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Sacramento Bee
| 7 months ago
While forecasts had called for rain, it is currently mostly sunny with partly cloudy skies over AT&T Park in advance of tonight's Game 7 of the National League Championship Series between the Giants and St...The National Weather Service was still...
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SF Gate
| 7 months ago
A reporter asked Sergio Romo how special it was to perform in a Game 7. "I don't really know," Romo said. "I've never played in one before." Neither has starter Matt Cain or any of the eight position players who will start Monday night. The theme in...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
Story San Francisco Giants' Pablo Sandoval stands at second base celebrating his first inning double against the St...Comedian and actor George Lopez (R) poses for a photo with Detroit Tigers player Miguel Cabrera during the Tigers work out session...
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NY Daily News
| 7 months ago
Ryan Vogelsong, San Francisco Giants force Game 7 with 6-1 victory over St...Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum , Madison Bumgarner, Brian Wilson : Great pitching won a championship, duh...A team rescued by a previously expired Barry Zito and a bad-until-age-34...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 7 months ago
With each playoff hit that he lashes, Pablo Sandoval is distancing himself from a forgettable regular season. That's good news for the Giants, whose mad comeback in the National League Championship Series has coincided with their No...Louis Cardinals...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 7 months ago
San Francisco Giants second baseman Marco Scutaro (R) celebrates defeating the St. The San Francisco Giants fought off elimination from the National League Championship Series yet again on Sunday, beating the visiting St...Giants starter Ryan...
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Sacramento Bee
| 7 months ago
Ryan Vogelsong, who routinely goes into an ornery self-imposed silence the day before he pitches, so that one is left to guess what's behind the stone face, announced his intentions early Sunday afternoon. He came out pumping fastballs, 13 in a row,...
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FanIQ
| 7 months ago
During their 2010 World Series run, the common adage amongst fans was "torture". They split the first two games with the Cardinals in San Francisco, only to lose the next two in St. Louis, falling down 1-3 in the series. They sent Barry Zito to...
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International Herald Tribune
| 7 months ago
The San Francisco Giants fought off elimination from the National League Championship Series yet again on Sunday, beating the visiting St...Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong delivered seven stellar innings that included a career-high nine strikeouts to...
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The Idaho Statesman
| 7 months ago
Ryan Vogelsong and the San Francisco Giants saved their season once more, pushing St. Louis to a winner-take-all Game 7 in the NL championship series. Turns out the defending champion Cardinals aren't the only team that's tough to put away in October.
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 7 months ago
Louis Cardinals starting pitcher San Francisco Giants' Pablo Sandoval San Francisco Giants' Pablo Sandoval St. AP) Ryan Vogelsong tied a career high with eight strikeouts and the San Francisco Giants took a 5-1 lead over the St. Louis Cardinals...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
The Associated Press Published Sunday, Oct. 21 2012, 7:11 PM EDT Last updated Sunday, Oct. 21 2012, 8:44 PM EDT Left fielder Matt Holliday has been scratched from the St. Louis Cardinals' lineup because of lower back tightness just before Game 6 of...
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International Business Times
| 7 months ago
Louis is still up 3-2 in the series after they were shutout 5-0 in Game 5 by Zito's seven scoreless innings and seven strikeouts. It was the only time during the postseason the defending world champs failed to score any runs. The Giants did most of...
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SF Gate
| 7 months ago
That is the only plausible explanation for the studio highlight host saying Friday night that Buster Posey is the "A-Rod" of the Giants because he has three hits in 18 National League Championship Series at-bats. Mr. Host must not have a watched a...
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The Mercury News
| 7 months ago
Hunter Pence, the Giants center fielder and part-time motivational speaker, is willing to cede the floor this weekend. The fiery sermon can come from someone else, he said, perhaps the a left-hander out of the bullpen. "If I was to say who would give...
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Merced Sun-Star
| 7 months ago
The San Francisco Giants sure are tough to eliminate this postseason. Barry Zito and the Giants gave themself at least one more game in the NL championship series with a victory Friday in St. Louis to force Sunday's Game 6 back at San Francisco's AT&...
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International Herald Tribune
| 7 months ago
Yankees A series sorely lacking in real greatness found it Friday in most unusual form. Barry Zito , all lollipop curveballs and 84-mile-an-hour fastballs, baffled the defending World Series champions, on the road, to send the National League...
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Miami Herald
| 7 months ago
Facing elimination for the fourth time in 11 days, the San Francisco Giants scripted a new motto: "Do everything you can to get home." Thanks to Barry Zito, who contributed on the mound and at the plate, the Giants are going back to AT&T Park, and...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 7 months ago
Two years ago Barry Zito was seen as a $126-million failure, left off the postseason roster as the San Francisco Giants charged to their first World Series title since the franchise moved from New York in 1958. On Friday, Zito helped keep the Giants '...
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The Press Democrat
| 7 months ago
A time to celebrate Zito's best game as a Giant Published: Friday, October 19, 2012 at 3:00 a.m...It's because of Barry Zito this series is moving back to San Francisco...He pitched 7 innings of shutout ball and led the Giants to a 5-0 win...He has a...
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Sacramento Bee
| 7 months ago
Some monster investments take years to yield results, but this is one for the ages...On Friday, Zito didn't erase five dismal seasons in which his bloated, $126 million contract made him a punch line for media and fans. But his cool-as-a-pop- star...
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SF Gate
| 7 months ago
Barry Zito walking to the mound in the bottom of the eighth inning of an elimination game, zeros on the scoreboard for the other team, firing his 100th pitch of the game. Another snapshot: Zito walking up the hall outside the visiting clubhouse at...
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Inquirer.net
| 7 months ago
Louis Cardinals in the ninth inning in Game Five of the National League Championship Series at Busch Stadium on October 19, 2012 in St Louis, Missouri...Missouri San Francisco pitcher Barry Zito led the Giants to a 5-0 victory over the St. Louis...
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Sacramento Bee
| 7 months ago
The mantra of the day was not one Hunter Pence needed to deliver in a dugout speech. It was more of an understanding in the Giants' clubhouse before Game 5 of the National League Championship Series on Friday night, before Barry Zito climbed the...
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The Herald
| 7 months ago
The only game where I sat in a stadium was Major League Baseball's All-Star game in Kansas City. When you have a 5- and 7-year-old, this isn't the kind of park they're interested in at least not yet. I don't feel bad about blowing off 162 games,...
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SF Gate
| 7 months ago
Baseball is not about the human element as much as cold, hard numbers. On the contrary, the Giants rank emotion among their greatest assets and rode it to another elimination-game victory, giving them a 4-0 postseason record in games that could have...
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SF Gate
| 7 months ago
They're the most comfortable travelers baseball has seen in years. They check out of hotels with great reluctance, pining for just one more day with those tiny bars of soap. The fact that they will be home, for a Game 6 of the National League...
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Contra Costa Times
| 7 months ago
Lance Lynn's worst fastball of the night was the one he fired toward second base. The rookie right-hander rushed a throw after fielding Hunter Pence's ground ball in the fourth inning. The error helped the Giants break the game open with four...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 7 months ago
San Francisco Giants center fielder Angel Pagan celebrates with teammates Brandon Crawford and Hunter Pence (R) after their team defeated the St...A four-run burst in the fourth inning gave Giants starter Barry Zito all the offense he needed. The...
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The Mercury News
| 7 months ago
You can push them, you can corner them, and you can force them to pitch Barry Zito to stave off elimination...Really, the worse it gets for them, and the lower they fall, the better the Giants get. And the more you doubt Zito in a pressure-cooker...
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SF Gate
| 7 months ago
You have to feel for the people of India, Ecuador, Turkey and points beyond when they dialed up Twitter on Friday saw #RallyZito trending...Giants fans got behind Barry Zito in a way they never had before. They changed their Twitter avatars to Zito...
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NY Daily News
| 7 months ago
Louis' win in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series, and it blared...Perhaps there was danger in that tone, and in the sense of inevitability that arose when St...Or perhaps Barry Zito reached deep within himself, dug out a signature...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 7 months ago
Barry Zito swore he was in the moment professionally the whole time Friday night...Through all the Cardinal batters he struck out with his mystically slow 86 miles per hour fastball...Because everyone else was. "You know, it's hard to kind of think...
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Reuters
| 7 months ago
Topics San Francisco Giants center fielder Angel Pagan celebrates with teammates Brandon Crawford and Hunter Pence (R) after their team defeated the St.
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International Herald Tribune
| 7 months ago
John Gress/Reuters Right fielder Hunter Pence making a sliding catch of Pete Kozma's fly ball in the fifth inning, helping the Giants avoid elimination...Facing elimination in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series, the Giants beat the St.
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
Louis Cardinals were one victory from the World Series , and all that stood between them and a wild civic celebration was a pitcher a decade removed from his glory days. Barry William Zito could not reach back for a 94 mph fastball...But he could...
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Contra Costa Times
| 7 months ago
Font Resize Barry Zito pitches San Francisco Giants to win over St...Facing elimination for the fourth time in 11 days, the Giants scripted a new motto: "Do everything you can to get home." Thanks to Barry Zito, who contributed on the mound and at...
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Sacramento Bee
| 7 months ago
The message of the day, Hunter Pence said, was not one he needed to deliver in a passionate speech. It was an understanding coursing through the Giants' clubhouse before Game 5 of the National League Championship Series on Friday night. "The motto...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 7 months ago
Louis Cardinals' Lance Lynn San Francisco Giants right fielder San Francisco Giants' Gregor Blanco St...AP) The San Francisco Giants took advantage of Lance Lynn 's throwing error in the fourth to take a 4-0 lead over the St. Louis Cardinals after...
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International Business Times
| 7 months ago
Barry Zito was sharp in Game 5 behind seven scoreless innings. Zito threw seven scoreless innings and struck out seven to get the win. Santiago Casillas and Sergio Romo relieved Zito to hold off the Cardinals...Louis starter Lance Lynn failed to...
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Miami Herald
| 7 months ago
Louis Cardinals were one victory from the World Series, and all that stood between them and a wild civic celebration was a pitcher a decade removed from his glory days. Barry Zito pitched the San Francisco Giants back into the NL championship series,...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 7 months ago
Barry Zito pitched the San Francisco Giants back into the NL championship series, dominating into the eighth inning of a 5-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night that narrowed their deficit to 3-2. The defending champion Cardinals...
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The Journal Gazette
| 7 months ago
Barry Zito pitched the San Francisco Giants back into the NL championship series, dominating into the eighth inning of a 5-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night that narrowed their deficit to 3-2. The defending champion Cardinals...
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Contra Costa Times
| 7 months ago
All-Star outfielder Carlos Beltran made a surprise return to the St. Louis Cardinals lineup for Game 5 on Friday night, sending super-sub Matt Carpenter back to the bench. Beltran was in right field and batting second in his first appearance since...
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Sacramento Bee
| 7 months ago
Hunter Pence didn't plan his impassioned speech before Game 3 of the National League Division Series. It just poured fourth, he said, right into team lore as the Giants stormed back to win three in a row against the Cincinnati Reds and take that...
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
It was the last game Barry Zito would win for the Oakland Athletics . The date was Oct. 3, 2006, as the A's opened an Americal League division series in the Metrodome , against the Minnesota Twins and Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana ...Zito was...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 7 months ago
Louis Cardinals ' starting lineup Friday night for Game 5 of the NL championship series. Beltran said his strained left knee felt good enough to play. The All-Star right fielder underwent 2½ hours of treatment during the day, plus acupuncture to...
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International Herald Tribune
| 7 months ago
Yankees The San Francisco Giants need three victories in a row to save their season. They have faced that before, just like the Giants scout who stood in the hallway outside their locker room Thursday night...Facing elimination in the World Series,...
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Myrtle Beach Online
| 7 months ago
The San Francisco Giants had every opportunity to grab control of the NL championship series Wednesday...For the San Francisco Giants two years ago, it all started and ended with Tim Lincecum. It was Lincecum setting the tone in the first game of the...
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Miami Herald
| 7 months ago
That's how long it has been since Barry Zito has pitched the kind of game he's going to need Friday night, and he hasn't been cryogenically frozen in the interim. He has been getting older, losing velocity off his fastball and sharpness off the break...
