Today’s Major League Baseball rosters are dotted with players from Japan. From Seattle’s Ichiro to the Matsuis on either side of New York, these skilled and colorful players have added a new dimension to the American game. Despite being scrutinized by both the media, as well as baseball fans, over a pair of…
8 Best MLB Ballparks in America Baseball is one of the most loved sports in America, right next to basketball and American football. With the sport being such a phenomenon, it goes without saying that there is a significant number of quality ballparks across the states. There aren’t exactly any “bad” ballparks in…
September 1, 2020, Alex Dickerson hits three homers and two doubles in a 23 – 5 rout of the Rockies by the Giants. The Giants’ 23 runs and 27 hits both tie team records, while they are the first team to ever have three different players collect 6 RBIs in a game – Dickerson,…
Facing rookie Jaime Barria of the Angels in the 1st inning, Brandon Belt of the Giants forces him to throw a record 21 pitches before flying out to right field. The 12-minute battle features 16 consecutive foul balls at one point, in addition to four unsuccessful pick-off attempts at first base. The previous record was 20 pitches, in a 1998 confrontation between Ricky Gutierrez and Bartolo Colon, although detailed pitch counts have only been tracked since 1988, so there may have been longer at-bats before that which went unrecorded.
Major League Season Recap 2014 World Series – San Francisco Giants NL over Kansas City Royals AL 4 games to 3 World Series MVP – Madison Bumgarner Babe Ruth Award – Madison Bumgarner Championship Series ALCS Kansas City Royals over Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 0 ALCS MVP – Lorenzo Cain NLCS San Francisco Giants over St. Louis Cardinals 4…
On October 3, 2014.00 The Giants tie a National League record with their 9th straight postseason win, dating back to their successful run to the 2012 World Series title, as they defeat the Nationals, 3 – 2, in Game 1 of the first NLDS. The Giants score a pair of early runs off losing pitcher…
Brandon Crawford becomes the first shortstop to hit a postseason grand slam when he clears the bases in the fourth inning of the winner-take-all National League Wild Card Game, an 8-0 Giants’ victory over the Pirates. Crawfords blast quiets the very enthusiastic PNC Park crowd, who has been a valuable asset to the home team during the season. Madison Bumgarner pitches a complete game, four-hit shutout while Edinson Volquez is tagged with the loss.
Yankee designated hitter Alex Rodriguez establishes a major league record with his 24th career grand slam, going deep off George Kontos in the team’s 5-1 victory over the Giants in the Bronx. The two-out seventh-inning bases-loaded round tripper surpasses the mark established in 1938 by fellow Bronx Bomber Lou Gehrig.
Angel Pagan gives the Giants a 6 – 5 win over the Rockies with an inside-the-park walk-off home run in the 10th inning. The hit comes off Rafael Betancourt with Brandon Crawford on second base, after Troy Tulowitzkihad hit a solo homer in the top of the inning to give Colorado a 5 – 4 lead. It is the first game won on a walk-off inside-the-parker in Giants history, and the first in the majors since Rey Sanchez had such a hit on June 11, 2004.