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We have a little bit of news on the Giants as they embark on probably the most interesting and important off-season in who knows how long (well, since '97 but go with us here). When you have a team which is primarily made up of people who aren't signed for the next year it's going to be that way. Nevertheless, some things are happening now to help make sense of things. more ›

We couldn't help but notice that this year's Giants slogan is "Your San Francisco Giants," something that has been our tagline since SFist was just a mere toddler in Baby Gap swaddling. We're sure that royalty check will show up to SFist's HQ any day now. As for ourselves, we tried to come up with a pithy little phrase to describe this year's Gigantes and after months and months of debate (actually, more like a few minutes of thought before writing this) decided that this year's team could be summed up best by the phrase "yes, but..." more ›

There's something almost symbolic about yesterday's big Giants trade of Edgardo Alfonzo for Steve Finley. Sabaen's trade for Fonzie way back in aught-three was the first big, head scratcher move that Sabaen ever made, the one that started the "has he gone nuts?" whispers. Now that somehow, inexplicably, Sabaen was able trade Edgardo to another team, a good one no less, people are starting to think that maybe he's got his groove thing going again. more ›

Making official what was probably obvious for the past two years, Giants relief ace Robb Nen quietly retired over the weekend. Nen played a huge part in recent Giants history, in pitching against them, pitching for them, and even in not being able to pitch for them at all. He played a role in some of the biggest Giant moments of the past several years, including giving up the home run to Neifi Perez (Neifi Perez!) that sunk the Giants in '98 and being the last pitcher to throw more gas onto the fire that was the Angels' Game 6 rally. more ›