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Bruce Bochy gave every indication that Hunter Pence, who led the Giants with 27 homers last year, is the new No. 2 hitter in place of Marco Scutaro. "This could be our...
March 27, 2014 at 5:40 PM
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UPDATE, 12:55 p.m.: Buster Posey has been scratched from today's Cactus League finale with what team official Jim Moorehead described as "very, very, very, very minor...
March 26, 2014 at 12:40 PM
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The Giants scored three in the ninth to come back and beat the Brewers 5-4 today. Pablo Sandoval homered after he apparently injured a hand slightly. Manager Bruce Bochy...
March 25, 2014 at 4:40 PM
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UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: This is getting weird. After not allowing a run all spring, Madison Bumgarner allowed homers to three hitters in a five-man span, including one to...
March 25, 2014 at 1:40 PM
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UPDATE, 5:00 p.m.: Nothing is official, but after today's 11-4 loss to the Angels manager Bruce Bochy made his strongest statement yet suggesting that second baseman...
March 24, 2014 at 11:40 AM
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In moves that were not expected this soon, the Giants optioned reliever George Kontos to Triple-A Fresno and reassigned nonroster lefty Dan Runzler to the minor-league...
March 23, 2014 at 5:40 PM
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Here is the story I filed for the early editions of Monday's paper, with a very telling comment from Pablo Sandoval's agent: By Henry Schulman Scottsdale, Ariz. –...
March 23, 2014 at 4:40 PM
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UPDATE, 12:10 p.m.: The original post explains that the Giants do not expect to give Pablo Sandoval an extension before Opening Day. They might be balking at the price...
March 23, 2014 at 11:40 AM
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Tim Hudson said he "absolutely" would take 35 starts like Saturday's, when he held the White Sox an Alejandro De Aza solo homer in six innings of an 8-5 Giants victory...
March 22, 2014 at 5:40 PM
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The bullpen competition is down to seven pitchers for three open spots after Kameron Loe saw the writing on the wall and exercised an opt-out clause in his minor-league...
March 22, 2014 at 12:40 PM
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Hector Sanchez, aka "The Magnet," had a brutal first inning tonight. On consecutive pitches, the A's Jed Lowrie smacked foul ball off Sanchez's left shoulder and his...
March 21, 2014 at 10:40 PM
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The Giants trimmed their spring roster to 33 players with seven cuts today. The one surprising name was reliever Heath Hembree, who was having a good spring and still...
March 21, 2014 at 6:40 PM
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Matt Cain's last Cactus League start was a doozy. The A's scored seven runs in 2 2/3 innings a week ago. Pitching coach Dave Righetti said Cain looked a lot better today...
March 21, 2014 at 5:40 PM
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A few days ago, after another lackluster offensive game, manager Bruce Bochy said he might back off on some of the players' workload to lighten their legs toward the end...
March 20, 2014 at 10:40 PM
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Bruce Bochy says Marco Scutaro is 50-50 to start at second base on Opening Day. The calendar says Bochy is way too optimistic. The good feeling from Scutaro's Cactus...
March 20, 2014 at 7:40 PM
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Update: Scutaro just had injection in back. Bochy still hopes he can play by the weekend. Need to make a call soon to protect retroactive DL days. Bochy pegs Opening Day...
March 20, 2014 at 4:40 PM
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This video is worth it just to see Hunter Pence smashing cymbals. You can make popcorn during the commercial that precedes it. Enjoy.
March 19, 2014 at 12:40 PM
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UPDATE, 10:50: Bruce Bochy is never going to provide a panic-type answer, so sometimes it's hard to gauge his level of concern over a poor performance. After tonight's...
March 18, 2014 at 5:40 PM
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UPDATE, 4:40 p.m.: Marco Scutaro made it look easy. On his first competitive swing of 2014, he drove a Hector Santiago changeup into the left-field corner for a double...
March 17, 2014 at 10:40 AM
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The Barry Bonds week at Giants camp, which began with fanfare and a press conference, will end quietly after today's game when he flies home to the Bay Area. We...
March 16, 2014 at 1:40 PM
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UPDATE, 4:35 p.m.: The starters at this stage ordinarily throw about 80 pitches a game. Tim Hudson threw 100 in Sunday's 5-1 loss to the Indians. He wanted the extra...
March 16, 2014 at 10:40 AM
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Matt Cain took the mound at Scottsdale Stadium on Saturday having allowed one baserunner in his first seven Cactus League innings. When he finally left in the third...
March 15, 2014 at 5:40 PM
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UPDATE, 4:15 p.m.: The Giants played one of those exhibition games today that get fans pumped about the season, until they remember that it was, indeed, an exhibition...
March 14, 2014 at 12:40 PM
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Bruce Bochy was looking forward to the Giants' first experience with expanded replay Thursday night. "First strike he calls a ball," he quipped, "I'm challenging it."...
March 13, 2014 at 7:40 PM
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The Giants play their first night game of spring training and first game with advanced instant replay, though it won't be quite as advanced as in the regular season...
March 13, 2014 at 5:40 PM
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With 18 days until spring training, it's time for the Giants to consider other options at second base. Marco Scutaro took live batting practice for the first time in...
March 12, 2014 at 3:40 PM
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New Giants left fielder Michael Morse is getting the royal treatment in the team's training camp. Barry Bonds spent a lot of time with Morse, who plays Bonds' old...
March 11, 2014 at 9:40 PM
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Hunter Pence walked into the Scottsdale Stadium clubhouse early Tuesday after getting some work in the batting cage down the right-field line with you know who. "Barry's...
March 11, 2014 at 3:40 PM
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Barry Bonds just addressed the media for a half-hour, behind the podium and a few questions later. He thanked Bruce Bochy, who sat beside him, and confirmed he's here in...
March 10, 2014 at 10:40 AM
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Barry Bonds will be in camp Monday and be available to the media at 9:30 a.m. Arizona time. Peter Magowan, who signed Bonds in December 1992 to a then-record seven-year...
March 8, 2014 at 12:40 PM
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This might be a perfect example of the new Tim Lincecum. In three innings, 26 of his 35 pitches were strikes. And he struck out nobody. That's what's called pitching to...
March 7, 2014 at 2:40 PM
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UPDATE FROM BRUCE BOCHY: On the Marco Scutaro front, Bruce Bochy said after today's gmae, "It's been slow progress. He's gradually coming around. We still have time. If...
March 7, 2014 at 11:40 AM
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With a little less than three weeks before the Giants break camp, two intriuging competitions have developed. One is fairly straightforward. Ehire Adrianza and Tony...
March 6, 2014 at 3:40 PM
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Hunter Pence was not supposed to be in today's lineup against the Cincinnati Reds, but he begged in as the designated hitter. There's a shock. Pence loves to play and...
March 6, 2014 at 12:40 PM
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There were some big names among the 12 players who were reassigned to minor-league camp, along with Angel Villalona, a 40-man roster player who was optioned to Triple-A...
March 6, 2014 at 9:40 AM
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The rotation keeps rolling in the Cactus League. Matt Cain was one Colin Cowgill double away from a perfect three innings in his 2014 exhibition debut. He did not walk a...
March 5, 2014 at 2:40 PM
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We all tend to make too much of spring-training results, especially early ones, raising eyebrows over slips and falls while overreacting to good performances. Still, the...
March 4, 2014 at 4:40 PM
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Most Venezuelan shortstops now in their 20s idolized Omar Vizquel. Not Ehire Adrianza, the breakout player of Giants camp thus far. His idol is the irreverant...
March 4, 2014 at 12:40 PM
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Like Madison Bumgarner, Ryan Vogelsong and Tim Hudson before him, Tim Lincecum pitched two shutout innings in his first Cactus League game Monday. Lincecum had a 1-2-3...
March 3, 2014 at 2:40 PM
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Everybody knows deep down what Madison Bumgarner, Matt Cain, Tim Hudson and Tim Lincecum will have when the season begins, but let's face it. Ryan Vogelsong came to camp...
February 28, 2014 at 1:40 PM
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A day after homering in his first Cactus League game, against the A's, Ryan Braun is not expected to make the trip to Scottsdale Stadium for today's Giants-Brewers game...
February 28, 2014 at 9:40 AM
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UPDATE, 4:20 p.m.: If you haven't seen the photos and video of Josh Reddick's two fence-climing, homer-saving catches against Michael Morse, you should check out Susan...
February 26, 2014 at 2:40 PM
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The Giants' payroll stands at about $150 million and the Dodgers are at $220 million. Some fans in San Francisco are freaking about this, but Larry Baer is not. In a...
February 26, 2014 at 11:40 AM
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Yes, we have our first lineups of the year. Right-hander Jesse Chavez faces right-hander Yusmeiro Petit. The A's: Fuld CF Punto SS Reddick RF Cespedes DH Moss 1B...
February 26, 2014 at 9:40 AM
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Madison Bumgarner, the baby of the Giants' rotation, will start the March 31 season opener at Arizona, manager Bruce Bochy just said. This will be Bumgarner's first...
February 25, 2014 at 12:40 PM
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Nearly three years after he was seriously injured in a home-plate collision, Buster Posey finally got to read a new rule designed to eliminate the kind of contact that...
February 25, 2014 at 8:40 AM
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Ah, picture day. The time to slick back your hair, look sharp or, if you're Tim Lincecum, grow a wispy mustache for posterity. On Sunday, the San Francisco Giants had...
February 24, 2014 at 10:40 AM
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When manager Bruce Bochy reveals his rotation for the Cactus League, we'll know his plans for the regular-season rotation and the Opening Day starter because he and...
February 23, 2014 at 1:40 PM
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Six San Francisco Giants have won the National League Most Valuable Player award. Three of them - Willie Mays, Jeff Kent and Buster Posey - are at spring training now...
February 23, 2014 at 9:41 AM
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UPDATE, 3:35 p.m.: Just talked to Bruce Bochy about Barry Bonds' pending visit to camp as a spring instructor. His comments: "I know he's had some things on his plate...
February 22, 2014 at 2:40 PM
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I really wish I could have seen this, but I was upstairs at the time. Two-time former Giant Andres Torres, who stopped by for a visit, walked into the clubhouse and...
February 21, 2014 at 2:40 PM
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Michael Morse gave me a "what the hell?" look today when I told him he'd get a lot of Google hits if he typed in "Michael Morse three-way." He was relieved to learn that...
February 20, 2014 at 5:40 PM
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Just got word from the Beverly Hills Sports Council, which represents Tim Lincecum, that he has been awarded $100,000 in a San Francisco court case in which the landlord...
February 20, 2014 at 2:40 PM
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Position players — including a slimmed-down Pablo Sandoval — join the San Francisco Giants pitchers and catchers in Scottsdale.
February 20, 2014 at 9:55 AM
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Brandon Belt admits he is "usually too lazy" to trim his new beard. He made an exception this week so he could look presentable at his salary arbitration hearing in...
February 20, 2014 at 9:38 AM
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Whatever happened to Kirk Rueter? You could have seen him get a technical foul at his daughter's eighth-grade basketball game. He was a volunteer assistant and stood up...
February 19, 2014 at 3:42 PM
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The Giants just took the field for their first full-squad workout, with two very interested observers watching from the stands: Pablo Sandoval's brother/agent Michael...
February 19, 2014 at 10:40 AM
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Check out photos from the first weekend of SF Giants pitchers and catchers action in Scottsdale, Ariz.
February 18, 2014 at 11:40 AM
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UPDATE, 10:05 p.m.: With eight hours to go before the hearing, the Giants and Belt reached agreement on a one-year deal with $2.9 million. That's slightly more than the...
February 18, 2014 at 10:40 AM
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Scottsdale, Ariz. – Giants fans are going to love Michael Morse's sense of humor. When a reporter asked if he preferred to be called "Mike" or "Michael," the...
February 17, 2014 at 12:40 PM
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Scottsdale, Ariz. – In yet another sign that Tim Lincecum has embraced preparation, he rented a warehouse in Seattle over the winter, installed a synthetic...
February 16, 2014 at 1:40 PM
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Scottsdale, Ariz. - If you're a Giants fan and watch figure skating, you'll know what I'm talking about here. There's a 19-year-old, ponytailed U.S. skater named Jason...
February 16, 2014 at 1:40 PM
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Scottsdale, Ariz. - You knew Tim Hudson was going to be a Giant since November. But there's still something stark about seeing him on the field in spring training for...
February 15, 2014 at 1:40 PM
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Pablo Sandoval looks as good as I've ever seen him. The reports of his good new shape are not exaggerated. In our first conversation of the spring with Sandoval, he...
February 15, 2014 at 10:40 AM
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It's official. Beginning this season, all fans entering AT&T Park will be screened with metal detectors to comply with Major League Baseball's mandate that...
February 14, 2014 at 5:40 PM
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Giants pitchers and catchers reported to spring training today and took their physicals. As far as manager Bruce Bochy knows, nobody showed up with an unexpected...
February 14, 2014 at 1:40 PM
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Brandon Belt's salary arbitration hearing is scheduled toward the end of the proscribed period for such hearings, which is Feb. 1-21, which means the two sides still...
February 10, 2014 at 4:40 PM
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In the wake of his tremendous second-half and postseason performance in 2012, the Giants awarded Sergio Romo the role of full-time, permanent closer last year. On the...
February 3, 2014 at 1:40 PM
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As often as they can, teams introduce new jerseys and hats so they can give fans something new to buy. It might be money-driven, but the stuff can still be cool. The...
February 1, 2014 at 1:40 PM
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Several experienced starters remain on on the market. None of them will be Giants. During this morning's pre-FanFest media day, general manager Brian Sabean he does not...
January 31, 2014 at 1:40 PM
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There is some hard-hitting journalism that goes on during the annual media day ahead of FanFest, which is Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Allow me to report the news...
January 31, 2014 at 1:40 PM
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The Chronicle is at SF Giants media day today and Giants FanFest tomorrow, where they'll be filing stories and taking lots of photos. For a first look, you can keep up...
January 31, 2014 at 10:40 AM
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AT&T Park's prominent right-field wall, where a few rows of San Francisco Giants fans are occasionally graced with a home run ball or watch them sail overhead into...
January 30, 2014 at 1:40 PM
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The Giants and Joaquin Arias have avoided arbitration by agreeing to a two-year $2.6 million contract. Arias, 29, has played an important role for the Giants in each of...
January 23, 2014 at 2:40 PM
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The Giants have reportedly agreed to one-year contracts with three of their five arbitration-eligible players Friday - but Brandon Belt was not one of them. Deals were...
January 17, 2014 at 12:40 PM
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Pablo Sandoval must be sick of making headlines for his weight, but he — and the Giants — might soon be very pleased with his spring training weigh-in. On...
January 15, 2014 at 3:40 PM
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Here's the list of non-roster players the Giants have invited to their big-league camp in spring training: Pitchers (16) RHP Jason Berken LHP Tyson Blach RHP Clayton...
January 13, 2014 at 1:40 PM
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If you have not seen Giants third-base coach Tim Flannery and his band, the Lunatic Fringe, you have missed out. This guy is a talented country-bluegrass balladeer. I...
January 10, 2014 at 9:40 AM
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Let me join the chorus of those who would like the Hall to ditch the 10-person maximum ballot, which forced me and many other voters to make some choices this year for...
January 8, 2014 at 9:40 AM
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Richard Ben Cramer wrote the definitive biography of Joe DiMaggio. I consider it a must-read for true baseball fans for many reasons, especially San Franciscans. As...
January 6, 2014 at 9:40 AM
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