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Episode #331: Spring in our Step

New Giant Harrison Bader points to the dent he made with his first spring homer for the team. He later signed it with “Sorry”. (courtesy Monica Godfrey)

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We’re back, baby! Eric and Chad kick off TortureCast’s 16th season of covering San Francisco Giants baseball with a lively discussion about the team’s major acquisitions during the offseason (Harrison Bader, Luis Arraez, Adrian Houser, and Tyler Mahle), notable departures (sad about Wilmer Flores), the early spring results, the projected lineup and rotation, and some interesting numbers about ABS and how it can really make some umpires look bad acutely, but not so bad overall. The sun is shining (at least in Arizona), you can smell the fresh-cut grass, and we can’t wait for another season of Giants baseball!

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Episode #330: They Who Shall Not Be Named

I asked ChatGPT to produce this. I didn’t dare use a real picture of the real team that won. Not sure why they all look like brothers with the same facial hair.

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The MLB season is officially over, and it ended in agonizing fashion with the Dodgers squeaking out their second consecutive championship over a Toronto Blue Jays team that just couldn’t put the nail in the coffin. We beat the dead horse that should have been a ring for Toronto, but before that, we break down Tony Vitello’s presser at Oracle, Gold Glove wins for Bailey and Webb, and some new coaching hires. We’ll be back periodically throughout the offseason as news breaks, but thank you for your continued support as we close out season 15 of the TortureCast.

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Episode #329: Tony Vitello Volunteers

Tony Vitello is the 40th manager in Giants’ franchise history

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Today, the Giants announced that University of Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello will be their new manager. Vitello becomes the first college coach to move directly to MLB manager without previous professional coaching experience. He turned a Volunteers team around, accruing a .722 winning percentage, and winning the 2024 College World Series and was named Coach of the Year. This could be exactly what the Giants need, or it could flame out in horrible disaster, but they had to try something, and this is Buster Posey’s first crack at “his guy” to helm the ship. The whole gang is back together (Willie, Eric, and Chad) to talk about Vitello and to preview the World Series, which unfortunately has that team in blue in it…again.

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