Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, At Spring Training.... Buster Posey smiles as he stretches during batting practice before an exhibition game against the Colorado Rockies.
Arts & Entertainment Breaking: S.F. Symphony Musicians Go On Strike After a rather tone-deaf protest at San Francisco City Hall yesterday -- where, while donning L.A. Dodgers hats, a quartet performed in front of a Giants cap on the dirty floor --
Arts & Entertainment SF Symphony Musicians Wear Dodgers Hats During Labor Protest At City Hall [Update] Several members of the San Francisco Symphony possibly lost sympathy while protesting at San Francisco City Hall on Tuesday. A quartet -- featuring two violins, a viola, and a cello -- played in
Arts & Entertainment Buster Posey Goes To Reddit To Talk Broken Legs, Perfect Games, And That Memorable Grand Slam This morning, before running off to a spring training game in Arizona, National League MVP and San Francisco's boyfriend Buster Posey hopped on Reddit to answer questions from Internet fans about that bone
Arts & Entertainment Brian Wilson Will NEVER Be A Yankee, Okay?! Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. When asked if he would ever play for the Yankees, free agent Brian Wilson, sporting an unruly beard and ketchup down the front of his shirt,
Arts & Entertainment 5 Favorite Photos Of Birthday Boy Sergio Romo Sergio Romo, if you will (and you will), is the Jennifer Lawrence of the San Francisco Giants. He's attractive, sharp, prone blunt behavior (remember "The Beaners" shirt during the 2010 victory parade?), comes
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, In The Dugout.... Buster Posey, left, jokes with teammate Brandon Crawford in the dugout before the start of an exhibition spring game against the Mariners.
Arts & Entertainment Oops: Mayor Ed Lee Refers To World Series Trophies As 'Twin Towers' During the annual San Francisco Chamber CityBeat Breakfast at the Marriott, kicky and acclaimed SFGate scribe Beth Spotswood sat in the audience while Mayor Ed Lee made a minor gaffe onstage. Lucky you.
SF News AT&T Park Concession Workers Upset That They Aren't Cashing In on Giants' Success A friend of SFist just alerted us to this flyer, which was passed around at Giants FanFest on February 9th. It's sponsored by Local 2, the hospitality union, and it points out that
SF News Matt Cain: SF Giants Opening Day Starter After four season openers, Tim Lincecum will not open the first Giants game. Bruce Bochy announced this morning that Matt Cain (he of the perfect game) will score his first career Opening Day
Arts & Entertainment Video: Hunter Pence And Tim Lincecum Do Impressions Of Each Other During Giants Fanfest 2013 on Saturday, players held a Q&A with fans. As expected, signature humor and charm poured forth -- specifically from Tim Lincecum and Hunter Pence. When a fan
Arts & Entertainment A Closer Look at Tim Lincecum's Short Hair In other S.F. sports star style news, Tim Lincecum has formally debuted his new short 'do at today's Giants FanFest. We've known for a while that Timmy sheared his luscious locks for
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Sergio Romo Feeds Monkeys At SF Zoo Giants pitcher Sergio Romo laughs as he feeds langur monkeys at the San Francisco Zoo on Thursday. A four-month old female langur monkey, born during the Giants' National League Divisional Series against the
Arts & Entertainment Gays, Jews, Christ, & Metallica: Giants 2013 Appreciation Days Announced It feels like baseball season is YEARS away. In fact, it's only a couple of months ahead of us, and spring training starts in just a couple of weeks. Rejoice, indeed. And with
SF News Ramon Ramirez Returns to Giants; Bruce Bochy's Son Brett May Be Up Too Former Giants relief pitcher Ramon Ramirez has signed a deal to return to the Giants via a minor league contract, after spending last season with the Mets. He's a non-roster invitee to spring
Arts & Entertainment Fight To Make Marco Scutaro Rain Globe A Reality "Come help fight for the most important cause of your life," urges Grant Brisbee of McCovey Chronicles. And what might that cause be? A Marco Scutaro rain globe. During the ninth inning of
Arts & Entertainment Brian Wilson Could Sign With The Mets, Or Not Brian Wilson, the noted closer with a magical beard, is a free agent now, which means he might leave the Giants next season. He could even sign with the Mets, as hinted at
SF News Sergio Romo Detained At Airport, Minor Scuffle Cited Say it ain't so, Romo. Giants superstar, the man near and dear to all of our hearts, Sergio Romo was detained at the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas after a dustup on
Arts & Entertainment Behold The Palace Hotel's Holiday Tribute To The Giants Presented without (much) commentary, the Palace Hotel's holiday fondant tribute to the San Francisco Giants. (We can't get Sandoval's glare out of our head!) The Palace Hotel has loads of other gingerbread scenarios
Arts & Entertainment Breaking: Tim Lincecum Cut His Hair! [PICS] In what could be the love-it or hate-it item of 2012 (we fall into the former category), two-time Cy Young Award-winner Tim Lincecum cut his love locks of hair earlier this month. Jake
SF News Photo: Rally Monkey Romo Is Still Cute And now for a reminder that there is goodness in this world. Romo, the SF Zoo's resident black-and-orange rally monkey (arguably responsible for leading the Giants to a World Series victory), is growing
SF News SF General Wants LA Dodgers To Pay Up San Francisco General wants the Los Angels Dodgers to reimburse the hospital $1.2 million for "extensive trauma care" given to Giants fan Bryan Stow. If you recall, Stow was brutally beaten by
Arts & Entertainment Sergio Gnome-O, Bobblehead Posey: 2013 Giants Promotional Items Announced Ta-da: Your World Champion San Francisco Giants have announced their promotional tchotchkes for the 2013 season. In the grand tradition of the Brian Wilson garden gnome and fingerless texting gloves, this year's free
Arts & Entertainment Tickets for the Giants 2013 Season Go On Sale Friday If you're not elbowing your way through a Target, or similar, all day Friday, please be aware that you can sit in your pajamas, shop on BlueFly or Amazon, and begin purchasing tickets