OUT OF LEFT FIELD

by DrLefty I found last night's loss to the Rockies at Coors Field absolutely excruciating. And that's saying something because I was in person at Wrigley Field last week to see two terrible losses that were beyond disheartening. Those of you who found last night's...

by DrLefty A lot has transpired since I published my last Out of Left Field two weeks ago today. Rookie top prospect Kyle Harrison made a brilliant home debut, and grizzled veteran Alex Cobb followed that up by coming one out short of a no-hitter. The Giants won 4 of...

by DrLefty Part of my routine each week as I get ready to write Out of Left Field on Saturdays is listening to Giants-centric podcasts, specifically the Baggs and Brisbee podcast and Giants Talk, hosted by Alex Pavlovic and Cole Kuiper. On the two Giants Talk pods...

by DrLefty I told you a few weeks ago that because my daughter was in a serious car accident, we had to miss the Taylor Swift concert that we were planning to attend at Levi's Stadium in late July. I'd been thinking for months about how I could use her lyrics and...

by DrLefty I am stuck in the middle with my morning coffee. At a crossroads, you could even say. Let me explain. For many years, we'd brew a big pot of strong French Roast coffee. Boom. Done. But a couple of years ago, MrLefty decided to invest some of his annual...

by DrLefty So the 2023 trade deadline came and went, and the Giants basically passed. Why? Well, there are two distinct but related reasons. First, the players available for trade weren't all that appealing. There was no Juan Soto sweepstakes this year. Second,...

by DrLefty Last week I riffed on the "glass half-full vs. glass half-empty" metaphor. One week later, I feel like the glass is down to two-thirds empty. Really the only thing going well for the Giants is that the other teams in the NL West have been losing this week,...

by DrLefty I'm nervous about the Giants right now. I read the discussion on TWG following last night's game and saw a spirited conversation about two reasonable perspectives: (1) the team's offense in particular has been "putrid" over the last month or so; and (2) the...

by DrLefty Last week I talked about JuniorHighLefty being bewildered and put off by some weird dude singing about putting "de lime in de coconut." Around the same time, I became absolutely obsessed with the song "American Pie," which was a #1 hit at the time. I had...

*If you love/hate the content of Out of Left Field this week, you can thank/blame MrLefty. In fact, he had so many ideas for this column that I suggested maybe he'd like to write it himself. But he says he only traffics in concepts, and he'll leave the word-smithing...

by DrLefty The Giants' 8-5 win over the Diamondbacks last night in front of a lively Orange Friday crowd might have been one of my favorites of this season so far, with apologies to the great walk-off wins they've had, including two this week. Why? Because it felt...

"I was dumbfounded by what was transpiring."--Jakob Junis after last night's wild win over the Dodgers.   by DrLefty Even before last night's out-of-body experience...I mean, the Giants-Dodgers game at Chavez Latrine...it had been an insanely eventful week for...