2+ hour, 8+ min ago  (1123+ words) SCOTTSDALE, Arizona " Rookie manager Tony Vitello has checked off some boxes over the last week and a half. First day of camp. First full squad workout. First media snafu. On Saturday, he checked off two more. He experienced his first…...

19+ hour, 2+ min ago  (916+ words) PEORIA, Ariz. " Giants manager Tony Vitello woke up Saturday morning and watched the sunrise, as he often does. This one, though, felt different. For the first time in his life, Vitello attended a spring training game, another item off his…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (924+ words) SCOTTSDALE, Arizona " On Sept. 11, 2009, Buster Posey made his major-league debut. He enjoyed his cup of coffee, checked off a couple of milestones, then started the next year with Triple-A Fresno before being called up to the majors " for good " in…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (520+ words) Bill Mazeroski, the Hall of Fame second baseman who won eight Gold Glove awards for his steady work in the field and the hearts of countless Pittsburgh Pirates fans for his historic walk-off home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1170+ words) SCOTTSDALE, Arizona " The Giants had obvious needs when the offseason began. They needed starters. They needed relievers. And they really needed an outfielder. San Francisco never filled the vacancy during the regular season after trading Mike Yastrzemski to the Kansas…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (841+ words) SCOTTSDALE, Arizona " Carson Whisenhunt wasn't expecting to see a number that high. During the first inning of Thursday's simulated game, Whisenhunt geared up and fired a four-seam fastball to catcher Logan Porter. The pitch felt good coming out of his…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (946+ words) SCOTTSDALE, Arizona " Roughly five months after being fired by the Giants, Bob Melvin is re-joining the Athletics as a special assistant to baseball operations, the team announced on Thursday morning. Melvin, 64, spent the last two seasons as San Francisco's manager…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1012+ words) SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. " The names pop off the page. Matt Chapman at third base. Willy Adames at shortstop. Rafael Devers at first base. And Luis Arr'ez at second base "yes, second base. Baseball games aren't won with names. But Adames, Arr'ez,…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (1195+ words) SCOTTSDALE, Arizona "Luis Arr'ez rarely strikes out. No one in the majors makes more contact, and no one in the majors records fewer strikeouts. On his first day as a Giant, he made his modus operandi clear. "I hate strikeouts,…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (922+ words) SCOTTSDALE, Arizona " Major League Baseball's impending labor battle took an unexpected turn on Tuesday when Tony Clark, the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, suddenly resigned following an internal investigation that revealed he had an inappropriate relationship…...