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Game Notes

Game Notes – 07/13/2025

Roger Schlueter | Monday, July 14, 2025

Late in the Giants’ season in 1923, first baseman George Kelly came to the plate five times, and, in the old refrain, “fell a triple shy of the cycle.”  No matter, for Kelly, instead, homered three times in an exquisite 5-for-5 day at the plate.  The performance marked only the […]


Game Notes

Game Notes – 04/05/2025

Roger Schlueter | Sunday, April 6, 2025

On April 20, 1992, Giants starter Dave Burba threw a 2-1 pitch to his first adversary of the contest.  The offer was gladly received and instantly returned by that opponent in the form of a, as described within the Baseball Reference play-by-play account, “Fly Ball to Deep LF Line”:  Craig […]


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