My Family of Gregs
Since I’m new not only to blogging but to the Giants, I’ll start off with a little background. I grew up in Venezuela. I have a twin brother (not identical) whose name is Gregory. And I have a younger...
View ArticleNo Regrets
One of the things I really like about playing in San Francisco is that it’s a lot like playing in my home country of Venezuela. Fans in Venezuela are really passionate and really vocal. They’re...
View ArticleStealing Home
Stealing home is something I’ve been hoping to do all season. Everyone knows we’re a team that has to be aggressive to get runs. And, really, what’s more fun or more a test of your base-running skills...
View ArticleHitting the Reset Button
After I went hitless in the first two games in Milwaukee two weeks ago, Bochy called me in. He told me I was sitting out the third game. He said everyone still believed me, but that a little rest would...
View ArticleStill Unbelievable
I hardly got any sleep last night. I went home after the game still trying to really absorb what happened. A perfect game from Matt Cain. The most unbelievable thing I’ve ever seen. And I keep thinking...
View ArticleLife After The Catch
Life has been a little different since my catch in Matt Cain’s perfect game. A lot more people recognize me on the street and around the park. Almost everybody asks me the same questions: How did I...
View ArticleCongrats to Melky and our All-Stars
I saw Melky when he got to the park today. As soon as he arrived, all the reporters were around him. “What’s going on?’ he asked. “You made the All-Star team,’’ somebody told him. Then he smiled the...
View ArticlePlaying for My Dad
The best part of the road trip was that my dad, Hernan, flew from Venezuela to Atlanta. It was the first time he has seen me play in the major leagues. And I hit a home run in that series, so he was...
View ArticleFrustration, Embarrassment and Hope
We’re as frustrated and stumped as you are. We’re about to pack up our stuff and go back out on the road, which is supposed to be the hard part of the schedule. We made it rougher on ourselves during...
View ArticleThe Mystery of Hitting
It seems crazy that professional baseball players can go so deep into slumps. You’ve been playing all your life. You know how to hit. Then suddenly you can’t. It’s not like the game has changed. It’s...
View ArticleBack to School, Part 3
Back to School Edition, Part Three It’s my turn to answer the same three questions Crawford and Belt did in their blogs this week. What’s the best advice you ever got? It’s from my mom. She always...
View ArticleA Bite of Turner Field
In honor of the September call-ups, Crawford, Belt and I are remembering our first day in the Major Leagues – and offering advice to the rookies in their first week here. I made the Opening Day roster...
View ArticleA Dream Day for a Fellow Shark
It was so great to arrive home Sunday night. On the off day Monday I just wanted to sleep in and spend the day in bed with my family watching movies. And that’s what I did. That was a really, really...
View ArticleA New Home, and a New Approach
The two big headlines for me since I last blogged: We moved from Venezuela to Miami, and for the first time in 11 years I didn’t play winter ball. My wife and I bought a house in Miami last year with...
View ArticleHoly Opening Day, BatKid!
The best part of Opening Day, even more than winning, was watching the BatKid take the mound and throw out the first pitch to Matt Cain. Wow. We were all in the dugout watching this little...
View ArticleAn Awesome Almost
I’m enjoying our day off but wanted to do a quick post today about my almost-inside-the-park-home-run. It’s an example of how, even if you fall short, you can be thrilled about and grateful for the...
View ArticlePinch-blogging: El Iman! The Magnet!
The Brandons seemed to have a lot of fun with their pinch-bloggers, so I asked Hector Sanchez to fill in today. I asked him a few questions about things I thought you might want to know. We taped the...
View ArticleMy Two Families: Home and Clubhouse
I flew my wife and son to Los Angeles for the Dodgers series, though they usually don’t join me on the road. But I wanted us to be together for Mother’s Day. Even though I didn’t even have time to have...
View ArticleThe Game within the Game
I know I’ve talked about this before, but in baseball the same issues come up over and over. There are certain things for every player that are like skin rashes that keep coming back. You think you’ve...
View ArticleHard Work, Attitude & Decaf
The best thing for me about yesterday’s game against the Mets: We won, and I was one of the guys who got some high-fives in the dugout. Getting a hit or making a big play or driving guys in — it’s a...
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