Madison Bumgarner

Will we ever see the Giants coming? The team Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy put together since saying goodbye to Barry Bonds is the only National League team to win the World Series twice within three seasons since the Big Red Machine, yet the Giants...

CINCINNATI — Hensley Meulens must be a very happy man. Throughout Game 3 of the National League Division Series, the Giants hitting coach was one timely hit away from the flight of shame home to San Francisco. Buster Posey and his teammates were...

SAN FRANCISCO — Twenty-seven seasons after their first game together, Jim Leyland was in the dugout, Gene Lamont the third base coach's box. Like spouses who gravitate to the far side of the house. But the two baseball men had cause to talk...

DETROIT — New on the job and with a potential playoff team on his hands, Brian Sabean went out to find as much pitching as he could. He targeted the team that had the most to give, and shocked the baseball world by landing Roberto Hernandez,...

SAN FRANCISCO — This is the time of year when baseball executives sift through the discard bin, looking for useful, inexpensive pieces that add needed inventory. They might bear down a little more than usual this week, as Ryan Vogelsong...

DETROIT (AP) — Frost coming off their breath, Pablo Sandoval and the San Francisco Giants finished their workout at Comerica Park, headed back to the clubhouse and pulled off their hooded sweatshirts and parkas. Halfway to a championship, they...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A Giant dose of small ball, and suddenly San Francisco finds itself in a most unique position -- way ahead in a postseason series.  Madison Bumgarner shut down the Detroit Tigers for seven innings, then the Giants took advantage of a...

The hole has gotten bigger. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Detroit Tigers 2-0 at AT&T Park to take a 2-0 series lead in the best-of-seven World Series. Detroit had the first real chance to score in this game when Delmon Young hit a double down...

The rain was driving down on the diamond as Sergio Romo took the mound Monday night in San Francisco. Up 9-0, St. Louis Cardinals batter Matt Holliday was all that separated the Brawley native and his Giants from going to their second World Series in...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jose Valverde hopes to speed his way back into the closer role for the Detroit Tigers during the World Series. After reviewing video of his meltdown against the New York Yankees in the AL championship series opener, Valverde...

SAN FRANCISCO -- With three mighty swings, Pablo Sandoval put the San Francisco Giants ahead in this World Series and put himself in a class with Mr. October.   Sandoval hit three home runs and joined Reggie Jackson, Babe Ruth and Albert Pujols as the...

ST. LOUIS — If Jamie Moyer was watching Game 5 of the National League Championship Series on Friday night, he must be planning his next comeback. On the biggest stage of his roller-coaster career, Barry Zito pitched in a way that showed why some...