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Salon.com October 9, 2002 Joan Walsh |
Clear the field Dusty Baker is the greatest manager in San Francisco Giants history. So why is team owner Peter Magowan on the verge of letting him go? |
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 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. |
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 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 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 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 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 23, 2002 King Kaufman |
Batting around After the Angels' second straight 10-run outburst, a tight World Series is looking like a potential blowout. |
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... |
Investment Advisor April 2007 Olivia Mellan |
Child Is Father to the Man Few money messages are as enduring as the ones a son learns from his dad. Here's what financial planners need to understand about this special relationship. |
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. |
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 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 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? |
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 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 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. |
AskMen.com Andrew Segal |
Top 10 Father-Son Duos In Sports A look at the top ten father-son duos in sports. |
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 17, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Taking the fifth Barry Bonds' multidimensional game fuels another MVP bid. |
Sports Illustrated October 30, 2002 Rick Reilly |
'Back Off or I'll Snap!' Don't you feel a little sorry for Barry Bonds? Nobody, not even Barry Bonds, deserves a World Series week like he just had. |
Sports Illustrated October 10, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Tale of two managers While Baker blundered, Torre worked his magic again... |
Sports Central February 27, 2006 Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: What Does 756 Mean? Nobody cares about the prospects of the San Francisco Giants winning the World Series. It's all Bonds and it's all 756. Can he do it? And will it be relevant? |
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... |
Sports Illustrated August 23, 2000 Stephen Cannella |
Inside Baseball Six strong, if rather obscure, pitchers have given the Giants a lift -- into first place |
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. |
Sports Illustrated September 18, 2002 Tom Verducci |
Defending Barry Postseason failures have no bearing on this year's MVP race. |
Salon.com October 24, 2002 King Kaufman |
Moments to remember Cal Ripken Jr. is No. 1, the World Series is tied and Ray Liotta has something strange on his head. |
Sports Illustrated August 21, 2001 Rick Reilly |
He Loves Himself Barry Much In the San Francisco Giants' clubhouse, everybody knows the score: 24-1. There are 24 teammates, and there's Barry Bonds... |
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.... |
Sports Illustrated October 28, 2002 Peter King |
Give him this day Good-guy Emmitt Smith deserves a moment or two in the sun. |
Sports Illustrated September 11, 2002 Tom Verducci |
The hot seat cools off Managerial turnover will be at a minimum this baseball offseason |
Sports Illustrated August 14, 2002 Tom Verducci |
End of an era? This could be the last year Maddux and Glavine are Braves. |
ifeminists January 3, 2007 Leving & Sacks |
Dads Finally Get Fair Shake in the Media While the ''Father Knows Best'' depiction of dads was always a distortion, the ''Father Knows Nothing'' media theme of the past couple of decades has been a far greater one. Dads deserve a media rehabilitation -- hopefully 2006 was its beginning. |
Sports Central December 28, 2015 Jeff Kallman |
MLB 2015: It Got Late Early Out There The author ruminates on this year's baseball games and famous players of years past. |
Job Journal June 18, 2006 Rich Heintz |
Your Father's Footsteps Fathers have a way of unintentionally shaping their children's careers -- and both sides could learn from the experience. |
Sports Central November 14, 2010 Jeff Kallman |
The Wrong Expansion For Baseball MLB thinks the way to solve baseball's image and primacy problems is to expand the postseason. |
Fast Company June 2010 David Lidsky |
Numerology: Origins of Father's Day Statistics about Father's Day. |
Salon.com October 19, 2002 Allen Barra |
Angels in six Teamwork, belief and foul balls will carry Anaheim over Barry and the Giants. |
Sports Central October 31, 2012 Stephen Kerr |
Defending America's Pastime Now that San Francisco has swept Detroit, and this year's World Series is over, I'll watch some good pro and college football and basketball. But I'm already counting down the days until spring training starts another season. Hurry back, baseball! |
Sports Illustrated October 4, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Crossroad This season the Astros may have been the most fascinating team in baseball. Their collapse despite a new, beautiful ballpark was astounding. In what direction do the Astros head? |
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... |
AskMen.com June 12, 2002 Justin Becker |
How To Spend Father's Day With the hustle and bustle that most of us experience nowadays, we probably don't realize how long it has been since we took the time to stop and say thanks to the man who has stood by us from toddler to man -- good old dad. |
Salon.com October 30, 2002 Keith Olbermann |
Why the World Series is going down the tubes (literally) Greedy, shortsighted owners and one-dimensional teams playing bad baseball add up to an event that nobody cares about. |
Salon.com July 27, 2000 Susan B. Shor |
Baseball for bimbos Apparently, commissioner Bud Selig has just figured out that wives, moms and other female significant others have decision-making power in their families. |
Sports Illustrated October 13, 2000 Tom Verducci |
Chopped down Playoff disappointment means more changes for Braves... |
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. |
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. |
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. |