Steven S. Harmon

Any more holdouts on the Jonathan Sanchez-Melky Cabrera deal?If you are one of them, you need to look at yourself in the mirror and ask if it's just that you can't fathom giving Giants' general manager Brian Sabean credit for anything he does right.Bec...

I've been guilty of deriding Aubrey Huff for all those four-to-threes, the 23-hoppers to second base that filled last year's scorebooks. I've been frustrated by his inability to recapture the swing that was so critical to the Giants' 2010 World Series ...

You can't get too upset about Opening Day losses -- it is one of 162 games, after all.But just a couple nits to pick that may spell warning signs ahead: Bruce Bochy's late hook of Tim Lincecum and his decision to stay with Aubrey Huff late in...

Josh Friedman, investing editor for Bloomberg News, former LA Timesman, lifelong friend and a Giants fan for the last 40-plus years, offers his take on the Giants' off-season maneuvers:Just enough is all it took for the Giants to snag a World Series tw...

The morality play was all set. Once again, the cerebral, wily Tony LaRussa had outwitted the emotional, dimly-lit Ron Washington in Game Two of the World Series.Poor Washington. In over his head, again, isn't he? Even "Wash" declared he couldn't match ...

And, so the final chapter of 2011 is done. The disappointments were deep, the sense of letdown immense, given the expectations for the returning world champions.Though the Giants' failure to reach the playoffs was understandable given their devast...

Baseball fans are the biggest agnostics. They are very skeptical about things like miracles, about putting too much blind faith in hope.But, when hope refuses to die, it's hard not to start believing, to start praying to the Baseball Gods.Yes, the pros...

Here's the dirty math on the Giants' outside shot at winning a slot in the playoffs:If the Arizona Diamondbacks or Atlanta Braves split their remaining 10 games, the Giants would have to win their final 10 games (meaning they'd have to finish the seaso...

Imagine if the Giants had played barely passable baseball from July 28 through August 30, say just above .500 ball.Do you know where they'd be?One game out. On the Arizona Diamondbacks' heels, giving the baseball world at least one worth...

Maybe the final weeks of the season should be as much of an audition for Boss Bochy for next year as they are for some of his players.Once again on Wednesday, Bochy made a hash out of things, failing to push the right buttons at critical junctures ...