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Giants Black's Great Season Comes to an End

Giants Black's Great Season Comes to an End

SF Giants Minor Lines, August 27, 2024

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As Mike Shanahan said last winter (in one of the darker moments in recent Bay Area sports), if you’re going to compete in the arena, you have to be prepared for the pain of defeat. The Dominican Summer League is certainly light years away from the bright lights of the Super Bowl, but the emotions were still running high for these young men, competing for the right to be called “champion.” And in the end, one team was in jubilation, and the other walked off in dejection.

And that’s the life of the professional competitor. Hold your heads high, Black! It was a great summer!

HITTER of the NIGHT: Scott Bandura (Eug), 2 for 2, HR (5), 3 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB
PITCHER of the NIGHT: Kai-Wei Teng (Sac),
6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K

It hasn’t been such a great summer for Kai-Wei Teng so far, but it’s never too late for a new beginning. All that and more as we head to the Lines…

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