Nate Schierholtz
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Coming soon: Aubrey Huff, starting first baseman
The first question of this morning’s edition of “Disabled List Chat, with Bruch Bochy” was about how nice it must be to face a string of right-handed starting pitchers so Brandon Belt could get some regular playing time. While the San Francisco Giants manager didn’t exactly disagree, his comments made it sound like the “#FreeBelt” […]
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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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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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Buster Posey has a nightmare game against his least favorite team
I saw Alex Pavlovic, the guy who mans the San Francisco Giants beat for the San Jose Mercury News and all those other BANG papers, and he mentioned how he was just trying to get back into the groove of things after having the weekend off. So was I. It seems weird, but it’s true […]
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Monday aside, Giants still built on pitching (Bumgarner!)
Doubleheaders are weird, and the San Francisco Giants sure seem to dominate whenever they’re forced into this rare scheduling quirk. Alright, that...
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In a crazy Giants world, you can still count on Bumgarner and the bullpen
The big story after the San Francisco Giants’ 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies seemed to be the bullpen in the eyes...
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Barry Zito rises above the nonsense
Twitter can give you the best and the worst in a moment’s time … on my way to a game where...
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Matt Cain’s extension looks pretty good after 1-hitter
The Giants have two starting pitchers under contracts totaling more $100 million threw shutouts on the same week. Matt Cain’s average annual...
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SF Giants’ 25-man roster decisions signal shift toward youth, offense
The Giants know they have the pitching to compete in the National League West. After announcing their Opening Day 25-man roster,...
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Brandon Belt, on parole?
All spring I was sure Bruce Bochy, Brian Sabean and the rest of the BRASS would choose Brett Pill over “freeing”...
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Stolen BASGs: slugging middle infielders and a guy named Hector Belt
After watching the last four games of the San Francisco Giants’ 2012 Cactus League season, everyone looks ready for the season. Not...
