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Giants Splash episodes

July 10, 2020 Why Buster Posey Opted Out
In this news-breaking conference with reporters, the Giants’ celebrated catcher explains why he chose not to play the 2020 baseball season. Also, president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi and manager Gabe Kapler discuss possible backup options.

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35 min
July 10, 2020 Farm Director Kyle Haines on Prospects' Challenges
Kyle Haines, the Giants’ director of player development, tells John Shea about the top prospects working out at Oracle Park and the players the Giants drafted and signed as undrafted free agents. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter

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31 min
July 07, 2020 Gabe Kapler on Canceling Tuesday's Workout
Late Tuesday morning, the Giants announced they were canceling the day’s two workouts because they had not received the result of tests administered Saturday. Here are some excerpts from manager Gabe Kapler's press conference. | Coronavirus updates: sfchronicle.com/coronavirus | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter

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12 min
June 22, 2020 Bill Gould’s Baseball Life: Players, Owners and a Heroic Ancestor
Part 2 with Bill Gould, professor emeritus at Stanford, who offers John Shea insights on declining African American numbers in baseball, his thoughts on anti-trust laws and his heroic great grandfather. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter

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33 min
June 19, 2020 Bill Gould’s Baseball Life: From Integration to Today’s Labor Strife
Bill Gould, professor emeritus at Stanford, offers John Shea insights on baseball’s labor woes, living through the game’s integration, his role in ending the 1994-95 strike and his heroic great grandfather. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter

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38 min
June 08, 2020 Preparing for a June Draft in the COVID-19 Era
Amateur-scouting director Michael Holmes tells Henry Schulman how the Giants are adapting to a draft that will last five rounds, instead of the usual 40, followed by a 30-team scramble of signing undrafted high school and college players. | Coronavirus updates: sfchronicle.com/coronavirus | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter

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32 min
June 02, 2020 I-5 Series Game 7 Postgame Show
The I-5 Series ends in defeat for NorCal, as SoCal completes its comeback with a Game 7 rout. North manager Bruce Jenkins is fired midgame and replaced by Billy Martin, who later walks off the job himself in disgust. Henry Schulman has the details and Jon Miller calls the highlights. | Follow the I-5 Series: sfchronicle.com/sports

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16 min
June 01, 2020 I-5 Series Game 6 Postgame Show
We’ll see you tomorrow! Eddie Mathews’ grand slam off Dave Stewart in the 10th caps a Lefty Gomez-Jim Palmer pitchers duel and forces a Game 7. Henry Schulman talks to a worried NorCal manager Bruce Jenkins, and Jon Miller calls the highlights, including a homer and a defensive gem by Joe DiMaggio. | Follow the I-5 Series: sfchronicle.com/sports

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14 min
May 31, 2020 I-5 Series Game 5 Postgame Show
Northern California had the bubbly on ice but the SoCals stay alive on a walk-off homer by Mark McGwire. Henry Schulman talks to NorCal manager Bruce Jenkins about his disastrous pitching moves and Jon Miller calls the highlights. | Follow the I-5 Series: sfchronicle.com/sports

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12 min
May 30, 2020 I-5 Series Game 4 Postgame Show
A confident manager Bruce Jenkins joins Henry Schulman after his NorCal team takes a commanding 3-1 series lead. Mark McGwire homers twice for SoCal, but the North snarls back, tying it on Rickey Henderson's triple and taking the lead on Joe DiMaggio's sac fly. With two outs in the ninth, it's Dennis Eckersley vs. Ted Williams — who can't re-create Kirk Gibson's heroics. | Follow the I-5 Series: sfchronicle.com/sports

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15 min

About Giants Splash

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Susan Slusser and John Shea host The San Francisco Chronicle’s podcast on the San Francisco Giants, featuring interviews with players, coaches, executives and media pros, as well as in-depth analysis.