SF Panda Blog

Top 10 Third Basemen – Where does Pablo Sandoval fit in Right Now?

Raul Rekow Jr. — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:25:18 +0000

Tonight The MLB Channel will air it’s Top 10 Third Basemen Right Now at 9pm EST / 6pm PST. Where will Pablo Sandoval finish? Here is my article from last year. 2012 Top 10 Right Now by MLB (BR = Baseball Reference / FG = Fangraphs / BP = Baseball Prospectus) (2012 Stat Ranking #’s [...]

2013 MLB Fan Cave Submission – Raul Rekow Jr.

Raul Rekow Jr. — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 04:16:23 +0000

I finally sent in my application for the 2013 MLB Fan Cave. It took more time than expected to make sure I really put my best foot forward. Today is the final day to submit your application. I wish the best of luck to all applicants and now we must all wait until January 30th [...]

Pablo doubles and scores before heading to the Venezuelan Championship Series

Raul Rekow Jr. — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:09:57 +0000

Pablo Sandoval came through for his Venezuelan Winter League team last night in his second game back after being hospitalized for abdominal pains. The game wasn’t too important for the Navagantes del Magallanes of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League or Liga Venezolana de Beisbol Profesional (LVBP) since they had already clinched a spot in the [...]

Two key Giants avoid arbitration

Raul Rekow Jr. — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:50:01 +0000

Two key contributors to the San Francisco Giants World Series run in 2012 have agreed on their salaries for 2013. Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports that the San Francisco and Hunter Pence have settled on a 1-year deal to avoid arbitration via Twitter @JonHeymanCBS. Pence is coming off a 100 RBI season with most of [...]

Panda feeling pain as the rest of his WBC squad is announced

Raul Rekow Jr. — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:57:24 +0000

Image by Hellerhoff (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons According to the Twitter account of Michael Sandoval (@Mik3Sand0vAl), brother of Pablo Sandoval, the Panda is suffering from abdominal pain while in his native Venezuela. Pablo is currently in his homeland playing for Navegantes de Magallanes of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP). This comes [...]

Pablo Sandoval named the MVP for the World Champion San Francisco Giants in the 2012 World Series

Raul Rekow Jr. — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:49:55 +0000

Congratulations to the San Francisco Giants on their amazing season. Their postseason run culminated in a victory and sweep of the Detroit Tigers to win their second World Series Championship in three years. The Giants became the first National League club since the 1990 Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series with a sweep. This [...]

Game 3 of the World Series: The Final Stretch

Raul Rekow Jr. — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 23:27:34 +0000

Are you ready for Game 4 and a potential sweep? Will Giants’ all-time single postseason record holder in hits Pablo Sandoval put his name on the list of the best postseasons ever? Game 3 of the World Series went to the San Francisco Giants over the Detroit Tigers and they now lead 3-0. This was [...]

Game 2 of the World Series: The Panda is Human

Raul Rekow Jr. — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 06:26:17 +0000

No, this is not a sci-fi movie plot about a panda-human hybrid doing battle at the “World Series of Death” where nations settle their disputes in a battle-torn dystopic future. This is about Pablo Sandoval (The SF Panda) showing us all that he is human after all. In Game 2 of the World Series he [...]

Game 1 of the World Series: All Smiles for Pablo Sandoval

Raul Rekow Jr. — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:37:25 +0000

I started this blog with many aspirations as to what I may achieve and what may one day be possible. The single aspiration that I held the most hope for was to grow as a writer while following a player I enjoyed watching play and that I thought would one day reach stardom nationally. There [...]

Blessing in Disguise

Raul Rekow Jr. — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:50:35 +0000

Marco Scutaro officially has a left hip muscle strain and is uncertain for Game 3 of the National League Championship Series tomorrow as reported by AP Sports Writer for Northern California Janie McCauley in her tweet below. Marco Scutaro traveled to St. Louis w/ #SFGiants late morning. Has left hip muscle strain. Status unclear for [...]