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On the SF Giants podcast with Marko:

#1 San Francisco Giants’ All-Star representative Brandon Crawford, who has two World Series rings, three Gold Gloves, a Silver Slugger, and a Willie Mac Award, enjoyed basking at the All Star-game in Washington D.C. on Tuesday night.

#2 At 31 years old, Crawford is the oldest amongst the shortstops and this is the first time he got to start being the top vote-getter for NL shortstops.

#3 For the second half of the season for the Giants, we’ll be taking a look at the upcoming rotation–take one at a time–and tell us what’s their outlook on Madison Bumgarner, Johnny Cueto, Andrew Suarez, Dereck Rodriguez Derek Holland.

#4 The Giants are four games back in the NL West behind the Rockies, Diamondbacks, and the Dodgers. Four games is not a lot of games, as the Giants can jell and make a run for first.

#5 They’re taking the tarps off Mount Davis and this is the first time the Oakland A’s will be doing that in 13 years on Saturday, as the Giants will be at the Oakland Coliseum for three games. The A’s expect a capacity crowd at the Coliseum of 56,782.

Marko Ukalovic does the Giants podcasts each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com