Brandon and Brandon

Jerry the Giraffe (and other stories) — Brandon Belt

A few kind of random things:

The other day I thought I ruined baseball for my two-year-old son forever. Greyson wanted to pitch the wiffle ball to me in the back yard and watch me hit it. He threw one of the balls…

Here’s What You Missed, Craw — Brandon Belt

I was thinking about what to tell Crawford he missed while he was off playing in the WBC. Like the couple home runs I had that he might have learned something from.

Baseball’s March Madness — Brandon Crawford

When I got on the plane in Arizona last week to join Team USA in Florida, Andrew Miller from the Indians was in the seat in front of me. Then in came Sam Dyson and Jonathan Lucroy from the Rangers. That’s one of the cool things about the WBC, getting to…

And, as always, Disneyland — Brandon Crawford

You might have already read about the highlight of my off-season, a trip to South Africa with Jalynne, her twin sister Janelle, her husband, Jason, and some friends (including Gary Brown, a former Giant). Here is the link to Henry Schulman’s story in…

Don’t Ever Think You’ve Made It — Brandon Belt

With the rainy weather a couple days ago, I had a little time to start a post…

So Let’s Catch Up

Hey, everyone. Sorry I didn’t post during the off-season. Might be I’m just lazy. (Probably.) Also might be because of the way the off-season began. Which was with a phone call from the company that was transporting our three cars from the Bay Area to our home in East Texas.

I Won’t Be Watching — Brandon Crawford

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The World Series starts tonight. I won’t be watching.

I had no interest in the NLCS, either, though it was on at a restaurant one night and I couldn’t avoid it. Another night Jalynne’s…

The Reverend Abides — Brandon Crawford

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Everyone knows about Hunter’s speeches in the clubhouse. But when he crashed into the bullpen fence face-first to save a run in Arizona, there’s nothing that gets your teammates more fired up than that. You see what…