by Greek Giant The story is just now being broken at press time: Bruce Bochy has officially announced his retirement following the 2019 season. This is big. This is something many of us have speculated about. Here is Alex Pavlovic: BREAKING: Bruce Bochy announces he will retire following the 2019…
by Dr Lefty Wow. After weeks and months of basically nothing happening and having to dig deep for these weekend posts, now I can hardly keep up with all the Giants news. Pitchers and catchers reported to Scottsdale this week, and so did the beat writers, so there are now multiple…
by Greek Giant Hunter Pence recently published a very moving tribute to the Giants and the City of San Francisco on the Player’s Tribune. In it he highlights certain key moments during his career at Willie Mays Field. They include the time fans welcomed him to a restaurant by chanting…
by DrLefty This time last year I wrote a “Happy FanFest Day” post, and not wanting to simply repeat myself, I read it over last night to remember what I’d said. It made me…sad. Last year, the Giants’ core players–Posey, Panik, Crawford, and others–came into Media Day (the Friday before…
by Greek Giant There are rumors in the news lately about the Giants being interested in signing Bryce Harper to, you know, fill the invisible outfield up with a good player. The news came as a shock to many in the baseball world since the Giants are basically in a…
by DrLefty [Hat-tip to Ryan for the idea for the title and cover image.] Thanks to all for the good wishes about my sesame challenge yesterday. Before I was allergic (the allergy first surfaced when I was in my mid-30s), sesame bagels were my favorite, Chinese food was my favorite,…
by Greek Giant Here is what I remember most about Peter Magowan (1942-2019), the former Giants owner who entered the world of eternal dreamland yesterday: his love of baseball. In a day when most owners of sports teams (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL) see their franchises as little more than a…
by DrLefty We’re now closer to February than we are to Christmas, and the Giants’ major league acquisitions for the offseason stand as follows: Switch-pitching reliever Pat Venditte Derek Holland Drew Pomeranz Depending how you count, that equals…three lefty pitchers, or two and a half if you only want to…
by DrLefty We’re getting closer, folks. MLB announced this week that February 12 is the day pitchers and catchers will report to camp. Here’s the link to the countdown clock if you need constant updates. I always measure the baseball offseason by when the NFL wraps it up. The…
by DrLefty Another week and still no Giants news. Well, that’s not exactly true. As Greek Giant informed us, the Giants suddenly announced that they’d changed the name of their home park from AT & T to Oracle, effective immediately. Now we know how they could afford that $10 million…