1. Papi Love: MLB's Steroid Charade Reaches New Heights...or Depths

    Wow. When the names started trickling off the confidential List of 104, most of us thought Major League Baseball had two options—either work to release the entire damn thing (getting it ...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 176 reads 14 comments

  2. The Universe Adds "Radio Only" Insult to San Francisco Giants' Injury

    Oof. Every so often over the course of a 162-game baseball season, the Baseball Gods like to remind you what an excruciating ordeal it is to be a Major League Baseball fan...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 271 reads 16 comments

  3. Attention Gold-Diggers: The False Rape Accusations Must Stop

    Do you know what I did this morning? I spent an hour or so reading about the 1991 Mike Tyson rape case. Why would some jackass waste a Saturday morning reading about a violently heinous crime ...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 1,858 reads 50 comments

  4. For the NFL's Sake, Let Executioner, Err, Commissioner Goodell Do His Job

    The National Football League has an image "issue." Whether you think it's a problem or simply a farcical storm cooked up by haters in the media, the perception that its ranks are being overwhelmed by sociopaths is very real...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 355 reads 35 comments

  5. Giants Give Astros Both Barrels, But Are They Still Gun Shy on the Road?

    A lot of experts, analysts, writers, fans, and observers have remarked on the disparity between the San Francisco Giants' home record and their road equivalent...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 287 reads 22 comments

  6. The San Francisco Giants' Matt Cain: Triumphant Even in Defeat

    There are four Featured Columnists for the San Francisco Giants—Evan Aczon, Kevin O'Brien, Danny Penza, and me. If you ask any of the three other gentlemen, I'm sure they'd tell you the same thing: We've got it easy...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 279 reads 20 comments

  7. "Fedor Is a F***ing Joke"—Why the Russian Crossed the Road

    Those first five words aren't mine. They are the proud property of the Ultimate Fighting Championship's president, Dana White...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 589 reads 57 comments

  8. In San Francisco, The Freak Comes Out Like Clockwork—Day and Night

    Tim Lincecum's arrival with the San Francisco Giants is a particularly difficult problem for writers. There really are no adjectives that sufficiently describe this phenomenal athlete...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 439 reads 23 comments

  9. Chase Utley—Some Old School Brilliance in the Tarnished Modern Game

    "Took a bead on the northern plains and just rolled that power on."—Bob Seger, Roll Me Away The Silver Bullet Man doesn't get enough credit for his lyrics in this humble scribe's opinion...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 681 reads 50 comments

  10. San Francisco Giants 2009 Trade Deadline: Panic By The Bay

    Well, so much for that warm and fuzzy feeling left by sweeping the Pittsburgh Pirates. Sigh. I really thought I'd done it...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 833 reads 40 comments

  11. San Francisco Giants Back Home and All Is Right with the World

    This time last week, the San Francisco Giants were looking up through a hail of dirt, courtesy of the naysayers who—even now—refuse to believe pitching and defense can win...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 245 reads 18 comments

  12. MLB Eyes Its Trade Deadline, But Does It See Much Movement?

    It goes by a different catchword/phrase every iteration. This time around, we're apparently going with "Buzz"—as in the Buzz mentioned very little about Ryan Garko becoming a San Francisco Giant before it happened Monday evening...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 628 reads 10 comments

  13. More Bad Newz for Michael Vick: Terrell Owens Is Rallying to His Side

    The saying goes, "You should never be afraid to speak your mind." It's a good saying, words to live by even, as long as you don't take them literally. Like all adages, it's only true in the general and/or rhetorical sense...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 1,385 reads 46 comments

  14. Barry Zito and the Need for New Pitching Metrics

    When it comes to approximating a successful pitching campaign in Major League Baseball, the traditional measurements are wins, losses, earned run average (ERA), walks-plus-hits per innings pitched (WHIP), strikeouts, and walks...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 506 reads 85 comments

  15. Sandoval's Bat Just the Tip of the Iceberg: Little Panda's Little Secret

    Fellow Community Leader Danny Penza dropped a nice link by my bulletin board that showed ESPN's brief online highlight clip of the San Francisco Giants' game on Friday night...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 413 reads 16 comments

  16. Christmas in July: St. Louis Cardinals Trade for Slugger Matt Holliday

    That might sound like an odd thing for a San Francisco Giant fan to say, but stay with me on this one. If "Sources" are reliable, the St...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 936 reads 37 comments

  17. Should The Toronto Blue Jays Trade Doc Halladay? Does It Even Matter?

    Before people rush to set cyber-fire to the comment board, of course the answer to the latter question is a resounding yes...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 389 reads 10 comments

  18. San Francisco Giants Trade Talks Up in the Air: Let's Hope They Stay There

    The San Francisco Giants ate their fourth loss in five games on Wednesday and, much more ominously, dropped a second consecutive start by Tim Lincecum. All of this is sure to twist the dial on all the clamoring for an extra bat or two...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 1,106 reads 41 comments

  19. Dan Severn: Still Every Bit the Beast at 55

    I don't follow professional golf. Actually, the qualifier there is totally unnecessary because it's just as accurate to say I don't follow golf, period—pro, amateur, mini, whatever...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 684 reads 18 comments

  20. Bumgarner Vs. Matusz: The San Francisco Giants' Prospect Stands Taller

    Madison Bumgarner. Brian Matusz. Remember those two names. Remember them well. There's a very good chance both young pitchers will be revered figures on the Major League Baseball landscape for many years to come...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 435 reads 22 comments

  21. San Francisco Giants Off to a Rough Start, I Blame Andrew McCutchen

    It's not often the San Francisco Giants can drop two of three to a last-place ballclub and something else will distract me. Especially when the two losses come by the miserable finals of 2-1 (in 14 innings) and 2-0...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 266 reads 21 comments

  22. Brett Favre Apologists, Meet Roy Halladay, the Genuine Article

    "I think I'm done talking about it for a while. You have a responsibility from time to time to address different situations. I feel like I've tried to do that to the best of my ability. At this point it's out of my hands...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 568 reads 33 comments

  23. Karlos Dansby: A Great Tackler Who's Just a Bit out of Touch

    Let's get this out of the way immediately. I'm not trying to disparage Karlos Dansby. As a fan of the San Francisco 49ers, I'm actually quite familiar with the Arizona Cardinals linebacker, as far as his exploits and excellence on the field are concerned

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 416 reads 22 comments

  24. Drugs In Baseball Vs. Tennis: A Contrast In Substance

    When Long John suggested the idea for this story, I jumped at the chance because I'm sick and you're tired of reading the same old Major League Baseball steroid schlock...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 200 reads 15 comments

  25. Time To Let the San Francisco Giants' 2002 Wound Heal

    The All-Star break is always a touch painful for me, and not just because I'm a National League fan. Frankly, the American League's dominance in interleague play is far harder to digest...

    Andrew Brining Written by Andrew Brining about almost 4 years ago 309 reads 34 comments