AP Photo
It's not nearly as simple as Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez moving on, and the Giants and Texas Rangers moving into the World Series without them and despite them.
For both franchises, it took time. It took some incredible personnel moves and some luck. Then it took more time.
And now, three years after Bonds played his last game as a Giant, and seven (!) since Rodriguez was dispatched to New York, the Giants and Rangers are set for today's Game 1 of the World Series at AT&T Park.
Yeah, sure, lesson learned: Dump the two biggest, most controversial stars of this era (and their entourages), and you are destined for the World Series,...
In 2010, celebrations for some, chagrin for others. The Giants finally won their first World Series since leaving New York for San Francisco in 1958 and their first over all since Willie Mays’s catch in 1954 at the Polo... more »
On the one holiday weekend where thousands (or hundreds of thousands?) receive lottery tickets as gifts, the Rangers have acquired a sort of major league lottery ticket -- a supremely talented paragon of durability sabotaged by... more »
The American League MVP, his wife and three daughters woke this morning to a new Christmas tradition. Mom and Dad were to give their girls only one gift each. They would all hop in a car and head to a homeless shelter later... more »
Jeff Bagwell belongs in the Hall of Fame. Not on the 10th time on the ballot -- he belongs on the podium in Cooperstown this summer making his characteristically modest speech before Henry Aaron, Stan Musial, Willie Mays, Tom... more »
Among the 33 players (14 carry-overs and 19 first timers) on the ballot this week for enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame are Mark McGwire, Benito Santiago, Jeff Bagwell and Raul Mondesi. Aside from the honor of being... more »
Email
Print
Share