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Announcing MyGuy™ 2022!
by HaakAway MyGuy2022™ ... Rich Crop of Prospects Meets New, Easy Way to Vote MyGuyJourney™ You can't miss all the chatter on how rich the Giants' farm system is right now. Plus, we have some early season tastes of Bart and Ramos showing they have arrived. But, as they say, "It is about the Journey, not just the Destination." Of all the major sports, Baseball has the longest journey. Let's enjoy...
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Guest Post: The 1982 Giants
by totalfan62 The 1982 San Francisco Giants were an interesting team. We had finished 56-55 overall in strike-shortened 1981, playing better in the post-strike portion of the season. VP of Baseball Operations Tom Haller made some significant moves in the 1981...
SurfMaui Guest Post: My Highlights and Lowlights of the Decade
BY SURFMAUI As the decade comes to an end, and in the spirit of Dr. Lefty’s excellent Post, SM is offering his favorite and least favorite moments of the 2010's. Overall, though these teams lacked some of the superstars like Mays, McCovey, Marichal. Bonds etc.,...
Shame on the Giants for Dishonoring the Franchise
By SurfMaui Please allow me the privilege of expressing my outrage, disgust, and profound sadness over the Giants' failure to sign Madison Bumgarner. I have been a Giants fan since the early 1950's. I distinctly recall listening to a Dusty Rhodes home run in the 1954...
Haak Away Guest Post: 2019 MyGuy Results
by Haak Away MyGuy2019™ ... "In the Books" MyGuy™ means spotting the Giants prospects that are undervalued at each level. It is picking players that did not stand out the previous year but you say, "He will have a breakout season." Twenty of us spoke up and stuck out...
Howard Beale Guest Post: Giants Pay Homage to 2017 Team in Fitting Fashion by Losing Another Sad Sack Home Game in What is Turning Out to be a Sadder September
by Howard Beale "I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows they're bad..." I'M AS MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE! The Giants are losing terribly at home and there's nobody anywhere who knows what to do.. "We know things are bad....
Rob Deer Guest Post: Lindsay Wagner Nude
by Rob Deer Ok, you’re not going to see Lindsay Wagner nude but sometimes you have to resort to this type of click bait in order to garner Surf Maui’s attention, and Lindsay has been on my mind since engaging Greek Giant in a Bionic Woman vs Wonder Woman debate...
Frank Novak Guest Post: My Journey in Baseball, Part Two
by Frank Novak Part Two When I arrived in 2003, the ‘hostess city’ of Savannah, GA had amassed a long history of professional baseball, having had affiliated baseball for the better part of 100 seasons. Since 1927,, those games had been at Grayson Stadium. However as...
Frank Novak Guest Post: From the Bay to the Bushes
by Frank Novak My Winding Road into and Through the School of Baseball (First of two parts) When I head home from my ‘normal’ job to my two kids waiting for me at home, sometimes I think about how cool 12-year old me would think 23-year old me was. You see, like so...
Rob Deer Guest Post: What Would You Trade?
by Rob Deer Life is a trade-off. Far too often we are reminded of this fact as we are forced to choose between two options, sometimes the greater of two goods, more often, the lesser of two evils. Or maybe it’s a mental negotiation you entertain with yourself about...
Surf Maui Guest Post: Moe Berg & How Baseball Analytics Long Predates the 21st Century
by Surf Maui Many of you have undoubtedly heard of Moe Berg who played 13 years mostly as a back up catcher, after starting his career as a shortstop/third baseman for the Dodgers (then Robins), and then the White Sox, Indians, and Red Sox. Berg graduated magna cum...
Together We’re Giants Guest Post: Eeew!
by Together We're Giants Editor's Note: Sometimes the Together We're Giants commenters simply post everything there is to say. Below are highlights from last night's commentary. Fbchange • an hour ago • edited Yes offense is atrocious...but the pitching has been even...
Guest Post: Surf Maui’s Quarterly Giants Report
by Surf Maui The season is one-quarter over so on this off day, before the quick road trip to Arizona and return home it is time for Surf Maui to issue grades. PERSPECTIVE It is important to keep in mind that the 2018 Giants– despite biblical levels of injuries...