
Red Sox rev up with Victorino; Giants keep Scutaro
Shane Victorino bolted for Boston, Marco Scutaro stayed with San Francisco, and the Miami Marlins shed more payroll in a late-night trade. It was ...

Giants, Scutaro agree to $20 million, 3-year deal
Second baseman Marco Scutaro is staying in San Francisco, right where he wanted to be. The NL championship series MVP agreed to a $20 million, ...

Giants don't tender contract to closer Wilson
Brian Wilson and his overgrown black beard might be headed out of the Bay Area. The San Francisco Giants declined to tender a one-year contract to the ...

San Francisco goes orange, black for Giants parade
Ecstatic baseball fans crammed the streets of San Francisco on Wednesday for a confetti-drenched parade and rally honoring the World Series champion ...

Giants found similar winning formula to win again
The Giants' championship formula is a familiar one, just with new faces all over the diamond two years later: stellar starting pitching backed by a ...

How sweep it is: Giants finish off Tigers
Kung Fu Panda, The Freak, The Beard and all their seed-throwing buddies are on top of baseball — again. They may be under the radar, unappreciated and ...

Detroit stars were no match for Giants in sweep
They entered the World Series a collection of stars rivaling any team in baseball. Then one by one, Justin Verlander, Prince Fielder and Miguel ...

Column: Surprising Giants win 2nd title in 3 years
It ended exactly the way it should have, with the Triple Crown winner frozen at the plate. Miguel Cabrera was so focused on a slider that his bat ...

Giants beat Tigers 4-3 in 10 innings for sweep
Smart pitching. Clutch hitting. Sharp fielding. Plus an MVP Panda. All the right elements for a sweet World Series sweep for the San Francisco Giants.

Giants complete sweep, World Series champions
Sergio Romo closes it out by throwing a called third strike past Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera. The final score is Giants 4, Tigers 3 in 10 ...

Baseball talent flows like oil in Venezuela
On a ragged baseball diamond, its grass tall and infield dirt pockmarked, nearly 200 boys practice for hours every day. Many of them are inspired by ...

Giants beat Tigers 2-0, take 3-0 lead in WS
That's it. The final score is Giants 2, Tigers 0 for the second consecutive game in this World Series. On the strength of nearly flawless pitching, ...

Halfway to title: Giants win 2-0 for 2-0 WS lead
The Giants' extended family lingered on the field long after the final out, posing for pictures and savoring the win. Cars honked in the streets ...

Column: Big ball, small ball, Giants have it all
The bunt just wouldn't go foul, despite the best efforts of the Detroit players who gathered around it and tried to will it across the chalk down the ...

Giants getting good rolls so far this World Series
Gregor Blanco is chasing down line drives in left field, laying down perfect bunts and making run-saving relay throws. He has had a hand, glove and ...

With small ball, Giants win 2-0 for 2-0 WS lead
Long ball one night, a Giant dose of small ball the next. Two wins in two games and suddenly San Francisco doesn't need to dig itself out of a ...

Giants beat Tigers 2-0 in World Series Game 2
The final score is Giants 2, Tigers 0. Sergio Romo closed out a two-hit shutout for Madison Bumgarner and the Giants, who took a 2-0 lead in the ...

Tigers look to rebound against Giants in Game 2
Somehow, Doug Fister appears to be OK. Gregor Blanco hit a line drive right off the side of Fister's head in the second inning. The ball caromed high ...

Verlander once again struggles in World Series
Those postseason struggles that plagued Justin Verlander his first two trips to the postseason looked to be a thing of the past this year. That all ...

Sandoval's 3 HRs lead Giants to 8-3 romp in opener
The Babe. Mr. October. El Hombre. And now Kung Fu Panda. Pablo Sandoval joined Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson and Albert Pujols as the only sluggers to hit ...

World Series gets awfully hairy with wild beards
This is going to be a very hairy World Series. Giants outfielder Hunter Pence is looking seriously scraggly. Same goes for teammate Sergio Romo, whose ...

Venezuela cheers for record 9 World Series players
Venezuelans are celebrating their homegrown baseball heroes as a record contingent of players from the country heads into the World Series with the ...

Giants on to World Series with 9-0 win over Cards
San Francisco's players, soaked to the core in a driving rain, began running around the field slapping high-fives with fans. Sergio Romo danced ...

World Series: Cabrera, Tigers vs Posey, Giants
Way back in spring training, Hunter Pence hit a wicked grounder that smacked Miguel Cabrera in the face. A few months later, Pablo Sandoval launched ...