Armando DianaMets Gazette Correspondent
As the emperor parades through the town square in nothing but his underwear, a child screams out “But he isn’t wearing anything at all!” Although fearful the boy may be right, the Emperor continues his march because he doesn’t want to appear foolish. Earlier two tailors convinced him only those unfit for his position or “just hopelessly stupid” could not see …

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Here is a look at the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball schedule
April 3 San Francisco at Los Angeles Dodgers (ESPN2)
April 10 N.Y. Yankees at Boston
April 17 Texas at N.Y. Yankees
April 24 Cincinnati at St. Louis
May 1 N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia
May 8 Atlanta at Philadelphia
May 15 Boston at N.Y. Yankees
May 22 Chicago Cubs at Boston
May 29 Cincinnati at Atlanta (ESPN2)
Still no respect for the World Champs who still live in the …

Cody Ross discusses Ryan Braun‘s incredible catch, his controversial home run off of Matt Cain, and I win the award for weirdest question he’s ever been asked….

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Other interviews from Giants Media Day:
Madison Bumgarner
Darren Ford
Javier Lopez
Cody Ross (Part One)

I’m  still cleaning through the Media Day archives, so I’ll probably post a few more videos, and we’ll have some more stuff up this week to get you through the final days before pitchers and catchers report. Anyway, some notes!

Beyond the Box Score has a cool graphic showing the most and least efficient run creators in 2010. (SPOILER ALERT: Aaron Rowand was the least efficient). 
Bill Baer of Crashburn Alley …

The San Francisco Giants’ Fanfest was held yesterday, and it looked an awful lot like the 3 month reunion of the World Series parade. So soon? I guess so. The traffic that the event ultimately saw has the Giants considering making this a two day event next season, whether or not they defend their World Series title.
But the most interesting piece of information to come out over the weekend …

Happy Super Bowl Day everyone!!! I’m sure many of you would rather be getting ready to watch the Chargers in the big game but a Pittsburgh v. Green Bay matchup has the potential to be an entertaining game. To honor the memory of my dad, I will be cheering hard for the Packers.
 
Anyway, we’ve reached the end of the road for my posts on my Friars All Time team. Today …

Cody Ross discusses “SSORYDOC”, the Ashkon song entitled “Cody Ross”, and his move from Florida to San Francisco.

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Other interviews from Giants Media Day:
Madison Bumgarner
Darren Ford
Javier Lopez

I’m by no means an avid (or decent, for that matter) photographer, but I took a few photos at Giants Media Day on Friday, so I thought I’d share them. Feel free to use them, I only ask that you give me credit for them (preferably with a link back to this site). Enjoy…(note: didn’t bother deleting the blurry/bad ones, so here’s literally everything I took…)
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

Javier Lopez discusses being traded from the Pirates, the label “LOOGY”, and the other Javy Lopez.

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Other interviews from Giants Media Day:
Madison Bumgarner
Darren Ford

Last year I did a series of posts entitled “What to Expect” featuring players who’s 2010 seasons were difficult to project.  The series featured Mark DeRosa and Pablo Sandoval, and I was horribly wrong on both counts.  DeRosa missed a large majority of the season with wrist problems, so I think I deserve some leeway there.  With Sandoval though, I was completely off base.

Pablo Sandoval, upon sighting an untended box …

Busiest day of the offseason?

Caution head is bigger in person then
 it appears in this photograph

Bruce Bochey and Brain Sabean are going to be sticking around for another couple of years, not a huge revelation as they are coming off a World Series title so it only makes sense. If you want the specifics and the hard news about it you can read Henry Schulman’s report who is a surprisingly sloppy looking fellow, what …

Darren Ford discusses his blinding speed, his relationship with Thomas Neal, and Twitter.

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Other interviews from Giants Media Day:
Madison Bumgarner

Madison Bumgarner discusses the Verducci effect, the Giants’ Showtime series, and his hitting prowess…

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Wendy AdairMets Gazette Correspondent
The Mets do not have the history that the Yankees have but they do have many former players who still are active with the team to an extent, which is not something that every team can boast.
Several players from the 1986 World Champion Mets are broadcasting for SNY (Darling, Hernandez, and Ojeda), coaching (Mc Dowell – Atlanta Braves) …

Photos I took at Giants media day today:

If you want to see a media circus tell reporters that Pablo Sandoval is going to be speaking at a press conference.
Today was media day for the Giants and among the players that were available to talk to one was Pablo Sandoval. Sandoval has been working out in Arizona and the media have not had a chance to see or talk to him in the flesh …

If you’ve been a Giants fan for anywhere between two and sixty years, there’s a good chance that at some point this team has broken your heart.  Maybe it was when Willie McCovey’s line drive wasn’t quite high enough in ‘62.  Or it could have been the travesty that was the ‘02 World Series.  The front office ceding their first round pick in favor of Michael Tucker in ‘04 may …

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Padres today released details surrounding 2011 FanFest, including a complete schedule of clinics, forums and autograph signings. FanFest returns to PETCO Park on Saturday, February 12, and is open to the public.

Entry to Padres FanFest is free.  Gates open to the general public at 10:00 a.m., while Padres Season Ticket Holders get early access at 9:00 a.m.  The event will run until 5:00 …

It was announced last month that the Giants would be doing a reality series for Showtime along the lines of “Hard Knocks” that follows them through out the season. There is just one problem the players have not given their blessing to the show which could muck things up.
Real GM is reporting that there will be a vote by the players at a team meeting today.
Giants general manager …