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Members of the Junior Giants, an organization that teaches not only baseball, but also how to become good citizens and contributors to society. Photo: S.F. Giants
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Junior Giants: Teaching life lessons through baseball

By Richard Keller

While the Giants’ on-field fortunes can ebb and flow though the course of a season, one part of the franchise remains ever on the upswing. We refer to Junior Giants, the flagshi... Read More
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Murph’s special day

The former clubhouse manager gets his due
By Richard Keller

On Sunday afternoon, Aug. 27, the Giants threw a party for Mike Murphy at Oracle Park, and tens of thousands of well-wishers came to celebrate. Besides the paid crowd of 31,047 fa... Read More
Photo: Luke Zhang
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The outlook for the Giants’ 2023 season

By Richard Keller

So the Giants struck out trying to sign free agent outfield star Aaron Judge, who decided to remain a Yankee. They balked at their multiyear deal with shortstop Carlos Correa over... Read More
The fans’ new best friend: The pitch clock. Photo: Evan Davis
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Are the Giants & A’s worth your money?

By Steve Hermanos

Are the Giants and A’s worth your dollars? That’s the question I eagerly sought to answer as I headed to spring training. Last year, the Giants were a gigantic mass of disappo... Read More
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Hunter on the wall

By Richard Keller

At a pregame ceremony on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 17, Hunter Pence joined the fraternity of San Francisco Giants’ elite when a plaque in his honor was added to the team’s Wal... Read More
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When the Giants were kings

The 2012 World Series championship team reunites at Oracle Park
By Richard Keller

As the 2022 Giants clawed their way through the dog days of summer, hoping to gain a playoff spot, they paused to celebrate a memorable season from their storied past. On Saturday... Read More
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A Giant salute to 22

Team retires the number of first baseman Will Clark this month
By Richard Keller

Giants fans from the Marina district to the far reaches of the Bay Area are circling July 30 on their pocket schedules so they’ll be there at Oracle Park when Will Clark’s num... Read More
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L.A. Dodgers Pitcher Trevor Bauer Suspended

By Tara Finley

Trevor Bauer, pitcher for the L.A. Dodgers, has been suspended without pay for 324 games for allegedly violating the Major League Baseball’s (MLB) domestic violence policy. The ... Read More
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Will the Kraken be the next expansion team to conquer the NHL?

By Vincent Velotta

203 wins. 361 losses. A winning percentage of .359%.  This is the reality for the modern-day professional sports expansion team since 1998 — the combined record of the N... Read More
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Warriors: How an astounding team gets better

By Steve Hermanos

The Golden State Warriors won the NBA championship last season and are better this season. The Warriors won 67 games and only lost 15 last season. This season it’s 73-9, sett... Read More
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A fourth Giants World Series in 2016?

By Steve Hermanos

Little kids know the San Francisco Giants always win the World Series in even-numbered years, right? The Giants won in 2010, 2012, and 2014. And look, the calendar says 2016, so le... Read More
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Yay, super void

By Steve Hermanos

How we fill the voids in our lives tells volumes about who we are. There’s the void in our heart — the person filling that space is a living manifestation of our essence. T... Read More
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Little League coach: What would Bruce Bochy do?

By Steve Hermanos

The little league team that I coach won 8, lost 0, and tied 1. The kids had a ton of fun. The parents chipped in money and surprised me with a gift card and some thank-you cards si... Read More
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Crowning the champs

By Steve Hermanos

Three World Series trophies glittered in the sun. Canons fired metallic streamers from the second deck. Stunt jets ripped the sky. Madison Bumgarner mounted a police horse while, o... Read More
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Besting the boys

By Steve Hermanos

Kate scott rolls out of her Panhandle-area apartment at 3 a.m., commutes through the Broadway Tunnel, and at a studio near the Embarcadero joins KNBR hosts Brian Murphy, Paul McCaf... Read More

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