Giants plan to exercise Posey’s $22M option if he will play
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants plan to exercise Buster Posey’s $22 million club option for the 2022 season as long as the veteran catcher wants to keep playing after a stellar year. Posey, whose contract includes a $3 million buyout, helped lead the Giants to a franchise-record 107 wins and their first […]
Giants’ special season comes to abrupt end against Dodgers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Only the San Francisco Giants themselves envisioned a season with success quite like this. They were all but an afterthought given the defending World Series champion Dodgers and San Diego Padres had been heavy favorites to win the NL West out of spring training. The Giants instead captured their first division […]
PODCAST: The Throw Down – Episode 35
BVM Sports’ Isaiah Butler and Logan Hanson discuss the AL and NL Division Series, a potential MLB strike and make predictions for the Championship Series.
EXPLAINER: What exactly is a check-swing?
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It’s always been one of the most murky areas in baseball: What exactly constitutes a check-swing? Suffice to say, a lot of people were taking a swing at that one Thursday night after San Francisco’s Wilmer Flores was ruled out on precisely that kind of call, ending the Giants’ 2-1 loss […]
Last call for Giants: Flores rung up, super SF season ends
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wilmer Flores swung — or he didn’t — and that was it. Last call for the San Francisco Giants. A surprising and spectacular ride for the Giants came to a startling halt Thursday night. Flores slowly walked back to the dugout after being called out on a disputed check-swing, finishing a […]
Dodgers beat Giants 2-1 in playoff thriller, advance to NLCS
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Cody Bellinger hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning and prized midseason acquisition Max Scherzer came out of the bullpen for his first career save, sending the Los Angeles Dodgers past the San Francisco Giants 2-1 in a thrilling winner-take-all Game 5 on Thursday night and into the NL Championship […]
Gabe Kapler, nerves and all, has been right fit for Giants
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gabe Kapler repeatedly blew bubbles with his gum and popped them during his postseason managerial debut against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and oh does Dave Roberts remember his division counterpart doing that during their playing days in Double-A. Kapler absolutely gets butterflies, he says, and he considers it a good thing. […]
Playoff series for the ages as Dodgers, Giants go to Game 5
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Everybody expected a playoff series for the ages between the century-old rival Dodgers and Giants, and now they’ve got it. Anything less than a winner-take-all Game 5 would have been a baseball travesty, leaving the sport short-changed on the October stage. It’s the 107-win, NL West champion Giants vs. the defending […]
Going the distance: Giants-Dodgers headed to Game 5 Thursday
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It is only fitting that 70 years after Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” that the Giants and Dodgers will play in another all-or-nothing game. Los Angeles’ 7-2 win over San Francisco on Tuesday night in Game 4 of the NL Division Series evened the series and sent the first […]
Dodgers beat Giants 7-2, force decisive Game 5 in NLDS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts homered and drove in three runs, Will Smith also went deep and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants 7-2 on Tuesday night to force a decisive Game 5 in their NL Division Series. The 107-win Giants host the 106-win Dodgers on Thursday night, with the winner […]