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Posted July 28, 2007 at 12:58 amAll right, Marlins pitchers. What story are you going to tell your grandchildren? That with the greatest home run hitter of all time on the verge of history you went the way of all mediocre pitchers and simply walked him? Or you manned up to the challenge and got him…
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Posted July 17, 2007 at 7:30 pmGiants beat writer Henry Schulman says he doesn’t expect the team to throw a fire sale before the July 31 trade deadline, but he wouldn’t be surprised if two or three players are dealt .
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Posted July 17, 2007 at 5:33 amI was curious about the Giants VORP, so I looked a few things up at Baseball Prospectus. Here are where the Giants stand at each position in the National League (actual figure in parentheses, followed by the positional leader, except for Bonds, who has the second-place guy): c Bengie Molina,…
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Posted July 17, 2007 at 5:12 amThe Giants offense looked bad Monday night — again — but there was the saving grace of having the Cubs offense looke equally bad, thanks to Tim Lincecum. Plus both looked marvelous compared to Aramis Ramirez’s stylin’ admiration of his, uh, double. The Giants haven’t won since the All-Star break,…
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Posted July 10, 2007 at 8:36 pmOkay, we all know that the whole Major League Baseball All-Star Extravaganza is awfully silly these days, what with the Fox Network and its football-style coverage, the endless hype, ballplayers as animated by The Simpsons animators, and the completely unnecessary pomp and grandeur normally associated with presidential coronations or a Super Bowl. But there I was, living with it, having turned on
Tags: Fox Network, Major League Baseball, Super Bowl (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...From Rubio and Me (Almost EEEEEE!)
Posted July 10, 2007 at 12:09 pmWith Steven Rubio’s kind permission, I’m reproducing two of his recent blog entries at http://begonias.typepad.com/srubio/, partly because his stuff’s always dead on and insightful, but also because I responded at length—as is my wont, poor creature—rather than just putting it all on this blog, which might have made more sense.
We begin with “giants at the break”:Might as well spend a bit of
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Posted July 6, 2007 at 4:58 pmWhile I was writing an e-mail about Barry Bonds to a Phillies fan, Jon tipped me off to the hottest news yet in the PED universe. Yes, Neifi Perez tested positive. My world has been torn asunder.
Tags: Barry Bonds, Jon (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...McClain’s dramatic home run leads Grizzlies to victory (Golden Gate Prospecting)
Posted July 2, 2007 at 2:53 amFresno 8, Las Vegas 7
Triple-A, Pacific Coast League
The Grizzlies entered the top of the ninth trailing 6-5, but they triumphed to victory after a three run inning highlighted by Scott McClain’s two run blast off Las Vegas reliever Rick Bauer. Clay Timpner led off the ninth with a leadoff single to center. With [...]