Posts by Ryan Leong (Page 2)

Giants bullpen unsung hero is specialist with the funky delivery

October 11, 2021

As with everyone in baseball these days, you can't win without your bullpen. The Giants found out the hard way after the pen poured gasoline on a fire started by the Dodgers who were leading, 2-1 in the top of the 6th inning in Game 2.

By the time the smoke cleared, the boys in blue had put up a f...


49ers fall to Packers on last-second 51-yard field goal

September 26, 2021

SANTA CLARA — At last, the home opener for the 49ers in front of a full house.

Unless you like the other green and gold team, the Green Bay Packers, you did not go home happy.

Aaron Rodgers was 23-of-33 for 261 yards with two touchdown passes and completed a 17-yard strike to Davante Adams with...


A's pound Astros 14-2, keep slim playoff hopes alive

September 24, 2021

OAKLAND — For one night, everything went right for the Athletics.

If you had to describe the 2021 season to an outsider in one word: frustrating would be the most appropriate. But on the final Friday home game, everybody was happy. A good crowd was on hand for fireworks night and the A's pounded t...


Beloved former owner Bob Lurie inducted to Giants Wall of Fame

September 23, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO — In the world of professional sports, owners are just thought of as the rich folks who sit in the seats closest to the field with money to pay the players. There are a few celebrities fans acknowledge such as the Dallas Cowboys' Jerry Jones or the late Jerry Buss who controlled the La...


Giants clinch playoff spot, still eying NL West title

September 13, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO — Gabe Kapler has only been with the Giants less than two seasons but he's done something that the legendary John McGraw and every other skipper that preceded him had not accomplished.

Kapler clinched a playoff spot faster than any other manager in the 138 year history of the franchi...


A's win again, gain ground in AL wild-card race

September 10, 2021

OAKLAND — The A's are in a stretch drive where they know every game remaining has playoff implications.

With the Yankees and Red Sox having lost their games on Friday, the green and gold took advantage with a 10-5 win over the last place Texas Rangers.

Although Paul Blackburn struggled for the s...


Giants take two of three from Dodgers in critical series

September 5, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants have been the surprise baseball team of 2021. Certainly nobody, not even the most ardent Giants fan would have predicted the orange and black would have the best record in baseball tied with their long time rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers in early September.

Despite havi...


Warriors happy with haul in 2021 NBA Draft

July 29, 2021

The last time the Warriors had a first round pick at number 7 they picked a guard from unknown Davidson University named Wardell Stephen Curry II. Everyone today knows that Curry revolutionized the game and made his 3-point shot a deadly weapon just as Michael Jordan used his fadeaway jumper to scor...


Deck stacked against Sharks in 4-0 shutout loss to Vegas

March 6, 2021

SAN JOSE — Instead of those damn Yankees, it's those damn Golden Knights.

Alex Tuch scored a pair of goals in a 4-0 win over the San Jose Sharks. Marc Andre-Fleury made big saves when he had to. The Vegas goaltender stopped all 24 shots on goal for his fourth shutout of the year, improving his rec...


Warriors throttle Pistons 118-91 and enjoy some postgame fun

January 30, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO — The 2020-2021 Warriors are a team that is best described as consistently inconsistent. While it sounds like an enigma, it is accurate. To be consistently inconsistent is to do something often enough without establishing a pattern or an identity. Case in point, Golden State has yet to...