San Francisco Giants Chat Room

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 […]

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 […]

We, as baseball fans, largely subsist on the hope for immediate gratification.  Knowing that each team, no matter how talented, faces an uphill battle to even make the playoffs, we still trot out the hackneyed saw “wait ’till next year”.  And in the end, should it really be any different?  In our real lives we […]

Via a rotoworld write-up of possible destinations for key trade-bait this offseason, an incredibly intriguing deal for the Giants has surfaced.  While everything really is speculation, these possible deals stated by the linked article leave the Giants victorious on most counts:

Noah Lowry/Brad Hennessey to Mariners for C Jeff Clement and OF Wladimir Balentien
Noah Lowry to […]

This segment is part of a roundtable discussion I participated in with Grant, lefty
and Obsessive Giants Compulsive (probably the 3 best Giants blogs out there). I don’t know if the rest of it will see the light of day, since that is up to the other authors, but I found this part particularly interesting. […]

In the most recent edition of the Giants’ mailbag, posted on the team’s official website on Monday, the following question was asked:
“Who will the Giants utilize as the ‘face’ of their organization now that Barry Bonds is gone?  Barry Zito?”
The response from beat writer Chris Haft:
“Zito’s as good a representative as any, and better than […]

As of yesterday, Barry Bonds was indicted for charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. Because of his denial of steroid use under oath, Bonds could face up to 30 years of prison if found guilty. Any shred of of popularity outside of San Francisco will likely be obliterated, and entrance to the […]

Daniel did an excellent job of summarizing Sabean’s options  at 3rd in the post-feliz era and I won’t belabor the point.    Likewise, I will not fall back onto my trusty stats to underscore how truly abysmal Feliz was at the plate, despite his tremendous defense (If you would like to read that post may I […]

Finally, Brian Sabean does something we Giants fans can respect.
Our exasperating GM told the Chronicle on Saturday that he does not intend to re-sign free agent third-baseman Pedro Feliz to a long-term deal. Though Sabean did admit that he is still interested in bringing Feliz back, he noted that “they’re (Feliz and his agents, […]

To start this post off by being quite frank, our current roster sucks. It’s scary how devoid of an offensive presence our lineup has. I’m talking like Japanese horror flick scary too. Right now, our offensive “cornerstone” is Bengie Molina, who makes a good supplemental presence in the lineup, but can’t and […]

Courtesy of a McCovey Chronicles diary, a not so cheery rumor has sprung up on Baseball Prospectus. This rumor states that the Giants are thinking of a Tim Lincecum for Carl Crawford swap with the Devil Rays, which would be a painful indicator that Brian Sabean has completely lost his mind. We’d be […]

Vizquel had to overcome a significant number of handicaps to worm his way into my Giant-loving heart.  Ranging from his inflated value in the eyes of the traditional media to his ostensibly insane contract, my reasons to dislike Omar were myriad.   Yet through a combination of incredibly fun to watch defense and solid per position […]

Head over to the FOX Sports website, and you’ll find an article that’s more than worthy of a mention on the site “where bad sports journalism comes to die”. The column is the latest to be penned by Tracy Ringolsby, and if you’re a Giants fan, it should make you very, very worried.
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By now I’m sure you’ve heard that Alex Rodriguez decided to opt-out of his contract with the New York Yankees and become a free agent. I’m sure you’ve also heard that he decided to make this apparently all-important decision in the middle of Game 4 of the World Series, with FOX unfortunately obliging his […]

So the baseball season is officially over.  The Red Sox took an otherwise exciting postseason and pretty much violently murdered any climax it had in store for us.  The feel good Rockies were swept, while the other feel good team blew a 3-1 series lead against the new Evil Empire.  With the nation’s focus turned […]

In my continuing series of ideas borrowed from ussmariner, I present without comment strikeouts recorded by Giant pitchers vs league.   Pink line is the best K staff in the league, blue line is the Giants and yellow is the worst staff.

I have problem…. It’s mildly embarrassing and I don’t really like to talk about it public but I trust you, so I will share:  I have no one to cheer for in this world series.
It would have been so easy if the Indians hadn’t choked.  They represent a well run team with likable players in […]

I shamelessly stole this idea from ussmariner (the best sports blog on the planet). The pink line is the league best defensive efficiency, the blue line is the giants and the yellow line is the league worst.

The story practically writes itself:  A great and legendary manager grows fed up with the increasingly erratic behavior of his temperamental owner and walks away from one of the most prestigious jobs in baseball only to come back and lead another team to the promised land.   Rest assured, we will see some variation of this […]

Japanese imports have become more and more common in the Major Leagues on a yearly basis. The position player wall was broken down when Ichiro burst onto the scene, breaking hitting records left and right. In terms of success stories from Japan, we have Ichiro and Hideki Matsui to look at. Even […]