Here is the opening to my Thursday column about the Giants' future: Don’t expect to see Tim Lincecum in a Giants uniform next season. He has been a favorite in San Francisco — fans love him — but he is almost surely gone, as in out of here. The Giants [...]
Bruce Bochy announced Ryan Vogelsong will start Game 3 in Cincinnati on Tuesday. What a fall this is for Tim Lincecum, two-time Cy Young Award winner. One line of thinking is Lincecum could rise to the occasion. But clearly the Giants don't think so. Either he or Zito could pitch [...]
Here is the opening to my Sunday column about Ryan Vogelsong: SAN FRANCISCO Before we get to the Ryan Vogelsong Controversy, this must be stated. The Giants' 4-0 victory over the Oakland A's on Saturday was a textbook example of how the Giants want to play, need to play. Call [...]
The Ryan Vogelson story will break your heart and then it will fill you with joy. It has defeat and suspense and victory. It has drama. It has everything. And it's at a ballpark near you. Vogelsong got his fourth win against the Rockies on Sunday and was just about [...]
Grant interviewed Ryan Vogelsong Thursday morning and wrote a column for CSN BayArea about him. Grant is new at interviewing real live people and new at turning interviews into written pieces. I was not with him when he interviewed Vogelsong. He was the first writer in the clubhouse -- 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.