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Holiday party at AT&T Park a hit with kids

Sabean guarded on arbitration strategy

Giants general manager Brian Sabean has given himself what seems like an insurmountable task. He hopes to go to the winter meetings in Nashville next week and trade for an impact middle-of-the-lineup hitter without surrendering Matt Cain or Tim Lincecum….

Giants general manager Brian Sabean has given himself what seems like an insurmountable task. He hopes to go to the winter meetings in Nashville next week and trade for an impact middle-of-the-lineup hitter without surrendering Matt Cain or Tim Lincecum….

The Giants last place finish in 2007 not only secured their 5th overall pick in the amateur draft in June but also for the Rule 5 Draft this December. The Rule 5 Draft is a little more popular in years past because some teams have found hidden gems in the draft. Probably the most well […]

Barry Bonds plans to add an attorney to his legal team before his federal court appearance next week, the slugger’s longtime business affairs lawyer said Thursday. Michael Rains has represented Bonds since the home run king first was subpoenaed in 2003…

A delegate to the annual USA Track and Field Convention being held here this week called on Major League Baseball to treat Barry Bonds as his sport treated Marion Jones and other athletes caught cheating: take away his records. “Baseball’s drug policy…

HBO Films is planning to turn a best selling book about Barry Bonds’ alleged steroid use and the federal government’s wide-ranging probe into performance enhancing drug use in sports into a movie, one of the book’s authors said Thursday. Lance…

Giants add senior advisors

Giants Winter Meetings checklist

Giants could make noise at Winter Meetings

If you could be the GM of the Giants for a day, what would you do? Spurred by an idea conceived by Eric SanInocencio of Rays Anatomy, I played GM with some of my fellow MVN writers. Today’s edition is with Bryan Osborn of Caffeinated Confines (Mariners). The next one will be […]

Giants’ massage therapist passes away

Today’s post is by a guest to Giants Cove, Eric SanInocencio, of the MVN Tampa Bay Rays blog, Rays Anatomy.
“By now I’m sure you have heard about the news regarding our national pastime. On an off week in what looks like another exciting hot stove season, major league baseball had two stories that tied both […]

Tim Raines and David Justice head 11 first-time candidates on the baseball writers’ 2008 Hall of Fame ballot, joining Mark McGwire, Rich Gossage, Jim Rice and 11 other holdovers. McGwire, his candidacy hurt by suspicions of steroids use, was selected…

Mailbag: Looking ahead to the outfield

Getting back to the baseball world after a very-nice Thanksgiving has made me a little sluggish. No, it’s not just all that turkey I ate. The holiday break was fantastic and refreshing but there just isn’t much baseball news happening lately and the current dialog among Giants’ fans seems to hinge around the same conversations, […]

REMEMBER WHEN? Here are some other memorable Bay Area sports moments. Try to name the year in which each moment occurred (answers at bottom of this page): 1. Kirk Gibson homers off Dennis Eckersley in Game 1 of World Series (left) 2. Raiders beat Chargers on “…

More than 25 years ago, at the start of 1982, Bay Area fans had no way of knowing they soon would witness two of the most memorable moments in sports history. Those images became partners in upper-case lore: Dwight Clark reaching halfway to the stars to make…