With the fifth overall pick in the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft, the San Francisco Giants selected a young man by the name of Gerald Dempsey “Buster” Posey III, a catcher out of Florida State University. I don’t have to tell you who he was. You already know. His selection was part of a veryContinue reading “A look back at the Giants’ first-round picks since Posey”
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Observations from the first two Giants home games of the year
Over the weekend, I went to the home opener and the game after the home opener, my 77th and 78th* games at Pacific Bell/SBC/AT&T/Oracle Park. I think that’s enough games to be able to make wide-ranging claims about the state of the fanbase. The crowds are so back All three games in the first homeContinue reading “Observations from the first two Giants home games of the year”
Why were the Giants so good in 2021?
Ah, the 2021 Giants. One of the biggest baseball outliers in recent memory. Tied for the 14th-most wins in MLB history with teams like the 2019 Astros, 1932 Yankees, and 1931 A’s. All three of those teams surrounded their 107-win campaigns with consistent winning in seasons before and after, but not the Giants. From 2017Continue reading “Why were the Giants so good in 2021?”
Giants 2022 trade deadline thoughts
Over the past few weeks, “buy” and “sell” may have been the most commonly tweeted words among Giants fans. As the trade deadline got closer, the Giants got worse, as they lost their first 7 games after the All-Star Break. At the deadline, which was at 3 pm Pacific on August 2, the Giants wereContinue reading “Giants 2022 trade deadline thoughts”
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