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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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Weekend Wrap: Giants Get the Job Done
by Johnny Black The Giants are back at .500 thanks to a thrilling, come-from-behind, grab victory form the jaws of defeat type 8-7 win yesterday to sweep the Pirates. Thairo Estrada's two-run home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Giants...
From Grit to Glory: Celebrating the 2012 World Series Champions
I'd like to thank the Giants for having special ceremonies on two of the last three Saturdays so that I had a great excuse not to write about the actual 2022 team. 🙂 That said, they did beat the Pirates last night, so good for them--nice outing for Carlos Rodón,...
Pirates-Giants Series Preview: This Is NOT an Easy Part of the Schedule
by Greek Giant One of the most annoying things I have been reading lately are all the comments claiming the Giants have an easy schedule after their games against the Dodgers and Padres (during which they lost six of seven). These wishful thinkers amuse me because...
The Case of the Missing Shutdown Inning
by Greek Giant Shutdown Innings Are Critical OOOOboy... shutdown or is it "shut down" or is it "Shout DOWN" inning? Either way, the Giants would not know last night because on two occasions after the boys scored three runs (in the top of the third and again in the top...
Three and Out
by Greek Giant That three-game winning streak just flew by. Last night the Giants lost 7-4 to the Padres in a kind of torturous way. After playing from behind for most of the game the Giants rallied to score three runs in the top of the ninth inning off Josh Hader....
Some Defense
by Greek Giant "It looks like we won tonight's game with some defense." -Gabe Kapler WOW! What a play at the plate. A fantastic throw by Brandon Crawford on a relay and an even more impressive scoop and tag by Joey Bart was what it took to preserve the shutout in the...
Weekend Wrap: Bay Bridge Champs
by Johnny Black The Bay Bridge Series Look, I have friends who are, sadly, A's fans. I go to Berkeley and Oakland often. I dig the jazz scene. I dig the bookshops along Telegraph. But I am a San Franciscan through and through so I hate the A's. I hate it when the A's...
The Long and Winding Road: Where Do We Go From Here?
Two weeks ago, anticipating the trade deadline, I riffed on Robert Frost's poem, "The Road Not Taken," which begins "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood..." It was kind of obvious at that point for the Giants that the "two roads" could be labeled "buyers" or...
Shades of ’77
by Greek Giant The Bottom Is Getting Rockier The Giants lost 55 games all of last season. For the 2022 season they lost their 55th game yesterday. It was August 4th! This is as bad as it gets, Giants fans. The Dodgers swept our boys in a four-game series on our own...
Uh Oh – Bases Loaded
by Greek Giant The TWG comments are more interesting than the Giants: and You tell em: Some Lowlights from last night's 3-0 loss to the Dodgers at Willie Mays Field: Luis Gonzalez gets doubled off second base on a pop up by Yaz with the bases loaded and one out The...
“Thanks for Stopping By, Farhan”
by Greek Giant First, the bad news: the Giants lost 9-5 to the Dodgers last night. Then the worse news: The Giants made tiny little incremental acquisitions before last night's trade deadline that did nothing to instil confidence or excitement in the fan base. Last...
Mediocrity, Here We Come
by Greek Giant Yuck! Last night's 8-2 spanking by the Dodgers mean the Giants have lost nine of their last twelve games and eight of the last twelve starts by Logan Webb. There is nothing good to report about last night. Nothing! Webb gave up six runs on eight hits in...