New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner was named the 2014 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year on Monday. The award is presented annually to the athlete, team or coach who transcended the year in both […]
Oakland, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Former Oakland Athletics manager Alvin Dark has died at the age of 92. Dark got his first managerial position in 1961 immediately following his retirement as a player. In his second season, he led the San […]
San Francisco, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – The newly crowned World Series champion San Francisco Giants began their offseason by extending impending free agent Pablo Sandoval a one-year qualifying offer at Monday’s deadline. The move is a mere formality, with Sandoval certain […]
San Francisco, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – For the third time in five years, the San Francisco Giants dressed as World Series champions on Halloween. The Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 in Game 7 of the Fall Classic on Wednesday […]
Kansas City, MO (SportsNetwork.com) – In five innings, Madison Bumgarner went from World Series ace to World Series closer. All the while his manager avoided him, showing Bumgarner the type of wide berth normally reserved for pitchers in the middle […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – The San Francisco Giants got a combined nine outs from their starting pitchers in Games 6 and 7. Yet here they are celebrating a third World Series title in five years. How is that even possible? […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – The San Francisco Giants moved one step closer to their third World Series title in five years on Sunday. But, whatever transpired on the field seemed a bit inconsequential to what happened down in the Dominican […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – How many times can the pendulum swing in one World Series? Kansas City entered the Fall Classic with more momentum than any team in the history of baseball. Then Madison Bumgarner happened. The Royals then put […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Kansas City Royals came to San Francisco with one goal in mind. Get the series back to Kauffman Stadium. Mission accomplished. Kansas City jumped out to a three-run lead, then its filthy bullpen did the […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants are in the World Series because of their bullpens. In Game 2 on Wednesday one of those units delivered, the other did not and now the best-of-seven set […]