Matt Cain News

This is a great bar room trivia question that is sure to puzzle a few people before they clue in.

I n Denver last week, the Colorado Rockies notched their first series victory over the San Francisco Giants since May of 2011, sparking conversation about whether or not the purple pinstripers truly turned the tides in what has been a very one-sided rivalry.

For the first time in a couple of weeks, all manager Bruce Bochy had to do after a Giants defeat was tip his famously large cap.

A recap of what happened in the NL West from May 16th to May 22nd; One team is on the brink of spontaneously combusting, one can't seem to hit consistently, and three teams finished the week on top of the division.

Danny Espinosa is one of several Nationals who have not matched their performances from the first portion of last season.

Here's a question. How many of you have woken up in Las Vegas with a live tiger and a baby named Carlos? Or how about this.

The Rockies have been shaking hands on the field more often than people expected them to in 2013.

The San Francisco Giants put Ryan Vogelsong on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday and prepared to be without their right-hander for two months in yet another challenge for their struggling starting rotation.

Did Washington Nationals' manager Davey Johnson tell Bryce Harper to bunt in the two at bats he did last night? No.

When the Nationals scored two runs in the top of the first and had yet to put their ace, Stephen Strasburg , out on the mound, things were looking pretty good for the Nats to take the second game of their series in San Francisco.

The moment the Washington Nationals 23rd loss of the season went from a tight, pulse-pounding victory to a gut-wrenching 4-2 defeat came quickly.

A pair of competitive right-handers take center stage off the shores of McCovey Cove, as Matt Cain leads the San Francisco Giants against Stephen Strasburg of the Washington Nationals Tuesday at AT&T Park.

Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Ryan Vogelsong had surgery to insert five pins into his fractured right pinky finger today and that the procedure "went well." Bochy said he's hopeful Vogelsong will be able to return to pitching off a mound in six to eight weeks.

Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba said his pregame scouting meeting with pitcher Juan Nicasio on Sunday consisted of one sentence: "Whatever I put down, you throw." Nicasio kept that in mind all the way to the last pitch of his most impressive outing of the season -- six three-hit innings in the Rockies' second shutout of the season, a 5-0 victory ... (more)

A day after the Giants committed a season-high four errors, manager Bruce Bochy conducted a pregame meeting Saturday to remind players about the evils of mental mistakes.

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Buster Posey is the reigning NL MVP after completing a season where he helped lead the San Francisco Giants to their second World Series title in three seasons.

Before the 2012 season, Tim Lincecum made a decision to reject a four year, $100 million contract extension from the San Francisco Giants and instead, opted to sign a two year, $40.5 million contract which would make him a free agent after the 2013 season.

Angel Pagan hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the sixth inning, Matt Cain settled down after a shaky start and the San Francisco Giants won their 10th straight over Colorado, rallying from a six-run deficit to beat the Rockies 8-6 on Thursday night.

None of us noticed until today that Matt Cain was not here. One of us asked manager Bruce Bochy if he was sent ahead to Denver for his Thursday night start, since the team is not expected to arrive until the wee hours of the morning.