Giants: No runs in two games, but maybe a barrier crossed

By Art Spander
For Maven Sports

No runs for the Giants, but maybe progress for society. Two games without anyone from San Francisco crossing the plate. One brief series in which young athletes may have crossed a barrier.

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Giants must find satisfaction in small pleasures

By Art Spander
For Maven Sports

SAN FRANCISCO — So it’s the Yankees and Dodgers in the World Series, right? As the networks would have it. You think that, like in 1951, the Giants are going to fall 13½ games behind before becoming a contender? No chance.

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A's-Giants: Cardboard paste-ups and broadcasts from afar

By Art Spander
For Maven Sports

OAKLAND — It wasn’t as strange as you might have imagined, this exhibition game in the middle of summer with photos on cardboard in the seats instead of real, live fans.

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Dubón trying to prove he belongs in center for Giants

By Art Spander
For Maven Sports

SAN FRANCISCO — Oh yes, center field. John Fogerty sang about it: “Put me in, coach, I’m ready to play.” Willie Mays virtually owned it. Now Mauricio Dubón is trying to prove he belongs there.

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Giants’ Belt doesn’t want to be the one not to wear a mask

By Art Spander
For Maven Sports

SAN FRANCISCO — There they were, in a stadium that had become a practice field, getting ready for a season that has become a question mark.

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