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  • 1 week ago | sfstandard.com | John Shea

    Want the latest Bay Area sports news delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to receive regular email blasts, plus “The Dime,” our twice-weekly sports newsletter. Marco Luciano played first base for the first time in his professional life on Wednesday, creating quite a stir among Giants fans who are desperate for a quick fix for a team that just got swept in Detroit and has serious issues scoring runs. Yes, the Giants are on the prowl for any way to improve their anemic offense.

  • 1 week ago | sfstandard.com | John Shea

    Want the latest Bay Area sports news delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to receive regular email blasts, plus “The Dime,” our twice-weekly sports newsletter. The Giants’ brain trust gathered last Wednesday to watch a homestand finale against the Royals. Nine team officials joined Buster Posey inside a newly expanded booth along broadcast row in the Giants’ press box. Assistant GM Jeremy Shelley closely monitored what transpired on the field. Special assistant Ron Wotus studied his laptop screen.

  • 2 weeks ago | sfstandard.com | John Shea

    Want the latest Bay Area sports news delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to receive regular email blasts, plus “The Dime,” our twice-weekly sports newsletter. The Giants’ rotation keeps getting younger. Hayden Birdsong made his first start of the season Tuesday, and fellow 23-year-old Kyle Harrison will join the rotation Saturday when the Giants play their second game of a three-game series in Washington.

  • 2 weeks ago | sfstandard.com | John Shea

    Want the latest Bay Area sports news delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to receive regular email blasts, plus “The Dime,” our twice-weekly sports newsletter. For the first time this season, the Giants made a rotation change when Hayden Birdsong started Tuesday instead of Jordan Hicks. One day later, they were planning to make another.

  • 2 weeks ago | sfstandard.com | John Shea

    Want the latest Bay Area sports news delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to receive regular email blasts, plus “The Dime,” our twice-weekly sports newsletter. Hayden Birdsong always considered himself a starting pitcher, period, even as he spent the season’s first seven weeks in the Giants’ bullpen, compiling solid outing after solid outing and waiting for his opportunity.

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