Category Archives: Promo Reel
Why time is now for Joey Bart, who’s immediately Giants’ No. 1 catcher
Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports The Giants have a new everyday catcher. You might have heard of him. Behind the plate for Thursday’s anointing that also will include a game will be Joey Bart, the ...
Aug 20, 2020
Joey Bart has arrived and so has Giants’ future
Orlando Ramirez | 2019 Mar 10 It’s been perhaps maddeningly late, but the Bart train has arrived. Joey Bart’s time is now. After 26 games, the Giants are summoning the No. 2-overall pick i...
Aug 20, 2020
Tyler Rogers’ Mike Trout at-bat is his Giants ‘culmination’
Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Sure, it was one at-bat. But it was eight years in the making for Tyler Rogers. Gabe Kapler called on the submarining righty he has trusted all year, through ups and ple...
Aug 19, 2020
Murph: The Fernando Tatis Jr. mess is more nuanced than most are saying
Jerome Miron | 2020 Aug 17Move over, Bobby Thomson.It's really Fernando Tatis, Jr. who hit The Shot Heard 'Round the World.Setting aside the fact that it's just AWESOME TO BE ARGUING BASEBALL DURING A...
Aug 19, 2020
Darin Ruf is still trying to find swing that caught everyone’s eye
Kyle Terada-USA TODAY SportsThe start to this weird season has not gone poorly for Darin Ruf. It also has not reflected the 34-year-old phenom that slugged his way onto the roster in February and Marc...
Aug 19, 2020
49ers address injury issues by signing wide receiver, interior lineman [report]
Jim Dedmon | 2019 Dec 15With Deebo Samuel and Richie James Jr. on the shelf, the 49ers signed Tavon Austin last week. Now without Jalen Hurd for the entire season and knocks to interior linemen Ben Ga...
Aug 19, 2020
Early signs of a Dante Pettis reclamation as he shines, shows Jimmy Garoppolo ‘physicality’ and ‘toughness’
Photo credit: 49ers It was so popular to dunk on Dante Pettis last season that it became unpopular. Following a rookie year that featured both flashes (27 receptions, 467 yards, 5 TDs) of why the 49er...
Aug 18, 2020
What does Giants’ late-game bullpen look like now?
Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports What happens when the Giants bullpen loses its ostensible closer? And its next two best options are unavailable? The Giants’ bullpen fiasco has just about peake...
Aug 18, 2020
Austin Slater sits again as Giants say he’s progressing well
Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Austin Slater has begun throwing. Sort of. The Giants outfielder was out of the lineup for a third straight game Tuesday after being diagnosed with a flexor strain in ...
Aug 18, 2020
Fernando Tatis Jr. angers Rangers by hitting grand slam on 3-0 count in blowout
https://twitter.com/TheAthleticMLB/status/1295699975331090433 Is an unwritten rule an unwritten rule if the people involved have never heard of it? Despite growing up with a father who played in the m...
Aug 18, 2020
