Tag: San Francisco Giants
STOP THE PRESSES!! WE HAVE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL BREAKING NEWS!!
Updated:Cutting Edge Baseball Headlines From Around the Nation and Around the World! This Is the Real Made Up News that…
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One Brain-Dead MLB Debate Needs to Go Away in 2018
Updated:As we careen into the first several weeks of the 2018 MLB season, it’s a good time to address the…
Read more »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…
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Ranking MLB's 15 Opening Day Games From Worst to Best
There’s no gentle way of saying this — if you’re a baseball fan, this past winter was absolutely brutal. Even…
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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 the…
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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…
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Giants Front Office Appears to be in Disarray as the 2018 Season Opens
Updated:As the San Francisco Giants begin Spring Training 2018 there are undeniable signs the team’s front office and executive management…
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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 improving…
Read more »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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The San Francisco Giants Really Need Johnny Cueto to Rebound in 2018
Major League Baseball’s offseason has been slow overall, but the San Francisco Giants have been doing their best to be…
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Which Potential Trade Destination Makes the Most Sense for Jackie Bradley Jr.?
It’s no secret, you guys — the Boston Red Sox need to find a legit power bat this winter. It…
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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…
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Acquiring Evan Longoria Solves Two Issues For the San Francisco Giants
Well, it looks like the Tampa Bay Rays are in need of a new face for their franchise. Earlier today,…
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Making Sense of MLB’s Buyers and Sellers Heading Into 2018
The 2017 edition of Major League Baseball’s Winter Meetings didn’t feature as many major moves as we’re typically used to…
Read more »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…
Read more »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…
Read more »Analyzing a potential Pittsburgh Pirates- SF Giants deal for McCutchen
Andrew McCutchen’s name was brought up for the first time this offseason Wednesday when Jon Morosi tweeted that the Giants…
Read more »STOP THE PRESSES!! WE HAVE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL BREAKING NEWS!!
Cutting Edge Baseball Headlines From Around the Country and Around the World! This Is the Real Made Up News that…
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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…
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Vin Scully Becomes America’s Latest Irrelevant Loudmouth
At a time when legendary baseball broadcaster Vin Scully should be enjoying retirement and accepting the well-deserved accolades of his…
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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 losses. And…
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Dusty Baker’s Managerial Resume Continues its Relentless Freefall
Responsibility for success or failure in professional sports can cut a fine line. Is it defined by the quality of…
Read more »SF Giants Executives Laser-Focused on Team’s #1 Critical Need: Explaining Away 2017
The San Francisco Giants organization is planning on big changes happening in 2018. Without actually doing very much. Following the…
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Giants Use Unique Strategy to Go After Japanese Superstar Shohei Otani
Just about everyone knows who the number one free agent will be this off-season: twenty-three-year-old Japanese baseball mega-star Shohei Otani….
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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…
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