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Posey leads catchers in first NL All-Star voting update
Buster Posey is on his way to being the NL’s starting catcher at the All-Star game for the third season in a row. No other Giant infielders are in the top five of voting at their position, and no outfielders are in the top 15.
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Dusty Baker: ‘In baseball you can carry grudges for a long time’
Following the game, a reporter asked Baker if he was thinking of the two players’ history before the pitch. “No. It didn’t cross my mind. I wasn’t (in Washington),” said Baker. “I watched it on TV. It was a long time ago. But like I said, in baseball you can carry grudges for a long…
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Posey shares why he chose to stay out of benches-clearing brawl
Often when a batter charges the mound, the catcher is one of the first people to meet the two at the mound. That wasn’t the case during Monday’s benches clearing brawl. Posey explained his reasoning after the game.
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Strickland on what he thought when Harper charged the mound: ‘It’s go time’
In the 8th inning Hunter Strickland threw a fastball low and in that beaned Bryce Harper directly in the hip. Harper took offense to the pitch, and charged the mound…throwing his helmet at the pitcher before the two exchanged blows.
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Harper, Strickland brawl as Giants fall 3-0 to Nationals
There were plenty of fireworks on Monday, but they didn’t come at the plate. Bryce Harper and Hunter Strickland exchanged blows in the 8th inning after Strickland hit Harper with a pitch. In other events, Matt Moore pitched a quality start but the San Francisco offense delivered no support in the 3-0 loss.
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Bryce Harper throws helmet at Hunter Strickland, benches immediately clear
Bryce Harper and Hunter Strickland exchanged blows on Monday afternoon. Take a look at what went down.
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Giants call up utility player in wake of Núñez injury
The San Francisco Giants have called up Orlando Calixte, a 25-year-old utility player from Triple-A Sacramento.
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Hot bats, Cueto’s arm guide Giants to 7-1 victory
Johnny Cueto had one of his best outings of the season and the Giants continued to swing the bats well en route to a 7-1 victory Sunday over the visiting Atlanta Braves.
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Ranking the most important matchups and X-factors in the NBA Finals trilogy
There are 100 more games within the game we could write about. But if these five go the Warriors’ way, you probably need to ask for a day off in late June for a parade in Oakland.
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Bochy: Facing the knuckleball is ‘a big adjustment’
One of the rare challenges in baseball is when a team goes up against a knuckleballer. There have only been 29 pitchers in the history of baseball who are considered primarily knuckleballers, including the Braves R.A. Dicky. Dicky revitalized his career by turning to the knuckleball and it netted him an All-Star Game appearance and…
