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Dodgers Fan Gives Lesson In Fandom During Fifth-Grade Graduation Speech
We don't have much background info to go with this video, but it looks like young Casey was asked to share his favorite memory from the past year during his fifth-grade graduation ceremony. Casey flips the script, though, and chooses to talk about his least-favorite memory: the day the Giants won th...

The Padres' Will Venable Made One Of The Best Catches Of The Season
Bear with our hyperbole on this one. Because there was what Will Venable did—sprinting back toward the wall and laying out to make a backhanded catch over his head, à la Jim Edmonds—and there was the situation in which he did it....

Miracle Of Coogan's Bluff: Red Smith On The Shot Heard ‘Round The World
Red Smith is the most respected sports columnist we've ever had. In his prime, Jimmy Cannon, Smith's friendly rival, was certainly as well-known. Cannon, the Voice of New York, was an emotional, colloquial writer whose reputation, unfortunately, has faded. But Smith endures. What is it about his wri...

Ángel Pagán's Walk-Off Inside-The-Park Home Run Was Just Foolish
So this is what the San Francisco Giants do. Sort of. They lead the majors with seven walk-off home runs already this year, so we guess that they found a way to win at home to the Rockies even when they were down 5-4 in the 10th inning shouldn't be too much of a surprise. This, though, wasn't just a...

The Wall Is In Bryce Harper's Head
After Bryce Harper clumsily ran face-first into the right-field wall at Dodger Stadium, we were assured—by Harper himself and others—that the incident would not prevent Harper from “playing hard” in the future. Those assurances may have been given a bit hastily....

Pitcher Tim Lincecum Slips, Busts Ass, Gets Called For a Balk
Last night, San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum was on the mound against the Colorado Rockies. In the fourth inning he lined up to throw a pitch, slipped, and toppled over. He got called for a balk....

Jeremy Affeldt Returned $500,000 The Giants Paid Him By Mistake
Jeremy Affeldt admits it: In 2010, he literally was an overpaid relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants....

Munenori Kawasaki's Mind Is Just Totally Blown By Pablo Sandoval's Tats
Enjoy this photo. It's not often that you get to see someone over the age of seven have their world turned upside down by something the rest of us find mundane. ...

Batter Celebrates Game-Tying Home Run Too Early, Flies Out
Don't celebrate your home runs before they come down....

D'Fellas
Here's a winning story about Lawrence Taylor and his boys by one of our finest writers—John Ed Bradley. It originally appeared in Esquire back in 1985....

Metallica Performed "The Star Spangled Banner" At AT&T Park
Friday night in San Francisco was Metallica Night and the Giants offered a wide variety of Metallica-related fun. ...

...Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex and The San Francisco Giants
Woody's sex and baseball joke. ...

Watch Justin Pugh Get Mobbed By His Friends After Being Drafted
A draft party at home, with your friends and family, seems infinitely better than the green room. (Just ask Geno Smith.) ...

Barry Zito Has Found Christianity And Guns
In the off-season, Tim Lincecum found a newer, more mature look for himself, and now the Giants other bro-starter has followed suit. Barry Zito, once of "stabbin' cabin" fame, is transforming himself from the poster boy of Bay Area chill to a full red-blooded American. First up: religion....

Giants Reliever Farts On His Teammate: The Epilogue
We couldn't help but share a GIF of Giants reliever Jean Machi farting on Jose Mijares last night, and now we can't help but share a second GIF, this one depicting the aftermath of the fart....

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....

Shaun Rogers Had Half His Salary's Worth Of Jewelry Stolen
Giants DT Shaun Rogers used to make pretty good money. He got $20 million guaranteed from Cleveland just five years ago. But legal problems (stripper assault, gun at the airport) and health problems mean the 13-year-vet is playing for relative peanuts. Earlier this month, he re-signed with the Giant...