baseball

An Elegy to the Oakland A’s
by Matt Werner Born at Oakland Kaiser in 1984, I was the ideal age to watch the A’s win the 1989 World Series. Watching Dave Stewart, Rickey Henderson, Mark McGwire, and Jose Canseco got me hooked on baseball and baseball card collecting. But it was wanting to go to A’s

The Best Duos in San Francisco Giants History
In Major League Baseball, it takes more than one skilled player to field a championship contender. It takes talent all over the field at a variety of positions, both in terms of pitchers and hitters. While having a star pitcher and a star hitter at the same time is no

The 2023 SF Wine Passport is Here!
Step into a world of adventure with the 2023 SF Wine Passport! There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. You get 2-for-1 glasses of wine at 23 of SF’s finest locally owned bars and restaurants for only $39.95! It honestly doesn’t get much better than that. And after the

Gabe Kapler Is The Most Buff Jew Ever To Coach Major League Baseball
San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler just coached the team to an all-time record 107 wins, the most ever in the 137 years of Giants’ existence. He is also totally Jewish. How Jewish is he? Of his 14 tattoos, one of them is a Star of David with a Hebrew

THE ULTIMATE SF GIANTS GIVEAWAY PACKAGE! ARE YOU THE BIGGEST SF GIANTS FAN?
Attention Giants fans: You are in for a treat. The Ultimate SF Giants Giveaway Package a dream for anyone who loves our home team. The winner of the The Ultimate SF Giants Giveaway Package gets: A 60th Anniversary Giants flap down hat A Willie Mayes Bobblehead, A Brandon Crawford

Hit a Home Run with NYC’s Gay Softball League
For as much social progress that’s been made there is still little to no LGBTQ representation in major sports. It wasn’t until 2014 that Jason Collins became the first openly gay athlete to play in the NBA and later that year Michael Sam became the first openly gay player drafted

This Week in News: Trump, Sports Ball, and China
This week has been a lot of Trump, sports, another shooting, scapegoating and more Trump. As much as I hate to focus so heavily on the crap coming out of the White House, this week’s news pretty much dictates that I do just that. I apologize in advance. But let’s

10 Pictures of Hunter Pence Being Hella Weird
Hunter Pence, the beautiful weirdo right fielder for the San Francisco Giants. This Texas native has given the world so many awkward amazing moments it was truly hard to narrow them down. But this lovable nerd certainly makes the National League West more interesting. With 201 career home runs he’s

The Bay Area Vintage Baseball League Plays by 1886 Rules
It’s a sweltering Sunday and bearded men in wool uniforms are sweating it out on the baseball diamond. The umpire wears a top hat and smokes a stogie. In the stands, spectators lounge under umbrellas, drinking beer and chatting. After a line drive is called foul, a cry comes