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Salon.com October 19, 2002 Joan Walsh |
Giants in six Baseball experts are swooning for the scrappy Angels. But the Giants are scrappy too -- and they're a better team. |
Salon.com September 22, 2000 Joan Walsh |
Who let the dogs out? If you don't know, you haven't been following the best team -- and the best kept secret -- in baseball. |
Salon.com October 29, 2002 Joan Walsh |
Daddy's home Sharing the dugout and lots of affection with their sons, the Giants telegraphed good news about fatherhood -- and manhood -- in 2002. |
Salon.com October 28, 2002 King Kaufman |
One last surprise After six nights of roller coaster weirdness, the Angels and Giants played a relatively uneventful Game 7. And when it was over, Anaheim almost looked like fun. |
Sports Illustrated October 10, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Tale of two managers While Baker blundered, Torre worked his magic again... |
Salon.com October 15, 2002 King Kaufman |
Who needs champions? The evil possibility of an all-wild card World Series has come to pass, and you know what? It looks pretty good from here. |
Salon.com April 1, 2002 Joan Walsh |
Barry Bonds' 2001 season Many baseball fans will never adore the San Francisco Giants' moody superstar. But en route to perhaps the greatest individual season in the sport's history, Bonds emerged as the wounded hero of a wounded nation... |
Sports Illustrated October 13, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Chopped down Playoff disappointment means more changes for Braves... |
Salon.com October 8, 2002 King Kaufman |
America loves underdogs Just not enough to watch them play. Too bad, because the baseball teams that are still alive are a stone gas. |
Sports Illustrated August 16, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Giants expect to keep Baker The idea of Giants manager Dusty Baker on the free-agent market this winter is intriguing to several teams that expect to have openings after the season. But a major league baseball source said Baker has told San Francisco GM Brian Sabean at least twice this year that he'll stay on. |
Salon.com October 17, 2002 Keith Olbermann |
Dusty's drama, the Angels' angst Will the Curse of Keane strike the Giants? Will the Angels' longtime demon torment them once again? Play ball! |
Sports Central June 10, 2005 William Geoghegan |
These Cubs Are Dusty's Kind of Team The 2005 Cubs, the stripped-down, less powerful, injury-riddled, not-that-great-on-paper Cubs, are playing better than the 2004 edition really ever did. |
Salon.com October 21, 2002 King Kaufman |
"Oh! My God!" The Giants and Angels don't seem able to play a dull World Series game. Even the participants have been amazed so far. |
Salon.com April 18, 2001 Joan Walsh |
A strange love Or: How one Giants fan learned to stop worrying and love Barry Bonds, just in time to appreciate his 500th home run... |
Salon.com October 19, 2002 King Kaufman |
Cinderella, Goliath and other Series myths With the Giants and Angels set to meet in the Fall Classic, it's time for Fox TV and other pundits to manufacture drama. |
Sports Illustrated September 18, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Defending Barry Postseason failures have no bearing on this year's MVP race. |
Sports Illustrated August 14, 2002 Tom Verducci |
End of an era? This could be the last year Maddux and Glavine are Braves. |
Salon.com October 23, 2002 King Kaufman |
Batting around After the Angels' second straight 10-run outburst, a tight World Series is looking like a potential blowout. |
Sports Central October 13, 2010 Jeff Kallman |
Bobby's World Stopped Bobby Cox could bring himself to do no more Monday than flash a shy, close-lipped smile, and a thumbs-up to a Turner Field audience that had just watched an only-too-familiar sight. |
Sports Illustrated October 3, 2000 Jeff Pearlman |
Playoffs: Giants-Mets Breakdown How key is it for the Mets' pitching staff to come through? Consider: The Giants were second in the NL in batting average and slugging percentage, third in runs and home runs.... |
Salon.com August 30, 2001 Joan Walsh |
If Jeff Kent were black The San Francisco Giants' All-Star second baseman got off easy for blasting Barry Bonds to Sports Illustrated, because the media likes him and hates Bonds. Could race (say it isn't so!) have anything to do with it? |
Sports Illustrated October 30, 2002 Phil Taylor |
Simply Excellent When a black head coach like Tyrone Willingham can be seen as the leading authority figure in his sport, when a black manager like Dusty Baker can sit back and wait for a bidding war over his services, there is something fundamentally different about racial attitudes in sports. |
Salon.com October 7, 1999 Joan Walsh |
Talking baseball with Hank Greenwald The best broadcaster you won't hear on the air talks about umpire arrogance, the home-run chase and "the Viagra of baseball." |
Sports Illustrated October 4, 2000 |
My postseason awards ballot I am hereby submitting my vote, even if it has absolutely no bearing on the outcome... |
Sports Illustrated August 23, 2000 Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball Six strong, if rather obscure, pitchers have given the Giants a lift -- into first place |
Sports Illustrated September 11, 2002 Tom Verducci |
The hot seat cools off Managerial turnover will be at a minimum this baseball offseason |
Salon.com October 4, 2002 King Kaufman |
Why isn't Barry Bonds productive? Because of a colossal managerial blunder that has him hitting cleanup instead of leadoff. |
Salon.com April 19, 2000 Joan Walsh |
What does a woman want? Season tickets The San Francisco Giants are ensconced in their new ballpark. Now if they could only throw off the hex and win a game there... |
Salon.com October 5, 2000 Brian Sulkis |
Mets robbed by wrong coast team! ESPN brings you the latest baseball scandal. But at least they're finally talking about the Giants... |
Salon.com June 19, 2000 Gary Kaufman |
Silicon Valley A's? Not if the Giants have anything to say about it. The fur is flying in their off-the-field rivalry. |
Fast Company Evie Nagy |
The Surprisingly Emotional Story Of The Man Who Invented The High Five When Dusty Baker hit his 30th home run, enthusiastic rookie Glenn Burke, waiting on deck, held his hand up high, signaling for Baker to give him the first-ever high five. |
The Motley Fool September 11, 2009 David Lee Smith |
You Need to Watch This Oil-Patch Purchase Baker Hughes gives Barclays invitees the whys and wherefores of its recent acquisition. |
Sports Illustrated October 28, 2002 Peter King |
Give him this day Good-guy Emmitt Smith deserves a moment or two in the sun. |
Salon.com September 15, 2000 Allen Barra |
Why I hate the Olympics Greed, hypocrisy, dumb sports and Bela Karolyi, just for starters. Plus: Mets? Braves? Try Giants. Dennis Miller: He doesn't know football, but at least he's not funny. |
Sports Illustrated January 25, 2001 Peter King |
Chat Reel Plenty to look forward to in Super Bowl XXXV... |
Entrepreneur July 2003 Jodie Carter |
Breaking Ground One seasoned land developer puts his experience to good use with a UBuildIt franchise. |
The Motley Fool August 7, 2006 Nathan Slaughter |
Fire Your Fund Manager Baseball has taught many practical lessons that can be applied to the financial world. Most recently, the decisions of embattled Cubs manager Dusty Baker serve as a reminder of when it might be time to dump a struggling fund manager. |
Sports Central November 12, 2011 Bill Hazell |
Will Big Blue Fool Us Again? While they are far from the biggest surprise in the league, don't try to tell me you had the New York Giants in first place at 6-2 by the season's halfway mark. |
Sports Central August 27, 2008 Bill Hazell |
2008 Giants Sure to Leave Fans Blue As a Big Blue supporter, I know I will probably never again in my life see anything like what the G-Men went through last January and February. |
Sports Central January 29, 2008 Bob Ekstrom |
The Child is Father to the Man If Vegas is right, the child may become father to the man this Sunday, as the New England Patriots remain double-digit favorites over New York's Football Giants in the days leading up to Super Bowl XLII. |
The Motley Fool September 1, 2009 David Lee Smith |
Will Baker Hughes Jump-Start Oil Patch Acquisitions? The week awakens with a big oilfield service announcement. |
Sports Central February 6, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Super Bowl XLVI Rewind The Giants delivered another game-winning fourth quarter touchdown drive, and the Tom Brady magic that always seemed to carry the Patriots in the early 2000s was nowhere to be found. |
Sports Central October 17, 2014 Jeff Kallman |
Giants Thrown Onto Threshold of World Series Is it unreasonable for Cardinals fans to ask themselves whether their team is trying, literally, to throw this National League Championship Series to the Giants? |
Sports Central January 24, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Super Bowl XLVI Preview No one likes a broken record, but with two offenses this explosive, it's logical to think this game will come down to turnovers and red zone efficiency. |
Sports Central February 4, 2008 Joe Boesch |
A "Giant" Season Everyone that doubted the New York Giants can now sit down and bow their head in disbelief because the New York Giants are Super Bowl XLII champions. I repeat: the Giants are Super Bowl Champions. |
Sports Central October 9, 2003 Rich Levine |
Vin Baker's Last Stand Vin Baker could not have been a worse addition to the Celtics last season. Fast-forward to training camp 2003 and Baker looks like a different man. |
Sports Central September 23, 2014 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 3 Power Rankings The NFL announced this year's nominees to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "Contributors" like owners, general managers, and league officials are no longer competing with players for the same spots. |
Inc. January 2004 Nadine Heintz |
Why Can't We Be Friends? Small companies may be informal, but there's a big difference between being a boss and being a buddy. |
Sports Illustrated January 24, 2001 Peter King |
Most NFL teams have a Super chance The NFL is changing, in a big way. The Ravens and Giants are poster children for the new-look league, just like the Rams and Titans were in Super Bowl XXXIV... |
InternetNews November 5, 2009 |
Windows 7 Drives a 49% Spike in PC Sales NPD Group estimates total Windows PC unit sales jumped 49 percent year-over-year for the week that Windows 7 launched and 95 percent from the week prior to launch. |