Tag: 2018 San Francisco Giants news
SF Giants: Two Iconic Stars, Two Critical Questions to be Answered
/ | Leave a CommentThe addition of new President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi doesn’t change the difficult immediate outlook or profound long-term challenges […]
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SF Giants Turn an Era-Ending Double Play
/ | Leave a CommentRight now it’s difficult to envision the full effect of the San Francisco Giants’ recent hiring of former Dodgers General […]
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Giants Hall of Fame Slugger Willie McCovey Dies at 80
/ | Leave a CommentWillie McCovey 01/10/38 – 10/31/18 Willie McCovey debuted with the San Francisco Giants on July 30, 1959 at the age […]
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Let’s Take a Peek at the Seamy Underside of the National League
/ | Leave a CommentAs we plunge headfirst into the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers, I ask […]
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The Biggest Challenge for the SF Giants is Changing their Culture
/ | Leave a CommentWhen San Francisco Giants Chief Executive Officer Larry Baer announced on September 24th that the team’s General Manager Bobby Evans […]
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Misleading and Irrelevant MLB Stats Still Roam the Earth
/ | Leave a CommentYou would think the sports section of a metropolitan newspaper would use modern analytical statistics to support their Major League […]
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It’s Time for a Revolution in Baseball Broadcasting
/ | Leave a Comment2018 has been another tremendous Major League Baseball season, featuring great division races, elite-league teams, young superstar players and dramatic […]
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2018 SF Giants Poised to Spiral into NL West Obscurity
/ | Leave a CommentAs we complete the first full week after the 2018 All-Star Break, there’s a lot to suggest that the current […]
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The 2018 MLB Trade Deadline: What the SF Giants Will Do — What they Should Do
/ | Leave a CommentAfter the first 69 games of the 2018 season, the San Francisco Giants are 34-35, in third place in the […]
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SF Giants’ Farm System: A Cluster of Hype and Myths
/ | Leave a CommentWhat do you do when your MLB team’s organizational ratings have been in the bottom 20% of all thirty teams […]
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Ready for Another Shake-up Year in the NL West? Not So Fast
/ | Leave a Comment2017 was a paradigm shift season for the National League West. With both the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies under […]
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For the San Francisco Giants, the Old School is Always In Session
/ | Leave a CommentLet’s get one thing out of the way before those of you enjoying an adult beverage do a spit-take and […]
Read more »The LA Dodgers and the Zen of Doing Nothing While Making Everything Happen
| Leave a CommentWe recently reviewed a number of misleading offseason narratives being spun about each team in the National League West. Incorrect […]
Read more »Playing Pepper 2018: When You Come to the Anniversary in the Road, Take It
| Leave a CommentThis is the tenth year in a row that Daniel Shoptaw has coerced dozens of baseball bloggers to answer a […]
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The 2018 NL West Again Poised to Grab Three Postseason Spots
| Leave a CommentAs Spring Training begins in earnest, it’s time to examine and correct several misleading narratives being spun about every team […]
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Giants Front Office Appears to be in Disarray as the 2018 Season Opens
/ | Leave a CommentAs the San Francisco Giants begin Spring Training 2018 there are undeniable signs the team’s front office and executive management […]
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SF Giants’ Plan for 2018: Slap a Team Together to Keep the Money Rolling In
| Leave a CommentThe one thing you have to say about the state of the San Francisco Giants is that the team’s front […]
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How the San Diego Padres Just Got Smarter
| Leave a CommentThis is a time when really smart and progressive Major League Baseball organizations are engaged in an ongoing, competitive three-dimensional […]
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Of the Myths Spun and Believed About Major League Baseball Injuries
| Leave a CommentFor some reason there are still baseball fans, bloggers, sports writers and Major League franchises who completely fail to understand […]
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Giants Trade for Longoria In Their Continuing Effort to Appear Relevant
| Leave a CommentSan Francisco Giants executives are obviously dedicated to fulfilling what they perceive is their #1 responsibility: to try to appear […]
Read more »SF Giants Make a Short-term Positive Move— Matt Moore to the Rangers
| Leave a CommentAt The Giants Cove we try to hold the San Francisco Giants to the highest professional sports franchise standards. Because […]
Read more »San Francisco Giants Paying the Price for a Fumbled Legacy
| Leave a CommentWhenever any criticism of the San Francisco Giants comes up, fans are quick to point out the team’s three World […]
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