World Champion Giants Hold On In 12 Innings To Win Home Opener
The San Francisco Giants celebrated raising the World Series flag with a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.
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The San Francisco Giants celebrated raising the World Series flag with a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.
A human tide of orange and black was ebbing and flowing around the stadium well before the gates opened at 10:35 a.m., with the sea of fans eagerly awaiting the Giants' first home game of the 2011 season.
Nearly $300,000 has been raised from people stirred by a San Francisco Giants fan who was beaten into a coma outside Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles after the team's season opener last week.
The employer of a man who was severely beaten outside Dodger Stadium raised $140,000 to pay for his medical expenses at a barbecue fundraiser in San Jose on Wednesday.
The San Francisco Giants' slow start likely will mean little this weekend. The anguish and torture that became so familiar to fans with all the close games during last season's remarkable run to the World Series can be forgotten for a few days at least.
Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum sported a different look in his impressive outing against the Padres in San Diego Wednesday, wearing his pants high like teammates Barry Zito and Matt Cain.
Faith leaders, community activists and residents joined the family of Bryan Stow for an emotional vigil that included prayers and moments of silence.
Tim Lincecum struck out 13 and held the San Diego Padres to one run and three hits in seven innings to lead the San Francisco Giants to an 8-4 win Wednesday night.
An all-day fundraiser is being held in San Jose for injured and San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow.
Barry Bonds' defense team decided not to call any witnesses in the former slugger's perjury trial, and instead rested its case just minutes after the judge tossed one of five counts against Bonds.
Wilson strained a muscle in his left side March 17 during a spring game. Wilson led the majors with 48 saves last season for the World Series champions.
A San Francisco Giants fan who was beaten and badly injured at Dodger Stadium showed signs of "brain injury and dysfunction," doctors said Tuesday.
The defending World Series champion Giants, who eliminated the Padres from playoff contention on the last day of the 2010 season, have lost four of five.
A federal judge barred the jury in the Barry Bonds' trial from hearing a new tape recording prosecutors claimed bolsters their case that the slugger knowingly took steroids.
The reward has now grown to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of the two men wanted for the severe beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium.
The defending World Series champions lost 4-3 to the rival Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.
Los Angeles police are looking for two men who beat and critically injured a San Francisco Giants fan in the Dodger Stadium parking lot after the opening day game.
Draw a line straight through from Brian Wilson blasting strike three past Nelson Cruz last November to Tim Lincecum jack-hammering called strike one past Rafael Furcal on Thursday night.
San Francisco rewarded Sanchez with a $6 million, one-year extension for the 2012 season Friday.
The 36-year-old Winn was granted his release by the Baltimore Orioles on Monday after signing a minor league deal with the club in early February.
Some of the most jaw dropping moments in sports come during skills tests like golf long drive competitions or a home run hitting contests, but as John Madden points out, that individual skill doesn't always translate into a successful pro career.
Tim Lincecum was his solid self. The Giants' defense wasn't, though, and it cost them as San Francisco opened defense of its World Series championship with a 2-1 loss to the Dodgers.
Prosecutors called Barry Bonds' orthopedic surgeon to the witness stand Thursday at the home-run slugger's perjury trial -- but they may wish they hadn't.
The Giants and Dodgers will play each other 17 times this season, but there's no better time than Thursday night's season opener for the rivals to measure themselves against each other.
No other sport does a better job starting a season than baseball, according to John Madden who quoted his grandson Jessie Madden as saying, "It's darn near a holiday."
