14 Nov 18
MLB 14 Nov 18
SF Giants: Two Iconic Stars, Two Critical Questions to be Answered
The addition of new President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi doesn’t change the difficult immediate outlook or profound long-term (…)
2018 SF Giants
09 Nov 18
MLB 09 Nov 18
SF Giants Turn an Era-Ending Double Play
Right now it’s difficult to envision the full effect of the San Francisco Giants’ recent hiring of former Dodgers General Manager (…)
02 Nov 18
MLB 02 Nov 18
New SF Giants Executive Team Will Inherit an Organization in Disarray
Once the San Francisco Giants go through the process of selecting a new President of Baseball Ops and a new General Manager, those newly (…)
01 Nov 18
MLB 01 Nov 18
Giants Hall of Fame Slugger Willie McCovey Dies at 80
Willie McCovey 01/10/38 – 10/31/18 Willie McCovey debuted with the San Francisco Giants on July 30, 1959 at the age of 21. He played in (…)
12 Oct 18
MLB 12 Oct 18
Let's Take a Peek at the Seamy Underside of the National League
As we plunge headfirst into the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers, I ask for a (…)
05 Oct 18
MLB 05 Oct 18
The Biggest Challenge for the SF Giants is Changing their Culture
When San Francisco Giants Chief Executive Officer Larry Baer announced on September 24th that the team’s General Manager Bobby Evans had been (…)
12 Sep 18
MLB 12 Sep 18
Misleading and Irrelevant MLB Stats Still Roam the Earth
You would think the sports section of a metropolitan newspaper would use modern analytical statistics to support their Major League (…)
23 Aug 18
MLB 23 Aug 18
The Myths About MLB Player Injuries Are Alive and Well in 2018
Once again this season we’ve heard the same tired cliched comments about MLB player injuries: > “Wow is it me or (…)
02 Aug 18
MLB 02 Aug 18
Who’s Leading the War Against Baseball? Amazingly, it’s Former MLB Players
We live in a time when ideology is more important than our basic institutions. When traditions and foundational beliefs are casually (…)
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 (…)
16 May 18
MLB 16 May 18
SF Giants’ Farm System: A Cluster of Hype and Myths
What do you do when your MLB team’s organizational ratings have been in the bottom 20% of all thirty teams for the past 8 years? If (…)
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 (…)
17 Apr 18
MLB 17 Apr 18
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 (…)
10 Apr 18
MLB 10 Apr 18
STOP THE PRESSES!! WE HAVE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL BREAKING NEWS!!
Cutting Edge Baseball Headlines From Around the (…)
05 Apr 18
MLB 05 Apr 18
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 (…)
23 Mar 18
S.F. Giants 23 Mar 18
The LA Dodgers and the Zen of Doing Nothing While Making Everything Happen
We recently reviewed a number of misleading offseason narratives being spun about each team in the National League West. Incorrect reads (…)
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 (…)
10 Feb 18
S.F. Giants 10 Feb 18
Darvish to the Chicago Cubs Means it’s Time for Milwaukee and St. Louis to Step Up
This offseason, Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein and General Manager Jed Hoyer have been laser-focused on (…)
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 (…)
26 Jan 18
S.F. Giants 26 Jan 18
The ABC's of the MLB CBA: When is a Luxury Tax Not a Salary Cap
In late November of 2016, representatives of Major League Baseball were engaged in tense and critically important labor negotiations with (…)
