Dave Roberts News

Since the end of the 2006 season, San Francisco Giants' general manager Brian Sabean has found himself on the hot seat.

It's a different Giants team and a different Giants organization since Barry Bonds has been gone.

In 2004, Dave Roberts was made famous in Boston for the "stolen base heard 'round the world." He helped begin the surge that was the best comeback in professional sports history.

There was a familiar face in the Red Sox's clubhouse following Tuesday night's rainout against the Twins.

Two members of the original 1969 Padres team, Steve Arlin and Chris Cannizzaro, sit together at Coronado Golf Course.

Just got done with our daily pregame chat with manager Bruce Bochy, who copied the Opening Day lineup for tonight's game but said that Rich Aurilia will start at first base tomorrow against left-hander Manny Parra.

This seems to be baseball's Year of the Trendy Pick. Everywhere I turn, in newspapers and online, I find some intrepid soul picking the Reds to win the NL Central, the Giants to win the NL West or some other bout of eager optimism.

Aside from a burned finger here and a whiny hamstring there, they came through their seven-plus weeks of preparation with no devastating injuries.

The White Sox don't want Dewayne Wise to change his style and reminded him of that after a mini-slump last month.

The Giants brought up mega-prospect Madison Bumgarner to start the team's Cactus League finale Wednesday, and his golden glow blinded none other than Manny Ramirez.

Rich Aurilia admits it. He can grouse with the best of them. On a questionable strike call, he's known to argue.

Joe Posnanski had a fine piece on Albert Pujols in SI this week. Posnanski is truly one of the premier sports writers in the country, and it was great to see him land a cover story with the weekly magazine.

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Alex Rodriguez will attempt to play this season with an injured right hip, hoping to avoid surgery and a four-month rehabilitation period.

After the Los Angeles Dodgers inked Manny Ramirez to a new two-year contact, which only officially confirmed the inevitable, Giants' brass spoke of their youth movement and reaffirmed their desire to turn back ...

Colorado setup man Taylor Buchholz, the former Springfield High star and Phillies minor-leaguer, will be sidelined for at least a month with a sprained ligament in his throwing elbow, the Rockies said ...

Two changes to the big roster picture: Dave Roberts is gone During yesterday's game, Sabean hinted to Jon Miller that an 11-man pitching staff is a possibility.

March 6, 2009, 8:10 a.m. Dave Roberts did some wonderful things for the Padres in his two years with the club.

Giants: San Francisco released veteran outfielder Dave Roberts yesterday, a surprise move that could cost it $6.5 million this season.