Unofficially, it’s been San Francisco Giants Week here at Baseball: Past and Present. For anyone who wants to relive the Giants’ championship one more time, I am pleased to present this guest post from Doug Bird. __________________ It was a 56-year wait for the city by the Bay-not long by Cubs standards, but a lifetime [...]
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The Little Giants Who Could
Posted: 7th November 2010 by Doug Bird in by Doug Bird, Giants 2010 postseason1
Former San Francisco Giants reflect on the 2010 World Series victory
Posted: 5th November 2010 by Graham Womack in Giants 2010 postseasonSan Francisco Giants team president Larry Baer said it. The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat reported that at a ceremony following the team’s championship parade in San Francisco on Wednesday, Baer told the crowd: The men sitting on our stage over here, the 2010 Giants, honor not just our city and not just our remarkable 2010 Giants [...]
Could Nolan Ryan pull a Satchel Paige?
Posted: 1st November 2010 by Graham Womack in Giants 2010 postseasonBefore Game 3 of the World Series, fans got a treat. Cam Inman of Bay Area News Group reported: Nolan Ryan’s ceremonial first pitch was a 68 mph fastball – not bad for a 63-year-old man wearing a dress shirt and necktie. It also was low and wide, but catcher Pudge Rodriguez, another Rangers legend, [...]
The World Series 2010 Games One and Two, Or: Can’t Anyone Here Play This Game?
Posted: 31st October 2010 by Doug Bird in by Doug Bird, Giants 2010 postseasonI’m pleased to present the latest guest post by Doug Bird, who began contributing Sunday articles last week. Today, Doug offers a recap of the first two games of the World Series, written before Texas’s 4-2 victory in Game 3 on Saturday. _________________ Game 1: Giants 11, Rangers 7 Yeah, this was the pitcher’s duel [...]
Last Saturday, shortly after I got home from watching Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, I logged into Twitter and saw a Tweet from Rob Neyer, saying he would be on ESPN Radio shortly, taking questions. After a few tries, I got through, and I asked Neyer his thoughts on if there could [...]
Lamenting Barry Zito
Posted: 20th October 2010 by Joe Guzzardi in by Joe Guzzardi, Giants 2010 postseasonHere’s the latest guest post from Joe Guzzardi, a regular Wednesday and Saturday contributor. ________________ I first saw Barry Zito, the struggling San Francisco Giant pitcher, during the summer of 2000. On a perfect California evening Zito, then with the AAA Sacramento River Cats, was going through his unique pre-game stretching yoga exercises in a [...]
2010 NLCS: More than I usually watch
Posted: 18th October 2010 by Graham Womack in Giants 2010 postseasonI mentioned here on Friday that I would have something for today about the Phillies and Giants and the National League Championship Series, and sure enough, I watched the first game on Saturday, a thrilling 4-3 victory for San Francisco. Here’s my confession: It was the first baseball game I’ve watched all year. It’s funny [...]
Will Tim Lincecum Be the 21st Century Bob Gibson? Time Will Tell
Posted: 9th October 2010 by Joe Guzzardi in by Joe Guzzardi, Giants 2010 postseasonHere is the latest guest post from Joe Guzzardi. On Friday, I offered a list of the 10 best postseason pitching performances of all-time. There were two glaring omissions: 1) Tim Lincecum, who put together one of the best performances in playoff history while I was writing my post Thursday evening; 2) Bob Gibson, who [...]
Thoughts on the Giants winning the NL West
Posted: 4th October 2010 by Graham Womack in Giants 2010 postseasonWhen I was in seventh grade, I participated for the first time in an event called the 24 Hour Relay. Held at the track of a high school I later attended, the event had teams of ten students take turns running a mile. I was a fairly decent miler, as were a few of my [...]
Great pennant races in San Francisco Giants history
Posted: 27th September 2010 by Graham Womack in by Rory Paap, Giants 2010 postseasonI’m pleased to present a guest post by Rory Paap of www.PaapFly.com. Rory emailed me after reading my interview with Joe Posnanski and offered to write something. Being a fellow Giants fan, I asked Rory to compare this year’s contenders to a few Giants playoff teams. The post is longer than what’s typically here. Rory [...]