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By obsessivegiantscompulsive(noreply@blogger.com) Not that other teams will lie down and roll over for the Giants, but there is no gimmes in any series for the rest of the season against the Giants. You missed Lincecum, whew!, but now you face Zito, Cain, Sanchez, or Cain, Sanchez, Penny. You get a Cy Young candidate and a guy who threw a no-hitte...

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By Paulie(p_rice41@hotmail.com) Speaking of defense, when the Giants trot out an outfield of Randy Winn, Nate Schierholtz, and Andres Torres, that's one of the best outfield defenses you'll see these days. That's very important, because if you go here, you'll see that the Giants have a staff full of extreme fly ball pitch...

By Andrew Nuschler And there’s my cardinal rule—never, ever talk [expletive] when los Gigantes are rolling.  Never.  About anything related to San Francisco baseball.  Ever. If any San Francisco fans are wondering what the hell happened to Barry Zito and the boys last night against the Los Angeles Angels of A...

By steve S San Jose: LF Thomas Neal: 2 for 4, HR, SO San Jose: C Buster Posey: 2 for 2, 2B, 2 BB San Jose: RF Roger Kieschnick: 3 for 4, 2 2B, SO San Jose: LHP Paul Oseguera: 6.1 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 7 K--2 HR, 1 HB San Jose: RHP Dan Turpen: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 K--1 HR San Jose: LHP Wilmin Rodriguez: 0.2 IP, 1 K

By Andrew Nuschler Randy Winn, Freddie Lewis, and Bengie Molina continue to swing a nice stick although only Randy and Fab Five Freddie emerged from Saint Diego with anything to show for it.  Emanuel Burriss got his first knocks of the year, but Aaron Rowand and Pablo Sandoval rocked a combined 2-19 (Rowand d...

ON DECK: CHICAGO CUBS Site: Wrigley Field. Cubs update: Chicago finished 11-17 in August and is coming off an 0-6 trip to St. Louis and Pittsburgh. Four of those losses came in the opponent's final at-bat. . . . Rookie pitchers have started 58 games, the second-most in the majors behind Florida's 7...