Hunter Pence
-
2.5K3Has Ryan Vogelsong come through since rejoining the rotation? YES! YES! YES!
I’m not sure why I didn’t think to write about Hunter Pence clutching his left side last night as he rounded first. I guess I just always assume Pence’s muscles will regenerate like salamander tails, but like every other Giants outfielder of note, he’s over 30 years old. The Giants learned the results of Pence’s […]
-
4.4K1Giants break losing skid with Pence’s return and Cain’s best start in ages
Baseball is a funny game. Those who write about baseball tend to describe baseball’s funny traits more than scribes who cover any other sport, save for golf. But the Giants were the walking dead yesterday after a road trip full of six games they should’ve forfeited, followed by a cross-country flight. After their first win […]
-
3.3K6Giants 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 […]
-
2.7K7Giants notes: Who Pence and Ishikawa might replace … and is Vogey back?
Just like we can’t count the Giants out as a team, we’ve seen too many moments where Ryan Vogelsong pulled himself out of the baseball abyss to give up on him in April or May. That’s why, unlike several frustrated fans during his horrible start against the Dodgers when he allowed four homers, I didn’t […]
-
3.8K7
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 […]
-
3.3K7Giants reportedly asked Red Sox about Allen Craig
When Hunter Pence got hit by the pitch that broke a bone in his forearm, thoughts immediately turned toward ways to replace him. After all, the Giants were expected to have a difficult time surpassing 100 home runs on the season with Pence fully healthy. A lineup without Pence brings to mind visions of the […]
-
3.2K8Enough with the “odd year” doom, Giants fans
Hunter Strickland gave up another homer yesterday, but that wasn’t the worst thing to happen to a Giant named Hunter. Far from it, actually. Hunter Pence took a pitch off his left forearm. The beat writers sent out tweets that the team doctor diagnosed the injury as a fracture before sending Pence off to get […]
-
3.9K9San 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 […]
-
3.2K36
A list of Giants players who’ll be in the World Series parade (which includes Barry Bonds)
There are slated to be 100 vehicles in tomorrow’s San Francisco Giants World Series victory parade, which starts at noon. The list of participants is subject to change, but here are the players who are scheduled to ride down Market Street at about 3 mph. The current players are going two to a car, except […]
-
3.2K30Giants win third championship, Madison Bumgarner destroys everything I’ve ever known about pitching
Baseball is a team sport, but the San Francisco Giants were led by one man in a way that we’ve never seen before. Two innings would’ve been incredible. Three would’ve been a miracle. Five innings. Five innings. Five innings. After throwing nine shutout innings three days earlier. After throwing 47.2 innings throughout this postseason. Move […]
-
3.6K10World Series legend Madison Bumgarner sends Giants to Kansas City up 3-2
“For some reason I keep getting real lucky in this time of year,” Madison Bumgarner told Fox’s Ken Rosenthal after pitching a four-hit shutout in Game 5 of the World Series. “So, I’ll take it.” That was after Bumgarner doffed his cap and thanked the crowd, who showered the 25-year-old ace with “M-V-P” chants after his […]
