Saturday | San Francisco Giants
Hardware big part of Giants' history
Tim Lincecum currently holds the key to the Giants franchise trophy case. Lincecum made the latest major addition to the Giants' hardware collection by winning the 2009 National League Cy Young Award, his second in a row.
Doping scandal sullied baseball in '07
The 2007 Major League Baseball season should have been one of the ages. There were broken records, Canadian firsts, historic comebacks and epic collapses .
Pujols Wins MVP Award, Joining Musial, DiMaggio With Three or More Titles
Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals unanimously won his third National League Most Valuable Player award, joining a group of players that includes seven Hall of Fame members.
Albert Pujols of St. Louis Cardinals is unanimous National League MVP
Albert Pujols was unanimously voted National League MVP on Tuesday, becoming the first player to repeat since Barry Bonds won four in a row from 2001-04. NL MVP Voting By unanimous vote, Albert Pujols became the first player since Barry Bonds to win back-to-back NL MVP awards.
Hardware big part of Giants' history
It might be a good idea for Tim Lincecum to hold onto the key to the Giants franchise trophy case.
John pulls no punches in his coverage of the Giants and his support of Barry Bonds.
Most home runs by a player in one World Series: Five x-Chase Utley, PHILLIES, 2009 Reggie Jackson, New York Yankees, 1977 Four Babe Ruth, N.Y. Yankees, 1926 Lou Gehrig, N.Y. Yankees, 1928 Duke Snider, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1952 Duke Snider, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1955 Hank Bauer, N.Y. Yankees, 1958 Gene Tenace, Oakland Athletics, 1972 Barry Bonds, San ...
Utley Is Chasing History With His Homers
Sean Forman is the creator of Baseball-Reference.com , an on-line baseball encyclopedia containing statistics for every player and team in major league history, and box scores, splits and gamelogs back to 1954.
Notice how it ended the way it began, the World Series' first decade of the 21st century? The New York Yankees with a championship, now looking for the next.
World Series home runs don't equal rings
A prodigious power show doesn't always equate to World Series victory. A look at the top home run performances since Reggie Jackson raised the bar in 1977, and whether they resulted in a winning effort: Player Year, team Power display Outcome Reggie Jackson 1977 Yankees Five HR, including three in Game 6 Yankees defeat Dodgers in six games Willie ...
Alex Rodriguez, right, celebrates with
Sort of an easy one, no? He makes his World Series debut with 583 career homers.
Bob Verdi: Forgive, baseball says of Mark McGwire
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa giving first baseman, Mark McGwire a hug after the Cardinals defeated the Cubs 2-1 at Busch Stadium.
USDA Reports Giant Leap for Baseball Bats
Scientists at the USDA's Agricultural Research Service report the development of a successful method for storing frozen budwood from ash trees and thawing the delicate buds for later use in propagation.
Dodgers and divorce don't mix, observers say
The last couple of weeks have been downright brutal for Dodger fans. Not only did the team get booted for the second consecutive year by the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League championship series, but now fans are learning about the front-office infighting during the season between owner Frank McCourt and his wife and former Dodger chief ...
Damon hopes he's regained power stroke
25 seemed inevitable for Johnny Damon . On Aug. 30 against the White Sox at Yankee Stadium, he hit his 24th home run, tying his single-season high set in 2006.
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Like any other tourists, the Angels will be in the city this weekend to see a show.
Lackey tries to keep Angels alive in ALCS
Which of these players had the best postseason performance of all time? Alex Rodriguez, 2009: .407 avg, 5 HRs, 11 RBI* David Ortiz, 2004: LCS-record 11 RBI , 3 HRs Carlos Beltran, 2004: 8 HRs, 14 RBI, .434 avg, record 21 runs Barry Bonds, 2002: .356 avg, record 8 HRs , 16 RBI, 27 walks Derek Jeter, 2000: .409 with two homers vs.
Selig continues to sit on the fence
Will he or won't he? Baseball commissioner Bud Selig apparently is still dithering.
"Things get magnified" is a popular phrase at this time of year in "the baseball bidness," as Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel likes to say.
A-Rod in right state of mind this October
With runners on first and second in the 12th inning early Sunday, the "A-Rod!" chants started swelling at Yankee Stadium.