Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images A little Giants baseball for you. There’s no escaping the reality that it’s not a very good week to be a San Francisco Giants fan. The Giants aren’t playing baseball, and they can’t even get moving on a (hopefully exciting) offseason because the World Series is still going on. And to make matters worse, the hated Los … [Read more...] about Giants AFL Week 3 recap
Mon/Tues BP: World Series resumes in NY
Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Please win, Yankees. By this time next week, the MLB offseason will be underway. The World Series will conclude on Saturday at the latest, and free agency begins the day after a champion is crowned. Five days after the World Series ends, those free agents can officially put pen to paper and ink their contracts. Which means exciting … [Read more...] about Mon/Tues BP: World Series resumes in NY
Player review: Hayden Birdsong
Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images The sins of youth are easily forgiven. But youth fades fast... 2024 stats: 16 GS, 72 IP, 4.75 ERA, 4.65 FIP, 7.1 H/9, 1.4 HR/9, 11.0 K/9, 5.4 BB/9 Hayden Birdsong turned 23 on August 30th. He’s the spitting image of my college friend Antony when he was 20: those wide-set eyes and Cabbage Patch Kid nose... Youth incarnate. Youth that can throw … [Read more...] about Player review: Hayden Birdsong
Player review: Tristan Beck
Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images The Giants were counting on him to prop up their shaky pitching plan, but his heroism came in the form of perseverance. 2024 stats: 16 IP, 1.69 ERA (3.98 FIP), 1.13 WHIP, 14 K, 4 BB, 2 HRA, 0.1 fWAR Tristan Beck’s 2024 season started as a tragedy but ended as a triumph. Soon after arriving in Arizona for the pitchers & catchers … [Read more...] about Player review: Tristan Beck
A guide to your new favorite team, the New York Yankees
Past and future SF Giants free agent targets celebrate at Oracle Park | Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images It’s time for Giants fans to come together as one and support the plucky, underdog New York Yankees as they face off against the dastardly Dodgers in the World Series The enemy of my enemy is my friend. That’s what San Francisco Giants fans will be telling … [Read more...] about A guide to your new favorite team, the New York Yankees