18 Mar
Hot Reads 18 Mar
SF Giants Playing Pepper 2021: The Unedited Director’s Cut
I can’t swear to this, but there’s a rumor that high up in the rafters of Busch Stadium in St. Louis is a small circular stairway (…)
S.F. Giants
18 Feb
MLB 18 Feb
Giants sign possible closer Jake McGee
The San Francisco Giants might have found their closer for 2021 on Wednesday, with the signing of Jake McGee of San Jose, CA to a (…)
11 Feb
MLB 11 Feb
Tales of Candlestick Park: When Tommy Lasorda Roamed Free
The news of Dodger legend Tommy Lasorda’s sad passing last January brought a remarkable flood of stories and remembrances surging through (…)
05 Feb
MLB 05 Feb
Giants sign infielder Tommy La Stella
Second baseman Tommy La Stella is remaining in northern California, but is just switching teams and leagues. On Thursday, La Stella of (…)
05 Jan
MLB 05 Jan
Giants sign catcher Curt Casali from the Reds
The San Francisco Giants signed catcher Curt Casali of Walnut Creek, CA to a one-year deal worth $1.5 million on Monday according to (…)
09 Dec 20
MLB 09 Dec 20
Giants sign reliever Matt Wisler from the Twins
The San Francisco Giants improved their bullpen on Tuesday. According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Giants signed reliever Matt (…)
28 Sep 20
MLB 28 Sep 20
The Short 2020 MLB Season Finishes Long on Drama
The historic 2020 Major League Baseball regular season ended with an exciting down-to-the-last-strike horse race in the National League and (…)
09 Sep 20
MLB 09 Sep 20
MLB 2020 Labor Day is Over—Time to Get to Work
This week most Major League Baseball teams have passed the 40 game two-thirds point of this most unconventional and paradigm-changing (…)
24 Jul 20
MLB 24 Jul 20
The 2020 MLB Season: History Happening in Front of Our Eyes
Major League Baseball just kicked off the 2020 season and by any measure it will be highly watchable, utterly unique, and simply one of (…)
19 May 20
MLB 19 May 20
Four Intriguing MLB Stories I Can’t Get Out of My Head (#3 & #4)
3. Picking Off Three Runners for Three Outs: The Ultimate in Theft Prevention Sometimes you find out that (…)
13 May 20
MLB 13 May 20
Four Intriguing MLB Stories I Can’t Get Out of My Head (#1 & #2)
In the great swath of legendary MLB history and statistical oddities there are certain tales that grab us by the scruff of our necks, enter (…)
02 May 20
MLB 02 May 20
The 1972-1995 MLB Labor Wars: 24 Years of Strikes and Lockouts (part 2)
The MLB Labor Wars Part 2: Prelude to Labor-Armageddon 1990 Season – Baseball Owners (…)
01 May 20
MLB 01 May 20
The 1972-1995 MLB Labor Wars: 24 Years of Strikes and Lockouts (part 1)
Major League Baseball is working to determine just how the 2020 season, abbreviated by the COVID-19 epidemic, will be scheduled and (…)
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MLB 4w ago
MLB Joins a World Turned Upside Down by the COVID-19 Tsunami
Major League Baseball may have shut everything down just in the nick of time. On March 11, 2020 Washington Post sports columnist Thomas (…)
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 (…)
21 Jan 20
MLB 21 Jan 20
In the History of High-Tech MLB Cheating the Giants Were Pioneers
For 19 years we’ve known that the infamous “Shot Heard Round the World” winning home run in the 1951 National League playoffs between (…)
30 Dec 19
MLB 30 Dec 19
How the SF Giants Are Turning Their Broken Farm System Around
When, you might wonder, was the last time the San Francisco Giants had four players on Major League Baseball’s Top 100 Prospects list? How (…)
12 Dec 19
Diamondbacks 12 Dec 19
Is Kevin Gausman $6 million better than Junior Guerra?
The Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball signed right handed pitcher Junior Guerra of San Felix, Venezuela from the Milwaukee (…)
10 Dec 19
MLB 10 Dec 19
Why the World of the San Francisco Giants Got Blowed Up Real Good
As we move through the 2020 MLB pre-season, San Francisco Giants President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi continues to clean house (…)
09 Dec 19
Cubs 09 Dec 19
Cubs sign relief pitcher Dan Winkler from the Giants
The Chicago Cubs signed Dan Winkler of Effingham, IL to a one year contract worth $750,000 from the San Francisco Giants on Friday. (…)
22 Oct 19
MLB 22 Oct 19
Answers to All Your 2019 World Series Questions in One Easy to Swallow Portion
The expected story-line for the 2019 MLB World Series is short, simple and brutal. The Houston Astros will mercilessly deconstruct the (…)
01 Oct 19
MLB 01 Oct 19
The Only Guide You Will Need for the 2019 MLB Wild Card Games: Free Version
As Milwaukee and Washington prepare to play the NL Wild Card game later today, it’s instructive to note that few Major League post (…)
19 Sep 19
Hot Reads 19 Sep 19
Bruce Bochy becomes 11th MLB manager to win 2000 regular season games
Bruce Bochy of Bussac-Foret, France made Major League Baseball history on Wednesday by becoming only the 11th Major League Baseball manager (…)
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 (…)
