Giants Splash
155 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsSusan Slusser and John Shea host The San Francisco Chronicle’s podcast on the San Francisco Giants, featuring interviews with players, coaches, executives and media pros, as well as in-depth analysis.
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Episodes
Giants-Dodgers Series Preview
October 07, 2021 20:13 - 25 minutesRivalry at full rev: Susan and John break down the Division Series with the Dodgers and the strengths of both teams; plus, a look at all of the historical numbers that make this matchup all the more significant. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Coaching a Winner
October 01, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutesGiants bench coach Kai Correa breaks down some of the reasons for the team's success, who might deserve Gold Gloves, plus the future outlook. And how much is he scoreboard watching, anyway? | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Buster Posey on the '21 Giants: "A Collective Effort"
September 24, 2021 20:18 - 17 minutesThe star catcher, whose resurgent season has been key to the team's stunning success, has a wide-ranging conversation with host Susan Slusser about the pitching staff, his own schedule, and breakout stars like LaMonte Wade Jr. and Logan Webb. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Logan Webb Changed Into an Ace
September 13, 2021 18:58 - 21 minutesThe Giants starter talks to Susan Slusser about his breakout season, how he developed his killer changeup, and his ongoing effort to hit a home run. Plus: The right-hander reflects on the team exceeding expectations, and his resemblance to actor Jesse Plemons. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Buzz on Giants’ Draftees
September 01, 2021 08:00 - 17 minutesMichael Holmes, the Giants’ scouting director who runs their annual amateur draft, tells John Shea what’s new with this year’s top draftees, who’s looking good from recent drafts and how the Giants’ versatility at the big-league level translates on draft day. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Baysball Stretch Run
August 23, 2021 17:44 - 27 minutesWrapping up the Bay Bridge Series at the Coliseum, Susan Slusser and Matt Kawahara chat about the concerns for the Giants and A's over the final weeks of the season on this combined episode of Giants Splash and A's Plus. Plus: Updates on Chris Bassitt’s health and the A’s stadium situation. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wotus' Wisdom
August 19, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutesLongtime Giants coach Ron Wotus, who just passed 2,000 wins with the club, tells John Shea the difference between this year’s team and the championship teams, why Kris Bryant is more comfortable in the outfield and what makes Brandon Crawford so cool. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View from the GM: A Trade Recap
August 04, 2021 08:00 - 24 minutesGeneral manager Scott Harris breaks down the Giants' moves at the trade deadline, and tells Susan how much his previous relationship working in the Cubs organization played into acquiring Kris Bryant. Plus, what about upcoming difficult roster moves with numerous players coming off the injured list? | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Giants, A’s Buzz at Trade Deadline
July 28, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutesSusan Slusser, Matt Kawahara and John Shea discuss the upcoming trade deadline and who’d be good fits for the Giants and A’s. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bay Bridge Series Wrap-Up
June 28, 2021 12:09 - 29 minutesSusan and Matt talk about the just completed Bay Bridge Series, All Star possibilities and speculate on the trade deadline. And what about Sergio Romo and his unexpected moment during a spot check?! | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Baseball, Bitker and the Bay
June 25, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutesIn a special Giants Splash-A’s Plus combo podcast, Steve Bitker, the retired long-time sports anchor at KCBS, shares Giants and A’s memories on the field and in the broadcast booth with John Shea. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Cool July Draft
June 17, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutesDirector of Amateur Scouting Michael Holmes talks to Susan about what the later draft this year means in practical terms, and what the team might be looking at with the 14th pick. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Farhan Zaidi: View from the Top
June 11, 2021 11:25 - 28 minutesGiants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi talks to Susan about his first-place team, the potential for re-signing some big names, the trade deadline and the upcoming draft. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mustache Mike
June 02, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutesOutfielder Mike Yastrzemski stops by to talk to Susan Slusser about what he's working on offensively, the team's dynamite defense, their recent superb road trip — and, of course, Yaz ranks Mustache May staches. | GiantsSplash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Crawford Crushing It
May 24, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutesShortstop Brandon Crawford talks to Susan about his hot start to the season and why he's kind of miffed at social media polls about top free-agent shortstops: He's playing better than all of them. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Infield Chatter
May 20, 2021 15:11 - 24 minutesBench coach Kai Correa talks with Susan about Brandon Crawford’s sterling defense, the challenges of using multiple second basemen, Mauricio Dubón’s steps forward and much more. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
An Amazing Journey
May 12, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutesGiants minor-leaguer Drew Robinson, who survived a suicide attempt last year but lost an eye, talks to Susan about playing at Triple A after thinking he would never be back in baseball. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fifth & Mission: Happy Birthday, Willie Mays
May 06, 2021 08:00 - 25 minutesS.F. Giants great Willie Mays celebrates his 90th birthday today. The Major League Baseball Hall of Famer is a San Francisco icon and an ambassador for the sport who was still a regular at Giants games pre-pandemic. San Francisco Chronicle national baseball writer and sports columnist John Shea, who co-authored the book "24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid" with Mays, talks about the baseball legend's 90th birthday with Chronicle columnist Heather Knight on the Fifth & Mission p...
Up Close and Personal with the Closer
May 05, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutesGiants lefty Jake McGee talks with Susan about his season, his unusual fastball and why he gets two different kinds of movement, working with the best catching tandem in the game, and much more. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Shutout King
April 28, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutesGiants backup catcher Curt Casali talks with Susan about being behind the plate for five consecutive shutouts, analyzes each starter, and provides his thoughts on Buster Posey and the team's fast start. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How the Giants Farm System Looks
April 20, 2021 08:00 - 31 minutesGiants director of player development Kyle Haines talks about preparing for minor-league games in May after more than a year and a half without competition. He discusses the team's top prospects and where they might start the 2021 season, what to look for with the new draft format, and how difficult last year was for many prospects. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...
The Wisdom of Wotus
April 13, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutesThird base coach Ron Wotus, the one holdover from the Bruce Bochy era and the oldest member of the staff, talks about the return of the fans and what it means for him, and he talks new-age data vs. his old-school ways, plus what it's like working for Gabe Kapler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Larry Baer Welcomes You Back to Oracle
April 07, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutesThe Giants CEO joins Susan to talk about the preparations for Friday's home opener as fans finally return. Plus: Thoughts on the CBA, politics and baseball -- and his favorite player. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Giants and A's 2021 Season Preview
March 31, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutesSusan Slusser, Matt Kawahara and John Shea look ahead as MLB returns — hopefully — to a 162-game schedule in this 2021 season preview for the Giants and A's. In a combined episode of Giants Splash and A's Plus, they break down pitching staffs and lineups and pit players from both sides of the bay against each other. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Kazmir Komeback
March 26, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutesGiants nonroster pitcher Scott Kazmir, a three-time All-Star, is working on his second career comeback; he talks to Susan, who covered his first comeback with the A's, about why he stepped away for three years, how he got back into the game and how he's liking Giants camp and his own performance. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Executive Decisions
March 17, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutesGiants GM Scott Harris joins Susan to discuss who’s standing out during spring training and how the different units are shaping up. Plus: How likely is S.F. to make major additions at midseason? | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bob Melvin, Gabe Kapler on When the Games Stopped
March 11, 2021 09:00 - 27 minutesOn March 12, 2020, MLB halted spring training and delayed the season, as sports pressed pause amid the growing pandemic. A year later, the Giants and A’s managers recall that uncertain time. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bailey Pitching In
March 03, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutesPitching coach Andrew Bailey chats with Susan about how the rotation and bullpens are shaping up and how the many new guys look. Plus, he provides an injury update and talks changeups and analytics. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hot Topics for Bay Area Baseball
February 25, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutesGiants beat writer Susan Slusser and A's beat writer Matt Kawahara break down the first few days of spring camp, the flurry of recent moves by both teams, big expectations -- and the return of fans. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Henry Schulman Chronicles
February 18, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutesLongtime Giants beat writer Henry Schulman, now retired, spins stories with John Shea and Susan Slusser about his remarkable career covering the team and some thoughts about the 2021 club. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Spring in Kapler's Step
February 11, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutesGiants manager Gabe Kapler talks with Susan Slusser ahead of the team reporting to camp next week. Kapler discusses new additions, camp battles, and his new charity project. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Inside The Chronicle’s New Baseball Coverage
February 03, 2021 09:00 - 35 minutesGiants beat writer Susan Slusser, A’s beat writer Matt Kawahara and national baseball writer John Shea discuss The Chronicle’s plans for covering the Giants and A’s and the teams’ outlooks in 2021. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Conversation with Duane Kuiper
January 27, 2021 16:07 - 43 minutesGiants broadcaster Duane Kuiper talks to new Giants beat writer Susan Slusser about broadcasting the 2021 season, 30 years with Mike Krukow and his thoughts on Hank Aaron, Joe Morgan and more. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Giants GM Scott Harris' Roster Insight
January 12, 2021 06:00 - 31 minutesGeneral manager Scott Harris shares with John Shea his thoughts on the team’s new players, direction of the farm system and final rotation spots. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bruce Bochy on His Past and Future
December 29, 2020 09:00 - 27 minutesThe former Giants manager followed the team from afar in 2020, a year after stepping down. He talks to John Shea about what he's been doing away from the game and his thoughts on several of his former players. He also offers an All-Bochy Team and provides insight on whether he’d manage again. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bill Greason, Negro Leagues Legend
December 21, 2020 09:00 - 18 minutesReverend Bill Greason, Willie Mays’ former teammate on the 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, talks with John Shea about Major League Baseball reclassifying the Negro Leagues as a “major league,” and about his amazing life, from fighting in the Battle of Iwo Jima, becoming the St. Louis Cardinals' first African American pitcher and serving as a minister in Birmingham for nearly 50 years. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod ...
Alex Dickerson: Why the Ball Flies at Oracle Park
December 07, 2020 09:00 - 29 minutesGiants left fielder Alex Dickerson chats with John Shea about his unique theory on hitting at revamped Oracle Park, the team’s playoff hopes for 2021, the first guaranteed contract of his career and the beauties of fatherhood. Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Renel Brooks-Moon’s Powerful Words
November 30, 2020 19:29 - 27 minutesIn part 2 of 2, popular Giants PA announcer Renel Brooks-Moon speaks with John Shea about baseball’s diversity issues and some cool stories about her folks and Willie Mays and Willie McCovey. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Renel Brooks-Moon's Crazy 2020
November 23, 2020 18:04 - 30 minutesIn part 1 of 2, Giants longtime P.A. announcer Renel Brooks-Moon chats with John Shea about calling games in an empty ballpark and a transformative year in baseball -- and American -- diversity. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dan Shulman on Calling the Crazy World Series Finish
October 27, 2020 07:00 - 30 minutesHenry Schulman chats with the ESPN radio announcer — no relation! — about having to describe the nearly indescribable two-run play that ended Game 4 of the World Series, an 8-7 Rays win. Shulman had to call the game from a studio in Bristol, Conn., while watching on TV. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Giants in 2020 and Beyond
October 03, 2020 08:00 - 38 minutesThe Chronicle's Henry Schulman and John Shea offer their thoughts on the Giants’ 29-31 season and look ahead to the greatest needs for 2021, whether they need a closer, plus the challenge of covering ball in the year of COVID. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Baseball's Final Week Drama
September 22, 2020 20:59 - 37 minutesWill the Giants make the playoffs? How far will the A’s go in the postseason? Susan Slusser and John Shea weigh the possibilities. Plus, each has a great Rollie Fingers story to tell. Also, a tribute to late baseball scout Gary Hughes. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kruk & Kuip Grab Some Podcast Pine
September 18, 2020 10:45 - 35 minutesLongtime Giants broadcasters Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow sit down with Bruce Jenkins to discuss their nearly 30-year partnership, including their favorite moments and most memorable calls. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Giants Players’ Early Days
September 09, 2020 08:00 - 33 minutesJohnny Doskow, radio voice of the Giants’ top farm team in Sacramento, tells John Shea minor-league stories about some of the players helping the Giants in the playoff race and about his new book on baseball and life through Haiku. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Giants at Midseason
August 24, 2020 20:30 - 32 minutesChronicle columnist Bruce Jenkins joins Henry Schulman at the midway point of the truncated 2020 season to talk about the excitement the Giants have brought back to Oracle Park with a potent offense, bright new stars like Mike Yastrzemski and Joey Bart, and all the weirdness throughout the majors. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Four Ball Scribes Preview Bay Bridge Series
August 13, 2020 19:35 - 32 minutesIn a joint A’s Plus-Giants Splash podcast, Chronicle baseball writers Susan Slusser, Matt Kawahara, John Shea and Henry Schulman delve into the vastly different states of the local teams before this weekend’s Bay Bridge series in San Francisco. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Austin Slater Finally Hits The Big Time?
August 12, 2020 18:00 - 27 minutesAfter four seasons as a role player who has yo-yoed between the big-leagues and Triple-A, Austin Slater is making a strong case to be a permanent fixture in the Giants outfield. The Stanford alum talks to Henry about his two-homer night against Clayton Kershaw and road life during a pandemic. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Farhan Zaidi on the Giants So Far
August 11, 2020 16:42 - 35 minutesThe president of baseball operations talks to John Shea about where the team stands and where it's heading at the one-quarter point of the season, plus Joey Bart's progress and the club's response to the coronavirus. | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewsletter | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Next Generation of Baseball Reporting
July 30, 2020 19:38 - 30 minutesMercury News Giants beat writer Kerry Crowley is 26 and already one of the nation’s best multimedia beat reporters. He and Henry Schulman talk about his background, being a sixth-generation San Franciscan and thoughts on the first week of the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fifth & Mission: Will Coronavirus Baseball Work?
July 23, 2020 08:00 - 27 minutesOn the Chronicle’s flagship news podcast, Giants Splash host Henry Schulman and A’s Plus host Susan Slusser join Demian Bulwa to talk about the season opening under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. They discuss what fans can expect in the 60-game sprint, Giants manager Gabe Kapler and two players kneeling for the national anthem, and whether the A's can avoid their usual slow start. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod | Giants Splash Newsletter: sfchronicle.com/giantsnewslet...