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How the Chapman trade corners the Giants
SAN FRANCISCO — About 24 hours before the Cubs announced their acquisition of Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman, Bobby Evans’ phone rang. A Yankees front office member spoke with the Giants general manager to deliver the bad news, and perhaps expected news. Chapman was going to be a Cub, not a Giant. The Yankees were overwhelmed…
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Mad Bum changes agents for 2nd time this year
Though they have been extremely successful in the past decade, the Giants have dished out their fair share of overpaid contracts, both to veteran free agents and young homegrown stars. One player who is certainly not overpaid, however, is Madison Bumgarner. He is in the midst of a 6 year, $35 million deal with two…
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Schulman: ‘Insane’ reliever market may force Giants to ride with Casilla, Romo
Giants beat writer Henry Schulman joined Tolbert & Lund on KNBR to talk about possible bullpen trade targets for the Giants and give insight into the trade market with the deadline just under a week away.
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Kuiper: Cain probably came back one start too soon
Duane Kuiper joined Murph & Mac on KNBR to talk about the Giants’ skid and how the team might try to address the problems that have arisen since the All-Star break.
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Peavy burned by long ball as SF’s slide continues
SAN FRANCISCO — The box score doesn’t come with a narrative. It provides only a set of numbers and a few added tangents of the game. It doesn’t tell you that Jake Peavy was brilliant until he wasn’t. It doesn’t tell you the common thread in his second-half struggles. It doesn’t tell you how badly…
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Reds club three home runs as Giants sink again
SAN FRANCISCO — The same mistakes sunk the Giants to an eighth loss in their last nine games. Jake Peavy (5-9, 5.42 ERA) allowed three home runs in the 7-5 loss and the Giants squeaked out only one hit with runners in scoring position. It’s the 18th straight game the Giants were held to three…
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Positive signs aplenty as hurt Giants near return
SAN FRANCISCO — When the Giants play night games at AT&T Park, Bruce Bochy’s daily ritual begins at about 3:50 p.m. A hoard of reporters will surround the manager for his pregame media update, and Bochy will run through his catalog of his injured players. He delivers updates on rehab assignments, information passed along to…
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Radnich: Giants need help on offense, not in the bullpen
That was about as bad a road trip as you could have with 64 games left in the season, but all things considered, you would still rather be the Giants than the Dodgers. At the start of the month, San Francisco was six games up on the Dodgers, and amidst all the injuries suffered, by…
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Krukow: Giants’ big boys all slumping at the same time
Mike Krukow joined Murph & Mac on KNBR Monday morning to recap the Giants’ series in New York, as well as talk about how the Giants will get out of their slump. One of the biggest problems Krukow mentioned is how, not only are the Giants missing three main pieces in Matt Duffy, Joe Panik…
