Giants’ Greatest Hitting Trios
When Josh Hamilton was signed by the Los Angeles Angels this off-season, many expected the teaming of Albert Pujols, Mike Trout and Hamilton in the same lineup to create an opportunity for them to put...
View ArticlePresenting Your April All-Stars
Ah, April. The first month of the season, the month of possibilities. In this most recent April, for example, Brandon Crawford has more than twice as many home runs as Josh Hamilton. Preseason...
View ArticleMemorable September Call-Up: Rich Aurilia
On December 22, 1994, the Giants traded former ace John Burkett to the Texas Rangers for two minor-leaguers, shortstop Rich Aurilia and first baseman Desi Wilson. Wilson would play all of 41 games in...
View ArticleThis Day in Giants History: October 5, 2001
Barry Bonds hits his 71st and 72nd home runs of the season to set a new major league single-season mark in the Giants’ 11-10 heartbreaking loss to the Dodgers. The first inning blast to break the...
View ArticleThis Day in Giants History: October 10, 2002
The Giants take a 2-games-to-0 lead in the NLCS with a 4-1 win over the Cardinals. Jason Schmidt pitches shutout ball into the eighth inning while shortstop Rich Aurilia drives home three of San...
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Baseball America Has Released Full Archive of Top-10 Giants Prospects
Royce Clayton (courtesy tradingcarddb.com) Each year, Baseball America publishes a list of each team’s top-10 prospects. They’ve had the list going back to 1998 on their website, but they’ve actually...
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How Many Good Giants Were Good Prospects?
Usually one sees this the other way around — how many good prospects became good players? It’s the foundation of any good prospect analysis, and indeed what we see is that higher-ranked prospects...
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