This Day in Giants History: October 10, 2002
The Giants take a 2-games-to-0 lead in the NLCS with a 4-1 win over the Cardinals. Jason Schmidt pitches shutout ball into the eighth inning while shortstop Rich Aurilia drives home three of San...
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Matt Cain Is Not Your 2014 Opening Day Starter
Madison Bumgarner is the Opening Day starter for the 2014 San Francisco Giants. This makes sense because he was their best starting pitcher last season and probably is still so at this moment. But as a...
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This Day in Giants History, June 17, 2005: Tyler Walker Strikes Out the Side
Tyler Walker (photo by Brad Mangin) That’s called slamming the door. Jason Schmidt of the Giants pitches eight shutout innings against the Tigers‚ but gives up singles to the first three hitters in the...
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This Day in Giants History, July 29, 2009: Brian Sabean Is Not Afraid To...
In a day spent dismantling their infield, the Pirates send second baseman Freddy Sanchez to the Giants for top pitching prospect Tim Alderson. Giant general manager Brian Sabean has never been afraid...
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The Greatest Giants Pitchers
Last time, we looked at Giant position players who had led the team in WAR in every given ten-year period, from 1883-92 to 2005-14, from Roger Connor to Buster Posey. So today, I’ll reveal the list of...
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How Many Good Giants Were Good Prospects?
Usually one sees this the other way around — how many good prospects became good players? It’s the foundation of any good prospect analysis, and indeed what we see is that higher-ranked prospects...
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