Marcos Breton

Some monster investments take years to yield results, but this is one for the ages.

How does this sound? The Giants' 2012 season is riding on Barry Zito.

I didn't get the whole St. Louis Cardinals October magic thing until I set foot in this place and felt it.

I have no idea if St. Louis Cardinals left fielder Matt Holliday is a dirty player.

As he has all October, Daniel Descalso, the St Louis Cardinals' slight second baseman, elevated his game and his stature in one nerve-wracking moment when a play had to be made and Descalso made it.

Daniel Descalso, a former UC Davis athlete, is the latest in a legacy of kids who have risen from local sandlots and ballparks with metal benches to pursue the dream of the World Series.

I hear the same remark all over Sacramento whenever the issue of homelessness comes up.

This can't be a surprise.

In 2010, seemingly every break, bounce of the ball and umpire's blown call went the Giants' way as they won an improbable World Series.

The beauty of baseball is that some momentous events cannot be explained.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is nothing if not a shrewd judge of narratives, though his gifts seemed to most often serve as a vehicle to make money and consolidate power for himself.

It was a massive game that didn't sell out on a sultry Monday night, but it didn't matter.

Every year, Sacramento civic leaders take a journey of unfulfilled yearning. They travel to a different American city that is "doing it right" so that Sacramentans can "see how it's done."

I'm done moralizing on the issue of steroids in baseball. Melky Cabrera was the last straw.

There are perceptions about Sacramento's homeless population that are based on emotion and misinformation.

Every time a public figure steps out of the closet to trade years of pain and loneliness for living openly as a gay person, there is a typical reaction from some.

I've been killing Pablo Sandoval on Twitter for his lack of fitness, dormant bat and propensity to lob relay throws in the dirt at inopportune times.

Beginning today, Sacramento County authorities will begin taking several significant steps aimed at saving the American River Parkway from environmental harm caused by illegal camping.

OAKLAND – The A's proved Sunday that they can't win every day even if sometimes it seems they can.

If you dare take issue with homeless advocates in Sacramento, the first rock hurled in your direction is a question meant as an accusation: "What's your solution to the homeless problem?"

Dear Seattle: Be careful what you wish for.

Two years after he famously was left off the Giants' playoff roster, it seems an increasingly good bet Giants starter Barry Zito will make it this October.

A dear friend of mine – a Catholic priest – often encourages me to remain "on the side of the angels" when writing about social issues.

Marco Scutaro is, without exaggeration, the greatest Italian-Venezuelan player in the history of major league baseball.

I've been going to baseball games for 40 years and they've almost always been joyful experiences. But that changed Wednesday with the crack of a bat and the sickening sound of a baseball striking a human head. 

If you're going to argue against the death penalty, then argue against the death penalty.

Was it something I said?

I could be Republican, but I'm not and the GOP has itself to blame for that.

The Maloof "boys" aren't talking – and when they do, nobody should trust them anyway – so Virginia Beach seems plausible even in absence of any facts.

When it comes to steroid busts in baseball, Se Habla Español.

Oh, my city. You are so screwed up politically. You have big city complexities demanding big city ideas.

For days in the wake of Melky Cabrera's suspension for steroid use, the local and national media have spread the myth that we should continue to look for heroes in professional sports.