The McCovey Chroncast

This week's Chroncast deals with a very sensitive subject: the designated hitter. Many points are made by me, but none of them are coherent. Meanwhile, Doug and our guest this week -- my buddy Joe -- both pitch their cases as to why it should never sully the National League and makes sense for the National League, respectively. There's also a general discussion of the collective bargaining negotiations that will take place over the course of 2016 and what concessions either side might make to continue to keep minor leaguers away from the bargaining table and money flowing into the pockets of the establishment. We also answer some of your Twitter questions, spend 137 seconds discussing fantasy baseball, and play an X-Files themed game.

The Internet's own Wendy Thurm stops by and talks Giants, but also the Mets, Minions, and your Twitter questions. We also play a new game, "State of the Union", and get an update on our old AAV game. This episode is also now our longest episode.  There was some consideration about breaking it into two parts, but I opted not to do that because I'm a big believer in integrity. No DH in the NL, and no separating podcasts into two parts artificially. You could always stop it after a time and then come back to it later. No one's saying you can't do that. The first 45 minutes and the second 45 minutes are equally enjoyable. 

It's finally happened: Grant has come down to the basement to check on us to make sure we haven't flooded the place or otherwise embarrassed the family. It's our longest chroncast and also our most ambitious. Or should we say... Grantbitious? No, no, definitely just ambitious. Forget I ever said Grantbitious. This week's game is called Oscar Names. Someone throws out a Giants player, the other two have to come up with the name of that player's Oscar-nominated film and the category. Will Doug or Grant be able to top Bryan's example Oscar Name: Bruce Bochy for Best Actor in the drama, Aneurysm? Probably. But just to be sure, you should listen. Also, we answer some of your Twitter questions.

Episode 9 of the McCovey Chroncast drops with a discussion of the newest Giant, Denard Span, but also a frank and explicit examination of Angel Pagan and his dreaminess effectiveness. Will two injury-plagued outfielders add up to one stellar outfield? Or will the Giants going all in on high risk/high reward free agents betray them like a hanging breaking ball? Also, with the Hall of Fame in the news, we decline to discuss the obvious, well-trodden subjects and instead focus on the zero-vote guys who are still worthy of a conversation. We answer some Twitter questions, too. If you don't want to sign up for Twitter to ask us questions for the next Chroncast, *leave them in the comments below*! And since 2016 is still fresh, we take a look at possible New Year's Resolutions for certain Giants. As always, your feedback is encouraged in the comments below.

Merry Christmas! There's no chance you're reading this right now, but if you're not celebrating the holiday or just wanting to listen to something while making pie or taking a walk after eating pie or just got some new earphones and want to test them out, then you should consider giving the latest McCovey Chroncast a listen! This week, I share my mixed emotions over the departure of Ryan Vogelsong, Doug comes up with the perfect Christmas present to give to Sergio Romo, and we answer your Twitter questions in no particular order.

EPISODE VII - The Force Awakens Johnny Cueto has joined the Giants. With the approval of Giants' ownership, recently installed GM Bobby Evans has coordinated a strong offseason plan to bolster the Giants' most glaring weakness: its pitching. After agreeing to a 6-year deal, Cueto joins Madison Bumgarner and Jeff Samardzija, making the Giants competitors again in the NL West. The moves have excited Doug and scared Bryan. Now that the Giants are favored, does it mean they are doomed to fail? Also on the Chroncast, Bryan and Doug try to match Giants players with an appropriate Star Wars character. . . .  

Why won't the top free agents take the Giants' money? Does Buster Posey have something to do with it? Bryan and Doug investigate. They also talk about the oddness of the GM meetings, the uncertainty of Jeff Samardzija, the promise of Jason Heyward, Justin Upton's likely price tag, and play a game called "James Brown or Record Scratch"... what's it all about? You'll just have to listen. Also, a score update from last week's game, "AAV": Bryan correctly guessed Samardzija's $18 million AAV and was within $1.2 million of Zack Greinke's $34.5 average annual value. Bryan leads Doug, 2-0. It's a best of 5 and the winner gets to write a roast piece on the loser's hottest/worst takes ever. 

An eventful week of Giants news and potential news has led to the longest Chroncast yet! But don't fret, it's a good one. This week, Bryan (@Every6thDay) and Doug (@moonwalkmcfly/groug) tackle the big stuff: Hunter Pence proposes to his long-time girlfriend... AT DISNEYWORLD!!!Willie Mays receives the Medal of Freedom... AT THE WHITE HOUSE!!!Yusmeiro Petit and Hector Sanchez aren't tendered contracts... AT THE DEADLINE!!! And, they play a new game but sweeten the affair by adding a bet: the winner of this game will have written about him a roast of his hottest Giants takes. Want to know more about the game? Listen!

The McCovey Chroncast is an unstoppable content machine that demands to be made and consumed. This week's podcast was recorded earlier in the week and early in the morning and while Bryan was on the east coast. In it, Doug and Bryan attempt to do better than Grant's fake offseason plan posted last week. The results are... sorely lackeying. And the sound quality of this podcast is similarly bad because it was a recorded phone call. Technology is amazing, though. Just when you think you can take a week off you remember that a smartphone + the internet = unlimited work hours. Also, we get the riveting story of how the name groug came to be.

Doug Bruzzone (groug) and Bryan Murphy (NOT KNBR's Brian Murphy) are back for an all-new McCovey Chroncast. This week's podcast talks about the biggest news of the week (so far)... And with Thanksgiving coming up, the guys play a game called "Thanks or No Thanks", which puts 2015 Giants in their crosshairs. They also go off on tangents that rope in non-Giants subjects like Roger Clemens, Jose Fernandez, sinkholes, and the movie Blow.

Welcome to yesterday's news! If you're still catching up on the week that was for the San Francisco Giants, filled with a Gold Glove and Wilson's Defensive Player of the Year award and due diligence on Ben Zobrist, then most of this podcast will be new to you! If, however, you're living in the present, then the Silver Slugger and David Price of last night and today are nowheeeeeeeere to be found. That's because podcasting is already an ancient technology. The last gasps of Gen X. Millenials, go check out Grant's junk all the latest breaking news at McCoveySnap. But if you insist on sticking with this dead podcasting technology, then you *will* be rewarded with more fun and games from Doug & Bryan. We also break down the free agents on the starting pitcher market and play a game that rivals last week's Big Spoon/Little Spoon. Check out this week's McCovey Chroncast!

Hi, this is Grant. Just wanted to let you know there's a McCovey Chronicles podcast now! I know, I'm surprised too. On Wednesday, Bryan emailed me and said, "Hey, would you want me and groug to do a podcast?" And I was like, "Oh, sure," and then on Thursday, he emailed me a podcast.  In this podcast, there is talk about Bruce Bochy and Dave Righetti spooning. It comes before the talk of Angel Pagan and Santiago Casilla spooning. You didn't know you needed this. I didn't know I needed this. We most certainly needed this.