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With a little less than 2 weeks before the July 31st trade deadline, the Giants have made the first of what hopes to be a string of moves in order to rid their roster of their veteran players.Ray Durham had been scouted by the Brewers for the last 2+ w…

21Jul2008 | The Giants Blog | 0 comments | Continued

Giants Stagger Into Break

Heading into this month, the Giants were probably playing their best ball of the year. They were still 8-10 games below .500 at the time, but they were only 3.5 games out of first place at one point in early July. However, they lost 7 of their last 9 l…

15Jul2008 | The Giants Blog | 0 comments | Continued

NL West Again NL’s Worst

Back in 2005-2006, the NL West was widely regarded as one of the weaker divisions in the game. Then 2007 came around and 2 teams from the West made the playoffs and all of the sudden the NL West was starting to look like the class of the National Leagu…

10Jul2008 | The Giants Blog | 0 comments | Continued

Lincecum and Wilson All-Stars

The all-star selections were made official on Sunday, and surprisingly to some, two San Francisco Giants were selected. Everybody across the nation has heard of Tim Lincecum and is recognizing his dominance this season, so he was a lock to make the tea…

7Jul2008 | The Giants Blog | 0 comments | Continued

All-Star Picks

With voting for the all-star game over with and official selections right around the corner, I wanted to pick my own version of how the all-star teams should play out, based purely on performance with no popularity taken into consideration.NATIONAL LEA…

3Jul2008 | The Giants Blog | 0 comments | Continued

First Half Review

We are about to hit July and the season is officially halfway over. I thought now would be a good time to do a mid-season review on the first half of the season.THE GOOD: Tim Lincecum was the subject of trade talks over the winter, but the Giants event…

30Jun2008 | The Giants Blog | 0 comments | Continued

Zito Dominates

Barry Zito had arguably his best start of the season for the Giants on Wednesday going 6 2/3 innings giving up only 1 run on 4 hits with 4 k’s and no walks. The big stat here was the zero walks allowed. It was the first start all season in which Zito d…

26Jun2008 | The Giants Blog | 0 comments | Continued

Notes: Lincecum Looks Human

It took over 2 1/2 months, but Tim Lincecum finally turned in a rough outing Sunday, his first of the season. He made his first “non” quality start of the year last week vs. the Detroit Tigers, but was still effective enough to go 7+ innings and allow…

23Jun2008 | The Giants Blog | 0 comments | Continued

Zito, Giants Looking Into Peterson

The Giants have recently shown interest in fired Mets’ pitching coach, Rick Peterson, the same pitching coach that helped Barry Zito during his most successful seasons in Oakland. The team has apparently inquired about bringing Peterson aboard as someo…

20Jun2008 | The Giants Blog | 0 comments | Continued

Home Woes Continue

The Giants now sit alone as the team with the worst home record in baseball as their early June surge has died out here in the middle of the month. If they were just a .500 home team, they would be within a game or two of the first place D-Backs. After…

16Jun2008 | The Giants Blog | 0 comments | Continued

Giants Within 6

1The Giants most recent surge of winning baseball has moved them within 6 games of the first place Arizona Diamondbacks. If you would have told me the Giants would have only been a handful of games out of first come mid-season, I would have laughed at …

11Jun2008 | The Giants Blog | 0 comments | Continued

Draft Interview

After the draft, I had a chance to talk to the writer at thecollegebaseballblog.com, Brian Foley, and ask him a couple questions regarding the Giants’ draft:Q: What are your thoughts on Buster Posey? Did he go lower than you expected?A: I know several …

9Jun2008 | The Giants Blog | 0 comments | Continued

Giants Go Offensive In Draft

The Giants 2008 draft could end up being one of the better ones in the club’s last few decades. The Giants got two premium collegiate bats with their first two picks, then stole a few more potential first rounders with their 3rd and 4th choices. All th…

6Jun2008 | The Giants Blog | 0 comments | Continued

Minor League Report

In April, most the hype around the Giants farm system surrounded the Giants High A affiliate in San Jose. This month the spotlight has to be on Madison Bumgarner. The month that Bumgarner put together in low-A Augusta has to have Giants fans optimistic…

4Jun2008 | The Giants Blog | 0 comments | Continued

Lincecum and Lewis Beat Padres

The Giants sea saw season continued over the home stand as they keep beating the good teams and losing to the weaker teams. After sweeping the Diamondbacks, the Giants lost 2 straight to San Diego and barely avoided getting swept by a team that they sh…

2Jun2008 | The Giants Blog | 0 comments | Continued