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Tim Lincecum Isn't Angry With Giants

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By Jeff Fletcher 2/05/2010 4:01 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO -- If Tim Lincecum is really angry at the Giants for the way they've handled his contract, he at least knows better than to say so publicly.

Given the opportunity to respond to a report that he was upset with the lack of a deal as he comes closer to a potential arbitration hearing, Lincecum said all the right things.

"I try not to have any ill feelings about anything," Lincecum told reporters in a media session at AT&T Park on Friday afternoon. "I just try to come out here and the whole purpose is to help the team win. It's not about a grudge match."

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By Pat Lackey 2/02/2010 8:11 PM ET

With February starting and little progress in contract talks with the San Francisco Giants, Tim Lincecum's agent said Tuesday that he fully expects to go to arbitration with the Giants over the reigning two-time NL Cy Young winner. The official date of the hearing isn't known yet, but it's expected to be towards the end of the 20-day window, which opened Monday, in which arbitration hearings can be scheduled.

The Giants and Lincecum were $5 million apart when they exchanged figures nearly two weeks ago, with Lincecum asking for $13 million and the Giants offering $8 million. Both numbers are records for a player with less than three full years of big-league experience

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By Andrew Johnson 2/01/2010 8:15 PM ET

ESPN and San Francisco Giants radio broadcaster Jon Miller was named the 2010 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award by the Baseball Hall of Fame Monday. The award -- in its 33rd year -- is given out for major contributions in baseball broadcasting, and recipients typically give a speech during the Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown during late July.

Miller has been the voice of ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball telecasts for the last 20 years and, in addition to the Giants, has worked for the Orioles, Rangers, Red Sox and A's during a career that stretches back to 1974.

"For every young broadcaster, finding out who he is and becoming that person on the air is a real key," Miller said of his broadcasting journey during a conference call with the media. "Ultimately I found out who I was.

"You're out there for three hours a night, and whoever you are is going to come out."

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By Pat Lackey 1/22/2010 3:09 PM ET

Giants' second baseman Freddy Sanchez had surgery on his ailing left shoulder, and the surgery may keep Sanchez out of the lineup until after Opening Day.

Making it back by the opener is "a goal for Freddy," Giants trainer Dave Groschner said on a conference call on Friday afternoon. "I know he's working his butt off right now. It's a possibility, but it may not happen either. When we get into March, we'll be able to give you a better answer on that."

Sanchez had some left shoulder discomfort during his offseason workouts, and an exploratory surgery on Dec. 23 revealed that he had a torn labrum and required some cleanup of his AC joint, Groeschner said.

Groeschner said the normal recovery time for such a procedure is 12 to 15 weeks, which makes Opening Day questionable. The Giants had not announced the surgery, at Sanchez's request, but Bochy let it slip during a radio interview on Thursday night.

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By Andrew Johnson 1/20/2010 4:21 PM ET

The figures are in. The haggling has begun. And you can rest assured it's going to get crazy.

Of the 128 players that filed for salary arbitration last week, 44 exchanged figures with their respective clubs Tuesday and 35 remain without a contract for 2010, raising the specter of a hearing next month (Feb. 1-21).

There's just one player that figures to capture everyone's imagination -- two-time Cy Young Award-winner Tim Lincecum, who is in line for a record award -- but plenty of cases are worth watching.

Back to Lincecum for a second.

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By Jeff Fletcher 1/19/2010 5:25 PM ET

The Giants months-long search for a quality catcher who would take a one-year deal may just have ended with, of all people, the guy who had the job last year. In a bit of a stunner, the Giants re-signed Bengie Molina to a one-year, $4.5-million deal, according to the local CBS affilate.

It would a nice deal for the Giants, who get a dependable catcher that plays good defense and even hits, and they get him on an affordable one-year deal, so he won't eat into (ooh, bad phrase) too much of the future, who is Buster Posey.

But here's why it's so weird.

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By Tom Fornelli 1/17/2010 7:13 PM ET

Eric Byrnes' first two years in Arizona were productive enough to earn himself a three-year, $30 million contract extension from the Diamondbacks. Which was then immediately followed by two seasons of Byrnes spending the majority of his time on the disabled list, and only managing a .218 batting average in the 136 games he did play.

So after the Diamondbacks signed Adam LaRoche last week, it didn't come as much of a surprise when Arizona designated Byrnes for assignment, even if it meant having to eat the $11 million left on his contract. Now that Byrnes is a free agent he's taking a look around to see where he might find some work, and if it was up to him, San Francisco would be a wonderful place to play.

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By Jeff Fletcher 1/15/2010 8:00 PM ET

Andre Dawson was the toast of Chicago. Just a year earlier, he'd come to the Cubs for relative pennies, actually offering the team a blank contract for his services, and he went on to win the MVP.

But here he was, just before spring training in 1988, sitting in a conference room across the table from Cubs executives, pitted in a war over his value. Toward the end of the hearing, when the arbitrator asked Dawson if he had anything to add, Dawson said, as former Cubs executive Ned Colletti recalled years later: "This is the most [screwed up] process I've ever seen."

Dawson actually "lost" his case, settling for a 165 percent raise, to $1.875 million, instead of the $2 million he requested. Colletti, now the Dodgers' general manager, told FanHouse he still remembers the strange feeling he had that day: "I remember thinking to myself, 'Why are we in here, with, of all people, this guy?"

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By Ed Price 1/05/2010 10:15 PM ET

Now that Randy Johnson has retired -- half-jokingly saying he will finally be able to try "parachuting, ziplining and swimming with Great Whites in Australia" -- we can go over what he became known for over a remarkable 22-year pitching career.

His 6-foot-10 frame.

A surly disposition.

Long hair.

And strikeouts. Lots and lots of strikeouts.

More Coverage: Johnson Makes Retirement Official

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By Andrew Johnson 1/05/2010 5:13 PM ET

Randy Johnson announced his retirement from baseball after 22 seasons in the major leagues Tuesday evening.

The towering, fearsome left-hander won five Cy Young Awards, including four straight from 1999-2002, and will finish his career with 303 wins. He is second on the all-time strikeout list with 4,875 and his strikeouts per nine innings pitched rate of 10.6 is the best ever.

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