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." more ›

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. more ›

For those of you who think protests don't work, sometimes they do. Three years ago, an outlaw group of Giants' fans (the Crustacean Liberation Coalition) rallied others and staged a mighty protest against the Giants to reinstate Crazy Crab. With the exception of one magical night two years ago, Giants' management has pretended the Crab ever existed but have finally decided to embrace the Crab and tonight, for the first time ever, the Giants will host Crazy Crab Night. For the low, low price of just $26, you gain admission to a pre-game Crazy Crab party in Lot D, a Crazy Crab bobblehead (!), a free beer and a free crab sandwhich. The event will feature a DJ, "entertainment for the whole family," and an appearance by the Crab himself. more ›

Weird thing about the Giants this year is that they are fifteen games under .500 and yet considered to be a team that is better than expected. Even mildly enjoyable, especially compared to the last few years which brought on the same sort of enjoyment as would watching three Kate Hudson romantic comedies in a row. Now how can one say that of a team featuring some dude seemingly picked up from a local corporate softball league playing at third? Well, you can if the expectations were low. Really low. Like really, really low. At the beginning of the season, most fans and experts predicted that the team would lose somewhere around 140 games and be lucky to score even a run a game. We mean, how good can a team be if Bengie Molina is your friggin' cleanup hitter? Yet despite all that, the team has had just enough good pitching and just enough offense to at least be competitive in most of their games. more ›

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-So with the passage of Prop. G., a Proposition designed to try and keep the Niners in San Francisco, the question now is what the hell does it mean? Maybe something, maybe nothing. The whole thing has to be built and the Niners haven't made a decision as to where they're going to move. Even worse for the Niners is that with the economy as it is, it's even harder to convince some place to build them a stadium as there's not a lot of money to throw the team's way. Why should a city give a team money to build a stadium when they have no money to throw around? And it's not just a problem the Niners' face, but the A's too. more ›

We've been to a couple of Giants games this season and our usual reaction upon hearing the announcement of the starting lineup is "who?" Brian Horwitz? John Bowker? Jose Castillo? Just who are these guys? more ›

Let's check in with our local teams while the rest of the world is searching for Ronaldo... more ›

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A recent video has emerged showing Giants' legend Juan Marichal joining current legend Pedro Martinez in a little bout of cockfighting in their native country, the Dominican Republic. Apparently, Juan's cock took on Pedro's cock and won. Way to go, Little Juan. The video of it appeared on YouTube but was recently taken down, but this being the internet, a video in some form still exists. For obvious reasons, we won't post it but for those curious about it, you can see it here (warning-- site contains pictures of excessively well-endowed women.) more ›

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After all the hype and after all the expectations, we have to admit the steroid report was pretty much a yawner. We wanted names, damnit, lots and lots of names. Juicy names. Big names. Super Colossus Names. Instead we got Gregg Zaun. Bo-ring. The list was mainly a bunch of journeymen and never-were's from the 90's and who cares about them? Wasn't this whole thing about nailing the big boys? more ›

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We're sure y'all heard the big rumor out there that the Giants might trade either The Enchanter or Matt Cain to the Blue Jays for Alex Rios. This morning it was Timmy but now SFGate is saying it's Cain. Either way, our opinion is this-- hell to the noes. more ›

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-Both Brady Quinn and JaMarcus Russell are hanging at the NFL Combine, something that will make Raiders fans perk up their ears. We don't know what's more overrated, the Combine or Brady Quinn. Anyways, it appears that JaMarcus is b-i-g. But is that a good thing or a bad thing? more ›

We were watching all the ESPN gab-fest shows yesterday and every single reporter on every single show ripped the Giants for all things Barry. We know it doesn't matter in the long run, but we do not like it when our favorite baseball team is ripped to shreds. Needless to say, the whole Barry thing is just leaving bad tastes all around. So much so, Magowan himself sent out a letter to all season ticket holders saying that mistakes were made in the past, but this time they really, really are trying harder but they really had no choice to do what they did. As El Lefty put it, the team’s slogan this year should be: Your 2007 San Francisco Giants: Savor the Grim Inevitability! more ›

Yesterday it was announced that this year's big free agent catch, Alfonso Soriano, signed a whopping long deal with the Chicago Cubs, for eight years. It was also announced that Nomah is staying with the Dodgers where he'll be joined by the highly sought after Juan Pierre. Which begs the question what the hell are the Giants going to do? more ›

Yesterday, the Barry underwent surgery on his left elbow to remove bone chips that had been bothering him all season. It's his what, fifth, sixth surgery on his elbow? And that's not even including all the surgery on his knees or all the other, err, needles that's been used on his body. All of which brings us to the second big question surrounding the Giants in their off season of discontent, how do you solve a problem like Barry? more ›

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 ›

SPN is reporting the Victor Conte told friends that not only did Barry take "the cream" and the "clear" but knew damn well what they were. This is the very-same Victor Conte who swore to everyone that Barry didn't take steroids and was completely innocent of anything. Also the very same Victor Conte who leaked all that Grand Jury testimony (allegedly) that put Barry into potential trouble over perjury charges. With friends like these.... more ›

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... A's 4 White Sox 2- Esteban Loaiza held the White Sox to just enough runs to allow a pretty week A's O to win the game. The A's were 0 for 16 with runners in scoring position but still scraped together four runs. How'd they do it-- aggressive base running, defense, situational hitting-- small ball. Now how about that? The game so pissed off Sox manager Ozzie Guillen that after the game he launched into a profanity filled tirade about the lack of booze in the visiting locker room. Anyways, the Angels won so the A's remain five up but the magic number is now 11. more ›

Barry Zito outpitched Curt Schilling this afternoon to lead the Athletics to a 7-2 beat down of the Dead Sox. That's what they in the business call a "sweep." The A's have won 15 of 19 games and were 21-6 in August and the Chron notes that the A's are an amazing 124-45 in August since 2001. Crikey. more ›

Remember during that hot streak the Giants were on when their pitching was pretty much airtight? Remember how they didn't give up many runs and pitched until late in the game? Those were good times. And not these times as the Giants started off a nine game road trip to Atlanta getting shellacked 13-8. The pitcher getting the shellacking? Staff ace Jason Schmidt. Of note, however, is the Barry sticking it to Hammerin' Hank's Hometown fans and hitting two home runs and robbing Jeff Francouer of a three run home run. Barry is getting hot of late and a hot Barry means good things for the Giants and we're just going to stop right there before we hurt ourselves. more ›

We read an interesting story today on ESPN.com about how the A's are somehow winning despite being everything Moneyball is supposed to be against. You know, things like pitching and defense and situational hitting. Which basically means that somewhere out there, some Stat Head in Stat Head Land is desperately crunching numbers and running spread sheets to try and proof that God is Not Dead. more ›