Bruce Bochy just held his pregame presser for today's game with the Braves, 1:05 start. I asked what's wrong with Madison Bumgarner, 7.79 ERA. Bochy said Bumgarner has trouble with one inning, usually the third, and does not know how to get out of the trouble. The point, I think, [...]
ComcastSportsNet BayArea just posted a multi-media piece on Bruce Bochy by Grant. When we were down in Arizona Grant interviewed Bochy one one one about his passion for wine -- California and French. Bochy told Grant how he got into wine drinking, where he tastes, what wine he likes and [...]
From today's pregame interview session with Bruce Bochy: Q: Aubrey Huff's rally thong has gotten a lot of attention. There was a report he was distributing them to the team, and I was wondering if you got one? Bochy: Yeah, he passed them around. I don't think anybody wants to [...]
Bruce Bochy made all the right moves on Tuesday. He was masterful. And because of him -- and of course his players -- the Giants lead the National League Championship Series over the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1, as improbably as that seems. I wrote my Wednesday column on Bochy and the [...]
Here is Bochy on Lincecum’s effort today. Bochy is positive about Lincecum. I don’t agree with one thing he says: Bochy: I really thought he threw the ball better than what the numbers showed. He had some tough luck. Overall he did throw the ball better. He had some tough [...]
Did you understand what was happening in last night's Giants' game when Bruce Bochy nailed Don Mattingly for making a second trip to the mound? I bet you didn't. I sure didn't. I never had heard of the second-trip rule used in that way. And, yes, Bochy was terrific. He [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.