OUT OF LEFT FIELD

Christmas gift from Sister Lefty by DrLefty Happy 2023! Larry David on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" decreed that you're not supposed to say "Happy New Year!" this late, but since this is the first Out of Left Field of 2023, I'm taking some artistic license....

In honor of identical twin brothers Tyler and Taylor Rogers, MrLefty suggested that my lead-in could be from The Parent Trap, in which identical twins (originally played by Hayley Mills and then by Lindsay Lohan in the remake) are reunited through fate and...

by DrLefty You know, I worked especially hard on last week's Out of Left Field. I started it on Thursday and put extra hours into it, finally publishing on Saturday morning. It seemed important to mark what looked like a "transformational moment" for the Giants'...

by DrLefty Last week, in a despondent edition of Out of Left Field, I said this: "...there is still time and there are several scenarios by which the Giants could still salvage a decent-to-good offseason. I hope that in the next week or two I get to write about those,...

by DrLefty [Editorial note: This is going to be an extremely negative column. If you are easily distressed by negativity and/or are still a Farhan Zaidi true believer, I won't be offended if you skip this one. I also promise that if things change and he proves all of...

Well, folks, by the time I write next week's column, the 2022 Baseball Winter Meetings will have come and gone. These next seven days have the potential to be insanely exciting for Giants fans or brutally disappointing.   Just the Facts The MLB Winter Meetings...

Happy Saturday, all, presuming you've climbed out of your post-Thanksgiving stupor. There's a lot to talk about, and no, I don't mean the USC-Notre Dame rivalry game (kicks at 4:30 p.m. our time), or the improving fortunes of the San Francisco 49ers or the Golden...

by DrLefty You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. (Matthew 24:6, New International Version)   There's been a lot of Giants-relevant news this past week, and we'll...

by DrLefty One week ago tonight, the 2022 World Series ended with an Astros victory in Game 6. Congrats again to Dusty Baker, Mauricio Dubon, Will Smith, and Pete Putlila. Since then, a bunch of stuff has happened. This next week, more stuff will happen. Let's break...

by DrLefty One way or the other, by tomorrow night, the 2022 baseball season will be done and dusted (Dusty Baker pun intended there). The Houston ballpark has a roof, so there will be no "inclement weather" postponements. MLB is hoping for a Game 6 closeout so that...

Eight years ago today, Madison Bumgarner and Buster Posey celebrate the Giants' win in Game 7 of the 2014 World Series. by DrLefty Well, the World Series is off to quite a start. The Astros had been undefeated in the postseason and had an early 5-0 lead with their ace...

These next couple of weeks are a bit of a lull in the Giants news cycle--we've passed the end-of-season postmortem press conference, but since the playoffs are still going, it's too soon to talk about free agency, the Winter Meetings, and so forth. But there have been...