Giants News (Page 2)

Giants doubling down on pair of aces

April 9, 2022

Baseball is back!

The San Francisco Giants had a successful Opening Day with a 6-5 win in extra innings over the Miami Marlins. Logan Webb pitched a commanding six innings of one-run ball and has stepped up as the team’s ace.

While the bullpen got off to a shaky start, Austin Slater’s heroics ga...


Giants win first home opener in 13 years

April 8, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO — Hardcore baseball fans don't say "Happy New Year" on January 1st. Instead, they wait until opening day of the regular season. While the rules have changed, the game is still essentially the same it's been since 1839. And there's nothing like opening day.

The pregame ceremonies were...


Buster Posey: A Giant Legend

November 5, 2021

Once in a generation there comes along a player who is destined to be a legend.

For the past 12 years that player was named Buster Posey.

It was the end of an era for Posey and the #28 he wore this past Thursday when in front of a packed area inside the club section of Oracle Park, he announced...


Giants bullpen unsung hero is specialist with the funky delivery

October 11, 2021

As with everyone in baseball these days, you can't win without your bullpen. The Giants found out the hard way after the pen poured gasoline on a fire started by the Dodgers who were leading, 2-1 in the top of the 6th inning in Game 2.

By the time the smoke cleared, the boys in blue had put up a f...


Beloved former owner Bob Lurie inducted to Giants Wall of Fame

September 23, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO — In the world of professional sports, owners are just thought of as the rich folks who sit in the seats closest to the field with money to pay the players. There are a few celebrities fans acknowledge such as the Dallas Cowboys' Jerry Jones or the late Jerry Buss who controlled the La...


Giants clinch playoff spot, still eying NL West title

September 13, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO — Gabe Kapler has only been with the Giants less than two seasons but he's done something that the legendary John McGraw and every other skipper that preceded him had not accomplished.

Kapler clinched a playoff spot faster than any other manager in the 138 year history of the franchi...


Giants take two of three from Dodgers in critical series

September 5, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants have been the surprise baseball team of 2021. Certainly nobody, not even the most ardent Giants fan would have predicted the orange and black would have the best record in baseball tied with their long time rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers in early September.

Despite havi...


What we learned in this weekend's Bay Bridge Series

August 22, 2021

OAKLAND — The San Francisco Giants won two out of the three games this weekend against the Oakland A's and won the Bay Bridge Series 4-2.

How the Giants did it was pretty remarkable in its own. They became the first team in Major League history to win back-to-back games with pinch hit home runs in...


How Kris Bryant impacts the race for the NL West crown

July 31, 2021

The MLB trading deadline has come and gone. It was a whirlwind of action right up until the 1pm deadline yesterday that had fans glued to their social media feeds.

The titans of the National League, the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres all made significant acquisition...


Giants looking to be buyers at the trading deadline

July 29, 2021

For the first time since 2016, the San Francisco Giants are in the position of being a buyer instead of a seller at the trade deadline.

The 2021 Giants have baseball’s best record at the end of July. Friday is the trade deadline and the Giants will be looking to bring in players that can help impa...