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We go inside the mind of former Giants reliever George Kontos to find out what it's like for a Major League player at the trade deadline. Kontos goes back to 2016 remembering the Matt Duffy/Matt Moore trade and tackles questions about whether or not the Giants will be active this week. He also analyzes Kevin Gausman as the San Francisco ace looks to return to All Star form. See Privacy Policy at h...

Former Giant Lance Niekro is now the head coach at Florida Southern University and he joins Inside China Basin to talk about one of his players OF Vaun Brown who was recently drafted by San Francisco. We reminisce about his career and talk at length about the knuckleball, which made his dad Joe and uncle Phil (a Hall of Famer) famous. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California...

George Kontos takes us inside the Giants clubhouse to learn more about the personalities of All Stars Brandon Crawford and Buster Posey. He also analyzes why All Star Kevin Gausman has been dominating this season and gives his thoughts on Shohei Ohtani. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . Hosted by Simplec...

Longtime baseball writer for Yahoo Sports and baseball author Tim Brown tells us about a new book he's writing and shares his thoughts on the Giants, Trevor Bauer's plight, MLB's new rules to prevent foreign substances on baseballs and what Shohei Ohtani means for baseball and the upcoming All Star game. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19...

Former Giants pitcher George Kontos talks about the some key calls and decisions in Monday night's Giants/Dodgers game. Plus we analyze Steven Duggar and Brandon Crawford, discuss MLB's pitcher's checks for foreign substances and get into the relationship between pitcher and catcher. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-s...

Former Giants pitcher and current NBC Sports Bay Area analyst Shawn Estes joins Inside China Basin this week to give his thoughts about the Major League Baseball crackdown on pitchers using foreign substances on baseballs. We also talk about why Sammy Long was so good in his first career start and discuss LaMont Wade, Jr. and Jason Vosler being demoted to AAA. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.c...

George Kontos is back to talk about the Giants reversing course offensively, going from barely scoring in DC to bombs away vs. Arizona. We discuss Brandon Crawford's All Star case and dive deep into MLB's crackdown on pitchers using foreign substances on baseballs. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . Hoste...

Former KNBR talk show host Ray Woodson and sports photographer Brad Mangin join Inside China Basin this week. Woodson and Joe Castellano discuss why the current Giants have surprised the baseball world. Mangin takes us down memory lane as we remember a grand slam in 1978 by Mike Ivie against the Dodgers and other great moments that he has experienced as a photographer. See Privacy Policy at https:...

Former Giants pitcher George Kontos is back this week to talk about the Giants entering June with the best record in the National League. He explains why bullpen roles are important, discusses the Giants winning three out of four in LA and shares some Cubs stories. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . Hoste...

San Francisco Chronicle columnist John Shea, who is also the co-author of the Willie Mays book 24 joins Inside China Basin to discuss what we learned from the Giants getting swept at home by the Dodgers. He gives his thoughts on Buster Posey, Brandon Crawford and Brandon Belt in the final year of their contracts with San Francisco. We also take a look at why the modern game has former Major League...

Former Giants reliever George Kontos takes us inside the mind of a relief pitcher as he analyzes the Giants somewhat shaky bullpen. He also assesses the Hall of Fame resume of catcher Buster Posey while also addressing the question of whether or not Buster should play more games. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-...

Steve Berman, the Bay Area Sports Guy from The Athletic joins us for a local angle on why the Giants are in first place in the NL West and he gives us insight into his sports media column. Then, national baseball columnist Bob Nightengale from USA Today expresses his surprise at the Giants early season success and tells us why he votes for Barry Bonds to be in the Hall of Fame. See Privacy Policy...

On this week's Inside China Basin San Francisco Giants podcast former SF reliever George Kontos tells us what it's like for Mike Tauchman to make the move from the Yankees to the Giants since he was in the same situation in 2012. Also, we talk about Madison Bumgarner's 7-inning no-hitter, pitchers hitting, why Buster Posey and Evan Longoria have been back to their old selves and freak injuries. Se...

Aroundthefoghorn.com writer Marc Delucchi joins Inside China Basin to talk about the Giants great start to the season that has them tied for first in the NL West entering play on Tuesday. He also updates us on the progress of the Giants prospects. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . Hosted by Simplecast, a...

Inside China Basin analyst George Kontos discusses the hot start for the Giants rotation and cold start for the lineup. He analyzes rookie Camilo Doval and tells Joe Castellano why he doesn't like the extra innings rule, how he got the number 70 and who convinced him to grow his trademark beard. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv...

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Former Giants reliever and current NBC Sports Bay Area analyst George Kontos will be joining "Inside China Basin" on a regular basis this season. On his 2021 debut evaluates the hot start for the rotation, discusses the early lineup power with low batting averages and gives us a little insight into why Buster Posey is so great as a catcher and why Bruce Bochy was successful running a bullpen. See...

Former KNBR talk show host Ray Woodson joins Inside China Basin to gauge the Giants playoff chances with six games remaining. We chat about team superlatives including a surprisingly potent offense. Also, a discussion about Major League Baseball's plan to have fans in the stand for the NLCS and World Series. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://a...

Seattle Mariners television play-by-play announcer Dave Sims joins Inside China Basin to talk about the mid-week series against the Giants which was moved from Seattle to San Francisco due to unhealthy air quality in the Pacific Northwest. He gives tells us a bit about new Giant and former Mariner Justin Smoak and reminisces about Hall of Famers Tom Seaver and Lou Brock who recently passed away. S...

San Francisco Chronicle columnist John Shea joins the Inside China Basin podcast to analyze the Giants offensive prowess, scoring over 5 runs a game for the first time since the Barry Bonds/Jeff Kent era. Plus, we discuss the closer situation and tell some stories while reminiscing about Hall of Famers Tom Seaver and Lou Brock, who passed away this past week. Shea recently co-authored the book 24,...

Former KNBR talk show host Ray Woodson joins Inside China Basin to give his thoughts on the Giants outlook for the post season as they begin the final month of the regular season. He also evaluates rookie catcher Joey Bart and discusses who should be the closer. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . Hosted b...

The Voice of the San Jose Giants Joe Ritzo joins Inside China Basin to discuss the promotion of rookie catcher Joey Bart and chat about Logan Webb's development, the emergence of Austin Slater as an offensive force and the Giants designating Hunter Pence for assignment. Joe also describes his MLB debut emotions from 2019 when he was called on to do four games on the radio for San Francisco. See Pr...

Giants catcher Tyler Heineman has embraced his underdog role. He went from being a walk-on at UCLA to starting catcher in the Major Leagues after Buster Posey opted out of the season. Heineman tells the Inside China Basin podcast about playing during the pandemic and his goals as a player. He also addresses the three catcher's interference calls that have gone against him. See Privacy Policy at ht...

Complete analysis of the San Francisco Giants with Shawn Estes from NBC Sports Bay Area. We discuss manager Gabe Kapler's head scratching moves, try to figure out why the defense has been failing and examine the slow starts for veteran hitters. Also, we go down memory lane and hear some entertaining stories about Shawn's career. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privac...

Ray Woodson returns to Inside China Basin to give his thoughts on the Giants analytical approach by new manager Gabe Kapler. We also chat about the possibility of a Major League Baseball shutdown after recent positive coronavirus tests caused several games to be postponed. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...