…)
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MLB 2d ago
For the San Francisco Giants, the Old School is Always In Session
Let’s get one thing out of the way before those of you enjoying an adult beverage do a spit-take and waste good alcohol. Yes, it’s (…)
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MLB 2w ago
One Brain-Dead MLB Debate Needs to Go Away in 2018
As we careen into the first several weeks of the 2018 MLB season, it’s a good time to address the most annoying reoccurring baseball (…)
18 Mar 18
S.F. Giants 18 Mar 18
Playing Pepper 2018: When You Come to the Anniversary in the Road, Take It
This is the tenth year in a row that Daniel Shoptaw has coerced dozens of baseball bloggers to answer a series of preseason questions about (…)
08 Mar 18
S.F. Giants 08 Mar 18
Deconstructing the SF Giants' 2018 Schedule: It’s All About the First Half
Traditionally Major League Baseball divides every season into the “first half” and “second half”, with the All-Star break being (…)
24 Feb 18
S.F. Giants 24 Feb 18
The 2018 NL West Again Poised to Grab Three Postseason Spots
As Spring Training begins in earnest, it’s time to examine and correct several misleading narratives being spun about every team in (…)
17 Feb 18
S.F. Giants 17 Feb 18
Giants Front Office Appears to be in Disarray as the 2018 Season Opens
As the San Francisco Giants begin Spring Training 2018 there are undeniable signs the team’s front office and executive management (…)
02 Feb 18
S.F. Giants 02 Feb 18
The NL Wild Card Race Should be a Wild Ride in 2018
Last season saw a rumbling tectonic shift in the battle for the National League’s two Wild Card playoff slots. The Arizona (…)
19 Jan 18
S.F. Giants 19 Jan 18
SF Giants’ Plan for 2018: Slap a Team Together to Keep the Money Rolling In
The one thing you have to say about the state of the San Francisco Giants is that the team’s front office executives actually seem to (…)
11 Jan 18
S.F. Giants 11 Jan 18
How the San Diego Padres Just Got Smarter
This is a time when really smart and progressive Major League Baseball organizations are engaged in an ongoing, competitive three-dimensional (…)
04 Jan 18
S.F. Giants 04 Jan 18
Of the Myths Spun and Believed About Major League Baseball Injuries
For some reason there are still baseball fans, bloggers, sports writers and Major League franchises who completely fail to understand (…)
22 Dec 17
S.F. Giants 22 Dec 17
Giants Trade for Longoria In Their Continuing Effort to Appear Relevant
San Francisco Giants executives are obviously dedicated to fulfilling what they perceive is their #1 responsibility: to try to appear (…)
16 Dec 17
S.F. Giants 16 Dec 17
SF Giants Make a Short-term Positive Move— Matt Moore to the Rangers
At The Giants Cove we try to hold the San Francisco Giants to the highest professional sports franchise standards. Because someone has (…)
12 Dec 17
S.F. Giants 12 Dec 17
San Francisco Giants Paying the Price for a Fumbled Legacy
Whenever any criticism of the San Francisco Giants comes up, fans are quick to point out the team’s three World Series wins in 2010, 2012, (…)
15 Nov 17
S.F. Giants 15 Nov 17
Why Signing Giancarlo Stanton Would Be a Disaster for the San Francisco Giants
Since the World Series ended, the San Francisco Giants have gotten a great deal of media play over their self-advertised interest in (…)
27 Oct 17
S.F. Giants 27 Oct 17
The Giants’ Bold Plan for 2018: Devise a Series of Inept Distractions
We have breaking news. The San Francisco Giants’ historically catastrophic 98-loss 2017 season wasn’t simply about wins and (…)
14 Sep 17
S.F. Giants 14 Sep 17
In the Dominant National League West, Here’s the Next Powerhouse Team
With two weeks to go in the 2017 season, three of the four National League teams with the best winning percentages have home addresses in (…)
