There was a Buster Olney tweet today that left me pretty unsettled.  Take a look for yourself: @Buster_ESPN (Buster Olney) The Mets insisting on a top prospect for Carlos Beltran — but pressure on Giants to add a big bat decreasing, as their NL West lead grows. The first part is nothing new–the Mets front office...
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I’ll try not to comment too much on last night’s game, because quite frankly even thinking about it is exhausting.  All I can say is that I’m not at all surprised as well as supremely grateful that I wasn’t watching innings 7-12, because frankly I can only take so much.  Setting that aside, the...
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The short version of the story is that this site was not attended to well, and now is back with a vengeance.  The long version is full of political intrigue, romance, murder, and an incident involving some escaped zoo animals.  What’s important is that Croix De Candlestick is back and ready to help you,...
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Did you really think things were going to change?  Did you forget that the team that won the World Series still played ulcer-inducing baseball on a regular basis?  Now that the Opening Day “we won the World Series!” aura of goodwill has faded, we’ve gone back to the same brand of baseball as last...
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For the first time since 1955, on Opening Day we can call our team the “Defending World Series Champions.”  This will last approximately 162 games give or take, so let’s savor it while we can.  Even so, there’s always going to be that nagging feeling that things will go horribly wrong.  Brian Wilson is...
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There’s much to be done and much to be reported in the one day before tomorrow’s opening game against the hated Dodgers.  Brian Wilson will start the season on the DL, meaning there’s to be a scramble for a replacement closer within the bullpen (Sergio Romo is the obvious frontrunner, although a closer-by-committee is...
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There’s an old saying that Little League coaches like to tell kids: “It doesn’t matter if you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.”  Back in the day, this saying rang true, because frankly you really didn’t care if your team won or lost.  Hell, you probably didn’t even know the score...
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If you picked up the San Francisco Chronicle and perused Bruce Jenkins’ latest column today, you were probably left scratching your head.  Or at least I was.  The general thesis of the article was that the prevailing emotion within the Giants’ organization concerning Barry Zito was “exasperation,” and that “his status as a No....
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It’s hard not to ride the high of a decisive victory over the Dodgers, even if it is early in the Spring.  Pablo Sandoval went deep, the Giants scored eight runs, and all is right in the world so far in the Cactus League.  I did some math, and if the Giants continue this...
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If you’re a baseball fan (also known as being someone who doesn’t hate freedom), you were probably looking towards today with the anticipation of a small child the night before Christmas.  Or maybe it was just me.  Something about the 25 degree Seattle weather and an internet feed of KNBR just screams baseball season...
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