Tucson Toros Sell Contract of RHP Andrew Romo to the San Francisco Giants

The Golden Baseball League announced today that the Tucson Toros have sold the contract of RHP Andrew Romo to the San Francisco Giants. The hard-throwing righty from Brawley, CA had an outstanding 3 inning appearance for Tucson in his first appearance of the 2009 season after coming over from the Yuma Scorpions and was immediately acquired by the Giants.

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10-Game Road Trip Could Reveal a Lot about the San Francisco Giants

by Danny Penza

The last time the San Francisco Giants racked up some frequent flyer miles it resulted in one of the worst and most frustrating road trips in recent history.

The Giants went 1-5 along the West Coast swing that took them to San Diego and Seattle and in the process, they scored two runs or less in four of the six games.

After the dismal six-game showing, I didn't have any kind words to say, and rightfully so. Any observer of this team would have written, maybe not with the same kind of tone as yours truly, but it certainly was not a time to be optimistic.

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San Francisco Rotation to Provide a Giant Task

By Chico Harlan

In consecutive nights at Nationals Park, the visiting San Francisco Giants will deploy, as their starting pitchers, the reigning Cy Young winner, one of the most dominant left-handed power pitchers of all time, and a 24-year-old who's having a better season than either of them.

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Giants May Prospect Report: Bumgarner and Alderson Dominating Double-A

by Danny Penza

April showers usually bring May flowers, and in the case of the San Francisco Giants’ top two pitching prospects, it also meant an inevitable promotion to Double-A Connecticut, once the flowers began to bloom.

Talk to any scout around and they will tell you the best way to gauge a legitimate prospect is to see how they handle the jump from High Class A to Double-A.

Don’t tell that to Madison Bumgarner, Tim Alderson, or Brandon Crawford.

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Outreach of Hope: The Dave Dravecky Story—The Relay for Life Pt. 2

by Blaine Spence

Dave Dravecky made his major-league debut with the San Diego Padres on June 15, 1982.

The left-handed Dravecky pitched 105 innings his rookie year, posting an ERA of 2.57.

In Dravecky’s sophomore year, he was named to Major League Baseball’s All-Star game and pitched two scoreless innings while striking out George Brett and Fred Lynn.

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Randy Johnson is the Newest Member Of The 300 Club, But Not The Last

by John Cate

On June 18, 1986, the California Angels’ Don Sutton became the last 300-game winner in the history of Major League Baseball when he threw a complete game three-hitter to beat the Texas Rangers, 5-1.

Or at least that’s what they said at the time…

Unfortunately, I don’t have the article anymore, but there was a piece that ran in Baseball Digest right about this time, in which the author claimed that Sutton would be the last pitcher to ever achieve this feat. Other articles appeared in print right after it happened, making similar statements.

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