Marco Scutaro
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2.9K3Bochy on Uggla, his new everyday second baseman: “He’s a ballplayer.”
Dan Uggla was called up today, and he’s starting and batting seventh. Facing Zack Greinke, Clayton Kershaw and Hyun-Jin Ryu is a tough first assignment for a guy the Giants hoped would get more at-bats at Triple-A Fresno. However, even if he fails in this all-important series against the Dodgers, it sounds like the second […]
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3.1K4As offense comes back to life, Giants face several tough decisions
My wife made plans for us to go out to dinner with another couple last night, but when they came to pick us up at 6:30 the Giants already had a 9-1 lead. So I don’t feel like I missed much, but it would’ve been cheating in certain respects to come home and write a […]
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3.0K4Pagan decision coming soon, Groeschner “concerned” about swelling in Belt’s hand
The season is too long to expect that any baseball player will get through the entire campaign without playing hurt. The tough part is negotiating injuries to key players when the course of treatment isn’t clear-cut. The Giants are facing a decision on Angel Pagan, one they need to make shortly. A player can be placed on […]
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3.2K2Giants change their minds and promote Joe Panik, still hate utilizing the DL
Brian Sabean knows trades for starting position players or pitchers simply don’t happen in June, but he couldn’t keep waiting around for the Giants to pull out of this tailspin. After their sixth straight loss — a 4-1 defeat in Arizona — and only one win in their previous 10 games, something had to be done. There […]
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Sabean on Sandoval, Scutaro’s “confounding” back problems, why Romo extension would be one long-term deal too many
Brian Sabean went on KNBR with Tom Tolbert and Ray Woodson yesterday, and after discussing the current state of the team he talked about several different personnel matters. On the Pablo Sandoval negotiations, or lack thereof: Well, it was an impasse, and it probably was almost from day one because they stated a position that […]
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Scutaro’s busy Spring debut, Lincecum keeps pitching to contact, Giants lose 8-7 on walk-off HR
I’ve seen a lot of things on this Arizona trip I never would’ve expected. The Giants lost the first game I attended by a score of 18-3. Barry Bonds said his biggest regret was that his relationship with the media wasn’t better. Today, Marco Scutaro started against the Angels. We’ve been conditioned to assume the […]
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3.3K2Tim Lincecum just looks different somehow
A year ago, everything about Tim Lincecum seemed almost manic in Scottsdale. Maybe that’s too harsh. A better word might be “anxious” or “antsy.” On the field, everyone was obsessing over his radar gun numbers, which fluctuated throughout the Spring from “better than expected” to “are the baseballs a few ounces heavier tonight?” In the […]
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3.0KTim Hudson can hit, and apparently so can Ehire Adrianza
It’s been a wild day in the Bay Area sports (and sports media) world, but I can’t leave Goodyear Ballpark before writing a little something on the San Francisco Giants’ 8-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds. “The line wasn’t what I wanted it to be, but I feel like today was a very good workday […]
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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 […]
