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Giants, Tigers Will Need All Seven Games To Decide World Series
By David Heck After 162 games eliminated 20 teams and the playoffs weeded out eight more, we’re left with just two teams standing: the Detroit Tigers and the San Francisco Giants. But the ways in which...
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Tigers Look To Rebound Against Giants In Game 2
MIKE FITZPATRICK,AP Sports Writer Great start for Madison Bumgarner, who really struggled during the NL playoffs. Two strikeouts to start the game and then he gets Miguel Cabrera on a grounder to...
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Giants Vs. Tigers: Five Things You Didn’t Know From Game 2 Of The World Series
By David Heck Another game of the World Series is in the books, and more unpredictable action has taken place. After the Giants earned an improbable win in Game 1, they extended their series lead with...
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Fantasy Baseball Preview: Starting Pitcher
By Tony Meale In our Fantasy Baseball Preview, CBS Local Sports breaks down the top players at each position for your fantasy baseball draft. 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | SP | C | RP | Sleepers/Busts...
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Giants’ Madison Bumgarner Poised To Join MLB’s Elite Pitchers
By Rich Arleo CBS Local Sports, in our “30 Players 30 Days” spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day. Madison Bumgarner,...
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Playoff Pinch Hits: Giants And Pirates Like It’s 1971 All Over Again?
By Sam McPherson The 1971 National League Championship Series featured the eventual World Series champions from Pittsburgh against the San Francisco Giants. Back then, the NLCS was just a best-of-five...
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Playoff Pinch Hits: High Payrolls Reign Supreme In National League Playoffs
By Sam McPherson In the American League playoffs, the wild-card matchup was between teams with low payrolls — obviously one of them had to advance. But in the National League wild-card game, the team...
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Playoff Pinch Hits: Nationals One Loss Away From Another Playoff Disappoinment
By Sam McPherson Sometimes, you have to wonder why Major League Baseball even bothers with a 162-game season if the results mean so little come October. The grind of a long season can come to an abrupt...
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Playoff Pinch Hits: NLCS Could Go Seven Games This Year
By Sam McPherson The San Francisco Giants won the battle that was Game Three on Tuesday, but all parties involved know the war — a.k.a the National League Championship Series — is far from over. What...
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Playoff Pinch Hits: Royals And Giants An Unlikely World Series Pairing
By Sam McPherson Depending on your point of view, the 2014 World Series matchup between the Kansas City Royals and the San Francisco Giants is either everything you wanted — or nothing like you...
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Playoff Pinch Hits: Why The Royals Will Win The World Series In 6 Games
By Sam McPherson The moment of truth has arrived: Game One of the 2014 World Series will be played Tuesday evening in Kansas City, and the only thing we can guarantee is that very little will go as...
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Playoff Pinch Hits: Giants Hard To Beat After World Series Game 1 Win
By Sam McPherson The San Francisco Giants like winning Game One of the World Series. This is the fourth straight time now, dating back to 2002, the Giants have won the opener of the Fall Classic, and...
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5 Things You Missed: 2014 World Series, Game 1
By Daniel Rathman While this year’s Fall Classic was billed as the first-ever matchup of teams that failed to win 90 games in a 162-game season, the subplot for Game 1 featured two much-less-dubious...
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Playoff Pinch Hits: World Series Game 4 Will Be Another Close One
By Sam McPherson The Kansas City Royals had the San Francisco Giants right where they wanted them in Game Three of the 2014 World Series: trailing going into the late innings. In the endgame, it was...
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Playoff Pinch Hits: Pitching Matchup Favors Giants In Game 5
By Sam McPherson Down 4-1 early in Game Four of the World Series on Saturday night to the Kansas City, the San Francisco Giants responded with 10 unanswered runs to gallop away with an 11-4 victory,...
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5 Things You Missed: 2014 World Series, Game 5
By Daniel Rathman Until Sunday, the most recent complete-game shutout in the World Series belonged to Josh Beckett, who led the Marlins past the Yankees in Game 6 in 2003. Less than one month after...
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Playoff Pinch Hits: Trailing Royals Get Advantage Playing At Home
By Sam McPherson The San Francisco Giants held serve on their home field in Games Four and Five, sending the World Series back to Kansas City for Game Six on Tuesday night. The Giants received another...
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Bumgarner A Throwback To Pre-Pitch Count Era
RONALD BLUM, AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Madison Bumgarner is a throwback to the days before pampering and pitch counts. Tall, with droopy hair and the look of a gunslinger, he strung...
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Rikk Wilde Steals The Show With ‘We Got Technology And Stuff’ Speech [VIDEO]
By: Evan Jankens @kingofthekc It has to be tough to speak live on National TV, especially after game 7 of the World Series. Chevrolet executive Rikk Wilde was presenting World Series MVP Madison...
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5 Things You Missed: 2014 World Series, Game 7
By Daniel Rathman When play began last night, visitors were 0-9 in Game 7 of the World Series since 1982. But the 2014 Giants had a horse in their stable that none of the nine road clubs that preceded...
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Playoff Pinch Hits: Giants’ Bumgarner Is The New World Series Hero
By Sam McPherson The 2014 World Series will always be remembered for Madison Bumgarner and his seemingly unflappable left arm. He pitched the final five innings in a 3-2 win for the San Francisco...
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Let Other Fantasy Baseball Owners Take Chances On September Call-Ups
By Sam McPherson It’s a common error many fantasy baseball team owners make this time of year: They bet big on a September rookie call-up and hope that special kid will start raking enough to push...
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Madison Bumgarner Has Stare Down With With Umpire Joe West [VIDEO]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Giants ace Madison Bumgarner pitched well against the Padres again. This time, he had nothing to show for it. Despite seven solid innings of work from Bumgarner, the defending World...
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Bumgarner, Puig Clash; Dodgers Rally Past Giants 2-1 In 9th [VIDEO]
BETH HARRIS, AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Giants-Dodgers rivalry is still nasty. Adrian Gonzalez hit a game-winning double in the bottom of the ninth inning, and Los Angeles rallied past San...
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Bumgarner, Gillaspie Lead Giants Over Mets 3-0; Cubs Next [VIDEO]
MIKE FITZPATRICK, AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nobody takes to October like Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants. Bumgarner pitched a four-hitter for his latest postseason gem,...
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Madison Bumgarner Hits Two Home Runs In Season Opener [VIDEO]
By BOB BAUM, AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Two big swings from Madison Bumgarner were undone by another bullpen meltdown in a wild opener for the San Francisco Giants that looked an awful lot like...
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Madison Bumgarner Lands On DL After Dirt Bike Accident
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Giants ace left-hander Madison Bumgarner was placed on the disabled list for the first time in his big league career Friday after a dirt bike accident that...
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Always Be Looking For Fast Starters In Fantasy Baseball’s First Month
By Sam McPherson Not all fantasy baseball seasons are created equal, as some players start fast and finish slow, while other players start slow and finish fast. Staying the course generally equalizes...
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Madison Bumgarner Won’t Need Surgery On Pitching Shoulder
By JANIE McCAULEY, AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Giants ace left-hander Madison Bumgarner will not require surgery on his sprained pitching shoulder and is scheduled to begin light...
View ArticleGiants Injuries Could Derail Hopes Of Rebound Season
By Matt Citak 2017 was a big disappointment for the San Francisco Giants. After making the playoffs as a Wild Card team in 2016, the Giants were expecting another trip to the postseason the following...
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