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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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Memorial Day Wonder Kids
by Greek Giant Where do I begin with the 14-4 Giants victory over the Pirates on a sunny Memorial Day in San Francisco? The Giants had five batters with three hits: Mitch Haniger, Austin Slater, Casey Schmitt, Patrick Bailey, and Brandon Crawford. J. D. Davis had two...
Black Monday Wrap: Giants Complete Super Duper Road Trip
by Johnny Black Okeedokee Giants fans. I have not been this excited about the Giants since 2021. With the injection of young blood in the Giants baseball corpus this San Francisco team suddenly looks like a new club compared to the pretty sad sack bunch we saw in...
Buyers, Sellers, Both, or Neither?
Luis Matos, next rookie sensation? by DrLefty What a difference a month makes, huh? On April 22, the Giants were playing flat-out putrid baseball. They were 6-13. Since then they have gone 20-12 to arrive at their current 26-25 record. In the "Putrid Baseball"...
Brewing a Shutout
by Greek Giant The Giants combination of six relievers who pitched in yesterday's 5-0 win in Milwaukee were mighty impressive. It wasn't just the shutout against a good team, yeah that's cool! It was also the fact that the Giants were able to go zero for zero with...
Giants Win Two of Three in Minnesota and You Will Be Happy Whether You Like It or Not!
by Greek Giant “Any team you give extra outs is tough to kind of scoot around. For sure it was a frustrating day. But more importantly, we’ve been playing really good baseball, so we’ve got to throw this one out.” -Anthony Desclafani Learning How to Take a Loss Read...
Confortably Going the Other Way
by Greek Giant The Giants Hitting Shows Its Versatility For the second straight night the Giants won a game thanks to an opposite field home run by Michael Conforto. This time, in the 4-3 win over the Twins at Rod Carew Park, Conforto hit a high, towering two-run...
Holding Down the Fort in the Twin Cities
by Greek Giant The Giants won 4-1! The Giants beat the Twins in a game that saw the boys score four first inning runs before they recorded an out. Talk about an auspicious beginning! But that's not the whole story of the game because the Giants pitching staff allowed...
Black Monday Weekend Wrap: The Youth Movement Begins
by Johnny Black Happy Monday, Giants fans! Why happy? Well, the Giants won on Sunday! Yay! But the context behind that win is what gives me hope and puts a little extra spring in my step on this fine morning. The Giants won with Casey Schmitt starting at third base...
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...
Guest Post: Prospects, The Giant Way
by Frank Novak I think some may feel that I don’t criticize the front office enough. I didn’t disagree with the sentiment that in the last couple seasons they moved players too conservatively, but having worked in the minors myself (for several organizations), I...
Sunny Afternoon Sweep
by Greek Giant In their 7-4 sunny afternoon win over the Philadelphia Phillies the Giants swept a team that had been somewhat hot entering the series. The Giants won a Ross Stripling start! The Giants won by making contact with men on base and getting runs home on...
The Philadelphia Triangle Saves the Giants
by Greek Giant If you want to see the difference between good and bad defense, and good and bad situational hitting watch last night's Giants 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Giants were able to overcome a strangely uneven and wild Alex Cobb to win a game...