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Katie Nolan out as part of Apple's MLB shakeup
Ahead of the baseball season, Apple has announced Friday Night Baseball's Katie Nolan and Melanie Newman will not return.
Hunter Pence's crazy inside-the-park homer wrecks Red Sox
BOSTON — Hunter Pence sprinted through his 14th homer of the season, although there was probably no need to hurry. Pence hit a stand-up, inside-the-park home run and the Texas...
Urshela? German? Creating a team of baseball's best surprises
Luke Voit was hitting fifth and playing first base for the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds on Memorial Day a year ago. Gio Urshela was inserted as a pinch-runner and moved to...
Marlins outfielder could intrigue Yankees as scouts swarm them
Yankee Stadium was loaded with scouts from other teams as the Indians, Phillies, Dodgers, Marlins, Cardinals and Giants were represented. Having acquired Zach Britton and J.A. Happ earlier in the...
The fantasy baseball players you should never trust again
Whether your team still is in contention for a title or not, most fantasy baseball owners are taking a closer look at their teams and evaluating players, not just for...
The 15 impact players most likely to be traded before MLB deadline
The MLB trade deadline is a ways away — it's not until July 31. But a quarter of the way through the MLB season, it's clear that some teams are...
Mets' do-or-die day is here
After weeks of huffing and puffing to reach the top of the National League wild-card heap, the Mets’ season boils down to this harsh reality. Win or go home for...
Breaking down Mets-Giants: Who has edge at each position?
The Giants snuck into the postseason after a dreadful second half. Meanwhile, the Mets were surging over the final six weeks to snatch an improbable playoff berth. One of the...
Giants, Mets complete similarly resilient journeys to playoff bliss
You would think that after three championships in five years, the Giants would look at wild-card qualification with a jaundiced eye and a practiced yawn. You would be wrong. The...
Fantasy baseball: Why owners should dump Bryce Harper
Fantasy owners probably can hear the Jerry Seinfeld joke starting: “What’s the deal with Bryce Harper?” No matter how you slice it, it has been a down year for the...
Hunter Pence calls out Noah Syndergaard with Thor pic
Dropping the hammer on Thor once wasn't enough for Hunter Pence. One day after the San Francisco Giants outfielder hit the first home run of the season off of Mets...
3 returning players can boost your fantasy baseball lineup
Scores of fantasy owners rejoiced recently, when their stashing of Jose Fernandez, Patrick Corbin and Matt Moore — pitchers coming back from Tommy John surgery who were activated by their...
Giants are cursed World Series champs, unless they aren't
The Giants are having an odd season. Well, maybe that is the wrong way to put it with this organization. Because if it is an odd year numerically that must...
Pablo Sandoval didn't like any Giants, has lots of Red Sox friends
The Panda didn't have many friends at the San Francisco zoo. Pablo Sandoval, the former Giants third baseman/postseason folk hero, signed a five-year, $95 million contract with the refurbished Red...
Royals' Escobar picks bad night for unusually shoddy shortstop
SAN FRANCISCO — Neither play was scored an error, but the longer you watch Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar you get the feeling a ground ball doesn’t exist that he can’t...
Giants pound Royals' bullpen to even World Series
SAN FRANCISCO — Are you ready for Game 7? Ned Yost is burning for it and Bruce Bochy wouldn’t be surprised if the World Series comes down to a winner-take-all...
Hunter Pence is the wild Keith Moon drummer of this Giants band
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — He can never be a forever Giant like Willie Mays or Willie McCovey or Buster Posey. Hunter Pence does not have the homegrown pedigree for that....
World Series matchups: Why Giants will win in 7
KANSAS CITY -- Just because the Giants and Royals are evenly matched doesn’t guarantee a close World Series. The Orioles and Royals were even in a lot of ways entering the...
Why Hunter Pence is the Giants' spirit animal
SAN FRANCISCO -- They are more the Hunter than the hunted. If there is an embodiment of the grittiness that has defined the underdog Giants in recent postseasons, it might...