Joe Panik
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3.1K6Giants notes: Panik to DL, Pagan still leading off for some reason (whoops, never mind)
#SFGiants at #Braves Pagan cf Aoki lf Duffy 3b Posey c Pence rf Belt 1b Crawford ss Adrianza 2b Cain p — San Francisco Giants (@SFGiants) August 3, 2015 The worst part about this lineup is the absence of Joe Panik, who was placed on the DL today. (Panik’s open roster spot was filled by […]
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2.3K5Five pleasant surprises from the Giants’ semi-surprising start
Things could be much, much worse for the San Francisco Giants. Only five other teams in the majors have a lower total run differential than the Giants’ -21. They’ve been without their second-best position player and starting pitcher all season. The third baseman they traded for is totally in his own head and can’t do anything […]
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2.4K2Bumgarner and new look offense lead Giants to Opening Night win
So far, so good … once the game started. The Giants released a worrisome Matt Cain update before the game, along with the expected announcement that Ryan Vogelsong would start in place of Jake Peavy. The Giants looked lively in the first, but Joe Panik and Angel Pagan were stranded after reaching base with one out. But Madison Bumgarner lulled […]
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4.8K7Is Joe Panik trying to become a power hitter?
Joe Panik hit a home run yesterday. Big deal, it’s just Spring Training. But it was his second of the Spring, which looks weird compared to what we’ve come to expect from the Giants’ everyday second baseman. The ball can sometimes carry a bit more than average in those Arizona ballparks, and that’s just about always the […]
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3.6K9“In life you don’t get too many of these moments.” — St. John’s honors Joe Panik at Madison Square Garden
How much do the Giants love and appreciate Joe Panik? Team CEO Larry Baer traveled with the team’s newest World Series trophy to Madison Square Garden for an on-court celebration of the St. John’s alum’s accomplishments — many of which were packed into the months of August, September and October. I don’t know if that necessarily means […]
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2.9K12Bumgarner succeeds where Kershaw couldn’t: St. Louis
The Giants spent Game 1 doing what they’ve been doing throughout the postseason. They pitched well, played close to perfect defense, and scored a few runs while leaving a ton of guys on base. They also won their seventh straight road postseason game, this time by a score of 3-0, and took a 1-0 lead in […]
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3.6K2From vets to rookies, Giants feel confident heading into familiar territory: an elimination game
“We don’t need no easy (expletive) road. We get to play an extra (expletive) game. It doesn’t matter how you get from A to B, our goal at the beginning of this (expletive) season is to win a (expletive) World Series. And guess what, boys! We’re going to the (expletive) dance!” — Hunter Pence You […]
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Projecting the Giants postseason roster
Assuming the Giants make the postseason, here’s my roster projection. They’ll probably need to win a Wild Card “play-in” game against the Pirates just to make it to the NLDS, unless they somehow overtake the Dodgers. The Cubs aren’t helping the Giants in their series against the Dodgers so far, and the Giants can’t sleep […]
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2.6K7Giants 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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Petit tosses complete game, Panik goes 5-for-5, Giants gain game on Dodgers
You don’t have to feel good for Yusmeiro Petit. You might be a fan of another team. Like the D-Backs, the team Petit pitched for from 2007-09 that came *this* close to getting perfecto’d by Petit a year ago. But if you’re an unbiased observer, or someone who leans toward the Giants’ side of the […]
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3.0KPanik’s four hits doesn’t lead team in Giants’ most lopsided win of the season
Little River, CA I’ve decided I’m going to include datelines when I write stuff in towns other than San Francisco. I might stick with it, I might not. *** Bruce Bochy might stick with this lineup for a while. Joe Panik went 4-for-6 in the “two-hole,” as Bochy likes to call it, and the Giants collected […]
