Review of San Francisco
myteamrivals.typepad.com 8/4/2009 — The following is a review of the Giants ballpark in San Francisco , the fans and the city overall.   Yesterday, I took a tour of AT & T Park before departing for home.   The park, like most, has its ups and downs.   The first thing that strikes you is the view.   ...

Giants Trade Alderson for Freddy Sanchez
giantsbaseballblog.blogspot.com 7/30/2009 — Well, I am on vacation, and didn't plan on making another post until the weekend, but anytime the team makes a big-time trade, that always calls for immediate posting. I'm sure most of you baseball fans are aware by now that the Giants have traded one of their top pitching prospects in Tim  ...

San Francisco Giants Acquire Ryan Garko: Not a Huge Trade, But a Good One
bleacherreport.com 7/30/2009 — He may not be the big bat that everybody was hoping for—he doesn't have the big-name appeal of a Matt Holliday or a Victor Martinez—but new San Francisco Giants first baseman Ryan Garko is certainly a welcome addition to an offense that ...

Salvation in sight for San Francisco
thegoodpoint.com 7/27/2009 — Life has been good for the San Francisco Giants. At the All-Star break, the Giants led the National League Wild Card standings by two games with a record of 49-39. Right-hander Tim Lincecum was the NL starter at the All-Star Game and is the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner....

Using Team Context To Better Understand The Trade Market: The San Francisco Giants
beyondtheboxscore.com 7/28/2009 — More photos » by CHRIS YOUNG - AP Who would be of more value to a run preventing team like San Francisco? Halladay and his pitching? Scutaro's solid run production and run prevention? Or some pure, ...

Reaction: Freddy Sanchez Trade
mccoveychronicles.com 7/30/2009 — Freddy Sanchez is an upgrade. The Giants have received less production from their second basemen than any other team has received out of any position. With Ryan Garko and Sanchez on the team, 20% of the lineup went from "yick" to "meh?", which is a ...

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. San Francisco Giants - Recap - July 28, 2009
sports.espn.go.com 7/29/2009 — Velez's big night carries Giants past Pirates SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Giants finally got the power they've been seeking to shake up their offense. It just came from an unlikely source. Eugenio Velez , who was recalled from the minors a day ...

Giants Struggling Again
giantsbaseballblog.blogspot.com 8/15/2009 — Since the second half of the year started, the Giants have either been on a hot streak, or a cold one, but nothing really in-between. They lost 4 of 6 at home to the Dodgers and Reds over the week, and couldn't get anything whatsoever going vs. the Mets' Brett Parnell Friday night, making the ...

Brian Sabean is all in
hardballtimes.com 8/6/2009 — Texas Hold 'Em is a game filled with odds, but the numbers are pretty simple. If you have a 35% chance to hit your flush on the turn when someone raises you 45% of your stack, you don't have the odds to call. However, odds become finicky when you get more and more productive on the margins. For ...

Giants Get Well At Home
giantsbaseballblog.blogspot.com 8/3/2009 — Fans started to panic a bit when the team came out of the all-star break so stagnant, but it looks like they have righted the ship, as they so often have at home this year, with a 6-1 home stand. They've also regained their hold of the National League Wild Card spot, although the Rockies, Cubs ...

Pittsburgh Pirates At It Again, Trade Freddy Sanchez — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/30/2009
You know those deadline deal trades where you go, “that’s going to comeback to bite them in the butt in a couple of years”? I think that is what every San Francisco Giants fan is going to say in five years when they think about ...

As others deal, Tracy happy with Rox — Major League Baseball News 7/30/2009
One day before the non-waiver Trade Deadline and one day after the Giants added a three-time All-Star to their lineup, manager Jim Tracy is confident in the guys already in the Rockies' clubhouse.

San Francisco Giants 2009 Trade Deadline: Panic By The Bay — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/30/2009
Well, so much for that warm and fuzzy feeling left by sweeping the Pittsburgh Pirates. Sigh.  I really thought I'd done it. The Major League Baseball trade deadline was only a couple days away and I had resisted the urge to speculative ...

What Are the New York Mets Worth? — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/30/2009
The New York Mets were added to the National League as an expansion franchise in 1962. Their addition was a response to two different baseball issues, the exodus of the Giants and Dodgers from New York and the formation of a third baseball league, ...

A Calculated Risk: Sabean and Giants Walk The Walk — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/30/2009
"To success in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence." -Mark Twain In a matter of a few days, the San Francisco Giants front office sent a few obligatory texts to a crew of those awaiting answers to questions. The first text went ...