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Lincecum: 2 Cy U Later
Congrats to the two-time in a row winner of the NL Cy Young Award, Tim Lincecum! According to the Baseball Writers' Association of America website (which will probably change with the next award it gives out), it was a historic vote in many ways. First, Lincecum had the lowest victory total of ...
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Roster-bation: Initial Thoughts on Starting Lineup
The Giants starting lineup, as iffy as it looks, could also be considered pretty set, in terms of probability of finding someone currently with the Giants in the starting lineup. So I thought I would ruminate on the possibilities as the players line up for the free agency period. Obvious Where ...
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Winn Loses But Giants Win; Plus Elias Rankings and Free Agency
According to a blog by Andy Baggarly , the Giants have informed Randy Winn that his services would no longer be needed by the Giants. Giants Thoughts First off, thank you to Randy Winn for his many years of service to the Giants. Good luck in your future endeavors and hopefully you can make ...
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Vets are Important to Rebuilding Teams
I have been trying to figure out a way not to chase my tail in answering people concerns (OK, really, complaints) about how the Giants have gone about rebuilding over the past few years (I consider a team to be in rebuilding mode once it has gone through two years of losses, no matter what their ...
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Giants Sign Freddy Sanchez: 2 years, $12M
Announced late Friday, the Giants signed Freddy Sanchez to a reported (Chron's Schulman then Merc, based on what sfgiants.com's Haft wrote), 2 years, $12M contract. Reports from sfgiants.com , Chronicle , and Merc . As a side note, Noah Lowry (unsurprisingly), Justin Miller, and Kelvin Pichardo ...
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Accolades Continue: Buster Posey Wins Spinks Award
According to news from sfgiants.com , Buster Posey was named the winner of the 50th annual J.G. Taylor Spink Award as the Topps/Minor League Player of the Year for 2009. The article noted all of Posey's accomplishments this season. Showing how the award selection might not be the most rigorous ...
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20th Anniversary of the 1989 Quake
I know I missed it by a week, but I've been busy with work. It was 20 years ago, on October 17th , 1989 at 5:04 pm, that one of the most devastating earthquakes ever to hit the Bay Area interrupted the 1989 Bay Area World Series. Below is what I posted on MCC : I was in the upper deck, 3rd ...
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