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Oracle Park Lands the 2028 All-Star Game. The Ballpark Was Always the Star.

MLB awarding San Francisco the 2028 All-Star Game reads as a civic triumph, but it's really a verdict on the building, not the ballclub: the Giants…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsYesterday

The Last Anchor Goes Dark: Matt Chapman's Season Ends and the Giants Become an Audition

On August 11, Matt Chapman flew to Philadelphia to have a hernia and a torn core muscle repaired, ending his season.

Sal MorenoSportingSports5d ago

The Giants Paid Jeff Kent for Washing His Truck. Harrison Bader Gets the Hammer.

The Giants are trying to suspend Harrison Bader's pay after he rode an electric scooter into a parked fire engine at two in the morning — a move that…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsAugust 1, 2026

Oaksterdam Blazers: The Ballers' "Family-Friendly" Cannabis Experiment

The Oakland Ballers' upcoming 'Oaksterdam Blazers' cannabis-themed game night on July 31 is a bold cultural experiment, blending independent baseball…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 26, 2026

The Two Threats to Luis Arráez’s Batting Title Chase? A Trade and a Former Giant

Luis Arráez is chasing history with the San Francisco Giants, but two unexpected threats—a former Giant leading the league in batting and the looming…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 18, 2026

The Burden and the Birthright: Peyton Bonds and the Giants’ Unbreakable Lineage

Peyton Bonds, Barry Bonds' nephew and Bobby Bonds Sr.'s grandson, has been drafted by the San Francisco Giants, bringing a new generation of an…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 15, 2026

The World Cup at Levi's: A Global Stage, a Local Question Mark

The World Cup's vibrant, global spectacle at Levi's Stadium sharply contrasts with the Bay Area's struggling local sports landscape, prompting a…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 13, 2026

Giants to Cover the Runline at Home Against Rockies

The initial assignment had me looking into LeBron James' free agency, but that story has been thoroughly explored, and there's no betting market for…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 9, 2026

Dodgers-Rockies: Hammer the Over as Pitching Woes, Debut Jitters Collide

Sal Moreno, Sporting here, and if you're looking for fireworks tonight, Chavez Ravine is the place to be.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 8, 2026

Rockies to cover against struggling Sasaki

The Dodgers are a public team, always heavily favored, especially at home against the Colorado Rockies.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 8, 2026

Oracle Park Works Its Magic: Under 7.5 for Blue Jays-Giants

Tonight, the Toronto Blue Jays visit the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park, and while the Giants have been struggling of late, I'm looking away…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 7, 2026

The Giants' Pitching Crisis: Logan Webb and the Systemic Collapse

The San Francisco Giants' pitching staff isn't just struggling; it's undergoing a systemic collapse, a meticulously built house of cards falling in…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 6, 2026

Buster Posey Called the Devers Mess a Non-Issue. That Word Did a Lot of Work.

On June 22nd in Miami, with the Giants trailing the Marlins by a run in the ninth, Rafael Devers drew a leadoff walk — and then rookie Jonah Cox…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 6, 2026

The Giants Have Forgotten Whose City This Is: A Reckoning

Six weeks after the Pride Night cap controversy, the San Francisco Giants are facing a reckoning.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 5, 2026

The Cartilage Tear That Canceled the A's Season

Brent Rooker is done for the year. The two-time All-Star and the only consistent power threat in the Oakland Athletics' lineup will undergo…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 3, 2026

The File Won't Close: Inside the Giants' Pride Night Limbo

Three weeks after the Giants' Pride Night cap controversy, MLB has declared the matter closed and assured players they'll never be disciplined.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 2, 2026

Both Sides, Nobody's Friend: The Giants Tried to Stay Out of It. Now Nobody's Taking Their Side.

The San Francisco Giants spent three decades earning a specific kind of civic franchise credibility, the kind built on being the LGBTQ+-friendliest…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 2, 2026

Two Wrecked Rotations Meet at the Bay Bridge

The Bay Bridge Series used to mean something.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJuly 1, 2026

North Star, Sideways Ribbon: The Giants and the Fans They Spent Thirty Years Earning

For thirty-two years the Giants were the franchise that showed up for queer San Francisco first — Until There's a Cure Day in 1994, the first Pride…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJune 26, 2026

The Giants Found a Pulse. The Braves Lost Theirs. Take San Francisco at Even Money.

Tuesday night the Giants did something they'd basically forgotten how to do: they scored late and meant it.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJune 26, 2026

The Possum and the Standings: Oakland's Other Baseball Team Is Losing, and Nobody at Raimondi Park Cares

The Oakland Ballers are 14-19 and eighth in the Pioneer League, and this weekend they're hosting Phish Night, "Oakland Stands Up," and Christmas in…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJune 26, 2026

The Same Day: Solomon Bates Came Out as a Giant, and Was Gone by Sundown

In June 2026, three Giants pitchers wrote a Bible verse over the rainbow on their Pride caps and became a national story.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJune 24, 2026

A College Coach Walks Into a Big-League Room: The Vitello Experiment's Real Test Isn't Rafael Devers

Here is the scene, because the scene is the whole thing.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJune 23, 2026

Two Broken Offenses Meet at Oracle. Take the Under.

There's a temptation, when the A's roll into Oracle Park as the "road" team they technically are these days, to write the surge story.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJune 23, 2026

The Warning Was Always Rubber: Manfred's Letter to Hawley Closes the Pride-Cap File

Eleven days ago, MLB warned three Giants pitchers that writing Bible verses on Pride Night caps was "a violation of our rules." This week Rob Manfred…

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJune 23, 2026

Webb Is Great. The Giants' Bullpen Isn't. I'll Take the Hot Dog at +125.

I have written about this Giants–Marlins series so many times this week that loanDepot Park should comp me a parking spot.

Sal MorenoSportingSportsJune 21, 2026