giantsbaseballblog.blogspot.com - 7/8/2009
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Even though they failed to pull off the sweep on Wednesday, the Giants beat the Marlins two out of three times this week en route to pulling off yet another series victory. The big bright spot in the series for the Giants was Barry Zito's magnificent start on Tuesday night. The Giants 18 million ...
Barry Zito: Worst Pitcher Contract Ever?
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 7/17/2009 — When the Giants signed Barry Zito in 2006, they thought they had just locked up their ace for the next seven years. The team believed that Zito had the goods to lead the Giants in the post Barry Bonds era by consistently taking the ball every fifth ...
Giants can’t be quick to trade Jonathan Sanchez now
scoresreport.com 7/11/2009 —
If you were to have gotten Giants general manager Brian Sabean all liquored up in a private setting (I know you’re probably weirded out by the start of this sentence, but stay with me here) and asked him which players he wouldn’t mind giving up in a trade to acquire a bat, he almost ...
Are the Giants This Good?
passion4baseball.blogspot.com 6/30/2009 — There was no way that anyone could have predicted that the National League West would have the three best teams in the National League. The Dodgers have had the best record in the National League (and probably all of baseball) since April. The Rockies have surged since firing Clint Hurdle and ...
Giants First Half Review - Part II
giantsbaseballblog.blogspot.com 7/17/2009 — Even though they sit atop the NL Wild Card standings and carry the second best record in the National league as the second half kicks off on Thursday, the Giants still have some issues that need to be addressed if they're serious about making a real run for the postseason. Last post we broke ...
Jonathan Sanchez throws first Giants' no-hitter in 33 years
eatdrinksleepbaseball.blogspot.com 7/11/2009 — It hadn't been done in 33 years. Giants pitcher John Montefusco, who was the last Giants' pitcher to throw a no-no, threw a no-no in Atlanta in 1976. Even though no Giants' pitcher has thrown a no-no in his lifetime, reigning N.L. Cy Young Tim Lincecum had a feeling that the Giants might be ...
Giants Keep On Rolling
giantsbaseballblog.blogspot.com 7/1/2009 — The stretch of baseball that the Giants have put together since late May up to now (July 1st) is probably the best 6 weeks of ball the Giants have played since 2004. After winning the first two games of their 4-game set with St. Louis on Monday and Tuesday, the Giants upped their record to ...
Giants Still Need 2 Bats
giantsbaseballblog.blogspot.com 6/27/2009 — We're just a few days away from July, and about 5 weeks from the MLB , non-waiver trade deadline. The Giants have been discussed a lot over recent weeks, as they try to find another bat to help their below-average offense, but I think that they need more than just one stick. Sure, bringing in a ...
Giants Fans Unhappy
baseballmusings.com 7/30/2009 — John Perricone writes to tell me he isn’t happy with the Freddy Sanchez trade . His thoughts are not very different from other Giants bloggers I’ve read over the last 24 hours. I would like to point one thing out to Giants fans, however:
YOU HAVEN’T WON A CHAMPIONSHIP IN 55 ...
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....
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