Tag: the best SF Giants blogs
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…
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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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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…
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…
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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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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…
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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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Predicting the 2017 Giants: The “Who Knew?” Defense
When a baseball season goes as badly for a team as the 2017 MLB season has gone for the San…
Read more »Aiming at October: MLB Second Half Bullet Points
We’ll start with some distressing news about the San Francisco Giants (surprise). After that, (and brace yourselves for this) we’ll…
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If Things look Bad Now– A Look at the Future of the San Francisco Giants Organization
As the Giants ownership and team management look beyond their historically dismal 2017 season, what is the expectation for 2018…
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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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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,…
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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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Playing Pepper 2017: This Time It’s Personal
If you know Daniel Shoptaw (and I don’t) then you know he has an extreme case of St. Louis Cardinals…
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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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