It was the spring of 1990. Back then you could pull your pickup truck up to the fence of old Scottsdale Stadium, unfurl a lawn chair in the bed, pop open a cold beer from your Igloo ice chest, and watch a spring training game for free with an ideal spot

Pebble Beach -- As Harris Barton 's opening drive hooked low and left of the fairway - the third straight unimpressive tee shot by the 49ers - coach Jim Harbaugh turned to his teammates and said, " The Giants are feeling awfully good about themselves rig

PEBBLE BEACH San Francisco 49er coach Jim Harbaugh and quarterback Alex Smith received a hero's greeting Tuesday, but leave it to former San Francisco Giant Will Clark to provide a little comic relief. After Clark whaled his tee shot on the 502-yard sec

A year ago ago, I came across a curious find in my in-laws' house: The 1994 Rotisserie League Baseball Official Rule Book and Draft-Day Guide. My in-laws are not huge sports fans, so finding this in their possession was an oddity in and of itself. But be

To be fair, Matt Cain is not necessarily sixth on this list. We do not yet have proper perspective with which to view Cain’s decisions and determine their loyalty to the San Francisco Giants. What we do know, however, is that Matt Cain is a wonderfully h

Forklifts. Hard hats. Dirt everywhere, because, after all, this is a construction zone. Still. The St. Louis Cardinals assured us of that last October by jackhammering the hearts of the Texas Rangers into little pieces. Still hurts? I hear ya. But as Tue

AP Photo Joe Morgan, Barry Bonds and Albert Pujols all made cases for being the best player in the game during different stages of their career. The genesis for this article came out of all the recent Hall of Fame discussions. A lot of arguments were alo

The Hall of Fame something blah blah blah something outrage thrilled outrage about time when will it be time outrage not in my America. Now that we have that out of the way, I'd just like to point out that I'm sort of fascinated with the Hall of Fame. It

It's easy to envision Sandoval becoming one of the National League's elite hitters. Having spent slightly more than three full seasons in the Major Leagues, Sandoval stands at that enviable intersection of experience and youth. He seems to understand the

When the lights went out at Candlestick Monday night during the 49er game a lot of people said it was just another reason to move to Santa Clara. The sooner the better. That probably means we will have to muster up nostalgia for the battered old gray lad

Candy Maldonado was quite possibly the most average player in the history of baseball. He did very little to bring attention to himself. He was never good enough to sniff the All-Star game and just good enough to hit .250 for nine different teams in 14

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children. I call him gerald. he’s a pristine white handkerchief, though? You keep calling in Affeldt. I don't think that means what you think it means. Juan "Doesn't Chea

New alternate uniform means more merchandising money means Beltran! "I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because baseball is boring. Except, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great." -Joe Posnanski For a second, I thought this