(09-06) 16:15 PDT --
A weekly look back during this anniversary season for the local nines: the 50th anniversary of the Giants in San Francisco and the 40th anniversary of the A's in Oakland:
-- Giants (Sept. 10, 1963): Jesus, Matty and Felipe Alou
A few quick facts on Halladay:
Do you know when the last time Halladay walked more hitters than he induced stringing strikes? July 12th, 2007 at Boston. Since that game he's started 43 games with 13 complete games.
Halladay has eight complete games
It’s hard to believe, but after writing close to 400,000 words about bad Giants teams over the past few years, I was starting to get a little burned out on Giants baseball. This marginal prospect almost excites me…this veteran might be tradable…this
Although baseball and rock music are two of America’s favorite pastimes, they have mingled with mixed results. While you gotta dig the way Bruce Springsteen immortalized that pitcher friend of his in “Glory Days” or how Dire Straits’ “Walk of Life” and
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CHICAGO -- Randy Wolf pitched a six-hitter for his eighth career shutout and the Houston Astros won
their eighth straight 4-0 over the Chicago Cubs, who lost their season-high fifth in a row on Wednesday.
The Astros completed a
I don't know about you, but after a summer of confusing Chinese Olympic ceremonies and Barry Zito highlights, I'm ready for tonight's game big time. Redskins! Giants! Meadowlands! The NFL is here! My nipples explode with delight. If they're smart, the
(Sports Network) - Right-hander Aaron Cook can continue adding to a career- high in victories today when the Colorado Rockies host the San Francisco Giants in the finale of a three-game series at Coors Field.
Cook, a 29-year-old product of Fort
Cardinals' bullpen suffers its 29th loss of the season, the most in the majors. * at Arizona 4, St. Louis 3: Adam Dunn doubled home the winning run in the ninth inning as the Diamondbacks rallied for the second time in three games against the Cardinals'
their last eight. Though Zito had been pitching much better of late, his 16 losses led the majors.
Aaron Cook, pitching Wednesday against the Giants at Coors Field, was denied a 17th win that would have tied the Rockies' record for victories in a
A small ray of sunshine peeked through on Jason Hirsh's lost 2008 season Wednesday afternoon.
Hirsh, expected to be a part of the Rockies' rotation this season until shoulder woes landed him on the disabled list and a season in Triple-A, pitched a