SF News Giants Sign Relief Pitcher Bob Howry 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
SF News Judge Removes 5 Counts Against Bonds Noted steroid aficionado, alleged perjurer, and keen deer hunter Barry Bonds scored a win today when a federal judge in San Francisco dismissed five of his 15 counts. Accused of fibbing when he
SF News Tim Lincecum wins National League Cy Young Award San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum has won the National League Cy Young Award, an honor given each year in baseball to the best pitcher. Which is a pretty big deal, it seems.
SF News Barry Bonds: It's A Friggin' 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. Bonds did not play this year.
SF News Oakland A's Mascot Needed The A's need you help, folks. They are currently seeking a part-time, seasonal Stomper. The Oakland Athletics' mascot is responsible for but not limited to the following: Performing at all A’s Wednesday,
SF News The Crazy Crab Revolution Will Be Televised. Tonight Now who in the hell, you might be asking, is Crazy Crab? Back in the dark days of 1984, Giants management wanted to create a mascot of their very own but after doing
SF News I Love the First Half of the Giants Season The team has also given Giants fans' a few treats to go along with their not-as-bad-as-expected-ness. There is, for instance, the ascendance of Timmy Lincecum to Pitching God and SI Cover Boy. Then
SF News Bay Area MLB-Funk All-Stars "Mid-Summer Classic" Rundown (By SFist Joe Kukura) Major League Baseball played its 79th All-Star Game last night, a 15-inning, long hard slog eventually won by the American League, 4-3. Your hometown team players had a couple
SF News Tim Lincecum Scratched from Tonight’s All-Star Game 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." Sheee-it…
SF News Buh Bye Rich Harden, Hello Corey Maggette? We just found out the answer to the question of whether the A's were going to go for it and make a run at the playoffs or fold their tents for awhile-- they're
SF News Second Verse Same As the First: Bonds Pleads Not Guilty 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
SF News It's Got to be the Morning After -A's 10 Tigers 2- The A's finished up a sweep of the bottom Tigers with yesterday's victory and, yes, go A's! but we have to admit to feeling a bit blue about the
misc Who's On First? As a Giants fan, of course, we are expected to root for Emmanuel Burriss despite the fact we have no idea who Emmanuel Burriss is. But just because he wears the french vanilla,
SF News A's Division Rivals Outlaw Same-Sex Smooching (By Joe Kukura) We’ll admit, we’ve been aloof to the A’s and this season’s American League West proceedings, what with the Athletics getting ready to juke their hometown for
SF News Zito Demoted, Gargantuan Salary Still Intact By Joe Kukura It seemed like such a great idea prior to last season – take the best free agent leftie out there, and sign him to the biggest contract ever for a pitcher
misc Around the Sports Dial Sharks- A team many people thought would contend for the Cup is once again choking as they now fall 3-0 to the Dallas Stars. The Sharks just might be the Obama of hockey--
misc It's Got to be the Morning After -The Bay Area will send two teams to the Big Dance starting with the Stanford Cardinal who are a #3 seed in the South and will play Cornell in the first round. Cornell?
misc Muni's Guide to the Weekend is EXTRA CUTE This Week But there's more parades to be had this weekend! The Saint Patrick's parade is happening on Saturday. Oh paraders, don't make us choose! Wait, does San Francisco let homos march in the Saint
SF News Around the Sports Dial Here's what we've missed in the world of Bay Area sports while trying to figure out who the Oceanic 6 are... -And now.the Rai-duhs. First they signed oft-injured and oft-whining Javon Walker
SF News Make It Work, Bonds Judge Tells Prosecutors Today a federal judge told the prosecutors to "re-craft its perjury case against Barry Bonds." The judge on the Bonds case, Susan Illston, claims that they "improperly lumped multiple alleged offenses into each
misc It's Got to be the Morning After Warriors 120 Suns 118- No, Shaq Diesel didn't play, thus depriving ESPN hours of blathering, but he was spied by our overlord Brock at a hotel and was described as "very tall." Monta
SF News Around the Sports Dial The Dubs beat the Nets last night, 121-119 in a game featuring a 22-0 run by the Warriors and another furious comeback. The big news, however, is the possibility of Chris Webber saddling
misc "Leg Bones for Baseball Bats" - 1902 San Francisco Chronicle Researching San Francisco history means spending way too much time sitting in the dark. In the library, we mean, staring at microfilm of old newspapers. Hours of scanning those scratched and blurry archives
misc Goodbye Nick Swish It appears that the Billy Beane Player Emporium is still open for business as Beane just traded Nick Swisher to the White Sox for a bunch of prospects. The house-cleaning continues. Swisher batted
