Category Archives: Top Headlines
Alex Cintron pays for instigating brawl, receives longest ever suspension for MLB coach
Stan Szeto | 2020 Aug 9 Rarely does the instigator of the fight get the stiffest punishment. MLB made sure of that when it came to litigating Sunday’s wild brawl between the A’s and Astros...
Aug 11, 2020
Laureano says remark from Astros coach led to brawl, calls him a ‘loser’
Stan Szeto | 2020 Aug 9We now have some more context to the wild brawl between the A’s and Astros on Sunday. A’s left fielder Ramon Laureano claims that it wasn’t just a gesture by A...
Aug 10, 2020
Athletics’ Ramon Laureano charges Astros dugout sparking benches clearing brawl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zt5S4GAwnk Enough was enough for A’s slugger Ramon Laureano on Sunday afternoon. Laureano was hit in the back by a pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning R...
Aug 09, 2020
‘Definitely felt like I had more in the tank’: Kapler’s decision to pull Gausman backfires
Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports LOS ANGELES — Kevin Gausman was Kevin Gasman. Until he apparently was Kevin Glassman, the Giants not wanting him to break. The best start of the Giants’ se...
Aug 09, 2020
Giants trade for outfield prospect from White Sox
Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports LOS ANGELES — Add another name to the fliers to know. The Giants traded for young outfielder Luis Basabe from the White Sox on Sunday, giving up just cash and a pool...
Aug 09, 2020
A lost ball, lost Cueto history and crushed Kershaw: Giants-Dodgers was bizarre
Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports LOS ANGELES — None of it made sense. Buster Posey was gone. Brandon Crawford was stapled to the bench against a lefty. Jeff Samardzija away, getting an MRI, a d...
Aug 08, 2020
Hunter Pence loses ball in the skies and Johnny Cueto’s no-hit bid
https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/1292294700666359809 LOS ANGELES — Unbelievable. With Johnny Cueto shimmying his way toward a no-hitter on Friday at Dodger Stadium, Kike Hernandez lofted a lazy...
Aug 08, 2020
Brandon Crawford sits again as Giants weigh their best lineups
Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports LOS ANGELES — Gabe Kapler excused Mauricio Dubon last week. The manager called the super utilityman’s few-game pause a “mental reset,” admitt...
Aug 08, 2020
Jeff Samardzija to IL, and his Giants future awaits an MRI
Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports LOS ANGELES — There were reasons to explain Jeff Samardzija’s rough start: a blister that wouldn’t let him grip his splitter, declining velocity, p...
Aug 08, 2020
The reasons for Jeff Samardzija hope and gloom
Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY SportsLOS ANGELES — Blisters subside. Command can come and go, a skill that is more honed than natural.Which is to say, the Giants are publicly saying Jeff Samardzija...
Aug 07, 2020
