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According to Columbian.com, Giants star Tim Lincecum was busted on October 30 for smoking and possessing marijuana. "The amount was 3.3 grams, [Washington State Patrol trooper and spokesman Steve] Schatzel said, which is considered only enough for personal use. Lincecum did not appear to be impaired behind the wheel and is not being charged with a felony crime." He was busted while driving in I-5, charged with misdemeanor possession. (via The Splash)

Can we call it a season yet? Because last night's Giants game was brutal, with the Los Angeles Dodgers slapping us into submission 9-1. (OK, turtle_276 makes a good point. We're only one game behind in the wild card race. Excuse us for having little to no faith.)

According to an annual fan cost index, the beer you buy at AT&T Park is baseball's most expensive suds. NBC Bay Area has the full report: "That $8.75 you pay for a 20-ounce beer is more than any other team in baseball in America charges -- by a full 75 cents." Coming in at second place was beer at Tampa Bay Rays' Tropicana Field in Florida, who charge $8 for a 20-ounce beer. But the beer that wins the title of worst deal? NBC Bay Area gives that distinction to Boston's Fenway Park, where "7.25 only buys you a 12-ounce beer."

In memory of Sue Burns, the 58-year-old San Francisco Giants owner who died last week, the Giants are asking fans who attend tonight's game to wear as much orange as humanly possible. You know, more than they already do, that is. The Giants take on the Pittsburgh Pirates starting at 7:15 p.m. Burns, who had a close friendship with controversial roid ranger Barry Bonds, died from cancer-related complications. Her field-level seat at AT&T Park, word has it, could be retired in her honor.

According to Henry Schulman at SFGate, San Francisco Giants senior general partner Sue Burns, the team's largest shareholder, died "overnight at 58 after learning she had cancer a little more than a week ago." Manager Bruce Bochy mourns, "These (players) were her kids. We're going to miss her, her smile, coming down by the dugout before every game." While Rich Aurilia said, "This is a huge loss not only for the Giants but everybody who knew her." The Giants are expected to release an official statement later today. Read more about it here.

        

Yesterday, July 14, St. Louis played host to the 80th All-Star Game, which was the most watched since 1999‎. With an appearance by President Obama’s and a somewhat exciting game, along with a 4-3 AL victory, the annual exhibition game was a hit with audiences.

SF Giants golden child Tim Lincecum will start at Tuesday's All-Star game in St. Louis, according to John Sea of . The Cy Young Award winner, if you recall, couldn't make it to last year's exhibition game on account of dehydration and flu-ish symptoms. The 25-year-old pitcher spoke at a press conference this morning, saying, "Being a starter will completely make up for the fact I didn't make it to last year's game ... I was going to be happy just being in the game." Lincecum went on to add, "I'm going to have Matt Cain put a leash around my neck and keep me in my room."

           

Former wallflower Jonathan Sanchez, a 26-year-old left-hander who, according to , "was the personification of pitching promise unfulfilled," pitched the SF Giants first no-hitter game in 33 years on Friday night. Sanchez, in fact, was a pitcher "so bad this year he was banished to the bullpen last month, a man who had not thrown a complete game in 50 big-league starts."

Under the impression third baseman Pablo Sandoval was David Archuleta, San Francisco Giants fans voted en masse to get him a spot in the All-Star game. Alas, it proved fruitless. But in the final stages of the vote, more fans went on the internet to have their say than ever before. Some even voted a hundred times. Even Mayor Gavin Newsom asked citizens to vote for Sandoval. This video captures how it all went down.

In related news: The Oakland A's lost 15-3 to worst-in-the-league Cleveland Indians. Ouch.

During this weekend's interleague A's vs. Giants series, San Francisco won all three games, making it the first time in eight years the Giants cleaned Oakland's clock. On Sunday, the Giants took the Bay Bridge series with a 7-1 win. And now, what with the Giants being "the fourth-best team in the National League," they could land the wild-card slot again. That is, if they keep it up the good effort. But, according to Ray Ratto, "they might not be able to hold their spot, or someone might win 20 in a row, but they're still playing with the casino's money in the middle of June, which is about two months later in the season than anyone thought them capable." Sports types, feel free to chime in... to explain what Ray means. Anyway, go Giants.

Yes, Ishikawa went all the way over. Yes, he landed on his head. Yes, he caught it. Yes, it was awesome.

In Sunday's LA vs SF series, the Giants won 2 out 3 games against number-one ranked Dodgers, winning Sunday night's game, 7-5. The Giants, unbeaten in the last of their eight series, as most of you know, are in at second-place in the NL West. Things can only get better (fingers crossed) after Manny Ramirez was put on temporary suspension for 50 games after testing positive for an illegal substance. After winning two out of three games in Los Angeles, the Giants remain unbeaten in their last eight series, with six series victories and two splits.They now trail the first-place Dodgers by 4.5 games in the NL West. Will the Giants continue their winning streak? Find out tonight when SF plays Washington at 7:15 p.m. IOn related news, the A's aren't doing so well.

Great news, Giants fans. The LA Times reports that, as of this morning, Dodgers left fielder Manny Ramirez has been put on temporary suspension for 50 games after testing positive for an illegal substance. And, in classic prescription drug abuse excuses, Ramirez blames the doctor.

CBS 5's Mike Sugarman reports on a thrilling way to support your favorite baseball team while turning into worm food. Christy Vault, appropriately located in Colma, is now offering this final bit of sports memorabilia, a San Francisco Giants casket. Perfect for almost any dearly departed's rotting corpse, Christy Vault also offers urns emblazoned with the Giants logo, for those of you who prefer to hit the ovens when your final inning is up.

Last night, there was a notable fan watching last night's Giants-Dodgers game: Barry Bonds, who was greeted by cheers of "Barry! Barry! Barry!" The Giants' website reports that the infamous player "created a stir when he took a front-row seat during the first inning between Giants managing general partner Bill Neukom and team president Larry Baer. The all-time home run leader drew applause from the stunned fans who immediately recognized him, then prompted a noisy standing ovation from the crowd before the top of the second inning when he received a video tribute and was introduced over the public-address system."

Where an In-N-Out should be, but isn't.

The San Francisco Giants just announced that they're reducing ticket prices. Why? Who's to say, exactly. The economy, chronic plague of empty seats at AT&T Park, boredom with baseball; fans realizing that garlic fries just aren't as tasty as they sound -- one guess is as good as the other. (But! If they somehow installed an In-N-Out franchise, perhaps things might change. We'd be more than willing to pay full ticket price on a regular basis so that we don't have to go to Fisherman's Wharf, home to SF's only In-N-Out restaurant.) Anyway, for the Giants vs. Dodgers series at AT&T Park April 27-29, you can score tickets for pretty damn cheap. Lower box goes for $28 (normally $42); view reserve, $18 ($24); and bleacher seats, $15 ($25). Get 'em while they're hot. (Use the code 'RIVALS' to get this offer.)

You may recall avid YouTube enthusiast Zennie from this post regarding the "outsize" buildings in the futuristic San Francisco skyline shown in the upcoming Star Trek film. Well, as it happens, the East Bay denizen's addiction to vlogging did not start and certainly did not end with that arguably minor work. Allow us to point you to his latest opus, in which he takes us to the San Francisco Giants' opening day at AT&T Park, but not without an initial tour of something called BART and something called the N-Judah.

Today's Giants opener against the Milwaukee Brewers is being threatened by today's (much-needed!) bout of rain. Although the first pitch is expected to kick things off at around 1:05 p.m., a chance of thunderstorms and hail are as well. But according to Giants spokeswoman Staci Slaughter (who might have the single best name in the city), "We won't make a determination until closer to first pitch ... [p]eople should still plan on coming out." And since rain has always been considered good luck in our book, we're going to say that today's dreary weather is a good omen.

Today in San Francisco, a federal judge opened up hundreds of pages of court documents against disgraced Giants slugger Barry Bonds. According to reports, "The documents released included ... a transcript of a taped conversation between Bonds' personal trainer and personal assistant discussing injecting the slugger and a list of current and former Major Leaguers, including Jason Giambi, who are scheduled to testify at trial for the government." We are very much looking forward to reading said transcript. We'll update when we know more. The Bonds trial is supposed to start next month. He convicted of lying to a grand jury in 2003 when he said he didn't use performance-enhancing drugs during his time with the Giants. Which he totally did.

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Giants pitcher Barry Zito laughs at a magician's tricks during the team's holiday party for homeless children at AT&T Park.

The Giants, who we just know will pull through next season, picked up 35-year-old Bob Howry (6' 5", 220 pounds) as their newest relief pitcher. According to the more sporty Henry Schulman, Howry's last season with the Cubs was dismal, with his "ERA was 5.35 and opponents hit .309 against him with a .543 slugging percentage and .881 OPS." The deal will land Howry a cool $2.75 million, one-year contract. Welcome aboard, Bob.

Barry! We've missed you! How've you been? Wait, what's this now? Conspiracy?!

MurrayChass.com broke the story:

"I am convinced that Major League Baseball will never let him put on a uniform ever again," said Bonds' agent, Jeff Borris.

Joe Eskenazi at SF Weekly points out a bit of San Francisco Giants' promotional material gone horribly awry. It seems, while promoting African American Heritage Night (8/22), this is the best the Giants copywriting team could come up with: "The package includes more then just a $20 discounted Friday night ticket with proceeds going to a local community group charity - it also includes a seat in the African American section of the park as well as Giants PA Announcer Renel Brooks-Moon talking bobblehead." Oops. Eskenazi ends the item right-quick for fear of making any cruel racist jokes, effectively sidestepping snide remarks about next week's Zionist Hoodlum Night (8/25). (SFW)

One less reason to watch the MLB All-Star Game tonight – Giants’ pitcher Tim Lincecum will probably not appear for the National League team because he woke up this morning with "flulike symptoms."

Former baseball great and Giants slugger Barry Bonds appeared on court today, pleading not guilty to 15 federal charges of fibbing to a grand jury. If you recall, Bonds just did the exact same thing in December, but after a "judge ordered prosecutors to rewrite the slugger's indictment to fix legal infirmities in the document," the brand spanking new indictment "legal infirmities in the document." Whatever that means.

(By Joe Kukura)

Looks like there was, in fact, a blaze at AT&T Park last night. And a sizable one at that. SFist reader Ted (i.e., phish223) sent in this on-the scene shot of the fiery action. Read more about it here.