All Entries in the "NL West" Category
The Giants Playoff Picture?
The Giants’ baseball season is now down to less than thirty games and a month left in the calendar year. August was another roller coaster ride, especially when your ace, goes 0-5 with an ERA over 7.00. On the other hand, I did see the offense get white hot against the Cincinnati Reds. The Giants [...]
Vin Scully Isn’t Done Yet
When I heard Sunday morning that Vin Scully had called a press conference for prior to the Los Angeles Dodgers game against the Cincinnati Reds, my heart sank. Could this be the end for the last of the legendary broadcasters from the golden era of baseball? Fortunately, instead of announcing his retirement, Scully announced that [...]
SF Giants Step it Up in July
The Giants are the hottest team in baseball!! Now, say that “Three times fast. July was a great month for the Giants. At one point, the Giants won twenty of twenty-five games, something that they’ve done only three times since they’ve been in San Francisco (1965, 1978, and now, 2010). I was concerned with how [...]
The SF Giants at the All Star Break
I think that the Giants are one of the more interesting teams at the All-Star Break. At the time of this writing they are five games above the .500 mark and only four games back of first place. With half the season to go, anything can happen. This is part of what makes baseball exciting [...]
The SF Giants June Swoon
I can recall one time when I was a kid, one of my sisters asked me “What about the Giants’ “June swoon?” At the time she asked I was not familiar with what the phrase “June swoon” actually meant. Now, many years later I am painfully aware of what the June swoon is, and it [...]
The Truth about the Dodgers
Written by Amber (twitter: @LeagueOfHerOwn1) from UndergroundSportstNetwork. Image by Rockies via Flickr Close your eyes and envision you’ve been given your favorite car for your birthday. I’m imagining a 2001, Rosso Corsa, red, custom made, Ferrari F-50. Of course it’s fully stocked, alloy wheels and even a pretty little spoiler on the back. Now picture [...]
It’s Been A Giant Roller Coaster Of A Season So Far In San Fran
Ugh!! What can I say?! I know that baseball is a marathon not a sprint. What this means is that one needs to roll with the highs and lows of their respective team over the course of a long season. I just didn’t expect the highs and lows to come in the same week. Being [...]
The Giants So Far in May And More…
Well it is now the middle of May, and the baseball season is starting to pick up steam. I am still trying to figure out this Giants team. They are now 1-6 against the Padres, thanks to last night’s win against them, 7-6, in 12 innings, and they are 6-0 against the Astros. Now, I [...]
A Woeful April for the Dodgers in 2010
The Dodgers will have a lot of questions to answer at the end of the 2010 season. Among them are: What to do with the pitching staff; whether some of the guys in the bullpen are the guys they want; whether age (Casey Blake) and lack of power (James Loney) are the answers at the [...]
The SF Giants’ April of 2010
Well, the month of April is done. I love the beginning of baseball season, it is full with so much hope, that is unless your team is sadly foundering. In that case, it is the beginning of a very long season with very little hope other than for a high draft pick. However, with baseball [...]
The Giants and Dodges Rivalry is better than the Yanks and Red Sox!
Well, the three game series in Los Angeles did not go well for the Giants. It did go better than being swept in San Diego. The one game that the Giants won was a 9-0 combined shutout thrown by the starter and Giants ace, Tim Lincecum. Lincecum also got three hits in the game. One [...]
2010 Opening Day in San Francisco
Well, Opening Day 2010 for the San Francisco Giants was absolutely and utterly spectacular. It was everything that I could ask for from a baseball game. The giveaway was great– Giants calendars which they give away every year for Opening Day. Not only that, the game went into extra innings — lasting into the thirteenth [...]
Arizona Diamondbacks Preview
Key Transactions Acquired Pos. Adam LaRoche 1B Kelly Johnson 2B Edwin Jackson SP Ian Kennedy SP Bob Howry RP Aaron Heilman RP Rodrigo Lopez SP Departed Pos. Max Scherzer SP Doug Davis SP Yusmeiro Petit SP Eric Byrnes OF Alex Romero OF Trent Oeltjen OF Daniel Schlereth RP Scott Schoeneweis RP Chad Tracy 1B Joshua [...]
A Preview of Opening Day For the SF Giants
Ah, Opening Day!! There really is nothing else quite like it. It is the start of a new season, with new hopes, and new anxieties. I have been to every San Francisco Giants Opening Day from 1988 to 2009, with the exception of 1995. (I was upset about the Baseball Strike of 1994, and skipped [...]
Baseball Reflections From A Lifetime SF Giants Fan
I have been a baseball fan and a Giants fan for thirty-two years since I was thirteen years old in 1978. I once had someone tell me that I was the most intense Giants fan that he’d ever met. I took this then and now, as a badge of honor. To me, I equate my [...]
Reflections on the Dodgers and Latin American Players
The Cincinnati Reds signed Aroldis Chapman. The Toronto Blue Jays signed Adeiny Hechevarria and the Twins signed Miguel Angel Sano. All three of those clubs have payrolls, and markets, that are exponentially smaller than that of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Sure, the Dodgers were very recently hamstrung by financial constrictions due to the very public [...]
Diamondbacks Reflections: Fantasy Angle 2010
For a team that won 70 games last year, the Arizona Diamondbacks certainly had a lot of impact fantasy players. If your squad had Dan Haren, Justin Upton, Mark Reynolds, Miguel Montero, and Chad Qualls, you probably had a pretty solid 2009 season. On the other hand, if you drafted Brandon Webb in the third [...]
The Mark Redman Award Effect: Edwin Jackson
Image by Keith Allison via Flickr Each year, BaseballEvolution.com doles out Mark Redman Awards for both leagues, recognizing pitchers who began the season surprisingly well but crashed back to earth in the second half of the season. New Arizona Diamondback Edwin Jackson won the 2009 AL Award. Does that have any predicative value for Jackson’s [...]
SD Padres Bargaining Chips
Image by San Diego Shooter via Flickr The Padres are phasing in a new owner, and have hired a new GM. As Jed Hoyer tries to put his stamp on this team and fill in the holes on his roster (second base and catcher come to mind), he finds a dearth of valuable pieces he [...]
Three-Way Trade Is Bad News for D-backs
The Arizona Diamondbacks took part in a three-team trade that sent pitchers Max Scherzer and Daniel Schlereth to Detroit for right-handers Edwin Jackson and Ian Kennedy. It’s hard to figure what the D-backs were thinking, as the swap will be a detriment to the Diamondbacks’ chances for 2010 and beyond. The Diamondbacks entered the offseason [...]
Best Ever D-backs By Position
As we approach the end of 2009, it is a good time for the fans to reflect on their team’s best players of the decade. Since the Arizona Diamondbacks have only been around for a dozen years, it makes more sense in their case to evaluate the best players in franchise history. Here they are, [...]
Can Giant’s GM Brian Sabean Become an Iron Chef?
Brian Sabean’s off-season shopping list: First baseman (with power) Short-stop (who’s name is not an anagram for aged-rental) Left fielder Right fielder Catcher Oh, and pick up some milk, bread and maybe some of those frosted holiday cookies. And, one more thing. Could you take Aaron Rowand back? I left the receipt on the firdge, [...]
Why Tim Lincecum will be your 2009 NL Cy Young winner
Image by Getty Images via Daylife After a year in which Cardinals starting pitchers Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright dominated the headlines, pitched their team to a division title and were expected to fight for some off-season hardware, it was the Giants’ Tim Lincecum who picked up the first post-season win amongst the trio. When [...]
The Diamondbacks Should Exercise Their Option on Webb Now!
The Arizona Diamondbacks must decide on whether to exercise their $8.5 million option on Brandon Webb within 10 days of the conclusion of the World Series. Webb is scheduled to throw in October after missing all but the opening day start of 2009. Regardless of how those throwing sessions go, the D-backs should invoke their [...]
Giants Should Still Bring Bochy Back
Giants don’t score, but should bring Bochy back for more. Manager Bruce Bochy is in the last year of a three year deal with the Giants. And in that time the Giants have single handedly redefined the term scoring position; it’s no longer having a runner on second or third base. Scoring position for your [...]
The Steve Garvey Interview
Image via Wikipedia I recently had the privilege of asking Dodger great, Steve Garvey (1B) a few questions. I was put in contact with Mr. Garvey by Athlete Promotions. AthletePromotions manages the website, corporate appearances, speaking engagements and endorsement deals for 10 time All-Star, Steve Garvey. To see who else Athlete Promotions represents please [...]
Helton Reaches Career Milestone
Amidst the ups and downs of playing for a small-medium market club for your career Todd Helton has been about the only constant in a Colorado Rockies uniform. Todd’s 13 year MLB career in my opinion has been Cooperstown worthy. He is a career .320 hitter, 300 plus home-runs and 500 doubles and counting. Image [...]
Reminder: MLB Keychain Raffle
Welcome to the first, and hopefully not last, Baseball Reflections Keychain Raffle sponsored by WholesaleKeychain.com. We will be raffling off 9 MLB team keychains. There will be links below to the WholesaleKeychain.com page of the 9 teams (these links will open up in a new tab or page) selected for this raffle. There will be [...]
Baseball Reflection’s MLB Keychain Raffle
Welcome to the first, and hopefully not last, Baseball Reflections Keychain Raffle sponsored by WholesaleKeychain.com. We will be raffling off 9 MLB team keychains. There will be links below to the WholesaleKeychain.com page of the 9 teams (these links will open up in a new tab or page) selected for this raffle. There will be [...]
How Good Is Dan Haren?
When the Arizona Diamondbacks traded six of their best prospects for Dan Haren in December of 2007, I was vehemently opposed to the deal from the Diamondbacks’ perspective. Not only was I extremely high on the prospects involved – Outfielders Carlos Gonzalez and Aaron Cunningham, Southpaws Brett Anderson, Greg Smith, and Dana Eveland, and first [...]
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