While the strength of the Giants comes from its pitching, it's hard to know where Barry Zito falls in the mix. Zito has had a mediocre career with the Giants, putting up roughly league-average numbers in his four years in ... (Continue reading)
Defense is one of the trickiest things in baseball. It's nebulous, intangible, very, very hard to measure and never truly appreciated until it's gone. The Gold Glove, one of baseball's most prestigious awards, is also one of the most criticized, ... (Continue reading)
The Giants that went into the 2010 postseason, what manager Bruce Bochy called his "band of misfits and castoffs" and his "Dirty Dozen" hardly resembled the team that broke spring training in March 2010.While some, like leadoff man Andres Torres, ... (Continue reading)
The All-Star festivities and merrymaking continue in Arizona, and the San Francisco Giants are well represented. Just a year after winning the World Series, the defending champs sent five players to the Midsummer Classic, and for good reason.While only closer Brian ... (Continue reading)
The San Francisco Giants were two separate teams last year. Before Buster Posey joined the team on May 29, they were 25-22, in third place in the NL West, and 2.5 games back of first place. With the offense struggling, ... (Continue reading)
The 2010 San Francisco Giants won the World Series on the strength of their excellent home-grown starting pitching, lights-out bullpen and clutch (if not overwhelming) offense.This year, as the champs do their best to stage a repeat, they're going to ... (Continue reading)
It's hard to understand what motivates a team to do well.Some say fame. Some say fortune. Some, like Albert Pujols or Prince Fielder, have their own supernatural determination driving them.Any player and any team can hit and hit well in ... (Continue reading)