Brett Michael Pill (twitter: @PillzRgood)

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: September 9, 1984 in San Dimas, CA
High School: Covina HS (Covina, CA)
School: California State University Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 7th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 2011 (Age 26)   vs. SDP 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Giants 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$494k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 0.142, Arb Eligible: 2016, Free Agent: 2019 [*],
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• 5/22 District On Deck: Lineups: Gio Looks To Stop Skid: Taking their fourth consecutive loss last night, the Nats dropped to .500 at 23-23. With Atlanta’s fourth straight win,...
• 5/22 MLB Injury News: Giants place Santiago Casilla on DL: The San Francisco Giants placed right-handed reliever Santiago Casilla on the 15-day disabled list due to a knee injury, according...
• 5/21 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Vogelsong’s Replacement, Scutaro’s Streak, Tonight’s Matchup, Etc.: Let’s put the 1-5 road-trip behind us, and just be glad it’s in the past. The San Francisco Giants kicked off a homestand...
• 5/21 FFLockerRoom: San Francisco Giants Recall Brett Pill And Sandy Rosario: The San Francisco Giants have recalled first baseman Brett Pill and right-handed reliever Sandy Rosario from their Triple-A Fresno...
• 5/21 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants Place Vogelsong, Casilla On DL; Recall Pill, Rosario: It’s been an active morning for the San Francisco Giants front office. Today, they placed Ryan Vogelsong on the disabled...
• 5/17 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Top AAA Hitters: Anyone from your favorite MLB team on this list?  Do you want them called up and playing over your teams position player? ...
• 5/13 FFLockerRoom: San Francisco Giants Recall Brett Pill Optioned Francisco Peguero: The San Francisco Giants have optioned outfielder Francisco Peguero to their Triple-A Fresno minor league affiliate. This move...
• 5/13 Splash Hit Blog: Pillz and Pegs: Brett Pill back with the big club as Giants head to Toronto: A little over an hour ago we got the news, and I’m sure that Brett Pill couldn’t be happier: Following yesterday’s...
• 5/13 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Call Up Brett Pill, Send Down Peguero: Just days after the San Francisco Giants said they had no plans to call up Brett Pill, the Giants have called up Brett Pill. Pill...
• 5/10 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Top AAA Hitters: Anyone from your favorite MLB team on this list?  Do you want them called up and playing over your teams position player? ...
• 5/4 Bay Area Sports Guy: SF Giants prospects April update – who’s hot and who’s not?: It has been a few weeks since we last checked in with the guys in the Giants minor league system. After the first month of the...
• 5/3 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Top AAA Hitters: Scott Van Slyke is not a prospect any more at 27 years old but he has dominated he minors for a couple years now.  With Adrian...

• 4/22 AroundTheFoghorn: Welcome Back To Bruce Bochy’s Doghouse, Brandon Belt: Huh. Seems like you just got out of this place, yet, you’re back. Is it the slumpy shoulders again? Whatever the case, Brandon...
• 4/16 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Series Win In Chicago, New Series In Milwaukee and Side Notes: The San Francisco Giants start a three game series tonight in Milwaukee after taking three out of four from the Cubs in Chicago....
• 4/1 Injury Report: ()

• 3/26 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Spring Cuts, Gaudin Wins Job, Sandoval, Noonan, Pill, Etc.: Last Friday reliever Ramon Ramirez and infielder Wilson Valdez were given their releases. On Sunday reliever Dan Runzler was optioned...
• 3/24 Injury Report: ()
• 3/21 Splash Hit Blog: Giants Notes for Wednesday: The blog’s been quiet for about a week, a combination of the celebration of my wife’s birthday, and some happenings...
• 3/15 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Reassign Gary Brown & Heath Hembree To Minors: One of the San Francisco Giants’ top prospects, Gary Brown wasn’t expected to make the big league roster just yet...
• 3/14 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Giants Face Japan, Pill Has Surgery, Sanchez Could Start In Fresno:   Today the San Francisco Giants are facing Team Japan in an exhibition game. Kensuke Tanaka is getting the start today for...
• 3/14 AroundTheFoghorn: Roster Spot To Open After San Francisco Giants’ Brett Pill Tears Meniscus: Ah yes, the famed meniscus – the injury that takes no prisoners. It’s a temperamental piece of the body that often...
• 3/13 MLBTradeRumors: West Notes: Dodgers, Mariners, Bonderman, Giants: Here's a look at items out of the Western divisions.. The Dodgers look great on paper, but Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com...
• 3/12 MLBTradeRumors: West Notes: Giants, Pill, Lowrie, A's, Mariners: Earlier today, we learned that there's sentiment in the Rangers organization that Nolan Ryan will stay with the club.  It's...
• 3/7 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Tim Lincecum, Chad Gaudin, Brett Pill:   Today is the day that Tim Lincecum was scheduled to return to the mound from his blister injury. He wasn’t ready...
• 3/2 Sports Out West: Tim Lincecum scratched from Giants’ spring training start with blister: San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Tim Lincecum has been scratched from his Saturday afternoon start in Scottsdale, Ariz. against...

• 2/27 Splash Hit Blog: Brett Pill has a .929 SLG%: Brett Pill has done pretty well in Fresno, so it should come as no surprise that he’s doing well in Spring Training (albeit...
• 2/27 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Tim Lincecum Spring Debut, Hunter Pence Flexes Chest, Brett Pill Show: Yesterday the San Francisco Giants sent Tim Lincecum to the mound, and it was the first time he faced live hitters since the World...
• 2/27 Baseball News Source: Giants News: Lincecum Struggles in First Spring Start: Tim Lincecum is trying to put his long hair and his long season in 2012 behind him. While the former two-time Cy Young award winner...
• 2/26 Splash Hit Blog: GIF Post for Toosdee: Yesterday I did a post using some animated shorts looping over and over and over and over and over and hopefully you loved it...
• 2/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Juan Uribe Is Just Too Good to Be True At This Point: The Dodgers are currently up on the Giants, 5-3, in the top of the fourth inning of today’s spring training game in Arizona....
• 2/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Ned Colletti on “Clubhouse Confidential”: Yesterday, Dodgers GM Ned Colletti sat down with Brian Kenny of MLB Network for a chat as part of “Clubhouse Confidential”....

• 1/29 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Season In Review: Brett Pill: Ah, where do you start with John Bowker, uh, Brett Pill. The second year player (first, if you want to get technical) made the...

• 12/27 MLBRandomFandom: Benches: Little Thought, High Importance: by Jeff HilversWhat does it take to make a championship caliber team? Maybe a rotation made up of the ’98 Braves, with a lineup...
• 12/11 Baseball Jerks: San Francisco Giants 2013 Preview: Having completed one of the more unlikely World Series runs in 2012 powered by even more unlikely names, the world champs are...
• 12/7 AroundTheFoghorn: 25 Days of Home Runs, #7 Brett Pill May 8: Brett Pill hit a home run off of Clayton Kershaw on May 8, 2012. The ball traveled 384 ft. Pill gave the Giants a 2 run lead and...

• 11/11 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: There Is Just Nothing Juan Uribe Can’t Do Poorly: Over at FanGraphs, Matt Klaassen has been going through the best and worst plays of 2012 based on WPA. (For those not familiar,...
• 11/5 MetsToday.com: Deconstructing the Restructured Giants: During World Series week we discussed the complete overhaul of the San Francisco Giants starting lineup from 2010 to 2012. I suggested...

• 10/1 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Enter Final Series With Giants Two Games Back With Three To Play: Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants M.Ellis 4 Ethier 9 Kemp 8 Gonzalez 3 Ramirez 6 Victorino 7 Cruz 5 Ellis 2 Harang 1   Matt Cain-16-5...

• 9/20 AroundTheFoghorn: Panda’s HR Leads Giants; Giant 7, Rockies 1: This game was very unpredictable starting at the top of the 1st inning. Matt Cain walked the first batter. Matt Cain doesn’t...
• 9/9 Lasorda's Lair: Kershaw, Dodgers Go for Series Win At Phony Book Park: Dodgers Lineup vs. Giants   Clayton Kershaw-12-8 vs. Barry Zito-10-8   Just as it appeared the Dodgers were dead in the water,...
• 9/3 Raising Matt Cain: Scootie & the Rostermen: . . . . and their big hit "Gettin' It Done" is Number One with a Bullet! It is that crazy time of year with the expanded rosters,...

• 8/31 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants’ September Call-Ups: Round One: Per Andrew Baggarly, the Giants will kick off September call-ups tomorrow with the additions of outfielder Xavier Nady, infielders...
• 8/16 AroundTheFoghorn: Moving On From Melky – What Are The Options For Giants Post Melkman: While reinforcements have been dispatched to San Diego in hopes of bolstering the Giants roster for the short term, one thing...
• 8/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Brett Pill sent downThe San Francisco Giants have optioned 1B Brett Pill to the minor leagues....[+] The San Francisco Giants have optioned 1B Brett Pill to the minor leagues.
• 8/11 Giants Nirvana: Giants Defeat Rockies, 9-3: The Giants, at least for now, have regained sole possession of first place, thanks to — well, everybody… Matt Cain,...
• 8/5 Giants Nirvana: Maybe Coors Field Isn’t So Bad After All: After the way that homestand went, I was kind of dreading this Rockies series. Sure, the Rockies have been battling it out with...
• 8/2 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants Send Down Whiteside, Christian – Recall Sanchez, Loux: It’s been a busy few days for the Giants in terms of roster moves, but it appears things will calm down for a while now...
• 8/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Brett Pill called upThe San Francisco Giants recalled 1B Brett Pill from Triple-A Fresno....[+] The San Francisco Giants recalled 1B Brett Pill from Triple-A Fresno.

• 7/27 High Heat Stats: Thursday game notes (light schedule): Mets 3, D-backs 1: Matt Harvey was 4 for 15 with a HR at Buffalo, so I guess he’s not just kidding around up there....
• 7/26 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: July 26: Top stories Marte promoted to Pittsburgh: To help improve their improbable push for the playoffs, the Pirates added outfielder...
• 7/19 Jays Journal: Bring me the Head of Brandon Belt (and the rest of him too, if possible): To say the Wednesday afternoon Blue Jays game was a horrific event to watch might be a bit of an understatement. The excitement...
• 7/2 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: July 2: Top stories Braves sign Sheets: Ben Sheets made 20 starts in 2010, but those were sandwiched by entire seasons lost due to elbow...

• 6/26 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Need to Regroup and Focus on Task at Hand-Beating the Giants: Clayton Kershaw (5-3, 2.73) vs. Ryan Vogelsong (6-3, 2.41) Dodgers Lineup: vs. Giants Gordon 6 Herrera 5 Ethier 9 Rivera 3 Abreu...
• 6/25 AroundTheFoghorn: Swagga Like Belt (Brandon, That Is): It took a potential career AAAA player (<3 u Brett Pill) being sent back to the minors and a 35 year old geriatric tripping...
• 6/24 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: June 24: Top stories Hultzen struggles in AAA debut: Danny Hultzen had an obvious adjustment period when he started his pro career in AA,...
• 6/18 Giants Nirvana: Brandon Belt Has Arrived: Over the past six games, Brandon Belt has put together a modest little hitting streak, during which time he’s collected...
• 6/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Brett Pill sent downThe San Francisco Giants have optioned 1B Brett Pill to Triple-A Fresno....[+] The San Francisco Giants have optioned 1B Brett Pill to Triple-A Fresno.
• 6/6 Fire Brand of the American League: Potential Trade Partners for Kevin Youkilis: First BaseChip doubles back to Monday's column, and examines potential first base partners for a potential Kevin Youkilis trade....

• 5/24 Raising Matt Cain: Hit happy in Miami: Ryan Vogelsong looks like he wants to be Matt Cain, and I can't argue with that. Another superb start by the righty kept the...
• 5/22 Giants Nirvana: Hector Sanchez Powers Giants Over Brewers in Extras: In the first inning of this game, Buster Posey unloaded a monster of a three-run homer into the left field bleachers. It was only...
• 5/14 Raising Matt Cain: Giants even things up: Charlie Culberson replaced Conor Gillaspie in the Giants continuing infielder-go-round saga, and he was a lucky charm as the...
• 5/14 Giants Nirvana: Thoughts On a .500 Team: When the Giants departed for Los Angeles, they were 14-14. After going 3-3 on this road trip, they’ve improved to…17-17....
• 5/13 Baseball Musings: Take Some Melky with your Pill: Melky Cabrera collected four hits and scored twice and Brett Pill hit a two-run homer as the Giants beat the Diamondbacks 7-3....
• 5/10 Raising Matt Cain: Pitching, defense, two-run homer: Every time Brett Pill gets up in a game I say "this guy has one job--hit the ball hard off a left-hander." It seems young Mr....
• 5/8 Raising Matt Cain: Giant pratfall: The Giants featured a lineup with three rookies--Hector Sanchez, Conor Gillaspie, Brett Pill--and near-rookie Joaquin Arias....
• 5/8 Giants Nirvana: Pitching, Defense, Offense Falter in 9-1 Loss to Dodgers: …and that was the low point in the season. So far, that is. Barry Zito, to his credit, did fifth starter things —...
• 5/5 Raising Matt Cain: At last, the sweet taste of victory: Watching the ballclub today I was reminded how young it is. Rookie Brandon Crawford did not start, nor did rookies Brandon Belt...
• 5/5 Giants Nirvana: Behind Madison Bumgarner, Giants Snap Losing Streak: The story today was Madison Bumgarner. Nothing — missed calls, sloppy defense, a lack of run support — was going to...
• 5/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Brett Pill is logical candidate for demotion: San Francisco Giants 1B Brett Pill is the logical candidate to be sent down to Triple-A Fresno when 1B Aubrey Huff (anxiety) comes...[+] off the 15-day disabled list Monday, May 7. However, the team might also go with 11 pitches instead.
• 5/3 MLBTradeRumors: Sabean: Belt Staying Put: At times it's not clear where Brandon Belt fits on the Giants' roster. The 24-year-old gets regular plate appearances, but he...

• 4/27 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2012 Giants: Season So Far (10-9): I'm noticing a mostly downcast dauber on the part of Giants fans and media.  Of course, that is probably strongly influenced...
• 4/26 Phillies Nation: Evaluating the Success of the 1B Platoon: It’s early in the season. In fact, it’s really early, 19 games early. But one of the most surprising, and interesting, developments...
• 4/25 Baseball Musings: Huff Disabled: Aubrey Huff goes on the disabled list due to anxiety attack. Yes, Huff has gone on to have a successful Major League career, but...
• 4/19 Crashburn Alley: Cliff Lee Historically Great, Phillies Still Somehow Lose: In this millennium, only three pitchers have completed the tenth inning of a game they started: Aaron Harang, Roy Halladay (twice),...
• 4/11 Bus League Baseball: Cassel Signs With Patriots: No, not that Cassel. This is not an NFL news site. (Not yet, anyway.) The Cassel in question is actually Justin, the seventh round...
• 4/7 Baseball Musings: Hill Out Drills Pill: Aaron Hill hit two home runs to Brett Pill‘s one, and the Diamondbacks take two in a row from the Giants, winning 5-4. Hill’s...
• 4/6 Giants Nirvana: That Could Have Been a Lot Worse: Willie Bloomquist, who really shouldn’t even be batting leadoff, hit a single off Tim Lincecum to get things going for the...
• 4/5 Baseball Musings: Belt and Pill: The Giants decided to move Aubrey Huff to the outfield and platoon Brandon Belt and Brett Pill at first base. Despite Belt’s...
• 4/4 Giants Nirvana: Brandon Belt is Free (and Other Satisfying Roster Moves): The Giants announced their Opening Day roster today and, lo and behold, Brandon Belt has made it. That’s not entirely surprising,...

• 3/30 Crashburn Alley: Talking Belt and Brown with Wendy Thurm: There is an odd parallel between two prospects one wouldn’t have thought would be paired together: Brandon Belt of the San...
• 3/22 22gigantes.com: Giants 5, Indians 3: Brett Pill cranked a three-run homer and Eric Surkamp won his third Cactus League game as the San Francisco Giants defeated the...
• 3/21 Baseball Musings: Take a Pill or Tighten your Belt?: Giants Win notes the team may take Brett Pill north instead of Brandon Belt. His take on the situation: I think this particular...
• 3/20 Raising Matt Cain: Ready, Freddy?: It seems likely that Freddy Sanchez will start the season on the DL. Does that mean an opening for Emmanuel Burriss? The former...
• 3/18 22gigantes.com: Predicting the Giants’ 25-man roster…again: Opening Day is just 18 days away (April 6). Based on spring training battles, injuries, and straight-up performance, I have revised...
• 3/17 22gigantes.com: Let’s play two! Giants will split squad against A’s and Dodgers: Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Get your green on…as in grassy infields, outfields, and lush lawn seats! (And if you happen...
• 3/16 22gigantes.com: Giants 7, Mariners 5: The Killer B’s were out in force tonight at Peoria Sports Complex. Gregor Blanco scored the game’s first run, Brandon...
• 3/12 22gigantes.com: Giants 2, Royals 1: That’s what dads are for. Tim Lincecum, who entered today’s Cactus League contest with a team-worst 13.80 ERA had...
• 3/10 22gigantes.com: Giants ink Posey, 18 others to one-year contracts: The San Francisco Giants’ front office was very busy Friday, signing 19 of their youngest players to one-year contracts,...
• 3/9 22gigantes.com: Posey, Freddy return to lineup today against Reds: What a long, strange trip it’s been. Two hundred and eighty-nine days to be exact. That’s the last time manager Bruce...
• 3/6 22gigantes.com: Giants 8, Dodgers 4: Jonathan who? New acquisition Melky Cabrera is out to prove 2011 was no fluke. The 27-year-old outfielder quieted his critics...
• 3/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Ted Lilly Already in Midseason Form: I know, I’m usually the first to say that spring training results rarely count, especially in the first week of games, and...
• 3/6 22gigantes.com: Zito takes the hill for Giants today against Doyers: Duck the Fodgers! The NL West’s favorite rivalry rears its 2012 head today as Barry Zito and the San Francisco Giants (1-2-1)...
• 3/6 22gigantes.com: Brewers 7, Giants 3: San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain looked sharp in his Cactus League debut, but it was the Milwaukee Brewers who came away...
• 3/6 22gigantes.com: Giants 11, Diamondbacks 1: One of the main reasons Major League Baseball holds spring training in Arizona and Florida is because of the sunny weather. Very...
• 3/6 Giants Nirvana: Brandon Belt Should Be The Giants’ Everyday LF: So last night ESPN’s Keith Law sent out this tweet, which didn’t paint a positive picture among the Giants fans I...
• 3/1 22gigantes.com: Spring training recap—Day 13: Yes, I’ll take some peanuts and Cracker Jack. Oh, and throw in a cup of that lemonade like Grandma made. Pitches were thrown,...

• 2/29 22gigantes.com: Spring training recap—Day 11: Barry Zito is such a tease. Some days he looks like the Cy Young award winner the Giants thought they were getting in 2007. Other...
• 2/23 22gigantes.com: Spring training recap—Day 6: Today didn’t start out exactly on the right note when one particular Giants player’s name was not displayed on the...
• 2/18 22gigantes.com: Spring Training recap—Day 1: Baseball is back! Catchers and pitchers reported to Scottsdale Stadium this morning as the San Francisco Giants kicked off another...
• 2/17 22gigantes.com: 13 Giant questions entering spring training: The San Francisco Giants are about to embark on their 55th season of play since moving west from New York in 1958. As hope for...
• 2/3 22gigantes.com: 2012 Media Day highlights: The San Francisco Giants opened their clubhouse doors to the media today to allow an inside look at your 2012 Gigantes and I’ve...

• 1/31 22gigantes.com: Predicting the San Francisco Giants’ 40-man roster and 2012 Opening Day lineup: There will likely be some more tinkering with the 40-man roster between now and Opening Day (April 5), but the San Francisco Giants...
• 1/27 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Filling out the Roster: Giants Sign Henley and The Riot: The Giants in the past two days have signed two more players, Clay Hensley and Ryan "The Riot" Theriot, both to non-guaranteed...
• 1/27 Giants Nirvana: Giants Sign Ryan Theriot: According to Jon Heyman, the Giants have signed infielder Ryan Theriot to a one-year contract worth $1.25M, with up to $750K in...
• 1/4 22gigantes.com: Aubrey Huff on 2011 season: “My head was in the toilet”: In an interview today with San Francisco Chronicle writer Henry Schulman, Giants first baseman Aubrey Huff admitted that his...

• 12/30 High Heat Stats: Comparing the 2011 Freshman Class by League: Here's a quick numerical look at the 2011 freshman class.Number of players who debuted in 2011 -- NL 125, AL 123.-- Hitters: NL...
• 12/15 22gigantes.com: Giants brass talk to fans about payroll, the 2012 season, and Juan Marichal’s magic touch: Giants manager Bruce Bochy, pitching coach Dave Righetti, CEO Larry Baer and general manager Brian Sabean all sat down tonight...
• 12/10 22gigantes.com: Links and stuff: Forgive the lackluster post title. (What do you want? It’s just a blog.) While you ponder that, here are a few links to...

• 11/26 Giants Nirvana: 2011 Season in Review: The Infielders: I already reviewed Pablo Sandoval‘s season, but here’s a look at the rest of the infielders; most of them didn’t...
• 11/15 22gigantes.com: 22 San Francisco Giants prospects you need to know: Who will be the next Buster Posey? Most baseball experts concede that Gary Brown is the Giants’ top prospect today, and...
• 11/4 obsessivegiantscompulsive: On Your Mark: 2011 Free Agent Season: With the World Series over, after a inspiring Cards win, showing you should never give up (or an agonizing Rangers loss, coming...

• 9/29 22gigantes.com: 11 reasons the Giants folded in 2011: At the start of the 2011 season, many Giants fans were still rubbing the hangover from their eyes, fresh off San Francisco’s...
• 9/28 22gigantes.com: Young guns take down Rockies: It was Kids Night at AT&T Park Tuesday. Youngsters Brandon Belt (age 23) and Brandon Crawford (age 24) had monster games at...
• 9/22 22gigantes.com: Giants beat Dodgers, but time is running out on playoff hopes: Even a big win over the Dodgers couldn’t stop the Giants from inching closer to elimination. San Francisco put an eight-spot...
• 9/22 Baseball Musings: Late Night Roundup: The Rangers overcame a 2-1 Athletics lead late as Ian Kinsler and Josh Hamilton hit solo home runs in the eighth inning to give...
• 9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Grindin’ With The Champs: San Francisco Giants end game: The Giants finally re-found the magic in September with an eight-game win streak. They’ve surged to within five games of...
• 9/21 Giants Nirvana: Splash Hits: Cody Ross, Brett Pill, Ian Kennedy: After last night’s outing, Clayton Kershaw has now made 11 starts against the Giants in his career (12 total games). He’s...
• 9/21 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Clayton Kershaw does Clayton Kershaw things: Dodgers 2, Giants 1. Same old story. This time, Kershaw kept the Giants to one run over 7.1 innings — his lone mistake a...
• 9/19 Through The Fence Baseball: Grindin’ With The Champs: San Francisco Giants end game: The Giants finally re-found the magic in September with an eight-game win streak. They’ve surged to within five games of...
• 9/18 Raising Matt Cain: Rollin' sevens: Giants come up with another big win and make it seven in a row. The last time the team won seven straight was in June, their best...
• 9/18 22gigantes.com: Giants win 7th in a row; now just 5 games back with 10 to play: This is getting very, very interesting. As mentioned here last night, we may be witnessing a miracle. Granted, the San Francisco...
• 9/18 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Seven Straight: Giants 6, Rockies 5. After a seven-game winning streak (tied for the Giants’ longest this season), the Giants are now just...
• 9/18 Baseball Musings: NL Playoff Roundup: The Phillies offense broke out of their doldrums against the Cardinals bullpen as Philadelphia clinched the NL East with a 9-2...
• 9/18 B-R Blog: Scattered thoughts on select games of Saturday, 9/17/11: Tampa 4, Boston 3; The gap's back down to 3 games, with David Price facing Tim Wakefield in Sunday's finale. -- Jeff Niemann gets...
• 9/14 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Mark DeRosa walk-off(!): Giants 3, Padres 2. A little belated here, but I’ll be brief… Matt Cain — wow, what a season he’s had....
• 9/10 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Clayton Kershaw dominates: Dodgers 2, Giants 1 The Giants got on the board early, as Pablo Sandoval singled in a run in the first inning off of Clayton Kershaw....
• 9/8 Giants Nirvana: Off-Day Rundown: There are two main issues with the Giants right now: 1) They need to be starting Brandon Belt. This is something that I’ve...
• 9/7 Raising Matt Cain: 200 starts, 68 wins: My tank is empty. Matt Cain pitched well and lost. It's such a tired story--I can't do it any more. I have nothing to say except...
• 9/7 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Cain pitches well, loses: Padres 3, Giants 1. Matt Cain reached two milestones tonight (h/t @SFGiantsFans): his 200th career start, and his fifth consecutive...
• 9/7 B-R Blog: Night game recap for Wednesday, 9/7/11: [Just enough time for a quick hit-and-run; if I missed something big, please fill in the gaps with your comments!] -- In Toronto,...
• 9/7 B-R Blog: Quick recap – Early games of 9/7/11, etc.: Games of Wednesday, 9/7/11: -- Oakland's Guillermo Moscoso no-hit the Royals for 7.2 innings before a single by rookie catcher...