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The San Francisco Giants choked away a late three-run lead to the San Diego Padres Friday night, but their path to the postseason remains relatively simple.
September 26, 2020 at 8:42 AM
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With one week left in the 2020 regular season, the San Francisco Giants, a rebuilding team widely thought to be noncompetitive this year, are somehow squarely in the...
September 23, 2020 at 11:42 AM
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The San Francisco Giants are self-isolating in their rooms at a San Diego hotel after a member of the organization tested positive for the coronavirus before Friday game...
September 12, 2020 at 5:42 PM
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The 34-year-old third baseman, an instrumental part of three San Francisco World Series championships — including in 2012 when he was World Series MVP — has...
September 10, 2020 at 12:42 PM
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John Gavin's existential dread began before the pandemic, before the Tommy John surgery on his pitching arm, before he was stranded in Scottsdale, Arizona for physical...
September 9, 2020 at 4:42 AM
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Credit where credit is due: Backup catcher Drew Butera was the Colorado Rockies' best pitcher on Tuesday night against the San Francisco Giants. He allowed three runs in...
September 2, 2020 at 10:42 AM
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The San Francisco Giants did not make any significant moves during the 2020 MLB trade deadline even as NL West divisional rivals made a flurry of transactions.
August 31, 2020 at 3:42 PM
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Following the lead of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, who went on strike rather than participating in their postseason game against the Orlando Magic, the San Francisco...
August 26, 2020 at 7:42 PM
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Somehow, some way, the 2020 San Francisco Giants are on a seven-game win streak and have a very real chance at a playoff berth in this pandemic-altered season.
August 26, 2020 at 10:42 AM
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The San Francisco Giants cut ties with outfielder Hunter Pence on Sunday, ending a second stint with the fan favorite that didn't go nearly as well as his first. Pence...
August 23, 2020 at 12:42 PM
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On August 5, San Francisco Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi went on 95.7 The Game's Damon, Ratto & Kolsky Show and said that top prospect Joey...
August 20, 2020 at 12:42 PM
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Given the San Francisco Giants' sluggish start and the all-consuming, mostly depressing state of the world, there wasn't exactly a Twitter-shattering reaction on Friday...
August 17, 2020 at 4:42 AM
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Following the San Francisco Giants' historic late collapse vs. the Oakland Athletics Friday night, Dave Kaval, the extremely online team president of the A's, fired off...
August 15, 2020 at 8:40 AM
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Noted Los Angeles Dodgers fan Tiger Woods managed to jab the San Francisco Giants' orange and black color scheme during the first day of the PGA Championship at San...
August 6, 2020 at 12:42 PM
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Of the 83 'splash hits' that have dunked into McCovey Cove, Dave Edlund has caught 42 (including Yaz's walk-off in SF's 7-6 win against the Padres last Wednesday). He's...
August 4, 2020 at 5:42 AM
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Contrary to popular belief, the fan cutouts you see displayed at San Francisco Giants games at Oracle Park are not made out of cardboard.
August 1, 2020 at 10:42 AM
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The San Francisco Giants fell to the San Diego Padres 12-7 in extra innings Thursday night after a top-of-the-10th meltdown that featured a Tyler Rogers implosion and an...
July 31, 2020 at 11:42 AM
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In an MLB season thus far defined by coronavirus outbreaks, the dredged-up national anthem controversy and a seemingly disproportionate suspension, the San Francisco...
July 30, 2020 at 10:42 AM
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Dodgers' Chris Taylor gets a face full of Pablo Sandoval's butt during collision, nearly gets sat onFrom the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
During the fifth inning of his team's 9-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants Friday night, Los Angeles Dodgers utility man Chris Taylor had an extremely close call...
July 25, 2020 at 8:40 AM
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Despite the repeated insistence by some that the return of national anthem protests would cause MLB television ratings to crater, the two games televised to a national...
July 24, 2020 at 2:40 PM
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San Francisco Giants pitcher Sam Coonrod quickly became a hero in conservative media Friday morning after he decided not to kneel during a demonstration for Black Lives...
July 24, 2020 at 11:42 AM
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This is all wrong. Major League Baseball should have called off their season yesterday afternoon when news broke that Nationals superstar and batting stance god Juan...
July 24, 2020 at 8:42 AM
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The Giants began the strangest season in Major League Baseball history in a game against their archrivals that was neck to neck through six innings.
July 23, 2020 at 11:42 PM
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Prior to professional sports leagues resuming without fans and crowd noise amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, some floated the idea of televising games on a tape...
July 23, 2020 at 10:42 PM
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Fans hoping to watch the first pitch of the San Francisco Giants' 2020 season as it happened were instead treated to a commercial for software company Rimini Street as...
July 23, 2020 at 9:42 PM
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San Francisco Giants assistant coach Alyssa Nakken has broken down many barriers since becoming named the first female baseball coach in Major League Baseball history...
July 22, 2020 at 1:42 PM
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San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler and a handful of players took a knee during the national anthem prior to the team's "Summer Camp" exhibition game against the...
July 20, 2020 at 8:42 PM
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Giants catcher Buster Posey announced Friday morning he's opting out of the 2020 MLB season.
July 10, 2020 at 9:42 AM
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Ever wanted to sit next to famous San Francisco Giants alumni or celebrity at Oracle Park? Here is your chance, well, at least your cutout's chance to snuggle up to some...
July 7, 2020 at 1:42 PM
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The San Francisco Giants say they are "suspending workouts at Oracle Park, pending the results of tests conducted this past weekend." It's not clear when workouts will...
July 7, 2020 at 1:42 PM
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The MLB released its schedule for the abbreviated 2020 season on Monday, and it contains some weird quirks due to the nature of the coronavirus pandemic and the league's...
July 6, 2020 at 5:42 PM
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San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey is considering opting out of the MLB's truncated 2020 season depending on how the coronavirus pandemic unfolds over the next...
July 4, 2020 at 2:42 PM
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Former Giants pitcher Mike Leake, Bishop O'Dowd-Oakland alum Joe Ross and two-time All-Stars Ryan Zimmerman and Ian Desmond announced Monday that they will sit out the...
June 29, 2020 at 5:42 PM
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Are we about to see a cardboard cutout of someone very bad at a San Francisco Giants game this summer?
June 27, 2020 at 12:42 PM
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In light of the San Francisco Giants having to close their Scottsdale, Arizona spring training facility after a visitor developed COVID-19 symptoms, team president of...
June 26, 2020 at 10:42 AM
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An email from Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to players' union head Tony Clark led to a pause in plans by the players to vote — and likely reject...
June 21, 2020 at 5:42 PM
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On a day three major-league teams — including the Giants — shut their training facilities amid coronavirus outbreaks in Arizona and Florida, league officials...
June 19, 2020 at 8:42 PM
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The San Francisco Giants have closed their spring training facility in Scottsdale, Arizona after someone who visited the complex recently developed mild coronavirus...
June 19, 2020 at 4:42 PM
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Which makes the Giants' first-round pick in Wednesday night's MLB Draft all the more confusing. The Giants grabbed Patrick Bailey, a catcher from North Carolina State...
June 11, 2020 at 11:42 AM
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Former Oakland A's star and San Francisco Giants innings eater Barro Zito was on a television program titled "The Masked Singer" on Wednesday night, where he was...
May 14, 2020 at 10:42 AM
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The San Francisco Giants laid off 1,200 members of their event staff. This information was pulled from a California Employment Development Department WARN report; it is...
April 21, 2020 at 10:42 AM
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While he hasn't been in the broadcast booth in four years, long-time Dodgers announcer Vin Scully's voice could still be heard loud and clear over the weekend thanks to...
March 23, 2020 at 3:42 PM
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On Monday afternoon, four major American professional sports leagues announced collectively that media would be indefinitely banned from clubhouses as a precautionary...
March 10, 2020 at 12:42 PM
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If you don't follow the Cactus League closely, you might have missed a power display over the weekend that rocked Giants fans in Scottsdale.
March 9, 2020 at 1:42 PM
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Although Bruce Bochy is enjoying the challenge of preparing the French national baseball team for the upcoming World Baseball Classic qualifiers, the ex-Giants manager...
March 5, 2020 at 12:42 PM
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Things got testy in a spring training game between long-time rivals the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, as pitchers from both teams took turns...
March 4, 2020 at 7:42 PM
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Bruce Bochy didn't mince words on a recent podcast, calling the Astros' 2017 World Series win "tainted" and suggesting that MLB ban teams from using technology...
March 4, 2020 at 1:42 PM
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Eleven games into Spring Training for the San Francisco Giants and outside of a pretty meh controversy involving manager Gabe Kapler stopping a dugout interview with Jon...
March 3, 2020 at 5:42 PM
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Cincinnati Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer hasn't been shy about his thoughts on the Houston Astros sign stealing controversy. (See his 8-minute, 10-second tirade in which he...
March 2, 2020 at 6:42 PM
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Johnny Antonelli, a five-time All-Star who was a key pitcher on the World Series-winning New York Giants in 1954, has died.
February 28, 2020 at 3:42 PM
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According to The Athletic's Andrew Baggarly and Zach Buchanan, who broke the news about Bumgarner's secret rodeo alter ego, Bumgarner wasn't a huge fan of the police...
February 25, 2020 at 1:42 PM
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Former Giants left-hander Madison Bumgarner has been competing in rodeo events under the alias Mason Saunders and even won $26,560 in a team-roping competition in...
February 23, 2020 at 9:42 PM
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When asked if he would miss Huff's presence at the 2010 reunion, Krukow answered, "Me personally? No." The sentiment was echoed by the Giants' Pablo Sandoval, who said...
February 19, 2020 at 9:42 AM
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In the wake of not being invited to the San Francisco Giants' 10-year anniversary reunion for their 2010 World Series win, former first baseman Aubrey Huff made an...
February 18, 2020 at 1:42 PM
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The San Francisco Giants' decision to not invite former first baseman Aubrey Huff to the team's 10-year anniversary reunion for their 2010 World Series win has set off a...
February 18, 2020 at 11:42 AM
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The San Francisco Giants have told Aubrey Huff, a key member of their 2010 World Series championship team, that he will not be welcomed back for a 10-year anniversary...
February 17, 2020 at 8:42 PM
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On March 28, the Dodgers will face the Giants at Dodgers Stadium. The Dodgers will be giving away bobbleheads of infielder Max Muncy, who infamously whacked a momentous...
February 15, 2020 at 4:42 AM
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In a bit of unsurprising news, a prominent projection system thinks the San Francisco Giants are going to have a terrible season.
February 11, 2020 at 3:42 PM
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After a couple weeks of speculation and an airport phone call overheard by a baseball fan, Hunter Pence is reportedly officially returning to the San Francisco...
February 7, 2020 at 12:42 PM
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The San Francisco Giants signed infielder Wilmer Flores to a multi-year deal, ESPN's Jeff Passan reported on Tuesday afternoon. The terms of the contract were not...
February 4, 2020 at 1:42 PM
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The San Francisco Giants are among the teams "showing interest" in free agent outfielder Hunter Pence, according to a report from MLB Network's Jon Heyman.
January 30, 2020 at 12:42 PM
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Former Chicago White Sox infielder Yolmer Sanchez signed a minor-league deal with the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday afternoon, according to a report from The...
January 28, 2020 at 3:42 PM
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The Giants are taking a chance on a brawny, slow-moving slugger from the Korea's baseball league to bolster their feeble power numbers.
January 24, 2020 at 1:42 PM
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San Francisco Giants third baseman Evan Longoria appeared to weigh in on the Astros' alleged hidden buzzer scandal in a tweet sent on Thursday afternoon.
January 16, 2020 at 5:42 PM
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San Francisco Giants fans were not particularly thrilled after the team hired Gabe Kapler to replace the retiring Bruce Bochy at manager, and it sounds like that...
December 20, 2019 at 3:42 PM
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According to NBC Sports Bay Area's Alex Pavlovic, the Giants offered four years and slightly more than $70 million. Ultimately, he signed a five-year, $85 million...
December 18, 2019 at 3:42 PM
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Save for an 0-2 curveball pitch, Gagne went to his heater for each of the seven pitches. After blasting the sixth pitch foul into McCovey Cove, Bonds took Gagne deep...
December 18, 2019 at 12:42 PM
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On Thursday however, NBC Sports Bay Area's Alex Pavlovic reported that Bumgarner and Dodgers do indeed have "mutual interest" in one another.
December 13, 2019 at 2:42 PM
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The San Francisco Giants confirmed that a long-speculated change to Oracle Park is coming next season: The bullpens in foul territory will move to behind the...
December 13, 2019 at 9:42 AM
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Only two coaches on Giants manager Gabe Kapler's new staff ever played in the majors. The new director of hitting never faced a fastball from a Major League, Minor...
December 12, 2019 at 2:42 PM
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After losing to the Yankees in the Gerrit Cole sweepstakes, the Dodgers have reportedly turned to Plan B: Sign MadBum.
December 11, 2019 at 1:42 PM
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On Tuesday afternoon, the Giants made two major moves within minutes of one another.
December 10, 2019 at 3:42 PM
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Nick Castellanos' potent bat would certainly help San Francisco's offense.
December 10, 2019 at 12:42 PM
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Just months after parting ways with the San Francisco Giants, the French Baseball Federation appointed Bruce Bochy as their manager of their national team as they...
December 10, 2019 at 10:42 AM
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Current and former San Francisco Giants players were in attendance to watch teammate Pablo Sandoval tie the knot with his girlfriend Yulimar in Miami this...
December 10, 2019 at 10:42 AM
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Buried near the end of the report is a nugget of interest to Giants fans: Nightengale writes that Bumgarner's "preference is to stay, but the Giants have shown no...
December 4, 2019 at 5:42 PM
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San Francisco still has hopes of re-signing Madison Bumgarner in free agency, but it will have competition and he won't come cheap.
December 3, 2019 at 1:42 PM
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