Joaquin Arias
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And the winners of two pairs of Giants tickets are…
There was a game last night, and from all accounts a pretty good one. I didn’t see it because I’m in San Diego, where I parked my car at Qualcomm Stadium at 6 am this morning to try to find my wife so I could cheer her on while she ran a half-marathon. After getting […]
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Tim Lincecum: still not a quality starter in 2012
People were just about ready to start believing in Tim Lincecum again, after he stuck out Jose Reyes with a high fastball...
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Bruce Bochy: ‘I’ll continue to mix it up in that 2-hole’
Before the second of a 2-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy touched on a several injury-related topics, as well as the ever-changing lineup which causes fans to wince in pain on a near-daily basis. — Joaquin Arias isn’t in the lineup today, which leaves Emmanuel Burriss at third […]
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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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So far, it’s been the Year of Cain
All spring, it was about Matt Cain. Sure, we were monitoring the progress of injured Giants like Buster Posey, Brian Wilson and Freddy Sanchez, and there was the issue of figuring out the roster, but Cain’s contract discussions were of greatest concern throughout March. In Cain’s first start of the season, six days after signing […]
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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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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...
