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The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown

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 5 and their first series since the beginning of August and were back in playoff position. And then September happened. After...

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GIANTS NEWS, ANALYSIS & MORE BY DR. LEFTY

Stuck in Neutral?

Stuck in Neutral?

by DrLefty I wrote a column on April 22 from a hotel room in Madrid saying that the Giants (then 6-13) were playing "putrid baseball." Shamed by my truth-telling, the Giants promptly ran off a five-game winning streak (still their longest of the season), and my next...

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Taking Stock Two Months In

Taking Stock Two Months In

Photo credit: Brace Hemmelgarn/Getty Images by DrLefty The Giants were five games under .500 for March/April and five games over .500 in May. In June so far, they are 1-1. You can't be more ".500" than that. However, thanks to recency bias, most fans will be more...

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The Future is Now

The Future is Now

Patrick Bailey on team photo day in spring training. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images) by DrLefty Aloha from West Maui, where MrLefty and I have been since Monday afternoon. Since I'm on sabbatical this quarter, we booked two weeks at our timeshare...

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Putrid Baseball

Putrid Baseball

by DrLefty This has not been a good week for Bay Area sports fans, and I'm not even talking about the sideshow that the Warriors-Kings series turned into. Between the news that the A's are leaving Oakland and the horrific play by both Bay Area teams...well, it's ugly...

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Opening Dud

Opening Dud

  Full box here by DrLefty MrLefty and I have a modest home opener streak going. It's not as prodigious as Crawnik's, but it goes back to 2017. (We even were among the 8000 or so who got to go to the 2021 opener under severe COVID restrictions, and I also count...

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Camp Standouts

Camp Standouts

by DrLefty Spring training is winding down. Opening Day is less than two weeks away now, and the Giants have trimmed their roster a great deal. Before we leave camp, though, I thought I'd take a look at some players who have really stood out. No, I'm not talking about...

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