Archive for April, 2008
Attendance soars even as economy sags (Yahoo! Sports)
Fans feeling the pinch of a recession continue to flock to ballparks, exhibiting loyalty while defying logic.
Posted: April 30th, 2008.
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Giants’ Lowry healing slowly from injured forearm (AP)
San Francisco Giants lefty Noah Lowry will be shut down for a “significant” amount of time as he struggles to heal from a nerve injury in his forearm. Lowry is still feeling the tingling in his left forearm that forced him to undergo surgery to repair his nerves in March. Tests conducted Tuesday by hand [...]
Posted: April 30th, 2008.
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Castillo’s homer leads Giants past Rockies 3-2 (AP)
Jose Castillo ended a 450 at-bat homerless drought with a tiebreaking shot to lead off the seventh inning and Fred Lewis preserved the lead with a diving catch in the eighth that sent the San Francisco Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday. Castillo’s homer to left field off Ryan Speier [...]
Posted: April 30th, 2008.
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C Alfonzo suspended 50 games (PA SportsTicker)
Catcher Eliezer Alfonzo, a member of the San Francisco Giants’ 40-man roster was suspended for 50 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance, Major League Baseball announced Wednesday.
Posted: April 30th, 2008.
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Alfonzo suspended 50 games for positive drug test (AP)
San Francisco Giants catcher Eliezer Alfonzo was suspended 50 games Wednesday for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance, the first player penalized this year under Major League Baseball’s drug program. The 29-year-old Venezuelan was optioned to Triple-A Fresno just before opening day and is batting .306 with three homers and 14 RBIs in 16 games.
Posted: April 30th, 2008.
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Dish: Percival creates winning attitude in Tampa (SportingNews.com)
Troy Percival can handle two jobs for a club. He can close, and he can foresee the future.
Posted: April 30th, 2008.
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Rockies score go-ahead run on balk in 3-2 win over Giants (AP)
Tim Lincecum’s first loss of the year came via a debated balk call that pushed home the go-ahead run. Chris Iannetta, who replaced the injured Troy Tulowitzki in the first, scored on that seventh-inning balk by Lincecum that led the Colorado Rockies past the San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Posted: April 30th, 2008.
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Giants manager Bruce Bochy tossed for arguing balk (AP)
Giants manager Bruce Bochy was ejected Tuesday night against Colorado in the seventh inning after arguing a balk call. Bochy was tossed a night after Rockies skipper Clint Hurdle was thrown out for the same thing. With Chris Iannetta at third base with one out in the seventh inning, Giants catcher Bengie Molina appeared to [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2008.
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Barry Zito: A flop to end all free-agent flops (SportingNews.com)
Barry Zito’s move the the bullpen makes him the most expensive long reliever and at the top of the list of biggest free-agent flops.
Posted: April 29th, 2008.
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Giants’ Cain finally catches a break in 4-0 win over Rockies (AP)
Matt Cain’s pitch count crept up in a hurry and he walked more batters than he would like. Still, San Francisco’s hard-luck right-hander finally caught a break. Cain ended a 10-start winless stretch dating to last season, taking advantage of an early lead that held up in the Giants’ 4-0 victory over the slumping Colorado [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2008.
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