Sergio Romo
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Nine Giants looking for their third championship in San Francisco
The Giants have to win four more games before we can even think of bringing up the “d-word” to describe this team, and a look at who remains from the championship team in 2010 shows just how nimble a team has to be to enjoy sustained excellence — or even every-other-year excellence. Homegrown talent is […]
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2.5K17Giants take 2-1 lead on walk-off bunt, error (and I took photos)
What else can you say about a game like that? It’s a wonderful time to be in San Francisco. My days as a credentialed baseball reporter are over in 2014, so I waited until the last minute, “bought” a ticket on Stubhub (Rewards FanCode bucks really are the best), and walked down to AT&T Park. I […]
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12.7K25Pence’s “(expletive) champion blood” speech gets Giants ready for postseason (video)
The Giants had plenty of reasons to celebrate. The day began with a Brewers loss, which allowed the Giants to back into the Wild Card play-in game. So a celebration was planned for after Thursday night’s game against the Padres, win or lose. Despite giving up a 6-0 lead when the Padres struck for three […]
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2.9K18Sergio Romo: “There are things that happen in the clubhouse that should probably stay in the clubhouse.”
Sergio Romo’s weekly show aired this morning on KNBR, and Brian Murphy asked two questions about the weird situation involving the team’s “boycott” of beat writer Andrew Baggarly. Romo wasn’t in a mood to discuss the situation with Shawon Dunston or his feelings about Baggarly, other than to say it’s a “team thing.” Murphy: “Obviously […]
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5.3K12Bumgarner hits Puig and a homer, but it’s not enough as Dodgers lower magic number to one
Many years from now, we’re all going to glorify what we saw tonight. Embrace it. Don Drysdale throwing brushback pitches at Willie Mays and Willie McCovey sounds downright sexy now. At the time, well … it was probably pretty cool to watch back then, too. But the fans who watched those scenes play out didn’t know they […]
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13.2K20San Francisco Giants players reportedly boycotting beat writer
Via Henry Schulman: Pagan was not immediately available for comment. Before Bochy spoke, Pagan abruptly cut short a group interview because of the presence of one beat reporter whom he and other players say they will boycott, angry over something he wrote. Apparently the team has decided en masse that they won’t speak to any […]
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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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Posey makes MVP case, Bumgarner battles for win No. 17
Despite Miguel Cabrera getting revenge against Sergio Romo with a home run on a first-pitch slider that stood instead of slid in its approach to home plate, the Giants ran their winning streak against the Tigers to six with a 5-4 victory. And while listening to Matt Vasgersian for three hours was a chore, this was […]
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Sergio Romo still trusts stuff, himself
Sergio Romo is a relatively simple pitcher. He became a reliever in 2006 with the Augusta GreenJackets, and from there he worked his way up through the organization before reaching the pinnacle in 2012, when he closed out Game 4 of the World Series for the San Francisco Giants. He’s made his money and his name with a “no-dot […]
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Sergio Romo’s declining slider
Sergio Romo doesn’t have a typical Major League pitcher’s body. He doesn’t have a mid-90s fastball. He doesn’t even have a 90 mph fastball. What he does have is a slider that’s the envy of pitchers everywhere. He has made his living based on this one pitch and its ability to make the best hitters on […]
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2.9K14Romo blows save, Posey ties game, Giants lose 7-3 in 11 innings, Krukow questions Bochy
This one had it all. A return of vintage Matt Cain. Multiple Sergio Romo hanging sliders, which led to a two-run home run and two almost-homers. Buster Posey coming off the bench and yanking a double to left field on a 101-mph fastball from Aroldis Chapman to tie it in the bottom of the ninth. None […]
