Well, everybody knew it was coming, but now it's official, Felipe Alou is no longer the Giants manager. Remember, in sports it's never official unless the press conference and statements are released. more ›

Soy un perdedor, the Bay Area teams are winners, baby.... more ›

Jon was going to write up a blurb about the Giants taking 2 out of 3 from the D-Backs, but he was way-laid by a prawn quesidilla at Taco Bell. And yes, you might be thinking to yourself that Taco Bell doesn't serve prawn quesidillas but Jon forgot. He still isn't sure what he ate. Since the Giants' keys to victory were so easy to figure out, in his place and writing up today's Giants blurb will be the President of the United States of America, George W. Bush. See, what the Giants need to do is to win. You have to win to make it to the playoffs. And the Giants? They won. They beat the Arizona Diamondboys 8-2. They have now won two in a row. That's better than losing two in a row. more ›

It looks like the Giants craptastic season has claimed some more people-- at KNBR. In light of KNBR's sport talk show host Larry Krueger's statements last week about the Giants being made up of "brain-dead Caribbean hitters" KNBR fired Krueger as well as long time program director Bob Agnew and the morning show producer Tony Rhein. As they say, it's not the crime but the cover-up and in this case, it's not the crime but the joking about it afterwards that did them all in. On Monday, Felipe appeared on ESPN’s "Outside the Lines" and referred to Krueger as a "messenger of Satan." In response, KNBR’s morning show aired snippets of Alou's Satan comments and parodied it with references to the Satan on "South Park." An interesting reference considering Satan is mainly depicted as wracked with inner turmoil due to a dysfunctional relationship with his boyfriend Saddam Hussein. In firing Krueger, Agnew, and Rhein, KNBR issued a statement saying that their jokes "demonstrated an utter lack of regard for the sensitivity of the issues involved and a premeditated intent to ridicule Felipe Alou's commentary." In other words, if you're trying to appear all contrite and apologetic over an offensive comment, don't make light of the person you've offended. more ›

We have no idea if Mike Nolan will be a good coach or even if he can win with the 49ers, but he's already gotten on SFist's good side. Last week he petitioned the NFL to be allowed to class up the joint and wear a suit on the sidelines. The NFL, otherwise known as the No Fun League, refused to let him. Nolan wanted to wear a suit to honor his father who was coach of the Niners in the late 60's and early 70's and because he wanted a look that said professional and responsible. We would also like to think that Nolan did it for obvious reason- it's old school. Way old school. Talk about your retro jersey. Would Vince Lombardi be Vince Lombardi if he wore a frumpy sweatshirt or dressed like a frat boy just hitting the links. Would Don Shula have become Don Shula? Would Tom Landry be Tom Landry without the hat? We think not. The NFL, however, said no because they just can't allow one person to be on the field who can't be used as a billboard to sell official NFL merchandise. Of course, we might feel differently about this if it wasn't for the fact that every NFL franchise is apparently trying to out-ugly each other in coming out with their new duds. And yes, SFist's beloved sport, baseball, makes their middle-aged paunchy coaches wear uniforms, but baseball is the only sport in which the manager actually enters the action to bring in a new pitcher. Or, in Felipe Alou's case, several pitchers. Hell, Felipe still looks like better in a uniform than SFist could ever hope too. more ›

The Giants, who just love their history, are getting ready to sign manager Felipe Alou's son Moises to a two year deal worth something like thirteen or fourteen million bucks, making him their right fielder. He's thirty-nine. Hmm. Felipe and his brothers Matty and Jesus played for the Giants in the sixties, so, from that perspective, this is a warm and fuzzy sort of thing, and Moises hit the crap out of the ball for the Cubs last year, but the whole thing starts to sound pretty crazy when you realize that, with thirty-eight year old Marquis Grissom in center and forty year old Barry Bonds in left, the Giants now have an insanely old outfield. And the rest of the team -- including recently signed short stop Omar Vizquel, 39, and catcher Mike Matheny, 34 -- is pretty old, too. You get kinda nervous about what the disabled list is going to look like next year (not to mention in 2006), and it looks like the Giants' MVP is going to be trainer Stan Conte. And is it too late to get all these guys on steroids? At least that'd help them heal faster when they get hurt. more ›

SFist had high hopes for a series sweep for the Giants throughout last night's game against the Astros, but the bullpen had different ideas. Taking a three-to-two lead into the ninth inning, the San Francisco relievers did their best early-August impression by allowing five ugly runs, costing Jason Schmidt a well-deserved victory and chipping away at his fading Cy Young chances. more ›