The San Francisco Giants had a historic trip to Coors Field, beating the Colorado Rockies 23-5 in the first game of a two-game series. But after blowing a lead in the second game, they settled for a series split. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

McCovey Chronicles: for San Francisco Giants fans

Giants - Rockies series review

The San Francisco Giants and Arizona Diamondbacks played a three-game series from Aug. 28 - Aug. 30. They lost the series opener, but won the series 2-1. The bullpen excelled, as did Evan Longoria, Brandon Belt, and Wilmer Flores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Giants - DBacks Series Review

You might know D.B. best Baseball Twitter’s Chief Spoonerizer, and it’s in this same spirit that they’ve written a book, Hall of Name: Baseball’s Most Magnificent Monikers from “The Only Nolan” to “Van Lingle Mungo’ and More, which we talk about in a fun, quick chat. We also revisit some of the best spoonerisms out there, our favorite Simpsons episodes, and, of course — because I really wanted to take these last few episodes to explore how people felt about the state of the game — the state of the game. When I dragooned Doug into doing a podcast with me back in 2015, I had no idea where it would go. I think we can all agree that the results have been . . . mixed . . . at best, but I think it’s given us some great things such as voices to names we read, interviews with people who don’t ordinarily get a spotlight, spinoff showcases for Sami and Roger, and a very loyal listenership for which I’m grateful. Thank you, D.B. for the chat, and thank you all for your time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chroncast #89: D.B. Firstman

What’s in store for the sport as the 21st century marches on? How has the present evolution complicated analyzing a sport where grown men wear pajamas? What’s the next market inefficiency? What kind of person keeps change in their wallet? Craig answers all these questions and more with unflinching kindness and a surprising amount of grace. A fair warning: Craig is a Dodgers fan, but I promise that the conversation doesn’t devolve into Bum talk. We do take some time to talk about our cats, though, so stick around for that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chroncast #88: Craig Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus

Hi! This will be the final Chroncast with Bryan & co. There will be a few more episodes to end the year, including an interview with author D.B. Firstman, Craig Goldstein (EIC of Baseball Prospectus), and a final prospects podcast with Roger before . . . it all goes away. If you saw the news, SB Nation will be converting management of its California team sites, including McCovey Chronicles, from a freelancer model to an employee model in compliance with California's AB5 law set to go into effect January 1st. There's a decent amount of overlap between the new law, SB Nation's decision, and the current state of the business of baseball, and so where those things overlap, we talk about them. And when they don't, we talk a little bit about the Giants. We laugh, we cry, and we say goodbye. Thank you for listening! CONTENT WARNING: There is an awful lot of profanity in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chroncast #87: We were fired!

At long last, the site's founder returns to talk about the state of the Giants, the state of the game, and the state of the site. This was recorded Tuesday evening just before the Gerrit Cole deal broke, but the conversation is pretty evergreen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chroncast #86: Grant Brisbee Returns Again

Bryan and Sami talk about everything that went down at Gabe Kapler's introduction to Giants fans and suggest how it might've gone better. They also venture a guess at what the offseason will be like before getting into the big transactions of the week: Will Smith's contract with Atlanta and Madison Bumgarner's free agency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chroncast #85: Three Men and a Press Conference

This week, Sami conned our fearless leader into being on the podcast. She put him through his paces with the usual questions so that you guys can get to know him a bit more and we talked about what it’s been like for him since taking over the site. They also talked about the Giants, where Sami got Bryan’s take on the season that was (so far), what he thinks the future might look like, and Bruce Bochy’s impending retirement. In the venting corner, Bryan had a positive topic whereas Sami went on a one woman crusade against Fall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

McC Happy Hour #10: Bryan Murphy

This week, Sami was joined by none other than Kenny Kelly, of our own staff as they discuss the normal fare, such as what Kenny would do as commissioner for a day (spoiler: he would have a busy day) as well as Kenny’s take on the current Giants season.  Then they dig in on some not so expected topics, such as the concept of the five-star review system, the worth of apologies, and Sami rants about an obsession a lot of people seem to have with finding the worst things possible on the internet. And their pets make an appearance, fun times! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

McC Happy Hour #9: Kenny Kelly

The Giants' 4-2 week featured more standout performances from surprising sources. Will Farhan Zaidi continue to turn over the roster in search of the new high performer? Meanwhile, Sami joins Bryan to discuss the new community guidelines that went into effect this week as well as the constant undercurrent of discontent in the fan base on the subject of Brandon Belt.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chroncast #84: Blog Days of August

Jason Pennini of the website Prospects Live joins Roger and Bryan to give his scouting reports on some of the Giants’ best and brightest talent at their lowest level, the Arizona League. It’s not all about Marco Luciano, but it’s also not-not about Marco Luciano for a nice chunk of it; but, he also has more information than you’re likely to see anywhere else on the likes of Jairo Pomares, Garrett Frechette, Dilan Rosario, and Grant McCray, and if you’re not entirely sure who those guys are but you’re nevertheless interested in what’s going on deep down on the Giants’ farm, then you’ll want to listen to this one.  Jason also discusses what motivated him to ditch his old career to focus on scouting, which is an inspiring story worth your valuable time.  Roger and Bryan also go over the headline prospects acquired at the deadline — Jaylin Brown, Mauricio Dubon, Joe McCarthy, and Tristan Beck — as well as the Sacramento River Cats and their surprising playoff run.  The Untitled Prospects Podcast with Roger (UPPWR) is still looking for an official title, so, add your suggests down below. The next episode will come after the minor league season wraps, so if you have questions you’d like the show to tackle, add those down below, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

UPPWR: Untitled Prospects Podcast with Roger #4 with special guest Jason Pennine

n this week’s episode, Sami was joined by Allison McCague. Allison covers the Mets over at SBNation’s Amazin’ Avenue and is a legit scientist. They talked about, you guessed it, the Mets (and some science!) and the general incompetence of the owners of the team.  They discussed the moves made (and not made) at the trade deadline and how that sets the Mets up for the future and the present. The Mets are in a similar position as the Giants with regards to the hunt for the Wild Card and we talked about whether they have what it takes to make a run at it.  They also  touched briefly on the Giants’ moves, but you should really listen to last week’s Chroncast for more on that. Bryan and Doug broke it all down for you there. Speaking of which, you should subscribe to the Chroncast feed to make sure you get every new episode of all of our podcasts!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

McC Happy Hour #8: Allison McCague

It might take us a while to figure out just how the new front office managed to revamp the existing farm system without razing it, but here we are with a revamped Giants farm system and with most of the high profile names still very much of a high profile.  Joey Bart! Heliot Ramos! They've even been joined by some new names, some of whom were acquired last year and some added to the mix by the new regime. Roger and Bryan go through the latest prospect rankings which see four Giants as consensus top `100 prospects, a situation that feels very unfamiliar.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

UPPWR: Untitled Prospects Podcast with Roger #3

It was one of the busiest trade deadlines in Giants history and it didn't involve the two biggest names on the roster. Just exactly how did Farhan Zaidi get the Braves to take on all of Mark Melancon's contract? Who did the Giants get in exchange for Melancon, Sam Dyson, Drew Pomeranz, and Ray Black?  Join Bryan and Doug as they go over all that and hear Farhan Zaidi in his own words explain not only why the deadline shook out the way it did but also his philosophy for managing a baseball team. He's been extremely consistent for his entire professional career. Also, Bryan reveals two trades he thinks will help and hurt the Giants in the NL West.  This episode features audio clips of the 2013 Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Thank you to them for granting permission of their use.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chroncast #83: The Giants traded Mark Melancon

Sami is joined by Sam Bradfield who is the assistant editor covering the Colorado Rockies over at Purple Row. For transparency’s sake, this was recorded last Friday night, so it will not involve any news that may have broken between then and now.  Sam talks about how growing up in both cities has given her her dual loyalties for the Rockies and division rivals, the Arizona Diamondbacks. We talk about how she got into covering the Rockies and their farm system, including the Pebble Report, which is just the cutest name for minor league coverage ever and you can follow it over on Purple Row, as well as the two Purple Row podcasts she works on.  As a huge Troy Tulowitzki fan, Sam shares her thoughts on his retirement announcement, and she also shares a delightful story about the time she asked almost every member of the Rockies organization which musical instruments they have played, if any. So if you ever wanted to know which instrument Nolan Arenado played in school to use against him the next time the Rockies come to town, this is the episode for you! But make sure to check out all of our episodes, as well as the original Chroncast and the Prospect Podcast, by subscribing to the McCovey Chroncast feed on the Apple podcast app, spotify, or however you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

McC Happy Hour #7: Sam Bradfield

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