Bumgarner, Pence Lead Giants Past Royals In Game 1 Of World Series
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CBS / AP) — By the time Madison Bumgarner took the mound to throw his first pitch, the San Francisco Giants already held a three-run lead. It might as well have been 100 with the way...
View Article5 Things You Missed: 2014 World Series, Game 4
By Daniel Rathman Friday’s Game 3 was a relatively tidy, 3-2 affair. Both starters were crafty and efficient, working into the sixth and benefiting from quality defense. Both managers used only their...
View ArticleBumgarner Strikes Out 8 As Giants Shutout Royals For World Series Game 5 Win
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With every pitch, Madison Bumgarner etched his place among the World Series greats. The long, tall lefty kept slinging away and put the San Francisco Giants just one win from yet...
View ArticleDaily Madden: NFL In London And Giants Take Lead With Game 5 Win
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— Over the weekend Coach Madden watched The Detroit Lions play the Atlanta Falcons, but he had to get up pretty early in the morning. The game started at 6:30 a.m. Pacific Time...
View Article5 Things You Missed: 2014 World Series, Game 6
Before the Royals went down three games to two, leaving themselves with no path to victory besides forcing and prevailing in a winner-take-all Game 7, their manager, Ned Yost, admitted to secretly...
View ArticleDaily Madden: Expect To See Bumgarner In Game 7
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Bruce Bochy has settled the debate among fans and pundits. The Giants manager announced Tim Hudson will start Game 7 of the World Series against the Kansas City Royals. “I know...
View ArticleFormer Giant Williams Voted NL Manager Of The Year, World Series Winner Bochy...
Matt Williams got 18 first-place votes and 109 points. Pittsburgh's Clint Hurdle, who earned the NL honor last year, was second with eight first-place votes and 80 points. Bruce Bochy of the World...
View ArticleGiants Third Base Coach Tim Flannery Retires
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/AP) — Tim Flannery is ready to leave the baseball grind and play a little more music. On the day Pablo Sandoval finalized his contract with the Boston Red Sox, Flannery announced...
View ArticleWill The Rain Dampen The 22nd Annual Giants FanFest?
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The show will go on, rain or shine. In its 22nd year, the San Francisco Giants will hold their annual FanFest at AT&T Park, Saturday, February 7th. All three World Series...
View ArticleGiants Manager Bruce Bochy Undergoes Heart Operation At Arizona Hospital
San Francisco Giants Manager Bruce Bochy was admitted to a hospital in Arizona for a heart operation after experiencing chest discomfort Thursday.
View ArticleBochy Left Behind In Enemy Territory By Team Bus After Giants Beat Dodgers
LOS ANGELES (CBS SPORTS) — The man driving the Giants team bus on Friday is likely a bit chagrined by now, as reports surfaced Saturday that the bus left without manager Bruce Bochy. “The bus left me,”...
View ArticleGiants Break 7-Game Losing Streak To Power Past Mets
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/AP) — Matt Cain was more impressed by Hunter Pence’s defensive gem in the sixth inning than he was with his own winning return to AT&T Park. Pence’s sliding catch that he...
View ArticleFantasy Baseball All-Star Edition: Which Players Do You Actually Want On Your...
By Sam McPherson Every year it’s the same thing: Major League Baseball fusses and fawns over the players that make the All-Star Game rosters in the American and National leagues. Whether because of fan...
View ArticleRisk vs. Reward: Using Giants Ace Bumgarner As Pinch Hitter
By Steve Bitker, KCBS Sports Giants lefty Madison Bumgarner is not only one of the best pitchers in baseball today–and the best post-season pitcher of all-time, according to some statistical...
View ArticleTim Lincecum’s Season Is Done; Future With San Francisco Giants In Doubt
(CBS SF) –- One of the San Francisco Giants’ most popular and recognizable players in franchise history may have played his last game for the team. Two-time Cy Young Award-winner and three-time World...
View ArticleBochy’s Spring Off To A Painful Start
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Madison Bumgarner approached Bruce Bochy and jokingly offered his manager a big hug after an offseason apart. On any other day, Bochy likely would have accepted the warm...
View ArticleA’s Miss The Chance To Sweep Giants In Bay Bridge Series
OAKLAND (CBS SF/AP) – After dominating the Bay Bridge Series for three days against the big-spending Giants, the Oakland Athletics ran right into Madison Bumgarner. On the mound, and at the plate....
View ArticleWho Needs A DH When You Have Bumgarner
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Bruce Bochy all but had his mind made up days ago: Madison Bumgarner would hit in an AL ballpark for interleague rather than using a designated hitter. All the San Francisco...
View ArticleCrawford’s 3 Hits Power Giants Past Diamondbacks
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Brandon Crawford drove in three runs and came within a triple of hitting for the cycle, Jeff Samardzija overcame a shaky first inning to win and the San Francisco Giants beat...
View ArticleBochy Released From Hospital, Expected To Manage Tuesday
MIAMI (CBS SF/AP) — San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy was released from a Miami hospital after spending the night there with an undisclosed illness, and the plan was for him to manage against...
View ArticleGiants Replace Base Coaches Roberto Kelly, Billy Hayes
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The San Francisco Giants, reeling from a second half collapse and a stunning Game 4 loss in the NL Division Series playoffs, announced Thursday first base coach Billy Hayes and...
View ArticleGiants Manager Bochy Undergoes Heart Procedure
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Giants Manager Bruce Bochy will miss a couple of games this week after undergoing a heart procedure Tuesday morning, according to a statement released by the team. The team...
View ArticleGiants Beat Indians, Earn Seat On A Throne
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5/AP) — Their worst season in years has afforded the San Francisco Giants few light-hearted moments. A second straight dramatic win against a pennant contender gave them one such...
View ArticleGiants Front Office Searches For Answers After 98 Loss Season
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Way back in spring training, Bruce Bochy had a roster he believed would be a legitimate contender in the talented NL West. His injury-plagued San Francisco Giants never got on...
View ArticleDr. O’Donnell Performs The Giants Autopsy
(KPIX) — The Giants go into the off-season with more question marks than last October. With a league-tying 98 losses, front office management will be hard-pressed to find one or two outfielders,...
View ArticleGiants Shake Up Coaching Staff; Righetti Reassigned To Front Office
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants have reassigned longtime pitching coach Dave Righetti from manager Bruce Bochy’s field staff to special assistant to the general manager, working under...
View ArticleGiants’ Bochy Gets Fun Feedback to Rare Tweet
ATLANTA (AP) — San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy has posted only a handful of tweets since joining Twitter in November 2017. He may start spending more time on social media after enjoying the...
View ArticleO’Donnell: Don’t Blame Bochy For Giants Struggles
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Are we witnessing the end of the Bruce Bochy era? Let’s fact it. The Giants have been a tough watch this season. It’s not just that they’re bad, they’re boring. In fact, they...
View Article‘In My Mind It’s Time’– Giants Manager Bruce Bochy Announces Retirement
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (CBS SF) — After bringing three World Series titles to the Bay Area, San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy announced Monday that the 2019 season will be his last. Bochy, who has...
View ArticleBochy, Belt Ejected As Giants Lose In Finale To Nationals
WASHINGTON (AP) — Patrick Corbin took a one-hitter into the eighth inning to earn his first win with Washington, Wilmer Difo homered and the Nationals beat the punchless San Francisco Giants 4-2...
View ArticleGiants Beat Mets 9-3 For Bochy’s 1000th Win With San Francisco
NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Bochy joined John McGraw as the only Giants managers to win 1,000 regular-season games when San Francisco beat the New York Mets 9-3 Tuesday night behind Stephen Vogt’s...
View ArticleRockies Beat Giants 6-2 for Bochy’s Mile-High Swan Song
DENVER (AP) — Kyle Freeland earned his first win in nearly four months and Nolan Arenado homered twice to lead the Colorado Rockies past San Francisco 6-2 Sunday in the final game at Coors Field for...
View ArticleGiants Rout Red Sox 11-3, Giving Bochy 2,000th Win
BOSTON (AP) — Stephen Vogt hit a two-run homer and the Giants beat the Red Sox 11-3 on Wednesday night, giving Bruce Bochy his 2,000th career victory as a manager in the majors. Bochy became just the...
View ArticleGiants Manager Bruce Bochy Prepares To Exit After Respected Career
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bruce Bochy once took a bat to a flat-screen TV during a San Francisco Giants team meeting to make a point to his players. It just took a few more swings than he expected because...
View ArticleBellinger Hits 47th HR, Leads Dodgers to 9-2 Win Over Giants
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Cody Bellinger hit his 47th homer, Walker Buehler pitched five solid innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 9-2 on Friday night. Bellinger’s leadoff...
View ArticleSF Skipper Bochy Watches Dodgers Blank Giants in Final Game as Manager
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bruce Bochy spoke to a ballpark filled with thousands of lives he touched in some way and thanked them all straight from the heart, no notes necessary. Bochy bid an emotional...
View ArticleOracle Park Bids Farewell To Bruce Bochy’s Successful Career In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — As the 2019 baseball season wrapped up, fans turned out to say farewell to retiring Giants manager Bruce Bochy, the man who guided the team to the most successful run in its...
View ArticleGiants Enter Offseason With Long To-Do List
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Farhan Zaidi begins his second offseason with San Francisco with a daunting to-do list. The Giants’ president of baseball operations addressed the challenges a team in transition...
View ArticleGiants Introduce Gabe Kapler As New Manager Replacing Bruce Bochy
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — The Giants introduced their new manager at a news conference Wednesday afternoon but, instead of baseball, the talk immediately went to a controversy regarding domestic...
View ArticleFormer Giants Manager Bruce Bochy To Manage French World Baseball Classic Team
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy isn’t quite done managing after all. Bochy might have just retired after a decorated 25-year career in the dugout with San Diego and San...
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