Willie McCovey

The prize that eluded Willie and Barry at long last belongs to the San Francisco Giants, thanks to a band of self-described castoffs and misfits and their shaggy-haired ace.       Tim Lincecum, Edgar Renteria and the Giants won the World Series on...

Texas closer Neftali Feliz saved more games this season than any rookie in baseball history. Now he's got another claim to fame: having saved the first World Series victory in franchise history. Feliz retired the San Francisco Giants in order in the...

The San Francisco Giants will honor arguably the greatest player in franchise history Wednesday, when Hall of Famer Willie Mays throws out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 1 of the World Series against the Texas Rangers. Mays will be......

Tim Lincecum spent all of August trying to figure things out. Come Game 1 of the World Series, it took the Giants ace only a couple of innings to steady himself. The Freak found a way in his most important outing yet, pitching San Francisco past the...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - San Francisco's in for a treat. The Giants are heading to the World Series. Juan Uribe hit a tiebreaking homer off Ryan Madson with two outs in the eighth inning and the Giants held off the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 Saturday night...

July 16, 1960: The Dodgers weathered a rough night in San Francisco and beat the Giants, 5-3. Home plate umpire Frank Dascoli stopped the game in the second when a bank of fog moved in and he apparently couldn't see the outfielders. In the first inning,...

Detroit Tigers rookie outfielder Brennan Boesch is off to a record-setting start. Boesch's production at the plate at the start of his career can't be matched by any player in more than a half-century. According to STATS LLC, Boesch is the only player...

Only the following statement would be funny to baseball fans: “Barry Bonds took steroids, but so did Marvin Benard.� That is exactly why the audience of mostly baseball fans laughed when Dan Fost said it at the panel titled “Baseball:......

Intentional walks become magnified in the playoffs. As recently as two days ago, a free free pass issued to the Angels' Torii Hunter set up Vladimir Guerrero for an American League Division Series-winning hit ??? and set up a bunch......

The Angels' Torii Hunter and Boston's Mike Lowell are among 10 finalists for the prestigious Hutch Award, given annually to the major league player who best exemplifies the honor, courage and dedication of former big league manager Fred Hutchinson....

Ten Major League Baseball players have just learned they're in the running for the 2009 Hutch Award®. A national committee has released a list of 10 players, one of whom will go on to receive the prestigious Hutch Award and visit Fred Hutchinson Cancer...

There's an air of invincibility swirling around U.S. Cellular Field. No matter how difficult the opponent or obstacle, the White Sox have found ways recently to overcome them. Led by Jim Thome's two home runs and Gavin Floyd's steady pitching, the Sox...