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Spending other people’s money
Spending other people’s money...
It’s almost a relief that the Brian Sabean didn’t dive into free agency from the start with the same vigor as a child who sees one of those giant inflatable bouncer things for the first time. He did that last year, and ended up going 1-for-4 on his veteran spending spree, as Sabean turned...
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The Giants just…won’t…die
The Giants just…won’t…...
Part of you is near reverential, the other part of you is exhausted and secretly wishes it would all just end. The San Francisco Giants, the team that tonight came within 2.5 wins of the over/under Las Vegas set for them before the season, is again only 3.5 games behind the Colorado Rockies. 3.5. It...
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C’mon Manny, put us out of our misery
C’mon Manny, put us out of our mis...
So we’re waiting…waiting for the inevitibable. Waiting for Manny Ramirez to sign with the Dodgers. It’s pretty much settled, isn’t it? Manny Ramirez loves warm weather, the Los Angeles lifestyle and all the glitterati. Even the paparazzi. And Fatburger. There’s no way Manny...
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Zito Will be a Starter Again Very Soon...
Imagine if the Giants had traded Tim Lincecum to Toronto for Alex Rios. That indeed was the rumor at the general managers meetings a few months ago, one that would have been disastrous had it come to fruition. This little bullpen experiment with Barry Zito, where he’s supposedly going to learn...
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Best Baseball Team in the Bay? Look East...
Billy Beane is certainly not perfect. While he has let several players go over the years, with mixed success, Beane did go all in on Eric Chavez, who starts this season on the disabled list. Again. But the curve on which Beane is graded on is based both on his own team’s lower-lower-lower middle...
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And This Was Supposed to be This Team...
Noah Lowry not only hit the backstop with wayward pitches so many times in two Spring appearances that it looked like he was playing handball, he also suffered a rare and unusual injury to his pitching arm, possibly putting his career in jeopardy. Barry Zito isn’t just trying out a new windup after...
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All I Need is a Pharrell Beat and Some C...
(Uh ohhhhhh!) Ohhhhhhhhhhhh It ain’t my fault (Did I do that) It ain’t my fault (Did I do that) It ain’t my fault (Did I do that) Why am I doing my best Mystikal impersonation right now? Cause I just hopped on BART after hearing that Noah Lowry does not, I repeat, DOES NOT have a...
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Just Call me Bay Area Jinx Guy...
I almost feel guilty. Just one week into Spring Training, and the Giants’ lefty starters have already given two performances eerily similar to my 2008 Worst-Case Scenario. First Barry Zito gave up eight runs in only two-thirds of an inning against the A’s on Saturday. OK, first outing of...