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Longest Giants Winning Streaks
Credit: McCovey Chronicles Winning streaks are a point of boasting for any baseball fan. Thankfully, us Giant fans are lucky enough to hold the longest winning streak across all of Major League Baseball: 26 games back in 1916. This streak is a point of contention for fans of other teams-- especially the Cleveland Indians, who hit 21 consecutive wins in 2017. This is because one of those wins was...
A Look at the Giants Team Records
Credit: MLive After more than 100 years of baseball, the Giants are bound to have set some team records-- good and bad. Interestingly enough, a majority of the records covered in this piece were set before 1950, including some of the most impressive ones. The team won 106 games in 1904, setting the record for most games won. They follow this record with most shutout games won in 1908 at 25....
Giants Retired Numbers, A History
Having one's jersey number retired is one of the highest honors an athlete can receive. Often done one a player leaves the team, retires, or passes, retired numbers the skill and impact a player left on the team. The distinction makes it so the number cannot be worn again by anyone on the team. With more than 100 years under the team's belt, the Giants have their fair share of retired jersey...
San Francisco Giants MVP Winners By the Numbers
Credit: Baseball Hall of Fame The Most Valuable Player Award has been one of the most coveted awards in the sport since its conception, though it wasn't until 1931 that players within the National League started earning the title. The award allows us to honor the most skilled players in the league, no matter what position they play. There are only a few rules that dictates who is eligible for an...
Slugging Giants, the 2021 Version
by Cassie Black Whether at the field, at a bar, or at home, home runs are among the most thrilling aspects of baseball to witness. Back in the day of our legendary sluggers like likes Barry Bonds and Willie Mays, there was nothing more exhilarating than watching them knock a ball into the stands, but there was no real way of fully comprehending the power behind their hits. While we can't...
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Barry Bonds NOT Elected Into the Hall of Fame Again
by Greek Giant Tim Lincecum received two Baseball Hall of Fame votes. That's about the most positive thing there is to report for the 2022 results. Yesterday Davi "Big Papi" Ortiz was elected to Cooperstown, a well-deserved honor. Congratulations Big Papi. For us...
Celebrating 35 (and Multiples of 35)
It turns out that Brandon Crawford and Mike Krukow have the same birthday, January 21, and that Krukow is exactly 35 years older than Craw. So on Friday, #35 turned 35, and Kruke turned 70! Happy Birthday to both of them! I saw the amazing photo above on...
How Long Will the Lockout Last?
by Greek Giant Ok, I have officially hit the annoyed stage. My emotion meter is fast approaching anger.... I miss baseball. I even miss the offseason baseball news, the pointless clickbait predictions, trade rumors, and stories about how x player is ready to have his...
International Signing Day & Other Giants News
Research shows that planning a trip gives people almost as much pleasure as taking the trip itself. That may have been true pre-COVID, but now I'm not so sure. I've had to unravel a couple of great trips since March 2020, and it absolutely takes some of the fun out of...
Giants Block Met Request to Interview Andrew Bailey
by Greek Giant Evidently the lock out is not stopping some baseball activities. It was reported yesterday that the Giants have blocked a request by the New York Metropolitans to interview Andrew Bailey for a bench coach position. This is fairly rare in the scheme of...
Predictions for 2022?
It's hard to get very enthusiastic about baseball right now. Ahead this weekend are the long-awaited return of Klay Thompson to the NBA and the 49ers' must-win (probably) game against the LA Rams. There hasn't been a whisper of news about anything related to baseball...
Should the NL Adopt the Designated Hitter?
With the MLB Lockout many important potential rule changes have been put on hold. One of the biggies is the Designated Hitter (DH). In the pandemic season of 2020 the NL adopted the DH, ostensibly to keep pitchers safe, whatever that means. With pretty much every...
Will Barry Bonds Enter the Hall of Fame?
by Greek Giant In short: Yes! The winds are changing and the national press is starting to realize the stupidity and hypocrisy of keeping Barry Bonds, Roger Clements and other greats out of the Hall of Fame because of their purported/alleged use of steroids. Now the...
Happy New Year!
It's been fashionable over the last week or so--and even over the last few years--to spend the final days of the old year bashing that year and seeing every bit of bad news as an example of how awful that particular year was. For example, Betty White passed away...
The Giants Community Fund: An Overview
by Greek Giant As we continue the lockout and no baseball news I want to take this opportunity to write a note about the Giants Community Fund. The Community Fund is the charitable arm of our beloved baseball club. It offers a variety of cash awards, scholarships,...
How the Giants Made History With Taira Uematsu
by Greek Giant Happy Holidays everyone. I hope Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa and Festivus was kind to you all. Did you know that the Giants made history recently when they promoted Taira Uematsu from an unpaid assistant position to a full on assistant coach in...
Who Will Play Second Base for the Giants?
by Greek Giant Second base is a big question mark for the Giants going into 2022. It appears that Tommy LaStella will always be a super-sub and platoonish player. His lefty bat will give him most of the at-bats all things being equal. There are questions about the...