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Giants Holiday Spending Spree, Part 2: Johnny Cueto

Posted on March 30, 2016 by paulier55

Johnny Cueto is the closest thing the modern baseball world has to Luis Tiant (you know, this guy!). Cueto is just fun. He can go through an entire at-bat without repeating the same windup twice. He’ll corkscrew himself around and … Continue reading →

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Giants’ Holiday Spending Spree Part 1: Jeff Samardzija

Posted on March 8, 2016 by paulier55

          This past offseason, the Giants completed three major free agent signings in an effort to shore up a couple of big holes and keep the team’s even-year championship streak alive. I was going to combine … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Four (2015)

Posted on March 8, 2016 by paulier55

It was with a sort of sick enthusiasm that I sat down recently to watch the recent reboot of the beloved Marvel comic book team, which was, by consensus, deemed an unwatchable, unpleasant mess. It is with an equally sick, … Continue reading →

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Zack Greinke Might Be a Giant When You Wake Up Today

Posted on December 2, 2015 by paulier55

I’d like to direct everyone’s attention to this bit of genius from my Twitter feed almost exactly one month ago: Prediction for the 2016 Giants rotation: Bumgarner, Cain, Peavy, Leake, and Cliff Lee. — Paul Rice (@PaulieRice) November 4, 2015   Exactly … Continue reading →

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Brandon Crawford Wins Gold Glove, Gets Really Rich

Posted on November 25, 2015 by paulier55

Miguel Tejada was a terrible Giant. Don’t get me wrong, he was a great player for the A’s and, later, the Orioles, and he was solid with the Astros for a couple of years. In his brief time with the … Continue reading →

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