Playoff Pinch Hits: Giants Hard To Beat After World Series Game 1 Win
The San Francisco Giants won the first game of the 2010 and 2012 World Series, which put them on the championship path both times.
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The San Francisco Giants won the first game of the 2010 and 2012 World Series, which put them on the championship path both times.
As the Giants play the Royals in the World Series, the San Francisco Police Department is reportedly investigating surveillance video involving pitcher Sergio Romo and his girlfriend following an encounter with officers last week.
Madison Bumganer took a two-hit shutout into the seventh inning, Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer off James Shields in a three-run first and the San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1 in Tuesday night's World Series opener.
The San Francisco Giants - Kansas City Royals World Series is billed as a team of destiny versus a bid for a dynasty. For lifetime Giants fans used to decades of disappointment, it's hard to see this team keeping it up every year (or every other year). But what if the Giants win the series? And what if they keep on winning them? At some point we are going to have to call them a dynasty, and even the most fatalist Giants fan will have to revise expectations upward. What will they root for? Here's a partial to-do list. We'd love to have your additions in the comments below.
As the Giants and Royals prepare to face off in the World Series, both the Bay Area and the Kansas City have one thing in common: a risk of earthquakes.
Ticket prices for the 2014 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Kansas City Royals are both giant and royally expensive, according to one reseller.
The San Francisco Giants and the Kansas City Royals will square off in the 110th edition of the World Series, beginning Tuesday at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City.
The Kansas City Royals traded for starting pitcher James Shields before the 2013 season, giving up top hitting prospect Wil Myers.
The World Series between the Royals and Giants will feature two teams that didn't even win 90 games during the regular season.
As Giants fans celebrated the team's upcoming trip to the World Series late Thursday night, drivers stopped traffic in San Francisco's Mission District for a sideshow.
In an act of sportsmanship, video on YouTube shows a Saint Louis Cardinals fan swimming into the water near Jack London Square in Oakland, in an attempt to save a Giants fan's ticket.
The San Francisco Giants are headed to the World Series, and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County is hoping Bay Area fans' love for the baseball team will lead to homes for dogs and puppies named after some of the Giants' most popular players.
Thursday night, the Utah Jazz defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 119-86 to improve their preseason record to 4-0. Despite that, Jazz head coach Quin Snyder didn't seem satisfied (you'll see...).
Every Giants fan in attendance Thursday took home cherished memories of a magical night, but the game was particularly significant for one little fan who won't remember a single thing about the game.
It's a script ready-made for Hollywood: longtime ballplayer facing the end of his career struggling in the minor leagues after short-lived stints on major league clubs, getting another chance with the team that originally drafted him - and etching his name into history with a pennant-clinching home run.
The Giants beat the Cardinals to make the World Series. But baseball fans outside of San Francisco will be rooting for the Royals.
Travis Ishikawa hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning, sending the San Francisco Giants to the World Series with a 6-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night.
The 25-year-old lefty tossed eight solid innings in Game 5 and took home the prize after San Francisco rallied for a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Travis Ishikawa's three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth.
San Francisco police have canceled days-off in preparation for a possible Giants win Thursday night which would put the team in the World Series for the third time in the last five years.
The Giants need one more win to return to the World Series and they send their ace to the mound Thursday night - but before you click on Craigslist hoping to find some semi-affordable seats for the World Series, keep this in mind: The Giants are favored by Las Vegas oddsmakers Thursday, and those guys have been wrong pretty much the entire MLB Postseason.
With more dominant defense, an opportunistic offense that plated two runs in the first inning and a bullpen that shut down the Baltimore Orioles once again, Greg Holland and the Kansas City Royals wrapped up a sweep of the AL Championship Series with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday.
The Giants claimed Game 3 in the NLCS with a 10th inning walk-off bunt and error.
In the NLCS, the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals are evenly matched. Baseball fans should hang on and enjoy the ride.
The San Francisco Giants will take the field at AT&T Park Wednesday afternoon with a 2-1 lead in the National League Championship Series after a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in 10 innings Tuesday.
