I wrote my Tuesday column on the Giants and Matt Cain, how they gave him a whopper extension, and why that's very very good. In a way, the Giants defined their franchise once again as a team that keeps its key players and competes with other teams in terms of [...]
Grant just published a controversial piece on ComcastSportNet BayArea. He asked a simple question. If you combine the A's and Giants starting pitchers, who would be your starting rotation -- i.e. your best five? Some of his answers are obvious, like Tim Lincecum. Duh. Some of his candidates aren't so [...]
Matt Cain is a better starting pitcher than Tim Lincecum. Lincecum is good but Cain is better. Cain is better in this postseason and he will be better going forward. He is bigger, more durable, more precise, more strong-willed, just better. What he did against Texas in Game 2 of [...]
Matt Cain flopped big time in his Friday's start which could have brought the Giants the division title but only brought them grief. He gave up 3 homers and six runs before he got run out of the game. Cain is a very good pitcher but what happened to him [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.