Yasiel Puig
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2.4KHudson vs. Dodgers base-stealers, Ryu getting MRI, amazing question for Bochy
The Giants have stolen 53 bases this season as a team. Dee Gordon, the Dodgers’ leadoff hitter tonight, has 59 by himself. After losing 9-0 last night, look for the Dodgers to be aggressive on the base paths with Tim Hudson on the mound. Out of 16 attempts, runners have stolen successfully 14 times on Hudson and Buster […]
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2.7K7Giants just one game back in NL West after crushing Dodgers in series opener
Summer turned to fall nine days early in San Francisco. When Joe Panik and Buster Posey hit back-to-back doubles in the first inning, and the legitimate sellout crowd screamed while waving orange rally towels, it felt at least nine days later than September 12. Generally these feelings are accompanied by nail-biting baseball, but the Giants scored four […]
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4.1K2Now’s the time for the Giants to gain ground on the Dodgers (hey, stop laughing!)
If you feel bad about giving up on the Giants at around 2:30 pm on Saturday, don’t. The Phillies had a 5-1 lead in the fifth inning. Tim Hudson was already out of the game. The Giants somehow figured out ways to strand four base runners per inning. They were on their way to getting swept […]
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2.9K5Dodgers set triples record, Lincecum says he should’ve shook off more pitches in 5-run 5th, Bochy isn’t a Puig fan
When the Giants thought up the dimensions of Pac Bell Park and created “triples alley,” this was not what they had in mind. The Dodgers hit a franchise record-tying five triples, defeating the Giants 8-1 in the first game of this much-anticipated series. According to Giants PR, the previous record for triples hit by a team […]
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2.4K2When it comes to the HR Derby, Cespedes > Puig (and everybody else)
Yoenis Cespedes won the Home Run Derby for the second consecutive year. The bushy-eyebrowed slugger started out slowly, but he finished with 25 home runs in the final three rounds and 30 overall — one fewer than the combined totals from Todd Frazier, Jose Bautista and Giancarlo Stanton, the other three contestants who made it as far […]
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2.9K9Belt heading to DL with fractured thumb, Bumgarner gets into it with Puig, Giants beat Dodgers
It’s a shame that Madison Bumgarner’s best start of the season didn’t get top billing. Same goes for Brandon Crawford’s two-run home run that broke a 0-0 tie in the fifth inning. But the San Francisco Giants lost their leading home run hitter tonight to a fractured thumb, and after the game Bruce Bochy said Brandon Belt will probably […]
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2.8KDodgers avoid sweep, Bochy and Bumgarner avoid saying anything too insulting about Buckminster’s strike zone
The San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers played against each other for 30 innings and over 11 hours, and the Giants came away with two wins while outscoring the Dodgers 6-5. If this series was any indication of how this season’s going to go, we’re in for a grueling (and thrilling) summer and fall. You […]
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Giants power their way past Dodgers
Charlie Steiner was flummoxed. Buster Posey had just hit the Giants’ third home run of the game, their ninth in six games. “It took them 16 games to reach nine home runs last year,” Steiner said. If you can’t tell, I’m writing this post from Southern California, an area that expected better from its National […]
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3.5K1Giants take 8-0 lead against Dodgers, don’t squander it
The day started off strangely for the Los Angeles Dodgers. It should’ve been nothing but happy times and smiling faces for the defending National West champs, who went into their home opener with a 4-1 record. But Yasiel Puig showed up late this morning, and he was replaced in the lineup by Matt Kemp. Kemp […]
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ZiPS Projections: the NL West hitters
Now that the start of the season is within view (some teams pitchers and catchers have already reported!!!) I thought it would be nice to take a little bit of time and take a look at how the teams in the NL West compare to each other. The ZiPS projections for the Giants came out […]
