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By John Shea X-rays showed a small fracture on the tip of Buster Posey's right ring finger, but the catcher isn't expected to miss much more time. "From what I'm hearing...
September 6, 2013 at 12:40 AM
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By John Shea Only Pablo Sandoval, of all people, gets away with running on Garardo Parra. A day after his three home-run trots in San Diego, Sandoval was in sprinting...
September 5, 2013 at 10:40 PM
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John Shea reporting from the ballpark . . . Buster Posey's injured finger has become a big enough issue that the Giants had him take x-rays, the results of which are due...
September 5, 2013 at 6:40 PM
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By Henry Schulman San Diego – Most of the Giants' fan base is ready to turn the page to 2014. The organization is not. A perturbed general manager Brian Sabean and...
September 4, 2013 at 7:40 PM
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UPDATE, 2:45 p.m.: Buster Posey is out of the lineup today with a sore and swollen right ring finger, a day after he had the nail peeled back by an errant Madison...
September 4, 2013 at 1:40 PM
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UPDATE, 10:53 p.m.: Buster Posey had the nail on his right ring finger pulled back by a sixth-inning Madison Bumgarner pitch that hit off the lip of the plate and...
September 3, 2013 at 10:40 PM
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As soon as we reported that Gary Brown was not getting a September callup, I knew i'd hear from fans who are sure that the 2010 first-round draft pick is officially a...
September 3, 2013 at 6:40 PM
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Dan Runzler had an amazing story. The left-handed reliever whom the Giants selected in the ninth round of the 2007 draft was strike-throwing machine who started the 2009...
September 3, 2013 at 1:40 PM
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UPDATE, 4:45 P.M.: The Triple-A season ended today, so the Giants will promote eight players from Fresno on Tuesday to help for the final 25 games. The players already...
September 2, 2013 at 3:40 PM
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That headline is a sort of joke. I'm talking about Angel Pagan, who played four rehab games for the Giants' entry in the rookie-level Arizona League. The Giants went...
September 2, 2013 at 12:40 PM
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By John Shea PHOENIX – The Giants have a new candidate for the 2014 rotation. For a last-place team, there's no better time to look to the future than the present...
September 1, 2013 at 4:40 PM
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John Shea reporting from Chase Field . . . After today's lineup was posted, @hankschulman tweeted, "Did #sfgiants clinch last night?" It's got that look to it, to an...
September 1, 2013 at 12:40 PM
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By John Shea PHOENIX – Don't let Paul Goldschmidt beat you. The Giants didn't, walking him with a base open in the ninth inning. The Chase Field crowd booed, but...
August 31, 2013 at 8:40 PM
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John Shea reporting from Chase Field . . . Pablo Sandoval has been dealing with back issues but remains able to play, manager Bruce Bochy said. Despite Sandoval's...
August 31, 2013 at 5:40 PM
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By John Shea PHOENIX – Angel Pagan showed up, and the Giants went in a time warp. They went back to doing things right. Made the right pitches. Made all the plays...
August 30, 2013 at 9:40 PM
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John Shea reporting from Chase Field . . . The Giants changed their minds about Angel Pagan, who's in the lineup for the opener against the Diamondbacks. They had...
August 30, 2013 at 4:40 PM
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By John Shea DENVER – Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak. Cy Young's wins. Nolan Ryan's strikeouts. Certain accomplishments in history seem untouchable. Somewhere on a...
August 28, 2013 at 9:40 PM
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John Shea reporting from Coors Field . . . The Giants play their 2013 finale in the Mile High City tonight, and Buster Posey might miss the place. He's a .417 career...
August 28, 2013 at 6:40 PM
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By John Shea DENVER – The Giants made history last year when winning the World Series. If they don't improve in the standings, they'll make history again for all...
August 27, 2013 at 9:40 PM
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On a lighter note, Bochy reflected on hurrying to the right-field wall after Hunter Pence crashed into it in the first inning on Monday. "How far do you guys think it is...
August 27, 2013 at 6:40 PM
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John Shea reporting from Coors Field . . . Giants outfielder Andres Torres will have surgery to remove bone spurs from the heel in his left foot and will require six...
August 27, 2013 at 4:40 PM
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By John Shea DENVER - Hunter Pence went back, back, back. Then he fell. On his back. It wasn't pretty, the sight of the Giants' right fielder crashing into the wall in...
August 26, 2013 at 8:40 PM
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John Shea reporting from Coors Field . . . Bruce Bochy has vowed to use a different mix down the stretch, but he seems set with a couple of old reliables: Madison...
August 26, 2013 at 7:40 PM
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By Henry Schulman The question of Tim Lincecum's return to San Francisco as a free agent next season is like a pendulum. Nobody has a true sense of which way it will...
August 24, 2013 at 9:40 PM
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Francisco Liriano, who was a 20-year-old prospect when the Giants traded him to Minnesota as part of the A.J. Pierzynski/Joe Nathan deal, makes a triumphant AT&T...
August 24, 2013 at 2:40 PM
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By Henry Schulman Among the many fine statistics that mark Madison Bumgarner's still young career, one involving home runs stands out. In 110 career starts, Bumgarner...
August 23, 2013 at 10:40 PM
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UPDATE, 5:40 p.m.: Mark Buehrle and Bronson Arroyo: There you have entire list of active pitchers who have made more starts than Matt Cain without going on the disabled...
August 23, 2013 at 2:40 PM
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By John Shea Things like this happen in a season that should be forgettable but isn't. It's almost piling on. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, a law that might...
August 22, 2013 at 10:40 PM
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John Shea reporting from the ballpark . . . Outfielder Andres Torres went on the DL with a strained Achilles' heel and bone spurs in his left foot, and he'll be seen by...
August 22, 2013 at 7:40 PM
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From Bay City News Service: A 16-year-old boy became the victim of some foul play after catching a foul ball at the San Francisco Giants game on Wednesday afternoon, a...
August 22, 2013 at 11:40 AM
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By Henry Schulman Madison Bumgarner said it Sunday. The Giants should welcome a series against the Red Sox to see where they stood against a first-place team. The answer...
August 21, 2013 at 3:40 PM
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UPDATE, 12:25 p.m.: This is not a "plan." It's not a "thing." It's not being "discussed." It was a question posed to manager Bruce Bochy this morning: If an opportunity...
August 21, 2013 at 11:40 AM
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UPDATE, 11:45 p.m.: Some notes to complement the game story I've already filed, plus the new one with quotes that should be up a bit later, on the Giants' 3-2 win...
August 20, 2013 at 10:40 PM
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UPDATE, 6:50 p.m.: The Giants just announced that Pablo Sandoval was scratched with back soreness. This is the first I've heard of any back troubles for the third...
August 20, 2013 at 4:40 PM
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From Sam Rolens at the Coliseum Robby Thompson: Manager It's not how he pictured it happening, but the former Giants second baseman has been acting manager for the...
August 20, 2013 at 10:40 AM
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By John Shea On a team going nowhere, players can take it upon themselves in the season's final weeks to advance their numbers and engage in a good, old-fashioned salary...
August 19, 2013 at 10:40 PM
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John Shea reporting from the ballpark . . . Welcome to First Place Week. The Giants, 13 games below .500, play the Red Sox three times and the Pirates four more, and...
August 19, 2013 at 6:40 PM
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By Henry Schulman Miami – The Giants' weeklong visit to Play for Pride Land is over. Time for them to stick their head into a couple of division races. After...
August 18, 2013 at 1:40 PM
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If the Giants can complete the sweep against the Marlins behind Madison Bumgarner today they will win the season series against the worst team in the National League...
August 18, 2013 at 10:40 AM
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UPDATE, 8:00 p.m.: I asked Pablo Sandoval if he could have beaten Logan Morrison to first base in the critical play of tonight's win two months ago, before he started...
August 17, 2013 at 7:40 PM
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OK, that's not an official prediction, but you know how it goes in baseball. Score 24 runs between you one night, one the next. Matt Cain goes for his eighth win. I knew...
August 17, 2013 at 1:40 PM
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By Henry Schulman Miami – The Giants are ever-more interesting questions in this season to forget. They did again Friday night? Can a team score 14 runs, win and...
August 16, 2013 at 8:40 PM
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UPDATE, 3:30 pm.: I was downstairs a minute ago talking to a Giants staffer who said, "Can you please let people know that just because Buster isn't playing doesn't mean...
August 16, 2013 at 12:40 PM
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UPDATE, 6:25 p.m.: My final game story of the day, which should be posted a bit later in the evening, will have all the news and reaction to Hector Sanchez's big home...
August 15, 2013 at 4:40 PM
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UPDATE, 11:55 a.m.: Angel Pagan will play three innings for the Giants' team in the Arizona Rookie League on Friday, his first game action since he reinjured his left...
August 15, 2013 at 10:40 AM
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By Henry Schulman Washington – It's the Giants' 2013 season in a nutshell. When they hit they don't pitch. When they pitch they don't hit. A Roger Kieschnick RBI...
August 14, 2013 at 7:40 PM
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UPDATE, 3:35 p.m.: Manager Bruce Bochy made the joke without prompting. "Look at Arias," Bochy said. "He had four hits yesterday and couldn't crack the lineup." Indeed...
August 14, 2013 at 1:40 PM
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By Henry Schulman Washington – No human force could stop Madison Bumgarner. It took an act of meteorology to end his streak of consecutive starts of least seven...
August 13, 2013 at 9:40 PM
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The grounds crew is starting to prepare the field for play. It's 1-0 Nationals after four innings. Meanwhile, here is some stuff I wrote earlier, which might be a big...
August 13, 2013 at 6:40 PM
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UPDATE, 3:30 p.m.: Marco Scutaro has been scratched with a stiff back. Joaquin Arias will play second base and bat second. UPDATE, 3:05 p.m.: I plead guilty. When Angel...
August 13, 2013 at 12:40 PM
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By John Shea The Giants reached out to Adam Jones' agents, the Orioles and Major League Baseball in the wake of a banana-throwing incident during the ninth inning of...
August 12, 2013 at 1:40 PM
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By John Shea Orioles center fielder Adam Jones said on Twitter a fan threw a banana at him in the ninth inning of Sunday's game. In a tweet, Jones wrote, "I want to...
August 11, 2013 at 11:40 PM
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By John Shea Tough to beat a lethal combination of power and defense, and the Giants know it all too well. The Orioles, among the many strong teams in the AL East, lead...
August 11, 2013 at 4:40 PM
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John Shea reporting from the ballpark . . . Chris Davis has one more day in the House that Bonds Built, and Giants pitchers - with the possible exeption of Sergio Romo -...
August 11, 2013 at 1:40 PM
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By Henry Schulman The Giants' fall from competence can be calculated in a mind-boggling number of ways. Here is a stark one: When they took the field against the Orioles...
August 10, 2013 at 4:40 PM
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The Giants don't seem to do well against guys they face for the first time. Today, they get a left-hander in Wei-Yin Chen who has a 2.95 ERA in 13 games. The Giants...
August 10, 2013 at 11:40 AM
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By Henry Schulman The Giants' landscape changed completely in the nearly 12 weeks between Ryan Vogelsong's starts. The night he swung at a pitch that broke his hand, in...
August 9, 2013 at 10:40 PM
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Some of the comparisons between Brandon Belt and Orioles first baseman Chris Davis are interesting. Both left-handed first basemen were rushed to the majors at 22. Both...
August 9, 2013 at 5:40 PM
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As I write this, there are a whole bunch of guys in orange and black taking extra batting practice. Either they're Orioles or Brian Sabean has completed a 15-man trade...
August 9, 2013 at 3:40 PM
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By Henry Schulman The pregame clubhouse mood was noticeably brighter Thursday. Mike Murphy had Sinatra crooning through the sound system. More players were in the big...
August 8, 2013 at 3:40 PM
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UPDATE, 12:10 p.m.: As soon as the words left Madison Bumgarner's mouth Wednesday night, I knew he might get some blowback. I had asked if he thought players have...
August 8, 2013 at 11:40 AM
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Do 2013 Giants rank among worst title defenses?
August 8, 2013 at 4:40 AM
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By Henry Schulman You have to hand it to Giants fans, who either are extremely loyal to a team that brought them two championships or baseball masochists of the worst...
August 7, 2013 at 10:40 PM
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UPDATE, 5:20 p.m.: "Desperation" is the only word that comes to mind when you see Hunter Pence leading off and Jeff Francoeur in center field. This is not a knock on the...
August 7, 2013 at 3:40 PM
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By Steve Kroner Sabermetricians argue, with plenty of justification, that a starter's win-loss record doesn't provide an accurate assessment of his effectiveness. Then...
August 6, 2013 at 10:40 PM
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Steve Kroner subbing for Henry Schulman for Game 2 of a four-game series against Milwaukee along the shores of McCovey Cove: On Tuesday, Baseball America released its...
August 6, 2013 at 6:40 PM
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By John Shea At this point in an apparent lost season, a manager is more willing to make changes. To the lineup. In the rotation. Wherever. Bruce Bochy won't mess with...
August 5, 2013 at 10:40 PM
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John Shea reporting from the ballpark . . . The Giants had nobody on the list of suspended players today, though last year they had one of the first Biogenesis...
August 5, 2013 at 6:40 PM
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John Shea reporting from the ballpark . . . Ryan Vogelsong got word he'll start in Friday's opener against the Orioles, and the pitcher is thrilled he'll pitch in a...
August 5, 2013 at 6:40 PM
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UPDATE, 2:45 p.m.: Manager Bruce Bochy, facing a leadoff platoon of Gregor Blanco and Andres Torres that is struggling to get on base, promised a change for Monday...
August 4, 2013 at 2:40 PM
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Had the Giants not collapsed midseason, they could go 4-2 on a trip like this and feel more than content. When we talked to Bruce Bochy this morning, he seemed...
August 4, 2013 at 10:40 AM
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By Henry Schulman St. Petersburg, Fla. – Tim Lincecum vs. David Price, a matchup that lived up to the names on the marquee. The two pitchers, with three Cy Youngs...
August 3, 2013 at 7:40 PM
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This is a red-letter night in baseball. David Price and Tim Lincecum square off, bringing three Cy Youngs to the mound at Tropicana Field. The Giants and Rays last...
August 3, 2013 at 1:40 PM
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By Henry Schulman St. Petersburg, Fla – Maybe every Giants hitter should be forced to take a three-day mental break. Look what it did for Brandon Belt. After...
August 2, 2013 at 7:40 PM
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UPDATE, 3:05 p.m.: Manager Bruce Bochy just made official what we all suspected. Barry Zito is in the bullpen as a long reliever and Guillermo Moscoso will take his turn...
August 2, 2013 at 2:42 PM
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UPDATE, 8:55 p.m: And that word is "cojones." I won't translate it. You probably know what it means. And deep down you have to know that Sergio Romo has them. If you...
August 1, 2013 at 7:40 PM
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Mike Kickham will have many reasons to remember 2013 fondly, especially reaching the majors. He will have great memories of one minor-league game, too. The 24-year-old...
August 1, 2013 at 5:40 PM
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UPDATE, 3:10 P.M.: The rain has let up, the tarp is off and the grounds crew is preparing the field. Manager Bruce Bochy plans to announce his Sunday starter on Friday...
August 1, 2013 at 2:40 PM
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UPDATE, 8:25 p.m.: I just filed a game story that will talk all about the big nights by Brett Pill and Roger Kieschnick in tonight's 9-2 win against the Phillies. It...
July 31, 2013 at 7:40 PM
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UPDATE, 1:40 p.m.: Hunter Pence walked through the clubhouse 2 minutes after 4 p.m. EDT and raised his fists in triumph. Javier Lopez expressed relief and said, "The...
July 31, 2013 at 11:40 AM
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