San Francisco Giants

The San Francisco Giants are an excellent organization that has managed to successfully adapt to the changing forces externally and internally to become a championship team. They have demonstrated the Four Variables of Change: strategy, structure, technology, and people exceptionally over the years to get where they are now. Strategy: The one main strategy the Giants have displayed is focusing their attention on drafting and developing talent, rather than using their minor league organization as a bait pool to find most of their major league talent, which they had often done in previous years. During the 1990’s and early 2000’s, they were one of the worst teams in the major leagues at drafting and developing talent. Yet, in a three-year span, from 2006-2008, the Giants landed three cornerstones of their organization in the first round of the draft, a youthful gain of talent that has immensely helped turn the franchise around. Recent history had shown, that teams who are more likely to win in the modern game of baseball focus their time on drafting and development of talent rather than having the highest payroll. With the Giants strategies of blending talented young players and knowledgeable veterans, they have set the standard for how to be successful in the modern age of baseball.…

loved baseball. My parents let me play and watch all sports as a child, but I was drawn to baseball for as long as I can remember. I played baseball from the time I was five years old to the time I was fourteen years old, and the only thing that stopped me, was an injury. In eighth grade, I managed to tear the labrum in my left shoulder by diving for a ball and jamming the shoulder while landing. Sadly, I had to switch over to golf, but I have never lost my passion for the game. I love…

On Friday, October 31, 2014, Janice Lewis woke up earlier to attend to the San Francisco Giants parade. Janice Lewis got at Market Street at Steuart street where the parade begins, just in time to get the best space where she could see the parade. As the time passed by, with just feel minutes for the pared to start, more people kept coming. Janice who was comfortable at her spot no longer could move, because there were so may people trying to see the parade as well. At Noon, when the parade…

In the exciting 2014 World Series the San Francisco Giants defeated the Kansas City Royals. However, only 12.9 million people watched the World Series which was less than cable television’s The Walking Dead. How did America’s pastime fall to a show about rampant zombie attacks? The answer is complex and requires examination of baseball and history to understand. Baseball started out as a sandlot sport that peacefully coexisted with professional baseball that centered around three largely…

We are good. It seems like this statement can finally receive more than scoff or roll of the eyes. With a division title under their belts, Chicago Cubs’ fans can now say it with confidence. Cubs won the NL Central title when the Giants topped the Cardinals 6 to 2 on September 15th. Even after their loss against the Milwaukee Brewers, Cubs didn’t mind popping the champagne at Wrigley Field. The following day, the Cubs turned it around by beating the Brewers 5 to 4. On Monday, Cubs clinched…

The Blue Crabs Promise Summer Excitement For those living in Charles County, MD, one of the greatest summer pastimes is catching The Blue Crabs play a game or two. The Blue Crabs are a minor league baseball team that offer excitement for their fans all year long. The team plays from April through August, which gives residents plenty of time to catch several games. One of the most exciting portions of this season is the addition to roster that was just announced earlier this year, Steve…

They had many of the same concepts and rules, and even some of the same team names. Japan adopted some major team’s names such as the the Giants and the Braves. The Giants were shown in the film, and although Jack Elliot’s team was called the Dragons, the logo and colors oddly resembled the Brooklyn Dodgers. Japan even has a Baseball Hall of Fame, just like America. Audiences are used to seeing films with players being traded between major and minor league teams, but this was an unusual twist…

A good example of this took place in 2013. At that time, the Oakland Athletics made an attempt relocate to San Jose, despite the fact that the San Francisco Giants already had a minor league team in the same location. Major League Baseball ruled that the Athletics could not relocate to San Jose since it would be within 15 miles of another MLB team, albeit its minor league affiliate. Doing so would mean that the Athletics would be directly competing with the San Francisco Giant’s revenue stream.…

Performance Enhancing Drugs have became a unfortunate constant problem in baseball. Hall of fame players such as Mike Piazza, Roger Clemens and Mark McGwire are just some of the names that used PEDs. Other notable players that have taken PEDS consist of Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, and Sammy Sosa. These substances have put a stain on baseball. There's a reason there is a era that is called the "steroid era" I call Barry Bonds "The Fake Dinger King" because of the fact that he used those…

During the world series on an October evening in 1989, the Giants and Athletics battled for a world title. It was any average play off game in baseball. Lots of excitement, a hostile playing field, and the crowd would cheer over just about anything. Watching the game by himself was Bill Tate, who just got home from a night of work. “It was early in the game, no score yet, when suddenly Al Michaels, the announcer, said ‘What was that?’ Then the TV cut out for a few minutes, but Al’s voice…