Welcome to Episode 79 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys podcast. The Giants officially have a new manager after introducing Bob Melvin last week. Sam Lubman and Joe Shasky discuss the good and bad of this hire and if the Giants are truly better off. Later, while Bob Melvin may be the right man to manage the Giants, Greg Johnson is by far the wrong person to be leading the Giants ownership board. And finally, in an attempt to have fun, the guys talk about their favorite ballpark foods, and celebrate a special anniversary.

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Sam Lubman and Joe Shasky discuss the pluses and minuses of the Giants hiring Bob Melvin to be their manager.

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It was supposed to be a day all about Bob Melvin. But then Giants Chairman Greg Johnson opened his mouth.

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Sam Lubman talks about the best foods he ate at Oracle Park this year, and celebrating the Giants 2010 World Series 13 years later.

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Welcome to Episode 78 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. Giants beat writer for Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation and host of the Rizzocast Podcast Steven Rissotto joins Sam Lubman and Joe Shasky this week. The Giants got too enamored with analytics these past two years, and did so at the cost of Gabe Kaplers job. Later, it has been five years since Farhan Zaidi arrived, and it is fair to wonder just how much better the Giants really are now compared to when he arrived in 2018. Finally, this is such a huge offseason for the Giants, and yet it feels wrong to let Farhan Zaidi be the decision maker for it.

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The Giants decided to follow the analytics. Almost too much so however, and it backfired and cost Gabe Kapler his job.

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Farhan Zaidi has now been leading the Giants for five years. In some areas, the Giants are better. In a lot of other areas, things are worse.

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This is a crucial offseason for the Giants and Farhan Zaidi. Perhaps too crucial an offseason to take a chance on Farhan Zaidi navigating it successfully.

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Welcome to episode 77 of the Garlic Fries and Baseball Guys Podcast. A lot happened over the weekend for the San Francisco Giants. The team fired Gabe Kapler, and Sam Lubman and Joe Shasky debate whether that was really necessary. And big questions surround what is next for this team, and faith in Farhan Zaidi is at it's nadir now, and the Giants ownership is should start feeling the heat too. But on a positive note, Giants legend Brandon Crawford got the heros salute he deserved in his final game as a Giant.

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The Giants fired Gabe Kapler in what felt like a scapegoating move by Farhan Zaidi.

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