Giants cut Kapler loose with club at 78-81 and out of playoffs San Francisco made postseason once in Kapler’s four seasons When the San Francisco Giants were still in the playoff chase earlier this month and squandered crucial opportunities and games, president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi concluded that it was time to move on from manager Gabe Kapler. The Giants fired Kapler on Friday with three days left in the season and the team eliminated from the playoffs for a second straight year ..read more

Pitcher agonizingly close to majors’ fifth no-hitter of 2023 Giants beat Reds 6-1 as Cobb pitches complete game Afterward, having come agonizingly to pitching a no-hitter with his family watching in the stands, Alex Cobb took a moment to thank center fielder Austin Slater for the sensational diving catch that preserved the bid. Cobb did the same with San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler, offering up some gratitude for being given the opportunity. Kapler stuck with Cobb even as the pitch count went higher than it had ever been ..read more

Baseball’s pace-of-play rules have made for quicker games than in recent memory. But they’ll be hard-pressed to approach the all-time record set by the Giants and Phillies in 1919 No matter how many rules Major League Baseball adds to speed up play, it is safe to say that no two teams will ever be able to beat the record for the fastest nine-inning game in big-league history: 51 minutes. Not one hour and 51 minutes. Fifty-one minutes. On 28 September 1919, five days before the Cincinnati Reds met the Chicago White Sox in an infamous World Series tattered by gambling, the New York Giants beat t ..read more

Mets swoop in for Correa on $315m, 12-year deal, sources say All-Star shortstop had apparently signed with Giants last week Correa’s Giants deal reportedly stalled due to medical issue In a wild twist overnight, Carlos Correa agreed to a $315m, 12-year contract with the free-spending New York Mets after his pending deal with the San Francisco Giants came apart over an issue with his physical. The agreement with the Mets was confirmed to the Associated Press by a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was subject to a successful physical. De ..read more

The Giants manager boycotted the national anthem after recent mass shootings. He is somewhat of a rarity in baseball, a sport not noted for its progressive values They were teammates on the curse-busting 2004 Boston Red Sox: Curt Schilling, the brilliant and brave pitcher, and Gabe Kapler, a journeyman outfielder who boasted the physique of Charles Atlas yet was somehow never a home run threat. Schilling became a far-right pundit-provocateur in retirement, a man as committed to owning the libs as he once was to beating the New York Yankees. The Donald Trump supporter has considered running for ..read more

Giants manager is unhappy ‘about the direction of our country’ White Sox manager Tony La Russa disagrees with method Several of Gabe Kapler’s fellow managers are offering their support for his decision to avoid the field during the national anthem as a protest following the recent school shooting in Texas. Kapler, manager of the San Francisco Giants, said on Friday he doesn’t plan to be on the field for the anthem “until I feel better about the direction of our country. I don’t expect it to move the needle necessarily. It’s just something that I feel strongly enough about to take that step ..read more

Outfielder hit Giants player before teams’ game on Friday Pham said there were ‘sketchy’ developments in fantasy league The Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham was suspended by Major League Baseball for three games on Saturday after he slapped the San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson because of a dispute about their fantasy football league. While the Giants warmed up in the outfield before Friday’s series opener, the 34-year-old Pham confronted Pederson and smacked him in the face before the pair was separated ..read more

Three-time NL MVP pitches during blowout win over Giants Cardinals star veteran gives up two home runs on debut Albert Pujols had an absolute blast. And not at the plate this time, either. The longtime slugger made his first career pitching appearance on Sunday night, closing out a 15-6 blowout for the St Louis Cardinals over the San Francisco Giants ..read more

Giants’ Alyssa Nakken becomes first MLB female coach on field Nakken coached first base after Antoan Richardson was ejected Alyssa Nakken made major league history as the first female to coach on the field in a regular-season game when she took her spot for the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night against San Diego. Nakken came in to coach first base for the Giants in the third inning after Antoan Richardson was ejected ..read more

Questionable check-swing call sends Dodgers to NLCS Bellinger’s single in ninth lifts LA to 2-1 win over rivals Cody Bellinger hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning and prized midseason acquisition Max Scherzer came out of the bullpen for a save, sending the Los Angeles Dodgers past the San Francisco Giants 2-1 in a thrilling winner-take-all Game 5 on Thursday night and into the NL Championship Series. Bellinger’s big hit came after a 3-for-14 showing this postseason and capped a scintillating NL Division Series it seemed nobody wanted to see end given the talent and win totals involv ..read more