Giants Splash

The Chronicle's Henry Schulman and John Shea offer their thoughts on the Giants’ 29-31 season and look ahead to the greatest needs for 2021, whether they need a closer, plus the challenge of covering ball in the year of COVID. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Will the Giants make the playoffs? How far will the A’s go in the postseason? Susan Slusser and John Shea weigh the possibilities. Plus, each has a great Rollie Fingers story to tell. Also, a tribute to late baseball scout Gary Hughes. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Longtime Giants broadcasters Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow sit down with Bruce Jenkins to discuss their nearly 30-year partnership, including their favorite moments and most memorable calls. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Johnny Doskow, radio voice of the Giants’ top farm team in Sacramento, tells John Shea minor-league stories about some of the players helping the Giants in the playoff race and about his new book on baseball and life through Haiku. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Chronicle columnist Bruce Jenkins joins Henry Schulman at the midway point of the truncated 2020 season to talk about the excitement the Giants have brought back to Oracle Park with a potent offense, bright new stars like Mike Yastrzemski and Joey Bart, and all the weirdness throughout the majors. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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In a joint A’s Plus-Giants Splash podcast, Chronicle baseball writers Susan Slusser, Matt Kawahara, John Shea and Henry Schulman delve into the vastly different states of the local teams before this weekend’s Bay Bridge series in San Francisco. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter

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After four seasons as a role player who has yo-yoed between the big-leagues and Triple-A, Austin Slater is making a strong case to be a permanent fixture in the Giants outfield. The Stanford alum talks to Henry about his two-homer night against Clayton Kershaw and road life during a pandemic. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter

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The president of baseball operations talks to John Shea about where the team stands and where it's heading at the one-quarter point of the season, plus Joey Bart's progress and the club's response to the coronavirus. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod

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Mercury News Giants beat writer Kerry Crowley is 26 and already one of the nation’s best multimedia beat reporters. He and Henry Schulman talk about his background, being a sixth-generation San Franciscan and thoughts on the first week of the season.

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On the Chronicle’s flagship news podcast, Giants Splash host Henry Schulman and A’s Plus host Susan Slusser join Demian Bulwa to talk about the season opening under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. They discuss what fans can expect in the 60-game sprint, Giants manager Gabe Kapler and two players kneeling for the national anthem, and whether the A's can avoid their usual slow start. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter

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