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Is the Phillies’ rotation the best in history?
We all know the Philadelphia Phillies rotation is the best in baseball. Is it the best ever? The Wall Street Journal had a fascinating item the other day: The Phillies’ starting rotation has a...
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Lockbox: 2006, Minute Maid Park
In 2006, I happened to be in Houston for work, and so were the San Francisco Giants. Barry Bonds had 713 career home runs, one away from tying Babe Ruth for No. 2 on the all-time list. I bought seats...
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All-Star Week: ‘There’s nothing better than pulling out that Sharpie and...
We know Brian Wilson of the Giants is a slave to fashion. We know he thinks deep thoughts about garden gnomes. But what does he do with all those lonely hours in the bullpen? He keeps a scorebook! USA...
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Boxified: Orderly chaos on the basepaths
Seven-digit rundown of Bourn Two fun-to-watch and elegant defensive plays knocked out runners on the basepaths — one an extremely long pickle, the other an orderly triple play. The rundown of Braves’...
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Squaretender on the road: The way it should be
AT&T Park view from our seat in section 308 The pretty pictures you’ve seen of AT&T Park don’t do it justice — this place is breathtaking. Even before we entered the park, it amazed us with...
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Squaretender on the road: Summer’s twilight
A sea of orange fans cheered on the world champion Giants, shouting hopes even as they faded in the season’s waning days. Crowds of boats floated in the bay, awaiting splash hits that would never...
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Squaretender on the road: Leftovers
There’s always a letdown after Mark and I take our baseball trip. I find myself wishing, as I said to Mark at the San Francisco airport on Sunday night, that the 2012 schedule were already out and we...
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Boxified: Panda’s improbable cycle
The Kung Fu Panda ran as hard as he could toward third base, achieving an unlikely triple to complete a cycle as the Giants defeated the Rockies. The Giants’ Pablo Sandoval hit for the cycle...
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