Major League Baseball

Call Kurtis: Major League Baseball Canceled My Order!

A perfect game only happens once in about 15,000 baseball games, so when Matt Cain pitched the Giants’ first, Paula Van Laar knew her husband needed a piece of history.

2012/11/15

Folsom Police Officer Recalls Pitching For Detroit Tigers

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A local police officer has quite the connection to the World Series. He used to pitch for the Detroit Tigers, but is a giants fan at heart. Officer Kurt Knudsen is now […]

2012/10/26

The Grant Napear Show – August 22, 2012

Today on the Grant Napear Show, there was lots of talk about performance enhancing drug use and Bartolo Colon’s suspension. Grant took calls about steroid use in high school, the punishments in Major League Baseball […]

CBS Sports 1140–2012/08/22

John Smoltz Talks About His Chances Of Winning The American Century Golf Championship

John Smoltz joined from the range for his weekly segment and discussed everything from news around Major League Baseball to Smoltz’s newly repaired shoulder and how it will affect his chances at winning the American […]

CBS Sports 1140–2012/07/18

Joe Buck Of Fox Sports Previews Baseball Playoff Races

Grant visited with Joe Buck of Fox Sports, previewing the playoff races in Major League Baseball and talking about Buck’s longtime partner Tim McCarver. McCarver will be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame this […]

CBS Sports 1140–2012/07/18

The Grant Napear Show – July 17, 2012

Today’s show came from Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in preparation for this weekend’s American Century Celebrity Golf Championship and kicked off a week-long, interview-packed stint for Grant at the tournament. Joe Theismann was the first […]

CBS Sports 1140–2012/07/17

Kunal Merchant Of Think Big Sacramento Discusses Mayor’s Plan To Bring MLB Team To Sacramento

Kunal Merchant, Executive Director of Think Big Sacramento, called in today to speak on Johnson’s proposal to look into getting a Major League Baseball team in Sacramento. Merchant said Think Big’s goal is bigger than […]

CBS Sports 1140–2012/07/09

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson (credit: CBS13)

Mayor Johnson Wants To Bring Major League Baseball To Sacramento

Mayor Kevin Johnson announced the formation of an exploratory committee to look at the viability at bringing a major league baseball team to the River City.

2012/07/09

Oakland's Yoenis Cespedes celebrates after hitting a two-run homer in the seventh inning against the Seattle Mariners at the Tokyo Dome on Thursday, March 29, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Cespedes’ First Big League Homer Highlights A’s Win

With his first major league home run, Yoenis Cespedes helped the Oakland Athletics gain a split of their season-opening series against the Seattle Mariners.

2012/03/29

Boaters and fans congregate in McCovey Cove outside of AT&T Park prior to Game One of the 2010 MLB World Series between the Texas Rangers and the San Francisco Giants on October 27, 2010 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Giants, A’s Await Word On Territorial Rights In South Bay

San Francisco Giants president and CEO Larry Baer hinted Saturday there might not be a swift resolution regarding his club’s territorial rights in the South Bay and whether the Oakland Athletics will be allowed to relocate to San Jose.

2012/02/25

Pablo Sandoval of the San Francisco Giants hits a two run home run in the eleventh inning against the Houston Astros on August 21, 2011 in Houston, Texas. San Francisco won 6-4.(Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

Giants’ Sandoval Brushes Aside Weighty Questions

Pablo Sandoval’s portion sizes and weigh-in statistics always seem to be a hot topic this time of year. He understands it – and he doesn’t much care anymore.

2012/02/22

Brandon Crawford #35 of the San Francisco Giants hits a three run home run in the first inning off Max Scherzer #37 of the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on July 2, 2011 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)

Giants Counting On Shortstop Crawford To Step Up

San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford knows the starting job is his to lose in 2012. That’s a big reason why he is among a handful of Giants position players already working out at Scottsdale Stadium a week before the first full-squad session.

2012/02/18

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