OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Well, the Giants made it a bit easier on those of us waiting until the last minute (midnight tonight) to submit our My26ManGuys™ ballot to HaakAway. I know I have a draft version saved so that I can make final changes. Yesterday, the Giants made their second round of...

It's hard to know what to make of these Cactus League games this year. Teams being pulled off the field in the middle of innings. Pitchers coming back into the game after they've been replaced by a reliever. And yesterday, when the Giants and Indians agreed to play...

Well, we are now one week into Cactus League games and about halfway through camp. Opening Day is 25 days away, and we know what the number 25 reminds us of.   Now, don't start with me. Love him or hate him, #25 IS and always will be Barry Bonds. His number is...

I woke up so happy today. I just can't believe that a few hours from now, I'll be watching Giants baseball. Now, I just have to decide if I'm muting the Angels' announcers and telling Alexa to put on Jon Miller & crew instead. (Speaking of MLB.TV, mine...

I have only attended the Giants' annual Fanfest twice. Once was back in 2003, when it was still in a warehouse adjacent to the parking lot. The other was in 2007, the first year they actually held it inside the park. The 2003 one was a blast. It was on a Saturday in...

Scottsdale Stadium, March 2018. Photo Credit: DrLefty's iPhone Well, reporting dates have been a moving target this year, due to COVID and resulting labor negotiations, and poor Crawnik has had to re-jigger his countdown. But here we are: Pitchers and catchers report...

by Dr. Lefty OK, OK. Technically I know the Super Bowl isn't over yet, unless you have some control over the space-time continuum. (If you do, please tell me Tom Brady didn't win!) But I figure this post will be up for a few days. And I always feel like the end of the...

*hat-tip to anonymous commenter on Andrew Baggarly's board    [I mean, you didn't think my featured image was going to be of La Stella in an A's uniform, did you?!] In this post I'll talk about the signing of Tommy La Stella (as the image and title suggest) but...

We miss baseball and Oracle Park too, Bernie. (h/t to ClutchUp)   So it's over. The Trump administration is over, and our new President and Vice President have been inaugurated. It was also a (sadly) notable week for MLB, which lost two more Hall of Famers, first...

I decided to make something positive come out of COVID, so while mostly stuck at home, I've been working hard for the past months on fitness and diet. I've made some good progress and hope to make more before I go back to work on campus in the fall. We have a Peloton...

Well, we made it. 2020 is over. Kruke and Kuip were ready to see it go. https://twitter.com/LOLKNBR/status/1344909439699021825?s=20   We don't need to go over the many ways 2020 was hellacious. It's 2021 now. New Year's is the time for resolutions, and I'm a...