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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · 1d

Whatever I've roasted recently (Aillio Bullet) and I'm not so picky about the rest.

Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · 3d

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).

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · 9d

www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...

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.

www.nytimes.com

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JR42_Castle @bobbycastillo42.bsky.social · 14d

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · 14d

www.nytimes.com/athletic/668...

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.

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · 15d

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.

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · 17d

www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...

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..."

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · 17d

The Giants have relieved Bob Melvin of duties

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · 18d

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

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."

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · 25d

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).

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · 25d

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)

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · 27d

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

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · 28d

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."

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · Sep 16

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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static klinger @jessespector.com · Sep 16

hat

teng-gallen is the matchup for giants at arizona

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · Sep 15

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).

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · Sep 15

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

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · Sep 14

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...

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.

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · Sep 14

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.

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · Sep 14

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.

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · Sep 14

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...

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.

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · Sep 13

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

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · Sep 13

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.

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Patrick Dubuque @euqubud.baseballprospectus.com · Sep 9

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.

Patrick Maintains His Baileywick | Baseball Prospectus

The story is that there's no story.

www.baseballprospectus.com

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