09 Mar 20
MLB 09 Mar 20
"Playing Pepper" Brings the Heat to the 2020 MLB Season
There is no spicier MLB blog series in the greater sports webisphere than “Playing Pepper” from the esteemed Daniel Shoptaw. By day Shoptaw (…)
Buster Posey
23 Aug 19
MLB 23 Aug 19
Flash: The Rest of the NL West Won’t Wait for SF Giants to Get Better
When San Francisco Giants ownership hired Farhan Zaidi to be the team’s President of Baseball Operations last off-season, the (…)
21 Jul 19
Mets 21 Jul 19
New York Mets fall to San Francisco Giants in extra innings, again
The New York Mets may still want to believe they’re in a wild card race, but this weekend was a sobering reality check. After starting (…)
19 Jul 19
Mets 19 Jul 19
7/19/19 Game Preview: New York Mets at San Francisco Giants
The New York Mets (44-52) saw their four game winning streak come to an end last night in painful fashion. Their game with the San (…)
18 Jul 19
Mets 18 Jul 19
7/18/19 Game Preview: New York Mets at San Francisco Giants
So far, so good for the New York Mets (44-51) in the second half. The Mets have ripped off four straight wins on the road, enabling them to (…)
05 Jun 19
Mets 05 Jun 19
6/5/19 Game Preview: San Francisco Giants at New York Mets
The heat under Mickey Callaway’s seat is getting warmer as the New York Mets (28-32) are in danger of letting their season slip away. (…)
04 Jun 19
Mets 04 Jun 19
6/4/19 Game Preview: San Francisco Giants at New York Mets
After another disappointing road trip, the New York Mets (28-31) return home under .500 again. The Mets have dropped 21 of their last (…)
16 May 19
MLB 16 May 19
In the SF Giants Dugout the Veterans are Leading by (Worst) Example
With the recent embarrassing outburst by demoted San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Derek Holland criticizing his team’s leadership, (…)
2d
MLB 2d ago
The SF Giants and the First Rule of Holes: Just Stop Digging
After the first three weeks and 20 games into the 2019 season, the San Francisco Giants appear on the surface to be a continuing model of (…)
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 (…)
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 (…)
26 Jul 18
MLB 26 Jul 18
2018 SF Giants Poised to Spiral into NL West Obscurity
As we complete the first full week after the 2018 All-Star Break, there’s a lot to suggest that the current National League West (…)
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 (…)
22 Apr 18
Chin Music Baseball 22 Apr 18
Fantasy Baseball 2018: Who's Hot, Who's Not Heading Into Week 4
Disclaimer: This post may contain links in which I receive commissions from. Another week of the 2018 regular season is in (…)
4d
MLB 4d 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 (…)
23 Feb 18
Chin Music Baseball 23 Feb 18
2018 All-Money Team: The Highest-Paid MLB Players at Each Position
The MLB offseason was incredibly slow. How slow was it, exactly? Well, we didn’t see a free agent sign a $100-plus million contract until the (…)
01 Aug 17
Left Coast Sports 01 Aug 17
MLB Trade Deadline Special: West Coast teams review
The MLB’s trade deadline delivered plenty of excitement on Monday, especially for two west coast teams. One team traded away their ace (…)
12 Jul 17
Left Coast Sports 12 Jul 17
2017 MLB All-Star game: West Coast players recap
The 2017 MLB All-Star had the feel of a game that had home-field advantage on the line for the World Series. Luckily for the NL, it (…)
23 May 17
S.F. Giants 23 May 17
SF Giants Finally Winning Games But Catching Up is Hard to Do
It took a quarter of the 2017 MLB season for the San Francisco Giants to find that elusive sweet stride that losing teams search for and (…)
16 May 17
S.F. Giants 16 May 17
Why the Giants Won’t be Sellers or Traders at the July Deadline
First, There’s Some Disturbing News The San Francisco Giants’ critically ill 2017 season just received something akin to (…)
11 May 17
Mets 11 May 17
Embarrassed ... In Front Of Buster Posey
Cannonball Run is a movie that hasn’t had a reboot in a while. But the Mets proved today that it could be done. On Wednesday afternoon at (…)
09 May 17
Chin Music Baseball 09 May 17
10 Hot Starts in MLB That Aren't Built to Last
With each big league ballplayer staring down six months of regular season play on Opening Day, every single one of them hopes for a fast (…)
09 May 17
Mets 09 May 17
A Win Before Bedcheck
It’s always fun to get that first walk-off win out of the way for the season. Not that we really want it out of the way. Walk-offs are to be (…)
2d
S.F. Giants 2d ago
The First two Weeks of the 2017 MLB Season: Rigorous Notes, Random Finger Pointing, and Damning Pronouncements
Let’s See Where We’re At The start of the 2017 season has been challenging for several high-profile teams, including (…)
27 Jan 17
Chin Music Baseball 27 Jan 17
2017 All-Money Team: The Highest-Paid MLB Players at Each Position
While it may not feel like spring is on the way in certain parts of the country, it’s closer than you think. Why? Well, the start of (…)
