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Loading ...I’m coming home — Affedlt and links (Trapped in LA)
Posted November 19, 2008 at 7:56 pmI haven’t called the San Francisco bay area my home since 2000, more than eight years ago. I miss it terribly - there is no place I’m happier.
But in just 36 hours, I’ll be back in my favorite place in the world again. In addition to the people I love most… there’s the warm winters, [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...National Press Club Book Fair (Jaybird's Jottings)
Posted November 19, 2008 at 6:55 pmI’ve always wanted to walk inside the hallowed halls of the National Press Club in downtown D.C., and yesterday I finally did so. On a freezing cold night, they let the riff-raff mingle with the Fourth Estate for their annual…
Tags: baseball, DAR Constitution Hall;, DAR;, Democratic Party;, Douglas E. Evelyn;, Easter Sunday;, Eleanor Roosevelt;, Harold Ickes;, Jackson Hall;, Lincoln Memorial, Marian Anderson;, Mark Stein;, Maryland, National Gallery of Art, National Press Club;, Paul Dickson, Pennsylvania Avenue, Roger Mudd, The Washington Post, Washington DC (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...San Francisco Giants Rumors, both Real and Invented (McCovey Chronicles)
Posted November 19, 2008 at 1:23 pmSometime in January, when all of the free agents have been signed, I’ll sit down to write a post and start crying. I won’t want to write about Atlee Hammaker memories. I won’t want to write about how cool Donruss Diamond Kings were. I won’t want to write a 14,000-word Lord of the Rings parody with Sabean as Frodo, Bochy as Sam, Magowan as Golem, …
Tags: Aaron Rowand, Adam, Adam Dunn, baseball, Bruce Bochy hasn;, Fred Lewis, insurance plan;, Ken Rosenthal, Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira, Mark Teixiera, Pat Burrell, plot device;, Randy Winn, san francisco giants, USD (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Brad Finds a Job (Bay City Ball)
Posted November 19, 2008 at 9:41 amNot much going on in Giants news today and I’m between a couple of things — look for the Affedlt PITCHf/x profile as soon as tonight — but one interesting news item from yesterday materialized; the Orioles have signed Brad Hennessey to a Minor League contract.
From MLB.com:
Hennessey, generally viewed as a middle reliever and spot [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Free Agent Preview: Rafael Furcal (Bay City Ball)
Posted November 17, 2008 at 11:20 amHere’s the facts:
In 2008, the Giants had the worst team production for the shortstop position in the National League. The collective of Giants’ shortstops could not break the .600 OPS barrier when they finished with an OPS of .576. That made them the only team in the NL with less than a .600 OPS from [...]
Tags: Alabama, Appalachian League, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, baseball, Bill James, Brandon Crawford, Brandon Wood, Brian Bocock, Chone Figgins, Danville, Dominican Republic, Ehire Adrianza;, Emmanuel Burriss, Gulf Coast League;, History;, Ivan Ochoa, Juan Pierre, National League, New Foundland and Labrador, Oakland, Omar Vizquel, Rafael Furcal, Sharlon Schoop;, Tony Pena, USD, Walt Weiss;, Willy Taveras (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Memories of Bill North (Giants Win)
Posted November 14, 2008 at 11:24 am
photo by campy1965Josh Wilker at Cardboard Gods has posted a nice essay on Bill North’s career, which saw him joining the Orange and Black in 1979 and setting the SF Giants’ single-season record for stolen bases. It’s hard to believe all this happened nearly 30 years ago: The Giants were coming off their best season …
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...How the Other Half Lives: Jake Peavy Trade Rumors (McCovey Chronicles)
Posted November 12, 2008 at 1:26 pmThe Giants would like to make a trade for a good hitter. But then they’d have to trade something good to get back something good. Hey, you know who’s good? Matt Cain! I wonder what we can trade Matt Cain for. Maybe they could replenish the farm system. Maybe they could trade Matt Cain for three prospects. And then, when those prospects turn into good …
Tags: B.J. Upton, baseball, Calvin Murray;, Charlie Morton;, David Wright, Evan Longoria, Fielder, Hideki Matsui, J.J. Hardy, Jake Peavy, Jason Heyward, Jeff Samarzdfazzaza;, Jo-Jo Reyes;, Jordan Schafer;, Major League Baseball, Matt Cain, Murray Felix Pie;, Ronny Cedeno, Tim Lincecum, Tommy Hanson;, USD, Yunel Escobar (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Woo-hoo, Indeed. (Bay City Ball)
Posted November 12, 2008 at 7:56 amDuring the press conference yesterday, when Tim Lincecum was asked what he said when he learned of his newly acquired CYA, Lincecum said he dropped a few “Woo-hoos!” and that was that. You’ve got to enjoy this guy. At the presser he was dressed in a army-styled jacket with a beanie. He looked like a [...]
Tags: Around the Horn;, baseball, Brad Lidge, Dan Haren, East Coast, Johan Santana, Los Angeles, Michael Wilbon;, National League, New Foundland and Labrador, Pedro Martinez, Peter Gammons, Rick Reily;, Tim Lincecum, Tony Kornheiser; (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...One voter left out Lincecum (SFGate Sports: San Francisco Giants)
Posted November 12, 2008 at 1:07 amThe only Cy Young Award voter who excluded Tim Lincecum from his ballot grew up in Sacramento a Giants fan and had season tickets until 1984. Told that his name might not be treasured among Giants fans today, Chris De Luca, national baseball writer of the…
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The biggest day for the little Giant / San Francisco’s ace brings home the Cy Young Award (SFGate Sports: San Francisco Giants)
Posted November 12, 2008 at 1:00 amTuesday was the biggest day of the year for the Giants, and no one was in a baseball uniform. Wearing a navy blue ski cap over his floppy hair and a black jacket over his white V-neck T-shirt, Tim Lincecum drew the biggest crowd into the Giants’ press…
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