Examining Giants’ late game heroics and Brandon Belt’s impactful return

Giants Talk: A San Francisco Giants Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Mlb, Sports, San Francisco Giants, Baseball

4.4 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Alex Pavlovic and Cole Kuiper discuss Brandon Belt’s return to the lineup, if the Giants can keep up their late game heroics and what other NL West teams the Giants should keep an eye out for. Plus, Alex and Cole examine San Francisco's recent roster moves and look ahead to the challenging decisions ahead. (1:47) Giants now 30 games over .500 (8:38) What other NL West teams should Giants keep an eye on? (13:18) Will Giants continue to capitalize on opportunities? (19:19) Belt hot is return to lineup (25:00) How will COVID-19 affect the 2021 MLB Playoffs? (29:50) What are the next moves for the Giants' roster? (35:04) Who do Giants want to play if they make the playoffs?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Giants Talk podcast.
0:09.0	Here's Alex Babelich and Cole Kuiper.
0:13.0	I know those guys.
0:17.0	Hey everyone, I'm Cole Kuiper along here with Giants Insider Alex Pavlovich, and we're ready to bring you another episode of Giants Talk, NBC Sports Podcasts, Giants Podcasts, which drops every Monday and Thursday, wherever you listen to your pods.
0:31.5	Giant's Talk is brought to you by Wendy's, get two breakfast sandwiches for just four bucks at Wendy's.
0:37.2	Got a lot of baseball to catch up on since our last episode.
0:40.0	So I want to blow through some games here.
0:43.5	But first, I'd like to point out the Giants are 30 games above 500 for the first time since 2003.
0:50.0	How incredible is that, Alex?
0:51.5	This is a rebuilding year.
0:53.6	We went into this year with two of the favorite best teams in the league, both in the NL West,
0:59.7	and the Giants are killing it.
1:02.2	I believe I agonized over whether to predict that they would be 81 and 81 or finish 82 and 80.
1:10.2	So the fact that there are 30 games over 500,
1:13.4	I do this for a living in 30.
1:16.8	I was thinking about this.
1:18.1	I think I'm starting to hear some people on Twitter
1:20.0	who are getting a little like chirpy.
1:22.4	And they're like, yeah, nobody saw this coming.
1:24.4	And I'm like, yeah, no, nobody saw this coming.
1:26.5	I think you have to like, you have to have receipts if you're, uh, if you're going to be
1:31.3	be cocky about this the next month.
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