Bruce Magowan’s article makes great reading but leaves one with a reinforced feeling that figuring out why the Giants are where they are in the standings and where they are going to end up this year is a peculiarly difficult task.

Ed responds to Bruce’s article with questions of his own. Could it be that the Giants are a veteran team playing excellent baseball right now with all 25 men on the roster contributing? Will it last all summer?
Click “Read more” and Ed gives you his analysis.

Thanks,
Marty Lurie [Read more →]

It’s amazing to me that the Giants are not only playing great baseball, but that they are a better team than they were a year ago.

Think about it for a moment: Dusty Baker is pretty much shown the door, David Bell and Jeff Kent both decide to move on, Reggie Sanders and Kenny Lofton are not resigned,

Russ Ortiz is traded, and Robb Nen is out for the year. Those are seven key components to last year’s near World Series title winner.

Yet the replacements have for the most part, exceeded what their predocessors did.

Click Read More and I’ll explain what has happened with the Giants.

Article submitted by Bruce Magowan, in my opinion one of the most astute baseball observers in the Bay Area. Bruce’s love for the game of baseball is exceeded by few in baseball.
Thanks,
Marty Lurie [Read more →]

Seattle, May 6, 2003.

The Mariners just swept the Chicago

White Sox in Chicago, Seattle’s

first over Chicago since May 17, 2001

and ended their road trip

with a 4-2 record.

Tonight a 3-game series against

the New York Yankees is the

‘talk of the town here in the

Emerald City.

By Amaury Pi-Gonzalez [Read more →]

The Giants finished their six-game

homestand improving their

best start since 1973 with

Rich Aurilia and Edgardo Alfonzo looking

good at the plate.

By Amaury Pi-González [Read more →]

George Devine, Sr., one of the Bay Area’s finest journalists gives a wonderful perspective on a classic battle between the A’s and the Yankees and then weaves in the A’s current predicament resigning Miguel Tejada.

George goes by the title “Devine Writes”

Thanks George for this well thought out contribution to the site.

Marty Lurie [Read more →]

Amaury’s column is provacative, as always. I question, however,whether “heart and passion” will be enough. It is too early in the season to be overly confident with predictions, as we all say, but even though early in the season we have history to fall back on.

Click Read More for my take Giants Baseball. [Read more →]

Do you get the feeling that

the San Francisco Giants

are playing with much more

heart than the Dodgers

or Diamondbacks in the

West?

You might be right.

By Amaury Pi-González [Read more →]

Re: Sunday Morning Muse: The Giant’s Foppert has more presence on the mound than Ainsworth and will go further. Sounds as tho Alou believes that also.It took a no-hitter to beat him on Sunday. [Read more →]

Yes, it is only the end of April

but the Mariners have found

one of those key players

that could make quite a

difference.

By Amaury Pi-Gonzalez [Read more →]

When this morning’s baseball standings were observed they showed the Yankees at 18 and 4 and the Giants at 17 and 4, basically identical. It is true that April is still with us and the season has a long way to go. Nevertheless, each team has put significant distance between itself and the most likely pursuers. A game won in April looks the same in the standings at the end of the year as a game won in October.

Click Read more and let’s talk about the Giants and the Yankees and their starts this season, let me know what you think of my analysis. [Read more →]