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Can Giants' Madison Bumgarner Avoid World Series Hangover?

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Madison Bumgarner sits at the intersection of baseball's old and new schools. Last year the Giants rookie phenom came to the big leagues and pitched beautifully. And he pitched. And pitched. And pitched. He pitched more innings, over more weeks, than he'd ever pitched before. Modern baseball...

Giants Concerned as Jonathan Sanchez Comes Up Short Again in Game 3

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Anyone who follows the Giants knows that Jonathan Sanchez has had a bit of a schizophrenic career, with Good Sanchez and Bad Sanchez. You can add this one: Tired Sanchez. That's the one who has the Giants worried. After Sanchez gave up four runs and couldn't get out of the fifth inning in the Giants...

'Underrated' Bruce Bochy Has Been Key to Giants' World Series Run

Hang around people smarter than you. Those were the marching orders U.S. Army Sgt. Major Gus Bochy gave his four children, and decades later the Philadelphia Phillies wish Gus had kept his mouth shut. Slow-talking, quick-thinking Bruce Bochy, the third of Rose and Gus Bochy's children, directed the National League...

Seven Thoughts: Cody Ross in Phillies' Heads, L.T. and the Jets, Phillies Fans

Cody Ross, the early MVP of the National League Championship Series, is creating intrigue even among Phillies' hitters. Hitters try to spy clues that help their pitching teammates. After the Giants won Game 3, one of Philly's core hitters reviewed Ross' RBI hit off the shin-high fastball from Cole Hamels. Then he watched...

To Reclaim Career, Zito Put in the Work

SAN FRANCISCO -- Throughout Barry Zito's career, from his rise to prominence with the A's to his quick decline with the Giants to his apparent rebirth, one thing has remained consistent. Zito has always been introspective, unafraid to open up to the media about what's going on in his head, and how that affects what goes...

Background on Dave Righetti

David Allan Righetti (born November 28, 1958) is a former left-handed pitcher for various Major League Baseball teams, primarily the New York Yankees.

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