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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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Ugghhhh
I'm not sure what else to say about the Giants this week. After winning the second game in Pittsburgh last Saturday, they've lost five out of six. The first four losses were by one run, and last night's listless performance ended up 4-2 Reds. The fans, however, were...
A Rally Late and a Run Short in Atlanta
by Greek Giant No, that's not Alex Wood dancing between pitches. The Giants have played 23 one-run games this season and have a record of 9-14 after yesterday's 7-6 loss to the Braves in Atlanta to close out the four-game series. That one-run record ranks 22nd in MLB....
Just Not Peachy
by Greek Giant Sometimes I try to come up with cute, catchy tabloidesque headlines to make things a bit more fun when writing recaps after Giants losses. It's not easy but I get a kick out of it. After last night's nights ninth inning meltdown that saw the Giants...
Giant Wynns
by Greek Giant With a name like "Wynns" Austin must be used to all the bad sports puns by now. New Giant Austin Wynns went 3-4 and drove in 4 runs in the Giants epic 12-10 victory over the Braves last night at Henry Aaron Field. The game was a roller coaster ride fro...
“One Excellent At Bat Away”
by Greek Giant A Playoff Atmosphere When the Atlanta Braves batters make contact they bat .342, the highest average in baseball. They have the highest swing rate in MLB. They have the highest swing and miss rate in MLB. In other words: this is an aggressive team at...
Weekend Wrap: Giants Win Series in Pittsburgh But Get Suwinski’d In the Process
by Johnny Black Suwinski'd: Verb, the phenomenon of giving up three homers in a game to a player who coming into the game had 8 career long balls. Yesterday the Giants lost 4-3 when Jack Suwinski hit his third homer of the game in the bottom of the ninth inning right...
Strong-Arming the Opposition
The Giants had a very good week, going 5-1 against the Dodgers, Royals, and Pirates. Last night's 2-0 victory featured solo homers by Luis Gonzalez and Joc Pederson, eight sparkling two-hit innings by the good version of Carlos Rodón (more on him below), and a lovely...
Giants-Pirates Series Preview: Will the PNC Nightmares Continue?
by Greek Giant PNC Park in Pittsburgh is one of the greatest MLB stadiums. It's a gem everywhere you sit. The views of downtown Pittsburgh from the seats are splendid in the evenings. The walk across the Roberto Clemente Bridge feels like a pilgrimage of sorts. You...
Giants Complete 6-3 Homestand With Loss Against the Royals (Translation: The Sky Is Falling)
by Greek Giant You Will Take a 6-3 Homestand Every Time, Whether You Like It or Not Ok, so the Giants lost yesterday, taking 2-3 against a very bad Royals team with pitchers holding ERAs in the 9s and batters not batting well. The Royals are rebuilding. This is not...
Logan Webb’s Home Cooking
by Greek Giant Webb's Gem Logan Webb pitched yet another gem at Willie Mays Field last night, going seven innings and not allowing a run, thanks in no small part to an assist by Luis Gonzalez who threw out a runner at the plate in the top of the seventh frame. Logan...
Alex Wood’s Streak Continues
by Greek Giant Alex Wood pitches six excellent innings allowing only four hits and two runs as the Giants beat the Royals 6-2. The big lefty earned his fourth win of the season and had his second straight superb start. It was the Giants fourth win in a row. Even...
Sweeping the Bums Out of San Francisco
by Johnny Black That's what I call a relaxing San Francisco weekend: Sweep the Dodgers and get back into the thick of the National League West Divisional race as the Giants celebrated the tenth anniversary of Matt Cain's perfect game with Cain and his family in...