Eli Whiteside News

There are a few rumors swirling around San Francisco these days. While some of them are fairly interesting, I can't help but wonder what direction the team is looking to take at this point.

Sabean is trying to resurrect his career, along with the Giants' offense. AP Photo THE GIANTS' KITCHEN is about as bare as the one you had in your first apartment.

John pulls no punches in his coverage of the Giants and his support of Barry Bonds.

Stephen Drew had two hits, Kevin Mulvey finished strong and Eric Byrnes was in the middle of a wacky play that produced a run, but the Arizona D-backs lost their second straight, 4-1, to the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night.

Kevin Mulvey learned a little about himself and Ryan Roberts learned a lesson in being overaggressive.

Jeff Baker is 6-2, 210. Pablo Sandoval makes him look... tiny. Browse more photos>> Throughout this September, with the Cubs desperately clinging to hope of a postseason berth with a 16-9 start to the month, I kept thinking "stranger things have happened". From time to time, as you know, I'd cite various other late-season pennant collapses or ...

Brad Penny pitched his first complete game in four years, Eli Whiteside homered, and San Francisco beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1 Wednesday night, less than two hours after the Giants were eliminated from playoff contention.

Buster Posey has appeared in only five games since his call-up from Triple-A Fresno on Sept.

Whatever their faults, you have to give the Giants this: They reached the season's final week without being eliminated from the playoffs when they beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 Sunday.

Matt Cain pitched eight scoreless innings, Eli Whiteside had a pair of RBI doubles and the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 on Sunday.

A few days ago, the Chronicle's John Shea stated the case for Buster Posey as the Giants' catcher for the remainder of the season.

The Buster Posey era could begin soon. If the Giants are eliminated from the NL wild-card race, manager Bruce Bochy said he'd look at throwing some starts at Posey, the club's top position prospect in more than a decade.

Matt Cain's had bad outings this year, but this is the first time he's combined a) more than three earned runs with b) fewer than six innings pitched.

's for the Colorado Rockies to leave San Francisco with a comfortable lead in the NL wild-card race.

San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum threw a successful bullpen session Saturday and could return to the mound as soon as Monday after missing his last start with back trouble.

When Brad Penny went from Red Sox washout to tossing eight shutout innings in Philadelphia's bandbox last week - home of the National League's highest-scoring team - plenty of people began wondering about John Farrell.

When Eli Whiteside came into a 9-2 game, it was almost amusing. It was the perfect situation for Buster Posey to make his major league debut.

Davey Lopes started things in the fifth inning Tuesday with a simple question for Cole Hamels: When was the last time you slid? "It's been a long time," Hamels replied.

Can you say Gold Glove? First baseman Todd Helton turned in perhaps his finest play of the season in the seventh inning.

In a dramatic about-face, the Giants have purchased the contract of 2008 first-round pick Buster Posey, who will be in Philadelphia for tonight's game, GM Brian Sabean told The Chronicle.