Tag: San Francisco Giants
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…
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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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Red Sox Roll Over Giants In Two Game Sweep
The Red Sox have been playing some of their best baseball of the year so far and there is no…
Read more »Pittsburgh Pirates Takeaways & Throwaways – One that Got Away
The Pittsburgh Pirates fell again tonight to the San Francisco Giants by a score of 7-6. The Pirates held an…
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Sox Split With O’s and Future Outlook
The Boston Red Sox split their four game series with the Baltimore Orioles, which leads them one game ahead of…
Read more »2016 NL Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. NL West
Coming off a season in which the National League West division was the personal punching bag of the Pittsburgh Pirates,…
Read more »“Secret Sauce”: Uncovering Vivek Ranadivé’s new analytical gameplan for the Sacramento Kings
How might the Kings use analytics to give themselves a competitive advantage?
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