Bruce Bochy

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...

ST. LOUIS — Talking playoff baseball while wondering if Roger Goodell will be the biggest casualty of the Saints' bounty program: 1. Who is the best catcher in baseball? Probably one of the two guys who have been slugging it out in the National...

SAN FRANCISCO — Why even play three more games? It's the Giants' world, and the rest of us just eat overpriced Cioppino and get fat on Ghirardelli chocolate. It was impressive for Barry Zito to use his 85-mph fastballs to shut down the Cardinals...

At the risk of messing with the sabermetric lobby, Mike Trout wasn't the biggest difference-maker in baseball this season. No, this is not just another plug for Miguel Cabrera and calculations you can do in your head. It's actually an endorsement for...

Here we are again. For the second series in a row, the Giants have refused to fade to black. They have extended the National League Championship Series to six games, forcing the Cardinals to make a round-trip flight they would have liked to avoid. The...

SAN FRANCISCO — Sometimes you really do have to see it to believe it. When Hunter Pence shot a line drive at Pete Kozma on Monday night, the ball started to Kozma's right and took a hard turn to the right about halfway to the infield dirt. It...

Orioles fans need to wait until next week to find out if Buck Showalter has won the prestigious American League Manager of the Year Award. But the first step toward that is now out of the way. Showalter was announced Wednesday night as one of three...

DETROIT — The Giants placed their stake on being the latest dominant team in a sport that has found new pride in parity. They won their second World Series in three seasons Sunday, completing a sweep of the Tigers with a 4-3, 10-inning victory at...

The truth hurts. It blinds with the sight of thousands of flapping orange towels. It deafens with the blah-blah-blah about Buster and Bochy and Belt. It batters with every roundhouse kick by that thick third baseman known as Kung Fu Panda. The truth...

The 2012 World Series came down Sunday night to a one-run extra-innings lead being held by Brawley native Sergio Romo and Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera. Cabrera batted .330 on the regular season, but it didn't phase the San Francisco Giants' closer....

DETROIT (AP) — They entered the World Series a collection of stars rivaling any team in baseball. Then one by one, Justin Verlander, Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera fell short in the season's final test. It ended with Cabrera at the plate,...

What's better than being a World Series champion? How about being a two-time World Series champion. As former Florida State player Buster Posey wakes up Monday morning, he can call himself just that. Catching a called third-strike from San Francisco...