No team is expected to contribute more than the 10 players the San Francisco Giants are shipping to the World Baseball Classic later this month. ...more

Thirty-eight degrees and Jack Frost nipping at Tim Lincecum's newly exposed ears Tuesday morning, but you know what? Guaranteed, it was still warmer in Scottsdale than anywhere else in the Cactus League. ... ...more

SAN FRANCISCO -- Saddle up: The city of San Francisco on Monday will host its first Game 7 since the 1962 World Series, when Willie McCovey's screaming liner found Bobby Richardson's glove, and the Yankees broke their hearts. Now, after the Giants' 6-1 Game 6 win Sunday, Game 7 is on deck against the Cardinals on Monday. ...more

SAN FRANCISCO -- Even? Technically, yes. The Giants clocked the Cardinals 7-1 in Game 2, and this NL Championship Series is knotted up at a game apiece as it hurtles back toward the Midwest for Game 3 Wednesday afternoon in St. Louis. ... ...more

SAN FRANCISCO -- Call it torture. Call it grinding. Call it what you want, the St. Louis Cardinals hitters call it winning. They take some of the most professional at-bats this side of the legend of Ted Williams. ... ...more

SAN FRANCISCO -- Dusty Baker is back home in San Francisco with those he calls "my people." Bruce Bochy's Giants are back in October, in position to possibly win a second World Series title in three seasons. ... ...more