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Notes: Chulk has circulatory disease

Historic Bonds baseballs up for bid

Medicine and baseball represent 2 of my favorite things. So when the opportunity arises to write about them in combination, I get really excited. Since nothing interesting has happened in the land of Giants of late, I thought today might be such a time. One Caveat before I begin: I […]

Electronic bidding began Tuesday for Barry Bonds’ 755th and 756th home-run balls, with the price for the record-breaker starting at $100,000. Sotheby’s/SCP Auctions is handling sales of the balls Bonds hit to tie and break Hank Aaron’s home-run record….

Barry Bonds’ record-tying and record-breaking home run balls went on the online auction block Tuesday, but by late in the day had yet to attract any potential buyers. The balls, homers No. 755 and 756 of the Giants slugger’s career, opened for bids at 10 a.m….

Commissioner Bud Selig’s utopian vision of parity was on display at China Basin on Monday night. After years of the Colorado Rockies sitting in last place in late summer with a chance to injure the Giants’ playoff hopes, the spike was on the other foot. The…

Tyler Walker’s nearly 14-month comeback from elbow reconstruction surgery reached its happy end Monday when the Giants purchased the former closer’s contract from Triple-A Fresno. Walker’s joy was tempered by the reason for his promotion: He is replacing…

Giants surge late for fifth straight win

Notes: Blood clot sidelines Chulk

The  Giants have announced the PTBNL in the Morris trade.  They will receive Steve Macfarland, a 21 year old relief pitching prospect.  Macfarland has posted a 4.8 ERA with 69 strikeouts and 48 walks in 65 innings  in the Sal league.   His strikeout rate of > 1k/ inning is certainly respectable; however, his walk rate…. […]

Mailbag: What is key to Lowry’s success?

Less than two years ago, the Houston Astros were celebrating their first National League pennant. On Monday, they were starting over. Manager Phil Garner and general manager Tim Purpura were fired by owner Drayton McLane, who said the franchise “needed…

John, over at the very good Only Baseball Matters, has a ongoing post about Ray Durham. Durahm, like Wile. E Coyote, has fallen off a cliff this year. I’ve talked about Ray’s year a few times on this blog, at here, here, and a little here.
I ended one of my post’s with the precaution of:
Even […]

The Pirates sent minor league right-hander Steve MacFarland to the San Francisco Giants on Monday to complete last month’s trade for right-hander Matt Morris. The Giants got outfielder Rajai Davis and MacFarland in the deal. MacFarland is 3-2…

As the Giants and A’s prepare to shift into a higher gear and begin their dramatic, Warriors-like late-season pushes to the playoffs, this is a good time to pause and evaluate the two new managers, Bruce Bochy and Bob Geren. First let’s recognize that these…

Barry Zito is coming off two of his best starts of the season: no runs and one hit over seven innings at Florida and two runs and five hits over eight innings against the Cubs. A’s fans might recall Zito as the “game’s best second-half pitcher,” as is stated…

After manager Bruce Bochy posted his lineup early Sunday, he was asked if it’s a sign of things to come for next year. It included four rookies, plus Kevin Frandsen, who’s in his first full big-league season. “I ain’t going there,” said a smiling Bochy,…

Can you spare me a run, please? Your best fantasy starter is on the mound, breezing along, racking up the Ks and lowering his already minuscule ERA and WHIP. As you watch the game on TV or follow it along on any number of Web sites, you’ve already counted…

The Giants have swept the cheese-heads, and the team finds itself playing some of it’s best baseball during this tough year. Playing a 4 game series against the struggling Marlins has certainly helped kick start this run. The team is 8-2 since the Marlins series. In August, the Giants have been playing some of their […]

I am mired  in the midst of the summer doldrums.    The Giants, as presently constituted, represent a truly abysmal squad with precious little to cheer for, let alone write about.   Sure, I can always fall back on my hackneyed “make fun of Sabean” saw and, to some extent,  I think losing compliments my inherently acerbic […]