By James Bailey Barry Zito is finally pitching like a $126 million man. The Giants lefthander tacked seven strong innings onto his 2010 resume in a 3-2 win over the Marlins Wednesday night. He’s now 5-0 on the season with a 1.49 ERA.
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By Thom Henninger The Giants were tied with division rival Colorado for the NL wild-card berth at the start of September, but they had gone 5-7 this month heading into this week’s three-game set with the Rockies, which began Monday night.
By Elizabeth Finn Baseball is full of charming unpredictability. More difficult to handicap than football and divided into perilous increments of time and distance, America’s pastime is the ultimate unscripted drama. Though every attempt is made to predict its final outcome, 162 games leaves far too much room for unexpected misstep and triumph.
By Thom Henninger Going into the 2009 season, if anyone anticipated a National League West team claiming a wild-card berth, it certainly wouldn’t have been the San Francisco Giants or the Colorado Rockies. Yet, here it is, roughly 90 games into the campaign, and the 49-41 Giants are the wild-card leader. And just a half-game [...]
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By James Bailey We’ve reached the final weekend of interleague play, with a second round of “rivalry” matchups pairing nearby teams in New York, Chicago and the nation’s capitol. Statewide bragging rights are on the line in Florida and Ohio. More notably, it’s the last Manny-free weekend of the major league season—unless he’s dumb enough [...]
By James Bailey The Giants have been waiting for big things from Matt Cain since long before his Cy Young Award-winning teammate joined the organization. A first-round pick in 2002 out of Germantown, Tenn., Cain signed that summer for $1.375 million and started his career in the Rookie-level Arizona League. A year later high school [...]
By Michael Cooper Not a lot has changed over the last month in the National League’s Western Division. It’s the Los Angeles Dodgers and everybody else – even without Manny Ramirez. The Dodgers young stars are playing admirably and they’ve got just enough veteran leadership to be a big factor in the NL. But one [...]
By James Bailey Kris Medlen vs Tim Lincecum Atlanta Braves at San Francisco Giants May 26, 2009 Last week’s Rays-Marlins duel between 6-foot-9 Jeff Niemann and 6-foot-8 Sean West was one of the tallest matchups in major league history. Today we’re moving to the opposite end of the spectrum with 5-foot-10 Kris Medlen and 5-foot-11 [...]
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By Michael Cooper There aren’t many big series this weekend around the baseball world, but there are a few to keep your eye on, most notably the red hot Brewers and the slumping Cardinals in St. Louis. With one week until interleague play, several teams will look to stay on track in their respective divisions [...]
