Andrew Baggarly

I travel with an Aeropress and a Porlex grinder that is small enough to fit inside. (After 15 years, my trusty plunger started leaking so I just bought a new one.) I also have a little portable kettle with a silicone body that collapses for traveling.

Despite what some are speculating, I can report with confidence that the Giants have not sought to hire Stephen Vogt away from Cleveland, where he is under contract through 2026 (and likely about to receive an extension).

Nick Hundley emerging as front-runner in Giants manager search It's becoming a widely held expectation the job is Hundley's if he is ready to accept it.

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Giants offseason to-do list: Hire a manager (not Bruce Bochy), stockpile pitching Buster Posey's management style is direct: Identify an issue and address it. Here's what should be on his agenda.

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Buster Posey said he spoke to Bruce Bochy and told him that he doesn’t view him as a managerial candidate given the direction they want to go, but there will always be a role for him with the Giants if he wants it.

Capricious or decisive? Why the Giants’ Buster Posey reversed course and fired Bob Melvin Posey has some candidates to replace Melvin in mind but didn't disclose names. "Someone who's going to be obsessive about the details..."

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The Giants have relieved Bob Melvin of duties

Giants finish in the .500 doldrums, and Bob Melvin faces an uncertain future "He doesn't like to lose," Willy Adames said of Buster Posey. "He's already mad, so I know he's gonna do whatever it takes."

Giants finish in the .500 doldrums, and Bob Melvin faces an uncertain future www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...

The only modern-game players to score 150+ pre-WWII is pretty selective and impressive, too: Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig (twice), Jimmie Foxx, Chuck Klein, Al Simmons, Woody English, Kiki Cuyler, Rogers Hornsby, Lefty O'Doul and Babe Ruth (six times, haha).

List of players to score 150+ runs in a season, post WWII:

1949 Ted Williams, 150
2000 Jeff Bagwell, 152
2025 Shohei Ohtani? (141 with 7+ to play)

Here's a gallery of the all-time leaders in winning percentage. Yeah, Clayton Kershaw is a little bit of a throwback.

Oh no. If it had to be airport themed, they had so many better options. Ontario Surly Gate Agents. Ontario Rental Car Shuttles. Ontario $15 Coors Lights. Ontario Lost Luggage. "The Lugs."

Probably hold off ordering that Bryce Eldridge No.78 Giants jersey. Clubhouse manager Brad Grems is planning to issue Eldridge a more standard, less offensive lineman-type energy number next spring.

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Bryce Eldridge met with reporters in the dugout in his stocking feet. He literally has no shoes because his bag was already loaded on a flight from OKC to Sacramento when he got news of his promotion. They’re bringing some of his stuff that was still at the Papago complex (including size 14 cleats).

The Giants announced the Bryce Eldridge promotion. Luis Matos was optioned and Brett Wisely was DFAd. Eldridge will wear No.78.

It took a generation of Giants hitters to get to Clayton Kershaw — and it still wasn’t enough The Giants took the field and positioned themselves to scoot ahead while accomplishing something unprecedented in their 13-7 loss Saturday.

Can't be certain but this might be the first time I've worked a reference to a shrimp fork into a game story. www.nytimes.com/athletic/662...

The only other time before today that Clayton Kershaw walked four in this ballpark was 15 years ago. Matt Cain took a shutout into the eighth to outduel him on Aug. 1, 2010. Today, Kershaw has walked four of the first 14 batters he's faced.

Clayton Kershaw entered with a 1.69 ERA in close to 200 career innings in San Francisco. He'd given up as many as four runs in just two of 28 career starts, and none since 2018. The Giants just hung a 4-spot on him in the first inning.

Stuff of Giants legends: Patrick Bailey’s walk-off grand slam defeats Dodgers The Giants now stand just a half-game behind the New York Mets for the final seat in the postseason banquet hall.

Once every 52 years or so, a dude hits a grand slam to walk off the Dodgers in San Francisco: www.nytimes.com/athletic/662...

Patrick Bailey career walk-off home runs: 4
Buster Posey career walk-off home runs: 3

Patrick Bailey's walk-off grand slam was his first home run in more than two years while batting right-handed. Can't make this stuff up.

Patrick Maintains His Baileywick | Baseball Prospectus The story is that there's no story.

Today for @baseballprospectus.com I wrote about one of my hobby horses: the long, drawn-out death of catcher framing. MLB’s buffer zone adjustment this spring was supposed to take another bite out of catcher value, and it did — except for one dude.

Thank you Mike, glad you enjoyed it.

Trashing the leather: The hidden cost of Patrick Bailey’s elite pitch framing skills Pulling borderline pitches into the strike zone causes the Giants' Gold Glove catcher to burn through catcher's mitts throughout the season.

Posted earlier today: Patrick Bailey, by himself, has accounted for nearly 19 percent of all net positive framing runs saved in MLB this season. That's ... incredible. He also goes through catcher's mitts as fast as you (probably) go through a roll of toilet paper. www.nytimes.com/athletic/662...

Matt Chapman successfully appealed his one-game suspension. MLB dropped the penalty as part of a settlement agreement, the Giants said. Chapman will pay a fine and be in the lineup tonight vs. the Dodgers.

Oh $#%*, I’m sorry about that. Will submit a correction.

Rafael Devers keeps the power flowing as Giants win their 11th in 12 games The Giants' recent home run surge is conjuring up memories of Johnny Mize and the 1947 season.

Wrote last night about the power-fueled Giants, and Rafael Devers, and how he's not the new Barry Bonds. He's the new Johnny Mize. www.nytimes.com/athletic/660...

Justin Verlander recorded his 3,535th career strikeout, moving him past Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry and into eighth place on the all-time list. Don Sutton is next with 3,574.