SAN FRANCISCO — Madison Bumgarner is planning to pitch once more this season. After he started Tuesday and tossed seven innings, 12 relievers followed on a night the Giants and Rockies combined to use a major league-record 25 pitchers. Colorado finally finished off San Francisco 8-5 early Wednesday morning when...
Police Hunt Assailant After Beating Outside Dodger Stadium
LOS ANGELES — The San Francisco Giants fan who was left disabled in an attack outside Dodger Stadium that drew national attention eight years ago said he's dismayed that Los Angeles police are again investigating an assault at the baseball stadium that left a man seriously injured over the weekend....
What the Dodgers’ and Giants’ 1958 Move West Meant for America
Few phrases are as evocative of a mythical, imagined urban past as “Brooklyn Dodgers.” Those two words, particularly in the borough that is now a punch line for hipster jokes, bring to mind a different America, one where the U.S. saw itself as more of a political innocent just discovering...
MLB Suspends Giants CEO Larry Baer for Altercation With Wife
SAN FRANCISCO — Major League Baseball suspended San Francisco Giants President and CEO Larry Baer without pay through July 1 after a video showed him in a physical altercation with his wife. Commissioner Rob Manfred said Tuesday his office conducted an investigation of the events shown on a video released...
Giants Manager Bruce Bochy to Retire After This Season
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Bruce Bochy has always managed with his gut. Those same instincts told him it's nearly time to retire. Bochy announced Monday this will be his last season managing the San Francisco Giants, his 25th in all as a big league manager. He told the team before Monday's...
Posey Is Healthy and Hopeful of Handling Full Catching Load
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — One day in early November, Buster Posey felt his body respond more normally again as he rehabilitated from season-ending hip surgery. Working out his lower half with a 15-pound dumbbell in his left hand he leaned forward for a one-legged Russian Dead Lift. Posey felt the muscles...
Opinion: Where, Oh Where, Should the Raiders Play?
The Raiders thought they finally found a place to play next season, only to find out they're not wanted in San Francisco. Not by the mayor, and certainly not by the team that still calls itself the San Francisco 49ers — even while it plays its games in a stadium...
RIP, Peter Magowan, 76. He Resurrected SF Giants.
SAN FRANCISCO — Peter Magowan, the lifelong Giants fan who formed the ownership group that kept the team in San Francisco with a sparkling waterfront ballpark, died Sunday after a battle with cancer. He was 76. Magowan was a fan ever since going to games at the Polo Grounds in...
Brandau Draws Big-Name Competitor in Race: Steve Hosey
With the end of the nomination period nearing for a special Fresno County supervisor election, former Fresno State baseball standout Steve Hosey has entered the race. Nominations close Wednesday (Dec. 12) at 5 p.m. in the March 5 special election for the District 2 seat vacated by Andreas Borgeas following...
RIP, Willie McCovey. A Look Back at What He Meant to the Giants
SAN FRANCISCO — Willie McCovey, the sweet-swinging Hall of Famer nicknamed "Stretch" for his 6-foot-4 height and those long arms, died Wednesday. He was 80. The San Francisco Giants announced McCovey's death, saying the fearsome hitter passed "peacefully" on Wednesday afternoon "after losing his battle with ongoing health issues." A...