photo by MLB by Greek Giant That was a memorable game, for mostly bad reasons. On a beautiful Spring night in the city of brotherly love, the Phillies pitchers man-handled the Giants hitters, striking them out a ridiculous 17 times, with 12 of those coming by Phillies starter and ace…

photo: Stan Olszewski/2017 Special to S.F. Examiner by Greek Giant This was a game that was not as close as the score indicated. The winning streak is over at 4. Jeff Samardzija was absolutely dreadful, surrendering three home runs, two of which were three-run bombs, walking the first two batters he…

AP Photo/John Bazemore by Greek Giant Sweep! That sound so sweet. The tomahawk chop chant was silenced by the San Francisco Giants in Atlanta. Coming into the series the Braves were the talk of baseball having won five straight after sweeping the ailing Mets in Queens. Yesterday Andrew Suarez earned…

by Greek Giant Now that’s a great way to start the road trip! The Giants are mashing everything in sight: curve balls, fastballs, change ups and on and on… Up and down the line up the team is finally firing on all tomahawks. Last night Brandon Belt, Brandon Crawford, Evan…

AP Photo by Ben Margot by Greek Giant The Giants take a series from the Padres for the first time since 1974. They have now won four series in a row. Nick Hundley had himself a day, going 4-5 with two doubles, a single and a laser beam home run…

Photo: Jeff Chiu / Associated Press by Greek Giant Just when I was feeling optimistic about the 2018 season Johnny Cueto is on the 10-day disabled list with a sore elbow and the Giants lost to the Padres on a ninth inning homer by Eric Hosmer off Hunter Strickland on May…

Photo: Ben Margot, AP by Greek Giant Baseball is a funny game. When last night’s ballgame was unraveling for the Giants in the sixth as the Padres took the lead I shut my lights, went to bed, and muttered to myself: “The Giants will find a way to come back.”…