majorleaguejerk.com - 12/26/2008
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The House that Dave Meggett Built
I’ve never been to a professional football game. Hard to believe, right? A well-traveled fellow like myself, never having attended a professional football game before? That’s unbelievable. Well, friends of Hefcellence, that was true - until ...
Do It To Me One More Time
leftymalo.com 12/19/2008 — In 2008 the Giants scored 640 runs, or 3.95 per game .
At the Winter Meetings last week, Bruce Bochy floated a trial-balloon 2009 lineup to the press, and it didn’t look much different than 2008. But is it so dire? Before the Giants make any ...
Would the Giants Compete With Manny Ramirez?
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 2/5/2009 — As I look up and down the Giants roster , I can't help but notice that the Giants actually have some talent. Gone are the days of signing aging, declining, and useless players to three year contracts that would cost the team a draft pick and hurt the team's performance on the field (I'm ...
San Francisco Giants : The Splash : Final word on Manny -- for today
sfgate.com 1/3/2009 — From beat writer Henry Schulman: Shortly after the 2008 season ended, a top official told me the Giants had sincere interest in CC Sabathia, largely because the team felt he was interested in San Francisco and might accept a hometown discount. We in ...
Unit wants to savor time with Giants | SFGiants.com: News
sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com 12/28/2008 — SAN FRANCISCO -- If 2009 is Randy Johnson's final Major League campaign, he intends to cherish it. > The "Big Unit," known through most of his 21-year career as a glowering, intimidating 6-foot-10 presence on the mound, won't necessarily change his ...
What the Hell Were You Thinking? Barry Zito Edition
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 1/12/2009 — *Over the next couple of weeks, Jorge Says No! will take an in depth look at some of the worst contracts in baseball. We'll evaluate why the player was signed, what went wrong, and future implications of the contract. Behind every bone head decision, there has to be a reason for it...right?* ...
SF Giants Offseason Report Card
baseballreflections.com 2/21/2009 — Image via Wikipedia This is why I’m not a teacher; I’m sort of a pass or fail guy. So since the Giants seem destined to have Bengie Molina bat cleanup for the second year in a row, I suppose they have failed (or at least come close) in their off season mission to improve the ...
Did The Giants Sign Big Unit Just To Sell Tickets?
sportsbybrooks.com 12/27/2008 — The Giants hadn’t exactly made a splash in free agency this offseason, moving away from a potential trade for Jake Peavy and failing to add significant bats to a pretty anemic offense. But all that may have started to change late last night, ...
Giants to Make Offer for CC
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 12/4/2008 — Yesterday it was reported that CC Sabathia's wife Amber wants here husband to play in San Francisco. Sabathia also obviously would also love to play near his home town -he is from Vallejo, California, around 30 miles outside of San Francisco. The Giants are interested and have some money to ...
Big Blue Blog
myteamrivals.typepad.com 1/17/2009 — We all knew it would happen. The price of the success the Giants have enjoyed of late means your coaches, players, personnel people, everyone, become hot commodities. It is no surprise that Steve Spagnuolo was hired as a head coach by the Rams. Spags ...
Yankee fans: Fear the (SF) Giants
nj.com 12/4/2008 — We reported two weeks ago that the Giants were readying an offer for CC Sabathia, and events of the past couple of days have strengthened that belief. At the time, a person familiar with Sabathia's thinking said he was expecting...
Relive Game 3 of '89 'Bay Area' Series —
Major League Baseball News 12/26/2008
It wasn't anything that happened on the field that made Game 3 of the 1989 World Series so memorable.
It was what happened minutes before the game that made the game so historic. A major earthquake rocked the San Francisco Bay Area and Candlestick ...
San Francisco Giants 2008 Year In Review —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/27/2008
For everything that went wrong for the San Francisco Giants in 2008, there were still reasons to smile as the future pieces of the club also made an impact in the present day.
The Giants may have only picked up one more win than they did in 2007 ...
The Best Rivalry in Major League Baseball —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/27/2008
Every sport has its ultimate rivalry, although which one is the ultimate is usually a matter of intense debate. College football, college basketball, the National Football League, and the National Basketball Association all have their fair ...