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5 days ago | 
santacruzsentinel.com | Jerry McDonald
Landon Roupp had everyone figured out but Mike Trout Saturday night and that proved to be enough for the Giants in a 3-2 road win over the Los Angeles Angels. Roupp went seven innings, a career high and the deepest he’s gone this season. He gave up two runs on solo homers by Trout and nothing else. He walked just one, struck out nine and threw 96 pitches, 62 of them strikes. Tyler Rogers threw a scoreless eighth and Ryan Walker the ninth for his fifth save. Walker’s first order of business?
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5 days ago | 
santacruzsentinel.com | Jerry McDonald
The Giants made their first roster move Saturday, putting infielder Casey Schmitt on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain. Schmitt was announced as the starter Friday night, but was scratched in favor of LaMonte Wade Jr.“It happened right before the game, hitting in the cage, probably 25 minutes before the game,” Giants manager Bob Melvin said following a 2-0 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. Infielder David Villar was promoted from Triple-A Sacramento to take his place.
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6 days ago | 
santacruzsentinel.com | Jerry McDonald
An overpowering performance by Logan Webb wasn’t enough for the Giants to overcome their difficulties against left-handed pitchers Friday night. Lefty Tyler Anderson gave up no runs in six innings and three relievers finished things off for the Los Angeles Angels in a 2-0 win over the Giants at Angels Stadium. Webb (2-1) was dominant through six innings, tying his career high with 12 strikeouts in six innings with no walks.
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1 week ago | 
santacruzsentinel.com | Jerry McDonald
Can Jimmy Butler fuel a Warriors playoff run like prior midseason acquisitions for Bay Area teams? Deion Sanders, Rickey Henderson and Hunter Pence have helped lift their teams to championships upon arriving on the Bay's sports scene
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2 weeks ago | 
santacruzsentinel.com | Jerry McDonald
SF Giants’ Hayden Birdsong takes bullpen role into first game at Yankee Stadium Giants' 10-game road trip includes seven games against Yankees and Phillies
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2 weeks ago | 
thereporter.com | Jerry McDonald
Not everything 49ers CEO Jed York said to reporters at the NFL owners’ meetings is worthy of disdain. The NFL has structured its offseason in a media sense to make sure the league creates plenty of buzz from the end of the Super Bowl in February until the opening of training camps in mid-July. Over five months, there’s the combine, free agency, the owner’s meetings, the draft and required media access during offseason programs leading to training camp.
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2 weeks ago | 
chicoer.com | Jerry McDonald
Not everything 49ers CEO Jed York said to reporters at the NFL owners’ meetings is worthy of disdain. The NFL has structured its offseason in a media sense to make sure the league creates plenty of buzz from the end of the Super Bowl in February until the opening of training camps in mid-July. Over five months, there’s the combine, free agency, the owner’s meetings, the draft and required media access during offseason programs leading to training camp.
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2 weeks ago | 
marinij.com | Jerry McDonald
49ers CEO Jed York made one good point about the team’s inactive offseason 49ers' inactivity during free agency brings negative perception but may be a sound business plan
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3 weeks ago | 
mercurynews.com | Jerry McDonald
SAN FRANCISCO — OK, Buster, go make some memories. That was the job description from Buster Posey last October when he was named the Giants’ president of baseball operations. He invoked Willie Mays, Willie McCovey and Gaylord Perry as well as Will Clark, Jeff Kent, Matt Cain, Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford.
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3 weeks ago | 
santacruzsentinel.com | Jerry McDonald
It’s the most important game of the season for the Warriors. Or at least until the next one. And the one after that, and the one after that . . . On the line Tuesday night is a potential playoff seeding advantage over the host Memphis Grizzlies in the fifth game of a six-game trip outside the Bay Area. The Warriors have won two of three against the Grizzlies this season, most recently 121-114 on Jan. 4 in Memphis.
