In his final year on the Hall of Fame ballot, Barry Bonds ended up at 66 percent. One of the best players in baseball history won't be in a museum about baseball.
Instead of having their photos on the scoreboard, tonight the Giants are using drawings from children who have faced a cancer diagnosis. The artists are from Kids & Art, Family House, Camp Okizu and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. A very, very cool idea:
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Rob Manfred said MLB has cancelled the first two series of the regular season. The owners would like you to return when they're ready and pay them $50 to park, $18 for a beer and $11 for a slice of pizza.
The Giants are all of a sudden having a huge offseason: Carlos Correa, Joc Pederson, Mitch Haniger, Ross Stripling, Sean Manaea. They are still looking for bullpen help, but the heavy lifting is done.
I can confirm that the Giants and Carlos Correa are in agreement on a 13-year, $350 million deal. It's twice as big as any other contract in franchise history. They have their new face of the franchise for years to come.
Bruce Bochy has four World Series titles in his last 11 seasons. He's the sixth manager to win at least four. The Hall of Fame was already a lock, but he's now up there with the all-time greats.
Brandon Crawford: “I always give pitchers a hard time about it not being hard. I think I proved today that it’s not. They probably don’t love that I have a 0.00 ERA.”
Giants owner Charles Johnson released a follow-up to his statement from last week, this time saying he has asked for a refund of his contribution to Lauren Boebert:
Buster Posey will retire pretty close to his peak as a player. He hit .304 with 18 homers and a .889 OPS in 2021, caught 106 games and was worth 4.9 WAR, the highest of any MLB catcher. A remarkable final season.
The Giants won 5-4. Pablo Sandoval walked it off. They have won 17 of 20 games for the first time in 18 years. They have four walk-off wins in the last six days. They refuse to slow down.
Mike Krukow talking about Vin Scully, who passed away today: "I loved him. He taught me baseball. It was a goal of mine just to have him say my name on the radio. I figured if he said my name on the radio, I had arrived."
The Giants won 7-3 to complete a 6-0 road trip. They got a sweep at Dodger Stadium for the first time since 2012 and moved into second place in the NL West. Their 29 runs were their most ever in a three-game series at Dodger Stadium.
Kris Bryant said that when he got to the hotel last night, there were No. 23 jerseys waiting for his family and the closet had Giants gear in it. "You talk about making a first impression on me and my wife, it was a pretty good one."
The Giants finish at 2,482,686 fans for the year. Aside from 2020-21, this is the first time they've been under 2.5 million since they opened Oracle Park. You can't just expect people to keep coming back when you make the chicken tenders so small.
The Giants won 15-0. They've won eight straight on the road and 21 of their last 30 overall. They're half a game behind the Dodgers in the NL West. Logan Webb will try and clinch a perfect road trip tomorrow.
The Giants just put out this statement from the Kuiper family, Michelle Kuiper passed away on Sunday. Condolences to Duane, Cole, Dannon and the whole Kuiper family ❤️
The Giants won 1-0. Wood, Rogers, McGee and Doval combined for a shutout. Longoria homered. Crawford Crawforded. Kapler managed a brilliant game. They all lead the NLDS 2-1.
Farhan Zaidi said he spoke to Kris Bryant, who mentioned that he grew up a huge Barry Bonds fan. Said Bryant was fired up. Zaidi: “I’ve never spoken to a player more excited to come to a new organization.”
The Giants won 2-0. They gave up four runs in three games and swept the Dodgers. After more than a month of pretty rough baseball, they are somehow only 3 1/2 games out in the NL West.
Logan Webb said the first thing he did after game was go and hug Camilo Doval. "He's going to be a big part of this team for a long time. That's the first thing he needs to know."
The Giants won 8-1. They went 81-81, becoming the first team in franchise history to finish exactly .500. They are the eighth team in MLB history to win 100 games one year and fail to have a winning record the next. It's officially the offseason, and it needs to be a big one.
The Giants became the first MLB team to reach 100 wins and a few minutes later both of their A-ball teams -- which include most of their top prospects -- won league titles.