Philadelphia Phillies
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3.9K12Several positives for Giants heading into All-Star break
It’s the Phillies, sure. After losing 4-2 to the Giants today to finalize a series sweep, the worst team in baseball has lost 15 of their last 18 games. They’ve been swept a mind-boggling eight times. Yet the Giants (46-43) looked like a team that could actually hit and catch and pitch semi-competently over the […]
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2.9K13“We came alive.” – Giants come back from four down, win 6-5
Jeremy Affeldt gave up a two-run home run in last night’s extra innings loss to the Phillies. After the game, Gregor Blanco got a talking-to from Bruce Bochy for screwing up on the bases. Both were heroes today in a game the Giants trailed by four runs — they won 6-5 to give themselves a chance to […]
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3.1K1Bumgarner comes through, Pence hits 3-run double in 9th and makes Papelbon look even angrier than usual
This game was the story of two starting pitchers facing drastically different challenges, and a right fielder bludgeoning his former team with a blooper. It ended with a brash closer looking especially sour as the Giants won their third straight game in Philadelphia, a 3-1 triumph where all four runs were scored in the ninth inning. Madison […]
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3.6K3It took 14 innings and multiple comebacks, but Tim Lincecum got his first career save
There were signs on Monday, but it was probably a little too early to tell. But after the Giants — led by Buster Posey and a group of seven eight relievers who all deserve medals of honor after what they’ve done over the last two games — won 9-6 in 14 innings, it’s getting difficult to ignore. […]
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2.8KLarger than average group of MLB scouts watch Lee get rocked, Giants win
They were there to watch Cliff Lee. Several scouts were tasked with documenting Lee’s every move — or at least the movement on his pitches — to see whether he was back to form and worth a truckload of prospects. But Lee gave up six runs (all earned) to the Giants on 12 hits. He even gave […]
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2014 MLB Predictions
I hadn’t planned on doing this, but after Marty Lurie asked me for some baseball predictions on Saturday — you can listen to my segment here — I figured it’d make sense to go through with this incredibly unique and revolutionary sports journalism process. Sometimes you’ve got to think outside the box, go out on […]
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Matt Cain wins again, looks like a legit Cy Young contender
This afternoon’s 8-3 win in San Diego wasn’t pretty. But thanks to a bouquet of defensive errors and his ability to overcome, Matt Cain’s line was. 7 innings, 9 strikeouts, 1 walk, 7 hits, no earned runs. That lowered his ERA to 2.41 (7th in the National League) and raised his WHIP to 0.94 — […]
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Matt Cain, Ace
Sometime last year I called Matt Cain the pitching equivalent of Xanax, because his presence makes Giants fans feel so relaxed. Everything’s...
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Madison Bumgarner press conference: quotes and videos
Compared to the Matt Cain extension press conference, today’s gathering to officially announce and chat about Madison Bumgarner’s extension was very low...
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The Grizzling of Brandon Belt: A lesson learned from Ryan Howard
“I’m always makin’ little minor changes in my swing even throughout the year,” Brandon Belt told Adam Foster of Project Prospect. “It...
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It was all good just a year ago: 2010 NLCS Game 3
The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Texas Rangers 3-2 in Game 1 of the 2011 World Series, and it was a solid...
