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Prospects Classroom
The young men sit behind tables in three neat rows, black three-ring binders open, pens in hand. The room is in the bowels of AT&T Park, down the hall from the Giants clubhouse. It is usually used...
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Travels With Bill
Giants managing general partner Bill Neukom is learning about his club the way a mechanic learns about a car: Examining every component, determining how each part functions, gauging the need for...
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Appreciating the Fans
In 10 years in the majors, pitcher Bob Howry said, he has never heard a team owner address the players the way Bill Neukom did at a breakfast meeting this morning. Howry was with the Cubs, Indians,...
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The faces, and hands, of baseball
You can’t go to a minor-league park, even in the off-season, and not be reminded why you love baseball. I drove down to San Jose Municipal yesterday morning to listen to the SF Giants and San Jose...
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Off-Season – But Not Time Off
Giants batting coach Hensley “Bam-Bam” Meulens is wasting no time diving into his new job. He has gathered John Bowker, Travis Ishikawa, Nate Schierholtz and minor-league first baseman Brett Pill for...
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From the Horses’ Mouths
It sure looks weird to see the clubhouse in the off-season. Even filled as it was last night with fans in folding chairs, it was like walking into an abandoned building. There’s a kind of ghostly...
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