tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12780758863686236632012-02-15T22:50:01.457-08:00A Salty Dose of Giants Baseball Talk.Rustyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10168115785860764657noreply@blogger.comBlogger771100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278075886368623663.post-91426484882597515672011-09-11T23:07:00.000-07:002011-09-11T23:07:27.274-07:00

In case none of you were aware, the Seed Spitters blog has created a new domain name! Instead of seedspitters.blogspot.com, the new active blog can be found at seedspitters.com, where new updates/posts will be published. Tell you're friends, neighbors, mailmen, whatever, the new site is awesome.

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This piece was written by Tyler Stenson, Seed Spitters featured contributor. Carlos Beltran seems happy with his new team, the San Francisco Giants (Matt Slocum/AP) Going into the 2011 MLB All Star game, the San Francisco Giants sent an astounding five players to the Nation League All Star team for the first time since 1966. Back then, the six players to join the NL All Star team were

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CSN Bay Area tweeted today: #BarryZito is headed to the disabled listhttp://cmcst.sn/aaalaA #SFGiants #MLBInsider Mychael Urban tweets: #Zito to DL w/ problem in same foot that put him there in first place. #SFGiants Looks like the Giants catch a break by putting Zito on the 15-day DL today, as Jonathan Sanchez will pitch in his place once activated from his rehab stint with Fresno. In his last

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There has been quite a shake up in the National League West in the past week. Players have been moving, sweeping the momentum of each team in hopes to improve their chances for the playoffs. The Giants, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Padres and Rockies have all made moves (some more significant than others) that changed their everyday lineup. To recap, let's begin with the Giants: San Francisco Giants

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Just nine days left until the Trade deadline ends on July 31st, but what do the Giants actually need? Offense is certainly a trade target that General Manager Brian Sabean is searching for, but it has to be for the right price. Rookie Brandon Belt is untouchable because of his relaxed, natural hitting at first base. Top prospects Zach Wheeler and Gary Brown are not going to be traded as well.

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Second base for the past few years has always been an inconsistent position for the Giants. Since the reliable Jeff Kent and Ray Durham eras', the Giants have yet to find a long term solution.Since 2009, the Giants have seen guys like Emmanuel Burriss, Matt Downs, Kevin Frandsen, Eugenio Velez, Juan Uribe, Mike Fontenot, Bill Hall, Miguel Tejada and Freddy Sanchez in the second base position.

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*I will be creating these 2010 v. 2011 position comparisons throughout the month of July. Starting with catcher, I will make my way through all nine position as well as relievers and closers. Sigh... we need that thong again. The greatest first basmen in Giants history is easily Willie McCovey. The greatest since him? J.T. Snow? Will Clark? The point I'm trying to make is that the Giants

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*I will be creating these 2010 v. 2011 position comparisons throughout the month of July. Starting with catcher, I will make my way through all nine position as well as relievers and closers.     By this time last year, the San Francisco Giants began their rapid tear to win the West. Rookie phenom Buster Posey had been brought up to eventually replace the later-traded Bengie Molina, and the

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Current Record: 46-35 After yesterday's game, the San Francisco Giants have completed their first 81 games of 2011; the halfway point of the season. Here are the grades: Batting The Giants have terrible offense. I'm pretty sure that's common sense nowadays. Now that Buster Posey and Freddy Sanchez is gone for the season, the Giants two most consistent hitters, the Giants have turned to guys

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Pick him. Or else... With the All-star weekend quickly approaching, many try to speculate what pitchers will be making the trip down to Arizona. I am vouching for Ryan Andrew Vogelsong of the San Francisco Giants. Here are my 10 reasons: 1. The Giants are 10-4 when he has made an appearance, 9-3 when he has started. 2. His last name is "Vogelsong." How cool is that to say? 3. He has

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As a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Seed Spitters is encouraged to post our own potential ballot for this years All-Star game. As a member of the Giants chapter, my impulsive selection may seem a little... ahem, biased. Alas, I was as fair as possible. First up, the American League: C- Alex Avila (DET)- By far, the most productive hitting catcher in the AL. He has a .303 average,

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Before the 2010 season, Andres Torres was an unknown aging fifth outfielder. An afterthought. Then he made a miraculous comeback with the Giants, playing in 139 games (64 more games than any other season in his career) becoming one of the most dangerous lead-off hitters in the league. Last year, in Yahoo! Sports fantasy league, Torres was ranked the 99th best fantasy player in baseball, yet

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Right now, at this moment, the San Francisco Giants have nine players on the Disabled List. Those players are Barry Zito (LHP), Buster Posey (C), Mike Fontenot (INF.), Mark DeRosa (INF/OF), Brandon Belt (1B/LF), Freddy Sanchez (2B), Darren Ford (OF), and Pablo Sandoval (although he is playing tonight against Arizona). To fill in these spaces, the Giants have brought in Ryan Vogelsong

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Last season, Tim Lincecum was an afterthought when trying to decide who should win the 2010 NL Cy Young award. After winning the award in his first two season, expectations were set high for the kid. He was brilliant before, why would he have a bad season now? Bad season? I would label it as a down season due to the fact that he still pitched a heck of a season (minus the month of August).

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The Giants have a massive hole in their lineup: the shortstop position. Most of us are worrying about the catcher position after what happened to "Lord Buster Posey", but I have had a far greater concern this season. The catcher position can be solved later, perhaps Eli Whiteside can produce average numbers. We don't know yet, so let's wait and give him a chance before we pick up mediocre

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Here it is, Brian Wilson in high school: Yes, that is really him, and if you don't believe it, read his senior quotes. There, satisfied? That is one of the strangest senior quotes I've seen. Gotta love him.

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Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP Now that the Giants beloved catcher Buster Posey has a broken fibula, three torn tendons in his foot and will be out for the majority of the season, it's time to fix that void in your fantasy lineup. Posey's absence means new young talent getting a chance in the bigs: Brandon Belt (1B/RF), Chris Stewart (C/1B) and Brandon Crawford (SS). All three guys were brought

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The pitcher to watch for the Giants this series will be the red-hot Tim Lincecum. Unlike last year, the new form of Lincecum is having a great start to the season, being in the mix for yet another Cy Young award. So far he has a 2.11 ERA with 66 strikeouts, a 1.03 WHIP and has been holding his opponents to a 1.97 batting average.  The Rockies pitcher to keep an eye on is Ubaldo Jimenez.

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(April 8, 2011 - Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America) The career of the 5-foot-8, 165-pound Mike Fontenot has been an interesting one. First drafted at a riped age of 21 by the Baltimore Orioles with the 19th pick, Fontenot spent four long years in the minors. The Chicago Cubs brought him up in mid-April, 2005, and since then, he has been fighting to prove his small frame

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Current Record: 15-15 Well, the San Francisco Giants have played 30 games so far this summer, and since their last report card, nothing much has changed. Last time we checked in, the Giants were hovering above .500 with an 8-7 record. Since then, the Giants have been great while taking two out of three at Colorado and in Pittsburgh, but have also been horrendous with the bat, winning just one of

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The month of April has been an interesting one for the Giants. With a record that once hovered above .500, the Giants offense has taken a turn for the worse. In the last three series, the Giants have won only three out of eleven games. What is more concerning, is that they lost to teams like the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Nationals, not to mention getting swept by Atlanta. All of

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Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury broke the news today that Mark DeRosa has an inflamed left wrist (the one that kept him out all of last season) and will be placed on the 15-day disabled list tomorrow to allow time for Emmauel Burriss to join the team. This may seem like a damper to lose DeRosa again early in the season, but now the Giants front office will get to see how Burriss does

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When many of you picked up Brandon Belt for your fantasy team, expectations ran high for the young rookie. He had a monster year in the minors last year, moving from single-A to triple-A, hitting .352/.455/.620 with 23 home runs and 112 RBIs. (US Presswire) The risk in picking him up however, was the lack of experience in professional ball. He has played one year total at first base.  Now

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(Dan Honda/Staff) According to Andrew Baggarly, Brandon Belt has been optioned back to triple-A Fresno in order to make room for Cody Ross coming off the disabled list. Belt's reaction to the demotion: “It’s just a bunch of people coming back and not enough spots. Obviously, I have some things to work on. it’s best to get some games and at-bats to figure them out.”(from Baggarly)It just

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Brian Wilson and Cody Ross are hilarious. That's a fact.

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Current Record: 8-7 Well folks, Opening Day has come and gone and now it's time to look at the Giants season thus far. I know it has only been 15 games, but what the heck, we have seen a lot of improvements from game one. Batting We have had high expectations of Buster Posey and Pablo Sandoval this spring and why wouldn't we? The reigning N.L. Rookie of the Year and the young fan favorite in

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Game 1Madison Bumgarner   vs.      Aaron Harang(0-0, 0.00 ERA)           (0-0 0.00 ERA) Game 2Tim Lincecum      vs.   Tim Stauffer(0-1, 0.00 ERA)          (0-0, 3.00 ERA) Last season, the Giants never looked forward to this series. Facing the dreaded Padres in Petco Park was an inevitable losing sweep. For some reason, the Giants couldn't hit their good to mediocre pitchers. Their starting

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After last season when the Giants won the World Series (yes, it's still fun to type that out), we were left with a handful of important questions that will determine if winning the winter classic was a fluke or not. Will Aubrey Huff repeat his comeback numbers of last season? Will Buster Posey sink into the notorious "sophomore slump"? Can Pablo Sandoval's weight loss transfer into his 2009

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Saw this video and decided that, much like Brian Wilson, it is awesome. Get well soon Wilson, we need you more than you know. Brian Wilson - Fear by kmarciel

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With less than a week left until opening day, it's time to take a look at the last uncovered projection for the 2011 Giants: the Bullpen. In 2010, the bullpen held a reputation for having unique, wild and passionate personalities pitch the late innings. We first saw Sergio Romo grow out his pirate beard in late August, and with every end of an inning he would skip off the mound yelling and

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I remember when I first picked up a baseball. The stitches intrigued me, red thread woven over and under the soft white cow hide. It smelled like nothing else, felt like nothing else and I immediately knew that this baseball symbolized much more than just one of the millions of baseballs identical to it. The baseball was a beacon, a home and an asylum from chores, homework and stress as a kid.

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(October 31, 2010 - Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images North America) Cody Ross has experienced an interesting career thus far. At 30 years old, Ross has been given few seasons to prove himself a worthy starter. He started his career with Detroit at a young age of 22 in 2003, where he was given six games to show what he had in him. Then he joined the Los Angeles Dodgers, and he had played

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Miguel Tejada has had a tremendous career. In 14 seasons with Oakland, Baltimore, Houston and San Diego he has earned himself 6 All-Star appearances, two Silver Slugger awards (highest batting average) and one MVP award. Last year, his stat line of .269/.312/.381 with 15 home runs and 71 RBI was a poor reflection of how good he has been in years prior. Now that he is a Giant at the age of 36 (

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Madison Bumgarner has had an excelled career. Drafted out of high school, Bumgarner was picked 10th overall by the Giants back in 2007. He was 18 years old. He pitched well in the minors in 2008 and 2009. Last year he was called up to the Giants Starting rotation once they saw how bad Todd Wellenmeyer was, making his debut on September 8th, 2010. From then on, he never looked back. He kept

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I love this. 10 seasons with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles and the Detroit Tigers. Zero playoff appearances, two 4th place finishes and six 5th place losing seasons. This was Aubrey Huff's Major League Baseball career until 2010.  After his atrocious season in 2009 with Baltimore and Detroit, the free agency treated him quite poorly. Finally, after months of

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7 years, 126$ million. A contract Giants fans once applauded and accepted willingly. Now it's turned into a big heaping pile of regret and stupitity. Barry Zito has been with the Giants for what seems like a decade. After his spectacular pitching in Oakland to start his career, Sabean and the Giants organization thought he would continue to dominate hitters for at least 7 years after his

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            Pablo Sandoval, also known as the “Kung-Fu Panda”, has his work cut out for him this 2011 season.  After the Giants World Series win, the Kung-Fu Panda was warned by General Manager Brian Sabean to shed some pounds or he would be playing some minor league baseball again.  At the time, I thought this publicly know statement was a little too and dramatic, but it seems like Brian

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The San Francisco Giants won the 2010 World Series. I love typing that, because the numbness in my fingers have yet to leave since November 1st, 2010, the day of all days. Basically this team was never going to win a ring in San Francisco. After putting together an All-Star lineup with guys like Mays and McCovey in the 60's, drafting a young core in the 80's with Clark and Thompson, as well as

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Jeff Suppan pitched for Boston, Kansas City, St. Louis, Arizona, Pittsburgh and Milwaukee in his career. The Giants, until now, were a set lineup with one lingering issue: the 6th starter. This position is typically used for insurance, in case one of the starting five become injured. In the Giants case, if Tim Lincecum or Matt Cain becomes injured, the Giants would be left with a gapping

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Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports, tweets this morning: Cody Ross signs with #Giants for $6.3M, avoiding arb. #MLBGood news, I guess. Ross was expecting a pay day of $4.5-5 million in arbitration, so I guess the Giants front office decided to give him a little bonus for killing the Phillies in the playoffs.

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Matt Cain is a quiet mastermind, silently pitching as effective as Tim Lincecum but with little or no flash or excitement. After all, Cain has little to smile about after posting a 57-62 W-L record in the past 6 seasons with the Giants despite putting up a 3.45 career ERA. Complete frustration for poor Mr. Cain. He has been tainted with such a curse for so long, and yet he has not let one

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Gerald "Buster" Posey is a wild card. He is hard to predict due to the fact that he is just 23 years old, he has  half of a season of Major League ball under his belt, and that he is good. But how good? Right now it's hard for me to pin point his ceiling. Last season he exploded with 18 home runs, 67 RBI, a .305/.357/.505 stat line as well as a 21-game hitting streak (one hit shy of tying a

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Another slow day for the Giants, but here are some links on some action going on: Edgar Renteria and the Giants are trying to reach a deal Here's a list of arbitration-eligible players, including a few Giants. They must agree on a deal by the 18th. Also, if you tune in here at 11 pm Eastern, you will be tuning in on Blog Talk Radio hosted by the BBA. Tonight they will be discussing a

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*In every off-season, I will predict stat lines of most of the Giants for the upcoming season. These are usually determined pretty freely so don't be afraid to comment below with your own predictions. Brian Wilson may be known for his wild looks and hilarious charisma, but on the field, he is feared by hitters and trusted by coaches. Every ninth inning the Giants had a lead, Wilson was sent

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*In every off-season, I will predict stat lines of most of the Giants for the upcoming season. These are usually determined pretty freely so don't be afraid to comment below with your own predictions. Today we will cover Freddy Sanchez and try to predict his second full season as a Giant in 2011. A former Pittsburgh Pirate, Sanchez has never been on a winning team until joining the Giants

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*In every off-season, I will predict stat lines of most of the Giants for the upcoming season. These are usually determined pretty freely so don't be afraid to comment below with your own predictions. Tim Lincecum is good. In his first two full seasons in the majors he won 2 Cy Young awards, a feat most pitchers dream of and rarely achieve. In those two seasons he was 33-13 with over 500

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Edgar Renteria won the 2010 World Series MVP award. According to John Shea at the San Francisco Chronicle, the Giants have offered Edgar Renteria a Pat Burrell-type of contract ($1 million for 1 year) for the 2011 season. Renteria, 33, hit the World Series winning home run for the giants last month, and was considered a hero that lead us down the market street parade. Although he only

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This post has nothing to do with the Giants, but it has a lot to do with this blog and other baseball blogs world wide. A couple weeks ago, I applied to become part of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) and was quickly accepted into their 230+ blog community. The BBA consists of baseball blogs from every team (10 Giants blogs including Seed Spitters) across the country, as well as baseball

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Due to the addition of Miguel Tejada, and the return of Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell, we can assume the Giants are done shopping this off season. So now, we can go a head and guess the 2011 starting lineup: -First Base Starter: Aubrey Huff Back up: Travis Ishikawa (or Brandon Belt if the Front Office decides he is ready) -Second Base Starter: Freddy Sanchez Back up: Mike Fontenot or Mark

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According to MLBtraderumors.com and CSN's Mychael Urban, Pat Burrell and the Giants have agreed to a one year deal. Sources say the amount of money Burrell will make was not certain. A good pick up for the Giants; they keep a guy, who with the Rays and Giants, hit .252/.348/.469 last season as well as picked up some great clubhouse chemistry alongside Aubrey Huff. We all know how much fun

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Well the search for the lost shortstop has finally come to an end as the Giants announced that they have signed free agent shortstop Miguel Tejada to a 1 year/$6.5 million contract. Most of you know Tejada from his glory days with the Oakland A's from 1997 to 2003, as a fan favorite during his 2002 MVP campaign. The Giants have had a recent history of acquiring veteran shortstops, first it was

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Well the Bums have done it again, they have taken our best and most beloved shortstop option for next season right out of our trembling hands. Juan "Jazz Hands" Uribe has signed a 3 year/$21 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Should we be worried? Naw, not really. For most of us, seeing Uribe in a dodger uniform will be a tough one to swallow. We cheered him on at every at-bat the

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Its official, according to Andrew Baggarly of Extra Baggs, Aubrey Huff will be rejoining the Giants with a sound contract of 2 years, $22 million with a $10 million 2013 option. Getting this contract over with is a big accomplishment for this Giants organization, Huff was the top priority for the Giants to focus on this off season, and to see that they did just that before December is a good

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Now that the ticker tape has finally settled on market street and the World Series championship has disappeared into a numb distant memory, we turn our heads towards the off-season. Every year around this time, Giants fans across the globe drool over the big bats of free agency, demanding we go out of our way to overpay a guy who bats .220 but hits 30+ home runs each year. In the past its

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Congratulations to The San Francisco Giants World Series Champions and Seed Spitters for reaching its first 1,000 page views. To celebrate, here's an awesome  Giants music video: Thank you everyone and keep on visiting! I'll be sure to cover the entire Giants off-season.

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When one hears the name of Bruce Bochy, that person probably thinks of his unusually large head, but could you blame them? Up until this season, this team's manager showed little of his intellectual side by playing washed up veterans and inconsistent youngsters, thus making his head appear as if it's filled with hot air. Bruce Bochy has his hats customized in order for them to fit Now we are

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United we stand; divided we fall We die-hard fans of the San Francisco Giants have endured a "torturous" season as some may believe; a total of 162 roller-coaster regular season games and 11 nail-biting playoff games. We cheer when they win, and cry when they lose. Now that is only one side of the story, I am writing this piece today to make peace. This is a certain peace between two types

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Huff: Did you see how far you hit that one?!? Burrell: Yup. gone.  All baseball players on any level know the feeling: the smell of freshly cut grass, the itchy knee socks, and the warm summer air we gladly inhale. These few feelings are unmistakably the experiences of baseball in all of its glory.  On a warm spring day, Pat Burrell couldn't wait to feel those same experiences. Wearing his

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Playoffs 2010: not torture (hopefully)  Today the Giants embark on a journey this franchise hasn't seen in 7 years. The last time they made it to the playoffs was in 2003 with a lineup that consisted the likes of Barry Bonds, J.T. Snow, Rich Aurilia, Ray Durham, Marquis Grissom, Kirk Rueter and Jason Schmidt. Seems like that was decades ago when those players wore San Francisco across their

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Oh, boyohboyohboyohboyohboy.... As the regular season dwindles down to its final moth, many division races are just now starting to heat up. Probably the most exciting one is the N.L. West. With San Diego leading the pack for almost the entire season (somehow), it appears that their first place spot is quickly running from the palm their hand. The Giants have been hot enough to climb back to

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There are 5 main tools a baseball player can use in a game: pitching, fielding, hitting for power, hitting for average and speed. The giants have one of the best pitching staffs in the league, along with one of the top defensive corps in the national league. This season they added power and average with Huff, Burrell, Torres and Buster Posey, but their speed was lacking. Before we list what

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*This week's recap is a summary of the Giants pros, cons or just anything worth mentioning.  The Giants have had a rough week, and thanks to these guys:That week got worse. Both Lincecum and Zito imploded on the mound surrendering run after run to their opponents. With the season close to an end, and the Giants still out of a playoff spot, there is not time for "rough weeks."  After going 2-4

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Pablo Sandoval and Freddy Sanchez born anew, complete the bro-five. *Time for a new addition to "Walk-Off Wednesday," where we take a close look at a new focal point of the San Francisco Giants: The Giants are different, they have changed. There is must be something in the water that they are drinking because they have truly changed. The reason? There are some new boys in town. They have never

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Hey everyone, I thought I'd inform you all about the new weekly layout I plan on posting for the rest of this season.  First of all, we will have a weekly poll on the right side bar. I will post a question and its up to you guys to vote. For instance, I have posted a Week MVP poll for this week, vote on who you think the best Giant has been this past week. I will then write up a Week in Review

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"Buster Posey...better than you." The San Francisco Giants have not won the National League Rookie of the Year award since John Montefusco won it in 1975, 35 years ago. The team has come close  in '89 when, then rookie, Will Clark fueled this team to win the N.L. pennant only to lose to the Oakland A's in the "Bay Bridge Series." Today we check in on our newest candidate, Buster Posey. Being

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The San Francisco Giants got what they deserved: a great series and momentum into August. They have defeated the dodgers three straight games at home to complete the sweep for the first time against L.A. since 2004. On Friday, the Giants won a thrilling 6-5 victory by flexing their offense and squeezing away with the W. Aubrey Huff stole the game, hitting safely 3 out of four at-bats while

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Throughout the years, Brian Sabean and the San Francisco Giants front office have made average or disappointing trades when we approach the July 31st trade deadline. A.J. Perzynski, Shea Hillenbrand, Ryan Garko and Freddy Sanchez are just a few of the big deadline busts, or complete fools' gold,  we have seen within the past few years. Last year we traded our second best pitching prospect, Tim

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June 29th, 2010 What do we do with John Bowker? The young left fielder/first baseman absolutely destroys pitchers at the AAA level, but somehow struggles when he is brought up to the majors. Quite the predicament that still has yet to be settled. Let's break it down statistically to get a better view. In the past 3 years he has played 152 games at the AAA level, posting a .311 batting average,

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This will be the second series that these two teams square of in during this early 2010 season. Now, if you are a Giants fan you know that this is no ordinary game. Calling a match-up between these two teams a cut-throat rivalry is an understatement.  This rivalry is easily the longest and one of the most known to this date. This rivalry dates all the way back to the beginning of baseball on

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Today the Giants announced that they are calling up starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner from Triple-A Fresno to start Friday night's game against the Boston Red Sox. Much like the call-up for Buster Posey, Bumgarner's new spot in the bigs will go with a lot of hype and big expectation. In AAA so far this season, he has posted a 7-1 record with a 3.16 ERA, as well as throwing 59 strikeouts and

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We Giants fans have seen a number of wild, yet successful closers in the past 20 years. With Rod Beck's curly locks flowing from behind his head in a mullet-type of hair style, he gathered 199 saves in his 7 years as a Giant, becoming the greatest closer in the franchise's history and an instant fan-favorite. Shortly after, a man took that honor from Beck when he played for the Giants from 1998

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For 66 games, we Giants fans have kept a close, skeptical eye on Aubrey ever since our front office signed him this past off-season. We questioned Sabean and his tendencies to pick up an aged veteran on the decline for an outrageously overpriced sum. We believed the end of that would come after we signed Zito. Saying, "wow, never doing that again..." Then we signed Rowand. "Wow, we did it again.

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Todd Wellemeyer isn't cutting it. Posting two opposite sides of pitching at each start. Throwing the ball well at home, yet atrocious on the road. At home he has an ERA of 2.97, 3-1 record, and 24 strikeouts in 36 innings. He does a good job at AT&T Park. But thats it. When on the road, he has thrown an awful 10.62 ERA, an 0-4 record and gave up 9 home runs away compared to 3 at home. We don't

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...I should have titled this "The Dawn Of an Inflated WHIP," because Buster "But I Hardly Know Her" Posey begins his Major League pitcher-destroying career. Buster, for those who aren't aware, is the Giants top prospect, and being a catcher makes him the best home-grown position prospect since Williams and Clark. After hitting .349/.442/.552 in 172 at-bats so far in AAA Fresno with 6 home runs

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With 9 innings pitched, 0 opponents allowed on base, 6 punch outs and a Mother's day where everything went right, Dallas Braden pitched his one and only perfect game. Only the 19th time in Major League history this achievement has been attained and it is even more impressive to see it happen against a deadly lineup such as the Rays. This game has brought attention from all corners of the nation,

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Well, it's baseball season, and most of you out there are enjoying every minute of it. I thought I'd make a fan post on some of the young talent currently playing for the Giants or A's, or some upcoming talent that we will see in the bigs very soon. Well obviously for the Giants, they possess some of the best young pitching in the game. Let's start off with with a two-time Cy Young winner in his

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