Ali making rounds for charity group
Hall of Famers Willie Mays, Willie McCovey and Orlando Cepeda are regular visitors around the San Francisco Giants.
But when Muhammad Ali showed up in the clubhouse Tuesday to tout his Athletes for Hope charity campaign, players, coaches, clubbies and even the general manager and owner stood in line for photos with the 68-year-old former heavyweight champion.
“I thought he was going to react and give me a right hand in the chin,” catcher Bengie Molina said jokingly. “I was afraid.”
Right-hander Matt Cain put his pitching fist up to Ali’s left fist. Mays greeted Ali in an adjacent conference room before leaving the ballpark following the closed-door meeting.
“I know Ali,” Mays said afterward, refusing to speak further about their friendship.
Ali, who lives in Scottsdale, suffers from Parkinson’s disease. He rarely talks in public and speaks in a barely audible whisper.
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Big Unit makes possible final appearance as Giants beat Padres 4-3 in 10 innings
If Randy Johnson’s career is over, he finished it with a strikeout. The Big Unit and Pablo Sandoval each provided some final memories for a San Francisco Giants team that stayed in the wild-card chase until the last week of the season.
Johnson made what could be the last appearance of his brilliant, 22-year big league career, pitching one adventuresome inning of relief in the Giants’ 4-3, 10-inning win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.
Although the Big Unit gave up an unearned run in the seventh that tied the game 3-3, Sandoval provided the go-ahead run when he homered on the first pitch of the 10th inning. It was Sandoval’s 25th.
The 46-year-old Johnson said Thursday that he’ll take his time in the off-season deciding his future. The 303-game winner also hoped to get one more outing this season, and manager Bruce Bochy wanted to oblige.
Click here to read the full article – By Bernie Wilson of The Canadian Press
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Molina homers twice in Giants’ win
Bengie Molina gave the San Francisco Giants something to think about as they contemplate whether to bring the veteran catcher back for another year.
Molina, who is eligible for free agency this offseason, homered twice and drove in four runs Tuesday night to lead the Giants to an 8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks that kept San Francisco’s slim wild-card hopes alive.
“We don’t know what’s going to happen and Bengie doesn’t know what’s going to happen,” San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy said. “I do know he’s done a great job here. We wouldn’t be in this position … without Bengie. He’s going to be fine no matter what happens.”
Pablo Sandoval had four hits and two RBIs for the Giants, who trail NL wild card-leading Colorado by five with five games left. The Rockies beat Milwaukee 7-5 in 11 innings.
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Giants close Wild Card gap to four games
“Stranger things have happened,” Bruce Bochy was saying late Wednesday night.
San Francisco’s manager referred to a long-shot rally by the Giants into the playoffs — not to Jonathan Sanchez stepping up as the rotation’s stopper.
Although that was strange enough.
In a rotation of marquee pitchers with headlines and honors, you wouldn’t expect Sanchez to be the one to put his foot down and call for order, as he did in taking a shutout into the sixth inning of a 5-2 victory over the D-backs that kept the Giants’ playoff hearts beating.
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Sanchez leaves with twisted knee
Second baseman Freddy Sanchez had to leave Monday night’s game against Arizona in the bottom of the first inning with a twisted left knee.
Sanchez will undergo an MRI on Tuesday, but manager Bruce Bochy already wasn’t counting on being able to have him available for Tuesday night’s game against the D-backs.
“He’s day-to-day for now, but I assume he’s definitely out [Tuesday],” Bochy said following Monday’s 5-4 victory in the opener of the series against the D-backs.
The aggravation of the injury that had marred Sanchez around the time of his late-July acquisition from the Pirates occurred in bizarre fashion: as he gloved an innocuous throw in from center fielder Aaron Rowand after Justin Upton had flied out.
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Zito solid as Giants beat wild-card leading Rockies
Barry Zito is pitching a lot like his old self and the San Francisco Giants are finally backing him with plenty of runs. And they’re right back in the playoff chase.
Zito struck out a season-high nine in his biggest win yet as a Giant, Juan Uribe drove in three runs and San Francisco shaved another game off Colorado’s hold on the NL wild card with a 10-2 victory over the Rockies on Tuesday night.
“We’re just clicking right now,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “Hopefully this is something we can continue and keep the momentum going. … We still have some ground to make up.”
San Francisco won its third straight after a four-game skid and pulled within 2½ games of the wild-card leading Rockies, who dropped their fourth straight following an eight-game winning streak.
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Lincecum returning for Wild showdown
Tim Lincecum believes that the Giants need added motivation as they cling to the fringes of postseason contention.
“We’ve been pretty lax the last couple of days,” Lincecum said on Sunday, after the Giants lost the first two games of their critical series against the Los Angeles Dodgers by a combined score of 19-4. “I think it’s time for something to kick us in the butt. … We have to turn something on. This is where it counts.”
Lincecum might help provide that spark. The right-hander, who missed his last start with back spasms, will start Monday night’s series opener against the Colorado Rockies, who lead San Francisco by 4 1/2 games in the National League Wild Card race.
Click here to read the full article – By Chris Haft of MLB.com
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Giants keep postseason hopes alive
Bruce Bochy’s postgame remarks reflected the impact of the Giants’ 7-2 victory on Sunday over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Bochy refreshingly avoided the each-game-is-important genre of cliches and defined the outcome for what it was.
“There’s no getting around it. This was a ‘must’ win for us,” the Giants manager said.
The Giants’ 77th triumph, their highest total since they last finished above .500 in 2004 (91-71), did more than end a four-game losing streak. It trimmed their deficit in the National League Wild Card race to 4 1/2 games behind Colorado, which begins a three-game series on Monday at AT&T Park.
Click here to read the full article – By Chris Haft of MLB.com
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