Tag: San Francisco Giants
The First Giants: The NY Gothams Return Home from a Hard Road
Last week, we saw the struggling New York Gothams conclude the first road trip in the 135-year history of the…
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The Top Three Myths About the Giants Disastrous 2017 Season
As of Monday June 19, 2017 it has become clear that the San Francisco Giants are no longer simply an…
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MLB Players Weekend Special: Impact and potential highlights
Major League Baseball announced this week that the league will celebrate an event this year called Players Weekend, which will occur…
Read more »The Giants Front Office is Upset
Over the past three years, the San Francisco Giants appear to have settled comfortably into their well-earned identity as an…
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The First Giants: The Gothams vs. “One Arm” in Week 3 of the 1883 Season
As we discussed last week, the New York Gothams began their first road trip in franchise history in the second…
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Good News/Bad News: As the Magic Deflates, the Giants Turn to Minor League Players
First the good news. With a 23-34 record just past the one third point of the 2017 MLB season the…
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The Sports Daily June 2017 MLB Power Rankings
Here are The Sports Daily June 2017 MLB Power Rankings, hosted by Joseph Coblitz of the excellent Cleveland Indians blog…
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The First Giants: The Gothams Go On the Road in Week Two of the 1883 Season
I’ve been reading Edward Achorn’s 2013 book about the 1883 baseball season, The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers,…
Read more »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…
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The First Giants: Week One of the Gotham’s 1883 Premier Season
Last week, we discussed the first game in the history of the Giants baseball franchise. That was May 1, 1883,…
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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 emergency resuscitation….
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The First Giants: How the 1883 Gothams Acquired Four Future Hall of Famers
On May 1, 1883, 15,000 New Yorkers filled the stands at the Polo Grounds in upper Manhattan to witness baseball…
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SF Giants 2017 Season Premier: a Game of Throwns
We know how much the San Francisco Giants organization disdains advanced analytics and anything to do with them fancy computer…
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The First Giants: The 1883 New York Gothams
In honor of the 135th season of the San Francisco Giants Major League Baseball franchise, I will be profiling the…
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The Shifts Have Really Hit the Fan
Writer John Dewane of ACTA Sports recently posted MLB defensive shifting numbers (no source noted but I believe Baseball Info…
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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 the…
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Report: Jimmy Rollins not expected to make San Francisco Giants’ roster
It looks like it is the end of the road for former Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins. According to Henry…
Read more »The Matt Cain Game
There’s little question that the San Francisco Giants are by far the dullest franchise in Major League Baseball. And that’s…
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STOP THE PRESSES AGAIN!! BREAKING NEWS FROM MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL!!
Cutting Edge Baseball News From Around the Country and Around the World! This Is News You Can’t Legally Find Anywhere…
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The Giants Try Something New in 2017: Building a Productive Bench
As the San Francisco Giants begin Spring Training their front office management is tinkering with a radically new approach to…
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SF Giants 2017 Schedule: It’s Going to be a Bumpy Ride
In 2016 the San Francisco Giants received a generous gift from Major League Baseball: a relatively lopsided regular season schedule….
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Welcome to the Hall of Twenty Game Losers
Thankfully it’s now almost embarrassing to reference “wins” and “losses” when discussing the performance of a Major League starting pitcher….
Read more »The Mobius Strip Theory
Updated:The Major League Baseball Line-up Redesigned: The Mobius Strip Theory In 2010 I devised and introduced the Mobius Strip Theory…
Read more »About the Giants Cove
Updated:Welcome to the San Francisco Giants 2020 season. And to The Giants Cove. The Giants Cove reports on the San…
Read more »The Giants vs. the Dodgers: Closers/Second Base/Third Base
The San Francisco Giants have made their one off-season move with the signing of free agent closer Mark Melancon. Several…
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“Here Are the [insert number here] Things the Giants Need to Do for 2017”
Winter is coming and while no fire-upchucking dragons have been sighted in the sky, the mythical MLB hot stove is…
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“Jays From the Couch” Features Brilliant 2016 Giants Wrap-Up
Contrary to what you may have heard, “Jays From the Couch” is not a discarded piece of Canadian furniture covered…
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SF Giants’ Bold Plan for 2017: Take a Big Step Back
After two consecutive underperforming and very dull seasons in 2015 and 2016, the San Francisco Giants braintrust called a press…
Read more »Pittsburgh Pirates Wild Card Watch – Last Legs
In our Pittsburgh Pirates Wild Card Watch, we give you a semi-daily primer as the Pirates try to chase down a…
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