Around this time last year there was a small panic about the future of lefty Madison Bumgarner.  Drafted out of high school in 2007, he was touted as having a plus fastball that sat around 94-95 mph, while concerns were abound for his unorthodox delivery.  In one season at A-ball, he became the next...
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The Giants of 2010 were a cast of characters to say the least.  Between Tim Lincecum’s long hair and alleged marijuana use and Cody Ross’ storied past as a rodeo clown, there were tall-tales galore.  The most interesting of these stories though came in the form of a certain bearded closer and his merry...
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I touched on Brandon Belt briefly in my “Down on the Farm” post, but didn’t go into detail in hopes of stretching this guy’s story potential out as much as humanly possible, because let’s face it; highly touted position player prospects have been few and far between for the Giants, Buster Posey excepted. Drafted in...
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While you were out with your significant other on a romantic night on the town spending exorbitant amounts of money on a fancy dinner, a dozen roses, and a box of chocolates, you may have forgotten why Monday, February 14th was important.  I’ll assume you, the non-single reader, were probably distracted by the festivities...
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Dear Giants, Valentines Day may be a corporate marketing holiday designed to jump-start sales of roses, greeting cards, and chocolate-flavored comestibles.  All the same, when you don’t have money on any of those things, it’s a holiday designed solely for appreciating the ones you love.  With you coming in on my list of “Things I...
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As we’re almost 24 hours away from pitchers and catchers reporting, let’s get moving with the second installment in the “What to Expect” series, featuring our newest Giant, shortstop Miguel Tejada.  Over the last decade, the argument can be made that Tejada has been one of the premier hitting shortstops in baseball.  He came...
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In the past decade, the argument can be made that the Giants were given a raw deal (that seemingly expired in 2010).  There was both heartbreak and middling levels of success galore, with the occasionally controversial record-breaking season out of Barry Bonds.  If there’s one area of heartbreak that hasn’t been felt all that...
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For the last decade, the Giants have been famous for drafting and developing an endless slew of above-average pitching prospects.  The legacy began with the likes of Shawn Estes, flamed out with the trio of doom (Jerome Williams/Kurt Ainsworth/Jesse Foppert) and finally culminated in the glory that was Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum, and Madison...
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Last year I did a series of posts entitled “What to Expect” featuring players who’s 2010 seasons were difficult to project.  The series featured Mark DeRosa and Pablo Sandoval, and I was horribly wrong on both counts.  DeRosa missed a large majority of the season with wrist problems, so I think I deserve some...
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If you’ve been a Giants fan for anywhere between two and sixty years, there’s a good chance that at some point this team has broken your heart.  Maybe it was when Willie McCovey’s line drive wasn’t quite high enough in ‘62.  Or it could have been the travesty that was the ‘02 World Series....
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