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Lance Armstrong did it. Why not Jim Caple? Our writer finally comes clean with his baseball confessions. Only, instead of telling Oprah, he's telling you!

SAN FRANCISCO -- This was the Madison Bumgarner Giants fans saw most of the season: the pitcher with impeccable control, the ability to get inside on right-handed batters, generate ground balls and change speeds. This was the pitcher who had become o...

Associated Press/Getty Images The Mets face (l to r) Madison Bumgarner, Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain during the opening three games of a series in San Francisco. METS (49-53, third place/NL East) vs. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (55-46, first place/NL West) ...

On May 30, San Francisco Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum had what used to be a routine outing. His line: seven innings pitched, one earned run and six strikeouts. For a guy who's won two National League Cy Young Awards, been a four-time All-Sta...

Blog | June 15, 2012

Tim Lincecum insists he must rediscover his old swagger to start pitching like his old dominant self.

In a new book, Natalee Righetti, daughter of Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti, recounts her challenging life with cerebral palsy, and the escape baseball has provided.

US Presswire/Tim FarrellIt took 51 seasons for the Mets to celebrate a pitching performance of this nature.Johan Santana spent more than 19 months waiting to pitch in a major league game after injuring his shoulder in September 2010. That was noth...

There's something special about a no-hitter. But a no-hitter on July 4? In baseball history, there have been only three: Hooks Wilts pitched a no-hitter in 1908, George Mullin pitched one in 1912 and Dave Righetti, the current pitching coach for the ...

Dave Cameron of FanGraphs examines the San Francisco Giants' amazing ability to prevent home runs both home and away. Even their pitching coach doesn't have an explanation for it.

Story | Conversation | April 03, 2011

Billy Wagner signed today with the Atlanta Braves. They gotta good one - Wagner ranks 2nd all-time for saves by lefty with 385. Eight times over his career, Wagner has recorded 30 or more saves in a season. The all-time mark of 424 is held by John F...

Page 2 celebrates America's birthday with a photo gallery of indelible July 4 sports images.

Mike Lowell's three-run homer and Kevin Youkilis' triple boosted Boston by the Yankees 6-4 Saturday.

Jonah Keri didn't get to see Dave Righetti's no-hitter, but he's not the only one to regret missing a big game.

The Oakland Athletics sent outfielder Ryan Goleski back to the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday.

San Francisco ace Jason Schmidt could miss his next start because of mild tendinitis in his right forearm and elbow area.

Jerome Williams Williams pitched his second complete game of the year in his eighth major league start, stumping Pujols and the rest of the St. Louis lineup and leading the Giants to a 5-1 victory Monday night.