San Francisco Giants

By Andrew Baggarly “0-1,” Lincecum interrupted. I asked Bochy about the tradeoff between getting the ideal matchups vs. putting the best defensive team behind Lincecum. Bochy went on to explain that he really felt Velez looked comfortable in center field this spring.

By DAULERIO I'm a baseball hat collector, so I was obviously anxious to get the new Rays hats after they changed their uniform this year. One night in early March, before they were supposed to be available, I saw a guy wearing one in downtown San Francisco. I figured a local store had received their shipme...

The G-Men are still favored over the Redskins by a measly 3 1/2 points. We spoke our piece on the point spread a few weeks ago. We still don’t get it. We have no idea how the Washington defense will slow down the New York offense or how Washington’s stumbling (see below) offense will get much done...

By Nick-YF Who cares about the on-field stuff. Yes, the Yanks might pull off a trade for Johan; they might then pick up a center-fielder off the free agent market to off-set their loss of Melky and every good outfield prospect in their farm system. Incidentally, Mike Cameron would be my first choice bec...

By Kevin Gleason The Giants already have won more games than many of us thought they would win. They have reached the midway point with a 6-2 record, a six-game win streak and more positive signs than parking spaces at Giants Stadium.

By Leitch The Rays went through four different closers; incumbent closer Chad Orvella struggled under direction of pitching coach Mike Butcher (who left after the season), leaving the team to use Dan 'Mallet of God' Miceli for the first few weeks of the season as the closer. One Miceli went down to i...

I'm sure that won't encourage anyone to down a fifth of Wild Turkey in the Giants Stadium parking lot before the game. New England by 7. San Francisco at St. Louis: If you're the 49ers, would you jeopardize your standing in the Reggie ...