OK, I’m making up for being what many believed to be such a nasty guy with that earlier headline by writing nice about Parker and Williamson. Here’s the late story I filed for the web … Carl
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The Giants were officially eliminated from the National League wild race Friday night and they could be kaput from the playoffs entirely as early as today.
San Francisco’s 5-4 loss to the A’s was their third straight, but perhaps even more galling, it was their third straight one-run defeat and 15th out of their last 16.