Barry Bonds
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2.3K4The Giants’ first week power surge
Last season the Giants were one of the most power-starved teams in the Major Leagues. Only the Marlins hit fewer home runs. The 2012 team, which is roughly the same as this one but a couple years younger, hit even fewer, finishing dead last in baseball. You have to go back to 2010 to find […]
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Vogelsong scraps new mechanics and reaps benefits, Susac shines in tie with Rangers
For Ryan Vogelsong, this was more like it. He struggled mightily in his last outing, an 18-3 bludgeoning at the hands of the Seattle Mariners. In Thursday night’s 4-4 tie with the Texas Rangers, Vogelsong showed all the qualities the Giants have come to prize over the last few years. He battled, which should sound […]
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3.6K2Barry Bonds carries on legacy of father, godfather with coaching stint
There are going to be a multitude of columns about Barry Bonds over the next 24-to-48 hours discussing his personal “brand,” his desire to rehabilitate his image, his Hall of Fame chances and, of course, his refusal to go into details about his personal history with performance-enhancing drugs. A lot was covered in this morning’s […]
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1.4K2Barry Bonds is coming back to the Giants (as a Spring Training instructor)
In a move that will please San Francisco Giants fans — and those who root for other teams who are really proud of that flaxseed oil joke they came up with five years ago — Barry Bonds will be serve as an instructor during Spring Training for the Giants. According to Alex Pavlovic, who broke […]
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Dave Henderson knew Jose Canseco was on steroids, says PED users ‘don’t deserve to be in the Hall of Fame’
Dave Henderson seemed huge during his playing days. Maybe it was the fu-manchu or the way he stood at the plate, but he always appeared bigger than his listed size (6’2″, 210 lbs). His outstanding production during the playoffs didn’t hurt either, and back in the 1980s and early ’90s the playoffs were the only […]
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Top 10 San Francisco Giants surprises (so far)
We arrived in San Diego on Thursday, and we’re heading to L.A. today and will stay there until Thursday. As always, I feel weird when I’m out of town and can’t watch (almost) every pitch of every San Francisco Giants game — so it’s really going to be an adjustment in July when my wife […]
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Barry Zito, Gregor Blanco help Giants pick up where they left off in Miami
The San Francisco Giants didn’t play the exact same game on Memorial Day that they did on Sunday, but from a distance it looked that way. Solid performances by the starting pitchers, an offensive spark caused predominantly from the outfielders, and a low-scoring game resulting in a win. Dig a little deeper and surprising things […]
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Giants Havanibal in Miami
Long, odd, fun game on Thursday night. Pretty much the perfect introduction to Marlins Park, which is nowhere near as awful or offensive as some make it sound. Sure, it’s garish. Some have even called it “tacky.” But why is that so horrible? There’s no real defense for the sculpture, but aquariums are fun. I might […]
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Game 6 of the World Series was amazing (and the Rangers are in trouble)
Back in 2002, I had a few of my friends over from hundreds of miles away in the little in-law unit I...
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Top 10 Bay Area Athletes Who Never Won A Championship
After watching Game 1 of the NBA Finals, it seems hard to imagine a world where the Miami Heat won’t be NBA...
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Strangest sports day ever?
I started a new job on Monday, and while it’s better than my prior gig in pretty much every way imaginable (especially...
