Tag: San Francisco Giants

Madison Bumgarner named SI Sportsman of the Year

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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 […]

Former All-Star, manager Dark dies at 92

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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 […]

Champion Giants give Sandoval qualifying offer

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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 […]

Giants throw spooktacular bash for third World Series parade

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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 […]

Who else? Bumgarner is Series MVP

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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 […]

Rounding Third: Giants ride one-man wrecking crew to a title

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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? […]

Rounding Third: Taveras’ death overshadows Giants’ Game 5 win

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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 […]

Rounding Third: Royals follow familiar script to even series

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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 […]