San Francisco Giants News

When Willy Adames was introduced at Oracle Park in December after signing the biggest free agent deal in the history of the Giants franchise, he couldn’t contain his excitement to play at this yard in front of these fans. Among all other necessary pleasantries and kudos, Adames kept coming back to how highly he thought […]

After 20 minutes of real baseball talk with Buster Posey, it’s clear the Giants are in good hands — and even clearer that their new mantra might as well be: Get back in the dugout.

If you were to look up “bad road season opening series wins” in a baseball encyclopedia, you wouldn’t find much. It wasn’t dominant, it wasn’t always pretty, but the Giants did just that in Cincinnati to begin a highly anticipated 2025 campaign, taking two of three from the Reds to begin the season 2-1.  Here […]

Two years ago, the Jock Blog penned an Opening Day missive and we led with this line: “Call it the Matt Beaty Moment.” Two years later, the Jock Blog pens an Opening Day missive and we will lead with this line: “Call it the Buster Posey Era opening moment.” A 2025 Giants roster with no […]

The San Francisco Giants are your 2025 Cactus League champions. I’ll pause while you hug a loved one, pop champagne, and make plans to populate Market Street for a parade in a few days. Sarcasm aside, the title means next to nothing. Individual performances should be evaluated much more closely than those of teams during […]

Eight days, Giants fans. Eight days are all that stand between you and watching your beloved ball club play real, meaningful baseball games again. On Thursday March 27, the Giants open the 2025 campaign and the Buster Posey era in Cincinnati against the Reds. As the Cactus League, and the Giants at least eyebrow-raising dominance […]

Just like that, the Giants season opener in Cincinnati is just two weeks away. The Giants are about 70% of the way through their Cactus League slate, and if the win loss record is indicative of anything that will happen this season (it’s not) then Giants fans should be pretty excited. The G-men sit atop […]

As the calendar turns to March, the Scottsdale Giants are well into their Cactus League slate. Position battles, auditions of young layers, and last gasps at big league residency for proven minor leaguers are well underway.  One of the premiere headlines of the Spring has been the return of Jung Hoo Lee, who missed the […]

At long last, Giants baseball games are back. The Cactus league schedule got underway this past weekend, and although these contests are simple exhibitions, few things in life are as therapeutic as seeing the orange and black in action after a lengthy winter hibernation.  As the games are off to the races, so too are […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Say hello to a Jock Blog being scribbled in the Scottsdale Stadium press box, endless blue sky in front of me, thrill of the grass underfoot. How can you not be romantic about The Giants Way, after all? That’s today’s topic, ball fans: Just what IS The Giants Way? All right, all […]