Brett Pill
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What’s wrong with Tim Lincecum?
Tim Lincecum struck out the side in the first inning with a walk mixed in. In the second inning, after Daric Barton ran the count to 3-1, Lincecum struck him out on an 84 mph changeup that brought to mind the 2010 postseason. Lincecum looked as good as he has all year until Jemile Weeks […]
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Giants suffer their ‘worst night’ with RISP, according to Bochy
This was the kind of San Francisco Giants loss we’re all used to. Madison Bumgarner pitched pretty well but got nothing in the way of support or luck; Buster Posey had 3 hits; the team walked zero times instead of 10. Those 10 walks last night led to a game that took 213 minutes to […]
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Walks on walks on walks … and a loss for the Giants
The San Francisco Giants made 3 errors in the same game for the seventh time this season. That didn’t help. The Giants walked 10 times, which I’m pretty sure is the amount of walks they accumulated in their previous 35 games combined. I’m not sure about that, though. Better check with @SFG_Stats. None of the […]
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Blanco, Vogelsong (and Pill) keep the Giants above .500
Brett Pill went 2-for-4 and drove in a run to go up by 2 in the 8th, Ryan Vogelsong pitched 7 innings when it looked early on like he’d have trouble getting through 4, Matt Kemp’s on the disabled list, and people are still complaining about Brandon Belt not getting enough playing time. I don’t […]
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Giants give Clayton Kershaw the 2-1 treatment
Last season, the score “2-1” became symbolic of all the San Francisco Giants’ problems. About 98% of that (completely accurate) perception of the team came from three of Clayton Kershaw’s five victories over the Giants coming in games that ended with that exact score. In September Kershaw led the Dodgers to 2-1 victories over the […]
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How many strikeouts is enough? (14 … the answer is 14)
Matt Cain’s strikeouts reached double digits for the second time this season. The first was his near-perfect shutout in the home opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates, when he struck out 11. Still, considering two things — (1) the Milwaukee Brewers’ lineup is far superior and (2) how Cain started Sunday afternoon’s game (a 4-pitch walk […]
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Giants, at their low point of the season, turn to Madison Bumgarner
Bruce Bochy knows what people are saying about him. What they’re saying on Twitter, what KNBR callers say about him over 50,000 watts, what the paying customers are saying in the stands. Bochy’s a tinkerer, they say. He mixes and matches too much. He makes too big a deal out of handedness-based matchups. He doesn’t […]
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Bruce Bochy’s plan without Pablo Sandoval
It’s been a gray, gloomy morning at AT&T Park, marked with periods of light rain about an hour before first pitch. The...
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Giants win what could be Bruce Bochy’s favorite game ever
I asked Brian Sabean what Bruce Bochy brings to the table during Media Day, and immediately regretted it because Bochy stared me...
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About Brandon Belt…
As everyone milled around the clubhouse on an early April morning, still a few hours away from the last game of...
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Giants’ new and improved offense: sustainable or 4-game fluke?
Since San Francisco Giants fans have become entirely too accustomed to dominant, stifling pitching performances, the reaction from many after Barry Zito’s...
