TOGETHER WE'RE GIANTS

[hat-tip to MrLefty for the title idea and for the "O Brother" theme suggestion] A lot of (virtual) ink has been spilled this season about the Giants' bullpen woes, and until recently, that was justified--the bullpen was clearly the weak link of an otherwise...

Anthony DeSclafani, Buster Posey, and Mike Tauchman, the heroes of last night's Giants win. Photo credit: MLB.com MrLefty has created a new version of WAR, and in this version, Mike Tauchman has a WAR of 3.0 for the season, meaning that had not Tauchman been in the...

Zombies are described by Wikipedia as mythical creatures who are "undead." Last week, the Giants "unrestored order" in the NL West, so this week, I guess they can be "undead." English can be a very flexible language at times ("Change the way you pizza with Papa...

Until the last two games, I didn't think it was a good week for the Giants. They came off the humiliating sweep at home last weekend by the Dodgers--which their obnoxious beat writer, Molly Knight, smugly described as having "restored order" in the NL West--and barely...

Uggghhhhh. Last week I speculated that the Giants, despite a nice start to the season, were "breaking bad" after being walked off two nights in a row in Pittsburgh. They sure showed me, ripping off five straight wins including a very impressive four-game sweep in...

Walter White, participating in Mustache May It's been a bad week for the Giants. Yes, they've gone 3-3, which while not amazing is also not terrible. But it started with a blowout loss to the Padres, who avoided a series sweep, continued with three light-hitting,...

I honestly did not know that this was a thing. I've heard of "Dry January." I've heard of "Nanowrimo" in November. I did not know, until Austin Slater and Mike Yastrzemski showed up to last night's Giants game sporting twin mustaches, that "Mustache May" was an actual...

For the first time since your Sacramento River Cats won the AAA championship on September 17, 2019, there will be minor league baseball that counts this week. I'm pretty excited about this. Honestly, I expected to be more excited about the minor leagues than about the...

I don't always watch baseball, but when I do, I prefer the wacky, weird San Francisco Giants.   National baseball writers have no idea what to do about the Giants. They are not fitting into the narrative. The Giants rotation has been a surprising strength early...

While on my walk yesterday, I caught up on my latest Giants-related podcasts--the Baggs and Brisbee podcast (with Andrew Baggarly and Grant Brisbee of The Athletic) and the Giants Talk podcast (with NBCSBA's Alex Pavlovic and Cole Kuiper, plus guest appearances by...