It was an entertaining week of Giants baseball and Bill Laskey and Ryan Covay are back to hand out some grades on this weeks edition of “Grades from the Cove”.
An odd thing happened in the bottom of the 10th inning during Sunday’s Giants-Padres game. With the game tied at one run apiece, Joe Panik opened the frame with a lead-off double. Needing just a run to win the game with the speedy Alen Hanson stepping up to the plate, it seemed like an obvious bunting situation.
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In the sixth episode of the Mid-Inning Relief Podcast, Marty Lurie, Carmen Kiew and Ally Williams are joined by Larry Krueger of the Gary & Larry show on KNBR, weekdays from 10am-1pm.
Now Strickland, who already apologized to the fans and his teammates on Instagram, has some time to reflect on where he’ll go from here. Former Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt joined Murph & Mac on Thursday and offered some advice on what Strickland should do during his down time.
It turns out, however, that Mattingly never told Posey he’d be next, and that Mike Krukow’s initial report was incorrect. The Giants broadcaster explained the situation, and said he’d apologize to Mattingly today, when he joined Murph & Mac Wednesday morning.
Recent Giants’ first-round draft pick Joey Bart visited AT&T Park for the first time on Monday evening. The No. 2 overall pick was given his first Giants uniform in the dugout by general manager Bobby Evans, and had his first brief session with the Bay Area media.
Giants beat writer Henry Schulman joined Gary & Larry on Monday and said that with Pence and Jackson struggling like this, the Giants know they are going to have to make a change soon.
Buster Posey sat for two of the three games during the Giants’ weekend series vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers, with Bruce Bochy saying on Sunday that the catcher needed “a break.”