Tag Archives: San Francisco Giants

Baseball Bad News Roundup

September 22, 2009 – 11:13 am

Wow.  It’s a sh*tty day for headlines in baseball.  Let’s break it down.
The Giants top prospect Angel Villalona was charged with murder today.  The 19 year old farm hand is accused of shooting someone to death last Saturday night in a bar in his native Dominican Republic, though no motive has been provided.  Villalona was [...]

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Baseball Violence Rears its Ugly Head (UPDATED)

August 16, 2009 – 8:36 am

For those of you who missed it, I wrote a piece a few weeks ago detailing why baseball is definitely a contact sport.  Well my point then still stands that, although baseball is violent less often than in other sports, its level of violence is often spectacular and has major consequences.  Well, the baseball gods [...]

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Jonathan Sanchez? Really?

July 11, 2009 – 9:45 am

So last night, Giants pitcher Jonathan Sanchez through a no hitter with 11 ks and no walks.  It would have been a perfect game if not for an error.  This was his first start in two weeks after being demoted to the ‘pen, and he was only in the rotation because Randy Johnson got hurt.  [...]

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Kerby Puckett Redux

July 7, 2009 – 11:10 am

So I got this message on my Twitter page today from my friend Chuck Hustle: “You gotta cover Pablo Sandoval.  He’s on fucking fire.”
Well Charlie, you’re right.  I have completely neglected a player who is easily one of the most fun to watch in the game.  The guy they call Kung Fu Panda has been [...]

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