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List of 1-0 home run walk-offs in Giants history

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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO — When Brandon Crawford took a Harrison Musgrave pitch and planted it onto the right field arcade to send everyone happy, it was not the first walk-off this season for the San Francisco Giants.

The Crawford home run in the bottom of the ninth inning that gave the Giants a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies. It was the Giants’ sixth walk-off win this season.

Andrew McCutchen came up with the first walk-off of the season, and did so in dramatic fashion, as he hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the 14th inning to give the Giants a come-from-behind 7-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Just three days later, McCutchen was at it again, as he singled in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Giants a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Nick Hundley got in on the act on April 30, as he singled in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Giants a 6-5 victory over the San Diego Padres.

Crawford picked up his walk-off of the season on June 6th, as he singled in the bottom of the 10thinning to propel the Giants 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

This past Sunday, as the Giants trailed the San Diego Padres, Hunter Pence hit a two-run double just out of the reach of Eric Hosmer, to give the Giants a huge 3-2 victory over the Padres.

Crawford joined the walk-off club for a second time on Wednesday night, as he took the Musgrave pitch and put it for the 1-0 victory.

The Crawford home run on Wednesday night marked just the seventh time in team history that a home run ended the game with the score between tied at zero.

Bobby Thomson was the first Giants player to snap a scoreless tie with a walk-off home run, as he did it on April 30, 1953 against the Milwaukee Braves at the Polo Grounds.

Ten years later, on July 2, 1963, Willie Mays put an end to a pitcher’s duel at Candlestick Park, as he took a Warren Spahn pitch in the bottom of the 16th inning and put it into the seats to give the Juan Marichal the victory.

Just three years later, Mays did it again on August 12, 1966, as he gave the Giants the victory the Houston Astros.

A little over a year later on September 22, 1967, Tom Haller put an end to the game, as he won the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

It would be almost nine years before Bobby Murcer sent the Candlestick faithful home happy, as he turned the trick against the Philadelphia Phillies on July 16, 1976.

Steve Decker was the last Giants player to snap a 0-0 tie with a home run, as he did so on April 21, 1991 against the Houston Astros.

Crawford joined that club last night with his walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Giants the win.

The last National League shortstop to accomplish this feat was Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs, who did it against the Los Angeles Dodgers on August 17, 1960 at Wrigley Field.

A’s beat the Tigers 4-2 to sweep the 4-game series

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By Jerry Feitelberg

The A’s, led by the hitting of Jed Lowrie and the pitching of lefty Sean Manaea, defeated the Detroit Tigers 4-2 at Comerica Park on Thursday afternoon. The A’s did not hit any home runs, but they scored three times in the third and once in the fourth to defeat the Tigers’ Michael Fulmer.

Manaea did not appear to be in sync in the first inning. He issued his only walk of the game to the Tigers’ leadoff hitter Jeimer Candelario. He settled down and retired Jose Iglesias for the first out. The Tigers’ leading hitter, right fielder Nick Castellanos, blasted his 11th dinger of the year over Stephen Piscotty’s outstretched glove to give the Tigers an early 2-0 advantage. Manaea regained his composure and held the Tigers scoreless in his next five innings of work. Manaea was hoping that the A’s offense would get going and get him a win.

The A’s offense did what Manaea wanted. In the top of the third, they put together five singles and plated three runs. Marcus Semien and Chad Pinder singled to start the rally. Mark Canha blooped a single to right to drive in Semien. Pinder went to third on the play. Lowrie continued his hot hitting and torment of the Tigers with a single to drive in Pinder with the second run of the inning. Canha advanced to third. A’s designated hitter Khris Davis singled to drive in Canha to make it a 3-2 game.

The A’s tacked on an insurance run in the fourth. Stephen Piscotty led off with a single. Jonathan Lucroy hit a slow roller to Tigers’ shortstop Jose Iglesias. Iglesias’ only play was at first. Piscotty made it safely to second. Pinder had his second hit of the game when he doubled to deep centerfield to drive in Piscotty. The A’s led 4-2.

There was no more scoring in the game. Manaea left after six innings of work. He allowed two runs and five hits. He walked one and struck out two. The A’s used Emilio Pagan in the seventh, Lou Trivino in the eighth, and Blake Treinen in the ninth. The relievers did not allow the Tigers a hit. Treinen earned his 20th save of the year. The A’s won 4-2.

Game Notes: The A’s have won their last nine games against Detroit, their longest streak against the Tigers since Lefty Grove and Jimmie Foxx led the Philadelphia Athletics to 10 straight wins over Detroit in 1931. The Tigers have also lost their last nine games played. The A’s improve to 44-38 and are six games over the .500 mark. Detroit falls to 36-46.

Sean Manaea received credit for the win, and his record is now 8-6. Fulmer took the loss, and he is 3-7 for the year.

Jed Lowrie had a single and double in the game including his 24th double. He has driven in 55 so far this year. Lowrie was 9-for-17 in the series. He hit two home runs and had three doubles and drove in at least one run in all four games. It is possible that Lowrie and Treinen will represent the A’s at this year’s All-Star game in Washington, DC on July 17th.

Up Next: The A’s finished the 10-game road trip with a record of 8-2 and will return home to face the Cleveland Indians for three games starting Friday night at 7:05 pm PDT.

Paul Blackburn (1-2, 8.83) will pitch for Oakland, and Trevor Bauer (7-5, 2.44) will go for the Indians.

On Saturday, it will be Edwin Jackson going against rookie Adam Plutko, and Sunday will feature Frankie Montas for Oakland and Mike Clevinger for Cleveland.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca and Morris Phillips: Can Giants play as well on the road as they do at home?

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On the SF Giants podcast with Michael and Morris:

The San Francisco Giants are now 26-13 at home and the old saying goes if you win two out of three at home and play .500 on the road, you should do alright well the Giants haven’t played .500 on the road the Giants are 16-26 on the road.

If the Giants had played .500 on the road, they would be in first place. Right now, that’s how well they’re doing at home. What’s interesting is why would a veteran team such as the Giants have such disparity in what their doing at home than what they’re doing on the road?

Manager Bruce Bochy scratching his head after the game last night was asked with his veterans should have had better results with the team he has on the road and play maybe a little closer to what their doing on the road. The Giants are on pace to lose 50 road games and they’re on pace to win 50 or 51 home games.

Join Michael and Morris for the Giants podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com each week

A’s continue to roll behind Chris Bassitt’s terrific start in a 3-0 shutout of Tigers

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By Jerry Feitelberg

The A’s beat the Tigers Wednesday evening in Detroit by a score of 3-0. The A’s recalled Chris Bassitt from Nashville to pitch due to the injury to Daniel Mengden. Bassitt was making his fourth start of the season for Oakland. He pitched well in his first start but had two bad games and was 0-3 for the season and had spent a lot of time shuttling between Oakland and Nashville. Bassitt his best game of the year as he went six innings and allowed no runs and just two hits. He struck out five and the only negative was the five walks he issued to the Tiger hitters. Bassitt had to be just as good as Tigers’ starter Mike Fiers also pitched very well.

The game was scoreless until the top of the fourth inning. The A’s put the first run of the game on the board when Matt Joyce led off with a single to get things going. Fiers had to pitch to the A’s hottest hitter Jed Lowrie. Lowrie, who has been on a tear, doubled to right field. A’s third base coach Matt Williams did not hesitate as he did not put the stop sign up for Matt Joyce. Joyce scored, and Lowrie recorded his 22nd double and 54th RBI of the season to give the A’s the lead 1-0.

A’s manager Bob Melvin brought in Yusmeiro Petit to pitch the seventh. Petit did his job and kept the Tigers scoreless in the seventh and eighth innings.

The A’s scored two insurance runs in the ninth. Alex Wilson was pitching for Detroit. With one out, Franklin Barreto reached on an infield single. Josh Phegley followed with a line shot down the left field line. The speedy Barreto scored all the way from first. The next hitter, Dustin Fowler, blasted a ball to that hit high off the right-field wall to drive in Phegley. The A’s led 3-0.

Bob Melvin was not able to use his closer, Blake Treinen, to finish the game. Treinen had worked the last two games. Melvin brought in rookie Lou Trivino to face the Tigers. Trivino set the Tigers down in order to earn his second save of the year.

Game Notes: The A’s are 7-2 on the road trip and go for the sweep Thursday afternoon in Detroit. The A’s improve to 43-38 and are five games over the .500 mark for the first time since the 2014 season. Chriss Bassitt is now 1-3, and he won his first game since the 2015 season. Bassitt missed the 2016 season due to Tommy John surgery, and his recovery was much longer than expected.

The A’s did not hit a home run, and their 27 consecutive game streak of hitting at least one home run in road games came to an end. The 27-game streak is a new Major League record.

“We put home run swings on them,” Melvin said. “We just didn’t get rewarded for them.”

Time of game was 3 hours and 11 minutes and 23,961 fans watched the game.

Up Next: The A’s Sean Manaea will go to the mound seeking his eighth win of the year on Thursday. Manaea’ record is 7-6. He will be opposed by Michael Fulmer. Fulmer is 3-6 and has a 4.17 ERA. The game will start at 10:10 am PDT on MLB Network.

Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: A’s shuttling players back and forth from Nashville; A’s have an offense that can be improved

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On the A’s podcast with Jerry:

How do the A’s find ways to continue to replace injured players going to Nashville and back to Oakland again and still win games? They were down six runs and came back to beat the Detroit Tigers 9-7 on Tuesday night.

Jed Lowrie was key in the win with a bloop single in the ninth inning, which Lowrie would steal a base then come in and score to win it for the A’s. Lowrie’s had some great at-bats this season. The question is will the A’s trade Lowrie and get some value for him before the trade deadline in July?

Jerry Feitelberg does the A’s podcasts each Thursday for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Crawford’s key to Giants making postseason; Crawford heading for an MVP and All Star game

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On the SF Giants podcast with Marko:

What a season for San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford, who hit an eighth inning bloop single that put him on the bases to later steal a base, and then scored the go-ahead run to help San Francisco get by the Colorado Rockies at AT&T Park 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Crawford has been proving it all year and he’s earned a spot on the NL All-Star Game starting lineup for top vote getter leading as of today by 800,000 votes ahead of all NL second basemen in the running for the starting position.

The Giants’ third baseman Evan Longoria, who had hand surgery, is now doing physical therapy and Longoria is still expected to be back in six to eight weeks. Also, Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija is expected to return to San Francisco soon.

Samardzija suffered shoulder tightness pitched in Triple-A Sacramento, throwing 88 pitches, six runs, seven hits, and two walks, and four innings of work. Marko says this was 88 pitches that gave Samardzija a chance to work on a few things.

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

Hernandez comes up big in Giants’ 3-2 win over Rockies

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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO — Gorkys Hernandez and maybe the San Francisco Giants are unsung heroes thus far during the 2018 season.

Hernandez walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth inning, helping the Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies before a crowd of 36,070 at AT&T Park on Tuesday night.

After Pablo Sandoval struck out for the first out of the inning, Brandon Crawford came up with his third hit of the night. Crawford proceeded to steal second base, then losing pitcher Adam Ottavino intentionally walked Joe Panik.

Austin Slater was unable to move the runners over, as he struck out for the second out of the inning; however, Ottavino was unable to get that elusive third out, as he walked pinch hitter Alen Hanson and then Hernandez to give the Giants their third win in a row and sixth in eight games on this 10-game home stand.

The Rockies attempted to tie up the game in the top of the ninth inning, as Tom Murphy came up with bloop hit and he was able to get second base, when no one was covering the base, but Sam Dyson got Gerardo Parra to strikeout for the third time in four at-bats.

Dyson was then able to induce DJ LeMahieu to ground into a game-ending double play, but it did not come without some looking into by the umpires. Rockies manager Bud Black challenged the close play at first base, as Black thought that LeMahieu was safe; however, after a 36-second replay review, the play stood and the Giants got their 14thwin of the month against nine losses.

Chris Iannetta then walked following the Parra strikeout that sent the Giants bullpen scrambling, as Will Smith immediately got down there to start throwing

Ian Desmond gave the Rockies a 1-0 in the top of the second inning, as he took a Derek Holland offering and put it into the left field seats.

Hernandez got the Giants on the board, as he hit his 10thhome run of the season, as he led off the bottom of the third inning against Chad Bettis.

Coming into the season, Hernandez’s previous career high for home runs in a season was three, when he played for the Miami Marlins in 2012. During the 2017 season, Hernandez went to the plate more times than player in the major leagues without hitting a home run.

The defense of Brandon Belt kept the score 1-0 in the top of the third inning, as he snared a Charlie Blackmon line drive and immediately stepped on first base to get LeMahieu to complete the double play.

Holland went 6.2 innings, allowing one run on six hits, walking two and striking out eight, as he was replaced by Reyes Moronta with two outs in the top of the seventh inning after he was able to get Bettis to sacrifice for the second out of the inning. Moronta got out of the inning, as he was able to strikeout LeMahieu for the final out of the inning,

LeMahieu would be the only batter that Moronta would face, as Sunday’s hero, Pence came on to pinch hit for Moronta and came up with an infield single and stayed fair, as he hit off the third base bag to stay fair. The hit by Pence was the second in a row allowed by Bettis, as Slater led off the inning with a sharp single to left field.

Slater got a rally in the bottom of the seventh inning started, as he singled off of Chad Bettis to lead off the inning.

Following the Slater single, Bettis then gave up an infield single to Hunter Pence that stayed fair, as it hit off of third base. After a sacrifice bunt by Hernandez, and an intentional walk to Buster Posey, Bettis was replaced by Adam Ottavino.

McCutchen then hit a sacrifice fly to Parra in left field, and Slater slid underneath the Murphy slide to give the Giants the lead.

Bettis went 6.1 innings, allowing two runs on six hits, walking four and striking out four and like Holland, he did not fare in the decision.

Unfortunately, the usual lights out Giants bullpen was unable to hold the late lead, as Mark Melancon gave up a single to Trevor Story and then scored the tying run, when Desmond came through in the clutch for his second RBI of the game, as he doubled just out of the reach of McCutchen in right field. Melancon was then replaced by Tony Watson, who was able to get out of the jam, as he got Carlos Gonzalez to ground out to end the inning.

The Rockies tried to get a rally started in the top of the fifth inning, as Carlos Gonzalez and Tom Murphy each singled to lead off the inning, but Holland settled down to get Parra and Bettis out on strikes and then Holland got LeMahieu to fly out to Hernandez in center field to end the threat.

Bettis also got out of a mini-jam in the bottom of the second inning, as he gave back-to-back singles to Brandon Crawford and Joe Panik, but Bettis then regrouped to get Slater out on strikes and then Holland grounded out to Bettis to end the inning.

After the fifth inning jam was thwarted by Holland, the Rockies put together another attempt at a rally in the top of the sixth inning, as Nolan Arenado walked and then Story singled with one out; however, Holland was able to end the threat, as he got Desmond to strike out for the second time in a row and then Gonzalez grounded out to Crawford, who on the other side of second base in the shift to end the Rockies second threat in a row.

NOTES: Madison Bumgarner goes for his second win in a row, as he takes the mound on Wednesday for the Giants, while the Rockies will send Kyle Freeland to the hill and looks to improve on his 7-6 record.

Jeff Samardzija went four innings, allowing six runs on seven hits (two home runs), two walks and six strikeouts in his third rehab start. Samardzija threw 88 pitches, 53 for strikes.

UP NEXT: The Giants and Rockies will meet again on Wednesday night at 7:15 pm PDT.

Oakland A’s podcast with Charlie O: A’s turnstiles keep turning with call ups from Nashville; Can A’s get the Environmental Impact protection to expedite building a new park?

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On the A’s podcast with Charlie:

An incredible volume of players are going from Nashville to Oakland. The recent placement of Matt Chapman going on the D.L. and bringing up second baseman Franklin Barreto and moving Jed Lowrie to third. The A’s and many other Major League teams have been dipping into their farm systems.

Also, a look at the Environmental Impact Protection Report similar to what the Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings used to build their arenas and the A’s would like to use that same statute to expedite getting in their new location and speed up ground breaking for a new park.

How practical is the idea to move the A’s Triple A affiliate Nashville and have the Sounders to maybe rename the Oakland Oaks and have them share the Coliseum with the A’s? The A’s love to save money. This might be an idea that owner John Fisher would like and team vice president Billy Beane would like to get a call ups from just calling down the hallway at the Coliseum.

Charlie O covers the Oakland A’s home and away each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

A’s get another come from behind win with 9-7 victory over Tigers

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by Jerry Feitelberg

Who are these guys? They sure don’t hit like this when they are playing in Oakland, but when the A’s on the road, they become fearless as any lead their opponent may own is not safe. The A’s overcame a 5-run deficit in Chicago to win. On Monday, they rallied to beat the Tigers, and they waved their magic wands again Tuesday night as the A’s came back from a six-run deficit to beat the Tigers 9-7.

The A’s starter, Frankie Montas, gave up six runs in just three innings of work. The Tigers scored four in the first and two in the third, and things didn’t look good for the Green and Gold. The A’s offense woke up in the fourth inning as they were able to put three on the board. Jed Lowrie started the rally with a single. Tigers’ starter Blaine Hardy retired Khris Davis for the first out. Matt Olson reached on a fielder’s choice. Lowrie was out at second. Stephen Piscotty reached on first baseman John Hicks’ error to put men on at first and second. Mark Canha hit a ball that went for a ground rule double. Olson scored the A’s first run. Jonathan Lucroy followed with another double to drive in Piscotty and Canha. The A’s trail 6-3 halfway through the fourth inning. Detroit increased the lead to 7-3 when they plated one in their half of the fourth.

The A’s scored three more in the top of the fifth. Hardy walked Marcus Semien to start the frame. Chad Pinder homered to make it a 7-5 game. Jed Lowrie, who has regained his hitting stroke, hit a solo home run to close the deficit to one 7-6.

The A’s relievers did their job and kept the Tigers off the board the rest of the way. The A’s offense tied the game in the seventh. Louis Coleman was now pitching for Detroit. Semien led off with a single. Matt Joyce reached on a fielder’s choice. Semien was out at second. Lowrie and Khris Davis walked to load the bases. Matt Olson grounded out 6-3 to drive in Joyce with the A’s 7th run.

Oakland took the lead for good in the ninth. Matt Joyce led off with a double and scored on Lowrie’s single. With one out, Matt Olson singled to send Lowrie into scoring position. Detroit brought in Warwick Saupold to pitch to Dustin Fowler. Fowler singled to drive in Lowrie with an insurance run, and A’s close Blake Treinen worked his magic once again as he set the Tigers down in order to earn his 19th save of the year and the A’s win 9-7.

Game Notes- With the win, the A’s improve to a season-high 4 games over the .500 mark with a record of 42-38. They also moved into third place in the AL West a game ahead of the Los Angeles Angels. The Angels lost to Boston 9-1 on Tuesday night.

The Tigers lost their seventh game in a row and are now 36-44 for the year.

Chris Hatcher gave up a run in the fourth inning, but Emilio Pagan, Ryan Buchter, and Blake Treinen stopped the Tigers cold the rest of the way. The win went to Buchter(2-0), and the save went to Treinen. The Tigers’ Shane Greene took the loss for the second game in a row.

Jed Lowrie was the hitting start for the A’s with four hits, and he raised his batting average to .288. He now has 13 homers so far an 53 RBIs. The A’s hit two more home run in their 27th consecutive road game which is a Major League record.

The A’s are now 6-2 on the 10-game road trip. Sean Manaea (7-6) will pitch for Oakland Wednesday night, and Mike Fiers (5-4) will be on the hill for Detroit. The game will start at 4:05 pm on Wednesday at Comerica Park in Detroit.

San Francisco Giants Feature: Butch Metzger–He Was a Giant?

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BUTCH METZGER — He Was a Giant?

By Tony ‘Le Tigre’ Hayes

Butch Metzger — RHP — 1974 — #48

Sure, the Giants were steamrolled by the meat-grinding Reds and Dodgers mega teams of the 1970s, but the decade that brought us Watergate and neck ties as wide as Van Ness Avenue was not a total disaster for the Orange & Black.

The ’70s SF Giants looked cool – a good portion of that era’s crew sported corkscrew perms, gravity defying Afros and droopy Fu Manchu mustaches.

But more impressive, the cash depleted farm system of the Orange and Black of the ’70s amazingly managed to produce a steady stream of future stars.

The group included hitters Chris Speier, Garry Maddox, Dave Rader, Jack Clark, Chili Davis and pitchers Gary Lavelle, Bob Knepper and Ed Halicki.

More prominently, the Giants system produced three official NL Rookies of the Year Award winners in the ’70s: OF Gary Matthews (’73), RHP John Montefusco (’75) and RHP Butch Metzger (’76).

Wait. Butch? Who?

You mean the guy who sawed off parts of three fingers by mistake? No, that was late 1980s Giants SS Roger Metzger.

Say you don’t remember RHP Butch Metzger’s record setting 1976 season when he dazzled the Senior Circuit with a 11-4 record 2.92 ERA and 16 saves.

That’s because Metzger’s ROY campaign came as a Brown and Yellow outfitted member of the San Diego Padres – two full seasons after a blink and you missed it Giants cameo.

Why Was He A Giant?
Metzger was drafted by SF in the second round of the June 1970 draft out of Kennedy high school in Sacramento.

After a 12-10, 4.72 season at Triple-A Phoenix in 1974, Metzger, 22, was promoted to the big leagues.

He made his MLB debut as a Giants reliever at Atlanta on 9/8/74.

After the first three Braves reached base off Giants starter Ron Bryant to begin the 5th, Metzger was summoned. He retired Dusty Baker on a fly ball and exited the inning unscathed.

He finished his lone Giants season with at 1-0, 3.55 in 10 relief outings.

Before and After
Metzger had just fully digested his Thanksgiving dinner when word came on 12/6/74 that he had been dealt to San Diego with 2B Tito Fuentes in exchange for utility man Derrel Thomas.

Metzger would spend most of 1975 in the minors before breaking camp with San Diego in 1976. Still technically a rookie, Metzger was phenomenal for another wise miserable Padres club.

He would appear in a rookie record 77 games. In addition, Metzger would win his first 10 decision of the campaign to begin his career a composite 12-0 – tying a big league record.

For his heroics Metzger was named co-winner of the 1976 NL ROY award, sharing the honor with Cincinnati RHP Pat Zachary.

He Wasn’t Elias Sosa. But…
As a Giant, Metzger pitched a scoreless top of the 10th inning (9/21/74) to earn the his first major league win in an 8-6 win vs. the visiting Reds.

He would go on the win his next 11 decisions to tie Hooks Wiltse’s longstanding MLB record.

Giant Footprint
After ’76, mound success proved elusive for Metzger and he left the pro ranks by the early 1980s.

Though he embarked on a career as a Sacramento firefighter, Metzger kept his pitching toe in the game, playing in hardball senior leagues.

When MLB labor strife forced a player lock out in 1994-95 one of the players who contested for a spot on a never to be fielded replacement Giants squad was a 42-year old Metzger.

Tony the Tiger Hayes looks back on former San Francisco Giants at http://www.sportsradioservice.com