Cody Ross
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Giants, with the help of rally rags, invoke the best kind of deja vu
For at least one night, the season didn’t seem lost. Far from it. The Arizona Diamondbacks scored a run in the first...
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Giants too sloppy to deserve a second chance
When the Giants came back to tie the game in the 8th, the crowd went crazy. Not only did the Giants come...
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Time for a new hashtag: #JailAaronRowand
Aaron Rowand has gone 85 at bats without walking. No reason to differentiate between plate appearances and at bats in Rowand’s case,...
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Brandon Belt, freed
It doesn’t make for great television, but whenever a professional cameraperson loses track of an opposite field home run — because it...
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A night without offense, part 1: San Francisco Giants
With all due respect to Andres Torres, who according to The Franchise is the nicest person to walk the earth, he may...
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View from the San Francisco Giants’ dugout
As I write this in the press box, viewing a landscape full of about 2,000 more seagulls than people about 15 minutes...
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10 observations about the Giants’ 1-game winning streak
You can complain about overuse of the “10 observations” format this week, or how much I write about Nate Schierholtz, but at...
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Ryan Vogelsong gets early second half head start on Barry Zito
I think I’ve given everyone enough time to watch the first episode of The Franchise if they were planning on checking it...
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Anything to avoid praising Jonathan Sanchez
Jonathan Sanchez gave up one hit through the first six innings tonight, and people will still find ways to complain. He walked...
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Early expectations and Giants success don’t mix
The last time there was this much anticipation for the start of a San Francisco Giants season, it was (cue futuristic keyboard...
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Mark DeRosa may not be a bench player for long
It was a day game after two disappointing, offensively stagnant night games, but it was still awfully strange to turn on my...
