With the weather turning nice and spring in the air, Giants' fans can't but help feeling a little hopeful these days. After a few dark, dark weeks, things are looking a bit up, especially in light of last night's 5-3 victory over the dastardly Dodgers and a truimphant return to .500 ball. Schmidt's off the DL and hitting them out, Barry has been cleared to start rehab, Jerome Williams is pitching better in Fresno, Noah Lowry snapped out of his funk, they took two from the A's, and they unveiled maybe the coolest alternate jersey in sports history. And wow, those A's fans are particularly testy these days, especially in regards to cracks about their Fearless Leader. More importantly, it looks like they found themselves a real, genuine closer. Ladies and Gentleman, may we introduce your new Giants savior, Tyler Walker. He of seven saves in eight chances, six since May 12. With two more games against LA and a weekend series against the first place Friars, the Giants can get back into the thick of things. more ›

SFist brings you yesterday's baseball madness in a nutshell or two: with only three games left this weekend to finish the season, the Giants, Dodgers and Athletics all won, the Angels lost, and the Astros didn't play, leaving the Giants, who are playing the dreaded Dodgers this weekend, three games back of Los Angeles in the NL West and tied with the Astros in the Wild Card race, and the A's, who are playing the abominable Angels this weekend, tied with Anaheim in the AL West. Can you imagine a more sickeningly exciting scenario for a Bay Area baseball fan? And about yesterday's games: young Jerome Williams was huge for the Giants and young Bobby Crosby was huge for the A's. more ›

The Cubs and Dodgers both lost last night, but, in one of the most painful games of the year, so did the Giants. To make matters worse, the Astros won, thereby giving themselves the lead in the NL Wild Card race. more ›