Brandon Crawford
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2.5K9Giants lose 2-1, Leake isn’t ready yet, Crawford really misses Panik
The atmosphere was quite playoff-like. It was the kind of game one would expect when the Giants face the Cardinals. Maybe things would’ve gone differently if this game occurred in October, because these two teams traded places on Monday night. It was the Cardinals who got the better performance from their starting pitcher. It was […]
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3.1K2Giants’ top 8 most surprising May performances
This is getting a little ridiculous. A record of 20-7. 5.15 runs scored per game while allowing just 3.37. Four straight home shutouts. They’re hitting .298/.352/.446 as a team, including pitchers, partly because Madison Bumgarner has registered an OPS of .879 … so far. His next start is scheduled for May 31. All of the […]
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3.3K4Giants on a roll, put Dodgers to sleep
Tim Lincecum passed Carl Hubbell to move into fourth on the All-Time Giants strikeout list. With seven shutout innings in a 4-0 win over the Dodgers, he ran his scoreless innings streak at home to 22 innings. Ho-hum. I’ve mentioned this already this season, but one of the best parts about Lincecum being good again (his […]
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3.0K6Giants are in surprisingly good shape, considering
The good news just keeps on coming for the San Francisco Giants. What’s good today? Casey McGehee is out of this morning’s lineup after grounding into his 12th double play last night in the Giants’ 11-2 throttling of the Reds. Sorry, I kid poor Casey, who I think will come out of this awful stretch […]
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3.5K12Report: Troy Tulowitzki is a traitor to the Oakland A’s
After doing what they always do, the Colorado Rockies are probably going to have to trade the franchise’s most talented player in relatively short order. The Rockies began the season 7-2, and now they’re 12-19. Quick start, even faster fade. That’s our Rockies! One can’t really blame Troy Tulowitzki for being over the whole situation. The […]
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2.1K5Five pleasant surprises from the Giants’ semi-surprising start
Things could be much, much worse for the San Francisco Giants. Only five other teams in the majors have a lower total run differential than the Giants’ -21. They’ve been without their second-best position player and starting pitcher all season. The third baseman they traded for is totally in his own head and can’t do anything […]
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2.7K8Giants lose another player, lose 7-6 to D-Backs
The good news is that the soul of this team hasn’t vanished. This is the same group of fiery, talented players that we remember from October, and they gave Arizona a scare after falling behind 7-4. The bad news is a lot of these players have already gotten injured, and the questions about their starting […]
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2.2K2Bumgarner and new look offense lead Giants to Opening Night win
So far, so good … once the game started. The Giants released a worrisome Matt Cain update before the game, along with the expected announcement that Ryan Vogelsong would start in place of Jake Peavy. The Giants looked lively in the first, but Joe Panik and Angel Pagan were stranded after reaching base with one out. But Madison Bumgarner lulled […]
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2015 San Francisco Giants preview
Now that we know what the 25-man roster looks like (for a week or two, anyway), we can let you know exactly how this season is going to go. First, here’s the roster. Pitchers (13) Jeremy Affeldt LHP Madison Bumgarner LHP Matt Cain RHP Santiago Casilla RHP Tim Hudson RHP George Kontos RHP Tim Lincecum RHP […]
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3.6K9San Francisco Giants Spring Training Portrait Day
Do you remember school portrait day? Mom yelling at you to comb your hair and tuck in your shirt. Maybe she even laid out a hideous new outfit for you to wear. For boys, it was something with a collar. Striped or plaid with a top button designed to cut off your windpipe. Corduroy pants. Maybe even […]
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Brandon Crawford, 2015 All-Star?
a “The team, I think, is a little bit deeper. Especially (compared to) how we started last year,” Brian Sabean said on Friday. Since the Giants GM started speaking in bullet points after that comment, I’ll separate his quotes while listing them in order. “If you look at how Susac’s emerged and what he’s capable of, potentially.” […]
