San Francisco Giants

By Dan Nelson This is not to bash Peterson. He is a phenomenal running back and widely known as one of the hardest-working players on the Vikings, if not in the NFL. However, like the Giants realized with Tiki Barber, your star needs to hold on to the football.

By Dave Trembley For Smith, that 2004 draft was the baseball equivalent of a grand slam home run. The Chargers acquired Philip Rivers with the fourth overall pick in the first round, then incredibly went on to draft Igor Olshanksy, Nate Kaeding, Nick Hardwick, Shaun Phillips, Michael Turner, Ryan Bingha...

By David Geller However, there is a dangerously slim boundary that separates continuity and predictability. Gilbride will be entering his fourth full season running the Giants offensive ship. At this point, the players know what to expect in a game that he’s calling.

By Kyle McMorrow New York Giants owner John Mara was not joking when he said there were going to be major changes within the Giants organization after finishing the season 8-8 and missing the playoffs for the first time since 2004. Finally, current Giants offensive quality control coach Sean Ryan could ma...

By Trevor Cole(giantsbaseballblog@yahoo.com) 7 Dan Runzler, RP: Kept his era below 1.04 at all five stops he made last season including in San Francisco with the Giants (1.04 era, 11 K's in 8.2 innings). Still can be a tad wild at times, and really reminds me of Brian Wilson when he was breaking in with the Giants. He's left-handed and can get the...

By Chris He excelled in the minor leaguesHis velo drop could be the result of his workload and not any physical issuesThe Giants think he’s ready and I’ll trust their judgment. If it’s one thing I trust the Giants on, it’s pitching The nays respond:

By Jeff Shull The last comment is of great importance. The Giants had zero pass rush up the middle this season, and Cody will be a quick fix to that. I know it happened, but I really cannot think of a game that the Giants had a consistent pass rush from the DT position.

By Administrator In 1967, Branch Rickey and Lloyd Waner were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by a unanimous vote of the Special Veterans Committee. In 1988, free agent Kirk Gibson signed a three-year deal with the Dodgers. Born today: Bobby Bolin (1939), Steve Sax (1960), Jason Schmidt (1973)

By Adam Bernacchio Edmonds was released and found his second wind with the Cubs and was really good for them. He hit .256 with 19 home runs and had a .937 OPS in just 86 games. He certainly gave the Cubs a spark and helped them to the best record in the National League.

By obsessivegiantscompulsive(noreply@blogger.com) I think the Giants should still be on the higher side in 2011, close to 10th at least. Posey is probably going to be in the minors long enough that he should not lose his rookie status in 2010 and thus be eligible for ROY in 2011, now that Molina is around. Thus the Giants should have him ranked high...

By Andy Bensch If he were to hit behind Bengie Molina? More likely he'll finish around .275/.320/.420 with 7-10 HR and 50-60 runs. With Schierholtz and Sandoval as the three/four hitters and Sandoval and Huff as the four/five hitters, the Giants match up much better with the other National League contende...

By Kyle Langan It's time the Giants got creative. Sam Swank, K/P-   Who in the world is Sam Swank? Well, as soon as the season ended, Swank was signed by the Giants. After a solid career at Wake Forest, Swank never really found a home in the NFL. I hope he has one with the Giants.

By Trevor Cole(giantsbaseballblog@yahoo.com) Since it appears that Sabean is no longer considering positional talent on the free agent market, it appears the only potential add for Giants from here on out would be a reliever or 2, or possibly a fifth starter. I believe Sabean as at a point in where he's not really pursuing anyone, but is p...

By Andy Bensch Combine that with a solid glove but minimal range from Pablo Sandoval at third base and average speed in center field with Aaron Rowand and the Giants are projected to be in the bottom third in the National League defensively. 4. Pablo Sandoval 1B 7. Bengie Molina C 8. Buster Posey 3B

By Ryan Cook When Brett Favre and the Packers were set to meet the New York Giants at Lambeau Field in late January for the NFC Championship Game, many nonbelievers wrote the Giants off and gave them the world famous "has been" label.  Well, the Giants proved everyone wrong and with a last minute field go...

By Grant I hope I’m wrong. I hope Aubrey Huff is the Huff of 2008. I hope Mark DeRosa rebounds to be the DeRosa of 2008. I hope Edgar Renteria repeats his season of 2007. I hope Aaron Rowand relives his last year as a Phillie. I hope Bengie Molina keeps the pitching staff happy, I hope he maintains his power, an...

By Grant Bengie Molina handles a pitching staff well. (That’s what everyone says, anyways.) He gets a lot of RBI. (That must mean the horrible offense would be even worse without him.) An inexperienced catcher would really hurt the team’s chances to contend. (It’s just science.) His penchant for makin...

By E.L.M. 2PM UPDATE: - Lincecum filed for $13 M, the Giants for $8 M. - The Giants have re-signed Bengie Molina. - The....wait a second. The what just re-signed the who? It's from our local CBS sports guy who has broken... 2PM UPDATE: The Giants have re-signed Bengie Molina.

By Chris It’s not that Aubrey Huff doesn’t have some small role to play on the 2010 Giants — he does — but one has to wonder what the point of Huff is? Yes, he’s left-handed but do the Giants really need a league average batter just because he’s a lefty? Also, he’s in his early-30’s, and he’s coming off th...

By Grant The Giants' offense might not be so wretched. If Manny Burriss hits for the first time above A-ball, Travis Ishikawa hits better than his career suggests he will, and Bengie Molina can crack a .300 on-base percentage, maybe the lineup will be close to average.

By Robert Rees We were fortunate to talk to former Tight End for the Alabama Crimson Tide and the New York Giants about a slew of topics. Below are the bullet points of the podcast. The end of it got pretty raucous as Howard joked about Jay Cutler and Tiger Woods!

By Robert Rees He compared the college playoff theory with how the NFL handles profit sharing and explained that it's not well liked in the NFL and college would be worse.Then we changed subjects to the NFL since Howard Cross played 13 years for the New York Giants and they recently got eliminated from the...

By Robert Domaine The two biggest reasons for the Giants undoing this season is clear to me. The injuries that plagued this team since the beginning of training camp and the suspect play calling from both OC Gilbride and DC Sheridan. As for this season, the party is officially over. 

By Matthew Carruth The Rockies high rating came as a result of their pitching staff, which graded out by WAR as the best in baseball, just barely ahead of the Red Sox. The Giants also had a strong pitching staff and were generally great at the whole run prevention deal with really good defenders as well. It’s a goo...

3. Bill Sheridan, Giants defensive coordinator: I don't see how this man will keep his job after this season. The Giants' pass rush has been anemic, and the secondary can't cover anyone. DeSean Jackson and Brent Celek had the time of their lives carving up this unit. Safety Michael Johnson app...

By Andy Bensch It is no secret that the San Francisco Giants are looking to bolster their offense this offseason. But with both center fielder Aaron Rowand and shortstop Edgar Renteria holding down lineup spots due to their large contracts, signing two impact hitters will prove difficult for GM Brian S...

The most disturbing thing to the Giants about their loss in Philly last month was that they were gashed in the running game. They didn't immediately get it fixed but the run defense was excellent in Sunday's 31-24 win over the Cowboys. Defensive tackle Barry Cofield might have played his bes...

By Paulie(p_rice41@hotmail.com) Kevin Kouzmanoff. The rumor had the Giants offering Kevin Frandsen and Fred Lewis for the Kouz, but apparently the Pads turned it down. Kouzmanoff is a bad fielding, hacktastic slugger who would push Pablo Sandoval to first base, thus making him less of an asset. He's probably not worth both...

By Andrew Baggarly We’ll meet with Brian Sabean in the Giants’ suite at 2:15 p.m. PST, so check back for the latest after that session. For now, here’s a morning/early afternoon summary of Giants notes from Indianapolis: – – – – – Randy Winn would be a great fit with the Arizona Diamondbacks. He’s got a .987 career OP...

By Chris If the Giants trade for Uggla, is he an upgrade for the team (assuming Sanchez is moved to 3B) over just acquiring a 1B and keeping Pablo Sandoval at 3B? Two possible infield arrangements: (1) Sanchez 3B, Uggla 2B, Sandoval 1B vs (2) Sandoval 3B, Sanchez 2B, FA 1B worth 2.15 wins

By Grant Supposedly, the easiest position at which to find a hitter is first base. Alas, we are Giants fans. It's a little disingenuous to say there's a post-Will curse on the organization -- J.T. Snow did provide a couple of fantastic years to bookend the meh -- but there hasn't been a lot of offense from...

By Chris Ever since he made his MLB debut in 2001 with the Yankees, Johnson has shown a skill-set that’s tuned to getting on base. If you spent any amount of time watching the 2009 Giants then you would know that getting on base wasn’t one of the team’s strengths. Not making outs was a huge ding in the Gian...

By Grant If the Giants somehow repeat their 2009 win total without Posey in 2010, the burning question in 2011 will be, "Gee, can we afford to start a rookie catcher with this pitching staff keeping us in contention?" This would also happen if the pitching staff implodes, mind you. It would probably...

By giantsbaseballblog@yahoo.com (Trevor Cole) It's no secret that Sabean has made big time mistakes over the past couple of years through free-agency. He signed Aaron Rowand and Barry Zito to multi-year deals that will ultimately pay the two under-achievers nearly 200 million dollars before their time in San Francisco is up. Then capp...

This is New York's final season at Giants Stadium before opening up a new facility in 2010. In 1976, the Giants' first home game was against the Cowboys. The stadium was considered enormous at the time, but it definitely began to show its age in recent years.

By Simon Balin Shinjo was a San Francisco outfielder who was great with the glove like current Giant Travis Ishikawa is great with the glove, but luckily for current Giants fans, Ishikawa can hit too (something that Shinjo had a few problems with). 2006 2007 2008 2009 Where 's Frandsen?

By Andy Bensch The two men in question are Giants manager Bruce Bochy and General Manager Brian Sabean. I'll start with the latter. Even with the Giants' most exciting offensive player Pablo Sandoval tied for third in the National League with a .336 average, the Giants are just as offensively inept as they...

By Grant I was tired enough to write it, but not tired enough to let the mangled syntax slip through without comment. That’s one ugly, ugly sentence. But danged if there isn’t a "sprinkle of giddy" regarding a sub-.500 team. The Giants are throwing money around in the Dominican Republic again, Keith La...

By noreply@blogger.com (Trevor) Q: Many Giants fans wanted the team to draft a big time power hitter like Justin Smoak or Yonder Alonso. Gordon Beckham was another guy who was on Giants radar as well. Do you think Posey will end up being a better major league hitter than those guys? Q: How do you grade the Giants 2008 draft?

By Grant Barr also went out of his way on KNBR (the .mp3 is here) to bring up Matusz. This leads me to think the Giants’ draft board looks something like this: 1. Tim Beckham or Pedro Alvarez 2. Tim Beckham or Pedro Alvarez 3. Buster Posey 4. Just one of Justin Smoak, Yonder Alonso, or Gordon Beckham

Only Baseball Matters author John Perricone thinks so. In an unexpected chat with The Pitch’s go-to Giants aficionado, Perricone puts the spotlight on the gaping holes in the team’s ‘08 lineup and track record for managing payroll ineffectively. Even with the freedom from the Barry Bond...

By Jeff Kallman Rich Aurilia can’t keep from getting injured. The two best-playing vets not named Himself, Dave Roberts and Randy Winn, are signed through ‘09 and might be tradeable if the Giants eat some of their deals . . . but Schulman says they’re not drawing interest, either.

By Dave Powers When They Might Be Giants released their first children’s album No! in 2002, it wasn’t such a surprising career move. After all, their brand of oddball indie pop had always been pretty playful, silly and sometimes even educational. The band released a more traditional album in 2004, but re...

By John Ryder Once upon a time, the Astros had a pitching staff you feared. Roger Clemens, Roy Oswalt, Andy Petitte? Zoiks! The Giants will face Oswalt, but Taylor Buchholz? Sorry, no matter what his prospect status is, it doesn't make me quiver knowing we have the bearded menace out there on the mound to...

By info@mysportsradio.com (MSR - MySportsRadio.com) Regardless of the Giants sitting at 13 games below .500 going into play Tuesday, they still have a shot at in the beleaguered NL West. Join Lance Williams in the latest edition of 1954 and Counting as he discusses the last few series against the Dodgers and the Cubs. Things haven’t gone the Gian...

By info@mysportsradio.com (MSR - MySportsRadio.com) Also, Lance talks about the huge upcoming series’ with the Dodgers and Padres. the Giants are going to need the young starters (Kevin Corriea, Brad Hennessey, Matt Cain) to step it up like Noah Lowry has. These next 2 weeks will decide the season.

By info@mysportsradio.com (MSR - MySportsRadio.com) He’s gone and done it now– Larry Kreuger, a voice on KNBR, the flagship station of the Giants, was quoted as saying on the air that the Giants are a bunch of “brain dead Caribbean hitters hacking at slop nightly.” He also directed a personal comment at manager Felipe Alou, comparing his mind t...

By info@mysportsradio.com (MSR - MySportsRadio.com) Although Lance refuses to dance naked ballets for his wife (though he does love her very much!!!), he has no problem in evaluating the myriad of stories concerning Barry’s return to baseball. Barry says he won’t play for the rest of the season, but Lance gives his take on when/ if Barry will p...

By info@mysportsradio.com (MSR - MySportsRadio.com) Whether you’re at a bar mitzvah, eating a piece of cake, or listening to 50 Cent, any time is the right time to listen to 1954 & Counting, My Sports Radio’s PODCAST OF THE WEEK. Join Lance as he discusses the Giants series Vs. the Marlins, and unloads this week’s Power Rankings. Find out what...

By info@mysportsradio.com (MSR - MySportsRadio.com) A Top 5 Finalist for best sports podcast at the People’s Choice Podcast Awards, 1954 & Counting brings you the latest information and commentary on the San Francisco Giants and Major League Baseball. Right now, everyone’s talking about Barry Bonds: will he be back this season? Will h...