It was a strange day in Giants’ land on Thursday. Their workhorse, Matt Cain labored through six innings, allowing eight hits and four runs. He left with the...
Justice was delayed, but in the end, it was served in Texas. Kila Ka’aihue singled in the game winning run in the 10th inning and the A’s split the short series with first place Texas with a 5-4 win this afternoon. The A’s had to rally after home plate umpire Laz Diaz missed Brandon McCarthy’s [...]
Earlier this afternoon, Raiders middle linebacker Rolando McClain was convicted on charges of assault, reckless endangerment, menacing and wrongful discharge by a Decatur (Ala.) Municipal Court judge. These charges stemmed from an incident that occurred on November 30, 2011 when the victim, Richard Tapscott, claimed McClain threatened to kill him and fired a bullet next [...]
Questions abound in Giants’ land, as the offense sputtered yet again, seeing the Cardinals emerge victorious 4-1. In the first matchup of the year between the last two World Champions, the Cardinals delivered a complete game, while the Giants did not. Madison Bumgarner was solid through seven and a third, walking none while striking out [...]
The San Francisco Giants welcomed the World Champion St Louis Cardinals into AT&T Park Wednesday night for the first of a two game series. This will be the only time the Cardinals visit San Francisco this year. The Giants had their opportunities, piling up ten hits, but they were 2-11 with runners in scoring position [...]
For the second straight game, the A’s offense was stymied by great starting pitching and fell in Arlington to the Texas Rangers, 4-1. Japanese sensation Yu Darvish improved to 6-1 with the win while the A’s Tom Milone fell to 5-3 with loss. For his part, Milone was not bad. He went seven innings and allowed [...]
Just a day after winning a tension filled nine innings, the Giants looked to duplicate a similar feat on Tuesday. While the tension was palpable throughout AT&T Park, the result was less than pleasing for the sellout crowd. The Giants rallied from a 4-1 deficit to tie the game up at four in the bottom [...]
The topic has been brought up on sports talk radio and has been speculated over the past couple weeks, but when is the time to re-sign team stand-out Melky Cabrera? The overall consensus would be that the Giants would love Cabrera back with the team next season. He is getting paid $6 million this season [...]
In a game with the slimmest of strike zones, the Giants had just enough offense to come out on top over the Colorado Rockies. Tied 1-1 heading into the Giants scored twice on a pair of RBI singles by Buster Posey and Brett Pill to push their lead to 3-1. Santiago Casilla took the mound looking to easily close out...
For the Oakland Raiders to win in 2012, they will need key stars (see: McFadden, Darren) to stay healthy and be productive. However, in a season that is being used as a prologue to the changes expected under new owner Mark Davis and general manager Reggie McKenzie, rookies will have to have some impact to blunt off-season losses. Christo [...]