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Raising Matt Cain walks the walk (Giants Win)

Posted November 17, 2008 at 12:43 am

photo by beemac82Talk about putting your money where your mouth is — M.C. O’Connor at the always-interesting Raising Matt Cain blog is sponsoring Matt’s Baseball Reference page, which now contains the site’s motto — “We are all Giants.”

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No Cy Young bonus for Tim (Giants Win)

Posted November 12, 2008 at 4:51 pm

Andrew Baggarly of the Merc-News reports that Tim Lincecum doesn’t get a thin dime for winning the Cy. And he doubts that the Giants will be able to lock him down in a multi-year deal, as they did with Matt Cain.

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How the Other Half Lives: Jake Peavy Trade Rumors (McCovey Chronicles)

Posted November 12, 2008 at 1:26 pm

The 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 …

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Adios, Jonathan Sanchez? (Giants Win)

Posted November 6, 2008 at 3:14 pm

Brian Sabean tells John Shea of the SF Chronicle that Matt Cain won’t be traded. Shea, who’s reporting from the winter meetings in Dana Point, concludes that Jonathan Sanchez is the most likely trading chip during the off-season. Shea also reports that Sabean’s looking for more offense from the infield and wants shore up middle relief in the bullpen. I remain …

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Giants not interested in trading Cain (SFGate Sports: San Francisco Giants)

Posted November 6, 2008 at 1:00 am

Yes, teams continue to ask Giants general manager Brian Sabean about Matt Cain. No, Sabean’s not budging. At the GM meetings Wednesday, Sabean delivered his strongest statement to date that the 24-year-old pitcher won’t be traded this offseason for a hitter….
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‘Tis the Season (McCovey Chronicles)

Posted November 4, 2008 at 2:08 pm

FADE IN:

PICTURE OF BRIAN SABEAN

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Stop It. (Bay City Ball)

Posted October 31, 2008 at 6:47 am

I raised this question once before, but, is the “Trade Matt Cain” meme the worst thing ever?
Select quotes from an article published yesterday on SFGiants.com:
The discussion over whether the Giants should trade Matt Cain already is a lively one, conducted on radio talk shows and Internet fan sites and by baseball reporters nationwide.
Does lively mean [...]

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Bill James like Matt Cain (Giants Win)

Posted October 23, 2008 at 4:49 pm

McCovey Chronicles has the Bill James projections for Giant pitchers in 2009, including a 13-11 record for Matt Cain. Lincecum will go 17-9, according to James.Matt’s record after four seasons in the MLB is 30-43 – a testament to how crappy the Giants offense has been during that period.

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Bill James and the 2009 San Francisco Giants, Part II (McCovey Chronicles)

Posted October 23, 2008 at 11:08 am

And lo, after Bill James begat the hitter projections, a bright light emanated from his abacus, and, yea, he came forth verily with the pitcher projections for 2009. On the third projection day, he rested. Thou who art beho…
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Matt Cain with a winning record?
Tim Lincecum with an ERA over 3.00?
Barry Zito, a productive, worthwhile, and competent member …

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Rooting Around (McCovey Chronicles: Front Page Posts)

Posted October 20, 2008 at 1:11 pm

No more Dodgers. No more Red Sox. I was certainly looking forward to typing those words, but I’m suddenly so… so… hollow. The hate nourished me. Gave me sustenance. Warmed the Brian Bocockles of my heart, it did. And now I have to sit by the fire and sip on a steaming mug of what now, wondering for whom I should root in the World …

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