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Or the Braves. Russ Ortiz pitching on full rest is as sure a thing as anything in the playoffs so far. That is: Not very sure.
By King Kaufman
October 7, 2002
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In the baseball playoffs, the National League teams all look vulnerable and the American League teams all look unbeatable. Something's gotta give.
By King Kaufman
October 1, 2002
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If competitive balance is the main issue in the contract talks, why
does their main proposal address payroll imbalance?
By King Kaufman
July 23, 2002
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Even good writers are doing bad stories on the issues behind the looming baseball strike. Why is the media peddling the owners' line?
By Allen Barra
July 18, 2002
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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.
By Joan Walsh
April 1, 2002
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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?
By Joan Walsh
August 30, 2001
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In which a reader's recollection of the acclaimed baseball announcer, still "impossibly hale, red-haired and perfect," makes our day.
By Douglas Cruickshank
April 20, 2001
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Or: How one Giants fan learned to stop worrying and love Barry Bonds, just in time to appreciate his 500th home run.
By Joan Walsh
April 18, 2001
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The ump blew the call! My team got robbed! Thank goodness there's no instant replay. Plus: The Yankees aren't the '64 Phillies. Get over it.
By King Kaufman
October 8, 2000
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ESPN brings you the latest baseball scandal. But at least they're finally talking about the Giants.
By Brian Sulkis
October 5, 2000
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Sure, he's totally unlovable, but the San Francisco Giants superstar is still the best player in the National League, and maybe the best in baseball.
By Allen Barra
September 29, 2000
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If you don't know, you haven't been following the best team -- and the best kept secret -- in baseball.
By Joan Walsh
September 22, 2000
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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.
By Allen Barra
September 15, 2000
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Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton blames his team's lack of success at Pac Bell Park on "the Gothic scene." What blood has he been drinking?
By Gary Kamiya
July 21, 2000
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Not if the Giants have anything to say about it. The fur is flying in their off-the-field rivalry.
By Gary Kaufman
June 19, 2000
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The San Francisco Giants are ensconced in their new ballpark. Now if they could only throw off
the hex and win a game there.
By Joan Walsh
April 19, 2000
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The best broadcaster you won't hear on the air talks about umpire arrogance, the home-run chase and "the Viagra of baseball."
By Joan Walsh
October 7, 1999
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In the mid-'60s, whites weren't ready for the best baseball player to be
black, and blacks weren't ready for him to be black like Mays.
By Joan Walsh
July 13, 1999
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Willie Mays talks about stickball in Harlem, today's best players and his ban from the game.
By Joan Walsh
July 13, 1999
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Is it merely a coincidence that the playing years of the major league baseball player correspond to the period of peak fecundity of the American woman?
By Joan Walsh
October 8, 1998
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Joan Walsh's 40-and-over All-Star team
By Joan Walsh
October 8, 1998
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Even Dusty Baker told her to get a life, but one baseball fanatic and her daughter wouldn't think of missing spring training.
By Joan Walsh
March 27, 1998
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The San Francisco Giants' skipper has led his team to victory -- and proved that multiculturalism doesn't have to be a drag on merit and spunk.
By Joan Walsh
October 1, 1997
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