Inside China Basin: San Francisco Giants Podcast

Catch It! Joe Castellano, TheSportsVirus, podcasts three times a week during the baseball season focusing on the San Francisco Giants with the show INSIDE CHINA BASIN. The discussion includes players, managers, coaches, executives, broadcasters and writers. Joe has been covering sports for the past 28 years, working as a network play-by-play announcer and host of his own national baseball talk show. He has covered the NFL and NCAA Basketball for CBS Sports for the past 15 years. What you won’t hear: Yelling, unsubstantiated claims, inaccurate proclamations and bombastic statements. What you will hear: Insightful commentary, opinionated discussions, humorous stories and well researched facts and information.

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Lunch Special: A Title and A Parade

Posted on November 6th, 2010 by TheSportsVirus

The long wait is over in San Francisco. In their 53rd season, the Giants finally won a World Series for the City By the Bay.  The players celebrated on the field in Texas. The fans joined the party during a spectacular downtown parade two days after the clinching game. Now it’s time for…lunch! That’s right. What better atmosphere could you experience, than eating great Italian food and talking about a a thrilling season?  The SportsVirus Joe Castellano and TheDoctor Michael Duca discuss the 2010 World Champion Giants, and MLB awards (MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year and Manager of the Year), all while dining at Caffe Delucchi, 500 Columbus Ave. in the heart of North Beach in San Francisco. What a treat! Check out the menu while you listen: http://www.caffedelucchi.com/lunch.php.

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Hand Bud Black the Manager of the Year Award Now

Posted on August 14th, 2010 by TheSportsVirus

I know that Dusty Baker has done a heck of a job keeping the Reds in contention this late in the season and Bobby Cox could be a deserving, sentimental pick in his last year as a Hall of Fame caliber manager. But, hands down, the NL Manager of the Year is Bud Black. You don’t even have to play out the rest of the season to make your pick with this award. Outside of Black himself and most of his players (I’m thinking some of them were realistic), who in their right mind was picking the Padres to be a playoff team during the winter? No more Jake Peavy. Adrian Gonzalez was going to be on the trading block. Jon Garland and the Hairston brothers were flying under the radar as acquisitions. On paper they looked mediocre at best and headed for another losing season. But, remember towards the end of last season when Black had the Padres surprising some contenders while playing the spoiler role? That set the wheels in motion to play winning type baseball. It’s a team that has a great rotation backed by a stellar bullpen. The defense plays well, they steal bases and they manufacture runs. There are no MVP candidates in this lineup. Yet, while everyone still believes that they will fade, they continue to rule the National League. And now with veteran reinforcements Miguel Tejada and Ryan Ludwick, San Diego is even more pennant chase worthy. It’s fun to see an underdog team prove everyone wrong. Even if they don’t win the division, Bud Black has worked wonders.

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