Welcome to the INSIDE CHINA BASIN Baseball Podcast
Updated twice a week on TheSportsVirus.com!
Former Giants pitcher, current NBC Sports Bay Area analyst and KNBR talk show host Bill Laskey sets us up for the Giants 4-game series in LA against the Dodgers. We go through the starting pitchers for the series, assess the latest offensive trends and size up the possibility of Madison Bumgarner and others getting traded for prospects.
Welcome to the INSIDE CHINA BASIN Baseball Podcast
Updated twice a week on TheSportsVirus.com!
Giants reliever Mark Melancon and MLB umpire supervisor Ed Montague join us from Oracle Park. Melancon is healthy after a couple of seasons slowed by injury. Montague is judging umpires on a daily basis and has stories from a lengthy career as a Major League umpire.
Welcome to the INSIDE CHINA BASIN Baseball Podcast
Updated twice a week on TheSportsVirus.com!
Giants catcher Stephen Vogt joins Inside China Basin for the first time to talk about being a role player in his first season with the Giants. Long-time sportswriter Art Spander gives his thoughts on all of the empty seats at Oracle Park and what’s happening with the club this season including whether or not Madison Bumgarner will be traded this summer.
Welcome to the INSIDE CHINA BASIN Baseball Podcast
Updated twice a week on TheSportsVirus.com!
The Giants have been making a lot of changes this season with Farhan Zaidi as the new person in charge. When will they find some roster stability? We tackle that question with Ray Woodson. Plus, we start to look ahead to the possibility of Madison Bumgarner wearing a different uniform later this summer.
Welcome to the INSIDE CHINA BASIN Baseball Podcast
Updated twice a week on TheSportsVirus.com!
After the Giants split in Cincinnati saw SF starting pitchers get shelled, we bring in former Giants starter Bill Laskey to try and make sense of what transpired at Great American Ballpark. The KNBR host and NBC Sports Bay Area/Sacramento RIver Cats analyst also gives us the scoop on Mac Williamson, who just got called up to the Giants for the Rockies series starting Tuesday night.
Welcome to the INSIDE CHINA BASIN Baseball Podcast
Updated twice a week on TheSportsVirus.com!
As the Giants reached May with a 12-18 record, we went into the clubhouse at Oracle Park to get the mood of Joe Panik, Tony Watson and Tyler Austin. Panik has made some adjustments and appears to be coming out of his early season slump. Watson is part of a tight knit bullpen. And, Austin is dealing with the challenges of learning how to play the outfield and fit in with a new team.
Welcome to the INSIDE CHINA BASIN Baseball Podcast
Updated twice a week on TheSportsVirus.com!
Former Bay Area News Group columnist Mark Purdy might be retired now, but he still has opinions and insights on the 2019 Giants. Mark joins us to talk about the current roster makeup, Bruce Bochy’s final season, the possibility of Triples Alley being eliminated and the legacy of the late Hall of Famer Willie McCovey. Included is a review of the story of how McCovey Cove got its name.
Welcome to the INSIDE CHINA BASIN Baseball Podcast
Updated twice a week on TheSportsVirus.com!
Bruce Macgowan from KCBS radio in San Francisco joins us to give his thoughts on the 2019 Giants. He also talks about three men from the Giants family that passed away over the last year, Hall of Famer Willie McCovey, former broadcaster Hank Greenwald and former owner Peter Magowan.
Welcome to the INSIDE CHINA BASIN Baseball Podcast
Updated twice a week on TheSportsVirus.com!
The Panda is back with the Giants, still providing clutch hits and energy in the clubhouse/dugout. Derek Holland is a valuable member of the rotation. Erik Kratz is a veteran backup catcher who recently came over in a trade with Milwaukee. And, former Giants infielder and first round pick Christian Arroyo is back in town in a Rays uniform. They all joined Joe Castellano for the home opener on Friday at newly named Oracle Park in San Francisco.
Welcome to the INSIDE CHINA BASIN Baseball Podcast
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The 2019 regular season begins on Thursday in San Diego for the Giants. 3B Ron Wotus gets us ready with a conversation that we had just prior to spring training.
Wotus saw Buster Posey a lot during the off-season as they both rehabbed from surgeries at the same facility. He’s optimistic that Buster will be back to top form:
“He hasn’t really been himself, Buster Posey-like stats, especially last year. You know that thing (hip) was bothering him and he had to end the season. So, it’s encouraging that he’s got that hip fixed and hopefully we’ll see the Buster Posey of old.”
Former Giants pitcher, current NBC Sports Bay Area analyst and KNBR talk show host Bill Laskey sets us up for the Giants 4-game series in LA against the Dodgers. We go through the starting pitchers for the series, assess the latest offensive trends and size up the 
possibility of Madison Bumgarner and others getting traded for prospects.
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Giants reliever Mark Melancon and MLB umpire supervisor Ed Montague join us from Oracle Park. Melancon is healthy after a couple of seasons slowed 
by injury. Montague is judging umpires on a daily basis and has stories from a lengthy career as a Major League umpire.
Giants catcher Stephen Vogt joins Inside China Basin for the first time to talk about being a role player in his first season with the Giants. Long-time sportswriter Art Spander gives his 
thoughts on all of the empty seats at Oracle Park and what’s happening with the club this season including whether or not Madison Bumgarner will be traded this summer.
The Giants have been making a lot of changes this season with Farhan Zaidi as the new person in charge. When will they find some roster stability? We tackle that question with Ray Woodson. 
Plus, we start to look ahead to the possibility of Madison Bumgarner wearing a different uniform later this summer.
After the Giants split in Cincinnati saw SF starting pitchers get shelled, we bring in former Giants starter Bill Laskey to try and make sense of what transpired at Great American Ballpark. The KNBR host and NBC Sports Bay Area/Sacramento RIver Cats analyst also 
gives us the scoop on Mac Williamson, who just got called up to the Giants for the Rockies series starting Tuesday night.
As the Giants reached May with a 12-18 record, we went into the clubhouse at Oracle Park to get the mood of Joe Panik, Tony Watson and Tyler Austin. Panik has made some adjustments and appears to be 
coming out of his early season slump. Watson is part of a tight knit bullpen. And, Austin is dealing with the challenges of learning how to play the outfield and fit in with a new team.
Giants. Mark joins us to talk about the current roster makeup, Bruce Bochy’s final season, the possibility of Triples Alley being eliminated and the legacy of the late Hall of Famer 
Willie McCovey. Included is a review of the story of how McCovey Cove got its name.
Bruce Macgowan from KCBS radio in San Francisco joins us to give his thoughts on the 2019 Giants. He also talks 
about three men from the Giants family that passed away over the last year, Hall of Famer Willie McCovey, former broadcaster Hank Greenwald and former owner Peter Magowan.
former Giants infielder and first round pick Christian Arroyo is back in town in a Rays uniform. They all joined Joe Castellano for the home opener on Friday at newly named Oracle Park in San Francisco.
The 2019 regular season begins on Thursday in San Diego for the Giants. 3B Ron Wotus gets us ready with a conversation that we had just prior to spring training.
Posey-like stats, especially last year. You know that thing (hip) was bothering him and he had to end the season. So, it’s encouraging that he’s got that hip fixed and hopefully we’ll see the Buster Posey of old.”