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Milwaukee beat San Francisco last night when Josh Prince scored on Blake Lalli's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth. But Carlos Gomez had three hits, including an infield single that resulted in a throwing error that advanced Prince to third. Ryan Braun tried to reward Gomez in the dugout afterwa...
A Very Important GIF Of A Giants Reliever Farting On His Teammate
Jose Mijares is not a very big fan of Jean Machi right now....
Epic Air-Guitaring Giants Fan Is Epic
So, you think you know how to party? Well, this guy knows how to party harder....
Here's Clayton Kershaw's Game-Winning Home Run
Quite a day for the Dodgers. Sandy Koufax made a surprise relief appearance and then Clayton Kershaw beat the defending World Series champions all by himself....
Dolphins Lineman Richie Incognito Is Big-Time Man-Crushing On Jake Long To Woo Him Back To Miami
Jake Long, the No. 1 overall pick by Miami in 2008, is presently an ex-Dolphin, via free agency. This does not sit well with Richie Incognito, the fellow Dolphins o-lineman (above, right). Long (above, left) may have been banged up with sundry injuries the past couple of years, but if he would come ...
Tim Lincecum Had A Very Zen Offseason
Now that spring training has officially kicked off, it's time for baseball writers to spend the next two months filling column space while absolutely nothing of consequence happens. Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal got started today, asking various members of the San Francisco Giants to share their favori...
Tim Lincecum Cut Off All His Hair
Well look who got a haircut right before spring training! Tim Lincecum has dropped his signature Dazed and Confused look for something more Joseph Gordon-Levitt-y. It's grown-up and adorable and it'll be even more surprising when such a clean-cut guy says "now I know what chicks feel like" the next ...
Friends Successfully Use Twitter To Get Adrian Peterson To Call High School Kid With Cancer
At least, it appears they succeeded. The friend with cancer, Blake Cognata, is a senior lacrosse player from Fairport, NY who is also Minnesota Vikings fan. From what we can gather, Cognata seems to be a pretty good dude. Unsurprisingly, then, a groundswell of support developed around the senior to...
Alabama Barely Beats Georgia For SEC Title, Right To Demolish Irish In National Title Game
Your national title game will be SEC semifinal champion Alabama against Notre Dame, which in a just alternate universe just got piss-pounded by Ohio State in the Big Ten title game and ceded its title game slot to Florida. In this universe, though, Notre Dame spent the afternoon licking its chops as...
Fun (?) With Sporting Events As Predictors Of Election Results
Desperate to know how this Tuesday's election will turn out? Uninterested in complicated mathematics that can predict the winner with a fairly high degree of accuracy? Superstitious or just simple-minded? Can we interest you in…a series of sports-related coincidences?! ...
Finally, Next Media Animation Weighs In On The World Series.
Finally, Next Media Animation weighs in on the World Series. If you didn't catch this year's Fall Classic-and, if you're reading these words, there's a good chance you didn't-or if you immediately forgot everything that happened during the Series-and, all things considered, there's a good chance y...
This Child Is Terrified Of Tim Lincecum
Tim Lincecum's seemingly harmless demeanor is inexplicably making this poor kid above freak the fuck out. Isn't it adorable when kids are frightened for no visible reason?...
Angel Pagan Stopped By A Bay Area Taco Bell Today
Pagan's stolen base in the World Series allowed everyone in America to get a free taco this afternoon, but it looks like Pagan finagled a few extra for his efforts....
Have You Seen This Giants Fan?
San Francisco police would like to talk to him. ...
Here's Batting Stance Guy's Tribute To The World Champion Giants
The consistently stellar Batting Stance Guy, the man with the world's least useful skill, brings us his impressions of the champions. His Hunter Pence is especially commendable. Also, there's a Buster-themed surprise at the end....
The Giants Sure Use A Lot Of Sabermetrics For An Anti-Sabermetric Team
The Giants' World Series title is the latest point of retreat for the desperate sportswriter still looking to slam the use of statistics in baseball. In today's San Francisco Chronicle, Bruce Jenkins insists that this championship team got there through hard work, gristle, faces, eyes, shoulders, k...
For Better Or Worse, Barry Zito Is Always There For The Giants
On October 19, Barry Zito took the mound in St. Louis, with his San Francisco Giants trailing the Cardinals three games to one in the NLCS. He was not the pitcher the Giants would have wanted, one game from elimination. Nine days earlier, in his first start of the postseason, Zito had been yanked af...
Giants Fans, Show Us Your Celebration Pictures And Videos From Last Night
Reader Tom sent us the video you see above, and it is of what he describes as a "fucking epic" celebration that took place at The Republic in San Francisco after the final out of the World Series. We're inclined to agree with Tom's description, and now we'd like to see more videos and pictures of ...
Sergio Romo Struck Out Miguel Cabrera With The Ballsiest Pitch Of The World Series
When Sergio Romo sealed his team's World Series victory with a strikeout of Miguel Cabrera, it was hard not to wonder what the hell Cabrera was thinking. On a 2-2 count, he watched an 89-mph fastball sail right over the middle of the plate, his season ending with his bat on his shoulder. Wainwright ...