San Francisco Giants Chat Room

Most Giants front-office officials arrived here Sunday night, on the eve of the firstHay varios juegos de video casino pero en la mayoria de los juegos para jugar debes que hacer una mano al menos de dos cartas igual, conocida como El Par. day of the winter meetings. The A’s contingent […]

Most Giants front-office officials arrived here Sunday night, on the eve of the first day of the winter meetings. The A’s contingent is coming later today. After all, the A’s appear to be in no hurry to unload their starting pitchers. “Obviously, we’re in a…

Baseball stars Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield are likely to be called as prosecution witnesses if the perjury case against home run king Barry Bonds proceeds to trial, several lawyers familiar with the case say. Former Giants catcher Benito Santiago and…

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….

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…

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…

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…

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…

Reliever Tyler Walker, the San Francisco native who made a successful comeback from “Tommy John” elbow surgery with the Giants last season, said Thursday he and the team have reached a one-year, $750,000 agreement for 2008, when Walker is expected be a setup…

Giants manager Bruce Bochy was dead tired, having flown all day and all night from San Diego to France to start a voyage that most only dream of taking. He had just arrived at his hotel in Paris when his cell phone went “doodle-de-do.” Technology - what a…

It’s a good thing Alex Rodriguez came to his senses when he did. Now that federal officials have finally accused home run king Barry Bonds of lying about using steroids, the sooner somebody snatches his crown away the better. It needs to be done in the most…

Joe Nuxhall, the youngest major leaguer at age 15 and later a beloved broadcaster as “the ol’ left-hander” in Cincinnati, has died. He was 79. Nuxhall died Thursday night while hospitalized for treatment of pneumonia, the team said. He was awaiting surgery to…

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Barry Bonds might never get booed again. That is, if his playing career is over in the wake of Thursday’s indictment. Major League Baseball, however, must carry on - under a cloud that’s darker than ever now that its home run king faces charges of perjury and…

It’s too late for an asterisk. It’s never too late for the truth. Barry Bonds took the all-time home-run record this summer because no one could stop him, not the government, not Major League Baseball, not the fans at road games with their heated lungs and…